The psychotic gentlegriff

Anubis was escorted to a camp site where he was to stay for the week but he didn’t plan on staying there. In truth he was going to fly south to his mansion on the border of the Everfree forest and the Whitetail woods.

The other stallions and the few griffs that lived in Canterlot were setting up camp, all laughing whilst they did so. The noble stallions were in their fancy caravans, refusing to dirty their hooves.

He knew that his absence would be noticed but he honestly didn’t care, diving off the side of the mountain and heading towards the large mass of trees in the distance. He was going to check up on Jernick and the others, Anubis’s plan was to turn off that biological function for the hens this year. He had done extensive research into the subject of heat season and the female biological clock, he had realised that all females of every species on this planet were on some sort of magical calendar.

It was fascinating and useful because it allowed him to plan around it, but he was surprised to discover that there was no form of suppressants. He didn’t know why no creature hadn’t made any, let alone attempted to. There was literally no records of anycreature even attempting to make them.

He thought to himself about this world’s lack of pharmaceuticals and research into them. It was weird because they had the resources and knowledge of biology, so why hadn’t they? Could it have been because they relied on magic to heal all illnesses? Well he’d just have to fix that and what better place to start than by making a heat suppressant drug, he’d asks for a hen to volunteer as a test subject and keep her biological function on for testing.

If successful then Equestria wouldn’t have to drop everything for a week. Although that wasn’t his real motive. His real motivation was so he didn’t have the fear of a literal sun goddess appearing in the dead of the night, trying to sleep with him forcefully.

Silver he knew he could handle but Celestia was a different story, she had more magic than any other creature he knew of and it was a very real concern. Although he had been working on a very strong anaesthetic that would hopefully work on her if needed. It was a gamble but in his defence he hadn’t found a chance to inject her with the stuff, not that he would use it unless needed….

Landing outside of the large structure in the Whitetail woods he called out to Jernick and the others. He was met with a cheerful group of long-eared griffons, upon entering the large building that Jernick had created he found the griff in question laying down just snoozing.

“Hey! I want all the hens to line up outside, I need to check up on how your bodies are doing!” They all complied and lined up neatly. “Okay I need one volunteer, who’s going to come with me and conduct some experiments. So if you don’t want to then please don’t move.”

One hen stepped out of the line and nervously walked to Anubis, he told her to sit down to the side and then proceeded to go down the line. Turning off all the hens biological clocks, so they wouldn’t go into heat. Afterwards he dismissed them and thanked them for their time, they went back to going about their day and he turned back to the one volunteer.

“Thank you my dear, I appreciate your bravery but the nature of these experiments are only going to be you testing some medication, nothing that will cause you harm I can assure…. So if you’ll follow me.”

“Um yes of course my king, so if I’m allowed to ask. Where are we going?”

“To a research outpost i created a while back, I’d prefer that you didn’t tell the others its location.”

“Of course my king.”

“Please call me Dr Grimgost and what may your name be?”

“Oh okay Dr Grimgost and I’m Soft Claws.”

“That’s a nice name, so Soft Claws let’s get going, stay close.” And they took off, heading towards the Everfree forest.

Upon landing at the front gates of the imposing mansion, Soft Claws was taken aback by the monstrous building and scuttled to Anubis’s side. She was thinking about how such a magnificent building could be so well hidden from view, it wasn’t as if the trees were taller than it but it completely hidden away.

“So Dr Grimgost…. What sort of medicine am I going to be testing?”

“Mmmm well first of all do you know what heat season is?”

“Um yes I do, it affects every creature except for Changelings…. Why do you ask?”

“Because you’re not a Changeling anymore, so I have taken it upon myself to make a medicine that will nullify the effects of it.”

“Oh my…. So what about the other hens?”

“Don’t worry I’ve tended to that, you’ll be the only hen that will be experiencing it this year.”

“So I’m going to go into heat and you’re going to make something that will stop me from being in heat?”

“No, it will lessen the primal urge and allow you to think clearly. I want to make a separate drug that will prevent pregnancy, so one can choose with a clear head if they want to have a cub or not.”

“Ooohh wow that’s smart…. So when do we begin testing?”

“Once you go into heat of course…. And don’t worry, I’ll be wearing an air filter at all times as to prevent your scent reaching me.”

“Um yes o-of course….” She was shifting side to side nervously, Anubis noticed this and stopped to turn around.

“Listen if you’re uncomfortable with the nature of the experiments, it’s not too late to say anything.”

“No it’s not that…. Okay King- I mean Dr Grimgost, it’s just embarrassing, I’m going to be some wild horny animal trying to breed with you when I don’t have the right to. Like what happened if your asleep and I um you know…. Do something bad?”

“Don’t worry you’ll be in a secure room with adequate privacy to tend to your needs whilst I work on the drug, our contact will be kept to a minimum.”

“Well that makes it a bit better but no less embarrassing, my own king is going to see me in such an undignified way….”

