Creatures Gone Liminal: Lost in the Poolrooms
Chapter 6: Beware of Mind Altering Water
Previous ChapterNext ChapterButton awoke after a nap to find that Silverstream was already out and about. She was currently swimming around the large pool, occasionally dipping in and out of the tunnel, her fins propelling her like a underwater rocket. He went to sit down with a jug of water in hand as he drank and watched on. Sweetie Belle soon woke up and joined him. He passed her the jug and she drank it, gladly.
They watched until their friend noticed them. She stopped and waved.
"I'm going to see if there is another way out of this room. Also that entity is alright in my book. Anything that loves water as much as I do and is sort of trying to make me happy, fine by me!" She dipped underneath the water and swam over to the opposite side. Soon getting out and disappearing behind some of the fake flora.
After awhile, she emerged, her hands waving over her head.
"Hey, I found a way out of this room, but... You have to see this though." Silverstream called out. She was jumping up and down, waving her arms. Looked like she had something in her talons as well. Button could not believe this creatures' energy.
He shrugged his shoulders and Sweetie Belle nodded. Both quickly went over and jumped back into the water, swimming across and joining their friend. She pushed some large plant aside and revealed a glass door. As the three made their way forward and pushed the door open, they were met with what looked like another section of indoor water park.
There were floating lily pads over a stretch of water, a lazy river and a bunch of fountains and pipes shooting out water in a large knee deep pool area in the middle. Button scanned the room, seeing the walls were tiled and the ceiling had yellow skylights just like before. The lazy river stretched around the knee deep pool and on the far side, was another door.
The lily pads looked like the type you would jump onto and would float around a bit, connected to a chain under water. It usually had a rope tied from one end to the other but this one didn't. These sat over a fairly deep pool that ran from one end of the room to the other. They would have to cross it if they wanted to get to the other side.
Button rolled his arms. "Alright, quick swim across, past the lily pads, past the lazy river, through some water fountains, over the lazy river again and we are out. Seems easy enough."
Silverstream help up a note in her talons. "It would be if it weren't for this."
The Earth Pony took the note and SB looked over his shoulder to read it as well.
Beware, over clocked this room as well. Need to be more careful when spreading this stuff around. New Self Priority: Start looking for measuring cup.
All three stared hard at the room as they realized how much more difficult this just became.
Sweetie Belle was the first to speak up. "Ok... Just got to be careful of the mind altering water. Can't let ourselves get covered in too much of the stuff and we should be fine."
Button nodded. "Right, here's the plan. We carefully jump across the lily pads, then carefully jump on some tubes, ride around the now very scary looking water shooting over there, and then carefully get out. Should be no problem... So long as we don't get too wet..."
Silverstream raised an eyebrow. "I think I've played something like this before. Its like an ultimate game of floor is lava but with water!"
Button hefted the rope he had with him, it was currently going to weigh him down but he had a feeling if they ever made it back to that balcony he had seen before back near their base, they were going to need it. He quickly put it around his shoulder, wearing it like a bandolier.
Silverstream hopped over to the starting area of the lily pads. "I'll go first." Her voice sounded way to happy for this.
Button and Sweetie Belle glanced at each other before turning back and watching on. Silverstream quickly jumped onto the first lily pad. She landed on her talons and knees; stuck to it no problem. She then waited until the lily pad moved closer to the second with her momentum. She then hoped over the second and third with no issues. She repeated this process for the fourth, fifth and finally the last one, sixth.
She then hopped over to smooth land. got up and fist pumped the air. She turned back seeing her friends nodding in encouragement. She grinned.
"Its really easy so long as those things are dry." She called back, the sounds of the water fountains drowning out her voice somewhat.
Button shrugged his shoulders. "Mom took me to a waterpark a long time ago. I remember that being the case with this. It actually gets harder for whoever goes next as you will eventually cause these things to become slippery due to small splashes when simply jumping across them."
He gave Sweetie Belle a small push. "I can go last if you want."
She shook her head. "That rope is weighing you down more. You should be the one to go second. I'll be fine." She gestured for him to go ahead.
"You sure?"
"Positive."
Button nodded and walked forward. "Thanks." He took a deep breath and leaped onto the first pad, feeling it jostle around a bit. He positioned himself better for the next jump. Though he managed to make it most of the way across well enough, jumping from one to the other on all fours, the last one he nearly lost his balance on. He felt the lily pad tip a bit as he grabbed the opposite side. He barely managed to lean enough to keep it from flipping over but he did manage to get his hooves wet. Unfortunately, it also splashed some water on some of lily pads.
