Where Few Men have Gone Before Ch. 03

She knew how to pull me in and I was willing once again. Cari broke our kiss and looked into my eyes.

'Let's share, Rick.' thought Cari and dropped to her knees, pulling me down onto the soft surface.

We all three were on the mattress, Cari directing me to lie on my back. She began kissing me again while Andi started on my nipples, first sucking then gently biting. Shortly Andi began working here way further south while Cari threw her legs over my head facing away from Andi. Her split was in front of my face and she brought it to my lips. I kissed it then began licking, knowing what she wanted. Soon her lagni was in my mouth, growing by the second. Andi had my cock in her mouth. Cari's lagni was going into my throat and I pulled on her hips to get it deeper. Her fluids were flowing and I was getting higher. They were not holding back and I let myself go even more.

Andi stopped sucking my cock and straddled my hips. She put my rock hard erection at the entrance to her pussy and sank down, engulfing me completely. She worked her muscles to milk me while sitting still atop me. Cari was using my mouth like a cunt, fucking it hard and deep. I felt like I was floating. I began to feel like I had a cock inside me in between the base of my cock and my ass. Andi was projecting what she was experiencing again.

'Come for us, Rick' they projected simultaneously.

I did, thrusting my ass off the mattress into Andi and sucking furiously at Cari's lagni. She unloaded in my throat as I exploded into Andi, her cunt spasming around my cock.

I awoke and was still breathing heavily. I don't think I was out for long.

'Just a few moments, Rick.' came the answer to my unasked question. Cari's face was above mine looking into my eyes. I smiled then pulled her down for a kiss.

Andi moved up so we were all face-to-face and broke into our kiss to make it a three way snog.

I broke the kiss and leaned up looking to find Connie. She was in the middle of a sandwich too with Karn and Loris. I relaxed back and pulled the two beauties into my body, soaking in the bliss and drifting off.

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I awoke again after what seemed like a short time. I was no longer lying on the big mattress in the warehouse. I was in what appeared to be a bedroom in a rustic house lying down looking up at a ceiling with exposed wooden beams. I felt the bed under my hands. My body felt foreign to me. I lifted my head to look around. The room was sparsely furnished; a chair, a chest of drawers, and a mirror above that. I looked down the bed toward my feet. I was covered by a sheet. My feet looked too far away. I was a bit disoriented. I used my arms pushing back against the bed to lift my torso so I could get a better look around. The sheet fell down to my waist and I saw I had small breasts. I grabbed the sheet and flung it off. My skin was darker, like I had a deep tan. My legs were longer and thinner, my hips wider, and I had no visible penis. I started to breathe more rapidly like I might hyper-ventilate. Carefully, I swung my legs around to the floor I sat for a few minutes to calm my breathing. It was warm on my feet. I pushed myself up off the bed and stood, testing my balance. I carefully put a foot out in front of me and began to slowly walk. I headed straight towards the mirror over the dresser.

The face I saw bore no resemblance to mine. It was very disorienting to not see my face and torso. I looked at every detail carefully. Short hair, fur, really, covered my head. I had a long neck, long thin arms and a distinct waist. I raised my hands to my face and ran my long thin fingers over my cheeks then up over my head feeling the fur that covered it. I touched my breasts running my fingers over the nipples and gasped in sudden arousal. I ran my hands down my stomach to the mound at the juncture of my legs and felt another sexual pulse. Reaching a finger further between my legs, I felt an opening. I had a vagina. My body now was that of a Selurian. With determination, I held off exploring my body further for the moment.

I looked around the room again. There were three doors: one near the head of the bed, perhaps leading out of the room; another to the right of the dresser, perhaps a closet, and; one opposite the foot of the bed with a large window in it. I walked to this door and looked out onto a deck and, beyond that, a beautiful green valley. The door had a simple wooden latch which I lifted to open the door. I stepped through it onto the deck. The air outside was only slightly cooler than inside, perhaps only due the light breeze. It felt good to be outside. The deck was 3 to 4 meters above the ground level which sloped gently away covered with what appeared to be grass.

