The Baker's girl - A tale of Gradzlata

[DramaNerdette]

Ziva sighs, "Don't know. Yet. I might need to stake the place out for a bit, catch him when he's visiting someone else or at one of these parties, but I need to keep attending these things to pay off my debt. At least two more after this one, anyway." She starts to look around the place, making sure she has a plan in her head on how to extract if the conflicting social cliques go from almost-coming-to-blows to actually-coming-to-blows. Though... "I almost feel like I should apoligize to Kasia for ruining the ringmaster's mood at her client's party."

 

[siobhancan99]

Ulricha shrugs "I'm sure that not everyone notices or cares for one, but... you know also maybe its best to not draw attention. I don't know." She looked around "there's a lot of important people here besides him, so if the mood is off a little surely the sycophants will find some new tune to dance to, at least till the end of the night. You might just find there's more than one melody for once, ja?" She looked down at Ziva and smiled "Besides, I thought causing chaos was your thing. I thought that you went out of your way to disrupt the orderly existence of everyone around you, even if that's just by making yourself available in ways that you were assumed not to be." She smirked at that and leaned down "I mean, maybe I should take you out back and spank your ass red for messing this party up. Or because I think it would look good if I turned it a nice shade of pink" She playfully nudged Ziva with an elbow and then momentarily put a hand on the small of her back, just allowing herself a moment of personal contact despite what might be seen by the crowd "But you know, talk to Kasia if you like. I mean... she might have something fun or interesting to say."

The large Nord went quiet then, looking over the room. Jerina was engaged in a heated debate over a minor point of theology with a well dressed man and his bored looking wife. A few folk were drifting out into the main hallway where food was being served, but mostly the atmosphere was somewhat more low key than usual. Ziva could also see Kasia talking briefly with an older looking man who resembled the paintings of the master of the house, Jozep Simic. He made a face and disappeared off into an office, and she could hear the draw of a bar across the door. Kasia rolled her eyes and called for more wine, then went and after a few minutes summoned another merchant and the two went into the back, after the bar was withdrawn from the door.

 

[DramaNerdette]

Ziva scans the room, watching the ebb and flow of conversation for a minute before replying to her partner. "An innocent little thing like me? Of course I'm gonna cause some chaos. How else would I get anything done? It's not my fault people don't expect me to be available to them whenever they want me." She looks up at Ulricha with a sly grin, sure that for just a moment no one of import is looking their way, "Besides... you look good with a little pink in your cheeks." She says, he own hand on Ulricha's lower back, then dipping for a moment, fingers sliding under the curve of the woman's ass before squeezing. Then her hand went back to her side with a sigh. "Alas, debts owed. One must makes the rounds if one is ever expecting to get out from under them. Be back in a minute, so you have time to plan your pleasing punishment, eh?" She says with a wink before slipping into the crowd.

It's with a happy grin that Ziva winds a lazy path between the servants and the guests, interrupting neither and keeping a watchful eye on both. She casually wanders the edge of the room, making sure to include the door to Mr. Simic's study. A dangerous game to play, but if the man was loud enough to be heard by casual observers through a doorway, that was hardly her fault. Besides, her real interest would come when the merchant left the secured room and went to boast about the conversation to his friends. He seemed the type.

 

[siobhancan99]

The door, disappointingly, was thick and well insulated against eavesdropping. When the man finally left Simic's office though, there was a gleam in his eye. A gleam of a man who senses advantage and pecuniary gain. A gleam Ziva had seen on many a poor bastard's face. She managed to follow him surreptitiously over to his group, where he quietly conveyed to his partner a bit of news. She could only make out a little but it was something about a son, cash flow problems and the offer to sell grain futures contracts at a shockingly low price. An obscenely low price the other agreed. The second didn't trust it, but the first kept pressing something about Simic's son and a ransom or something. From what she could understand, Simic had more implied a difficulty than came out and actually said he had one. Still... grain futures and the famine in Sewochan had already made men rich. She saw another set of young ambitious men being herded into the office a few minutes later.

 

[DramaNerdette]

Ziva wasn't the least bit surprised that the door was soundproofed. Honestly, she'd have been kinda disappointed if it hadn't been. She supposed she felt a little gratified that whatever scheme she'd helped out by getting that idiot grain merchant's kid back in the somewhat suspect arms of the law was paying off, but the thing about Simic's son was new. Perhaps a potential job? She wound her way over to where Kasia was posted, presumably awaiting her time to send another sucker into the back room. It was probably nothing. An implied difficulty meant Simic would not be a liar when it turned out there was really no difficulty at all. So why try to tank grain futures? Presumably because Simic knew that holding those grain futures would be toxic pretty soon, and was looking for idiots to dump them on. Ziva didn't know a ton about the upper crust shakers and movers, but she knew enough not to bet against the lord of this particular manor.

