The Druids' Mire Crossing (Chapter 6: The Druids' Reward)

[Black Clay Lord]

The long awaited Chapter 6 of The Druids' Mire Crossing.
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Charybdis, Calder, Masika, Muiel, and Neried all wagered with the half-dryad Marais Marécage. If 4 of the 1/2 Mermaid Druidesses made it through her mud, they would be granted a wish they all shared. And Masika, Neried, Calder, and Charybdis had done the deed. Muiel, being fully coated as she is, was the only one to have not made it. But it didn't matter. Marais lost the wager, but she was not going to back down from her end of the deal at all.

"Well, my friends," She says. "What shall your wish be~?" The 5 1/2 Mermaids thought about it. They soon unveil what it is they wanted. "Don't take this the wrong way, but..." Muiel says. "We dabble in using mud magic ourselves." Masika reveals. "So... Our wish to you is this." Neried said. "We'd like to be able to conjure mud like your mire's." Calder reveals. Marais put her hands on her hips, and a finger on her chin, pondering about what was just revealed to her.

She soon nodded, smiling. "You liked it to that point, hmm~?" Marais giggled. "Can you blame us?" Muiel asked, blushing some. "Not exactly," Marais says. "There have been others who've taken a shine to my mire here." She adds. "But I digress. So you wish it, so shall it be." Marais finally says. Yet, Muiel noted that Marais was not doing anything yet. "Why aren't you using your magic right away?" She asked. "Because I've got an idea." Answered Marais.

The women perked up upon hearing this. "What is it?" Calder asked. "Hop back inside my mire and slip under. I'll grant your wish once you're under." Marais says. "Wait a second," Calder started. "We just crossed your mire, and you're asking us to get back in?" She then asks. Marais nodded. "Trust me," She says. "It'll work better this way." She then states. The Druidesses saw no reason to argue with Marais on this issue, and they liked the concept.

Without so much as an ounce of hesitation, the girls lined up at the marsh once more. Calder reentered the mire first; her feet having become gripped by the mire once more. But the mud had been churned by 5 consecutive crossings nicely. Marais allowed the results of their efforts to be seen as Calder sank slowly into the mud. "We appreciate the free pass on this." Calder says to Marais. "I do believe you've earned it~." Marais giggles in response.

Calder sank to her knees, just as Masika got back in the mud herself & started sinking as well. Marais wanted to ask what the deal concerning this was, but she quickly recognized a pattern was forming. Intrigued, she stepped back and watched as it unfolded before her eyes. Masika & Calder sank at a steady pace in the mud. Though tempted to just pump their legs and let the mud take them, they decided it was best to just let the mud take its time on them.

It was much easier this way after all. Masika's thighs touched the mud soon afterward, and Muiel stepped into it herself at that exact moment. "Is this a regular thing among your family?" Marais asked with a smirk. "Yes." Muiel answered. "What a system you have." Marais giggled. Neried, although hesitant at first, stepped into the mire once more herself once Muiel was at her thighs. Calder however, rested at her butt in the mire at this time, blushing deep.

By now though, it was time for Charybdis to make her move, and so she did. Now, all 5 ½ Mermaids were sinking steadily down into Marais’s mud once again. Yet, Marais felt that she needed to add to their enjoyment, even if it didn’t seem at all necessary to do so. But this was her mire after all. As the ½ Mermaid Druidesses sank, Marais decided to up their fun in the mud almost immediately after a moment of pondering. As such, Marais put her magic to work.

Without so much as a warning, hands of pure mud began to arise around the sinking ½ Mermaids. Although they took notice, they were far more curious than they were startled. Although in a muddy situation like this, it’s downright hard, if not nearly impossible, to startle these ladies. Either way, Calder was the first to be grabbed by Marais’s muddy hands. They grabbed hold of her butt, and her breasts in a very sticky vice-like grip, making Calder blush.

“What’re you doing...?” Calder asked with a loud moan. Marais giggled. “Giving you a taste of my control over this mud~.” She then said, smirking playfully. It certainly was unexpected, but the druidesses did not mind it one single bit. In fact, they seemed to welcome it greatly. Marais picked up on this and was inclined at that point to keep her muddy hands going. Yet, Neried felt a bit jumped at this point, and practically fell on all 4s. Marais giggled at this.

“Oh, did I startle you~?” She then asks. “A little bit…” Neried answers, blushing, but otherwise okay. The hands that gripped Muiel however, almost felt as if they were trying to meld with her form, for she had been caked with this thick peanut butter like mud the most. Unsurprisingly because she was the only one of her present sisters that had gone under the mud. So, any muddy hands Marais made around Muiel, she got the “worst” of the treatments in play.