I looked more at the view. It was a wide valley bounded on the right side by a long mountain ridge that ran away from where I was standing. The left side of the valley was a series of hills. The floor of the valley was lush green and there seemed to be some wildlife or livestock grazing peacefully in the middle distance. The hills to the left and the lower slopes of the mountain to the right were heavily forested. The top of the long mountain ridge was rocky, maybe 200 or 300 meters above the valley floor. I saw no other structures.

I turned to look at the structure behind me. The outside appeared to be logs. The roof, rising to a single peak, also appeared wooden. To the right of where I was standing there was another door like the one I had come through. I went to it and looked inside. It was another bedroom like I had been in and Connie was lying on the bed. I knew it was her even though she looked pretty much like I did now. As I looked she woke and started looking around as I had. I entered the room and sat on the edge of the bed next to her.

'Are you OK?' I asked.

'Rick! I think so. I feel very strange though.'

'We are both in Selurian bodies. Let me help you stand. I was a bit shaky at first. The proportions are all different.'

I stood and held out my hand to her. When she was on her feet I led her to the mirror. She examined herself much as I had then, after several minutes, she turned to look at me, smiling slightly.

'Well, this is different'.

I pulled her to me and we kissed, the first time we had done so without my having to bend down to reach her lips. Her body pressed to mine as we wrapped our arms around each other. We were breast-to-breast, nipple-to-nipple and I couldn't resist rubbing my breasts against hers. It sent sparks of arousal through my body, brain and crotch. My hands dropped to her ass and my hips drove forward pressing my mound to hers, moaning as I did so. I felt some pressure there similar to a growing erection but different. She mimicked my actions and pressed harder into me. Her tongue speared into my mouth deeply and I was suddenly drinking her saliva and feeling the euphoric effects immediately. I returned the favor and heard her moan.

'It is good that you are both awake. Please join us downstairs in the kitchen. There will be much time for sharing later.'

Reluctantly I pulled my lips from Connie's and looked her in the eyes, beautiful brown eyes. I smiled at her and she at me.

'I can't wait to share more with you in this form.' I thought.

'You and me both.'

I took her hand and turned to the door near the head of the bed, opening it and stepping through, still naked. There was a small landing with a railing and a staircase leading down to the first floor, all very rustic.

We walked, carefully, since we were still not used to these bodies, down the steps and found ourselves in an open area with comfortable-looking chairs and couches. At the far end was a kitchen with a table and straight-back chairs, two of which were occupied. Windows were all around letting in the sunlight and the view of the surrounding lands, all very green. We walked toward the table and the naked Selurians there. I was learning that I could distinguish between them mostly due to differences in their aura, not their physical appearance. Selurians seemed to be mostly uniform physically.

'Welcome to Seluria or, at least a virtual form of it. I am Karn's partner, Beeth, and beside me is Cari's partner, Sharn. We are part of the team creating this tour. We will do our best to give you both an experience of our planet and our people and how we live.'

Beeth paused so I jumped in.

'Thank you for your efforts to help us make a very important decision. Part of me is amazed that I would even consider this path.'

'We understand. What are our people to you other than just one of many species in the galaxy. Why would you give up all you have and know to undergo a drastic transformation then live on a planet that you still know nothing about. We hope to give you what you need to answer that question regardless of which path you choose.'

'This house is where Karn lives with me when we are both here on Seluria. We thought seeing a typical dwelling might be a good place to start. Sharn and Cari live in a house much like this. Most of our people do. Our society is what you might call agrarian or rural. Our level of technology is akin to Terra's in the late 19th or early 20th century.'

This amazed me. Federation rules of contact forbade initiating contact with non-technological societies. Generally, no contact was made unless they had at least begun space travel.

Connie jumped in'How did your contact with the Federation come about?'

