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[Corwin]

[22:12] <Kotono> ---
[22:13] <Kotono> Ah, sunbathing. Alicia's mind is pleasantly blank. Her body is brozing all over, her wings soaking in rays of sunshine. What disturbs this paradise of warmth is Jessica's voice. "Hey..sis..." she says.
[22:13] <Alicia> "Mmmm?" Alicia asks, shading her eyes as she sits up and turns towards her sister.
[22:14] <Kotono> "Look up," Jessica says, pointing towards the island volcano
[22:14] <Kotono> .
06[22:14] * Alicia turns her gaze inland, really hoping it's not an imminent eruption.
[22:14] <Kotono> A bit of black smoke can be glimpsed from the volcano. Not a lot ,but it sure stands out against the blue sky.
[22:15] <Alicia> "Hmm... Elle!" Alicia calls over to the redhead who's been studying lava and such for quite some time given Balmuria's subterranean problem. "Does that look like it's about to erupt to you?" she asks, pointing to the volcano.
[22:18] <Kotono> Elle trot sover, "Does what...oh, the volcano." Peering up, "Well, it's not unheard of for a volcano to belch out smoke for no reason, or as a prelude to an eruption. I wouldn't say anything is imminent unless we have the worst luck in the cosmos. There's more signs. Earthquakes, smoke, that sort of thing."
[22:19] <Alicia> "Good. It'd be annoying to cut things short so suddenly," Alicia nods in satisfaction, settling back down on the fluffy sand and relaxing once more.
[22:20] <Kotono> Elle watches it a few moments more, sitting next to Alicia. "Say." Elle lowers her voice, "Doing anything right now besides sunbathing?"
[22:20] <Alicia> "My schedule is utterly free," Alicia confirms happily.
[22:22] <Kotono> "I was thinking about stealing a bottle of something sweet from you and going for some privacy." Delicately whispering, "I want an all over tan. Got anything left, and would you like to come?"
[22:24] <Alicia> "I've still got plenty of food and drink," Alicia smiles, patting her side where she's sequestered the portable hole before she sits up and gets to her feet. "Lets find a nice spot, then?"
[22:24] <Kotono> Jessica gently clears her throat, "Ah, mind if I come as well? I wanted to do the s ame," With a little blush as she looks down, "I want to be even all over...no pale skin for my wedding night."
[22:25] <Alicia> "Sure, it's just us girls," Alicia smiles genially at her sister.
[22:25] <Kotono> "Sure, we'll get tipsy and tanned," Elle smiles gamely, and then herself, "It never hurts to be pretty and prepared...you two are lucky. Outsiders never seen to have bad hair or look unappealing."
[22:27] <Alicia> "You could easily do the same," Alicia chides as she starts heading down the shore away from everyone else. "I got busy with prestidigitation as soon as I woke up before anyone else could see," she confesses.
[22:28] <Kotono> "So did I," Elle turns red as the three saunter away, leaving the others behind. "Look at Latha and Antneora..completely unfair." With a little HUMPH!, Elle glances back, "It's enough to drive a woman mad, if she didn't have magic to compensate."
[22:29] <Alicia> "Latha has the benefit of never sleeping to start with, although I'll grant you Antenora," Alicia admits, looking for someplace nice and isolated and sundrenched for the three to have their little private party.
[22:30] <Kotono> After a bit of walking, you find some rocks providing shielding, as well as plenty of sun past them and open beach. "How does she do it? Does she ever look terrible in the mornings," Elle lies down on the sand, starting on her undergarments. "I look terrible without a cantrip first thing."
[22:33] <Alicia> "She'll sometimes look a bit dishevelled, but never bleary-eyed, and her skin is never pallid," Alicia replies, hopping down into their nice cove. "I suppose if her flesh can turn aside a blade it's made of sturdier stuff." First of all she opens up the portable hole, taking out a bottle of fruity wine and using that same cantrip to chill it. "Here looks nice, doesn't it?"
[22:34] <Kotono> "Yours is, too. Do you still have the same problems," Elle inquires, as Jessica nods to Alicia. "This is good."
[22:35] <Alicia> "My skin's a lot easier to take care of, actually," Alicia admits, starting to undo the skimpy fabric surrounding her body to reveal said skin. "But I have to brush my hair a lot to keep it nice and shiny, and the wings add an extra complication to grooming."
[22:36] <Kotono> "I know!" Jessica removes her own clothing, setting it against the rocks and shaking it out. She sits, going for the wine. "Naeys told me that there's special brushes you can use when you need to have them look nice. Full angels don't need them, but for half bloods, they're very useful."
[22:38] <Alicia> "I find cantrips do the job well enough - I was actually complimented on my wings at the dance at the Court of Stars," Alicia smiles, popping open the bottle for a swig before she hands it to Elle and sits down. "I've been meaning to ask Latha or Antenora about etiquette. Where do wings fall on the spectrum between hair and breasts for intimacy when you compliment them?"
[22:39] <Kotono> "I don't have the foggiest," Giggling at that, Elle gets the bottle and swallows a good mouthful. "Aaah...say, do they...feel good? How sensitive are they?"
[22:40] <Kotono> "I haven't had the honor yet, but..." Jessica lies on her stomach, then bursts into giggles.
[22:40] <Alicia> "They're a little more sensitive than most skin," Alicia replies, fanning one out and turning to look at it. "Like your fingertips or your lips - they have to be that way to really feel the air currents and move properly when you're flying."
[22:41] <Kotono> "When you get excited, they can feel good to touch too," Jessica has a little blush here, "They're also a bit ticklish, or at least mine are."
[22:43] <Alicia> "Of course, they're big targets in a fight, so that sensitivity goes both ways," Alicia admits with a wince as she recalls the various stabs and burnings they've taken.
[22:44] <Kotono> "Oh. Bad side effect." With a visible wince, Jessica shakes her head. "Antenora never mentioned any of this. I always assumed they were tough and didn't have much feeling to them."
[22:46] <Alicia> "She commented on their sensitivity when hers first changed from fleshy to feathered, I think," Alicia casts her mind back, shifting around and laying on her back to resume sunbathing now that she's fully exposed, closing her eyes. "Marie doesn't feel a thing in hers, but they're so thin they might as not even be there. Antenora's old wings were probably inbetween."
[22:47] <Kotono> Elle lies back down, fully basking in the sun. "I wonder how Seira's are...I could probably magic up my own if I wanted them, but...Gods, I'd have to rebuy my entire warddrobe."
[22:48] <Kotono> "It's worth it." Jessica takes another drink of wine, "Roald thinks they're lovely, too." Lowering her voice, "He told me he thought they looked incredible on you and Antenora, Sis."
[22:51] <Alicia> "I was lucky Mystra adjusted my armour when I first got them, but having to adjust or replace all my old clothes was a pain - everything has to be openable, I can't just tug a pullover on," she laments, tilting her head idly towards Jessica.
[22:51] <Alicia> "They do look nice, which is strange when you think about it. I mean, humans aren't supposed to have extra limbs or feathers. I suppose the image of angelic perfection is engraved enough in our culture, though."
[22:54] <Kotono> "Angels and celestials always look appealing to us." Jessica kicks her legs in the air, "Maybe it's the awy we're meant to be?"
[22:55] <Kotono> Elle sits up for another drink, then brushes off her body and lies back down. "It might be a more primal response than that, yes. I see what you're cutting at."
[22:55] <Alicia> "Like Elle said, they have well formed bodies, wings or not," Alicia replies idly. "Since most of them were once mortals at one time, it makes sense they'd want to retain a connection to that form."
[22:57] <Kotono> "That's why it rankles. Antenora? Not a wrinkle on her face! Not a gray hair on her head! Not a sag to her breasts! Completely unfair." Growling a little, "If not for magic, I'd be spending a small fortune on vanity items that wouldn't be doing half the job mgaic is."
[22:59] <Alicia> "She's looking good for a six hundred year old. But then, isn't Amaryl three or four times older than any of us as well?" Alicia muses, not particularly caring. "You'd never guess it, though."
[22:59] <Kotono> "It is intimidating. I'm not much beyond plain." Jessica says with a faint sigh, "Antenora and Alicia could be fairytale princesses, entire kingdoms battilng over their beauty."
[23:01] <Kotono> "With elves and outsiders, age barely matters." Elle grumps, sitting up and leaning forward. "I can see why Seira went for Amaryl. She's beautiful in an exotic way that humans aren't."
[23:01] <Alicia> "And yet which of us is getting married soon?" Alicia banters back, crossing her arms behind her head and crossing her legss as she lays back and soaks up Lathander's love. "Elves don't really do anything for me, personally. I prefer a man with some meat on his bones."
[23:02] <Kotono> "I prefer a man with some meat between his legs," Elle says, then starts giggling. "Mercy be, if we go that far, I hope Donald is as well equipped for love as he is for battle."
[23:03] <Alicia> "Wasn't he naked when you brought him back to life the first time and made him into an elf?" Alicia tilts her head towards Elle, pushing herself up a bit and reaching for the bottle.
[23:03] <Kotono> "I honestly don't remember. I was distracted by primal magics." Elle lonuges back, "Do you? I mean...I've neve rseen a male elf naked."
[23:05] <Alicia> "I was distracted for the same reason," Alicia admits as she takes a swig from the bottle and then resumes laying down. "But if everything's proportionate then they'd probably be quite lacking."
[23:07] <Kotono> Jessica goes for the bottle then, as Elle keeps talking. "I hope he's an exception then. Mouths are nice, but there's no substitute for being taken hard. Maybe Ic an work with enlarge person...?"
[23:07] <Kotono> After a beat, "Ever did anything lik ethat? You were married, weren't you, Alicia, and you were a sorcerer by then?"
[23:08] <Kotono> "Using Mystra's mercies for that..." Jessica half laughs, "I'm not sure if I'm mortified or not."
[23:10] <Alicia> "Not a very good one - I didn't learn shapechanging magic till I was older," Alicia admits, blushing at the images conjured. "We tried using cantrips a few times, but mostly just as part of foreplay. Too much mental focus needed to worry about when you're busy, if you take my meaning."
[23:13] <Kotono> "Oh yes." Elle blushes even more, "I tried Unseen servant once...it didn't work out so well." Coughing deeply, "I was young and very curious."
[23:13] <Kotono> "....right." Jessica leans up then, "Just do it the old fashioned way. It's worked fine for me and Roald."
[23:15] <Alicia> "Never learned that one," Alicia replies, laughing softly at Elle's admission, "But I have heard stories when I was at the temple. If nothing else it's better than summoning something. But not by much."
[23:16] <Kotono> "Oh Gods...what can you summon that would work? Aren't most...no, not going to think about that," Elle starts to laugh too. "I'm surprised I've never heard of magic to work with this. Love making is as much a part of life as everything else. Then again, I suppose wizards that desperate to it aren't going to be the type to spread the information."
[23:17] <Kotono> As you talk, one can notice shadows from above.
[23:17] <Alicia> "Or they'd just use charm spells," Alicia makes a face, opening her eyes in irritation as she feels the sun being blocked out.
[23:18] <Kotono> Once can notice three fliers coming down to meet you - Antenora, Marie and Seira. The three can see the sunbathing trio now, in all their born glory.
06[23:18] * Seira waves awkwardly.
06[23:19] * Alicia debates whether to cover herself up since Seira's here, but after a moment's indecision decides not to bother. She's seen it all before and it's not like Alicia has anything Seira doesn't. "How goes life with your maids?" she asks dryly.
01[23:20] <Seira> "I asked for a raincheck on account of our findings," Seira responds, landing in their midst to avoid blocking their sunlight. "Turns out this island is neither all natural nor is it abandoned. And all I wanted was to find the hot springs! It should have had hot springs! This is so unfair...."
[23:20] <Alicia> "What?" Alicia asks for clarification with a rising sinking feeling.
01[23:21] <Seira> "Oh, it's nothing that needs immediate handling," Seira quickly elaborates, waving her hands. "Nor is it necessarily dangerous." And thus she details their journey into the volcano, and their findings there, including their thoughts on the unusual dragon.
06[23:24] * Alicia sighs. "So much for a relaxing break," she sits herself up, reaching over for her clothes. "I suppose we'd better do something about it, then. It's going to get loose eventually anyway, so we might as well do it now and find out what it wants."
01[23:24] <Seira> "I don't intend to brag, but even naked, I should be a match for an old dragon," Seira says. "With Antenora and Marie along, all of us properly warded and prepared, we should be able to either free the nice prisoner or destroy the sealed evil in a volcano. Let's just wait for tomorrow before doing anything?"
[23:25] <Alicia> "Seira and her two lovely maids will defend the world and defeat evil!" Marie proclaims, alighting on Seira's shoulder. "Yay, Seira! You're the greatest dragon genius in the universe!" she cheers exuberantly.
01[23:26] <Seira> "See?" Seira asks with a smile.
[23:27] <Alicia> "Right..." Alicia's eyebrow tics a little at the display. "If you're confident enough then I suppose I'll defer to your superior dragon knowledge. You know where we all are if you need further help."
01[23:29] <Seira> "I'll need to consider the right magic to protect all three of us, plus something to dispel the barrier... maybe a wall of force in case the tablets we've found are supposed to be used to free this dragon."
[23:30] <Alicia> "I can make sure Marie can cast that spell a few times for you tomorrow," Alicia shrugs interestingly before grabbing the wine bottle for a drink and then laying down again. "Anything else you need?"
01[23:32] <Seira> Ah, the many ways to respond to that... Seira chooses to shrug, and turns to Marie and Antenora. "I'm not in a mood to go looking for the hot springs anymore, lest we find a mysterious fiendish obelisk next. That means my schedule's free till evening, so you two get to choose what we do next."
[23:35] <Alicia> "We could have lunch?" Marie suggests.
[23:38] <Kotono> "We could, or we could join them?" Antenora gestures, "If we're not racing off to do this, we may as well relax...and it's not like we didn't have eyes at Glaciante's fortress." Stretching back, "I'll go along with whatever, though."
[23:39] <Kotono> Jessica listens to it all, staying lying down. "Unbelievable," she says, "Mystra must have blessed us to be magnets for trouble."
[23:39] <Kotono> Elle is blushing slightly, but, "You think a dragon's here, Seira? An old dragon only gets stronger, you know. It could be a dreadful wyrm by now."
01[23:40] <Seira> "It's difficult for me to believe that everything we come across is horrible and out to destroy us," Seira admits with a frown. "I'm really banking on it being friendly."
[23:41] <Alicia> "Or at least grateful for us releasing it from cruel imprisonment," Marie seconds.
01[23:42] <Seira> "A very good point!"
[23:42] <Kotono> "That's the key. As long as it's grateful, we'll hav ean edge." Antenora smiles a bit, "Even an evil dragon will be in an awkward position. Of course, if it's a monster or a fool..."
[23:43] <Alicia> "If it communicated asking for help I'm sure it'll be reasonable," Alicia replies lazily, kicking her legs in the sand as she settles down.
01[23:44] <Seira> "It would be so exciting to meet a friendly dragon who doesn't want to shake me down for my hard-earned gold!" Seira exclaims happily. "No extortion, no threats, just some nice, pleasant conversation! Maybe he could even give me a few tips!"
[23:44] <Kotono> "It's a fine thought," Antenora says, stretching back again.
[23:45] <Alicia> "I can introduce you to Nexumbra!" Marie tells Seira. "He *loves* conversation!"
01[23:45] <Seira> "The flirty dragon?"
[23:47] <Alicia> "Yep," Marie nods. "I bet you'd get along great!"

[Corwin]

[20:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> <Seira> "It's difficult for me to believe that everything we come across is horrible and out to destroy us," Seira admits with a frown. "I'm really banking on it being friendly."
[20:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> <Alicia> "Or at least grateful for us releasing it from cruel imprisonment," Marie seconds.
[20:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> <Seira> "A very good point!"
[20:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> > "That's the key. As long as it's grateful, we'll hav ean edge." Antenora smiles a bit, "Even an evil dragon will be in an awkward position. Of course, if it's a monster or a fool..."
[20:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> <Alicia> "If it communicated asking for help I'm sure it'll be reasonable," Alicia replies lazily, kicking her legs in the sand as she settles down.
[20:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> <Seira> "It would be so exciting to meet a friendly dragon who doesn't want to shake me down for my hard-earned gold!" Seira exclaims happily. "No extortion, no threats, just some nice, pleasant conversation! Maybe he could even give me a few tips!"
[20:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> > "It's a fine thought," Antenora says, stretching back again.
[20:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> <Alicia> "I can introduce you to Nexumbra!" Marie tells Seira. "He *loves* conversation!"
[20:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> <Seira> "The flirty dragon?"
[20:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> <Alicia> "Yep," Marie nods. "I bet you'd get along great!"
[20:58] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "That'll be fireworks," Elle looks up, "What color is he again? Copper? Bronze?"
[20:58] <Alicia> "Brass," Marie reminds, since Elle was probably too drunk to remember much from last night.
[20:58] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Ah. Brass." Elle smiles gamely and goes to take another swig, "If you guys are staying around...Alicia, got a few more bottles?"
[20:59] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I wonder if it's a vacation if you get so drunk that you don't remember most of it?" Jessica says aloud, then just starts to smirk. "Ah well, as long as it's fun, no?"
01[20:59] <Seira> "Nexumbra might teach me some things," Seira allows, shrugging. "Could be nice. Next time I'm leaving for Astral, I could invite you along and you'll get us in touch, Marie?"
06[21:00] * Alicia reaches over for the portable hole and fumbles it open before retrieving two more bottles of random beverages, chilling them appropriately. "Help yourselves," she invites lazily.
[21:00] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora eyes them, "Are we staying, Seira? I want to have a few drinks if we are," Her gaze lazily drifts to the half-dragon.
[21:00] <Alicia> "If I'm not doing anything, sure," Marie replies with a glance at Alicia, waiting on Seira's permission to stay or for her to lead them off on further adventures.
[21:01] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Stay," Elle says as she takes another swallow, "Getting drunk and girl talk while tanning is something we...well, never get to do. Run off to save this, cast this magic to stop that..."
01[21:02] <Seira> "Let's stay and then we can all have lunch together?" Seira suggests, merging both suggestions. "It would be my treat, this time around."
[21:03] <Alicia> With permission given, Marie strips by the simple expedient of going incorporeal for a second, then she expands into her elven form and goes to lay down by Jessica, grabbing a bottle along the way. "The sun does feel nice like this," she smiles as she settles down to bask in the rays.
[21:04] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora sits down, removing what little she wears and going for a long drink. After that, she offers the bottle up to Seira and Marie. "I wanted to get this sort of feeling but a chance hadn't come up yet. I hate tan lines so much...so uneven. So unwhole."
06[21:05] * Seira follows suit, trying to find a spot for herself by Elle, accepting Antenora's offer along the way.
[21:05] <Alicia> "Cover yourself so you get no tan?" Alicia suggests to Antenora.
[21:05] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Don't even answer that one, Marie," Jessica reaches over to razz her hair, as Elle pats thes and right next to her.
[21:06] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "That can work, but it's boring." Stretching back in thes and then lying on her back, Antenora sighs as sun roasts her. "Mmm...so warm. What were you three up to before we interrupted?"
[21:06] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "The merits of Unseen servant." Elle speaks with an utterly straight face, closing her eyes as she sunbathes.
