Zones and Barriers

TEASE ZONES

There have been times when areas previously occupied by large groups of women either freshly awakened to Sex Magic, or who use Sex Magic frequently, seem to become soaked in a field of ambient sexual energy. College women’s dorms, sorority houses, female-majority apartments and neighborhoods, seem to naturally begin forming fields of magic that act as an ambient Arousal Aura, similar to what women can naturally give off. When a large amount of this energy is generated with few, if any, males to absorb it, the field can become fixated on the area. Over time, these fields would dissolve in just a few weeks as the women learned to rein their energies in or vacate the area.

However, not too long after this phenomenon was discovered and confirmed, some women tried various experiments, and it was eventually discovered how to create stable, long-lasting versions of this field, which could remain despite the presence of men or the absence of women. The result was the formation of semi-permanent “Tease Zones.”

Within a Tease Zone, a man becomes affected as if by an Arousal Aura and at least one Tease Spell, such as phantom strokes of feathers or vibrations. He is, of course, helpless to resist these effects, unless he is already shielded from magic by some means, or unless a woman makes a point to block the effects. Women, naturally, are unaffected.

At first, Tease Zones just seemed to be a novelty, much like the Voodoo Cock spell. Sure, for women who didn’t have their magic yet, Voodoo Cocks and Tease Zones were great practice for magical sexual play. However, when women could already just tease men with a thought, and bombard them with aura effects whenever, why bother creating such things? The Zones ended up mostly being used for pranks by women who wanted to set up “tease traps” that they could just leave in place, and let boys stumble into without having to be there to cast spells themselves.

However, the Zones quickly became useful as something of a security measure to keep men from straying into areas where women wanted or needed privacy from their intruding thoughts. More over, they also became ways of keeping men trapped in certain areas. In the crueler Queendoms and towns, it became well known for men who just couldn’t handle their situation to try and run away. While it was easy enough for women to keep their men chained down with magic, there were still instances where they managed to escape. A few towns and villages have been known to erect powerful Tease Zone “walls” around their borders, which can only be passed through by men who have a female escort, or who have been pre-approved and given a special shield for a limited number of passes. These invisible walls can even be selectively modulated to only effect certain men, specifically those from the town or village who have a psychic trigger implanted to activate it when they try to cross, while men from other places just passing through the town can cross the Zones with no problem.

The use of Zones for pranks and play is generally overlooked, while Tease Zone walls used to trap men are considered illegal in most Queendoms. Particularly those Queens who attempt to maintain some degree of freedom and rights for the men in their country will levy harsh penalties against towns that attempt this practice. Some Queens, however, may allow these towns to continue on in exchange for some kind of tribute.

One generally allowed practice that has become almost ubiquitous is the combination of Tease Zones with the infamous Bench punishment. The Bench is a practice of modern day stocks, where male criminals in a town are magically bound to a bench or wall for several days, while any woman who wishes is allowed to mercilessly tease torture them. Some towns have opted to make their designated Bench area a permanent Tease Zone, ensuring the punished men never get a moment’s break from the teasing. In some cases, this has served as a further deterrent for would-be male criminals, as they are brought to the Bench to not only observe the suffering of the Benched men, but made to experience the Tease Zone as just a taste of what awaits them if they do something bad enough to get them Benched.

Tease Zones usually must be created by a joint effort of several women, and the more powerful and numerous the women involved, the stronger and more long-lasting the Tease Zone will be. Megami are able to create them on their own, but even then, the Zones prove more stable the more female minds are involved in cementing it. Further experimentation over the years has lead to creating Tease Zones with wilder effects, including certain Transformation properties. These experiments have culminated in the creation and maintenance of the Barriers.

QUEENDOM BARRIERS

As discussed in previous articles, the Queen Megami who now rule the world are uncompromising dictators. Some are benevolent, doing their best to maintain peace and fairness in their borders, but firmly maintaining order and stopping civil unrest when they must. Some are more pragmatic, willing to let a minority suffer so that the majority can live in relative peace. Some are tyrannical, eradicating even mere hints of rebellion, and reveling in the suffering they cause.

In every case, very little migration occurs between these countries. Once the borders were settled, and the initial shifting of populations was completed, almost everyone became stuck where they were. The average person will have an easier time simply being exiled from a Queendom than they are to be allowed to officially change citizenship, and no country will readily accept exiles or refugees without good reason. Citizens are a resource and a burden, especially for countries who attempt to be as self-sufficient as the Queendoms. Everyone, of course, hopes to be in a fairer Queendom, but even the most compassionate of the Queens cannot support the whole of the world. Likewise, even those Queens who actively despise their subjects know that losing too many of them will just weaken their own powerbase.