Silverstream quickly went over and helped him off of the pad. He quickly shook some of the water off his hooves. He glanced back over at Sweetie Belle. "Sorry..."
"Never mind me, are you alright?"
"Yeah, I only got a little bit on me, I think it only effects us if we get too much on us at once." He looked around the room. "I don't feel any different."
Sweetie Belle grit her teeth. She went and stood at the edge, took a deep breath. She hesitated, watching the wet lily pads, unsure if she could do it now. Silverstream gave her a friendly wave. "You got this!"
Button chimed in. "Don't think about it too much and just go for it. You'll do fine."
She nodded, feeling a bit of courage return as she took a step forward and jumped. She land on the first one easy enough, finding her legs were able to practically grip the the otherwise dry floating object. Her hands and knees seemed to stick to it just fine. She quickly hopped over to the next one, then the one after that. So far it was easy going. Then she jumped onto the fourth and felt her knees slide across the thing. She felt her heart leap as she fell onto her side. She gripped the other end of the lily pad as she managed to stop herself from sliding. She could see her hooves hanging just over the edge.
One big sigh of relief later, Sweetie Belle was back on all fours. She took another leap, this one was wet too but now knowing what to expect, was able to keep from sliding too much. On last leap onto the last one, she jumped...
And went to far, landing on the far side. She felt the lily pad begin to dip, the other side coming upwards. She gripped the side that was now in the air. Button and Silverstream rushed forward. Button grabbed onto Sweetie Belle while Silverstream help the lily pad, keeping it from tipping over any more.
He grabbed her underneath her shoulders, pulling her towards him. She fell onto the edge, Button practically dragging her away from it, with both parties breathing heavily. Silverstream let go of the lily pad and let out a loud. "Whoa... That was close!"
Button let go of Sweetie Belle. "You alright?"
SB slowly got up and nodded. "Yeah, thanks for the save. I owe you one."
He smirked. "Never mind it, we are all in this together after all. Besides..." He turned back to the lazy river. "We still got a ways to go."
All three went over and stood at the edge. Single and double tubes slowly floated by. Button could see there was some kind of wall, perhaps even a low ceiling, separating the lazy river from the fountain area. He couldn't see anything as the walls blocked his view seeing beyond where the tubes turned and went into a small tunnel. But he could see where they came out on the other side, near where the door lay.
Silverstream cautiously reached out and grabbed onto a single while Sweetie Belle grabbed a double. Both brought them closer to the edge and carefully got on, making sure not to let anything touch the water as they sat on all fours across them. Button got on in front of SB of the double tube, carefully pushing off as he did so.
Soon all three were floating along. The sounds of so much water flowing and echoing made is sound like they were next to a waterfall. So when they entered the tunnel and the sounds stopped, it almost seemed eyrie. There were some dim pool lights underneath the water but that was it.
All three sat in silence for a solid minute before Silverstream spoke up. "So... How is everyone's day going?"
Sweetie Belle adjusted herself so she could lay on her back but still keep her butt out of the water. She was now facing Button Mash and by extension, Silverstream who was floating behind him. "Good so far I guess. Never thought I'd be hanging out naked with some friends at a crazy big indoor water park like world. So... There is that."
The Earth Pony sat back a little bit so that he could sit down but still keep his legs out of the water. "Yeah, I am not exactly hating the view."
She stuck out her tongue at him him playfully. Silverstream wrapped her talons around her breasts. "Yeah not gonna lie, this is the most freedom I have ever experienced in some time. Usually I had to wear something to cover these whenever I wanted to go out. Now I get to let everything breath all the time. Its nice." She glanced up at the water reflecting off the walls. "I would be lying if I said didn't sort of love it here."
SB looked up at the ceiling, watching the reflecting water as well. "I don't know how to feel about this place. Some things are really cool... But a part of me is also really missing Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. Not to mention my sister and my family." She glanced back at Button and Silverstream. "Don't get me wrong, I am glad I got both of you. These past several... Days... Weeks... I don't know how long it has been... But they have been incredible."
Button scratched the side of his head. "That is a good question though, how long have we been here? There is no way to check the time, no real sunlight to check the passing of days. We could have only been here for a few days... Or it may be two weeks. I honestly couldn't say." He shook his head. "We don't even know if this world runs along side our own in terms of time. We could have only been gone a few minutes or we've been gone for days and everyone is now looking for us."
Silverstream chuckled. "I am sure Princess Twilight is already looking into how to get us out of here. We just have to survive and not lose our minds in the mean time." She pointed down at the water. "Though that latter part is going to be trickier if we aren't careful."
