Kal, Male, 38

	- Narrator, disaster survivor and castaway

	- Husband of Kate, Bailey, Keekah, and Amy, father of Katie, Harry, and Hermione

	- 6'1, 190lbs, straight, shoulder-length dark-brown hair

Kate, Female, 37

	- Wife of Kal and Amy

	- 5'8, 150lbs, pale skin, shoulder-length curly red hair

Nina, Female, 26

	- Lover of Kate, Kal, and Hakee

	- 5'4, 120lbs, light-brown tanned skin, straight shoulder-length brown hair

Bailey, Female, 15

	- Wife of Kal, mother of Katie

	- 5'5, 130lbs, golden-brown tanned skin, shoulder-length light yellow-brown sun-streaked hair

Keekah, Female, 16

	- Wife of Kal, mother of Harry and Hermione, daughter of Manu, sister of Hakee and Mie, cousin of Poln

	- 5'6, 150lbs, mocha-brown skin, waist-length mostly-straight black hair

Gale, Female, 44

	- Wife of Tok

	- 5'5, 130lbs, dark tanned skin, waist-length dark reddish-brown hair

Manu, Female, 34

	- Survivor from Hahonoko, mother of Keekah, Hakee, and Mie, aunt of Poln, grandmother of Harry and Hermione

	- 5'5, 150lbs, mocha-brown skin, butt-length straight black hair

Hakee, Female, 18
 
	- Survivor from Hahonoko, daughter of Manu, sister of Keekah and Mie, cousin of Poln, aunt of Harry and Hermione

	- 5'9, 145lbs, mocha-brown skin, butt-length straight black hair

Mie, Female, 13

	- Survivor from Hahonoko, daughter of Manu, sister of Keekah and Hakee, cousin of Poln, aunt of Harry and Hermione

	- 5'1, 100lbs, mocha-brown skin, shoulder-length wavy black hair

Poln, Male, 11

	- Survivor from Hahonoko, nephew of Manu, cousin of Keekah, Hakee, and Mie

	- 4'11, 115lbs, mocha-brown skin, short, wavy dark-brown hair

Tok, Male, 35

	- Survivor from Hahonoko, husband of Gale, father of Azure

	- 6'3, 205lbs, brown skin, shoulder-length wavy dark-brown hair

Amy, Female, 16

	- Wife of Kal and Kate, mother of Azure

	- 5'7, 130lbs, pale skin, shoulder-length straight black hair

Amu (Amutoko), Male, 53

	- Widower

	- 5'6, 150lbs, medium-brown skin, tight-curly black hair

Kylana, Female, 15

	- Uhonamonan immigrant, sister of Hunamu, Tika, and Tila, niece of Kunomo

	- 5'8, 140lbs, dark-brown skin, long dark-brown hair in braids

Hunamu, Male, 14

	- Uhonamonan immigrant, brother of Kylana, Tika, and Tila, nephew of Kunomo

	- 5'10, 150lbs, dark-brown skin, cropped curly black hair

Tika, Female, 13

	- Uhonamonan immigrant, twin sister of Tila, sister of Kylana and Humanu, niece of Kunomo

	- 5'4, 125lbs, dark-brown skin, wavy dark-brown back-length hair

Tila, Female, 13

	- Uhonamonan immigrant, twin sister of Tika, sister of Kylana and Humanu, niece of Kunomo