"Sooo, thanks bunches for helping me get that meeting." She said, sotto voce, as she stepped up next to her crimson haired friend. "Thought I'd ask, since people are being predictably loudmouthed, is there something up with your boss's kid I might be able to help with? Staging rescues might become my new hobby." She gazed across the room at Ulricha, and grinned, just as struck as she had been the first time at how the woman managed to exude both strength and grace.

 

[siobhancan99]

Kasia arches an eyebrow "My, Ziva, whatever do you mean? I'm quite sure nothing is amiss in the house of Simic" She gave a little amused smile "At least you know, nothing that could be spread to the hoi polloi. Certainly if someone in the audience here has the impression that aught is amiss well. I can't imagine how they came to such a conclusion." She ran a hand down and gave Ziva's bottom a little pat. "How's ... your heater?" She gestured with her head over to Ulricha. "Keeping things nice and toasty? Keeping those howling winter winds at bay?" She grinned her too wide grin, and then a lewd wink "Just remember everyone has their own agenda. Even some beggar you find on the street. Maybe that agenda is just that they need affection too, but maybe not." she shrugged and sipped at her own glass of wine. "Always glad to set things up. Did you get anything fruitful out of it? I admit to a terrible curiousity about it all. If you haven't been yet I might you know... be enticed to tag along."

 

[DramaNerdette]

Ziva raises an eyebrow, "Well... far be it for me to talk a friend out of a little enticement." She says with an easy smirk. "Next time there's a convenient opening, I know a guy who can deal with some of the... pesky little enchantments that are laying around for us to trip over." She lets her gaze drift across the room to Ulricha, "Maybe. But who knows, maybe I enjoy being thoroughly agenda'd, from time to time. Besides, it's quite toasty indeed. Better than shivering out in the cold at any rate. Regardless, I'm not the type to zealously guard the warmth of my toes, so if you'd like a space to cuddle up, you can always just ask her." She smile she returns to Kasia isn't lusty, or really even flirty. It's open. Patiently happy even. It might remind someone of a cook or a baker, offering a spare taste to a hungry looking stranger wandering by the window... were one so inclined. "Regardless, since your boss is openly running this shindig, if something if overheard that SHOULDN'T be passed along, do let me know? Thanks, you're a doll." Her grin slides back into the normal level of flirty taunt that the and Kasia usually seem to bat back and forth before she makes one last circuit of the room, keeping an ear out for any more tidbits to pay off the debt. Soon she's back at Ulricha's side, and realizes there's a certain comfort to be had in that. No matter how many people claim such a place is safe from the less subtle dangers one might find in a dark alley, this crowd still makes her shoulderblades itch like someone wants to use them for a dagger sheathe.

 

[siobhancan99]

"I've sworn off bed warming for a bit. I got a dog. He sleeps at the foot of the bed and keeps my toes warm. More loyal than a lover." She smirked and winked at Ziva, then slipped off into the crowd.

Jerina was in a state, and the tension between her and the elf was palpable. She'd put him off and he didn't seem to like it, but they competed for attention more than verbally sparring. She found reasons to pull someone away when he was speaking, or he raised his voice to tell a particularly self aggrandizing story. It was like watching teenagers, truth be told. Slightly childish, not too threatening. When Ziva returned to Ulricha, the larger woman took a moment to subtly put her hand on Ziva's back and leaned down as if to give an instruction or put a word in her ear, but instead she just murmured a welcome and let her hand linger an extra moment, perhaps just a touch long for a friendly gesture.

An hour later, and they were in the carriage, bouncing along the cobblestone streets. The ride wasn't exactly smooth but it beat walking for sure. Jerina looked back towards the house out the window, troubled and quiet.