'We contacted them, telepathically. We knew their explorer craft was in our vicinity, empathically. We could feel their curiosity. After inferring their intentions were not hostile, we invited them to land a small party and we began talks to each learn about the other. The main reason we initiated the contact was to determine if, by cooperating with the Federation, we might be able to address our problem of declining population. We will talk about that problem in much more detail later.'

'I am amazed at what I see here. I motioned out the windows.'When Andi told Connie and me your people were experiencing population decline in part due to shortages of resources, I envisioned the collapse of a crowded society, empty cities, a ravaged environment. I am completely stunned by the beauty.'

'And, I sense from you, skepticism; that maybe we are presenting you with a false image. That we are keeping from you what our planet really looks like. I assure you, this is not the case and we think we can address you doubts, even though this is a virtual experience for you.' Beeth then looked at Sharn. She took up the thread.

'We have planned an experience for you both that we think will reassure you of our truthfulness. I won't go into details now. In the meantime, we will show you our village, which is nearby, then take you to our capital, a bit farther away. Until now, all contact we have had with non-Selurians on our planet has been at a special meeting place at a distance from the capital. We know that your spacecraft scan our planet and that your scientists and government know much about us and our planet but, it has all been at a distance. Since your visit is virtual, this still holds true. However, you both had a question that bears on this; you want to know if any other humans have been made the offer that you have. Are there others that have gone though the transformation and are now living here on Seluria, having children? The answer is, yes.' Sharn paused.

I looked at Connie and she at me.'Will we get to meet them?'

'Yes, you will meet them and may ask them anything you want. You will meet their children, too. That will happen when we are in the capital.'

'Let us begin with a trip to the village.'

With that, Beeth and Sharn stood and turned to a door that led out of the kitchen and on to a path to a barn. Connie and I followed them. Suddenly it occurred to me to ask about our nakedness.

'Do your people wear clothes when in public?'

'Generally, no. There are some ceremonial and practical uses for garments and there are times when the outside temperature is somewhat cooler than this when we cover ourselves, but we prefer to be naked.'

We walked into the barn and there was a pair of animals, similar to Terran horses but smaller, hitched to a carriage. Next to it was what looked to be a primitive, self-propelled vehicle. It seemed that way since there was no evidence of a hitch for it to be pulled by the animals. There was also some kind of mechanism at the rear of it. It had wooden wheels like the carriage and was covered with a thick layer of dust and maybe bird droppings.

Beeth noticed me looking at the vehicle.

'We won't be using that. They have mostly been banned for the time being. We will take the carriage.'

The carriage had two bench seats and a cloth covering over the top to provide shelter to the riders. I had seen pictures in history books from Terra and this might have been something like a surrey.

Beeth got into the front bench seat and Sharn got into the back and sat. Connie stepped up into the rear seat. I got in beside in beside Beeth.

As soon as we we settled, the creatures started moving in tandem with no apparent need on Beeth's part to signal his intentions to them. There were no reins, no bits.

'I can communicate with the them telepathically. They are also able to communicate with us, to a limited degree; tell us when they are hungry, need a rest and other simple needs.'

We pulled out of the barn and onto a dirt road that seemed to end there at the house we had just left. The road rose up a small rise and then flattened out. I thought I saw some buildings in the the distance surrounded by open fields and some grazing animals. We drove on at a slow pace.

'The vehicle you were looking at in the barn is part of our problem here. They are used only in very specific circumstances now. They had become widespread but the burning of the fuel for the driving mechanism turns out to release toxic fumes into the atmosphere.'

'I read about similar problems on Terra that had occurred centuries ago.' I interjected.'Perhaps the Federation has some solutions for your problem.'

Beeth continued'They have made some proposals but we are not willing yet to implement them. They come with a heavy price, technologically. We are very reluctant to give up our old ways. When that vehicle was developed many years ago there was much opposition by many people. Now that the toxic fumes have caused problems, those people feel justified in preventing any further adoption of technology. They insist that we can have a fulfilling and comfortable life for all Selurians without technology. Our minds provide many things for us that your technology does for you.'