Light soon filtered into their vision as the end of the cave could be seen. Button sighed. "Well, looks like break time will soon be over, back to seeing what comes next." He looked back. "Really am glad I got you both here to help me. Can't imagine what this place would be like without you."
Silverstream let out a low chuckle. "I can. It sucks. Glad I got you both as well."
SB nodded and raised here fist. "Speaking to the choir. Ready to face the world head on again."
All three soon exited and found themselves near the door. They carefully got out and Button lead the charge, he quickly walked forward and opened the door. The next room was a bit smaller. There were small four square pools on each corner of the room and a slightly larger one in the middle. There was also a corridor at the end were the floor dipping into knee high water. The corridor quickly ended at a small door made of hard wood. For some odd reason, there was an random assortment of pillows on one side of the room.
Silverstream walked forward and glanced down into the pool in the middle, her eyes widening. "Hey, I see a small door down there."
Both ponies ran up beside her looked down. Sure enough, there was a small door at the very bottom. It looked like it had a padlock on it. But it was also at least a good 12 hooves down. SB gripped her key. "What do you think are the chances that this is what opens that." She said slowly.
Button shook his head. "Even if it does, there is no way we can let you risk that. Not only is it bit deep down there, but this water could be messed up just like the water in the other room."
Sweetie Belle turned to him. "Or it could not be and I will be just fine. This could be important. I have to try."
Button shook his head again. "Then let me do it, I can hold my breath for a good while and if it does make me crazy horny, then... I'll just have to fight it off till I get back here."
Silverstream stepped forward. "No, let the hippogryph who can breath underwater go. I can do this."
The unicorn put her hands on both Button and Silverstream's shoulders. "I am going to need you both up here. I have an idea."
She nodded to the rope. "Tie that around my waist. When I have unlocked the door and grabbed whatever is in there... As I am pretty confident there is something in there... You can pull me out. Or if it looks like the water is doing things to me, you can pull me out as well." She turned to Silverstream. "If it looks like I am running into trouble beyond that, I am going to be relying on you to save me."
She took a step back. "I got this. I promise."
Both looked unsure but Button sighed and took the rope off him. Her began to tie the end of the rope around her waist. "I swear, the moment you look like you are starting to lose your mind, I am pulling you out of there. Got it?"
"Got it."
Silverstream went over and hugged the unicorn tightly. "Just a good luck hug." She said as SB let out a low gasp. She nodded.
"Be back before you know it."
Silverstream let go and Sweetie Belle stepped towards the edge. Her clenched her fists, took in a big gulp of air, and jumped in.
The water was exceptionally warm. As bubbles rose pasts, she turned and began to swim her way down. She could feel Button slowly letting more rope our but also make sure he had a grip on it in case he needed to pull at any second.
She kicked and pushed her way down, the underwater lights were helpful as she slowly came upon the door. There was a pause as she neared it. She blinked, feeling her mind shift a bit. "Shoot." She thought to herself.
Shaking her head, trying to stay focused, she pulled the key off and jammed it into the padlock. It fit and turned. Her heart jumped a bit at that. But also her nether region was starting to feel needy. She found her other hand slowly pushing against it. She gritted her teeth and used her free hand to yank the door open.
Inside was a box. It was about the size of two hands put together, fairly small but with enough room to keep hopefully something valuable inside. It was held down by a string tied to a rock. She undid the string, lifted up the box, grasping it tightly against her chest. A wave of heat passed through her system. She began to dig deep into her flower, her need was becoming unbearable. With the last of her strength of will, she pulled her hand out and used it to yank on the rope.
She felt her body get pulled back as she quickly rose back up. Her death grip around the box kept her from losing it just yet. But she could feel her mind starting to slip. Just as her lungs began to ache, she felt the rope suddenly leave her. Somehow it had come undone. She was now floating there. Her vison was becoming fuzzy.
She soon felt some talons and hands grab her around her shoulders, pulling her out, her breath wheezing as she felt air enter her lungs. She stared up at her friends, chuckling. "Got it..." She said weakly.
Button looked down at the box, quickly tossing it aside as he looked over both woman. "Yeah, but in the process, you both got wet." He glanced down at his arms and hands, realizing he too had gotten a little wet. I looked over at Silverstream who had gotten more on her, he could already see she was starting to go woozy.
He sighed. "Hope that box was worth it."
