Three Terrifying Teams (Lay the Very Best - Chapter 434)

Elira stood in the empty circle around the ring of cushions, holding up a large, smooth branch that made an excellent staff. With a slow, dramatic swirl, she traced burning lines through the air, ribbons of orange Mystical Fire that lingered to sketch three glowing circles. Flecks of flame shimmered like fireflies around the burning lines in the air, and she directed this loose fire with her hand to fill in some details.

"Behold," Elira said, with a flourish of her staff. "The plan, in living flame."

Morgan shielded Brandy's eyes from the blaze with a wing, her hat's wide brim catching the shine of the Mystical Fire. "I could have brought a whiteboard."

Elira's grin sharpened. "Oh, come now, Morgan. You of all people should appreciate a bit of spectacle. I thought you'd enjoy a bit of witchy magic."

Morgan snorted, feathers along her shoulders ruffling. "Witchy magic, you say? You have a staff, wield fire, and live in a big tower."

"Don't you dare." Elira huffed, her tail trying to swing to swat Morgan.

"Oh, is the old Wizard in her tower cranky?"

"Ouch." Elira placed a hand to her chest in mock offense. "Morgan. You wound me."

Brandy rather liked being tucked up next to Morgan; the Murkrow's wings were so good for hugging, it was like being draped in living silk. But just because she was extra comfy, it didn't mean she could be mean to people. Especially people with very pettable-looking ears.

"Morgan doesn't mean it," Brandy said, cupping Morgan's balls in her hand. The shock of it had Morgan stand very still. Brandy was very much a dick lady; she didn't really pay much attention to what hung below them very often, but the warmth in her hands and the total focus commanded by her was exciting.

Morgan had a nice, fat cock, and it rested heavily on Brandy's wrist as she very gently rolled Morgan's testicles in the palm of her hand. Feeling the physical weight of her partner like this was actually far more exciting than Brandy had been expecting. Morgan held such incredible promise, and Brandy was more than eager to draw it out. A shiver passed through the Murkrow's feathers as Brandy rolled her hand, wings drawing in close like a cloak around them both.

Brandy kept her tone soft and playful but tried to add a little quiet authority. "Isn't that right? You didn't mean it."

Morgan swallowed hard, and her words came out with a husky edge she couldn't quite control. "R-right. Of course not."

"Good," Brandy murmured, tilting her head against Morgan's shoulder, eyes bright with mischief. "Then say something nice about the very beautiful fox who's letting us use her expensive apartment and Future Sight."

Elira raised an eyebrow, still half-lit by her circling flames, watching the exchange with amused curiosity. Morgan hesitated, feathers ruffling again, then cleared her throat and forced a lopsided grin.

"Wizard was unfair. How about Sorceress?" Morgan said, the word catching slightly on her breath. "Witch and Sorceress has a nice ring to it."

Elira's tail flicked once in satisfaction, the fire around her drawing itself into sharper focus. "Better," she said, "I'd say you could be my familiar, but you're clearly already claimed."

Brandy peeked out of Morgan's winged hug to see Calcine and Sparky's reaction. Calcine looked proud as anything, while Sparky had her mouth hanging open so wide her tongue was in danger of falling out. They couldn't see what she was doing directly, but they'd clearly both worked it out.

This was more how a regular Trainer would keep control of a team, and Brandy had to admit it was fun. There was an intoxicating feeling of power and control, having a woman hanging off your every movement. Still, it wasn't Brandy's way, and she didn't want it to be, so she leaned up on tiptoes and whispered into Morgan's ear.

"You're going to get me back for this later. When you pull off this heist, I'm your prize for the rest of the night. You can do anything you want to me."

"I won't disappoint," Morgan whispered back as her cock stirred to life against Brandy's wrist. "Now let the Sorceress work."

Morgan gave Elira a nod, and the fox lady stamped her staff butt on the floorboards for attention. "All right then! So, using Future Sight, I saw you try this heist and fail."

"Sounds hard to believe," Heatstroke said, "We've a completely stacked team from what I've heard."

"It was quite the show. But Vivienne more than matched you with illusions, tricks, a bit of alcohol, and a lot of distraction. You made it all the way to the vault below the Casino, but you never got all the keys."