Sharn took over'Much of the development of our society has been to develop our mental abilities instead of technology like your people did. The mind is very powerful and we have found ways to use our minds to provide us dominion over the flora and fauna of our world, but with their cooperation. We can, as Beeth said, communicate with the animals you see us using. We can even communicate, although at a very primitive level, with insects and some cultivated plants.'

'We are getting nearer to the village. You will shortly begin to experience more of the normal ways we communicate with each other. Much is done with feelings, empathic communication. But when we need to be more specific we use telepathy. We call it jahiri which could be translated as thought speech. What you have heard us project to you is the result of training we have received to make it easier for you to hear us without speaking. We even use your language. That is not our native language and what you will begin to hear is what we all use here. You will most likely understand some of what those around you are trying to send but, only some of it. That will come from the enhanced empathic sense we have given you for this tour. For this virtual visit, we could have made it so you understood jahiri but, if you choose to come here, in actuality, you won't have that understanding. You will have to learn it by immersion. It is only after you have mastered jahiri fully that you will feel like you are part of our society. It will take some time. We think you need to be aware of that.'

We were now coming abreast of the first house at the edge of the village. This one was made of stone and had a feeling of being very old. There was a person, naked, standing in the doorway, looking at us as we passed by. I had a feeling that they were curious but I sensed also that we were welcome. They waved at us and we waved back.

There was an open field between the first house and the next. In the field were more animals like the ones pulling our carriage. They were grazing. Thinking of what we had been told about communicating with animals, I stretched my mind out to the closest animal and felt a sense of satisfaction that it had enough to eat. Almost immediately I also had a feeling from Beeth and Sharn that they were pleased with my attempt.

'It is an enoc.' I heard from Sharn.

'We are approaching the village center.

I leaned my head out to look down the road and saw a row of stone houses closer together. There was also a open area a few hundred meters away that seemed to have tents or awnings in it.

'Today is market day. Much of what we eat comes from neighboring farms, especially the fresh fruits and vegetables. At first you may feel overwhelmed by the empathic and telepathic chatter of a group of people but soon you will be able to focus on individual conversations and let the others become like background noise.'

As we approached the market in the center of the village I could hear the sound of the carriage wheels as we had all along but also became aware of the soundless thoughts and feelings of those in the crowd. It was strange to be "hearing" the physically silent chatter of a crowd along with the noise made by the hooves of the enoc pulling us or the flag flapping gently in the light breeze. I was drinking in all the sensations, physical and not, and realized I was very excited, even joyful, at all that was around me.

I looked at Connie and, judging by the look on her face as she looked around, she was just as excited. She turned to look at me.

'This is amazing.' she emoted.

I took her hand in mine but retuned my attention to the village. People were shopping, happily going about their business with an occasional glance at us. I got the feeling they knew who we were, that they were curious but also, welcoming.

The vendor stands in the market were made of wooden poles and canvas-like coverings that gently flapped in the breeze. There were all kinds of grocery-looking items along with things like pots and pans and other household items. All very mundane and necessary.

There were probably 15 to 20 vendors and maybe 100 or so shoppers. All were naked except a blacksmith, who wore a heavy apron, working a horseshoe or, actually an enoc shoe, at an anvil, their hearth glowing at the back of the stall. All were of indeterminate gender visibly but some felt more feminine, others more masculine, but most were neutral.

Soon we were beyond the market and back amongst a single lane of house on either side. The village seemed to consist of the one street lined by stone houses. Most had a garden in the back and as they houses thinned out, some had fields next to them. We came to an orchard with what looked like fruit trees along the left side of the road. The hanging fruit was round and red. The orchard went on for maybe 200 meters and, from what I could see, went back from the road maybe double that distance. The other side of the road was a cultivated field of a crop that was some kind of tall grass stalk and an orange fruit at the top. This field went on for half of a kilometer and I have no idea how far back from the road.