Sweetie Belle sluggishly got up and slowly crawled over to Button Mash. Her head went up to his dick, slowly dragged her tongue over his shaft. Silverstream crawled over as well, soon staring down at SB's wonderful ass. She bent down, slowly dragging her tongue over her moistened slit, putting her talons up as she began to dive into the dripping entrance.
Meanwhile, Button couldn't help but lose himself for a moment as the white unicorn took his quickly growing dick into her mouth, slowly sucking on it like candy. He placed a hand on her head. He knew he shouldn't be enjoying this but... He couldn't help it. He looked down and realized she was dripped water off of herself and onto his legs.
He wondered if the water was starting to effect him more than he realized. Either way, he too was starting to feel super horny. Even as Sweetie Belle continued to deep throat him, he began to pump his body forward. It felt so good. He felt like wanted... No needed to release is seed into both of them.
He dislodged his dick, already knowing what he needed to do. He grabbed Sweetie Belle by the arm, turning her around. This dislodged Silverstream who looked confused for a second but quickly grasped what was going on. She soon found Sweetie Belle on top of her, their pussy's soon laying across one another, their breasts smashing against each other.
Button hovered over both of them, lining up his dick so that he could screw both of them at once. He began to pump a few times into Sweetie Belle first, then alternating to pumping into Silverstream next. He went back and forth, loving the feeling. Even if he shot a load into one, who could quickly go to the other and finish off in her as well. And even if that wasn't enough, he had plenty of seed to spare. He was going to fill up both of them. No matter what.
Even as he felt his orgasm crash against him, spreading out deep into Silverstream's core, he only wanted more. She seemed to shudder and fall off of Sweetie Belle. He loomed over her, something feral taking over. He gripped her tightly around the shoulders as he began to dig is dick back into her, feeling her breasts shake against his chest. He felt her cry out and moan after hard moan as he slammed in over and over again.
Fluids were splashing onto the floor, sweat fell from his forehead. He was breathing heavily. Couldn't stop. Had to keep going. Even as his dick ran deep, even as he felt another river of cum shoot out deep into her causing her to cry out loudly and echo into the empty room... Even that was not enough.
He would go again and again until his wild senses were satisfied. He felt his consciousness slip as he turned and slowly crawled over to Silverstream, his cock still hard and with still plenty of stamina to go.
He felt his mind seemed to click into place for a moment. He was balls deep into Silverstream, she was on all fours moaning like a creature in heat. He looked around, finding Sweetie Belle passed out near the wall. She was covered in cum. Looked back down, he realized Silverstream was also dripping seed down her back and face. He couldn't believe just how much he had in him. Fluids rained down onto his hooves, he was about to cum again. He bent over more, hugging her close, feeling one last torrent exit into her dripping entrance.
She fell over, thankfully some pillows cushioned her fall, with him now laying next to her. He stared long and hard at her and then at Sweetie Belle. He could not imagine what life would be like without them at this point. He closed his eyes, soon feeling fatigue finally catch up to him.
***
Sweetie Belle awoke feeling super sore and super sticky. There was a faint taste of coconut in her mouth and her throat was dry. She looked up at the blank ceiling above. She attempted to move, finding it difficult. Her heard turned, seeing Silverstream resting under Button. She was covered in sticky residue. Both were resting near the pile of pillows. She closed her eyes again, feeling sleep enter her body once more.
When she opened them again, she was now surrounded by bubbly water. She was sitting on something soft and someone was massaging her shoulders. Her head felt heavy but her body was starting to feel a bit better. She turned around slightly, seeing a Changeling looking down at her.
"J-Juicy." She croaked.
She was currently sitting in Juicy's lap in some sort of sunken hot tub. There was music playing somewhere nearby. She was in a small room with a few dim lights above them. The walls looked to be made of plaster. A single door sat behind them.
She watched as a bottle of water floated over to her, surrounded in a green haze. She weakly took it and downed it in a few big gulps. She tossed it off to the side with a loud sigh. "Ah... Thankyou..."
She sighed, feeling more relaxed as the Changeling's hands worked out a kink in her shoulder. "How long... Have we been here? It feels so long now but I just don't know any more."
Gold letters appeared on the wall. "Time flows differently here so I couldn't tell you. If I had to guess, at least here anyways, its been around 2 weeks. But that could different back home.
"Well that's comforting." She said dryly. She took a deep breath. "One last question... Why are you so interested in helping me?"
She seemed to chuckle but it was hard to tell. ""I see a bit of myself in you. Your determination is something to be admired and I just happen to find you in particular... Interesting."
"Guess that is as good of a reason as any." She felt the changelings hands work their way down her back. "Any chance you would be willing to give me a clue as to what your end goal is yet?"
