Pleasure Kingdoms: Second Attempt

[Khadgar]

Dreant Firebane

Dreant was thinking, juggling thoughts and ideas, answers mixed with masks and covers.... or were they not masks and coveres, and just his own confusion over his life?

this sent him into another long stretch of consideration and debate. which was a tedious thing, his cluttered skittish mind flitting to places that wern't even related.

luckily for his mind, it was about that time that the girl punched the bat creature in the face. Dreant sat back up straight and looked at the too, one brow raised quizzically. he listened to the abt creatures outraged explination. and he wondered about himself. he had some of the feelings this thing did, but others he did not. he didn't have to fight to keephimself from slipping to evil.... but then again, with his hatred for some creatures, maybe he already had. but it wouldn't be an evil as deeps as what he spoke of. and the rape.... it barely ever crossed his mind.

Dreant sighed and rolled back off the log, sitting back and stretching against the wood. his back cracked as he pressed against the fallen tree.

 

[NyghtRayne]

Logan listened as she spoke. “Well some in the village where I am from say that is a fault I have. I am not afraid of much and I know I should be. I just feel that people should be given a chance before you decide to hate or fear them.”

He shrugged, “Maybe it is the way I was raised, or the history I was taught of my family. We’re kind of unique I guess you could say. Being unicorn shape-shifters and all.” As they headed back to the camp the rain could be heard in the higher leaves of the trees, he thought it was good at least that Taren had found a place that seemed fairly protected from the weather, but if the storm was bad, they would have to seek shelter.

He thought about her words of how he didn’t show fear of her, he had never thought of it, his inner feelings for the women of the group had, no matter what their race, been to help keep them safe. He had seen them fight and knew that they could do well on their own, but something deep within made him want to protect them.

“I am sure Zarl will be thankful to find you weren’t alone, even if he doesn’t find it pleasant that you found ways to occupy that time, even if it served a purpose of healing you.” He was unsure how Zarl would react to the fact that he and Lavastine had had their own fun in the forest, he knew for a fact that he would be a little uncomfortable until the time it was revealed.

The fact was he liked Lavastine, liked her a lot, he seemed drawn to her and to the others, but in different ways. His thoughts couldn’t sort out those ways, not yet, but he was working on it.

 

[katalynn]

Lavastine giggled at what Logan was saying about Zarl.

"What he doesn't know won't hurt him... Though, I'm sure he'll be guessing. But, he won't tear into you.. Least, I don't think he will. Has no real reason to."

They chatted some as they walked back the camp, only seeing Zarl and Shizura at the fire. Heard Dreant up in the trees, somewhat surprised to see everyone still awake. Something did happen between the two as it was clear in Zarls' eyes and the way he was sitting.

"Where are the other three? Its going to be raining soon, they shouldn't be left out there when it happens."

A bit reluctant to leave Logans side, but she also didn't want to make it to obvious as to what happened as Lavastine walked towards Zarl, standing in front of him.

"Hope everything here is ok?"

Noticing some blood on Zarls' face, lightly moving a strand of hair from his eye.

 

[The GrandMage]

Zarl of the Macrai-Itoche (Flesh)

"I'm okay, but Shizura felt it was needed to inform me that in no way was she going to let her virginity go."

He shrugged, and pointed over towards the stream. "I left Eeve watching over Ritsuko and Taren. When I left, it looked like theyr were going to get into what you and Logan were."

He smiled, and then looked over at Logan. "Unless, that is, I've overestimated your male urges, Logan? I hope not. Most Fae are far too attached to being 'pure', considering it is actualy going against what nature and the Destroyer and Creator built us all for."

He chuckled, and yawned. "Well, I, for one, have been successfully kept 'pure' for tonight. I'm going to try and get some sleep. Long day ahead."

Zarl lay down, closing his eyes, and trying to find someplace comfortable enough to sleep.

 

[NyghtRayne]

Logan looked to Zarl, "No you aren't wrong Zarl and yes most humans do worry about that." He wasn't sure what else to say, he was just glad Zarl had not decided he had overstepped his bounds somewhere and beat the crap out of him.

