Ory nodded, pushing the middle elevator button, "Yeah, but you can take the final and skip all the classes. That's what many of them try to do, but it takes a good ten to fifteen tries, and you have to wait a week between each test because the Grand ass Master Lucious changes it each week. So meanwhile, students such as myself just take the classes. Guys got to get his mingle on if you know what I mean."
He laughed at himself and winked again at me. I was curious about what kind of mingling, but I was here to become a Grand Master, not get in between sheets with anything that had a hole unless it was Rose's, of course.
"I see, yeah, mingle. Hey, so could I just take the final if I wanted to?"
"Sure, I suppose, but why'd you do that? Low chance of you passing, no offense. Plus, by taking curriculum classes, you'd get to meet all the hotties! There's even a chance of meeting your sex match, though it's rare."
The elevator dinged, and my mind was racing as I stepped in, following Ory. Meet my match? Could I take the Final and still see Rose if I pass?
"Wait, Rose! Where are the female students staying if male students are in 1A, 2C, and 3D?"
The doors shut on the elevator, and Ory froze after pushing the single button labeled 1. Then, turning to me with a shocked look, he asked, "You don't know where the babes are staying? Every capable male knows where the pussy's at!"
I cringed. The word pussy was a little trashy for me, but I just laughed slightly and spread my hands like I was clueless.
"Oh man, you really are a noob! They are all the way on the other side of MaSS Academy, which blows. The Director of Hell has her office there to monitor them and acts like the house mother from time to. The leash she has on them is shorter than my dic..."
The elevator dinged, cutting him off.
"Anyway, we will come back to that. Here is 3D! You can peruse the rooms and find you a spot. Everyone gets the itch once and a while and changes scenery by changing rooms, but it's your call what you want to do. Everyone but Marcus and Sicah are taking classes right now, but Sicah is always bunking at one end of the hall or the other. I think Marcus went to turn in his thirteenth final, poor bubby," Ory said sadly, shaking his head.
"Yeah, I had the pleasure, sort of, meeting Marcus. He seemed a bit irritated."
Ory nodded, leading me down the right side of the hall, looking through doorways.
"Well, it's kinda his natural state. The dude's been tryin' to pass the final since he got here. This is his 14th week of waiting, doing nothing. I tried hooking him up with a few delightful demons that weren't matched, but he refused. If you ask me, I think he's about to give up and take the classes."
The fact that I could take the final outright and skip basic school classes I wouldn't need gave me some hope that I could do this.
"Oi, there he be!" Ory said out loud, peering into the last room on the right.
Sitting at a desk hunched over and twirling a pen was the demon Sicah that Marcus told me to talk to. His silvery long gray tail twitched and danced behind the chair he was in. I walked into the room, hesitantly following Ory.
"We got a new housemate, yo. Meet Ceil. He'll be joining our humble abode as of today," Ory said, smiling at the guy and waiting for a response.
I watched as the tail stopped moving and formed a question mark and then went back to moving around.
"He's just focused. He's studying for his twenty-fifth attempt at the final."
I almost coughed from the shock, "Seriously?"
Ory nodded and took a deep breath, "Yeah, sad, isn't it? But he swears he'll pass it this time."
I looked back at the guy, still in shock. How hard was this damn final? But once I thought about the fact that Lucious made them, it was clear it might not be as easy as I thought.
"Fucking human," was yelled from the demon Sicah as he stood and chucked his pen at his desk.
I swear my balls retreated inward and up next to my throat as he looked at me. Suddenly worried, I couldn't look away. The guy had one very green eye and one the color of 80s lipstick.
"I, I'm sorry? Human? Where? I don't see any human," I squeaked as he stepped slowly toward me.
Silently in my mind, I prayed for Rose. I asked for whatever God wasn't busy to watch over her and make sure that she found a good master one day just in case I was going to die now.
Ory laughed, "Nah, dude, Sicah is referring to the last final. It was a question about humans, the ONLY question he failed. Otherwise, we'd be sitting pretty with potential matches allowed to serve us."
Ory elbowed me playfully, and I let out the breath I was holding.
"How the Hell was I supposed to know that humans will pleasure themselves? I figured they just ran around all day having sex, like us!"
Ory laughed, almost bending in half, "Man, I told you! It was a trick question. I asked one of the girls over in EE because one of her friends was a sex slave for nine months collecting seals. The chick said humans pleasure themselves more than they pleasure each other now."
I watched as Sicah shook his head before he looked at me again and held out his hand, "Sorry about the sudden outburst, mate, names Sicah."
"No big deal, names Ceil," I said, shaking his hand, "Marcus told me to see you for everything else?"
Sicah cocked an eyebrow and looked at Ory, then back at me, "Everything else? Huh, no clue about that, but have you had a tour of the school?"
I nodded, "Yeah, I caught most of it earlier when I got here and when I followed Marcus for a short walk," I responded before asking, "Who do I see about taking the final for Master?"
Sicah started laughing along with Ory before Ory said, "I like this dude. He's got some balls!"
I stood there feeling rather stupid that they found my question humorous.
Sicah took a deep breath to calm himself and smiled at me, "Wooo! You are alright. You know that, Ceil? So, look, even though I would normally encourage anyone to take the final, you first need to establish yourself, attend a few classes, and meet some of the options. Of course, you can't pick your sex slave, so because of that, they hold the real power. Sex Slave isn't really a set of words or a definition like you might think, man. Well, yes, some Masters treat them like they're lower, but that's not cool with any of us in 3D. Besides, it's a sex slave's frame of mind when they choose to submit and choose they do, trust me. If anything, Masters are the real slaves, trying to win the cream of the crop."
Ory nodded in agreement, "He's right, yo. You're only a Master by title. Unlike Lucious or his little band of followers, some of us are more appreciative and respectful to those who chose sex slaves. You need to be sweet to get the sweets, right?"
"Yes, of course," I said, actually feeling the same way.
"See, he knows where it's at," Ory said, slugging Sicah on the shoulder before looking back at me, "Look, come to class with me tomorrow. You get to pick and choose general classes here at the academy. If there's a seat open, you can take the class. I'll explain all that on our way in the morning. But, for now, why don't you chill here with Sicah and me? We can play some games and talk about titties. It'll be great!"
I wasn't sure about sitting around with a bunch of demons that reminded me of beer-drinking college students, but it didn't matter. A sound of hunger suddenly erupted from my stomach, and they both froze. Their eyes were the only thing moving as they looked at my face, then my stomach, and back up to my face.
Shit, bad timing.