	- 5'4, 125lbs, dark-brown skin, wavy dark-brown back-length hair

Popko, Male, 20

	- Uhonomonan immigrant

	- 5'10, 165lbs, dark-brown skin, short curly black hair

Kunomo, Male, 47

	- Uhonamonan immigrant, uncle of Kylana, Tika, Tila, and Hunamu

	- 5'8, 145lbs, dark-brown skin, short black hair
	
Katie, Female, 10 months

	- Daughter of Kal and Bailey, first child born on Phoenix

	- Infant, beige skin, sandy red hair

Azure, Female, 1 month

	- Daughter of Amy and Tok, second child born on Phoenix

	- Infant, rich bronze skin, curly black hair

Harry, Male, newborn

	- Son of Keekah and Kal, twin brother of Hermione

	- Infant, light-brown skin, blue-green eyes, straight brown hair

Hermione, Female, newborn

	- Daughter of Keekah and Kal, twin sister of Harry

	- Infant, light-brown skin, blue-green eyes, straight brown hair	

Before she'd left to go back North, Gale and I agreed we'd wait a few days to bring our conundrum to the Council. We were in no rush to decide the issue, and honestly, I wanted some time to consider my own feelings. I felt incredibly selfish to even think about suggesting Gale and I 'practice' with the cocaine, and I dreaded Bailey's reaction as much as I anticipated the rush of the drug in my system. It was no way for a father of three and Chief of his people to behave, and yet... I couldn't dismiss the thought of enjoying that sensation from my mind.

Kylana headed North with Gale that day so that she and Kunomo could spend some time together, leaving about half of our available laborers in the main camp. We'd still needed to send another person or two North soon as the Spring planting season was well underway. Tok and Nina were likely to be the ones to go, and on November 18th, they, too, went North with the dawn to join the others in the hard work in the fields. I offered to go, but Manu insisted that I was needed in the main camp, pulling me aside to ensure that I understood how much Keekah and Amy needed me around during the early days of their motherhoods.

It left us with a small group to handle the various duties around camp. I was there, naturally, along with Manu, Kate, Bailey, Hakee, Poln, and Mie to do the bulk of the work. Amy and Keekah would contribute as they could, but both new mothers were understandably most concerned with their little ones. And after a few more days of looking after Keekah post-delivery, Manu was going North to help there as well. Thankfully, the days were long as we were a month from the Summer solstice, and it allowed us to pack in as much work as possible before darkness forced us back to the camp.

And there was a lot to do. In addition to the ever-needed repairs to our shelters and water system, our gear, and our bedding and commonly-used items, we needed to constantly add to our preserved fish and to maintain the gardens around camp. We still foraged for nuts and berries. We trapped hares and piglets. A few of our fruit trees were already flowering and likely to need more regular visits to ensure they received enough water and nutrients to provide us with fruit later in the year. Our snail farm was thriving, as well.

Still, aside from the daily fishing and crabbing, those in the North were doing the bulk of the most important labor we needed. Without those crops, the large swaths of the upper island which were now providing us with greens and beans and tubers and vegetables, we would be in trouble quickly. Thankfully, we'd learned a lot about how to maintain and grow our fields, and with Amu's excellent guidance, had improved our ability to provide nutrition to everyone on the island.

I worried about the addition of so many new mouths in the coming weeks and months. We expected to take on nine or ten newcomers as early as the first week of January. We still had to discuss our immigration policy with the Uhonamonans, and there was no guarantee that we would accept any of those who wished to join us, but I'd begun to accept that we had to prepare as if we would take them all. Gale had already laid out her projections and plans to accommodate the limit of ten, and while it stretched us more than I felt comfortable with during the first year, she believed the new hands would allow us to thrive moving forward. We had the resources, she'd said, if we are willing to put in the effort to clear new crop fields and build new shelters and other buildings.

For the moment, at least, the biggest concerns in my mind were for the new infants. I brought Keekah and Amy breakfast after they woke from a late nap. While Azure was much like Katie so far and only woke a time or two each night, Harry and Hermione were keeping Keekah up most of the time. They were restless little ones, and Manu had suggested that we'd need to ensure Keekah got a break frequently so that she could catch some sleep and recover. Naturally, Keekah wasn't willing to be parted from her newborns for long, and so we all did the best we could to help her rest whenever possible.

Kate and Bailey had gathered up all four children, including Katie, and taken them into the common shelter before dawn so that the new mothers could sleep. I passed my young wives bowls of the morning porridge, each sweetened with an extra dollop of honey and a few morsels of dark chocolate.

“Get a bit of sleep?” I asked Keekah as she devoured her meal, her large, heavy breasts raw and leaking thin liquid down over her stomach.