He watched as Zarl found a place to sleep, he knew the others would return soon enough and need to rest. He sat by the fire a few moments, before standing once more. "I think I'll change and take first watch. I can pretty much keep an ear open to intruders while napping in my unicorn form."

He walked out into the treeline out of the firelight. Once hidden from Shizura's view he stripped out of his travelling pants and changed back to his unicorn form. He didn't know why but he felt more comfortable like this, more natural.

He had without realizing it went in the direction of the stream where Eeve had been watching over Taren and Ritsuko, he had stopped to change within Eeve's line of sight. He hadn't seen her or heard any noises from Taren or Ritsuko until after he had changed, then the subtle sounds of their splashing could be heard amongst their whispers.

 

[katalynn]

Lavastine watched as Logan went and changed, was unsure if she was still tired, but the extra bit of sleep couldn't hurt. Somewhat surprised to see that the other three have not returned yet, hopeing that everything is ok out there for them.

After getting a drink she went and laid next to Zarl, wrapping up in her cloak and was soon drifting off to sleep.

 

[roleplaylifer]

Ritsuko

The elven samurai smiled despite her own nervousness at Taren's reaction. Each and every muscle in the half-elf's body had gone deliciously taut, his elven tormentor not being able to resist the opportunity, her slender hand running smoothly across his bare chest.

Her admiration of his physique was reflected in a heated sigh even as she continued to entrap his ear, her tongue playfully flicking across its very tip.

As she reluctantly let the slightly slanted appendage slip away from between her teasing lips, her gaze dipped downward to rest upon her suitor's hands, clenched as they were in the shimmering fabric of her kimono. Another husky, yet definately feminine chuckle filled the small glade.

"I thought you deserved a reward for catching me."

Leaning forward, she rested her chin on one of Taren's broad shoulders. Turning slightly, she kissed one ruddy cheek even as she tried to control the heat that had begun to grow inside of her the moment she had felt the warrior's arms wrap around her, almost as if claiming her.

Strangely enough, she was not frightened by the feelings that Taren awoke in her. Indeed, it seemed that they had grown steadily since the fateful day when she had stumbled upon him and his party.

Briefly, the troubles looming ahead caught up to her, causing her smile to waver slightly before returning in full force as the samurai determinedly banished such worries in the face of her new lover.

Grinning again, her own arms still wrapped around Taren in a claim of her own, and another of her mischievous glances preceeded her next words.

"How long do you think before the others notice we're gone and begin to worry? I'm sure Evee and Zarl told them about where we are....and probably about what we're doing."

The thought sent an uncontrolled blush across her normally pale face. A nervous chuckle escaping her lips...even as one shapely leg lifted slowly to slide sensuously along the length of one of Taren's.

Nervous, and hardly experienced, nevertheless she felt a rush of excitement at the feel of her own silken robes and the hardness of the warrior's muscular frame pressing back against her.

 

[Sky Jade]

Evee rested her hand in her palm as she strecthed out on the rock. It was plenty big enough for her to lay on. She licked her lips for a moment, mostly watching Ritsuko and Taren when she noticed movement near the edge of the water. She frowned and slipped from the rock, moving carefully so she wouldn't disturb the two lovers.

She gripped her staff, ready to hit whatever the disturbnce. She blinked and stopped when she saw Logan in his unicorn form.

"Logan, you scared me. I thought there was a creature ready to attack Ritsuko and Taren."

 

[NyghtRayne]

Logan jumped as he heard her words, he handn't expected anyone to be so close. He turned his amber gaze upon Eeve as he got his heartbeat under control.

"I am sorry to have startled you Eeve, I thought this would be a good place to change." Then he realised that she must have been close, he would have blushed at the thought of her seeing him before he changed as he stripped out of his pants, standing there in the clearing naked, before shifting.

