Melissa Jeltsin

As the COVID shutdown stretches from days to weeks, Marty lets down his guard, opens up about Gore life. He eventually explains to Jess that Talena and Tom and Marty and his wife were all in a Gorian family together called the Great Eagle family.

As the COVID shutdown stretches from days to weeks, Marty lets down his guard, opens up about Gore life. He eventually explains to Jess that Talena and Tom and Marty and his wife were all in a Gorian family together called the Great Eagle family.

Talena seemed to be proud of it too. Here's how she identifies at the top of her FetLife profile.

Talena seemed to be proud of it too. Here's how she identifies at the top of her FetLife profile.

Gorefest was a festival created by Marty. Every so often, he and his wife invited Gorians from across the country to their sprawling property in Oklahoma for a weekend of revelry. Talena and Tom loved going to Gorefest, so much so that they ultimately moved to Oklahoma to be closer to Marty and their Gorian friends.

Gorefest was a festival created by Marty. Every so often, he and his wife invited Gorians from across the country to their sprawling property in Oklahoma for a weekend of revelry. Talena and Tom loved going to Gorefest, so much so that they ultimately moved to Oklahoma to be closer to Marty and their Gorian friends.

It was also at Gorefest where Talena met Corey, who went on to become her roommate after Tom died. I found an old website that Marty ran dedicated to Gorefest that includes this little history.

It was also at Gorefest where Talena met Corey, who went on to become her roommate after Tom died. I found an old website that Marty ran dedicated to Gorefest that includes this little history.

Clicking around on this old website, I found the list of events. Sparring, axe throwing, tug of war, and serving. Slaves could take part in a position competition, testing their knowledge of the 10 submissive positions they should be able to assume upon command, according to Gorian philosophy. Don't look these up at work either. And there was also, sigh, a slave auction,

Clicking around on this old website, I found the list of events. Sparring, axe throwing, tug of war, and serving. Slaves could take part in a position competition, testing their knowledge of the 10 submissive positions they should be able to assume upon command, according to Gorian philosophy. Don't look these up at work either. And there was also, sigh, a slave auction,

On another page was a list of Gorefest attendees, divided into two categories. In one list, I found Master Zarius, Tom. Master Shakar, Marty. In another, the slave list, Talina Zar. Zar as in belonging to Master Zarius. By the time Talena went missing, Master Zarius was dead. So did Talena belong to someone else? Marty explained to Jess that Talena was now an unowned slave.

On another page was a list of Gorefest attendees, divided into two categories. In one list, I found Master Zarius, Tom. Master Shakar, Marty. In another, the slave list, Talina Zar. Zar as in belonging to Master Zarius. By the time Talena went missing, Master Zarius was dead. So did Talena belong to someone else? Marty explained to Jess that Talena was now an unowned slave.

Marty had Talena's, quote, protection collar, which meant that he was looking after her. He wasn't her master, but he was a protector of sorts. Though what she needed to be protected from was unclear.

Marty had Talena's, quote, protection collar, which meant that he was looking after her. He wasn't her master, but he was a protector of sorts. Though what she needed to be protected from was unclear.

Other Gorians trying to take her collar? Jess is suspicious of the list of men who attended Gorefest over the years. Masters whose real identities are unknown to her. But Marty is adamant that all this Gore stuff has nothing to do with Talena's disappearance. She's looking in the wrong place. Jess thinks there's more he's not telling her.

Other Gorians trying to take her collar? Jess is suspicious of the list of men who attended Gorefest over the years. Masters whose real identities are unknown to her. But Marty is adamant that all this Gore stuff has nothing to do with Talena's disappearance. She's looking in the wrong place. Jess thinks there's more he's not telling her.

But as time goes on, she starts to believe he's being earnest.

But as time goes on, she starts to believe he's being earnest.

The two are an unlikely pair, a nosy bartender in Minnesota, a geeky Gorian master in Oklahoma, having intimate conversations deep into the night, trauma bonding in the depths of COVID isolation, when, all of a sudden, a new clue takes the investigation in an entirely different direction.

The two are an unlikely pair, a nosy bartender in Minnesota, a geeky Gorian master in Oklahoma, having intimate conversations deep into the night, trauma bonding in the depths of COVID isolation, when, all of a sudden, a new clue takes the investigation in an entirely different direction.