“I’m not your king, I’m your Doctor as of right now.” He then proceeded to walk through the large dark wood doors, exposing Soft Claws to the stunning interior.

“Wow this is beautiful.” She stated as she spun around drinking up the sight before her.

“Thank you, it took me a lot of effort to perfect it but I’d say I got there in the end.”

“Why don’t you build structures like this for us? If you don’t mind me asking?”

“Because this isn’t a permanent place for you and the others to stay, not to mention my brother needs to learn how to do this and apply his creativity.”

“Oh yes…. That makes sense, as much as we all love the roof over our heads that king Jernick made…. It’s not too pleasant on the eyes and it reminds me of the hive.”

“Yes I’d have to agree with you but I’m sure with the chemistry and architect books I’ve been giving him, he’ll improve.”

They entered the main hall and Anubis led Soft Claws to the left, where they walked through a dining room, into the kitchen and out into a neat little courtyard. He then opened a door on the opposite side and the smaller hen walked in, inside she found a large space that was being used for storage. She couldn’t tell what was underneath the white sheets but she didn’t really want to ask, Anubis then walk passed her and pushed one of the lamps up which triggered a unseen mechanism that opened up the brick wall.

“Woah….”

“Yes woah indeed, anyway shall we?” He gestured for her to go through first. “After all, ladies first.”

“Heheheheheheh this is straight out of one of those corny books that mares like to read.”

“Thanks….” Anubis stated with sarcastic undertone.

“Sorry Dr Grimgost….”

“Sigh* don’t be…. But I guess you’re kinda correct, I’ve read some of the stuff Silver likes…. And it explains a lot about how she is.”

“I think it has something to do with the female fantasy of falling for an uncontrollable beast and then taming said beast, so that he only listens to them…. i wasn’t a pony or griffon before but the idea still seems enticing.”

“Interesting…. you might be onto something, you could be the first to unravel the convoluted and twisted mystery of a mare’s and hen’s mind.”

“I was a love collector when I was a Changeling.” As they walked deep into the secret entrance, Soft noticed the brick had turned into stone and the steps had become steeper.

They continued In silence until they made it to the bottom, she found it odd that the path they took was so spacious and well lit. It didn’t feel like a secret passage at all but then a large red door caught her attention, it had an odd picture on it and its handle was a wheel in its centre. The image on the door was a large black box with a light blue circle inside of it, in the circle was a symbol that she was unfamiliar with.

Anubis unlocked the door with a solid clank and twist of the wheel before it swung open, when she passed the fresh hold of the door she was met with an impossibly clean environment. Almost as if dirt was prohibited from entering.

Inside had a number of different types of equipment strung up inside, everything from alchemy and chemistry sets, to weird mirrors that showed words, images and numbers. She didn’t have the foggiest of ideas on how they worked but that wasn’t the most of her concerns, she peered into one of the rooms and found rows of operating tables. Each one with their own assortment of surgical instruments and weird flat black mirrors that she believed to be some sort of futuristic heart monitors. They were nothing like what the ponies had.

“Soft Claws! Over here please.” She complied and followed Anubis to an oddly normal door. “This is where you’ll be staying.” He opened the door and showed her in.

“So did you have this already made?”

“Nope, I’ve just quickly strung it together for you, of course It was all ready here. I’ll supply you with three meals a day, there’s exercise equipment and entertainment for you. Once you go In you’ll be locked you in there until you’re heat passes or I make a working drug…. Any questions?”

“Um no not really but how much of this place can you see.”

“Only the main room, like I said you will have adequate privacy.”

“Oh okay…. But what if in my heat clouded mind I decide to…. you know, in the main room.”

“Then I’ll advert my gaze and work on something else whilst you tend to you needs.”

“Um thank you….” She took a deep breath and walked through the door, Anubis locking it behind her.

“Okay make yourself comfortable, I’m going to make dinner at 6 but in the meantime I’ll be on the lower level working on another project of mine…. Oh and there’s snacks in the cupboard.”

“Yeah sure I’ll keep that in mind, um well see you in a bit Dr Grimgost.”

“See you in a bit Soft.”

She then began to explore her environment by immediately jumping onto the soft couch, after she grabbed herself some cookies from the cupboard. She made her way to the first door on her left, opening it she found a working shower and toilet. “This is oddly spacious.”

Opening the door opposite the bathroom, Soft found her room. It was nice and spacious, there was a large bed in its centre and a chest of drawers. Upon opening the drawers her cheeks turned a deep crimson, the drawer had an assortment of adult toys. She was intimidated by some of the larger ones but a part of her was a little interested, so she picked one of them up and examined it before putting it back and leaving the room. “Sigh* come on girl, you’re better than this…. But he put them there for me, so it’s totally fine to just experiment…. Right?” She was about to go back in when she shook her head and cleared her mind of those thoughts.

Walking to the end door she opened it and found the workout room, thinking of ways to properly clear her head. She went in and began to rack up some weights onto the bench press, getting into position she started her workout.