 

[DramaNerdette]

Ziva scans outside the windows as well, though her attention is more focused on people getting too close to the carriage than drowning in her own angst. "Wanna talk about it?" She asks the noblewoman. "Only offering because you seemed to be... having a fraught evening." She sighs, and looks at the woman, measuring the turmoil in the crease of her brow. "Listen..." she adds more softly, "...I was hired to see that you weren't hurt. That's my job, and I take my job damned seriously. I don't care if the hurt is by blades, or by words, or even by your own convictions and circumstance. I'll help if I can, even if it's to lend an ear without judgement. And it is that. Without judgement." She gives the noblewoman a crooked little smile, and returns her gaze out the window, "...and do note that I'm making the offer in spite that I'm fully aware of your habit of pushing people away when you think they're trying to dig. A friend of mine is quite fond of saying that everyone has an agenda. Well, mine's a bit more straightforward than most I'd like to think. Believe it or not, I'm just a girl who doesn't like seeing her friends in pain. Take that as you will."

 

[siobhancan99]

Jerina hmmmed "I'm just concerned about lord Banimir is all. Surely as we all are." She looked back out the window and Ulricha leaned down "We're never going to be their peers love, but its sweet you try. You're a good friend even if they never see it." She reached for Ziva's hand in the dark of the carriage and threaded her fingers through the smaller woman's for a long moment. "Surely Lord Banimir's spirits will be lifted once he is persuaded to leave the house Milady" she offered, brushing her thumb along the back of Ziva's hand in the dark before letting go of the smaller girl "Perhaps Ziva and I can take him down to the harbor or something this week. His father must have interests in the commercial district he can look in on. Or perhaps I can go myself with him and leave Ziva to run some errands. I know her father probably wants her to check in with him."

 

[DramaNerdette]

She leans up to whisper back, a touch of steel hidden in her voice, "That's the thing. We're all peers, and no one is better than me. I'm no more than anyone else." She squeezes the hand back fiercely, and leans back in her seat. Then she glances at Ulricha, and gives a nod of thanks at the suggestion. "I really surely should go to see my father. Clear my head, maybe visit a friend or two. Tomorrow perhaps. The smells of the harbor should do well to clear Banimir's head as well."

 

[siobhancan99]

At home, after a bath Ziva made her way into the candlelit bedroom. In the dim light she could see Ulricha's body under the blanket, but the one corner of the blanket turned down, an invitation to join her. Ulricha's general invitation, always leaving it up to Ziva if she wanted to cuddle in against her. The big Nord woman watched her come in "So are you going to take your... time with dad... to investigate the elf tomorrow? Might not get many more chances my deadly girl."

 

[DramaNerdette]

Ziva slid out of her dress and climbed atop the blankets, straddling the nord woman in the dark. "That's the plan, ma'am. Don't know how much longer I can take working for these two with all this... tension between them. Or working for them as some kind of servant. It feels toxic either way, and I don't care how it's the accepted way of things. It's not for me... though I'll have to put up with two more of those little parties to pay off some debts first." She sighed, and her eyes slid closed as she began to move atop her lover. "Enough work chat. I think I'd rather enjoy some time with my beautiful, brilliant coworker."

 

[siobhancan99]

Ulricha slid her hands down to Ziva's ass and firmly kneaded it "what would you like to talk about hmmm?" her tone was jocular, teasing. She leaned in and kissed along Ziva's small chest, then sucked a nipple into her mouth. She latched her teeth to the base of it, her tongue flicking, teasing the tip. She sealed her mouth around it and pulled firmly with her lips, sucking it into her mouth. Her strong hands spread Ziva's cheeks, then released to run along her back, holding the smaller woman against her powerful body. She released Ziva's nipple and moved to the other, sucking firmly, tugging and letting her tongue dance again along over the tip. She ran her hands along Ziva's toned form, then kissed her way up to her neck. She nibbled along it, then whispered "Is there anything you want?" her fingers stoll exploring, memorizing Ziva's body in their slow passage, constantly stroking and touching. "Is there anything you're curious about?" Her lips latched to Ziva's neck, pulling just shy of hard enough to bruise the skin. "Do you just want to maybe curl up and go to sleep? It is VERY late."

 

[DramaNerdette]

Ziva smiles, pressing in against her lover's kisses, slowly rocking back and forth, rolling her hips. "Mmm, are you getting to old for a little late night fun already? I'd never have expected that, I've gotta up my game." She leans down, her hand lifting Ulricha's breast to her own lips and returns the favor, a stiff, perky nipple sucked onto her wet and eager tongue. "Mnh, gods you're delicious. Um. Curious about." Her cheeks flush red. "I dunno. Maybe. Not sure it's a good idea while we're here in fancy noble persons house." She demurs, moving over to the other breast, running her thumb over the perky spit-slick nipple.