These concerns are made even worse as the cultural, religious, and national rivalries of old have become greatly exacerbated since the formation of the Queendoms. While the ideals of the Queen are intended to overrule all previous cultural concerns and identities, this is impossible to truly enforce, and in some parts of the world, xenophobia has grown worse than ever, making the acceptance of foreigners by the populace nearly impossible.

Yet, even as powerful as they are, Queens cannot spend the entirety of their time endlessly patrolling their nation’s borders to keep people from crossing them. While some border guards can perform that task, there are always going to be those who manage to make it through. Especially in the crueler nations, there are regular attempts by men, and even some women, to flee to a better life. If they are lucky, they are indeed able to make it to a new land, where they may be accepted if they can undergo a rigorous process of testing, and in some cases psychic manipulation, to become part of the new society. Sometimes, however, they will be accepted only as a slave, usually forced to endure worse conditions than those they left. Otherwise, they must accept rejection and deportation. It is rare that unwanted refugees are executed outright, but this has been known to happen during times of international conflict.

CONSTRUCTION

How, then to best protect one’s country from unwanted foreigners? It took a few years to catch on, but eventually, some Queens were able to modify Tease Zones into vast, invisible walls that border some, or even all, of their country’s territory. By the year 15 GE (2025 AD), almost every Queendom has a Barrier in place, initially formed by the Megami, and usually maintained by a crew of Archmages.

These Barriers can vary in size, but are usually around 300 meters thick by 2000 meters high (approx. 1000 x 6500 feet), and often extend a few extra meters below the ground, just in case. Most Barriers are set up so that men approaching them will feel lighter effects on the outer edge that will strength as they near the center. This serves as a warning to them not to go any further. If they stubbornly proceed, they will find themselves overpowered by the much stronger effects of the wall’s middle layer. Alternatively, the strongest effects may be on the outer or inner side of the wall instead, depending on how much they prefer to keep men in, or keep them out.

While women are greatly less affected by these barriers, depending on the strength of the wall, and the will of the Megami who built it, they may still be affected by them to some degree, feeling enough sexual pressure or psychic tension to be a warning.

Barriers will usually be designed to strip men of protections not specifically keyed to bypassing the wall. Men who must make regular trips between countries, such as those who work transporting goods between trade-friendly nations, will usually have special shields on them that will allow them to pass harmlessly through the barriers.

Most Queens will erect the Barriers in places that are environmentally safe for potential travelers, even despite Sex Magic’s protective effects. Very few Queens will, for example, set a Barrier out over water, instead having it line the shore. Few Queens worry about invasive air traffic, as international flight is a lot less common, but those allowed are usually well-vetted ahead of time, and the Barriers rarely extend high enough to block them. Women that attempt to Boy Board their way through a Barrier will usually find themselves crashing to the ground as their man is seized by the Barrier’s effects.

Barriers can usually be fully passed through if a man is determined enough, but they will usually greatly regret it if they do. Otherwise, Barriers may be designed to halt them in place, where they remain stuck until rescued.

COMMON BARRIER TYPES

Most Barriers have the same generic Arousal Aura combined with a Tease Spell effect that most Tease Zones have, but at a much stronger level than most zones. This is enough to serve as a warning for most men to not go any further. If they do, however, other effects may make themselves known. Barriers will almost always form Orgasm Blocks on men if they do not already have them, to ensure the spell effects stay as strong as possible.

Tease-n-Freeze – This is the common Barrier type and the most common. When first entered, the man will be hit with the typical aura and tease spells. He’ll still be able to walk, but the further in he goes, the harder he gets, the more sensitive he gets, and the more intense the teasing sensations. The average man is unlikely to be able to manage to make it more than ten to twenty paces before he’s on his hands and knees, jerking with every attempt to crawl forward.

Unfortunately, his perseverance won’t get him anywhere. When he reaches the center of the Barrier, a Freeze spell will kick into place, instantly trapping him on the spot. He will remain there until a Barrier Patrol guard walks by and frees him. In some Queendoms, however, men caught in this Barrier will just be left there, both as a punishment for the attempted illegal entry, and as a warning to others.

Roasting – Another common Barrier type and probably the prototype model, it locks them into a state of extreme priapism, edging, and tease torture, not unlike the “Roasting” trick. Although it technically does not physically stop men from entering, no man who tries to go through it will be able to get even half-way before he goes virtually comatose from the overpowering sensations.

Knock-Out – Similar to the Tease-n-Freeze, save that when he hits the center, the man is knocked unconscious, and thrust into a highly sexual dream, based on his most lurid fantasies.

Floating – Similar to the Freeze, save that when he hits the center, he is made to float helplessly in the air.

Shrinking – When he reaches the center of the Barrier, the man is shrunk down to only a few inches tall. While this does toughen his body to superhumanly durable levels, it does doom him to now try to make his way around as a tiny man. In same cases, a man who goes back through the Barrier may be returned to normal size. In others, however, he is stuck in tiny form, unless he can find someone to change him back.