"I am assuming then that the two of them are alright. The weather is getting bad we should all return to camp as soon as possible." He was glad to have run into Eeve out here instead of an intruder, he knew that everyone needed some relaxing time before they entered the caves in the morning.

"I would be more than happy to accompany you back if you'd like Eeve."

 

[Sky Jade]

Evee gave Logan a soft smile for a moment.

"Thank you for the offer, but I told Zarl I would watch off the two of them. They are a little occupied with each other at the moment. If the weather does turn bad, I'll make sure to get them to shelter."

She gave him a kiss on the cheek before going back to watch over the two.

 

[Armphid]

Taren

Taren moaned softly as Ritsuko's hand caressed the muscles of his bare chest, feeling strangely hot and full of a kind of burning energy, despite the cool of the night and the water. What was this feeling?

Her approving sigh was like a song of angels, and he smiled broadly, despite the blush on his cheeks. As much as he had admired her lithe, curvy body...she seemed fond of his. What an amazing thing.

"That's some reward...I'll have to chase you more often, if this is what I get for catching you." There was something happening...he could feel the change in her and her mood, and his own shifting to answer it. It was frightening in a way, but also intruiging...whatever it was, he found he liked it. He wanted it.

As her leg began to slide up his, he felt that heat flare, and his hands released Ritsuko's kimono. They hovered a moment, then a hand reached down to touch her, feel the warmth of her body through the thin wet fabric. They carefully caressed the small of her back, then moved slowly, carefully downward. His strong hands slid over her hips, down her kimono clad thighs, feeling the graceful curve, fingers pressing lightly on the firm muscle. "Let the others worry," he breathed. "Evee and Zarl told them...and I don't want to be anywhere else than here with you." He could feel a renewed blush, "As for what we're doing...well...I'd rather keep on doing it than stop now."

 

[roleplaylifer]

Ritsuko's nervousness and uncertainty mounted as Taren moved slowly in her arms to face her once more. A shiver not born of cold rippled through her as half-elven fingers slowly ran the length of her body. Starting at the small of her back, the samurai arched beneath his touch, her silken robe never having seemed this thin before.

For just a moment those devilishly inquisitive fingers slid downward to the gentle swell of her slender hips. Pausing just a moment before moving downward to gently knead the firm musculature of her outer thighs. Though benign in nature yet, the elf felt more than heard the soft moan that escaped her lips, the growing ache this moonlit chase had started, intensifying by the second.

Silencing his words with another smoldering kiss, Ritsuko left no doubt to be had that she wanted to remain where she was as well. A satisfied humm resounded through her as her lips willingly parted before him, just as the rest of her parted beneath his touch.

Tugging gently, Ritsuko was careful not to break their kiss as slender fingers sought the band of her sash, the tattered knot slowly yet inevitably drawn undone.

Her breath a little shaky, the samurai felt the constraining fabric holding her kimono together come loose in her hands. Almost instantly, her neatly kept robes of shimmering moonlight began to fall open nearly as easily, revealing a tantalising glimpse of the pale skin that lie beneath its thin surface. Tossing the sash in the direction of what she hoped was the shore, the midnight blue material snagged easily on the thorned branches of the gooseberry bush she had leapt over to arrive in this predicament.

Finally she pulled away, her heated lips leaving his for just enough of a moment for Taren to realize what she had done. As the samurai waited to see how the warrior would react, her arms dropped reflexively to her sides. A pronounced blush coloring her cheeks as the action teased open her kimono just a little more, though the wet fabric clinging to her skin had left little to his imagination.

"If they know where we are, then they must have at least a guess about what we are doing."

She blushed intensified, bringing a sudden surge of color to her face...before her eyes snapped back at him in defiance.

"So be it."

 

[NyghtRayne]

Logan nodded in response to Eeve. "I guess that's true.. but I don't think they'll get into too much trouble." He could hear Ritsuko and Taren in the slight distance very clearly, his hearing was excellent, too much so at times.

He wondered what Eeve would think if Taren and Ritsuko went where it sounded like they were headed, how would she respond to seeing that. He kind of figured that she and Shizura might have the same reaction, but you never knew.