[21:06] <Alicia> "Just different fashions," Alicia replies unconcernedly. "We were only chatting. Nothing as exciting as you've been doing."
01[21:07] <Seira> "Really? I always found the spell lacking in use," Seira admits to Elle. "So you found one?"
[21:08] <Alicia> "It's no substitute for a maid?" Marie asks Seira.
[21:08] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Something like that..." Elle cracks an eye at Seira, "It's just an old story. So..." With a little teasing smile, "How are you and Amaryl doing, Seira?"
[21:08] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Jessica starts to say something, but cracks up instead. "Oh-oh-oh! No it isn't!" She says as she starts to convulse with laughter.
06[21:08] * Alicia snorts an aborted laugh at Marie's comment but doesn't elaborate.
06[21:10] * Seira nods at Marie, before shrugging. "Alright. Can't complain, really. You know when you're happy, but nothing really unique keeps happening, so it feels like there's not much you can say but 'alright'?"
[21:10] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> As Elle colors as red as her hair all over, "Shush! Anyway! You two look to be so madly in love. The looks you do, the way Amaryl just hangs on you..."
[21:11] <Alicia> "Would Amaryl approve of you laying around naked with all of us, though?" Alicia wonders idly, sitting up and turning over to lay on her belly.
[21:11] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "They are. Anyone can tell." Antenora says as she takes a second drink, "Mmm...these are good. Alicia, where'd you get these? It's like drinking squeezed fruits that make your head fuzzy."
[21:12] <Alicia> "I picked up a few extra when we were shopping at the great market," she adds for Antenora's benefit.
01[21:12] <Seira> "She might be disappointed she was left out, but I'm sure she'll get her chances!" Seira replies brightly. "I know certain people would expect us to sigh and keep on saying each other's names, but that's not really the only way to be, is it?"
[21:13] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Invite her?" Jessica rolls over onto her side, "This is getting to be a bit of a party, anyway. And no, of course not. I love Roald, but...how often do I drag him around with me and make doe eyes at him?"
[21:13] <Alicia> "Keep this up and it'll just be Donald, Saul, and Hugo all left alone," Marie giggles.
[21:13] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Mmm. It's so dedacent, but..." Antenora eyes the bottle she has, putting it down after some thought. "It makes you feel warm and relaxed all over."
[21:15] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "If a ship passed by, they'd think they'd found legendary sirens on the beach," Elle sits up as her blush lingers, going back to the bottle for a sip. "And then some guys off to the side."
01[21:15] <Seira> "I can see if she's up," Seira offers. "And even to pass it on to Latha or Abagail, if they're around. Dad can keep Donald out of trouble and Hugo entertained for a while."
[21:15] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Jessica leans over, whispering something into Elle's ear. Elle turns red all over, giving Jessica a silent glare.
[21:16] <Alicia> "We should have a look for merpeople or sea elves later," Marie suggests brightly. "In a place with water this nice there'd surely be undersea settlements nearby."
[21:17] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "It's nice like this. Wearing clothes gets bothersome." Antenora says, "Every now and again I get in the mood to just walk out without anything on. It's not like I'm going to freeze to death in the Prime, anyway."
01[21:17] <Seira> "How about we do that after lunch?" Seira offers. "It could be a nice diversion."
[21:17] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Oooh, that could be fun!" Elle grins, giggling endlessly. "Maybe tomororw after the dragon, or today works?"
[21:17] <Alicia> "It's not normally my thing, but the sun does feel nice," Alicia mumbles into her forearms as she lazes on the sand.
[21:19] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora shifts over towards Alicia, keeping her voice low. "Doesn't it?"
[21:19] <Alicia> Turning her head onto her side to look at Antenora in faint confusion. "It does," she re-affirms, wondering if she's going somewhere with this.
01[21:20] <Seira> "I prefer how nice fine clothes feel on your body, but it feels nice to experiment and do something different from time to time as well," Seira muses, turning on her side to face Elle. "So you were mentioning magical experiments, and then just went mum on the whole thing?"
[21:21] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Elle turns redder, looking about. "Well...can you keep a secret? A really embarrassing one?"
[21:21] <Alicia> Marie perks up with interest.
01[21:21] <Seira> "I have kept many a secret," Seira promises.
[21:22] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> After a pause, "I've wondered if you have a secret enjoyment of this," Antenora keeps her voice respectfully quiet.
[21:23] <Alicia> "Are you saying I'm a repressed exhibitionist?" Alicia asks archly, her own voice remaining at normal volume.
[21:23] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Well...when I was very young, I was very...curious. About love and love making. So I tried an Unseen servant spell. It was...um..." Turning redder, "Don't tell me you haven't done something that embarrassing!" Elle stops, going for a very long drink of sweet wine, then pushing it at Seira.
[21:24] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "More or less." Antenora lazily answers back, voice quiet and quite relaxed. She yawns after, "What do you think?"
06[21:25] * Seira drinks from the offered bottle, her own remaining nearby on the ground, and then returns it to Elle. "I'm sorry to disappoint, but I haven't experimented with magic in ways it wasn't intended to be used according to the books I studied from. Does that make me a boring wizard?"
[21:25] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Jessica looks back and forth, following the conversations. She takes another bottle, "Drunk it is," she says aloud.
[21:25] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Yes," Antenora calls over, "You're a very boring wizard, Mistress!"
[21:26] <Alicia> "I'm not ashamed of my body," Alicia pushes herself up, exposing more of said body to view. "But if you're asking if I get some naughty thrill out of this, I'm afraid I'll have to leave you disappointed."
[21:26] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "It lead to all sorts of strange wonderings...' Elle settles back into the sunlight, lying down. "You and Amaryl have never come up with interesting uses for ag rease spell or a floating disk?"
01[21:27] <Seira> "I can think of many uses for grease, but floating disk?" Seira asks in surprise. "How would that one work?"
[21:28] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Mmm. Maybe, maybe not," Chuckling at Alicia as she sits up as well, "It doesn't mean that. Maybe you just like to flaunt it."
[21:28] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Not anything I can think of," Jessica says after scrunching up her brow and frowning.
[21:28] <Alicia> "Something to sit on? Since it floats, if you can't fly then it's the next best thing?" Marie wonders herself.
06[21:29] * Seira tries really hard to imagine a perversion of said spell. "For the thrill of dangerous public locations without painful and embarrassing burns?"
[21:29] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "That's it. Positioning and support," Elle with a rising grin at Marie.
01[21:30] <Seira> "Wouldn't flight be better?"
06[21:30] * Alicia reaches over for one of the bottles to have a drink before answering Antenora. "I hardly favour revealing clothes, and given our present company there's only one person who'd actually appreciate my flaunting. Two if you count Marie. You're reading too much into things."
[21:30] <Alicia> "Too short duration and it's unavailable for novices," Marie tells Seira.
[21:31] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Well...Elle and Donald, me and Roald, Seira and Amaryl...there's plenty of us in relationships right now," Jessica's voice is sleepily drowsing as she rests deeply. "Families will follow?"
[21:31] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Mmm." Antenora just gazes at Alicia, "Maybe so. For a normal mortal, you're quite comfortable with your body. That's all. You also did seem to like Pistis Sohpia's realm, and they aren't big on possessions - including clothes."
01[21:32] <Seira> "Flaunting, appreciated!" Seira calls over to Alicia, toasting her before turning her attention to Jessica. "I don't know. It's a pretty large step, and at the same time, does it change anything?"
[21:32] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "That's true," Elle adds.
06[21:33] * Alicia shrugs, which flaunts some of her assets entirely by accident. "Wings aside, I don't have anything that everyone else here doesn't have."
[21:34] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I don't know. Alicia, does having a family change much?" Looking to her, "It's also because you have a lot to be casually proud of. I swear I thought your bustline got bigger after youg ot your wings, too. It's entirely cheating."
01[21:34] <Seira> "You know, if it weren't mortifying beyond belief, I'd suggest you talk to my Dad," Seira tells Elle. "The way he talks, he must have read a book on perverting magical potential, if not written parts of it. I can just see it, the Complete Guide to Erotic Spells or something along those lines."
[21:35] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Meanwhile, "Hello?" Abagail calls, approaching. Latha follows her along, Amaryl hanging in the rear. Amaryl is blushing considerably.
06[21:35] * Seira waves at the three.
[21:35] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "A dirty old wizard? Funny, a stereotype of that came up just before you got here. I wonder..." Elle grins wickedly.
[21:35] <Alicia> "I think the extra back muscles give better support to accentuate them more?" Alicia muses in response to the question, cupping one of her breasts a moment before letting go. "Having a family changes lots, so I don't really know where to begin..."
01[21:35] <Seira> "If you do ask him, tell me all about it! It's not actually troubling at all to talk to you about all that!"
[21:36] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "One would think that Sharess is sponsoring a lavish 'celebration' with noblewomen," Abagail observes, kneeling down and putting aside her dress in due time, underclothes following. "Why the lack of clothes?"
[21:36] <Alicia> Marie waves to the newcomers. "Come in! Have a drink! Take off your clothes!"
[21:37] <Alicia> "We're appreciating Lathander's love across our whole bodies," Alicia smiles in response to Abagail, settling back down on her belly again.
[21:37] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "That might be it. If you flex your wings just so..." Antenora sits up, her wings going rigid. Her chest accentuates out, "Yes, just like that, Alicia. If you want to impress somoene, but it's taxing to hold too long."
[21:37] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Latha smiles wide at that, "Ah, taking in Lathander's bounty?"S he joins the others, lying a bit away. "Always a blessed idea."
06[21:37] * Seira can't help but be envious for a moment, but she quickly pushes the thought aside.
[21:37] <Alicia> "With your lawful discipline I bet you could keep it up all day," Marie tells Antenora with a grin.
[21:37] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Amaryl goes for the wine, taking a long drink before starting to fumble through her clothes.
[21:38] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora does just that, "If I need to. So appreciate the flaunting?"
[21:39] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Now that's just rubbing it in!" Elle sits up, "You get extra support there because you have wings?" Pointing at finger at Antenora, Alicia, jessica...and then just throwing up her hands as she turns to Seira, "Don't those wings have anydownside?"
01[21:39] <Seira> "Well, that does bring to mind a spell that can be perverted," Seira mutters to Elle. "A shame it wouldn't work on dragons...."
[21:39] <Alicia> Marie nods happily in response to Antenora. "Your hard work does not go unrecognised."
[21:40] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora grins at Marie, "Even if it's another woman...it's hard to ignore the pride that you feel when someone else thinks you're alluring. Even as an angel I still feel it, even if it's easy to ignore."
[21:40] <Alicia> "They were really awkward to sleep with at first, and I sometimes catch them on doors," Alicia mumbles to Elle.
[21:40] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "What spell?" Elle turns, and then to Alicia, "Ow. Do you well...molt?"
01[21:41] <Seira> "Mine are actually pretty flimsy and smooth," Seira muses. "I don't really need any extra support, since innate magic takes care of that. Otherwise, there's no way they would hold my weight in the air even to glide down. And the spell of enlargening, of course!"
[21:41] <Alicia> "No. If I pluck a feather it grows back within a day, but they never fall off of their own accord," Alicia replies. "Despite what Marie tried to tell me beforehand."
[21:41] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Amaryl finishes unrobing, lying against Seira, having a view of the other women as she rests against her shoulder and chest. "Yours feel nice to touch. They're smooth, yes."
[21:42] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I love it when that happens...I wish it happened more," Abagail nods to Antenora, "Mens hould appreciate the loveliness we show and the effort we go through to have it."
[21:42] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Marie told you that?" Jessica groans out loud, "I can just imagine going around the house, cleaning up feathers once a month."
[21:43] <Alicia> "I never thought Alicia would get wings when I said it," Marie defends herself. "I was just teasing Antenora!"
[21:43] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Tease, tease, tease. If you're not careful, you'll say things you regret!" Antenora snipes right back, "Just saying what comes to mind is dangerous."
[21:44] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Don't answer that, Marie," Jessica says immediately.
[21:44] <Alicia> Marie opens her mouth, then shuts it, then pouts. Quietly.
[21:45] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Aaaah." lying spread out on the sand all over, "A tan is a sign of Lathander's gifts to the world. Having one all over means you accept his love without reservation. That's what one enterprising mortal told me once, anyway."
[21:45] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora smirks at Marie, "One for me." She even juts her wings out and chest forward, before going for another drink.
[21:45] <Alicia> "Sounds like he was just trying to get you naked with him," Alicia laughs softly. "Did it work?"
[21:46] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Yes." Latha shakes her head, "He was a gentleman and a priest of Lathander. HAd he made a motion, well..." After some pause, "I may have been taken by him. Lathander loves new life and urges all life to make more new beginnings. It's not as  dominate as the pleasure seeking of Sune or Sharess, as it's ulmately jus ta means to an end."
[21:47] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "So wait." Elle turns her head on the sand towards Latha, "Lathander wants his divine servants to sire and bear half-celestials?"
[21:48] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Donald missed a chance there," Amaryl murmurs to Seira.
[21:48] <Alicia> "I don't think they do it with just anyone," Alicia pokes her head up, thinking Latha's almost-seduction sounds quite nice.
01[21:48] <Seira> "Donald missed a lot of chances," Seira murmurs back.
[21:49] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "When the times are right, yes. It's not like we sleep with any mortal who likes us." Latha lightly laughs as well, "Had Donald been interested, perhaps I would be carrying his child now. I don't advertise the teaching myself."
01[21:49] <Seira> "I never imagined," Seira admits. "Wow. Just wow."
06[21:50] * Alicia really wants to tell Latha she could do so much better. But Elle is right there. "It's got to be a mutual attraction, the same as any other coupling, right?" she asks instead.
[21:50] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Lathander loves new life and birth. Those who serve him are honored to carry out his will." Latha says openly, but smiles nonetheless. "Of course. Love is essential. Perhaps a celestial loves easier, as they love all at heart."
[21:50] <Alicia> "Besides, don't you serve Celestia and not Lathander now, anyway?" Marie asks, looking over. "What do the Hebdomad think of that sort of thing?"
[21:51] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "It is so much easier to love since I changed," Antenora scratches at her chest and chin, "I've found depths of affection I never dreamed of before."
01[21:51] <Seira> "I wonder if for a mage summoning one celestial after another, it is only a matter of time," Seira voices.
[21:53] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "It depends on whom you serve. Those who take a vow of chastity do not indulge in such, buth others may. Birth is a miracle; just as much as healing or magic. When a celestial falls in love with a mortal..." A pause here, "It does depend. Some celestials will not allow the relationship to go, even if it tears them apart for a century of regret. They do not feel they can honor it and their duties. Others do, but it is only a brief passion. A fe
[21:53] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> their duties. Others do, but it is only a brief passion. A few others may be forbidden by a superior or a duty, though this is rare. And in some cases, a celestial may temporarily be relieved of duties to pursue a mortal lifetime of love with another."
[21:54] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Celestia did show us our children, Alicia," Antenora says, letting her voice drift into longing.
06[21:54] * Alicia tenses a bit, that memory opening up a whole other can of worms she could well do without considering. "It did," she allows.
01[21:55] <Seira> "So it's only about having kids?" Seira inquires.
[21:55] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Your children?" Amaryl leans up now over Seira, "As in...?"
[21:56] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Love has a placeas well. Rutting for mindless bliss does not." With a faint tensing her voice, "We make love for dedication, honor and to pleasure those have fallen into loves caresses for."
[21:56] <Alicia> "Felix, my son," Alicia sighs. "He died years ago, but Celestia showed me... a potential future, or something. I don't really understand it. It's confusing."
[21:56] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora reaches out, wrapping an arm around Alicia. "It's okay. We saw our children on Celestial...Alicia saw her lost son. A potential that may or may not happen."
[21:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> *Celestia
[21:57] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Alicia, is your heart still torn?" Latha sits up, scooting closer to her.
[21:57] <Alicia> "It raised more questions than it answered," Alicia lifts her head, resting her chin on her forearms.
[21:59] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I don't know anything about this," Elle says as she reaches for one of the bottles, "But..." Her words are a bit slower now, tripping over each other. "But you know what? If you can beat a god-child, you can solve this problem too. We'll help Alicia if she needs it, right?"
01[21:59] <Seira> "It's nice when love has its place as well," Seira muses, before looking at Alicia. "Anything we could help, even if it's just listening?"
[21:59] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Amaryl smiles, "Alicia, if there's anything we can do, say so."
[22:08] <Alicia> "It's not a problem I can fight," Alicia laments. "It's... I just don't know what the right thing to do is. It's supposed to be simple - you die, then you go on to whatever, becoming a petitioner or an outsider like Marie or Latha," she gestures to the two resident celestials. "No regrets, no worries, just continuing on to find your soul's right place."
[22:08] <Alicia> "For all that I mourned when they died, for all that I begged the Gods to give them back, in time I at least took solace in the knowledge that they weren't suffering the way I was. That they didn't have to miss me and the life they were robbed of - they had their own futures, still. Only now it's more complicated."
[22:08] <Alicia> "From what the dream in Celestia told me, my husband and son are both with Mystra, and both are still watching over me. And I don't know what I should do - I mean, if I tried I probably could get them resurrected. That sort of magic's suddenly becoming far more common."
[22:08] <Alicia> "But is it right? I don't think we can simply go back to being the same family we were before. I'd be pulling them away from their own lives, possibly splitting them apart. But I don't even know what sort of lives they have if they aren't normal petitioners or outsiders."
[22:08] <Alicia> "It's just..." she shakes her head despairingly, "It's not how things are supposed to be. It's like some sort of exception was made just for me, but it's not something I ever asked for or wanted. And I have no idea what they want!"
01[22:10] <Seira> "Can you go over and talk to them?" Seira asks, sitting up. "It might be just what you need to decide."
[22:10] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora holds Alicia, "Then...go to them, Alicia. If you know...Mystra won't bar you."
[22:11] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "It sounds like you need a good cry," Amaryl says a she listens to it all. "I...If you need any help...I wish I could say more, but that's so complex...Seira, what do you ...oh."
[22:13] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "What I think is..." Elle sits up, head supported by her hands, "You do need to do something rather than letting this gnaw at your heart. As it is now, it sounds like you're confused and powerless."
06[22:13] * Seira glances at Amaryl, before adding, "When I talked to Dad after finding him again, he told me that he wanted to bring my mother back, even after all this time. But it's not like I can just treat her as one. I didn't even remember her without using pretty damn powerful magic on myself. But I want to meet her, anyway.
01[22:13] <Seira> I won't pretend to understand your situation, Alicia, but the advice I gave you is what I'm trying to do, myself."
[22:14] <Alicia> Just go and talk to them... it's so absurdly simple and beyond the realms of any possibility in the past, yet with how things are now who knows? It probably is that simple. "I just don't understand why I couldn't have had them back when I asked. Why keep them in some... half-state all these years? It makes no sense."
[22:14] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "We have the power to change the world. Why should we let ourselves wallow in despair?" Latha meets Alicia's eyes with her own, warm and shining with glorious light. "I do not thik Mystra would act to hurt you."
[22:15] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Mystra has to have had a reason. Alicia...I know you say you shouldn't treat Mystra as a mundane source of knowledge and resources, but if there was every a reason to ask her!" Antenora says, each word fiercer.