Masika & Charybdis could feel those muddy hands rub over some spots that felt rather tense on their bodies, those tense spots loosening up some while they sink slowly down into the mud with their sisters. By now, Masika has touched butt deep, as had Muiel, while Charybdis was just now meeting the mud at her thighs. Neried however, was level with Calder, who was now resting at breast deep in the mud and playing with Marais’s mud hands some.

Even so, Marais sighed some. Although she regarded the ½ Mermaids as friends, they were all something she herself wanted deep down: A family. This was something the ½ Mermaids could sense inside of Marais. They could sense that inner longing inside of Marais. Although chances were slim that they could change that, though they could at least give Marais a long-lasting friendship, which was pretty much the next exact best thing one might say.

As Charybdis was now at her butt in the mud, Calder & Neried were just about to go under, having sank to their chins. “Oh my,” Marais says, smirking. “Are two of you almost under already?” She then asks. “Yep…” Calder & Neried answer. “Shame we won’t be going under in the order we went in…” Neried sighs. “Oh, it really doesn’t bother me.” Marais giggles. Neried sank down to her nose, and she closed her eyes right away, accepting that she was going under.

Meanwhile, Calder tilted her head back in preparation for slipping under. Marais liked the sight of what Calder was doing. “You know, I’m not sure why…” She started. “But watching someone tilt their head back while sinking, just looks so right.” She then said with a giggle. Calder just giggled in acknowledgment. Finally, she & Neried both slip down under the mud, their bodies finding themselves frozen in stasis, the fate Muiel had undergone earlier.

Masika & Muiel soon hit their breasts in the mud themselves, and both looked ready to be underneath the mud already. Marais was able to sense this. Although, she chose not to let her muddy hands drag the ½ Mermaids down immediately. She was keener on watching her mud swallow them steadily with how they were acting the whole time. Yet she could tell that Muiel was not liable to stay afloat for much longer. She was already heavy with the mud on her as it is.

And sure enough, Muiel’s breasts slipped under before Masika’s did, and the rest of her had followed soon after. And as Charybdis sank to her breasts, Masika’s own bosom went under at this time, too. But Masika worked her shoulders, forcing herself deeper into the mud until she was at her chin. As Calder had done, Masika tilted her head back immediately, just as the churned mud started to swallow the rest of her head shortly after, leaving only Charybdis.

“So, it just me now.” Said Charybdis. “Seems that way.” Marais giggled. “But that won’t be true for long.” She then says. “As if I’m afraid to slip under…” Charybdis replied. Marais just nodded. Charybdis sank deeper & deeper, until she tilted her head back once deep enough as well, and was swallowed up by the mud as well. Now, all 5 ½ Mermaids were underneath Marais’s mud, frozen in stasis. “And now for the final touch.” Said Marais, holding her hands up.

Using her magic, she channeled the visuals of the mud into the minds of the ½ Mermaid Druids. Slowly but surely, Calder, Charybdis, Masika, Muiel, and Neried all received the knowledge of how to recreate Marais Marecage’s mud, just as they had wished for. It didn’t take long for Marais to uphold her word and see their wish granted. Within minutes, her job was done. The ½ Mermaids were soon released from their stasis, and they crawled out of the thick mud.

And almost immediately, Calder summoned a mud ball that was exactly like the mud Marais’s mire was made of. “And so, I say: Your wish has been granted.” Said Marais, smiling. “Thank you very much.” Calder says. “Sad to say, but... We’ve got to go now.” Charybdis tells Marais. Marais nods. “It was fun no less,” she says. “However, I do consent to your departure.” She then adds. “But hey, maybe we could come back & see you sometime?” Neried asks.

Marais blinked but nodded a moment later. “I’d actually like that.” She then says. “Sometimes, it does get lonely around here…” Charybdis nodded in understanding. “Can’t say I blame you.” She admits. “But anyway, hope to see you again someday.” Charybdis then said. “I shall await your return.” Marais says, smiling, seeing the 5 ½ Mermaids off as they depart her homeland. These 5 have gotten what they had wished for and so depart Faronna’s Wood.

Yet, it would only be a matter of time before the ½ Mermaids paid Marais a visit once again. Marais herself on the other hand, was also anticipating that more of the ½ Mermaid Clan would visit her mire. She had started to grow fond of them. But how deep will that friendship extend? Only time will tell.

Calder, Charybdis, Masika, Muiel, Neried: Me

Marais Marecage: FimbulwinterFrost