She continued until 5:30, that’s when she noticed that she had worked herself to the bone. Taking one whiff of herself, she went into the bathroom and hopped in the shower.

As Soft washed herself, she found her claws travelling south. Brushing against her hen-hood and she froze, only her tail was moving swishing from side to side. She thought about the fact that she was going to go into heat but surely she wasn’t going into it now. She was brought back to reality by Anubis’s voice, her dinner had been served so she jumped out and dried herself up before going to get her meal. Upon seeing Anubis her focus was drawn to any part of him that was exposed.

She couldn’t stay focused on one part of him, that sharp beak of his, those strong forelegs, then her gaze fell upon his magnificently large wings and his powerful hind legs and tail…. Turning red and shaking her head, she swiftly took the plate and thanked him before flying to the couch and digging in. ‘What is wrong with me? He’s taken! But that means he must be a good mate…. No!! Why am I thinking like that?’

Soft lost her train of thought as soon as she tasted the food, she didn’t know what it was called but it was boar wrapped in some kind of pastry with a assortment of green beans, carrots and broccoli. All covered with a layer of gravy, she was thoroughly impressed and her mind immediately thought about how good Anubis would be as a father. Shaking her head again and slapping herself, she focused on the plate of food and continued to enjoy her dinner.

When she finished she took the plate and placed it on the side, she then went over to the large window and began to watch Anubis with a different type of hunger in her eyes. Anubis noticed that he was being watched, so he got up and went over to see what Soft wanted.

“Hey Soft, how are you feeling?”

“Um oh well…. Good! I’m good but I could be better….”

“Do you feel any different?”

“I don’t think so?” Anubis just raised one eyebrow, she was fluffing up her wings and her tail was raised up high as if she was trying to flag him down.

“Mmmmm sure thing…. Sigh* sorry you wouldn’t mind if I take this off, it’s getting a little hot out here.” He then proceeded to undress himself whilst watching for the hen’s body language.

Once he was completely naked, Anubis looked to find the hen lowered to the ground with her flanks raised high and one of her claws between her hind legs. A grin on her beak and her wing spread.

“Enjoying the view?”

She paused and a look of embarrassment adorned her features. “I’m so sorry!! I-I don’t know what came over me king Anubis, I mean Dr Grimgost!”

“It’s fine, that’s a natural reaction Soft Claws. Look, lower your tail, go into the bedroom and take care of yourself.”

“Um yeah, I’ll do that…. Is one of those things, um you sized?”

“Sorry but no, none of them are me sized…. For your own safety.”

“Oh wow…. Um well t-thank you for the food, it was delicious…. So I’m gonna go now, bye.”

“You’re welcome and good night Soft Claws.”

“G-good night Dr Grimgost.”

After saying good night to Soft, Anubis went upstairs to the ground floor and decided to pass the time by sketching blueprints for airships and long distance exploration ships. It frustrated him that aluminium was not discovered as of yet, this meant airship development had came to a halt roughly 70 years ago. For context, airships were very rare, expensive and mostly made out of wood.

After drawing up a few designs and deciding on the best one, he went straight into doing the mathematics on what he’d need and how much it’ll cost as well as where he’d be able to make it, the aluminium alloy he could create himself with ease, the perks of the green Necrovine artefact that was apart of him.

He began working on a model of the new and improved airship design, if his calculations were correct then it would be 50% stronger and 20% faster. But he wanted to look into the usage of wind and antigravity magic, the only problem was finding crystals that could act as a mana fuel tank.

After looking to the clock he decided to call it a night but before Anubis went to bed, he went down into the lab to check on the experimental drug for Soft Claws and the little griffon cub. He had discovered that she didn’t require food, water and exercise but when he ordered her to wake up, she seemed unfazed by her change in environment. She was only concerned with what Anubis wanted or was doing, he hadn’t named her but he had grown accustomed to the cub’s presence. Not to mention that she will gladly eat and drink but only when told to.

Upon setting up some experiments to finish up over night, Anubis checked on the cub and decided to cover her with a blanket before walking passed the accommodation rooms that Soft was in. He could see light coming from underneath the door to the sleeping quarters and shook his head before taking his leave. Heading through the mansion, he grabbed a glass of water and made his way to the hallway and went upstairs.

Turning left he walked down the hall to the very end, where he was met with a beautifully carved mahogany door. Upon opening it Anubis entered a room of his design, placing his glass upon the night stand and slid into the sheets. They were cold against his fur and he got cozy but then he remembered the light was still on.

“Arghh!! Fuck!” Slipping out of bed he flew over to the switch and flicked it, plunging the room into darkness. He preferred electric lights to the gas lamps in the castle, they always annoyed him because of the constant aroma of gas that lingered after they were turned off.

He then spent the next half an hour tossing and turning, trying desperately to get comfortable but he was missing the Alicorn and griffon body heaters on his sides that he was accustomed to. But he eventually fell asleep.