She nodded, then answered between mouthfuls, “A little. This delicious.”

Amy agreed, then asked after Azure.

“She's in with Kate and Bailey,” I said, pointed down the slender corridor which connected our shelter with the common room. “They've got the little ones in there.”

“Surprisingly quiet,” Amy observed. Like Keekah, she was naked, only a blanket covering her lower half. Her breasts, too, looked a bit raw and swollen, but unlike Keekah, Amy's chest had only grown moderately and still held only a little extra weight. Her thin frame didn't make her childbirth easy, and I worried that her small breasts might not provide enough milk to feed her daughter.

Manu wasn't concerned, though. She'd told me days earlier that she had worked with mothers whose bodies didn't produce enough milk and she assured me that Amy was not one of those. Plus, Kate was able to nurse almost all the time, and my first wife still took great pleasure in being able to feed the small humans currently in her care. Even though she couldn't conceive herself, the nursing gave her a feeling of satisfaction which had been a warm balm against that heartbreaking reality.

“Too quiet,” Keekah said, interrupting my thoughts. She scraped the bowl clean with her finger, then asked, “Is there more?”

I grinned, “Sure. I'll get it for you.”

Amy passed me her bowl and smiled to say she, too, could use a second helping. Before I'd gotten to the doorway, Keekah was on her feet and moving back through the corridor to check on our twins. I'd had little doubt Keekah would be a great mother, and the way her instincts had kicked in immediately only confirmed it was true.

That's not to say that Amy wasn't a great mom. She definitely was. But, I suppose, I knew that Amy had been a reluctant mother. Or, at least, reluctantly became pregnant. Unlike Keekah, the sixteen-year old had not wanted a baby, but she had been unwilling to stop having vaginal intercourse with me and Tok, and before Tok's seed had set in her egg, she'd somewhat accepted that it was likely she would become pregnant as a result. She loved Azure, though, and deeply. I saw the joy in her eyes each time she held the girl, each time she nursed her from her small but swollen breasts. Even though she'd not particularly sought out the situation the way Keekah had, when she became a mother, Amy rose above her reservations and, like everything she did, took to it with enthusiasm and maturity.

I returned a few moments later, the last of the porridge split into the two bowls, more honey and chocolate swirled into the warm cereal, a pinch of salt added on top. Keekah had returned with Hermione against her breasts, suckling noisily. “Kate was nursing Harry,” Amy told me as Keekah deftly spooned porridge into her mouth while holding our daughter against her body. Like I said, Keekah didn't willingly part from her children for very long.

“I've got to fix the torn mesh on the far shelter right now. Can I get you two anything else before I go?”

“Just a kiss,” Amy said, smiling. “I wish I was ready for more, but...”

“Soon,” I assured her, “another couple of weeks. Once Manu clears you...”

“Mmm,” Amy purred, “I can't wait...”

“Make sure you get the IUD when you are ready,” I suggested.

The look on Amy's face was not what I expected. “Maybe...”

“Maybe?” I echoed.

She shrugged. “Maybe... I'm nursing, so... I probably won't get pregnant again while that's going on, but... I dunno, Kal. Maybe I want another baby... Maybe a boy... or another girl. I... I love being a mom, Kal... I just... I love it.”

I was surprised to hear that from Amy. I'd have expected Keekah to express such a sentiment, but Amy was not the one I thought would immediately crave a second pregnancy.

I watched her a moment, then grinned, “It's your body, Amy. You make the decisions.”

She returned my smile, “I know. Nice to hear you agree with me.”

I laughed. “Well, when you're cleared... whether or not you decide on the IUD... you know where to find me...”

“Oh, I'll find you. Believe me... I've been wanting you inside me for days now... I can't wait...”

Keekah cut in, “Same. And another baby for me soon, too. Many more...”

I groaned but tried to cover it with a laugh. A second baby for Amy, or a third for Keekah, would be enough to worry about, but 'many more' was a number that was too much for my head that morning. “Of course, Sweet Keekah. As many as you want.”