06[22:16] * Alicia takes a deep calming breath as she sits up. "Thank you, everyone," she looks gratefully around the group. "I think you're right. After we're done here, I'll go to Dweomerheart in search of answers myself. It's the only way I can put my mind to rest."
[22:17] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Okay. Alicia...I'd like to go with you," Antenora says, "I serve Mystra too and...my heart says that you should have someone with you for this journey."
[22:17] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "See?" Elle smiles, passing a bottle to Alicia, "That's the spirit! Speaking of spirits, here, take a good drink."
06[22:19] * Alicia takes a swig, the cool liquid refreshing her throat. "Thank you, Antenora, but this is something I'll have to do on my own."
[22:20] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora sighs, "I knew you'd say that. I..." Antenora looks away, "I know you're strong, but you shouldn't have to face this alone. If that's your wish..." Antenora reaches for the bottle after Alicia, drinking deep. "Then let's celebrate the truth you're going to find and the peace that will follow?"
[22:21] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "After that, going back to chatter and getting drunk sounds fine," Elle smiles sappily at Alicia, "I'm a good ways there anyway."
[22:21] <Alicia> "Yes, Elle, we know you're a lightweight," Alicia gives the redhead a wry smile back.
[22:22] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "But you never get all the way drunk," Elle points a finger back after, forcing another bottle at Alicia, "What you need is to cut loose. I think ou need to get drunk, have fun and just forget about everything for a little while. You all agree with me, right?"
[22:23] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "RIGHT?" Elle asks again after a moment.
[22:23] <Alicia> "Right!" Marie calls, cowed by the scary drunk archmage.
[22:24] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Ah. Right!" Abagail follows after a moment, turning red.
[22:26] <Alicia> "Oh, I don't know," Alicia reaches for a bottle, "What if I'm one of those mean drunks?" she asks impishly, before tossing a gulp back.
[22:26] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "It's so terribly dedadent but a good time is in order," Antenora says gently, taking another bottle and drinking again. As she gulps down liquid release, "Then I'll just have to get drunk with you and be a nice drunk! Nice drunk, mean drunk?"
01[22:26] <Seira> "What, you expect me to agree with the wisdom of getting drunk and loosening one's control over themselves?" Seira asks Elle with an arched eyebrow. "Doing it is one thing, but approving of it is quite another!"
[22:27] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I think we need some more," Amaryl sits up, "These bottles are going down rather fast..."
[22:27] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Then save your dissaproval for your hangover!" Elle tosses a bit of sand at Seira. "Come on everyone! We're gonna get good and happy now!"
06[22:27] * Alicia opens up the portable hole and retrieves two more bottles. "We'll be dry tomorrow unless anyone feels like going on a shopping trip," she warns as the last of her booze is produced.
[22:28] <Alicia> "Just make sure you're not *too* nice," Marie tells Antenora with a laugh as she helps herself to some wine.
[22:28] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Oh?" Antenora arches an eyebrow.
01[22:29] <Seira> "Speaking of shopping trips, would you like to come along with me when I go on mine?" Seira asks Antenora, glancing at Latha afterwards. "Or you, for that matter. We never really get to do something like that."
[22:29] <Alicia> "Well, you can be if you want to be. Just don't say I didn't warn you is all," Marie appends with a smile.
[22:29] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Latha passes on the wine, lying back in the sun instead. "Happiness is an ephreal, passing thing in the mortal world. To hold it long is like holding a ray of sunshine in your fist."
[22:30] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora takes another long pull, "Alicia, have you ever been really drunk before? Besides that time with the ambrosia, I don't think I have."
[22:30] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "A few times for me!" Elle raises a hand up, "It's fun when you have a lot of friends!"
[22:31] <Alicia> "I wasn't actually drunk then," Alicia restates. "But generally it's not something I've done much. Most alcohols taste wretched to me unless I reflavour them with magic. These ones are a nice exception."
[22:32] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Very rarely." Amaryl sips a bit of spirits, then hugs onto Seira. "Mmm...thanks for inviting me!"
[22:33] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "So!" Latha considers for a time, "I believe the custom is to talk about something embarrassing or amusing when you get drunk? Stories?"
[22:34] <Alicia> "Didn't we do that last night?" Alicia wonders, taking another pull then passing her bottle along to Jessica. "Still, I'm sure that well hasn't run dry just yet... so who'll start?"
[22:35] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Well, just really embarrasing stories!" Elle breaks into giggle, "The worst the better! I'll use mine to start - I tried to get happy with an Unseen Servant! Someone else tell a new one!"
01[22:35] <Seira> "You already said that! It doesn't count!" Seira protests.
[22:35] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "That's a good idea, Seira. Sorry. Shopping trip, yo usay?" Latha adds. "To where?"
[22:36] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "it does too!" Elle sticks her tongue out, "You tell a really embarrasing story you wouldn't normally tell, Seira! Something risque!"
[22:36] <Alicia> "Give us details!" Marie insists to Elle. "Make it a story, not a statement!"
[22:36] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> After yet another drink, Antenora blinks and grins. "Oh yeah. Shopping trip and a really good story!"
01[22:37] <Seira> "The biggest market in the skies?" Seira asks with a grin. "I'm looking to find a few exotic things." At Elle's prodding, she considers. "Fine, then! Indulge Marie, and I'll respond in kind."
[22:37] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Well, I could...but after Seira!" Elle points at her, "Fine then! Oh...one day..the lonely, pretty and very lusty archmage Elle Stronger lamented the lack of men in her life! Then an idea struck! A spell to make a willing servant appear! So she got naked," she stands up, wobbling and spinning around, "Just likethis, right?"
[22:38] <Alicia> "Were you this drunk, too?" Alicia asks, laughing.
[22:39] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Maybe!" With a wink, Elle goes on. "So she bent over..." Elle does just that, hands on her feet, "And cast unseen servant! She said, "Servant, get to work!"" She falls forward then, sending sand all over her front. "But alas, unseen servants aren't really manly. At all."
[22:39] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I'm onto it," Antenora calls back to Seira.
[22:39] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "...wow." Amaryl just stares, slack jawed.
[22:40] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "She's drunk," Jessica agrees sagely, working down another long shot to catch up.
01[22:40] <Seira> "Whatever gave you that idea?"
06[22:40] * Alicia just shakes her head. "Poor Elle..."
[22:41] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Elle giggles in the sand, slowly rolling around and getting up. "Men! Even conjured men let you down! But Elle knows that the Gods gave us fingers too!" With a smirk at that, "And that's my story! Elle got a very happy night's sleep after all. Your'e up, Seira!" She promptly goes for more wine, chugging a good part of the bottle down.
06[22:41] * Seira mentally flips through the basic spells, before voicing, "Try Animate Rope next time?"
[22:41] <Alicia> "Antenora can help you with that!" Marie seconds. "She's a natural with it!"
[22:41] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Abagail is just starting to speak, before breaking into hoarse laughter!
01[22:42] <Seira> "Oh?" Seira looks over at Antenora. "I fancy myself somewhat of a natural with rope as well."
[22:42] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora turns very red, extending down her throat and chest. "You know," With a sultry smirk, "I did wonder if my Mistress would ever command me to something like that..." Antenora reaches out, drawing lines on Alicia's shoulder. "But alas, she purged the naughtiness out of me in sunshine and light."
01[22:43] <Seira> "It's good that you have a new Mistress to bring out your hidden talents, then, isn't it?"
[22:43] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Oh yes, erinyes have those magic ropes," Latha is starting to laugh as well, trying to control herself. "Seira, I do believe you're up though."
[22:43] <Alicia> "Clearly I didn't do a good enough job if you're talking like that," Alicia responds archly.
01[22:43] <Seira> "Any specifics, or should I just pick anything suitably embarrassing?" Seira inquires.
[22:44] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora looks Alicia in the eye, "Guess not!" Going for another drink and passing the bottle over to Alicia, "One ropist servant and one exhibitionist mistress! A match made in...um...Mechanus? Between Celestia and Baator, anyway."
[22:44] <Alicia> "Try to top Elle's story if you can!" Marie encourages.
[22:44] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Seconded!" Jessica calls, "Tell us a great one!"
06[22:44] * Alicia happily accepts the bottle and takes a swig before passing it around. "Tie yourself to one of those big cogs sometime?"
[22:44] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Amaryl takes one of the bottles, having a very long drink. "It's not fair. You humans race along to everything...and you'll drink all the wine before I get drunk, too!"
[22:45] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora starts to giggle, "Oh MY. That's quite the image. Get fed into one just enough and at just the right angle?"
[22:45] <Alicia> "But you're so petite, you'll surely get drunk with less," Alicia encourages Amaryl, before blushing at Antenora running with her idea. "You've clearly thought this through."
01[22:45] <Seira> "Well, I never used magic for sex since I just didn't see the appeal of it, but I did once upon a time have an error of judgement of truly mortifying proportions," Seira says, offering Amaryl her mostly untouched wine bottle.
[22:46] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Amaryl drinks, then puts it back in front of Seira. "Oh?"
[22:46] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I try." With a full bow towards Alicia, "I have to keep up with Marie's pervertedness! I won't let chaos win the battle of perversion without a fight!"
[22:46] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Don't-" Jessica begins, before laugh/sighing/gawking at once, somehow. "No, answer that one, Marie. But don't interrupt Seira!"
[22:47] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Give us more!" Elle turns to Seira, "That's not anything good yet! What was it?"
[22:47] <Alicia> "Just keep working those wings and I'll let you win this round," Marie replies quietly, taking a moment to ogle before paying attention to Seira.
[22:47] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora does just that, then reaches over to pat Marie's head. "Good courre."
01[22:48] <Seira> "You were present for that one, actually," Seira elaborates to Amaryl, before turning to the others. "When that circus came to Balmuria, I got it in my head to experience everything it had to offer. And one of those things just had to be a very special perfume that makes you irresistible to either men or women. Naturally, I wanted to pick both, but alas, even such magic had its limits, so I had to choose."
06[22:48] * Alicia recalls that whole fracas with Mihail and winces, taking an especially deep drink. Better to be more inebriated for this one.
[22:50] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora follows suit, as more and more booze is consumed around. Amaryl starts blushing a lot now too.
01[22:50] <Seira> "I didn't really understand what it would do. I just expected to look irresistible, the way we normally think about beautiful people we see. Instead, it caused every man who laid eyes on me to become slavishly devoted to me. And, of course, I compounded it by trying to test it on Demedais, first thing. He was practically a monk with that bald head, and a man of incredible integrity, so that would've been fine, right?"
[22:51] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> At this, Elle breaks into laughter, "Oh Demedais! Bald head, big armor and all so serious!"
06[22:52] * Seira shakes her head. "When he suddenly barked, 'Yes, Mistress!' I thought I would die of fright."
[22:52] <Alicia> "Ouch... poor Demedais," Alicia shakes her head pityingly.
[22:52] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Hahahahaaaa!" Abagail breaks into loud laughter, "Demedais said THAT?"
[22:53] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "So Demedais mimicked Antenora? Quite something to imagine!" Latha calls.
01[22:53] <Seira> "I didn't mean for any of that to happen!" Seira insists. "Honest! I'm just glad I picked that perfume and not the other."
[22:53] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Oh my...I wouldn't have been able to stay off you..." Amaryl is quite on Seira, "Not that I can anyway."
[22:54] <Alicia> "That would have been very awkward," Alicia nods quickly, glad it never came to that.
[22:54] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "That one's not bad," Elle rubs her chin thoughtfully, squinting. "Who else has a really good story like these?"
01[22:54] <Seira> "I wouldn't have been able to forgive myself," Seira admits.
01[22:55] <Seira> "But come on! Like the Charm spell, it doesn't actually steal someone's will from them! I thought it would be like that!"
[22:55] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Just as well." Jessica says, "Ah ewll, lesson learned...I went by some of those tents, too."
[22:55] <Alicia> "I actually have a story about using compulsion magic," Alicia volunteers after a worried glance at Antenora.
[22:56] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I have one," Latha says, "Lathander's realm is good for these if yo ustay awhile. Does anyone else have one - I can save mine if I need to."
[22:56] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Go ahead, Alicia," Latha says.
[22:56] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora curls up around Alicia, resting her head on her shoulder and giving Marie a lazy smile, nuzzling into her shoulder.
[22:57] <Alicia> "You can go after me, then," Alicia smiles at Latha before addressing the group. "This occured during my visit to Shendilvari... which is a place full of sordid stories at any rate, but I'll just give you this one."
[22:58] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Oooh...that's Malcanthet's realm, Queen of Succubi. This should be good," Amaryl calls as she blushes, drinking yet more.
[22:59] <Alicia> As Marie looks curiously at Alicia and Antenora, the former continues. "I'd just escaped from the charmingly-named 'Rape Room' of the Radiant Sister Ebony and ended up in the hedge maze of a marilith."
[22:59] <Alicia> "Disguising myself to look somewhat fiendish, I managed to sneak out without being noticed, and happened across four succubi who were standing around and gossiping... a bit like we're doing now, actually," she admits with a giggle.
[22:59] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "An interesting sign, that one," Abagail observes.
01[23:01] <Seira> "At least visually, it's not that bad to be compared to a succubus," Seira muses, for her part.
[23:01] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Ah, succubi. It's the right setting for a story about them." Elle flops over onto her stomach, kicking her legs into the air.
[23:03] <Alicia> "Anyway, I decided to avoid them since four was more trouble than I wanted, and a little ways away I came across a cambion. I managed to flirt with him a little to get directions to the Puzzling Hedge, which is where I needed to go to flee the Abyss."
[23:03] <Alicia> "However, he seemed quite eager to cash in on the implied promise of my flirtations once he'd given me the information I needed. Naturally not wanting to spread my legs for any random demon-spawn, I used a compulsion spell and told him to go have his fun with the four succubi I'd just seen."
[23:03] <Alicia> She laughs and shakes her head, taking another swig of booze. "I teleported away, so I don't know exactly what happened to him. But... well, you can probably use your imagination."
[23:05] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Oh wow." Antenora giggles widely, "They probably thought they'd won a prize!"
[23:06] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Maybe." Elle smirks, "Alicia, that sounds about right for the Abyss. So you played Abyssal matchmaker?"
[23:07] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I would have thought it would have been a bit more like Elle's story," Abagail rises up to sit up, "How's that terribly embarrassing?"
01[23:08] <Seira> "Indeed," Seira agrees. "Abagail, you should go after Latha to show Alicia how it's done."
[23:08] <Alicia> "Sorry, it was more like Seira's, wasn't it?" Alicia admits. "Well, I'll give you a sex story next time it gets round to me. For now it's Latha?"
[23:08] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "You can tell yours first," Latha says warmly, "I can hold mine as long as it's needed."
[23:12] <Alicia> "I've got one," Marie volunteers. "It's more about me being the victim of magical misuse than doing anything myself, though..."
01[23:13] <Seira> "Not every embarrassing situation has to be of our making," Seira muses. "Just as long as it makes for a good story?"
[23:13] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora smirks at Marie, going over to wrap around her and rest. "Make it a really good story, Marie!"
[23:14] <Alicia> "Okay," Marie nods brightly. "Alicia knows I used to date a pixie. It was back when I was working as a herald for Keeper of Names - he was in Arborea but I ended up there a lot myself, so we had lots of chances to meet up..." she trails off and reddens at Antenora's sudden public display, but gamely tries to continue!
[23:15] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "She get even touchier when she's drunk?" Jessica giggles as she finishes off one of the bottles, "Keep going...and Elle..couldn't you use magic to get us more?"
[23:15] <Alicia> "Anyway, I had some time to myself so we'd arranged a meeting on one of the verandas of Grandfather Oak," Marie continues, adjusting her position somewhat to accomodate the affectionate angel. "So there I was, innocently waiting... when someone goosed me!"
06[23:15] * Seira decides to mirror Antenora's actions, curling around Elle as she listens to Marie.
[23:16] <Alicia> "Everyone's so suddenly friendly... perhaps I shouldn't have picked up so much wine from Sune's realm?" Alicia giggles at the various cuddling going on.
[23:16] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Feeling touchy too?" Elle asks with a bit of a blush. Amaryl simply follows, keeping her place on Seira.
[23:16] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Or you did it juuuust right," Antenora starts giggling, "Sune approves?"
01[23:16] <Seira> "Someone?" Seira asks to keep the story going.
[23:17] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Go on, Marie," Latha says gently, "I want to hear the rest of it."
[23:19] <Alicia> "Well, I looked around, and no one was there!" Marie explains, looking around in apparent confusion to demonstrate her actions at the time. "I shrugged it off as my imagination, but then it happened again! And I could hear Navio's voice whispering in my ear - that was his name by the way, Navio. Well, you all know how pixies can turn invisible?"
[23:19] <Alicia> "He kept feeling me up in broad daylight on a crowded veranda, and no one had a clue! Well, there was a passing planetar who gave us an odd look... darn true seeing."
06[23:19] * Seira nods in sympathy.
[23:20] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "My, what a tricky little fey." Jessica laughs into her hand, "Poor Marie...was it good foreplay at least?"
[23:20] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Elle hesitates, before resting against Seira as well and listening. "In public? Isn't that the same thing Antenora was talkinga bout. Exhi...whatever?"
[23:20] <Alicia> "That sounds rather improper," Alicia comments disapprovingly, only for Marie to shake her head quickly.
[23:20] <Alicia> "He had really talented hands! I didn't mind at all! In fact, it was really exciting... so I turned incorporeal and led him on a merry chase to somewhere more secluded - this was when turning incorporeal didn't make you drop everything, by the way. And, you can probably imagine the rest..."
[23:21] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Courre gets lucky. You know...do you have any baby courres around in your sordid past?" Antenora challenges as she holds Marie right.
[23:21] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "If it was fun, itw as fun." Elle grins, "Decorum is for people without courage."
[23:22] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Or modesty," Latha clears her throat, "Not everyone weants to see that."
[23:22] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Baby courre...that would be...tiny? Super tiny?" Jessica fumbles with the concept, "Small enough to be near invisible?"
[23:22] <Alicia> "We went someplace private before we actually did anything more than light petting over my clothes," Marie tells Latha defensively.
[23:22] <Alicia> "And, uh, no. No children yet!"
[23:22] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I was talking to Elle." Latha smiles right back, "A  fine story. Who wants to go next?"
[23:23] <Alicia> Marie settles back in Antenora's embrace now that she's done, grabbing a bottle with her free hand for a drink before passing it to Antenora.
[23:24] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I can." Antenora takes her own drink and passes it right back to Marie, licking the rim before Abagail speaks. "I have ag ood one...but mercy, if any of you ever tell it to another..."
[23:25] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Lips are binded!" Jessica draws a little pattern over her lips, "We won't tell a soul!"
[23:25] <Alicia> "Whatever gets said, it stays on the beach," Alicia promises sollemnly.
01[23:26] <Seira> "What's the point of betraying a friend?"
[23:26] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Well, you know the spell alter self?" Abagail takes a breath, "Iw as curious about the other sex, so...I changed myself into a man." She lowers her head as she turns fire red and keeps going. "It's different. There's an undercurrent of aggression to how you see things. Your manhood does what it will. When you touch it..mmm. It's very focused. It's messy, too."
06[23:27] * Seira breaks out into laughter. "I used that spell, myself, but I never got the urges to get messy as a result."