Example: Amazonia – This Barrier was first created by the Giantess nation of Amazonia, who were also the first to employ the Barrier concept in the first place. This was done to defend their nation from the influx of runaway men who desperately wanted to reach their nation because of the rumors of how fair and kind the Giantesses were. It’s worth noting that even today, the Amazonia Barrier lacks a strong Tease Aura effect, meaning it’s a lot easier for men to go through the Barrier. The dark secret of Amazonia is that, while most Giantesses do treat their own male citizens quite well, there is a small, but thriving underground slave market for illegal immigrants, who take the brunt of women’s crueler whims, and are used as extra “fuel” to maintain the higher magical needs of their society.

Beast Morph – This barrier will transform any man who steps into it into a pseudo-animal person, giving them a set of cat or dog ears and tail, and usually forcing them to express themselves in animalistic ways, such as making them walk on all fours.

Example: New Bestia – The first, and most infamous of these is the New Bestia Barrier. All men who try to sneak through are turned into “puppy boys” with puppy ears and tail, and makes them act like dogs. They can still think like humans, but any attempt to do something in a human manner causes them to clumsily mess up, such as being unable to use their hands properly, accept to mimic paws. Likewise, all attempts to talk come out as barks and growls and whimpers. A man thus cursed can crawl back through the Barrier and return to normal, but not every Beast Morph Barrier will do this.

New Bestia was the second nation to create a Barrier, after Amazonia, but unlike their sister country, the country refuses to engage in any sort of slave trade. They were reluctant to make a Barrier in the first place, but the vetting process for new entries is longer than most nations, and after the rumors of their relative fairness to men got around, they found their small nation flooded with refugees, and had little choice. Most caught are simply turned away and sent back through the Barrier, but it has not been unheard of for some men to prove themselves worthy of a chance for regular citizenship, if they are able to demonstrate some valuable skill.

Repulsor – Similar to the Floating Barrier, except that these not only float the man, but violently throw him away from the wall. Usually, he is toughened up by the magic just enough that the throw won’t injure him, but the message is clear for men to stay away. Almost every Sex Mage prison has a barrier that keeps all men a minimum of ten kilometers away from the incarcerated women, to prevent them from gaining the power to break free.

Example: Haven – The women of Haven by and large don’t bear man any ill will, but their nation exists as its own refuge to get away from men and what they consider to be the curse of Sex Magic. This is especially important for the Glitches who have come here to escape the problems their magic causes. To ensure there are no forced breaches, the Barrier has been extended to a full kilometer in thickness and three kilometers high, forcing lower air traffic to go around the country’s borders. The Barrier allows women to enter without any problems, however.

Unique Zones and Barriers

These are Barriers with unique properties or Zones formed under mysterious circumstances.

Kazyree Barrier – The insane Queen Kazyr has managed to create a Barrier which will kill anyone who tries to pass through it if they have been implanted with one of her kill switch conditions. It was uncertain how she enforced this kill switch mechanism, until the STF used special resources to detect the Barrier. The unique field, five kilometers high, but only a centimeter wide, was designed to allow unsuspecting migrants to easily pass through, but to also alert Kazyr to their presence, male or female. This not only acts as an early warning system for invasion, but if they are just ordinary people, she can easily target and implant the kill switch, making any attempt to leave lethal. The effect is instant, and is so thin as to give no warning of its presence.

Gabrielle Zone – The electric-blue lake that forms the gestalt entity/country of Lake Gabrielle naturally generates of a powerful aura of lust energy and arousal commands. The aura extends nearly ten kilometers from the edges of the Lake and easily effects most women, as well as men. Men might manage to get within one kilometer before giving up, women might manage five. The only exceptions are Archmages and Megami, who are powerful enough to shield themselves, and Radiants, whom Gabrielle will begin drawing towards her once she realizes they are within her Zone, adding them to her collective. The Zone acts as a great natural barrier of its own to protect the Lake from interference

Lunar Zone – Located in the center of Mare Nubium is a Tease Zone sphere about twenty five kilometers wide. This is confirmed to be the place where the Created disintegrated, and is the reason the Moon has been banned from human contact; it is believed that if a man were to somehow enter this Zone, she might somehow manage to regenerate herself and return to Earth. No one is really sure how this Zone is maintained, given the Created apparently can’t even exist without the presence of Lust Energy, and her spell effects shouldn’t manage to stay in place without any maintenance, but yearly checks confirm the Zone is still present.

Blue Zones – Several Tease Zones have been discovered in spots over the ocean. Some of these may be created by Sex Mage themed cruises, where the women decide to make the ship a mobile Tease Zone, sometimes leaving behind stationary zones by accident. Some also blame the Lemuria Nomads as they roam around the oceans.