"They might even need the alone time. I'll be close by should you need the company." With that he wandered off into the treeline once more, placing himself between Eeve, Ritsuko, Taren and the campsite.

 

[Armphid]

Even in the midst of the cool water, Taren felt only heat. Heat rising from himself, answered by a similar heat from the graceful elven samurai. The feel of her form underneath his fingers was so wonderful, yet so maddening. The prefect lines and strength of her body felt magnificent, and his hands lingered as they continued to caress her. Yet he somehow wanted more...to touch her truly, not through the silken kimono.

As her lips met in his in a hungry, fiery kiss, Taren felt the fabric of the kimono under his fingers go oddly slack. It tickled at the back of his mind, even as he met her passionate lips with an equal heat, their tongues slipping free of their lips to joyously clash.

As she pulled back from him, a clash of color caught the corner of his eye. Ever so slightly he turned his head to see what it was, and his eyes narrowed a moment then widened. Her sash. The only thing that kept her kimono...

Her arms dropped to her sides, the material of her kimono parting even more, her pale skin visible in the moonlight, the curves of her breasts just concealed by the parted fabric. "Goddess," he breathed. He'd caught a glimpse of her before, when she had first arrived but he wasn't prepared for this. To be confronted by such beauty, such a sensual form, with such a spirit in it! "Ritsuko...I have seen many wonders in my few years, but...but none so striking or as beatiful as this."

His expression was one of a sort of stunned wonder. His eyes traveled over her, and the wonder was joined in his eyes by the heat he felt, stronger now that ever. She was glorious! Taren smiled slowly, taking a deep breath. "So be it, indeed." His eyes met hers, speaking more for him that he ever could.

The tall half-elf stepped forward, sweeping her into his arms. Pushing past the material of her kimono, one arm looped about her waist, his weathered skin hot against the flawless porcelein of her form. The other reached beneath his kimono as well, his fingers tracing along her spine as he pulled her against his chest, his lips coming to hers in a fiery kiss. He could feel both the kimono and her warm skin against his own, and as the kiss deepened, he felt her heartbeat thudding in time to his own.

 

[Enosch Di'en]

Enosch Shadowfang

Enosch crept silently through the woods, like a mere thought, more than anything else. He could feel the oppression in this place, could feel unease of the forests' residents, and knew that something was out of place under the soft canopy of trees over his head. Climbing one of the tall oaks nearby, he took a quick survey of the area. A mountain crested the foliage around him, jutting up proudly into the blue sky. Hrmm, perhaps that is the place I am looking for... he thought, trying to recall exactly what he had overheard a farmer telling another man the other day.

You wouldn't belive what happened. I was out chopping wood in the forest yesterday, when I felt a chill run down my spine. Even the animals seemed to feel it, 'cause they went quieter than I do when my wife gets to fussin'. I was a bit curious, so I walked down the path a bit, trying to see if I could tell what was happening. Next thing you know, I look down the path a bit and see a group of little monsters, no more like shadows than anything else, just sort of floated by. They were trying to find someone for their master, or something like that. Boy, I would sure hate to be whoever they were looking for, I tells ya. Man, I headed right out of that place as quick as a wink. Didn't even mind my wife's fussin over there not being a fire for dinner that night. But I sure as hell wasn't goin back out with them things out there, no sir...