[23:28] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Jessica starts laughing as well, "I always wondered! How does it feel?"
[23:28] <Alicia> "I think everyone who's learned that spell as at least tried it, if only to have a look," Alicia admits. "I didn't explore it in such detail, though."
[23:29] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "...good. It's so much...easier. You just move your hand and...in a few minutes, you scream and it's over. You get it all over you too.  It doesn't taste very good, but I don't know if that was the magic or me or if that's normal. I haven't done it again because I felt very strange after I changed back."
[23:29] <Alicia> "Men have it so much easier," Alicia seconds that sentiment with a sight, swigging some wine then passing the bottle along.
06[23:30] * Seira gets a speculative look in her eye. "This conversation has been so educational," she murmurs.
[23:30] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Antenora sighs as well, "They must. They just use us sometimes, I think. All the charm, then they put it in, splurt and leave us to get big and fat. Even erinyes get pregnant and it's like that."
[23:31] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> Latha is starting to smile, "You've somewhat pre-empted my story, though my own is more...interesting, I think, at least philsophically."
[23:31] <Alicia> "Well, go on," Marie smiles, "You've kept us in suspense long enough!"
01[23:31] <Seira> "It has to be more than that," Seira insists, before Latha's words gain her attention. "I second Marie's request!"
[23:32] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "As I mentioned, Lathander instructs us to spread life, no? But what happens if I fell in love with a woman? Two women cannot consumate a relationship in a way that leads to a child." Latha folds her hands together, "So he required us to spend some time as the other gender using our shape changing abilities."
[23:34] <Alicia> "I've heard some outsiders talk about gender just being a choice," Alicia glances briefly at Antenora who first offered such a perspective, before regarding Latha and trying to visualise her as a man. "It's still hard to picture you that way, though."
[23:34] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "Really? It makes a certain sense, one supposes..." Elle frowns in deep thought, "So you know how to insert and to receive goods?"
[23:34] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "I did. I made love to another woman as a man." Latha simply smiles, "Once your shape is alterable, gender becomes an irrelevant concept. Most of us still assume one gender or another, but...it's simply a shell for our divine spirit. When necessity dictates, it changes."
01[23:35] <Seira> "So how did it go?" Seira asks, interested. "What's the story behind it? What happened to her, to you two? Were you in love?"
[23:36] <Merry_Christmas_Ko> "It is," Antenora admits, "It's easy to get caught up in all the mortal regards to it - I do a lot, somewhat just to tease - but gender isn't quite so solid for us. Marie got the same ability lately, so..."
[23:36] <Alicia> "Yes, and Antenora's been begging me to use it," Marie agrees. "I've been too shy, but maybe Latha's right and I should!"

[Corwin]

[16:28] <Kotono> "<Alicia> "I've heard some outsiders talk about gender just being a choice," Alicia glances briefly at Antenora who first offered such a perspective, before regarding Latha and trying to visualise her as a man. "It's still hard to picture you that way, though."
[16:28] <Kotono> > "Really? It makes a certain sense, one supposes..." Elle frowns in deep thought, "So you know how to insert and to receive goods?"
[16:28] <Kotono> > "I did. I made love to another woman as a man." Latha simply smiles, "Once your shape is alterable, gender becomes an irrelevant concept. Most of us still assume one gender or another, but...it's simply a shell for our divine spirit. When necessity dictates, it changes."
[16:28] <Kotono> <Seira> "So how did it go?" Seira asks, interested. "What's the story behind it? What happened to her, to you two? Were you in love?"
[16:28] <Kotono> > "It is," Antenora admits, "It's easy to get caught up in all the mortal regards to it - I do a lot, somewhat just to tease - but gender isn't quite so solid for us. Marie got the same ability lately, so..."
[16:28] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Yes, and Antenora's been begging me to use it," Marie agrees. "I've been too shy, but maybe Latha's right and I should!"
[16:28] <Kotono> "It was a doomed relationship in many ways. She...the story is best told another time, but she keeps a fond place in my heart." As Marie blurts that out, Latha changes. Her form fills out, becoming well defined and muscular. Her features grow masculine, growing several inches taller. Her chin becomes stronger, her eyes soulful and deep. "A body is just a body. What's important is the spirit and soul that is housed within it."
[16:28] <Kotono> soul that is housed within it."
[16:29] <Kotono> Antenora has the good graces to turn a bit reddish, going for another drink as she watches Latha transform. "It is an appealing shell, no?"
06[16:30] * Seira intends to get that story some day, but for now just admires this casual display of magic used slightly differently that how she is used to.
06[16:30] * Alicia gives Latha an appreciative eye. "You wear it well," she approves. "So, does that mean you have children? Given how old you are, you could have thousands of descendants, couldn't you?"
[16:30] <Kotono> "Niiice..." Elle looks Latha well over, "You make a gorgeous man. Celestia or Lathander sure knows how to make them!"
[16:33] <Kotono> "I could. I have none." With a shrug of her, no, his shoulders that move his well scuplted chest, "It's never quite worked out, and I was on ice for a good part of this time. I think I may keep this form for a time. There are reasons. First of all, if you want to do it, do it, Marie. You may find it an illuminating experience. Second of all," Latha slightly bows her head to Alicia and then Antenora. "I owe the two of you an explanation for the argument on
[16:33] <Kotono> "I owe the two of you an explanation for the argument on Mertion.  When I spoke, I spoke from the perspective of gender being an irrelevant concern. I had forgotten that it is not so much for you."
[16:40] <Kotono> Jessica stares at Latha, "...My." Going for one of bottles with wine left, "We have visual entertainment now! I for one completely support this, as Amaryl and Seira shouldn't be the only ones with something nice to look at here!"
01[16:40] <Seira> "I'm just fine, thanks."
06[16:41] * Alicia had forgotten said argument in all honesty. "Don't worry about it, Latha. We all have our own tastes," she reassures, taking a drink.
[16:42] <Alicia> "But isn't your natural form still female?" Marie asks. "I can change into a male human or elf," she demonstrates just that, shrinking in some places and growing in others to turn into a rather effeminate elven man still stuck in Antenora's cloying embrace, "But as a courre I'm always a girl."
[16:42] <Kotono> Antenora follows Alicia by taking a drink of her own, "You know.....wow."  Looking down at Marie, "Nice."
[16:43] <Kotono> "So? A form is just a form. Love endures no matter what the body." Latha so speaks, as she then looks to Amaryl. "Amaryl, do you have one?"
[16:43] <Alicia> "It's kinda liberating, actually," Marie wriggles 'his' toes and stretches 'his' arms. "Not sure if I'd want to stay this way, but it's interesting to try out."
[16:43] <Kotono> Amaryl is looking over Latha with a detached, curious air. "I do," she says, going for a bottle for a long swig before anything else.
01[16:43] <Seira> "So it's Amaryl turn to taste embarrassment?" Seira asks, lightly trailing her fingers up Elle's side.
[16:45] <Kotono> "I like it." Antenora answers to Marie, "You're...so...can you make yourself more muscular? Not as much as Latha, but not so elven-fey-ish?"
[16:47] <Kotono> Amaryl's eyes go to Seira's fingers, but says nothing. Instead, "I'll tell it like Elle's story. The first day of spring...It was warm and the cold had at last left Pallanth. I chose to spend the day away, taking a horse to see the countryside on my own."
[16:47] <Alicia> "I can look that way, but it wouldn't be real," Marie admits, making a few cosmetic changes to suit Antenora's tastes, still lithe but showing lean corded muscle, voice lowering so as not to interrupt Amaryl. "It's just an appearance, so my physical capabilities aren't changed. Alicia has spells to make me strong, though..."
[16:49] <Kotono> "The trail was rough, so I clung to my horse and leaned forward. As he went over the muddy, rocky path...it started feeling good down there. All the shakes and bumps..." Amaryl now colors, drinking yet more wine, blinking her eyes and rubbing them after. "It felt really good...and I'dnever really felt like that before, I was still inexperienced."
06[16:51] * Alicia covers her mouth as she laughs softly at Amaryl's tale.
[16:51] <Kotono> Abagail smirks, "My, I know how that goes. A good horse can be your transporation AND a valuable friend like that!"
[16:52] <Kotono> "Ah yes. I...well, I kept going on the rough path..and...well, it was my first time reaching climax. Out in the forest, clinging to my horse as I screamed like a goblin, not quite sure what was happening."
[16:53] <Alicia> "I think you need a really comfortable saddle, though," Alicia comments. "Otherwise you just end up numb and sore. I suppose that's the advantage to being a noblewoman?" Sadly she's never had that much fun on a horse herself.
01[16:53] <Seira> "Since you're so experienced, now," Seira says sultrily, turning over to embrace Amaryl, "does it mean that you look forward to riding through rough terrain, now?"
[16:54] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes, "I have your terrain, and it's very good terrain, thank you!" Coughing, "Seira, what was your first time then?"
[16:55] <Kotono> "I'd call that a good reason for a saddle!" Elle perks up a bit, "I wish I'd thought of that instead of hoping for a spell to od the job."
01[16:56] <Seira> "I suppose it's embarrassing enough, if not for the reasons you might think," Seira admits ruefully. "I've read all about it, so I decided to give it a try. Without the aid of magics, of course. It felt somewhat strange, and it made me confused, so I didn't really try to repeat the experience for a few more years."
[16:56] <Alicia> "The mount spell?" Alicia suggests amid her laughter.
[16:57] <Kotono> "Or for a really bracing time, Phantom Steed!" Elle perks up to call that out.
[16:57] <Kotono> Abagail openly shudders, "Gods, with how fast those move, but you barely feel anything."
[16:58] <Kotono> "That's not so bad. I was lucky, though...my first time was with Roald, actually, once he groped around enough to find out what felt really good for him to touch!" Jessica sighs wistfully, "I guess I don't count, though."
01[16:59] <Seira> "That's right," Seira agrees. "You and Antenora owe us all a properly embarrassing story, not just something like that!"
[17:02] <Kotono> Jessica considers, turning very red. "I have...one. It's a really, really dirty story though...are you sure it's okay?" Looking about, "My only real expereince is with Roald..." Turning to look away, "Beth might have had a bunch of stories, but I had to start all over."
01[17:02] <Seira> "I think most of us are drunk enough it wouldn't bother us," Seira assures her.
[17:03] <Alicia> "Don't hold back," Marie agrees, deciding to switch back to female form before having Antenora pressed up against her causes too obvious a male reaction.
[17:07] <Kotono> Jessica takes a very long breath. "Roald and I had been working at the bakery all morning. We'd been flirting...little things, touching his hand, brushing against each other. After the morning rush, we made an excuse to go back and get some supplies, right? Our passion exploded out...I knelt and took him in my mouth. He greatly enjoys this and I wanted him to have his release. As he did, I drew back...I can't stand the taste of it. So it got on my face...
[17:07] <Kotono> I drew back...I can't stand the taste of it. So it got on my face...and as it finished, I heard the sound of a door slamming. I turn and...his mother's right there, looking at me as he's dripping down my cheeks and chin."
[17:08] <Kotono> Antenora turns and visibly winces, "Mystra...the social misstep!" Openly gaping, "That's like telling your superior that those demons aren't so bad?"
06[17:08] * Alicia winces sympathetically. "No wonder she was always so cold to you," she shakes her head, glad she's drunk because otherwise the image of her sister doing that would be far too much.
06[17:09] * Seira coughs to mask laughter than might be inappropriate.
[17:09] <Kotono> Elle just laughs, laughs and laughs and laughs. "That's why you swallow..!" With a sing-song, "No mess at all!"
[17:09] <Kotono> Latha laughs as well, trying to hold it in and failing. "Mortifying."
01[17:10] <Seira> "Or lock the door," Seira adds sagely, once she gets her immediate amusement under control. "The talent with locks comes in surprisingly handy, especially while living with tactless people."
[17:10] <Kotono> "Ah...yes." Jessica mutters, looking down. "Thta's one of the reasons. I can't believe we forgot that, but we were hurrying to get back there! We'd been flirting all morning!"
01[17:11] <Seira> "Public and semi-public places add to the excitement," Seira recites for herself, nodding slightly.
[17:11] <Alicia> "Well, it could've been worse. When you started I was worried it might have ended in some bread being baked with special ingredients," Marie giggles, switching to courre form and flying over to sit on Alicia's head.
[17:12] <Kotono> Antenora shrugs and goes over to Latha, resting against him. "Mmm...firm."
06[17:12] * Seira laughs, hugging Amaryl close to her.
[17:13] <Kotono> "That's a terrible image," Jessica glowers at the courre, crawling in the sand over to Alicia. She flicks at the tiny fairy with her fingers, "Bad! Bad!"
[17:13] <Kotono> "Who's next?" Amaryl calls out, "I wanna hear another one!"
01[17:14] <Seira> "Antenora's up, unless she's working towards having one of those embarrassing, sexy moments with Latha," Seira voices innocently.
[17:14] <Kotono> Latha looks to Antenora, "Alicia said she has one...though Antenora. Do you have a story, or are you hoping to get closer to me?"
[17:14] <Alicia> "Ack!" Marie raises her hands to defend herself and when that fails she dives down and into the safety of Alicia's cleavage. For her part, Alicia just blinks in surprise, before shrugging and taking a deep drink.
[17:15] <Kotono> "Well..." Antenora's words are a bit slurred by onw, "Y'see, Marie was fun to hug and then she changed back...you're firm, manly...you smell like a man now, even! 'sides, Seira's nearly feeling up Elle's side over there and no one's saying anything! Am I so commanding that every time I go to someone it'sthe talk of the group?"
[17:16] <Kotono> Jessica looks down at Marie, "Comfortable?" she challenges with a word. "Tell a story, Antenora! Tell a goodone!"
[17:16] <Alicia> "It's because you're so repressed normally but when you get a little booze into you you're a wild woman!" Marie calls over, nodding happily to Jessica.
01[17:17] <Seira> "Ah, but I'm shameless and not claiming it's anything but some harmless fun!" Seira calls back to Antenora, adding after Marie's words, "And yes, being so awfully repressed all the time is another good reason!"
[17:18] <Kotono> "You're projecting that you want to end up waking up at someone's side when this is over," Latha says very gently, then after a moment, "....hm." Looking to Alicia, "Perhaps a change of form would refocus you. Alicia, you can change Antenora's form, can't you?"
[17:18] <Kotono> Antenora turns redder, "I have a story then!" she blurts out, "I get it, I get it!"
[17:19] <Kotono> Elle turns redder, shifting slightly in the sand. "Well," she drawls out, "You did make a few passes at me just now. But it's okay, you're too cute to be mad at!"
[17:19] <Alicia> "Actually, here," Alicia casts a quick spell causing Marie to squawk as she expands into a large golden beach-ball lantern archon, which she then bats over towards Latha and Antenora. "Have fun with her."
[17:19] <Kotono> "Aaaaw!" Antenora glomps the archon right to her chest, "So cute!" Holding Marie like a vice grip to her, "Very well, let me tell mine."
[17:20] <Alicia> Marie grumbles a little at her predicament but allows herself to be molested.
01[17:20] <Seira> "I missed doing that very much," Seira asserts quietly to Elle, listening to Antenora's no-doubt exciting story!
[17:20] <Kotono> Abagail eyes the two wizards, but keeps any thoughts to herself.
[17:22] <Kotono> "I had a nightmare once. It was shortly after Alicia came back from Malcanthet's realm." Antenora leans against Latha, holding Marie to her. "A succubus had the two of us in chains, naked and defeated." After a pause, "I can stop here with this one if you like. It may be a little disturbing. I say full welli twas a nightmare."
01[17:23] <Seira> "Don't you have nicer dreams about yourself and Alicia, naked in chains?" Seira can't help but ask.
[17:23] <Alicia> "I'd say you're supposed to be telling real stories not imagination spots, but considering where you came from any real stories might not be much better," Alicia sighs as she lays down and sprawls out on the sand. "Do as you will."
[17:24] <Kotono> Antenora turns very red, "Yes, my previous life has no stories that suit the palettes here." After a moment to blush even more, Antenora drags Latha along, lying next to Alicia. "On second thought...Alicia, why don't ou just tell one of your stories? You said you had another one. I'm sorry, but...let's just pretend I didn't tell one, alright?"
[17:26] <Alicia> "Hmmm... okay," Alicia murmurs as team celestial cuddle up to her, laying on her back. "On the topic of bedroom magic, I've only got two other stories - I wasn't very imaginative when I was younger and I haven't exactly been busy in recent years. One involves illusions and one involves transmutations - which do you all want to hear?"
[17:27] <Kotono> "Illusions!" Elle calls out.
[17:27] <Kotono> "Transmutations!" Jessica says at the same time.
[17:27] <Kotono> "Both!" Amaryl turns yet redder, going up to give Seira a quick peck on the cheek. "Make them both good!"
[17:27] <Kotono> "Illusions," Antenora says quietly to Alicia.
01[17:28] <Seira> "One of them to cover Antenora's debt, and another to get a new round started!" Seira quickly agrees. "Let's start with illusions!"
[17:29] <Alicia> "Oooh, a tie," Alicia laughs. "Elle called it first, so illusion it is. This was back when I'd known my husband-to-be for a few weeks. About... twelve years ago, nearly, back when knowing second circle spells actually meant something. I only knew one, so I probably wouldn't even be able to graduate Seira's school in this day and age..."
01[17:30] <Seira> "Different times," Seira agrees. "I considered myself a fully-fledged mage with Magic Missile!"
[17:30] <Kotono> "Different times, different days, less sag," Elle grouses as she cups one of her breasts, murmuring a few slurred owrds of magic.
[17:31] <Alicia> "Third circle was world-shaking stuff," Alicia laughs softly. "Anyway, the sole second circle spell I knew was Mirror Image. It's a fantastically useful spell, even today. Back then I'd been giving a demonstration for some of Kelara's knights on how to handle magical threats. Hans was watching, and after he'd seen me create several illusory doubles of myself, he was... intrigued."
01[17:32] <Seira> "Aww, it's all in your head!" Seira exclaims towards Elle. "You're beautiful, so don't you dare say otherwise!"
[17:32] <Kotono> "Oh, here we go,"Elle starts to grin like a cat. "I like where this is going!"
06[17:32] * Seira is intrigued at how Mirror Image can be perverted, and listens intently from this point on.
[17:32] <Kotono> "Of course I am, Seira! But time still pulls them down," With a glower at her cleavage, "Bah."
01[17:33] <Seira> "Reverse Gravity," Seira whispers in Elle's ear, leaning over.
[17:33] <Kotono> Elle giggles but doesn't reply.
[17:35] <Alicia> "So, we went back to his place, and he asked for a more private demonstration. So I used the spell and started undressing for him, making a little show of things... he didn't know where to look, I thought his eyes would pop right out," she giggles at the memory.
[17:35] <Alicia> "Of course, once I got naked and we started to move things along, he had a fun time of trying to find the real me amidst all my doubles. They pop just as easily to molestation as they do to being stabbed."
[17:35] <Kotono> "HAHAHAHAAAA!" Antenora breaks up into howling laughter, "Hans' sword pierced your mirror images?!"
[17:36] <Kotono> "They do go right away if you ever prick them with a pin," Elle says with an entirely straight face.