She beamed, setting down the bowl and shifting Hermione to her other breast, then she tilted her head, “Ummm... but... maybe no for a while. Two enough today. Not much sleep already.”

Amy laughed and I leaned in to kiss her deeply a moment, idly letting my hands drift to her breasts, gently fondling them a moment. Amy moaned into my mouth, then broke the kiss, “Careful... you keep doing that and I'm not going to wait for Manu to say I'm ready...”

“Sorry...”

“Don't be sorry, just...” A high-pitched cry came through the corridor from the common room. “Have to look out for someone else right now,” Amy told me, rising to kiss me quickly again, then heading towards the sound of Azure crying.

I kissed Keekah a moment, then took their bowls to where we rinsed our dishes.

Infant cries are sort of an odd thing. Before I had children, I would have said there was no way to tell one child's cry from another's. They were all the same, I thought. Just horrid screeching wails which you just wanted to silence as quickly as possible. But even a few days after the twins were born, I could tell the difference between Azure and the twins, and even between Harry and Hermione. Maybe I couldn't detail the small things which went into each unique voice, but it was no trouble at all to know which child had just cried out. I grinned the whole time I cleaned up our breakfast dishes and thought about how lucky I was to be the father of three young children. Really four, I reminded myself. Biologically, Azure wasn't mine, but I was very much her father.

That wasn't to slight Tok one bit. The man had spent every moment possible doting on Azure since his return. He was a good father, and while he may not be married to Amy, he treated her as if she was a real treasure. Other men might find themselves jealous that Amy's child was Tok's and not his own, but I felt nothing but love and gratitude that the two of them had brought a child into the world together. The three of us, and all the others on Phoenix, made it a world of love and pleasure and as much comfort as we possibly could, and I knew that Azure, Harry, Hermione, and Katie, and any future children, would grow up in a place, surrounded by people who cared about them deeply, where they had the best chance to know love and kindness and joy. Tok being the father to my wife's child wasn't a burden on my ego. Just the opposite, it made me feel stronger as a man, as a father myself, and it bonded Tok and I that much closer together as a result.

Dishes finished, I took up mending the mesh in the screen door and window-like openings on the shelter Hakee and Nina shared. It had begun to fray in several places and while the bugs hadn't yet picked up for the season, they were only a few weeks off. Repairing the mesh was tedious work, and we didn't have much spare to use to replace it. So, I worked with what I had and set about the task with my mind on the children and my wives, the smile on my face not fading for some time.

- - -

The next couple of days went by in a rush. Those of us on our feet were working hard around the main camp. Mie and Poln held down the fishing and crabbing and clamming while I worked on repairs. Kate and Hakee spent time on the small gardens nearby as well as handling the food preservation duties. Bailey kept an eye on children most of the time while also helping to mend blankets and sew clothing, and she made meals as well. Amy helped her, and when she didn't have Azure on her hip or breast, she gave me a hand, as well. Manu finished up a few small chores then headed North as planned, leaving Bailey with instructions for how to deal with common medical issues which might crop up over the next couple of weeks for Keekah and Amy and the newborns.

We pushed through our exhaustion, undermanned, but living comfortably enough to not complain. Harder days were likely ahead as the weeks to come would find ten or so of us staying North all while the Summer heat began to draw heavy and thick over the island. Already, the humidity was beginning to feel weighty as it settled in, the light breezes doing little to mitigate the conditions. It was only late Spring on November 19th, but it felt like mid-Summer.

The next morning, before dawn when it was still relatively cool, I awoke to find the shelter dark and quiet. The empty space to my left reminded me that Amy and Keekah had temporarily moved to the common room to spread out with the newborns until we put together a better arrangement of the mattresses to accommodate all of us who slept there. I knew, as well, that Keekah, especially, was trying to keep the rest of us from being awakened every twenty minutes by one twin or the other looking to nurse or needing to be changed. Amy had joined her to ensure Keekah wasn't alone with the babies. It was a kindness, to be sure, but I did miss having my young wives next to me in those nights.