After leaving his forest, Enosch had travelled, searching for news of any large groups mosters he could find. This tale had peaked his interest, especially since there appeared to be a "master" over the monsters, which could very well be the one who destroyed his village. Having no real directions to the monsters' lair, he had just followed the uneasy feeling he had been picking up from the forest denizens, which seemed to match the farmer's story. Now, with this mountain in sight, he had an actual place to point his feet towards. Dropping nimbly from the branches, he glanced around and finally noticed Grindarr several yards away, crouching in some thick grass. Enosch smiled to himself. Even if he was discovered, he knew that Grindarr was much to good at this to be found. And if someone threatened him, he had no doubt that they would soon find Grindarr's fangs implanted in their neck, if a swipe of his powerful claws didn't remove it first. Confident in his safety, he brushed away a strand of his dark brown hair from his face and moved onward towards the rolling foothills at the base of the mountain.

~~~~~~

Creeping is much harder out of the cover of the forest. Enosch and Grindarr moved as much as they could in the shadows of the dark night, but the full moon made it difficult sometimes to be completely hidden. Even so, Enosch felt that this place contained a strong evil prescence. Perhaps it wasn't quite evil, but dark and foreboding, as well as powerful. None of these made him feel safe enough to walk across the bare, moonlit ground. He moved along the side of a mountain path, hoping that this was a regular trail that was used by monsters. If so, he could very well follow them right to their lair. He saw that Grindarr was behind him, guarding his back. Moving to a large boulder, he leaped up, caught the edge, and pulled himself over the top without making the slightest scuffle. Looking up the mountainside, he was intrigued to see the faint light of a fire far up the hillside. Knowing that no monster would be caught anywhere in the vicinity of a fire's warmth and light, Enosch decided that there must be sentient beings there. Perhaps they are also here to find the monsters' lair, he mused, deciding that he might benefit from their aid, if this was indeed the place where his foe resided. So, he moved cautiously up the hill towards the light of the fire.

~~~~~~

As he neared the camp, he noticed that there were several people in the area around the camp. Two in the shallow pool seemed to be in a rather vulnerable, but personal, position. Blushing, Enosch crept by, careful not to disturb their intimacy, and noticed another young girl, perhaps keeping watch for the two. Coming closer to the fire, he noticed a young woman sitting by the fire, a sleeping man, and another woman, who was wrapped in her cloak and also asleep. Seeing these people now made Enosch realize just how long it had really been since he had had any contact with another sentient being. He was not even sure he could remember how to speak correctly. He could feel the comfort that these people had for each other. And the intense passion of the two in the pool. He really didn't understand how he knew, but perhaps their feelings for each were evident to others as well. The way that these slept around the fire together, the way the two in the pool, well... Enosch blushed again at that thought. It was easy for him to understand the animals that he had lived with in his forest. Their emotions were so basic and straightforward, it was as if they spoke to him directly. But these people were very different. They seemed to swirl with emotions and feelings like a mixture of dyes in a bowl. He wondered if he should just step forward and introduce himself, but he decided rather, to just stay back and watch them for a while. He had felt the oppressiveness of this night, even if these people didn't seem to. He would watch their camp, in case some monsters should decide to wander into their midst. Noticing the weapons around the camp, he doubted whether or not he would be needed to defend them, but decided that they were not so alert that they might avoid harm altogether. So, he grabbed a low-hanging branch and swung himself up soundlessly into the cover of the tree's dense greenery. Feeling Grindarr's presence ever around him like a warm cloak on this dark night, he felt safe as he watched over the small camp.

 

[NyghtRayne]

Logan was grazing around the edges of the camp when the scent came to him, he raised his head quickly searching the darkness. He couldn't see that well in the dark, one of the downfalls of his unicorn form.

He knew the scent was that of a big cat, not of one of the creatures that had been following them or that they had been following. He stepped as quietly through the brush as possible for his form.

The moonlight that sifted through the branches above would catch briefly and shine upon his deep brown coat, giving it a slightly unearthly glow as he walked. Not knowing of the presence of the one in the tree he stopped a fair distance away, snorted and stomped a hoof, hoping that if the big cat was out for a meal, the unicorn's presense would scare it away.