01[17:36] <Seira> "Just imagine, if the spell you'd used created physical doubles...." Seira says, trailing off.
[17:37] <Kotono> "Or if you thump them with a rod!" Jessica follows up.
[17:37] <Alicia> "Just his hands, we weren't that quick on the mark," Alicia replies, blushing. "It was funny seeing how eager he was as he reached out, and then the disappointment as the illusion vanished away. Anyway, someone else now - I'll save my other story for when it comes back to me."
[17:38] <Kotono> "I'll go." Latha, after a hesitation, goes to one of the less drunk bottles, finally indulging. She drains most of it away, then finishes the job.
[17:40] <Alicia> "Making up for lost time, there," Marie comments admiringly at Latha's ability to put away a whole bottle in just a few seconds.
[17:42] <Kotono> Latha lies stomach down on the sand, his back sunned. "One day in Celestia, I was walking the beaches. Sort of like here, only holy and not so naked." Thoughtfully playing her lips, "Though Marie fits now - it was indeed a lantern archon I chanced on."
[17:42] <Kotono> "Not so fun then," Amaryl mutters a bit too loud.
[17:42] <Alicia> "Feel free to use me as a prop," Marie offers from her position clutched to Antenora's bosom.
[17:42] <Kotono> "Not by half," Abagail replies back in her own quiet voice, eyes taking in Latha.
01[17:44] <Seira> "It does make me wonder if you could appear differently to other people at the same time," Seira admits.
[17:44] <Kotono> "Perhaps. Now then..." Taking a breath, "I came on a Lantern Archon." He pauses for several seconds, "It had passed by some mortal travelers. It said it didn't understand what they were doing. So I asked it what they were. It said it took off their clothes and started wrestling." With a half dramatic sigh, "So I tell the lantern archon that they're making a form of love and not to worry about it. But...!"
01[17:45] <Seira> "They really were wrestling in the nude?"
[17:45] <Alicia> "Oh, those silly lantern archons!" Marie giggles. "They're so innocent it's a crime!"
[17:46] <Kotono> "No. It said, with a completely innocent delivery, that it wanted to make love with me, too, since it looked fun. A lantern archon propositioned me."
06[17:46] * Seira is amused by the turn this story had taken.
[17:46] <Alicia> "Awww. A pity they lack the equipment," Alicia comments, reaching up to poke Marie. "Did you at least give it a friendly hug like Antenora's doing?"
[17:47] <Kotono> "It's a shame." Antenora agrees, hugging Marier ight into her bosom.
[17:48] <Kotono> "I was half cracking up and half mortally embarrassed. Thank Celestia I was alone. The thing is...when I managed to tell it no, it got insistent. It started flyinga round my head, saying that it really wanted to make love with me NOW!"
06[17:48] * Alicia bursts out into laughter at the image that conjures up.
01[17:48] <Seira> "It really does sound like a lantern archon," Seira admits with a sigh. "Did you do a little dance for it and told him it was making love, the deva style?"
[17:49] <Kotono> Antenora looks right to Marie, somehow holding in her mirth. "Sot hat lantern archon was you in a previous life?"
[17:49] <Kotono> Latha starts to let the humor take him, rocking back onto his haunches. "I eventually Plane Shifted to Arcadia and then back to Celestia to get away."
[17:50] <Alicia> "Awww, you're such a tease!" Marie accuses Latha. "That poor archon probably went and found someone else to harass after you left."
[17:50] <Kotono> "I had to retreat!" Latha insists, "It was for everyone's good!" After a thought, "So who's next?"
[17:52] <Kotono> "I have another but..." Jessica reddens even more, "If you really want to hear it."
01[17:52] <Seira> "Of course!"
[17:53] <Kotono> "You know," Antenora moves along, taking Marie with her and a bottle. She sits next to Jessica and drinks, before hugging onto her. "I should complete the set of angels, hm?"
[17:53] <Alicia> "You do get around," Alicia tells Antenora, straight faced. "Go on, Jessica, assuming Antenora doesn't distract you too much."
[17:54] <Kotono> "Marie's rubbing off!" Antenora chirps, as Latha startsto eye Antenora.
[17:55] <Alicia> "Something's rubbing, alright!" Marie exclaims.
[17:55] <Kotono> Jessica laughs, "Alright. This one...I..." Jessica bites her lip, "This one is really embarrasing, but it's also relevant."
[17:55] <Kotono> Antenora grins, and in a faint whisper to Marie, "Too bad you're not in a form where you can show the appreciation?"
[17:57] <Alicia> "Alicia changing my shape doesn't stop me from changing it myself," Marie counters.
[17:57] <Alicia> "It stays on the beach, whatever you say," Alicia reassures Jessica, morbidly curious.
[18:00] <Kotono> "Before Mystra remade me, I had mastered some magic...including the infamous alter self." Her blush deepens. "In our lovemaking, Roald wanted to penetrate my backside. Ride me in the wrong way. I wasn't too interested, but he wanted it so...I offered a trade. An eye for an eye...a penetration for a penetration." Blushing hard and starting to sweat a bit, "I was curious about alter self, too! But mainly, I wanted him to drop it. He did, but I felt so dirty
[18:00] <Kotono> "I was curious about alter self, too! But mainly, I wanted him to drop it. He did, but I felt so dirty..."
[18:01] <Alicia> "Ohh... he called your bluff and made you regret it?" Alicia makes a disgusted face, shuddering at the mental images conjured.
01[18:02] <Seira> Alter Self appears to be the most unintentionally perverted spell of all time, tying with Grease, Seira muses.
[18:02] <Kotono> "Oh yes. He won that round. But...the undercurrent was like electricity. It was so dirty and forbidden," With a rapidly growing blush, "I couldn't get enough of him when I thought of that...to the point that he got me caught up in the heat of the moment and I offered him what he wanted with no strings."
01[18:03] <Seira> "Roald has an unexpectedly perverted side to him," Seira voices. "You'd never know from just talking to him!" She peers at Jessica, then. "So how was it?"
[18:03] <Kotono> "What a sex life." Elle sighs dramatically, "Donald at better be able to live up to this!"
[18:04] <Alicia> "Mmm... and weren't you telling me yesterday you wanted to stay chaste until marriage?" Alicia adds with a raised eyebrow. "Is this some definition of the word I'm not familiar with?"
01[18:04] <Seira> "In fact, yes! It's called a technical virginity!" Seira exclaims.
[18:05] <Kotono> "It hurt." Taking a shuddering breath in and out, then repeating it, "He said he'd never been that hard and he loved it...hm? Oh that." Coughing even more, "He's been inside of me plenty of times! I mean chaste until we're married in Dweomerheart, Alicia! It seems wrong to do that right in Mystra's realm without making it official! A subtle slight."
[18:05] <Alicia> "She really wouldn't care, trust me," Marie comments.
[18:05] <Kotono> "Oh, so you're not a virgin...but you are one in Mystra's realm?" Antenora grins all over, "That's a downright diabolical distinction."
[18:05] <Kotono> "Really?" Antenora looks down at Marie, "You're making her sound like Sune."
01[18:06] <Seira> "I also think she wouldn't care," Seira agrees.
[18:06] <Alicia> "Mystra isn't hedonistic, but nor is she uptight," Marie replies. "She's the Goddess of magic. Sex falls right outside of Her portfolio."
[18:06] <Kotono> "Do a few words make love in the heavens?" Latha challenges, "A few on Celestia may care more, but love making isn't a sin when it's love."
[18:06] <Alicia> "Various examples given by Elle and Alicia notwithstanding," she amends.
[18:07] <Kotono> "They both give very nice samples!" Amaryl says after finishing another bottle of wine.
[18:07] <Kotono> "That's not the point!" Antenora blushes, "Well it is, but...I think it's cute of them! Sweet!"
[18:09] <Kotono> "It is. The eladrin of Queen Morwel's court...how many of them are married? Further, Queen Morwel herslef has two consorts that we know of, and yet she is holy. Antenora, you're overthinking it. Baatezu make love dirty because that's what they are."
[18:11] <Kotono> "I'm not saying hedoism is acceptable to me, but making love with someone you love isn't wrong." Latha goes on, "Remember what I said last time. Just relax, Antenora."
[18:11] <Kotono> Antenora goes quiet, blushing a whole lot. Latha clears her throat, "Where were we? I think someone else is up? Marie, you've been quiet the last few minutes."
[18:11] <Alicia> "Marriage is just a ceremony to recognise what's already there. You shouldn't need to act different before or after it," Alicia echoes those sentiments.
[18:13] <Kotono> "In other words, a bit of sleeping around is fine. Go get your rocks off with someone," Elle calls, "You don't need to stay boring and chaste until you find someone perfect."
01[18:13] <Seira> "I might have another mortifying story," Seira picks up, "but whether I might tell it will depend on Amaryl." She turns towards the elf. "Remember, it was just before Alicia returned with the plan to free Androlynne's children?"
[18:14] <Alicia> "Hmm..." Marie considers, but is saved by having to come up with a story by Seira. "Lets hear Seira's, first."
[18:14] <Kotono> "Sure," Abagail calls, scooting closer to Seira across the sand.
[18:15] <Kotono> "I'm okay with it. I already told you about how I learned to love with a saddle." Amaryl says.
06[18:16] * Seira laughs. "Alright. It was really all Dad's fault, with how he kept on going about magic misuse and children. But really, it also got me thinking, so I decided to ask Amaryl if she wanted to have them."
01[18:19] <Seira> "So there I was, trying to explain my thoughts, but it was pretty sudden and lacked preparation, and I think she misunderstood at first. So she started discussing the mechanics, and all of a sudden, I can't think as my mind goes blank! It felt... it was like an incredible high, and I had no idea where it came from.
01[18:19] <Seira> But I only caught her last words, as Amaryl was now looking at me expectantly, looking for an answer. So I confessed I didn't hear a thing and asked her to repeat it. She was mortified! She accused me of treating it like a sex talk, and how I was corrupted by the Abyss and ran off, all red. In the middle of a crowded inn, at that."
06[18:19] * Seira snorts. "And did I mention that the Commander just happened to stop by?"
[18:20] <Alicia> "Well, we know it's possible," Alicia glances briefly at Latha as Seira starts, before staring as the story goes on. "Goodness! That must have been horrible!"
01[18:20] <Seira> "I have no idea what happened! This time, it really wasn't my fault!"
[18:22] <Kotono> "It was so strange...do you know what happened?" Amaryl is blushing a bit.
[18:22] <Kotono> "Oh, that's a bad one. Not quite as bad as Jessica's story with Roald's mom, but...bad." Elle makes a visible whimper.
06[18:22] * Seira shakes her head slowly. "And to think, that while I was certain my magical knowledge and stubbornness could take care of the mechanics, if need be, I never realized it would be as simple as, say, Alter Self." At Amaryl's words, she shrugs. "Sorry. Like I told you when I apologized, I really have no clue. It might be a divine joke of some sort."
06[18:23] * Alicia frowns thoughtfully. "Actually... you say it happened shortly before I came back from Celestia? Because while we were there, I was granted a blessing I could share with three others - it was a euphoric feeling, and you were one of those I chose to share it with, Seira." She blushes. "So I suppose I'm at fault."
01[18:24] <Seira> "See?" Seira tells Amaryl. "There was a perfectly good explanation! Alicia made me feel good, in a completely innocent way."
[18:24] <Kotono> "Oh!" Turning and away from Seira, Amaryl puts her hands on her hips, jiggling with what she has as she does. "So what you're saying is that you got my Seira all hot and bothered?"
01[18:24] <Seira> "I wasn't bothered," Seira quickly interjects.
[18:24] <Alicia> "Well, it was Celestia, really. I just pointed it at her," Alicia smiles embarrassedly.
[18:25] <Kotono> "Oh, so you just got her hot?" Amaryl challenges.
[18:25] <Kotono> "A dream for the ages," Antenora smirks at Amaryl.
[18:26] <Kotono> "Fascinating..." Elle sits up, "Hey, I have a question!"
06[18:26] * Seira laughs.
[18:27] <Kotono> "Yeah?" Abagail answers from her position, sunning near Seira.
[18:28] <Kotono> "None of us are qualified to ride unicorns here, right?" Elle looks about everyone.
01[18:28] <Seira> "What is the unicorn-riding qualification?"
[18:29] <Alicia> "That's just a myth," Alicia points out. "I was worried when I first met Rosamund but she hasn't been troubled by me at all."
[18:29] <Kotono> "That you're a virgin!" Amaryl gawks at Seira, "You didn't know that one?"
01[18:29] <Seira> "But we've all met Rosamund! Come on, that can't be a requirement with that lusty mare!"
[18:30] <Kotono> "That's why it's just a myth," Antenora calls back.
[18:30] <Kotono> "So that raises the question...how many people have you slept with?" Elle looks around. "Which of us has been the most times around the block?"
[18:31] <Alicia> "Two," Alicia replies for herself, shrugging. It's hardly an obscene number, so she has nothing to be ashamed of.
[18:32] <Kotono> "One," Amaryl answers, looking to Seira and kissing her. Elle turns to them and blushes, "Ten...or eleven...not quite sure on that last one."
[18:32] <Kotono> "Seven." Latha says, "Yes, I'm fairly sure it's a coincidental number and nothing more."
[18:32] <Kotono> "One," Jessica answers, "Only Roald for me!"
01[18:33] <Seira> "There was this time I got a bit too friendly," Seira says, slightly embarrassed, "but only one for me as well."
[18:33] <Kotono> Abagail is quiet, before, "None," she announces.
[18:33] <Alicia> "Sixteen," Marie volunteers, mortified at beating the three thousand year old.
01[18:33] <Seira> "How can you not be sure?" Seira asks Elle curiously.
[18:34] <Kotono> "Long story," Elle waves it off, "Abagail, you've never...?"
[18:34] <Alicia> "How old are you, Abagail?" Alicia asks curiously, regarding the professed noble wizard.
01[18:34] <Seira> "It might be just a few years, but when I was your age, Abagail, I would have answered the same thing," Seira says earnestly.
01[18:34] <Seira> "There is no rush!"
[18:35] <Kotono> "My studies and culture are paramount." Abagail blushes but looks Elle in the eye. "18."
[18:35] <Kotono> "Well, that's too bad. You're missing out...or we can do something and get you with someone. Hey Seira, is your Dad on the market?" Elle calls.
[18:36] <Alicia> "I thought you were older... I was about your age when I had my first," Alicia smiles kindly. "But there's no rush, wait until you find someone worth it."
01[18:36] <Seira> "Don't worry, Abagail, I will protect you from their drunk advances," Seira promises to the younger mage, ignoring Elle.
[18:36] <Alicia> "Or ask Elle for tips on what magic will tide you over in the meantime!" Marie laughs.
[18:37] <Kotono> "As long as you know how to use your hand it's fine anyawy!" Elle stumbles over, patting Abagail's back.
01[18:37] <Seira> "I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm definitely setting some time aside for additional research," Seira states firmly. "This wealth of information must not go to waste! You agree, don't you, Abagail?"
[18:38] <Kotono> As Abagail blushes, Elle nods, "You know, that raises another question. How do all of us swing? I know Seira and Amaryl prefer women."
[18:39] <Alicia> "Gender is irrelevant for some of us, right Latha?" Marie speaks up.
01[18:39] <Seira> "Why don't you share another of your lusty, drunk Elle stories instead?" Seira says.
[18:39] <Kotono> "Yes. I like both when it comes down do it," Latha answers.
[18:39] <Kotono> "Answer it and I'll tell you all a great one," Elle banters back.
[18:40] <Alicia> "Men only, here," Alicia raises her hand. "But with all the shapechanging magic flying around, who knows what that's worth these days?"
01[18:40] <Seira> "I'm a lot like Marie that way, although I have my own requirements. Beauty, intelligence, or that special spark I'm looking for!"
[18:40] <Kotono> "Women only,"A maryl answers.
[18:40] <Alicia> "You'd totally kneel down for Queen Morwel!" Marie accuses Alicia.
06[18:41] * Alicia blushes. "Certain exceptions can apply. But they're exceptions, not the rule."
06[18:41] * Seira swoons at the mention of Queen Morwel's name.
[18:41] <Kotono> "So would I," Antenora admits as she reddens. "We can all have exceptions."
[18:42] <Kotono> "Men." Abagail answers, while Jessica blushes, "Just men. I do sort of like breasts, though. They're so soft and appealing looking to me. But nothing else about women...is that strange?"
01[18:42] <Seira> "It's only strange if you play with Alter Self to get your optimum result," Seira teases.
[18:43] <Alicia> "Maybe your subconscious is missing the lost childhood memories of nursing?" Marie suggests as she nuzzles into Antenora's breasts.
[18:43] <Kotono> Antenora holds Marie close, blushing. "Breasts are symbolic of life, yes."
[18:44] <Kotono> "It's just a thought...Roald is aman and I'm happy with him, so.." Jessica turns redder.
[18:44] <Alicia> "If I want to look at those I just need to look downwards," Alicia observes easily. "Nothing exciting there."
[18:44] <Kotono> Elle clears her throat, "I like men...though maybe if Seira keeps making passes at me I'll be tempted," She breaks into laughter.
01[18:45] <Seira> "And really, really nice to hold?" Seira suggests with a shrug. "There's no reason to look for excuses, when the obvious one is available." At Alicia's words, she protests, "And that's actually wrong! It's a lot like saying that sexy clothing doesn't do anything for you, if you've already seen the person naked. There's a certain thrill from admiring other people!"
[18:45] <Kotono> Amaryl turns yet redder, "elle!" she protests, "Don't say things like that!"
06[18:46] * Seira holds Amaryl closer to her, laughing as well.
[18:46] <Alicia> "I suppose," Alicia sighs in response to Seira. "I mean, I can recognise a beautiful woman when I see one. It just doesn't really do anything for me."
[18:47] <Kotono> Elle smiles and pats Amaryl's head.
01[18:47] <Seira> "That's just fine," Seira responds. "I'm not out to change the world this way."
[18:48] <Kotono> "Anyway," Elle says, "Who's up now? Marie, you had one?"
01[18:48] <Seira> "I'm still waiting on you!"
[18:48] <Alicia> "Didn't you say you were going to tell us something really good once we'd given our scores?" Marie asks.
[19:10] <Kotono> "Oh right." Elle thoughtfully goes on, then stands. "So one day," Elle begins to walk circles around the group, a wobbling jog that makes all sorts of her anatomy fascinating. "I'm walking along without a care in the world, no?"
[19:11] <Alicia> "Right," Alicia nods lazily as Elle acts out her story.
[19:12] <Kotono> "Then...!" Elle stops in her tracks, falling onto her rear. She gets herself up, sand all over her bottom. She shakes it off, wiggling it good. "Anyway, so then I see the cutest man I've ever seen! Masculine with a good jawline, a body that Mystra and Waukeen would get in a catfight over, these green eyes that look like he could make you explode into bliss with just a sensual stare."
[19:13] <Kotono> "Ooooh, Jessica sighs, "He sounds like a Prince on the run from his duty!"
[19:14] <Kotono> "How about a genie noble on a tour of the world, disguised?" Abagail's eyes go distant, "Tall, dark and very rich."
[19:14] <Alicia> "There's a sting in the tale yet, I bet," Alicia comments, betting Elle wouldn't be telling a story with too happy an ending.