Elira swirled her staff, and the three spinning fire circles in the air filled in. They were familiar to Brandy, those golden tokens they'd been using at the Casino to buy extra favours. But these were marked with new designs. Elira made the middle one large, with a giant peaked hat.

"That's obviously Vivienne's hat," Sparky said from her spot lying on Calcine's thigh. "Puzzles are so easy."

"Correct," Elira said. "Vivienne is acting as the leader of the gym, and has a special token on her. Taking her on is tough because she'll use the whole Casino staff against you. A brutal fight if you try to slug it out."

"Vivi likes games," Morgan said, "There'll be another way."

"She's running a casino. If you win enough, she'll put that key on the line. Much as Brandy and Morgan would be good at games, you're needed elsewhere, so we're going to have Maple and Shay's teams tackle this one." Elira said, "You might need to help them out if they struggle."

Maple and Shay had never met before, and they could not be less alike, but Brandy was sure Maple could make it work. Shay might end up in a collar by the end of it, but she'd make it work.

"Shame we don't get to do it, I want to Vivi lose." Morgan huffed, but Brandy soothed her with a stroke of her cock.

"I'm sure you'll get a chance before it's over," Elira said, shrinking down that token and bringing up one with two slitted eyes surrounded by fire.

"This is the hidden illusionist. Probably a Zoroark. You never found her when you tried last time, so you didn't get her token. Brandy said that you distracted them enough last time her illusion briefly broke."

"Morgan was stepping on Vivi and being all intense," Sparky said, "It was hot."

"Really good," Dani nodded from Calcine's lap. "Made me all gooey inside."

"That's why I was thinking it'd be best for this group to tackle her. You've already shocked her enough to break her illusions once. You have to create a big enough scene that you'll rattle her again."

"Putting on a show's our thing," Hustle said, tipping her hat. "And I've a lot of catching up with my pretty lizard here. We can make their hearts pump in their chests."

Brandy licked her lips. Putting on a show with her Pokémon? Deliberately being as charged as possible to entertain others? That would usually excite her, if not for one thing.

"As much as this plan is great." Brandy said, "Morgan did invite my parents, and that's going to be very embarrassing."

"Oh yes, it was. Probably quite a large part of why you failed. Last time."

"What happened?" Sparky said.

"Don't tell her!" Brandy snapped.

"I want to know so bad, I'll bribe you." Sparky sat up and wiggled all four hands at Elira. "I can give the best massages."

"Hush," Elira chided, "You'll have more fun making up situations than knowing the truth."

"Oh yeah, you're right." Sparky said, "I can tease Brandy for weeks about this."

Someone was going to get a thigh crushing after this, and Brandy had room for two heads. Her stare at Sparky just made her grin more. She was going to have to fuck that bug so hard tonight that she forgot all about this.

"To avoid Brandy dying of embarrassment," Elira said, drawing out the third coin. This one had five long fronds on it. Or maybe tentacles? It was two stylized to tell. "The last coin is in the VIP room."

"With who?" Brandy said, "This doesn't look like Deliah's symbol."

"You won't face Deliah until the end." Elira said, "She'll be guarding the vault itself. No, this is someone who'll take a particular team to beat."

"Far as I'm aware, only my Parents are left?" Brandy said, "Am I missing someone?"

"I did recruit a few more," Morgan smirked. "But they're a surprise. Trust me, this team is going to make whoever has this token regret it. Out of sight, so you won't be bothered."

Brandy doubted that; her parents were pretty intense and infamously noisy. It'd take some incredibly experienced women to go with them and not get broken. Mercury maybe? No, she was busy with the tournament.

Who the heck had Morgan paired off with her parents?

"That's the basics of the plan," Elira said, shaking her fire apart. "Each team gets a key token. Bring all three to the vault below the Casino. Deal with Deliah's last gambit and you'll all have Dark Badges and can meet back here for drinks."

"You're not coming?" Calcine asked, "You seem like you'd be very useful."

"No, I'm not a big crowd kind of lady." Elira smiled. "Tonight is going to be difficult for me already. Morgan promised to take me on a flight when it gets too crowded."

That was sweet of her, and Brandy wasn't clueless about Pokémon. She kissed Morgan on the forehead. "My blessing to fuck her brains out."

"Didn't need it, but happy to have it." Morgan smiled. "I'll share her sometime."

Good. Brandy really did want to get at those fluffy fox ears.