 

[Enosch Di'en]

Enosch Shadowfang

Enosch shifted slightly, trying to find his comfortable perch in the crook of the tree's branch. He heard Grindarr moving beneath him. Probably sneaking up on a squirrel or something...
He leaned his head against the tree and tried to fight off sleep...

~~~~~

Grindarr crouched lower in the grass, annoyed that he had been noticed, and still untrusting of this new being's energy. The unicorn had undoubtedly uncovered him, but he wasn't sure if that meant friend or foe. He knew that Enosch was safe, and so he crouched lower in the grass, like a spring tightening. He knew the unicorn had found him. And he would let the unicorn make the first move.

 

[The GrandMage]

Zarl of the Macrai-Itoche (Flesh-colored)

Zarl turned in his sleep, a wing stretching up and folding back up as he mutter something incomprehensible in his native language. The ground was hard, solid earth and stone beneath him instead of the nests of his homeland, or the much more comfortable beds of the Fae.

His dreams turned, and he growled softly in his sleep. His dreams awash with blood and murder, calling out to that which lurked inside him, promises of the taste of fresh kill and the thrill of battle before it fell into disjointed images and emotions that swirled through his resting form.

 

[NyghtRayne]

Logan noticed the cat crouch lower in the grass, and wondered why it would wait. Unless it knew better then to try to best a creature that weighed about 5 times what it did and had a 2.5' sword sticking from it's forehead.

He had hoped to stir the creature into leaving. He wasn't sure if he should approach in case the cat would actually attack. He reared slightly, then stomped again wanting the creature to just leave.

He glanced in the direction of the camp and wondered if anyone there was still awake. He took a few steps in that direction, placing himself between the big cat and the campsite. He would not let the creature wander closer in case it was in search of food. He truly didn't want to see the cat or any of his friends hurt or killed, but his scare tactics didn't seem to be working.

 

[Enosch Di'en]

Shallow hoofbeats...

Enosch jerked to alertness, then thought for a moment. Well, it could have been their own horses, or it could have been more of their friends. Well, never hurts to check it out. Standing up on the limb, he glanced around. There, between he and the camp stood a large chocolate coloured horse, with an enormous horn sticking from its forehead. However, the beast didn't seem to have noticed him. Glancing down, he saw that Grindarr was crouching low, trying to blend in to the shrubery. The horse-thing was looking at him! Enosch whipped his bow from his shoulder and tore an arrow from his quiver. How could you be so stupid? How can you miss seeing something this big just wander into camp? Good thing Grindarr noticed it in time. But I doubt he will be enough to scare that thing away...

Enosch knocked his arrow and hauled the tight bowstring back to rest beside his right ear. Damn branches! Stupid idea, hiding in a tree... After struggling for a moment for a clear shot, Enosch sat down on the branch. Leaning back, he let his body weight carry him in a spin around the branch, keeping his knees locked tightly around it, so that he ended his roll hanging from the branch by his knees. Though this spot put him in direct line of the horse-thing's sight, he knew that he could squeeze off his ready arrow into the thing's eye before it could blink. Holding the bowstring taut beside his ear, he paused. He had hunted monsters before, in the early days for practice, then later for survival. He had felt them, knew their only instinct was hunger or desire. But this one felt ... strange. What type of creature ARE you? He kept his bow drawn at the horse-thing, whatever it was, but a puzzled expression hung on his face. He would have spoken to it, but did not want to raise the others from sleep, in the case that this indeed was not a monster. Looking into the creature's eyes, he expressed his unease and puzzlement, hoping that the thing was not indeed a monster. But he kept his bow drawn anyway. Better safe than dead, as I always say...

 

[NyghtRayne]

Shit he hadn't expected that. He stepped back, but for the most part held his ground, at the sight of the archer with bow at the ready to fire on him. "Hey hold your fire." Then it dawned on him this guy was hiding in a tree watching the camp.

"What are you doing watching our camp?" Logan waited before raising the alarm, he didn't want to bring the rest running into a fight that could possibly be avoided.

He kept an ear cocked to listen for movement from the cat, but he kept his amber gaze upon the elven archer. "You're either friend or foe, state your intentions." Logan's voice could be heard in the man's mind clearly. This unicorn was clearly more intelligent than most creatures in the woods.

 