[19:15] <Kotono> "So I go talk to him! I don't throw myself at him, I'm ladylike...but we hit it off. He asks me for a drink and we go have a few. I keep making moves," Elle acts them out - rubbing against someone, brushing her hand against his, sharing a glass, "And he keeps returning them. It's going great and I'm thinking that I might even have to give it up on the first date...he's just too perfect!"
[19:16] <Kotono> "The catch must be a huge one," Latha's starting to smile at all of this.
[19:17] <Alicia> "I'm betting on angry wife making an appearance," Alicia nods knowingly.
[19:18] <Kotono> "Then, over our drink...we kiss. It's like fire. It's like my hair crackled with electricity. I'm gone at this point. I tell him that my room's lonely...and he says we should make sure it stays full." Elle lies down, legs apart. "We go back to my room, kiss awhile and I lay down just like this." Crooking her finger over, "Come here...I need you! Now!" So what does he do? He smiles, "Sorry, I like men," and walks right out. "Just like THAT."
[19:18] <Kotono> "Sorry, I like men," and walks right out. "Just like THAT."
[19:18] <Kotono> "...that son of a bitch!" Amaryl squawks, "What a terrible, terrible MAN!"
[19:19] <Kotono> "That bastard!" Jessica follows up, "You open your flower to him and he tosses it into the gutter? Inexcusable!"
[19:19] <Alicia> Alicia's face falls. "No way. You're kidding - no one could be that cruel. Especially someone in Balmuria who'd know you're a powerful wizard!" she insists.
[19:19] <Kotono> "This was before Balmuria. I should've mentioned that," Elle slaps her head, "Back when I was adventuring. Anyway?"
[19:20] <Alicia> "Even so... he flirted with you, kissed you, did everything except go all the way, and *then* he comes out with this revelation?" Alicia shakes her head, refusing to believe such a perverse scenario.
[19:21] <Kotono> "I spent like twenty minutes in shock before I get up!" Elle stands, starting to jog around again. "I throw on my clothes and try to find him! Nothing! I go back to my room in a foul mood and go to my pack for my nightclothes...and my pack is a lot lighter. See, back then, even basic magic could earn you easy traveling money, right? Somehow he pickpocketed me at some point in the process."
[19:23] <Alicia> "You should scry on him!" Marie insists. "Right now! Find out where he is and take your revenge!"
[19:25] <Alicia> "Marie!" Alicia scolds her familiar. "For all that it's deserved, we don't want to break up our party with expressions of dire vengeance."
01[19:26] <Seira> "We can scry on him tomorrow," Seira agrees. "How awful! I'll smite him for you, Elle!"
[19:27] <Kotono> "I did years later. The matter's settled. That's another story though." Elle says cheerfully, "So, anyone got any more good dirty stories? Marie?'
06[19:28] * Seira looks towards Abagail hopefully.
[19:28] <Kotono> "I have a small one," Abagail admits, "It's not much of a story, but I can tell it."
[19:29] <Alicia> Marie turns incorporeal to escape Antenora's grasp and then flies over to Jessica before turning back into a lantern archon and nuzzling against her side.
[19:30] <Kotono> Antenora sticks her tongue out at Marie, "You are no fun at all!" Antenora calls.
06[19:30] * Seira smiles encouragingly at Abagail, while waving Marie over, in case the little lantern archon feels like flying over later on.
[19:30] <Kotono> "Go on," Latha says with sidelong eyes atMarie and Antenora.
[19:30] <Alicia> "I'm lots of fun!" Marie insists, taking Seira's invitation and going to settle herself between the master and apprentice.
[19:31] <Kotono> "Well...I mentioned how I tasted my seed when I was a man? I've done that as a woman, too. I was curious." She looks down, drawing with a finger in the sand, "When I'm in the mood, it feels sexy."
01[19:32] <Seira> "What's the difference, there? Does the magic change it entirely?"
[19:32] <Kotono> Elle curls up down, smiling as she listens.
[19:32] <Alicia> "By that I really hope you just mean your lubrication and not your actual period," Alicia asks, making a face.
[19:32] <Kotono> "Yes. My natural form was far sweet-ew! No!" Abagail gags, "That's such a pain, isn't it? I hate those so much! I feel so big, bloated and miserable for nearly a week."
[19:33] <Kotono> "I know." Jessica sighs, "And I'm always in the mood when I'm bleeding, but Roald won't do anything while I am."
01[19:33] <Seira> "I just use fire spells more. It seems to help quite a bit."
[19:33] <Alicia> "They get easier as you get older," Alicia reassures.
[19:34] <Kotono> "I want to curl up and cry when they hurt," Amaryl looks down, "Isn't there magic that helps with that?"
[19:35] <Kotono> "It's a natural process, so healing magic does nothing." Elle makes a gentle woosh sound, yawning as she rests down. "Alter self helps, but I feel -really- weird the time I tried that. I did miss the period, but...I was really off until my next one."
01[19:35] <Seira> "With all that's been said so far, I have to wonder if anyone ever used illusion magic to disguise themselves as another person. An actual person they mimicked, I mean," she clarifies. "And who knows? We might be the first group to find a cure!"
[19:35] <Alicia> "A warming cantrip helps a lot," Alicia volunteers. "To be honest, after I had Felix mine got a lot better."
[19:36] <Kotono> "I know someone who got them much worse after a child." Abagail grumbles, her skin tanning well away in Lathander's light. "If a child was the automatic answer, I'd find a man tomorrow."
[19:36] <Kotono> "It isn't something we worry about," Antenora says, which earns her glares from th eother women.
01[19:37] <Seira> "It can be so easy to hate you, sometimes."
[19:37] <Kotono> After giving Antenora a very rude gesture, Amaryl turns to Alicia. "Have ou had to fight with yours? I have once and it made everything so much worse. I felt so slow in battle, too."
[19:38] <Kotono> "Well, I've had most biological functions since I was redeemed, but not that one. Then again, erinyes can reproduce, which is something many devils have difficulty with. So..." Antneora just smiles back ot each of them.
[19:38] <Alicia> "Hah," Alicia snorts in laughter. "The first time I used that excuse on my old teacher, he worked me twice as hard! I wasn't allowed to use my womanhood as any excuse for weakness."
[19:38] <Kotono> "Asshole," Elle grumbles, eyes closing. "Kick him in the balls."
[19:39] <Kotono> "I'm always worried I'll stain my armor or leak, too." Amaryl grouses, "A cantrip fixes it, but it's so embarrasing if anyone sees!"
06[19:39] * Alicia shakes her head. "He was right to do it. Enemies won't care what my time of the month is when they attack. Since then I've been able to focus past the discomfort."
[19:39] <Kotono> "You're right." Latha turns to Alicia, "It's not a pain I deal with, but if you had an obvious weak time of the month, Baator and your othe renemies would pounce on it."
01[19:40] <Seira> "So!" Seira exclaims, trying to refocus the discussion away from Baator and enemies. "Marie, how about another exciting tale of your carefree life?"
[19:40] <Kotono> "It's not fair! Male arriors don't have to deal with this!" Amaryl clings closer to Seira. "Men...stupid men!"
06[19:41] * Seira brushes Amaryl's hair softly. "This time, it's really no fault of their own."
[19:41] <Kotono> "I bet Lathander or Torm or Helm or someone dumped it all off on the women at Creation. I just know someone plotted it out." Amaryl growls.
01[19:42] <Seira> "Torm. Definitely Torm. We'll punish him later, dear, alright?"
[19:42] <Kotono> "Can we kick him in the groin?" Amaryl says with wide, hopeful eyes.
[19:43] <Kotono> Jessica eyes Amaryl, "Down girl. Not all of us hate men, you know."
01[19:43] <Seira> "We can make a special exception for Torm."
[19:43] <Kotono> "Oh, I think I can contribute a story to that now," Antenora perks up a bit, "It's more of a curiosity, but I think it'll bea musing."
[19:43] <Alicia> "Oh, I've got a good one!" Marie replies happily from her position nestled between Seira and Elle. "In fact, you and Amaryl might be familiar with this yourselves. I've recently discovered that telepathy is an amazingly useful ability."
[19:44] <Alicia> "You can be sitting around in any sort of normal context, as civil as you like, but if you know someone with telepathy there's never a dull moment! They can keep your mind busy with all sorts of salacious and exciting dirty talk!"
[19:44] <Alicia> "Like right now, Antenora's exercising every creative muscle in her head to get me all hot and bothered so I'll come crawling back to her bosom. It's like we're making love without even touching!"
[19:44] <Kotono> Antenora stops, turning very red. "Um..." She sputters and glares at Marie, "You're taking it out of context!"
[19:44] <Alicia> "No, no!" Marie insists, "Keep going! I'm having a great time!"
01[19:44] <Seira> "No, I'm pretty sure no context can make it innocent," Seira says with a grin, pressing closer to Marie.
[19:44] <Kotono> "See?" Amaryl stage-whispers, "Miss only likes men is cracking!"
[19:45] <Kotono> Antenora tries a little more to speak, but it's a lost cause as her tongue betrays her. "In my defense, at least I wanted it to be male Marie so his flagpole could rise?" she tries.
06[19:46] * Seira opens her mouth to comment, but seems unable to say something to that.
06[19:47] * Seira then blinks. "So if I used alter self, you'd be all over me?" she finally asks.
[19:47] <Alicia> "I got her to start talking about things she'd do to my real form as well, though," Marie insists proudly.
06[19:47] * Alicia just looks at Latha and shakes her head in amused despair.
[19:47] <Kotono> "You know?" Jessica says, " A drunken fling wouldn't be that bad. Mercy knows that most people have had one."
[19:48] <Kotono> Antenora blushes and scoots back to Alicia. "It's just...I was trying to get a rise out of you! Really!"
06[19:48] * Seira shrugs uncertainly. "Well, the offer is there. Probably. If you still remember it while sober."
[19:48] <Alicia> "And your hard work is appreciated - we should do this more often," Marie insists. "It's a great way to pass the time and exercise your imagination."
[19:49] <Kotono> "I wish Alicia liked to be teased like that more...I bet she wouldn't chat and tell," Antenora sniffles, next to Alicia. "You wouldn't, would you?"
06[19:50] * Alicia pats Antenora sympathetically on the back. "That's my secret to keep," she smiles.
[19:50] <Kotono> Antenora hugs Alicia. "See?" Antenora sticks her tongue out at Marie. "Alicia's thoughtful!"
[19:51] <Kotono> "It's almost like childrne...almost." Latha starts to sigh, then goes ahead and does it loudly.
[19:51] <Alicia> "Alicia also doesn't want perverted mental messages being sent to her at all hours of the day," Alicia insists cooly.
01[19:51] <Seira> "So if you get a rise out of Marie, will you reward her with a kiss?" Seira asks with a smile.
[19:52] <Kotono> "But..." With a quivering lip and looking up at Alicia, "How will Donald get suspicions to think we're lovers, then, if we don't tease a bit?"
[19:52] <Kotono> Antenora turns and blushes, "Seira! You're not helping...!" Her blush intensifies, "Hmph."
[19:53] <Kotono> Elle is quiet, eyes shut as she lies in the sun.
[19:53] <Kotono> "You two are really cute like this," Amaryl says hesitantly, "I think you'd like it if you kissed!"
[19:53] <Alicia> "She's made all sorts of hints, but no promises. You know how those lawful types are, that means she won't deliver," Marie bobs up and down slightly between Seira and Elle.
[19:53] <Kotono> "W-well," Antenora glowers, "You wouldn't even turn into a man when I asked, so what makes you think you've earned anything anyway?"
01[19:54] <Seira> "And it is such a shame, too," Seira commiserates with Marie. "Who wouldn't? I'll take that bet, if you're talking to me!"
[19:55] <Alicia> "Not interested," Alicia gives Amaryl a pleasant smile. "I'm sure I could do far worse, but even so..."
[19:55] <Kotono> "I think that it wouldn't hurt you to enjoy yourself, Antenora," Latha says, "Let your clouded mind take you where it will. No one's going to accuse you of anything."
[19:55] <Kotono> "Latha!" Antenora whirls to her, blushing, "Do you really have to chip into this, too?"
[19:56] <Kotono> "You and her would be like lightning..." Amaryl sighs, "Maybe you won't know until you try it? I wasn't 100% sure until Seira and I..."
[19:56] <Alicia> "You're making it far too easy for everyone, Antenora," Alicia just shakes her head. "Now, didn't you have a story you were going to tell us?" she tries to move things along.
[19:57] <Kotono> "Very well." Antenora stays close to Alicia, but sits up. She hesitates a moment, "Are all of you familiar with Belial, Lord of the Fourth?"
01[19:58] <Seira> "Amaryl was actually talking about you and Antenora," Seira whispers quietly to Marie. "She's really supporting you two, in whatever gender you might be!"
[19:58] <Kotono> "Sure," Latha calls, "In this light, I'm glad we've never faced servants of the Fourth Hell."
[19:58] <Alicia> "The one who's far too friendly with his daughter?" Alicia asks, making a disgusted face.
[19:59] <Alicia> "One day, maybe," Marie replies cheerily to Seira.
[19:59] <Kotono> "That's the the common belief. Incest...ugh." Antenora grimaces, "He's sired children from women, men - don't ask - animals, undead, aberrations, outsiders, inanimate objects...everything. ANYWAY. Let me go on."
[20:01] <Kotono> "A baatorian legend says that Belial 'blessed' womankind. In the mists of time, he decreed that mortal women shall feel his touch of pain and suffering once amonth. It is a sign of the degenerate nature of women, bidding them to give into the urges of pleasure and pain." Antenora goes on, "Female clerics of Belial are said to undergo a ritual where they are always on their period, always in pain from it."
01[20:01] <Seira> "He's a veritable dragon!" Seira exclaims, before waving her hands before her. "Not that this applies to all dragons or anything!"
[20:02] <Alicia> "I can't imagine that church getting many converts," Alicia grimaces.
[20:03] <Kotono> "You'd be surprised. The fourth hell is not short on souls." Antenora then closes her eyes, "I've seen a woman who aided her brothers in descecrating a kingdom. What's a woman who wants period pains compared to that?"
[20:03] <Kotono> "Dreadful!" Amaryl gasps, "That's...can we go back to talking about Antenora? That story's a nightmare!"
01[20:04] <Seira> "Tell us something new about yourself?" Seira requests Amaryl, trying to dismiss the story from her mind without much success.
[20:04] <Kotono> "In the context of this?" Amaryl starts to blush and giggle, finishing her bottle of wine off. "How about...we each say something we like that's dirty? Something fun like that?"
01[20:05] <Seira> "It might be fun," Seira agrees.
[20:06] <Kotono> "I like...when Seira takes her time and really plays with me to get me warm before we get too heavy." Amaryl answers, "Rushing ahead can be fun, but..."
[20:08] <Kotono> "I like it when Roald makes me kneel down in front of him. I'm not too fond of the act and I can't stand the pace, but there's something so manly about it when he does that." Jessica plays with the sand, before sitting up and stretching, scratching her stomach. "It makes me feel like a woman."
[20:08] <Kotono> *taste, not pace.
[20:10] <Kotono> "Being treated like a woman is important. Sometimes, I just want to be whisked off my feet," Amaryl agrees. "Just...it's lovely when Seira does that. Sometimes I just want to submit to a strong...well, a woman, but I get the point, Jess."
[20:11] <Kotono> "Jess?" With a fully raised grin, "Ama...Marly?" Starting to giggle at that, "Back at you."
[20:11] <Alicia> "Antenora used to make really horrible jokes about eating eladrin," Marie begins, taking off and flying over and around the former erinyes.
[20:12] <Alicia> "They were disgusting, but I've heard of people eating off one another as well as doing what Jessica talks about - actually, we saw some succubi in Androlynne being used as tables with people eating off them. Anyway, I wonder what it'd be like to be basted with sauce and licked clean," she giggles while floating around.
[20:12] <Kotono> "Those jokes seem like a prophecy!" Amaryl cheers, "Right Antenora?"
[20:13] <Kotono> "Oooh, being licked all over...oh my. I have to try that. Some sweetened syrup like for candy and..." Jessica starts to blush very much, "A week to go, a week to go..."
01[20:13] <Seira> "I've always wondered about meeting a double of myself," Seira admits, for her part. "You know, like that. It's a shame that every time it seemed like it could happen before, I was in mortal peril."
[20:13] <Kotono> "Isn't that just masturbation?" Antenora bites her lip, "Or maybe not, but...well Marie didn't like me wanting to eat her. Funny that."
[20:14] <Alicia> "Didn't we meet doubles of you and Demedais in those gnome ruins once?" Alicia asks. "Actually, there were some mirrors in Celestia that conjured doubles as well when Antenora, Latha, and I went there recently. But none of us actually tried them."
[20:14] <Kotono> "I just want a man to take me," Abagail admits, as Elle gently snores. "Bend me over my books, press my breasts and aching nipples into the pages and fill me up. Then other times I want it to be long and romantic..."
01[20:15] <Seira> "I don't know! But wouldn't it be fun to find out?" Seira giggles, nodding at Alicia in acknowledgement. "Yes, that was one of the times I thought of. Maybe you could give me directions to those mirrors?"
06[20:15] * Alicia glances over at Elle and snorts. "Such a lightweight..."
[20:15] <Alicia> "It's high up the mountain, so it might be hard to reach, but we could try getting there someday if you want," she then nods to Seira.
[20:15] <Kotono> "I like..." Antenora considers, "Domination is important to a devil. I'd like to be dominated," Antenora admits, "I've given up the lust for powwer, but the thought of completely giving myself to a lover is repellant and oh so arousing at once."
[20:16] <Kotono> "You could," Latha says, "Climbing Celestia is a journey of enlightenment. You may find the answer before you even reach there, or find it's a question without an answer you need to hear."
[20:17] <Kotono> "Alicia?" Amaryl turns to her, "Before we get sidetracked, don't you have one?"
[20:17] <Alicia> "Awww," Marie settles down behind Antenora and turns into a male elf, kneeling and embracing her from behind. "I'm too delicate to properly dominate anyone... at least physically."
01[20:18] <Seira> "Get a whip?" Seira suggests with a grin.
[20:18] <Kotono> Antenora turns red at this embrace, leaning into Marie. "That's sweet of you." She squirms against Marie, "A whi-dammit, Seira, you stole my thought!" With a glare, "Are you one of the mind devils now?"
[20:19] <Kotono> Jessica makes a cracking sound, "Alicia, don't you still have that one yo ufound?"
01[20:19] <Seira> "No, but if it's domination you want, I can be good at that!"
[20:19] <Alicia> "Gave it to Taldeer," Alicia replies to her sister, before considering Amaryl's question.
[20:19] <Kotono> "Pity," Jessica says, "That whip looked like it was...interesting...in the right situation."
[20:20] <Alicia> "I like rough sex," Alicia replies unashamedly. "This actually ties into what I said earlier about transmutation magic. Aside from my husband, my only other partner was a very strong astral deva - he nearly broke my hand the first time we shook hands, and crushed the life out of poor Latha with a hug!"
[20:20] <Alicia> "Anyway, I have some magic that makes me tremendously strong as well, so I used that and..." she grins and shakes her head, "It was unbelievably intense. We were literally pulverising the rock around us. The only problem was the short duration of the spell, so we couldn't keep it up too long."