To my right I felt the warmth of Kate's body, and to her right, I could hear Bailey snoring lightly. I remained still a few moments, the early hours of the day not yet ready for me to rise and start again on the many tasks awaiting my attention. I drifted a while, but was unable to fully sink back into that pleasant blackness. I was about to shift my weight off the mattress to get up when I felt Kate turn towards me and wrap one arm over my chest, a leg over my thigh. She whispered, “Can't sleep?”

“No,” I said quietly.

“Sorry,” she said, breathing deeply a moment before she added, “horny?”

I smiled in the dark, “Always.”

Kate purred and I felt her lips against my cheek, then I turned and kissed her, letting her arm tighten around my back, my knee pressing into the rich, dark fur between her thighs. “Let's go out so we don't wake Bailey,” I whispered in Kate's ear.

“I'm awake,” Bailey's voice said from over Kate's shoulder, “and I'm horny, too...”

I felt rather than saw Bailey's hand slide down between my body and Kate's to caress my growing length and Kate's lovely, slightly-parted thighs. My first wife and I kissed as Bailey explored our genitals, then Kate moved to her back and pulled Bailey over her to straddle her hips. I could hear them kissing as I pushed back the blankets and slid down to the edge of the mattress on my knees between Kate's feet.

I used my hands to find my way to Bailey's ass, fondling her soft flesh. She'd filled out somewhat during her pregnancy months earlier, and though she had lost most of that temporary weight, her body still held the lovely curves the changes had brought to her frame. I could smell both womens' bodies, the heat under the blankets had caused us all to sweat a bit, and the heady, musky scents from their genitals grew thick and wonderful as I inhaled between their legs.

I loved the way sweaty women smelled. It was a very common on Phoenix to catch the scent of musky bodies. Even though we bathed in the salty waters and used fresh water from the diverted stream to clean away the remains, the heat and constant hard work we performed left all of us sweaty on a regular basis. I often passed by Hakee or Manu or even the youngster Mie and caught a wiff of warm, briny flesh, taking pleasure in the way each woman's scent was unique and arousing.

I inhaled again close to Bailey's ass, catching the way the aroma of her moist pussy blended with her sweaty ass to make me swell with excitement. I leaned down further to inhale near Kate's bush, the differences perhaps subtle but clear in my nose. I shuddered with arousal as I pushed my head down between Bailey's thighs and found my tongue nestling between Kate's wet labia. She moaned into Bailey's mouth as I began to eat her cunt, and soon, her vagina drooled sweet, tart cream onto my tongue.

Bailey played with herself as she ground her genitals onto my head while Kate shuddered into orgasm from my tongue playing quickly around her clit. Not missing a beat, as Kate's body jumped from becoming overly-sensitive, I brought my head up and savored the rich, sweaty flesh between Bailey's parted thighs. Up and down her slit I licked, rimming her anus a moment and enjoying the darker, pungent flesh I found there. The tight, spongy hole didn't yield to my probing tongue, but Bailey's labia parted easily to let me push deeper into her body, and I drew out the thin, uniquely-flavored slickness I found within.

I rose up to my knees and pushed the head of my penis into Bailey's swollen sex. She groaned as I slid into her vagina, the heat of her hole making me swell quickly. Kate massaged Bailey's breasts as I took hold of the teen's waist, soon thrusting myself in and out of her body eagerly. I was quickly sweating, drops of the salty liquid splashing down on Bailey's back and hips and ass. Kate moved a hand down between Bailey's legs and played with the teen's clit. My young wife began to moan louder, trembling, thrusting back against me as hard as I thrust in.

Together, Kate and I brought Bailey to a strong orgasm. I could feel her fluids drooling down over my balls and I knew Bailey's cum was coating Kate's pussy, as well. I pulled out of Bailey and pushed her body forward a foot or so, allowing me to drop lower. Kate understood what I was doing and pushed her ass forward and up, spreading her legs wide. My stomach resting against Bailey's wet ass, I slid my cock into Kate's slippery vagina and started to hump her steadily.