[Enosch Di'en]

Enosch smiled to himself as the horse-thing noticed him, then stepped back. He loved achieving the coveted element of surprise on his prey. The horse looked up at him for a moment, still not making a sound.

Hey, hold your fire.

The words seemed to resound in his mind as clearly as if they had been spoken. Or hadn't they?

What are you doing watching our camp?

Now this time, Enosch was sure that the horse had spoken to him. Or to his mind rather. This was definitely not an ordinary monster. But he had said "OUR camp", as if he were one of them. Of course, he is keeping watch over them. I guess I underestimated these people. Wait, he must think I'm the attacker here!

You're either friend or foe, state your intentions.

But how can I communicate with him? He speaks without using words. If he can project thoughts, perhaps he can hear them as well. Well, this works with animals, perhaps it will have the same effect with him. Enosch locked eyes with the horse-thing, pushing his mind towards it. He was still not quite sure how he could do this, but knew that it was not his imagination, as it had kept him from several "misunderstandings" with the larger of the forest denizens. Feeling the horse-things emotions for the first time, Enosch truly wondered again what it, no he, was. It definitely felt human. But how could that be? Pushing away his questions, Enosch pushed forward the emotions he wanted to convey. He had to be careful which he chose. In the early days, he had little control over this power and would flood the recipient with feelings, with very different effects than he was hoping for here. Calm ... Trust ... Friendship ... Puzzled ... Wait, no! That wasn't supposed to be there! Enosch sighed. Well, too late now. Enosch closed his mind and dropped in slow arc to land on the ground beside Grindarr in a silent crouch. Lowering his bow, he looked to Grindarr. He had an easier connection with Grindarr, as he didn't have to worry about filtering his true emotions with him. Grindarr would stay beside him, as a true friend, no matter what. Pushing thoughts of calm and safety to Grindarr, he rested his hand on the panther's neck. With his master so calm, Grindarr rose from his crouch in full veiw of the horse-creature. Still untrusting of it, he kept his senses alert. "He is not an enemy, Grindarr," Enosch spoke, in a voice that was low and sweet, like a mournful song. Hearing his own voice made him realize just how long it had been since he had encountered others. The words were more for the benefit of the creature standing befor them than for Grindarr. Looking to the creature, Enosch stepped forward and said softly, "Friend."

 

[NyghtRayne]

Logan nodded slightly as the elf spoke. "I will assume your words spoken true as you have lowered your weapon."

"My name is Logan and the ones in the stream and camp are my companions. What brings you this way alone? Well with your friend...I mean." He would not offer to have them join the others by the fire until he was sure of his intentions.

 

[Enosch Di'en]

Enosch Shadowfang

Enosch was unsure what he could safely tell the horse-creature. While his instinct told him that it was not evil, he had been betrayed by this same instinct too many times before. So, he would keep his true quest to himself, for now, as he had no idea what allegiances these people held. But since they had put out a watch during the night, he felt comfortable enough that they were not friends of the evil in this mountain.

"I am a simple hunter, that has become bored with his current life," he began, his low voice undoubtedly giving the other cause to question. "I wish to seek out adventure and try my skills against the enemies that lurk this land. I can feel the dark energy surrounding this place, and thought it a good place to begin." Enosch hoped his story would stick. There were sure to be plenty of would-be adventurers wandering around. Hopefully, the creature wouldn't think twice about it. "I noticed your fire from down the hill. This is a good way to ward of most monsters in the area. However, I fear for the two in the pool, and the one watching over them. This is not a good place to be, well, so engaged at night, and so far from the camp."

 

[NyghtRayne]

Logan nodded slightly, he still didn't trust the elf and he knew that the feelings were mutual. Not many travelled alone in these woods.

"Well if adventure is what you seek, you have wondered into
the right place." He looked towards the stream and the darkness where he knew Eeve sat watching over Taren and Ritsuko.

"I wouldn't worry about them, they are well guarded by the one who watches, and the other two can take care of things pretty well as well." He was not going to give the stranger names not yet.

"I would like to welcome you to our camp, out of the weather before the rain starts in ernest. I am sure the others would like to hear of your reasons to hunt danger alone."