01[20:22] <Seira> "That's... strong," Seira admits, before continuing, "Speaking of transmutation, Evard must have been one lusty mage. I never really realized, but all those tentacled-this, tentacle-that spells must have been designed with one thing in mind."
[20:24] <Kotono> "That...hm. I always thought you'd want to be seduced and tenderly taken," Latha looks to Alicia.
[20:24] <Alicia> "Maybe he just really liked squid?" Marie considers, resting 'his' head on Antenora's shoulder.
[20:24] <Kotono> "Seduction's good, but it doesn't mean you lie back like a rug," Amaryl smiles. "Sex is a two person deal!"
[20:24] <Kotono> Antenora presses into Marie, "Do you like the pain part?"
[20:25] <Alicia> "There's room for that sort of thing," Alicia tells Latha, "And it can be very satisfying - my husband and I were normally quite tender, but I was also far stronger than him. But with Strength of Light it was just so primal and unrestrained - it hurt, but it was a good pain. The kind that reminds you you're alive."
[20:25] <Kotono> "Or a one person," Abagail sighs, drinking more wine.
01[20:26] <Seira> "What about Bigby, then?" Seira exclaims. "I bet there's a Bigby's Groping Hand spell in some esoteric spellbook!"
[20:26] <Kotono> "Make one!" Amaryl urges, "One I can learn for you, too!"
01[20:27] <Seira> "It would need to be Seira's Searching..." she trails off. "I've got nothing. I guess it was not meant to be?"
[20:27] <Kotono> "That's intense to think about..." Antenora murmurs, "I'm very strong, but I'm always careful to use just enough strenght, especially around you. I was completely off."
[20:28] <Alicia> "I'm strong for a human, but that's it - you two and Seira are both stronger than me normally," Alicia glances between Latha and Antenora first. "I had to use my most powerful magic to give Strength of Light a proper seeing to. But it was very satisfying."
[20:28] <Kotono> "Are you and him anything more than a one night fling?" Latha enquires, "Or just a casual relationship?"
01[20:29] <Seira> "Sounds like friends with benefits," Seira voices.
[20:29] <Kotono> "That was my inference as well. Strength of Light was not subtle about wishing to sow his oats." Latha shakes her head, "But he was so strong and charming that it was, well...charming."
[20:30] <Kotono> Antenora sniffles, wiping at her eyes.
[20:31] <Alicia> "I'd known him for longer than I knew my husband when we first got together," Alicia replies unapologetically. "But he's not the type to settle down, and it was something I was long overdue for. A fling is about right, for both of us." She pauses and glances worriedly at Antenora. "Are you alright?"
[20:31] <Alicia> Marie winces, reverting to her courre form and flying up onto Antenora's shoulder. "Sorry, I didn't mean that," she apologises quietly.
[20:32] <Kotono> Antenora sniffles again, starting to cry. "I-I'm f-fine." she says, wiping at her eyes with the back of her hand. "It just hit me  how pathetic I was. All of that...it was just hating even the people I took into my most intitimate..."
[20:32] <Kotono> "What?" Amaryl leans forward, "Antenora, what happened?"
06[20:32] * Seira gently extricates herself, moving closer to Antenora to lay a hand on her shoulder in a comforting manner.
06[20:33] * Alicia scoots over, having an idea of what Antenora's referring to and putting a comforting arm around her. "It's alright. That's all in the past now," she murmurs gently.
[20:34] <Kotono> "It hit me...it hit me at once. All of this...everything I've done..." Antenora starts to cry again, voice breaking up. "I'm nothing but a filthy rapist and murderer! I took it in anger and then continued the cycle of mistery in Baator! Even this, something so warm and good for everyone...I descrated it!"
01[20:35] <Seira> "I don't feel desecreated, so you must've done a bad job of it?" Seira voices, hugging Antenora. "That's not you. It hasn't been you in a long, long time."
[20:36] <Alicia> "Shhh," Alicia gently rocks her friend back and forth as the group embraces around her. "You were, but you're a different person now. That Della is gone, now."
[20:37] <Kotono> "It is me! The only devil I may have called a friend...raped me...so I forged evidence of disloyalty and got permission to rape, castrate and kill him." Antenora stares at Seira, "Or when I felt the urge, taking a subordinate and forcing myself on them!  Or when a superior saw me and used me as long as he pleased!" Antenora sobs. "And I did it to get more position and favor, making others hate me for nothing of worth at all!"
01[20:38] <Seira> "Would you rape me, given the chance? To advance, for gain of some sort?" Seira asks Antenora.
[20:40] <Kotono> Sobs come first, Antenora unable to answer for a time. Between them, "I...Gods, I know not but...but...I feel each touch on me. I feel the hate. I remember their eyes when lorded over them in triumph and bliss! I was intoxicated on it! The power! The domination! What I wanted to bring to all of you! Domination of spirit, mind and body! If Alicia had fallen to me I...I..."
[20:41] <Kotono> Amaryl tries to answer, her eyes wide and no words coming.
[20:41] <Kotono> Elle sleeps on the beach, unawares.
[20:42] <Alicia> "It didn't happen, though. There's no sense fretting about what ifs," Alicia says sternly. "As for what you really did do in the past... regret it, and learn from it. You know better, now."
[20:42] <Kotono> Antenora clings to Alicia and the others, sobbing wordlessly. Latha whispers to her, "Let it out. That's not who or what you are now. Let the wound's rot excise itself in your sorrow."
01[20:43] <Seira> "You can't forgive yourself for what happened," Seira tells her. "But that, more than anything, shows that you have changed. The person who did those things wouldn't give them a second thought. Looking back, there would only be elation, not regret. Even if you can't accept this now, remember it, because one day you'll know this as truth."
06[20:43] * Alicia silently squeezes Antenora and lets her work through this, while Marie glomps onto her shoulder.
[20:43] <Kotono> "How could an entire society work lik ethat?" Abagail asks, features slack. "I can't grasp it."
[20:45] <Alicia> "It's all they know," Marie tells Abagail quietly. "You have to remember that most of the planes are extremes - all the nasty domineering people on Earth, they get moderated by everyone else. But when they end up together in Hell, there's nothing to balance them. The heavens are so nice for the exact same reason."
[20:45] <Kotono> Antenora listens and sobs away. After some time she wipes her eyes, sniffling and wet. Her face is ruined, eyes puffy and nose running down her lips and chin. "S-sorry.." wiping herself clean with her hands, "Everyone...thank you for your words. I...Marie...it wasn't your fault. A gelugon...held me just as you held me there. I felt him grow large as he took me, so large that I tore and bled in agony."
[20:46] <Alicia> The colour drains from Marie at that little nugget from Antenora, and she starts to cry herself before hugging her friend all the more tightly. "I'm so sorry!"
[20:47] <Kotono> Abagail looks pale and waxen, unable to speak, staring.
06[20:47] * Seira brushes Antenora's tears away, pressing against her. "That will never happen again. I promise. I'll never let it happen again," she swears, much like the oath she had made to Celebrimbor just days previously.
[20:48] <Kotono> "T-thank you..Seira, Marie." Antenora sniffles again, "Celestia showed me my children...but what sort of mother..." Taking a breath in, "I care about all of you so much. I know love...but I don't know it as a lover yet. I tease Marie so much, but sometimes...I just don't know."
01[20:49] <Seira> "Weren't you listening earlier, with Abagail?" Seira tells her gently. "It's alright to take it slow. Getting to know people, living life, without rushing to sleep with someone. The rest will come naturally."
06[20:49] * Alicia didn't even know gelugons came with that equipment. "I'm sorry, Antenora..." she murmurs. "Seira's right, we won't let what happened in your past reoccur, ever. You've earned your right to love and happiness on your own terms."
[20:51] <Kotono> "Love is love. Find someone who you're drawn to and love, and let nature take it's course." Latha goes to hug Antenora from her one open side, "if Marie makes you feel that way, go with her. If another does, do it. Even if Alicia does...love isn't something to be afraid of. Follow it."
[20:52] <Kotono> Cleaning her face off again, "I was teasing Marie about he-his body even a moment before that. Funny, isn't it?"
[20:53] <Alicia> "It's not something you've ever talked about. Sometimes it can be a little thing that lets an unhealed wound re-open," Alicia murmurs, rubbing Antenora's back.
[20:54] <Kotono> "I...I think I alluded to it with you once?" Antenora hiccups. "But I forced it right back down."
01[20:55] <Seira> "Don't feel forced to keep up appearances," Seira says suddenly. "Ever. And that goes past you, too. Your friends are always here to help you, but they need to know something's wrong, first, and that's why you always need to make the first step."
[20:56] <Alicia> "Never in any detail," Alicia agrees, nodding. "I think... I think we've had enough stories for today. Lets just relax and enjoy being surrounded by those we care about?"
[20:56] <Kotono> Antenora clings to everyone, "I just want to be held. Alicia and Marie and Latha and Seira and..." Gulping down hard, "I don't want to be alone. I want to feel people next to me. Can you tell me what romantic love is like?"
[20:58] <Alicia> "I think we've had enough dirty sex talk," Alicia agrees. "Seira, Amaryl, why don't you two get all mushy and tell us all how much you love each other?"
[20:59] <Kotono> Amaryl goes to touch Antenora's cheeks, drying them. "It's like...I'ma lways by her. My heart is her heart, my thoughts are hers. Magic or no. She's why I wake up in the morning."
01[20:59] <Seira> "It's a lot like that," Seira says softly to Antenora, following Alicia's request. "Wanting to be held, not wanting to be kept apart. Something that comes naturally without forcing it, and you're so comfortable around each other, but always feel happy to see their face again in the morning. Not imagining your life without them, and being so happy just by having them in your life."
[21:00] <Kotono> "Funny," Antenora whispers through a hoarse throat, "That's how I think of Alicia, Marie, Jessica, Latha, you, almost everyone I'm close to. When I wake up, I wonder what Alicia will want to do today. About how fun it will be to argue with Marie over this and that. What Jessica'll make for dinner."
[21:01] <Kotono> "You know..." Jessica crosses her arms, "Maybe that explains something. You don' have a sense of boundaries like we do. You're loving so much because it's new to your nature?"
[21:02] <Alicia> "You hardly ever eat dinner, anyway," Marie accuses lightly.
01[21:03] <Seira> "It's very possible to feel it towards more than one person, although that's not necessarily your case," Seira speaks. "Maybe you could try spending some time alone with just a single person, and seeing later if it feels any different when you're with them? If your thoughts drift to another?"
[21:03] <Kotono> "You do seem...close to many people, especially Alicia and Marie." Latha does consider this with a smile, "Maybe we're mistaking those cues because you don't quite grasp better?"
[21:03] <Kotono> "Donald would mistake a tree for a blade of grass, let alone a woman's heart," Amaryl mutters under her breath.
[21:05] <Alicia> "You've said before that you're young in the sense that really matters," Alicia tells Antenora, brushing the sand out of her hair with her fingers. "But there's time enough to figure things out at your own pace - any of us will help in any way you need."
[21:05] <Kotono> "I love Alicia so much...and Marie too." Rubbing her eyes, "I miss them in particular when they aren't around. They're...they're my light. I rely on them so much." Antenora rests on Alicia, "Thank you."
[21:06] <Kotono> "Antenora." Latha starts to smile, "I have an idea here."
01[21:06] <Seira> "Sometimes, you can't see certain things when you're too close to them," Seira voices. "It's like that saying, not seeing the forest for all the trees. I'll admit, it's part of the reason I asked you out, on top of wanting to get to know you better. I think it'll help."
[21:07] <Kotono> "Blind ot what's in front of you is the human saying," Antenora smiles weakly at Seira.
[21:08] <Alicia> "Most sayings become that way for a reason," Alicia opines before humouring Latha. "What's your idea, Latha?"
01[21:08] <Seira> "The elven blood must be stronger," Seira responds with a shrug. "I'll keep that in mind."
[21:11] <Kotono> "Antenora. I'd like to date you," Latha says, running his hand across Antenora's cheek. "I believe Marie would as well. Let's help you find the love you want."
[21:13] <Kotono> "That sounds so sweet," Amaryl smiles, "Seira, we could take Antenora out on a date too. Well, half a date and half just having fun, but..."
[21:14] <Alicia> "I've got no problem sharing with people I love, but teasing aside I don't want to do anything you're not comfy with," Marie tells Antenora, sitting down on her shoulder between her and Seira.
[21:15] <Kotono> Antenora takes a few breaths, "I...let's do that." Antenora agrees, "In seriousness, can you change back to a man right now, Marie? I just...I want to be close to men to see how that feels, too."
01[21:15] <Seira> "Amaryl and Marie spoke what's on my mind," Seira agrees. "The offer is there, Antenora, and not just as empty teasing and flirting, now."
[21:16] <Alicia> "Okay!" Marie takes off and goes next to Latha, manifesting her male form and smiling winsomely as she kneels down as primly as she can with that extra bit between her legs.
[21:16] <Kotono> "I accept your offer, too." Antenora smiles warmly at Seira.
[21:17] <Kotono> Latha smiles at Alicia, "You could add a few mor emen to the mix," she says, a teasing glint to her eye.
[21:18] <Alicia> "I could, but I think a threesome is enough to start with," Alicia replies, disentangling from Antenora and going to sit next to her sister so she's not in the way.
[21:19] <Kotono> "I rather do want to see you as a man, though." Antenora says with the weakest hint of a tease in her voice.
[21:20] <Alicia> "Maybe one day we'll have to infiltrate a male only monastery," Alicia offers with a shrug, smiling slightly in return.
01[21:20] <Seira> "I could try a limited wish to affect us all for a few minutes," Seira suggests, sober enough to consider herself capable of taking charge of such magic, if inebriated enough to suggest it.
[21:21] <Kotono> "All of us as men? That would be...bizzzare. Interesting, but bizzare. But goodness...at least it would be nice to look at," Jessica colors.
[21:23] <Alicia> "I like my body just the way it is, thank you very much," Alicia smooths out an invisible dress. "As Antenora said earlier, it's worth flaunting, so I certainly won't shroud it in a male visage."
[21:24] <Kotono> "Well..." Jessica blushes, "Turn me into one then? I'll bite and...well...haven't you ever wanted to be able to relieve yourself standing up?"
[21:24] <Alicia> "And yet you'll happily turn me into a zombie pixie," Marie sniffs accusingly, turning away from Alicia.
[21:24] <Kotono> "Crude," Abagail observes, her skin well tanned all over now.
[21:25] <Kotono> "It isn't really fair," Latha's eyes sparkle at Alicia. "You seem so creative with alter self until it comes down to you."
[21:25] <Kotono> Antenora very slightly laughs at that.
[21:26] <Alicia> "Her favourite form with it is a frumpy old woman. I think it's a case of expressing her true nature," Marie interjects.
01[21:26] <Seira> "Yes, it does seem a bit unfair," Seira concurs, deciding to join in on the fun.
06[21:26] * Alicia colours slightly. "There's something to be said for the dignity that comes with age."
[21:27] <Kotono> "Come on, sister! Let's be brothers!" Jessica says, as red as a beet but still going. "Loosen up a bit."
01[21:27] <Seira> "However could you refuse this invitation?"
[21:29] <Alicia> "You're all far too carefree," Alicia grumbles, picking up an empty bottle to use as an impromptu club, channelling an alter self spell into it and bonking Jessica to turn her into a male aasimar of a similar body type, working out as basically what Alicia presumes she'd look like as a man.
[21:29] <Alicia> She's entirely average down there, Alicia not wanting to be accused of short-shafting her (so to speak) or harbouring illicit thoughts of enjoying something bigger.
[21:30] <Kotono> Jessica looks over his body, his voice strong and deep. "I feel so much...different." He walks about a bit. "It's like my body is subtly different...and that part," A gesture at the most notable change, "Is really different."
[21:31] <Kotono> "You're cute like that," Latha says, then with a mischevious smile, "Say...Alicia. Why don't you have Antenora join us?"
[21:32] <Kotono> "Latha!" Antenora gasps.
[21:33] <Alicia> "We might as well invite Donald and Saul over if this keeps up," Alicia sighs. "There'll be no women left on this island."
01[21:33] <Seira> "There'll be plenty of time for illicit magics later," Seira voices, standing up. After a few steps to get clear, she shakes the sand off herself. "This is where I make a quiet exit. See you all later?"
[21:33] <Kotono> Amaryl smiles and bows, "Thank all of you. We'll see you later tonight?"
[21:33] <Alicia> "Do you need your maids?" Marie calls after Seira.
[21:33] <Kotono> "Heh, leaving as your fun dries up," Jessica waves to them, "We'll see you later."
01[21:34] <Seira> "Who said about the fun drying out?" Seira asks her with a grin, picking up her gown.
01[21:34] <Seira> *said anything
[21:34] <Kotono> "It's in good fun," Latha banters back, "You'll appreciate men more after having been one."
[21:34] <Kotono> "Well..." Antenora blushes, "That aside, there's something I want to do first before we even talk about that."
06[21:35] * Seira pauses, then. "Well, if my maids want to follow us, we won't forbid them, but I can safely give them a few hours off, until it's time to eat."
[21:35] <Alicia> "See you later, you two," Alicia calls after the elf and half-dragon, dismissing the spell on Jessica because that's quite enough.
[21:35] <Kotono> Jessica blinks, "Aaaw. I wanted to see if I could drink more as aman!"
[21:36] <Kotono> "We'll stay for now. We still owe you that bet later, Seira," Antenora calls.
[21:36] <Alicia> "There's barely a drop left," Alicia points to all the empty bottles.
[21:37] <Kotono> As Seira and Amaryl wander off, "Marie?" Antenora looks to her.
[21:37] <Alicia> "Yes, Antenora?" Marie asks right back.
[21:38] <Kotono> "Dammit." Jessica groans, "I'm drunk but the sort of drunk where you want more? What aobut you, sis?"
[21:38] <Kotono> "Thank you." Antenora looks into her eyes, "I teased you so terribly. I...I'd like to offer you a kiss." Blushing down to her neck, "For being such a good sport. If you want it."
[21:41] <Alicia> "Oh, offer it now when you're all puffy and snotty!" Marie laughs, but before any offense can be taken she throws her arms around Antenora and gives her a big wet smooch.
[21:41] <Alicia> "I'm actually feeling a little bloated and sleepy," Alicia admits, wandering off a bit to give the trio some space, standing over Elle. "Not as bad as our resident archmage, though."
[21:41] <Kotono> Jessica trots over, wobbling on her feet. She rests against Alicia, "How about the three of us here take a nap? We'll wake up golden brown and tanned, too."
[21:42] <Kotono> Antenora gently returns it, letting Marie have her way mostly. She looks into Marie's eyes, "Thanks for being you," she goes to touch Marie's lips. "I think I can feel that you liked it, too. Or is that just your hip?"
[21:42] <Kotono> Latha chuckles, "You didn't even complain about chaos. You must really have it for her."
[21:43] <Alicia> "Nice enough place for it," Alicia agrees, settling down on her belly opposite Elle and resting her head on her forearms.
[21:43] <Alicia> "I'm not used to this body," Marie looks down and blushes.
[21:44] <Kotono> Jessica lays down next to her, yawning, "Mmm...sleepy...not a bad morning. But really...that rough? I thought my story of Roald's seed on my face was bad."
[21:44] <Alicia> "I gave as good as I got," Alicia asserts with no small amount of pride.
