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Bunny cocked her head to the side, causing her large, white rabbit ears to flop over her specially shaped headphones in a way that her mistress would have found extremely cute. “Sorry chat, I got a little lost in that story, but yeah that is pretty much how I got into streaming.”
She leaned back so the camera was focused on her ample cleavage, artfully emphasized by the very low-cut companion dress she wore. She pushed her arms together around her breasts emphasizing the cleavage even more. “Of course, we usually just do those on special occasions and florn Fridays.”
“Speaking of…” She winked at the camera. “It is just about time for me to wrap up for the day. Mistress will be … hopping… mad if I go too long. I know, I know but fear not friends, I have it on good authority from her mistress that DDiesel will be on a little later to carry you all through the evening.”
She made a heart shape with her hands “Alright gamers, remember to love yourself and keep fighting, in healthy and appropriate ways. Love you all!”
She turned off the stream and leaned back in the large, extremely comfy gaming chair that was the focus for the streaming set up. She stood up and stretched, the hemline of her dress raising to perfectly highlight that her thighs were every bit as ample as her breasts. An image only enhanced by contrast to the small fluffy white cotton tail sticking out of a slat at the back of the dress. She stepped out of the small private booth that contained the streaming station and into the place she had helped build.
She smiled to herself as she surveyed the sprawling arcade. Cabinets for games spanning nearly a century filled the surface of the Free Play Arcade, separated primarily by genre. Though the space wasn’t crowded, there were quite a few sophonts of a variety of species including several Affini entertained themselves with the huge variety of games on offer. Though she suspected that many of the Affini were floret hunting given that video games seemed to be one of the few things that the plants weren’t incredibly good at.
She made her way across the space, enjoying the occasional admiring look that her body got as she passed the patrons. When she got close to the help desk/snack bar she began to wave happily.
Behind the desk, her mistress Ceria turned and gave her a warm smile. “Hello again little rabbit, I hope you enjoyed your stream.”
She closed the distance to her mistress and was deftly lifted into Ceria’s waiting vines. Ceria cuddled Bunny close, filling the rabbit girl with a sense of belonging and love that she could have scarcely imagined when all this began.
Bunny smiled and nodded happily, sending her ears flopping in a way that she knew her mistress loved. “It was fun. Did some X-Drive and then answered some questions from chat. It was nice.”
Ceria nodded “I saw little Bunny. It warms my core to see how fondly you recall when you first came into my vines.”
A voice came from near Bunny, accompanied by some delightful scratching behind her ears. Bunny’s pinnate Mera spoke with a conspiratorial tone, “And the little show you put on made me unsure I could make it to florn Friday.” She reached over and gave one of Bunny’s breasts a squeeze.
Bunny made a pleased sigh and turned to Mera, whose casual dress contrasted her own exaggerated femininity. “Well, there is always time for a private show.” She leaned and gave Mera a quick kiss on the lips.
She heard a different voice from behind her, someone at the front of the help desk. “Uh… I can come back in a bit if you like.”
Ceria replied immediately. “Nonsense petal, you have come for help, and you shall have it. I am Ceria Hamamelis, fourth bloom, she/her. These are my precious florets Mera and Bunny, both she/her. What can we do to help little one?”
Bunny felt herself being turned by her mistress to face the newcomer as Mera turned to match. She saw that there was a person there, a slim man who seemed to be quite shy.
The man replied. “Um… Hi. I’m Taylor Rollins. Independent. I was … I mean I have watched some of your streams and I have been curious about fighting games and I was hoping someone could give me some help getting started.”
Ceria gently lowered Bunny to the ground and spoke. “I am certain that we can get someone to help with that cutie. What were your pronouns by the way?”
“Oh, Uh… he/him. Did you say were?” Taylor asked, confused.
Ceria smiled mischievously. “Must have been a slip, I am still so new to your language after all.”
Bunny shook her head and smiled. “Come on Taylor I can help you out. I love helping people find themselves in the community. Especially someone who watches my streams.” She gave him a quick hug, making a point to press her breasts against him then made her way toward the largest section of the arcade that contained the fighting games.
Taylor blushed and followed along behind. “Thanks, I appreciate it. I was hoping to meet some new people, find a hobby to fill some time, you know?”
Behind them, too quietly for them to hear, Mera looked to Ceria and said. “I give it two weeks before Taylor is wearing a collar mistress.”
Mera shook her head. “That shrinking violet, frankly I can’t believe she hasn’t been collared already. I give it until Sunday night.”
As Bunny and Taylor entered the fighting Game section, Bunny asked, “So the first thing you have to decide is which games you might be interested in. No pressure and you can always change your mind or try some others, but you have to start somewhere.”
Taylor nodded. “That makes sense. I was thinking… maybe XDrive?”
Bunny gave a happy little hop, her breasts jiggling in a way that threated to destroy Taylor’s train of thought. “Wonderful choice. It is approachable enough for new players to be able to hop in but has lots of room to build to. This way.” She turned and lead Taylor to a bank of XDrive cabinets.
Taylor nodded, but left his eyes on Bunny’s breasts as he did so, only manage to snap himself out of it once she turned away. He scrambled after her to the machines. When he arrived she hit the start button and stepped to the side. “Go ahead and use the stick to scroll through the characters. For now don’t worry too much about individual mechanics, just pick whoever strikes you as cool?”
Taylor started to move through the character selection screen slowly. “Shouldn’t I like try to pick someone easy?”
Bunny shrugged. “I can recommend a few if you would like but my philosophy is that any character is learnable if you stick with it and you are more likely to stick with it if you are using a character that appeals to you.”
Taylor nodded. “I guess that makes sense.” He scrolls through a few more before pausing on one. “How about this one?”
Bunny leaned close to look past Taylor. “Ooh Lupa. I wouldn’t have guessed that for you. Is he appeals to you, she is just fine though. What draws you to her?” She turns to face Taylor and gives him a friendly smile.
Taylor looked down and shrugged. “Well, I guess I like the fact she has a wolf with her and the like slacks and suspenders is a cool look on a girl.”
Bunny nodded, sending her ears flopping again. “Kirei is pretty cute, and Lupa has a very dapper butch energy that I can certainly see that appeal of. I prefer a dress myself but I could see it for you.”
Taylor’s face was covered with a blush and he could only manage an “I… uh. Thanks?”
Bunny gave him a beaming smile and gave his shoulder a squeeze. “You’re welcome. It’s a compliment.” She turned back to the machine. “Now that you have decided who you are going to be, I will start by walking you through the controls.”
Behind the help desk on the other side of the arcade, Ceria was surreptitiously sending messages to a few lovely Affini who might want to stop by the arcade in a while to meet the new cutie on the block.