 

[siobhancan99]

Ulricha moaned quietly at the tug of her mouth. She tangled her fingers in Ziva's hair and pulled at the roots, keeping her locked against the roundness of her breast. Her free hand slid to Ziva's ass, kneading it firmly "well there are other places to be, Liebchen." She arched and offered her body to Ziva's hands, enjoying the exploration. She inhaled, then tugged Ziva closer with her strong arm, pinning the other girl in against her body. She leaned down and captured Ziva's lips with her own, sucking at each, one then the other. She kissed along her jaw to her neck, biting softly, sucking, marking. She murmured in her ear "what are you curious about, deadly Ziva? hmmm?" She ran her fingers along just between Ziva's cheeks to tease her "maybe I too am curious. Who can say?"

 

[pallandrome]

"Just..." she trembles, embarassed and incredibly turned on. Then she pressed up a little higher, letting Ulricha's lips move down along her throat, her fingers tease a little further along her ass. "... I had a thing with... with two guys. It was during the rescue, actually. Just a single night, but gods, it was so hot. And... that and being... seen? Being a show for someone? Some people. I'm not sure I care who." Ziva laughs huskily, sliding further still up Ulricha's form so she can cup a breast, and offer it to the woman's mouth, eyes glittering with happiness and need.

 

[siobhancan99]

Ulricha dragged her nails along Ziva's ass "oh yeah? you are full of surprises you kinky girl." She leaned in and sucked on her neck, biting, dragging her teeth softly along the skin. "So... uh... one in the mouth or uh... one in the front and one in the back?" she dragged a fingertip suggestively over Ziva's puckered rosebud, teasing around her ass a moment before slipping her fingers away. "Either way, if you want someone to watch you... well I'm sure we could make those arrangements. I could watch you with that big broody Chernock if you wanted. OR you know. Some random guys we find at a bar." She teased, brushing her tongue along the ridges of Ziva's ear "I never really wanted to watch but now that the idea is in my head, it's very hot."

 

[DramaNerdette]

She bites her lip, eyes clenched, body trembling at the thought. She gasps a little laugh, "Not one in the back, I think. But... but if a guy wanted to use my mouth, while another, um, fucked me..." She turned her head to catch Ulricha's lips in a kiss, and then ducked under her chin, tongue sliding along the woman's throat. She crawled down her body, trailing kisses and licks and tiny nibbles as she went, "I've thought of finding guys at a bar but... It wasn't something that'd be safe... you'd keep me safe..." she murmured, tasting her lover's breasts, her toned stomach, the tight inside muscles of her thighs as the settled in between her legs. "Do you want to share me like that, Ma'am?" Ziva asked, lips brushing the blond woman's sex, before her tongue started dragging slowly up along her lips.

 

[LoverOfLiterature]

Wow...just wow...truly an epic!

 

[siobhancan99]

Ulricha nods "I would keep you safe, but I think maybe at first we go with someone you know." Her strong hand kneaded Ziva's ass, then her fingers brushed along her back as Ziva slid away. She sighed and sat back, looking down at Ziva, watching her "I mean I'm greedy, I'd keep you all to myself but... at the same time. Watching you suck a few cocks. Or maybe letting you get them started then letting them finish in me while you sat in the corner. If you were good you could touch yourself" She winked, mostly teasing Ziva a bit, playful and not judgmental in her tone. Her hand gathered in Ziva's locks, tugging the girl in against her pussy "but right now that mouth is just for me. Suck on my clit, deadly Ziva. Fuck me with that magical tongue of yours too."

 

[DramaNerdette]

Ziva whimpered, mouth wide and tongue pressing against her lover's clit. Her hands brush up and down along Ulricha's thighs, then down further, fingertip brushing along the lip, her tongue and the excitement of the pussy she was pleasing mixing to make the fold slick... eager. She pressed two fingers up, inside, curling the fingers forward just a little as she moved her arm back and forth, fucking the blond with her fingers even as she eagerly licked and sucked the heat before her, the taste making her wet.

 

[siobhancan99]

Ulricha ground onto Ziva's face, squeezing her fingers inside her tight recesses. "That's it liebchen. My but..." her breath came faster, cutting off her words "you're... getting good at this" she squeezed Ziva in powerful thighs, locking her in against her. One thick leg wrapped around Ziva's back a bit, keeping her held fast. Strong fingers locked in Ziva's thick dark hair, keeping her tight against Ulricha's womanhood as she strove to get her off. "Just like that, just like that" she moaned softly "keep that up and ill get you a whole roomful of people to watch you" she teased, licking her lips, arching, tugging on her own nipple with her free hand "an army of people."