I felt Bailey's fingers trace my shaft and Kate's labia, soon twirling quickly around Kate's clit, the redhead cumming again as she and Bailey shared a deep kiss. Kate's body was open and shuddering as I pulled out and brought Bailey back against me, slipping myself into her pussy once more. Bailey cried out as I fucked her harder, harder, our bodies slapping together and Kate's fingers encouraging my teen wife to cum a second time.

Back into Kate I thrust my cock. I was getting closer to release, but in the early darkness, my senses were groggy and dulled me just enough to hold off longer than I would have otherwise. I slid back into Bailey as Kate wrapped her arms around the teen's body. I held Bailey's waist as I slipped in and out of her swollen hole, the teen's vagina dilating and becoming very slick. Her pubes and mine were sticky with a mix of cum and sweat. Back into Kate I plunged, then back into Bailey.

I missed my mark in the dark and in my eagerness, my cock pushed instead to-quickly through the tight ring of Bailey's anus. “Owww!” She squeaked.

I froze in place, my penis throbbing, a couple inches of my dick inside the teen's bowels.

“Easy...” Bailey said, less pain in her voice. “Easy...”

I let her move first. Slowly, she pushed back against me and another inch of my dick slipped inside. There wasn't nearly enough lubrication to go deeper, so we held in place a moment. I didn't want to pull out. I was so close, and Bailey didn't seem to want me to withdraw, either.

Kate decided how we should finish. She somehow pulled herself from under Bailey in one smooth motion and was kneeling beside us quickly. Her fingers grasped the base of my cock and she leaned down, her tongue sliding over the part of my shaft still outside Bailey's body, then she moved to lick the edge of Bailey's anus where it bulged from my penetration. I pulled back an inch or so and Bailey's tight hole squeezed suddenly, making my dick plop out with a rush of air.

Bailey giggled and groaned at once. Kate swooped in and slid my pulsing, drooling penis between her lips, liberally coating my length with her saliva. Her head bobbed over my dick a moment, then she drooled more spit onto Bailey's tight asshole, using her tongue to rim her quickly, pushing more saliva inside her rectum. Positioning me against the teen's backdoor, Kate said in the darkness, “Now cum in her ass, Kal...”

I was so close, I knew it would happen quickly. Kate's fingers still around the base of my dick, I pushed forward slowly and Bailey's tight but well-lubricated anus took me inside more easily this time. Bailey cried out as I sank deeper, deeper. I smelled our sweaty bodies then, the aromas of precum and vaginal juices and anal sex. I sucked it into me deeply and pulled back an inch or two, pushing back in quickly. Again, again, again I humped Bailey's ass. She grunted with each movement, bracing herself on the mattress.

Kate held my cock as I fucked the teen's ass, using her other hand to slide two fingers into Bailey's wet, dripping snatch. I could feel the woman's fingers inside Bailey's vagina, and the sensation made me erupt and unload my seed violently into the fifteen-year old's bowels. Spurt, spurt, spurt, groan. I ejaculated through Bailey's tight ring, filling her ass with my cum. Kate's fingers moved to the girl's clit, and as the last of my jism shot through her anus and into her butt, Bailey climaxed intensely.

The force of her orgasm caused her to push me out of her body, my soiled cock soon followed by a gurgling stream of bubbly semen. Before Bailey was finished climaxing, Kate was lapping up the mess leaking from the girl's raw, swollen butthole.

I flopped onto my back and breathed heavily, pulling Bailey to me for a long, out-of-breath kiss. I felt Kate's lips slide over my half-hard, still-pulsing penis as she cleaned away the mess left there. Bailey collapsed beside me, and a moment later, Kate curled up beside her, spooning the smaller young woman.

I closed my eyes, grinning. “Mmm... I could sleep now, I think...”

“Me too...” Bailey agreed.

“That makes three of us...” Kate added.

It wasn't long, either. Sleep found me quickly, my sore penis pleasantly twitching as I slipped into erotic dreams which couldn't match the reality in which I lived.