She glanced at the wall. The letters faded but new ones did not immediately appear. Like she was deep in thought for a moment. A few back rubs of silence later, gold letters appeared. You found the box, right? My old note should help but I can also add to that. Soon you will have to make a choice. I will see you again when the choice is presented. You can ask me again there."
She gently pushed SB forward a bit, getting up and slowly walking out of the hot tub. Again, she couldn't help but stare at that naked Changeling body, just seeing those curves in all the right places... Surely she had to be make making herself look that hot. Either way, she soon found herself staring as this sexy Changeling casually walked over to the door, opened it and walked out with a small wave from behind. The door closed behind her.
Now feeling some energy return and stiffness gone, SB quickly got out and followed, soon finding herself back in the same room she had passed out in. Button and Silverstream were currently washing each other off in one of the corner pools. Two water bottles sat nearby. A gift from Juicy more than likely. She went over and picked them up.
She quickly turned back to them. "Hey, don't know about you two, but I would prefer we don't have a repeat of what just happened."
Button turned and chuckled. "Its fine, it seems the pool in the middle was the only one effected. These ones are just fine. I woke up to Silverstream bathing in this one. Since she isn't trying to suck me off right now, I think this one is safe." She sighed and tossed them both the bottled water. Silverstream and Button caught theirs and drank them, gladly. They then set them off to the side and went back to bathing one another.
SB crossed her arms. "So, since you are both awake, how come you both don't seem surprised that I vanished from here when you both woke up?"
Silverstream bent down, cupping water and pouring it out onto Button's shoulder. "I saw a Changeling when I woke up. She was picking up and carrying you through a door that just appeared there. I figured this had to be your Changeling friend." She paused and glared. "You didn't tell me she was hot. Now I think I might be a bit jealous."
Her glare slowly morphed into a smirk. "Oh well, more Button for me in the mean time I suppose."
Sweetie Belle went over and sat with her legs in the water. "Speaking off, how are you feeling Button. What happened? I sort of clocked out there after you both pulled me out of the water."
Button seemed to tense up a bit. "I... Sort of don't know. I am not sure if I got super wet or not but something came over me. I just seemed to go into something that seemed... Primal. Like all I wanted to do was screw you both senseless over and over again. It felt weird but... Exciting too. I really don't know what came over me."
He seemed to be lost in thought for a moment before shaking his head. "In any case, since we risked out butts for that box, hope that was all worth it."
The unicorn felt her heart beat quicken as she realized she had forgotten where the box had gone after she blacked out. She looked around frantically, thankfully seeing it on the edge of the pool in the middle of the room. Quickly getting up and running over to it, SB picked it up and ran back over. She opened the latch and watched as air hissed out of it. Inside was a silver pocket watch, some kind of small map and a note.
"Well at least we can sort of tell time now." She muttered, like that really did any good at this point. It did have a necklace tied to is to it could be worn around the neck but that was it. Looking at the note, she read it out loud. "I have decided to stay here for good. To whoever finds this, I leave this to you. Your best chance of escape. A special slide that I have done a few small experiments with. You have 50/50 chance of the slide sending you home. If it doesn't it will not give you another chance again. After that, your best bet is a random exit. All I can say is, really make sure this is what you want to do. There are perks if you chose to stay here. But if you must go... Good luck."
She set down the box and held up the map. There were squares drawn up with little doodles inside each of them with some notes. Recognizing most of the rooms, she was able to notice one room on the other side of the dip she had seen past the room with the umbrellas, led to a small corridor. Just off to the side of it was a large room with depictions of running water, followed by a small room with a picture of two slides and a circle. There were more rooms past that but this was all she needed. She also noticed that this room would lead to a small room that was connected to the indoor water park like room that was two rooms away from their base.
Sweetie Belle held up the map for them. "I think we got a plan here. Lets make our way back, grab what we need back at the base, then head over."
Both creatures studied the map and smiled. They were ready to finally leave but even in the backs of their minds, they couldn't help but feel a since of weird sadness creeping up inside them. Were they really starting to feel sad to possibly leave? Button looked the most unsure, already his mind beginning to race as he felt a wave of conflicting emotions starting to tug at his mind.
Author's Note
*For anyone curious, 12 hooves is about 3.6576 Meters. One hoof is .3048 Meters. Math is fun.
We are coming up towards the end. Hope you all enjoyed and don't worry, I got two endings prepared. The regular and a sort of extended mixed with alternant ending. You will see what I mean when we get there. This may not end how you think it might, though. Expect it to be out by Monday.
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