Mark 2.0: Book 1: Truth by Prax Venter

Author:Prax Venter [Venter, Prax]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-03T22:00:00+00:00

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Mark, Sasha, and Jezebel each reached out to touch the soft fur on Audra’s arm before she broke a tiny blue seashell between her claws. One moment he was surrounded by the cramped yet cozy Vulpath painter’s studio, and the next he was bathed in sweltering humidity with the bare sun warming his face. Shielding his brow from the light, he checked his new surroundings.

All four of them stood around a primitive, yet intricate fountain covered in colorful seashells in the center of a small town. White wood-and-plaster buildings clustered around them, and Mark saw several tan-skinned humans going about their business or sitting in the shade. A squeal of laughter from behind pulled his attention to a group of children chasing each other across the hot sand. It was the most humans he’d seen in one spot.

One of the children stopped playing with the others, and as soon as Mark turned his focus on him, he sprinted into one of the houses, yelling “Strangers!”

“Follow me to the Job Board,” Audra said, pushing her paw into the warm sand and heading for a wooden billboard just off a nearby sandstone road.

“The Job Board…” Sasha whispered.

Audra nodded and tapped an old, weathered posting among a few others.

“Good, it looks like the one we want is uncompleted,” the Vulpath said, distracted as she ripped it off the board. “Probably because the reward isn’t that great. A free meal.”

“Is this like a quest hub?” Mark asked, looking at his succubus. There was something about this thing that made her uneasy.

“Yes,” Audra answered, offering him the posting, “you’ll collect substantially more essence for me if we also complete the local quest while we search for the Void Clam shell.”

Mark took the ancient piece of paper, his brows furrowed as he read it.

“Quest is to remove all living driftwood from a madman’s home on Seagrave Beach. Reward is an all-we-can-eat seafood meal at a place called The Four Hooks.” He lowered the paper and looked at Jezebel and Sasha. “Why haven’t we been abusing these Job Boards?”

The satyr put her hand on her furry hip. “I don’t know. Perhaps we’ve been too busy running for our lives or flirting with goddesses?”

Mark handed Jezebel the paper and shot her a playful grin. “Yeah, you’re right. It actually feels nice to be, what- doing a side quest?”

Audra had been watching them, and Mark noticed her large ears were back slightly.

“Goddesses?” she asked.

“Yup,” Mark said and produced his ethereal club for their new party member. “We should all know our capabilities before we head into battle, right?”

The experienced Vulpath’s eyes went wide and her tall canine ears perked forward.

“That’s… an Awysai ability. But you’re human… and a Lover!”

Sasha leaned in close to him, her heavy breasts squishing against his arm.

“Mark isn’t your typical Collector.”

Audra turned her intelligent eyes to his, her tail slowly waving again. “Can I touch it?”

Mark didn’t expect that.

“I don’t know if you can, actually,” he said, “But go ahead if you want.”

Mark held his bumpy club still for her.

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