[21:44] <Kotono> "I don't mind," Antenora smiles like silk, "If I didn't like a hard ones, after all..."
[21:45] <Kotono> Jessica looks back and giggles, "At least she rebounds well. But really? That sounds so, so..."
[21:46] <Alicia> "It was passionate," Alicia concludes. "I wouldn't let a man hit me or knock me around or anything."
[21:46] <Kotono> "Good." Jessica's yawn widens, "Mmm....do you swallow? Any ideas how to get past the taste..." Jessica's voice is drifting, "Wanna make Roald happy."
[21:46] <Alicia> "Well, how about we all go for a swim and wash away those tears?" Marie suggests brightly to Antenora and Latha. "Unless either of you has any other ideas?"
[21:47] <Alicia> "Make him eat lots of fruit," Alicia replies amid a yawn of her own. "I don't really know, sis. I'm not that experienced myself."
[21:47] <Kotono> "Night..." Jessica yawns, "See you...hope Elle doesn't snore..."
[21:48] <Alicia> "She hasn't yet," Alicia mutters tiredly.
[21:48] <Kotono> "Hoping I do something about what I did?" Antenora pats Marie's cheek.
[21:49] <Alicia> "I'll wait until you're sober before getting my hopes that high," Marie replies gallantly.
[21:50] <Kotono> Antenora shifts her hips juuuust a little. "If you're sure..." she says, starting to get up.
[21:55] <Alicia> "Seductive minx," Marie grumbles, getting up as well. "Latha's seeming a lot better today, but I bet you can help her even more to get over her depression, couldn't you?" she glances at the deva part of their menage a trois.
[21:56] <Kotono> "Giving me something to think about has helped," Latha rises as well. "Antenora, if you want anything, tell us."
[21:57] <Kotono> Antenora brushes sand off her body slowly, taking her time about it. "Everything has an upside. To be honest...seeing you like that is gratifying. You can't hide that behind words and lies, no matter who you are."
[21:58] <Alicia> "Just give me some time to get more used to controlling it," Marie embarrassedly looks down at herself. "Or we can go into the water where it's less noticable..."
[21:59] <Kotono> "That's so cute," Antenora pats Marie's cheeks, starting to head to the water. "So...it makes my breath come faster. Don't you like looking a man engorged?"
[22:00] <Kotono> "Of course." Latha shrugs as she steps into the waters, "That's not good or evil, just normal."
[22:01] <Alicia> Marie glances appreciatively at Latha while following. "I never said I didn't..."
[22:01] <Kotono> "And you looked at me all morning like this," Antenora swirls hip deep in water, "So what's wrong if I see your manhood like this for a little while? It's not like you haven't found this body of mine arousing the entire time?"
[22:03] <Alicia> "It would be nice if you found my real body nice to look at as well, though," Marie blushes as she wades into the surf. "Still, I suppose you have earned it... look until you're satisfied!" 'he' poses a little for effect.
[22:04] <Kotono> "Like a statue," Antenora admires, "You know...I'm almost tempted to..." she admits, "I know that's the wine talking at least partially, but..."
[22:06] <Kotono> "It's just your body." Latha swims further out, "Erinyes breed, so it's going to be much like a mortal's response."
[22:07] <Alicia> "We have been getting pretty frisky with all the teasing," Marie agrees, glancing at Latha. "I know I'm pretty worked up, as you can both see. But there's no rush," starting to follow Latha to deeper water. "Lets just see where things take us?"

[Corwin]

[20:27] <Kotono> ----
[20:29] <Kotono> A night passes. As Seira and a few others go off, it leaves others alone. Right now Jessica and Alicia lie on the beach, Hugo within eyeshot as he works on a sandcastle. The others are playing and a bit away. Jessica looks up at the sun, face and flesh a burnished tanned color. "Mmm...you know." Jessica breaks the silence, "The headache went away faster this time."
[20:30] <Alicia> "I think being out in the sun helps," Alicia remarks, dressed once more and working on the cookfire. "That and the fresh air."
[20:31] <Kotono> "Mmm-hmm, but that's not all." Jessica's eyes are closed as she stares up. "So many things are different. When I told my first lie after my transformation, it was a little one. A social lie that I told without a second thought. I felt how wrong it was as I spoke it. I knew it was wrong, sister. I knew it in my gut."
[20:33] <Alicia> "Well, angels are resistant to poisons, which alcohol is when you get down to it," Alicia turns towards Jessica. "I've never had anything like that happen to me, though. I think your change was more thorough than mine?"
[20:34] <Kotono> "It may have been. Alicia..." With a little smile as she sits up, "I know this sounds like a pretentious bit from a bad storybook, but I...I know I'm not human, not now. I have new instincts."
[20:35] <Kotono> Hugo's laughter is heard from far away, as Dawnhope yelps. She's pinned in a sandcastle, behind little bars of sand. "Jail door!" Hugo laughs.
[20:36] <Alicia> "I saw your body consumed... it was like the stories of the phoenix," Alicia nods to Jessica, before glancing over at Dawnhope and Hugo, smiling at their antics. "Has Dawnhope been bad, Hugo?" she calls over.
[20:37] <Kotono> "No!" Hugo calls back, "She's in the Red Prison!"
[20:37] <Kotono> "I felt it. I...sort of died?" Jessica flexes a wing forward, playing with her feathers. "My old body's dust. This one, it knows things."
[20:38] <Alicia> "What's the Red Prison, Hugo?" Alicia asks, curious if it relates to his confinement in that horrible gnome laboratory.
[20:42] <Kotono> "The Red Prison, the Red Prison!" Hugo sing-songs as Dawnhope reaches out of the sandbars, trying to escape!
[20:42] <Kotono> "Hm?" Jessica looks over to them, "It sounds like something he probably overhead?"
[20:42] <Kotono> *overhead
[20:42] <Kotono> *overheard
[20:45] <Alicia> "Maybe. He was in there a long time," Alicia agrees, letting the matter drop. "Anyway, you still have the same functions I do, rather than being like Marie or Latha," she tells her sister, "So I don't know... What other things do you know?"
[20:47] <Kotono> "Magic is so beautiful now. Alicia, cast something. A cantrip's fine, just be slow about it." Jessica gives hugo another look, then back to Alicia. "Magic is so much more profound now."
06[20:49] * Alicia nods agreeably, lifting her arm and wriggling her fingers as she incants, "Hand of the mind, take what I desire," using the mage hand cantrip to lift a small burning branch out of the fire, floating it in the air.
[20:51] <Kotono> Jessica's breath catches. "It's marvelous. I can feel something moving around you when you do that." Jessica comes closer to the stick. "I know other things. Urges. I want to do Mystra's will, and when I do it, I feel happiness...no, exultation. I saw Shankar instructing a novice on magic, and I felt a fierce pride...Mystra's will was being done."
06[20:56] * Alicia rotates the branch around a little before replacing it back in the fire and ending the spell. "It sounds like you're more in tune than I am," she admits. "I remember when Mystra gave me this form, for one moment I got to experience the fullest extent of the Weave, but it's all gone now," she taps her temple, "Just a memory."
[20:57] <Kotono> "Mystra gave me more than you. I don't know if it means I need more, or if she has more planned for you." Jessica rolls over onto her side, "Once we leave, you're going straight to Dweomerheart?"
[20:59] <Alicia> "I think I will," Alicia nods. "I'll grant Marie teleport magic, so she can take you to Kelara or anywhere else you need to go."
[21:01] <Kotono> "I'm going to go back to Dweomerheart too - I need to talk to Roald so we can finish our preparations, then back to Balmuria. I can manage both myself." Jessica sits and scratches at her arm, "Say, Sister...I just want you to know, anyone you bring is welcome to come to the wedding. No matter who it is, alright?"
[21:03] <Alicia> "What's that supposed to mean?" Alicia looks askance at her sister, lips quirking upwards. "Are you implying I know some sketchy characters who might perhaps be inappropriate to bring?"
[21:04] <Kotono> "Maybe. I meant...your family." Jessica looks into Alicia's eyes, "If it's what Mystra desires to be."
[21:05] <Alicia> "Oh." Alicia's smile fades away, turning to poke at the fire with a stick. "We'll see."
[21:06] <Kotono> Jessica comes over, sitting next to Alicia. "Sister...I don't know why Celestia did what it did, but I know Mystra would  only act in your best interests. You've done so much to serve her."
[21:09] <Alicia> "I hadn't. Back when it happened," Alicia replies distantly. "There was nothing special about me back then. I'd even discarded my vows and left the service of the church. Hans wasn't particularly religious, and Felix certainly couldn't have been. We weren't important at all. Any of us."
[21:10] <Kotono> "I was just a baker's wife to be." Jessica takes another stick in the fire, stirring the embers. "There wasn't anything special about me. I just made meals and kept the house clean for my sister and her family. I wasn't important at all and I only paid lip service to Mystra."
[21:15] <Alicia> "But underneath all that, you had the skills of one of the world's most feared assassins," Alicia gives her sister a weak smirk. "Then again, it was a different time. I was good enough to cut a bloody swathe through Kelara in my vengeance at that time, even if my skills would seem utterly inconsequential by today's standards."
[21:16] <Kotono> "What I mean is...Mystra may know better than all of us put together. Maybe she saw what you'd rise to?" Jessica returns that look with a warmer smile.
[21:20] <Alicia> "And if my family had lived I'd have merely remained a housewife of no importance, ultimately killed by that pathetic revolutionary I helped have executed earlier in the year?" Alicia wonders. "What ifs are never satisfying to consider."
[21:21] <Kotono> "Then let's look at the now. Mystra intervened. We know Mystra wouldn't do this without a good reason. So..." Jessica smiles, "I believe that this will work out."
[21:24] <Alicia> "I suppose we'll see," Alicia sighs. "I don't really want to think about it, to be honest."
[21:24] <Kotono> "Subject change?" Jessica asks with a chuckle.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Lets go play with Hugo and Dawnhope," Alicia nods, getting up and wandering over to the duo. "How's life in the Red Prison treating you?" she asks the eladrin while sitting down next to the castle.
[21:26] <Kotono> Dawnhope's out and free, flying abuot the sandcastle. Hugo's lying down and smiling. "Fun!" They both call.
[21:27] <Kotono> Jessica sits down, playing with the sand. Meanwhile Elle lies in the shade, Donald bringing her some water. Dawnhope lands atop Alicia's head, "You two look like sailors now, all tanned up."
[21:29] <Alicia> "Not really the look we were going for," Alicia admits with a shrug. "But it's nice - I normally cover up to avoid tanning, but that just ends up with the back of my neck and my hands being coloured and standing out against the rest of me."
[21:30] <Kotono> "It's cute," Dawnhope settles in to Alicia's head, "Amaryl said all o fyou drank the rest of the wine by yourselves though. I wanted some more!"
[21:31] <Alicia> "We could go shopping later. Wouldn't take long with teleportation," Alicia offers.
[21:32] <Kotono> "If you want. Getting drunk again could be fun." Jessica giggles, "Maybe with a different crowd. I still can't believe that...maybe a lot less wine next time, too."
[21:32] <Alicia> "I didn't expect things to go the way they did," Alicia agrees.
[21:33] <Kotono> Jessica blushes, "Nevermind it. Anyway, I'm giong to get something to eat. What about you, sis?"
[21:34] <Alicia> "Sure, I'll have whatever's on the go," Alicia agrees.
[21:35] <Kotono> "C'mon." Jessica rises, "We'll find something."
[21:35] <Alicia> "You two want anything?" Alicia asks Hugo and Dawnhope as she gets up.
[21:37] <Kotono> "Already ate," Dawnhope goes back to Hugo, as Hugo smiles. "I'm okay, Alicia."
[21:38] <Alicia> "Okay. Have fun," Alicia musses Hugo's hair in passing as she follows Jessica.
[21:39] <Kotono> As you go and get food, you find fruits and water available. Amaryl and Saul are there, eating. "Oh, Alicia!" Amaryl smiles to her and offers some fruit up, "Donald was looking for you. He says that Elle wants to chat. She's over in the shade."
[21:40] <Alicia> "Oh, right," Alicia nods as she grabs an orange, distractedly peeling the skin off. "I'll go see her, then." And with that she goes to visit the redhead.
[21:41] <Kotono> Thus Alicia goes! AS she approaches, Elle sits up and groggily gestures, Donald laughing and walking off. "Alicia," Elle calls blearily, voice low. Her eyes are bloodshot.
[21:42] <Alicia> "You look like hell," Alicia winces at Elle's state, moving to sit down next to her, offering an orange segment.
[21:42] <Kotono> Elle turns it away, instead drinking water. "That wine was great...but this is the worst hangover of my life!" With a groan as she lies back, "What exactly was that devil's brew?"
[21:44] <Alicia> "Devil's brew?" Alicia raises an eyebrow. "All we had earlier was firehair red, fruit medley, and moon white. Have you been drinking anything else?"
[21:47] <Kotono> "Straight from Baator!" Elle rubs her eyes, "I'm going to swear off drink and stick to it this time!"
[21:47] <Alicia> "You should," Alicia agrees, patting her shoulder. "It clearly doesn't agree with you."
[21:48] <Kotono> "I know." Running a hand through her hair, "Something...Seira took a pass or two at me too, I remember that. I think Amaryl was along for that ride." She shakes her head back and forth. "I'm still trying to remember everything."
[21:49] <Alicia> "She did? They did?" Alicia's eyes widen. "Goodness... talk about shameless..." she shakes her head. "Probably for the best you fell asleep before you did anything you'd regret."
[21:51] <Kotono> "I guess she had or has a crush on me? She did work so hard to become my apprentice...she's a sweet girl." Taking another long drink of water. "Of course, she does this a few days after Donald and I..."
[21:52] <Alicia> "And Amaryl always seemed so innocent..." Alicia glances over to where she left the others. "I'm honestly shocked."
[21:53] <Kotono> "I know! Why now, too? I'd consider trying anything once, but right after Donald and I...Gods, do you think they're trying to sabotage Donald?" With a half scowl, "I know he can be childish..."
[21:55] <Alicia> "I don't know... they were drinking as well, but that's no excuse," Alicia shakes her head. "Seira's off exploring the volcano with Antenora and Marie, but Amaryl's over there. Do you want to confront her or try and pretend like it never happened?"
[21:57] <Kotono> "I'm not sure." Sitting up on her elbows, "Maybe it was just the drink, or I'm blowing this out of proportion." With a half scowl, "I don't want to make something out of it if it's just drunk talk. Do you remember how drunk those two were?"
[21:58] <Alicia> "They were... merry. You were the only one who got really smashed," Alicia gives Elle a faintly chiding look. "But Seira and Amaryl both seemed quite in control of themselves."
[21:59] <Kotono> "Hmph." Rubbing her head, "I'm going to try and forget most of that...I can't even look at Jessica's face right now without wanting to laugh and burn up alive."
[22:00] <Alicia> "Yes..." Alicia looks faintly awkward. "It's not the sort of thing you really want to know about your sister, believe me. Not that I was much better with some of the things I said..." Alicia gives Elle a light shove, "Of course it's your fault for getting us all started. Dirty gossip that you are."
[22:01] <Kotono> Elle gives Alicia a push back, a nd with a wicked glare, "Now now, this is almost like foreplay to you, isn't it?"
[22:03] <Alicia> "You know, there's a spell that summons a horde of invisible servants. I'm pretty sure I could cast it right now if you gave me a reason," Alicia challenges Elle.
[22:03] <Kotono> Elle burns up, her face a pyre of embarrassment. "Oh Gods...I remembe rnow. Seira said something like she'd be happy to be MY Unseen Servant behind me."
06[22:04] * Alicia chuckles. "Maybe she was just teasing you and you're reading too much into things?" she offers optimisticly.
[22:05] <Kotono> "Mph." Elle glowers, "Latha makes a cute man, too. The timing is also bad...He's be a fascinating conquest."
[22:06] <Alicia> "I know," Alicia looks around guiltily. "If she'd been a man from the start I'd have been sorely tempted. Now her, Antenora, and Marie are trying some sort of threesome experiment to teach Antenora about love. I think I'm going to need to be out of the house a lot in the near future."
[22:07] <Kotono> "...." Elle settles for staring, "What?"
06[22:09] * Alicia pats Elle's hand gently. "You slept through a lot. Latha asked my permission to court Antenora because she has warped views on such things since she used to be a devil. Naturally Marie got involved, and I honestly don't want to know more."
[22:10] <Kotono> "...Wait. So Latha is...and I thought Antenora wasn't..." Holding her head, "Or are they all changing gender and..." With a shake of her head, "Does this make any sense to you at all?"
[22:11] <Alicia> "Latha is staying male for a while. Marie... well, she'll be male for Antenora, I suppose. And no, it's..." Alicia shakes her head and gestures vaguely, "I'm not entirely comfortable with it, but so long as they're happy and no one gets hurt I'll keep my oar out of it."
[22:11] <Kotono> "Oh, now you have an oar, too. They go to you with that magic?" Elle says, before giggling - and then wincing, rubbing her head. "Ugh."
[22:12] <Alicia> "Figure of speech," Alicia shakes her head before looking askance at Elle. "Normally I wouldn't, since this is nature's way of telling you drinking is bad, but if you want I can do something for your hangover."
[22:15] <Kotono> "Please," Elle sits up, "I'd be grateful."
[22:15] <Kotono> AS this happens, Saul strolls up. "Oh, I hate to bother you, but there's a dragon flying in the sky."
06[22:16] * Alicia nods sollemnly, drawing her hand through the air as she incants upon primal magic! Then stops abruptly, "What?" she stands up and steps back to better see above the treeline, scanning the sky.
[22:16] <Kotono> Alicia hurries out! A vast dragon flies above, heading for the center of the island. It's red scales burn against the blue sky!
[22:17] <Alicia> After a brief mental conference with Marie, "His name is Caesin, the dragon from the volcano. Sounds friendly." Suitably reassured, she goes back to sit by Elle again. "Now, where were we... I was about to invoke my most powerful magic to cure your hangover like some alcoholic's djinn, wasn't I?"
[22:18] <Kotono> "Oh, that's it?" Elle says, "How completely anti-climatic!" With a laugh, "Please."
[22:18] <Kotono> Saul shrugs and wanders off.
[22:20] <Alicia> "Weave of magic, bend to my will! Purify and cleanse this foolish drunkard!" Alicia then incants, using a wish of a limited variety to excise Elle's hangover and clean her up a bit.
[22:21] <Kotono> Elle looks much better, a long breath out as she sits fully up. "Thanks." Going for some of Alicia's orange now, "You know though, it wasn't all bad. In it's way is was fun to bond with everyone. I feel like we know each other's dirty little secrets...it's like being gossiping sisters.""
[22:22] <Alicia> "It was somewhat liberating," Alicia agrees, popping an orange segment into her mouth and chewing. "And I've enjoyed everything we've done on this island since we got here - after the month we've had it really is a breath of fresh air."
[22:23] <Kotono> "I know. We're always so busy...running around, saving the world. There was something so, so, so...natural to this." Chewing her orange down, "And..."
[22:24] <Alicia> "And?" Alicia prods after a moment when Elle trails off.
[22:27] <Kotono> "It was...erotic." Elle also shrugs, "There was a current in the air. Certainly this may have been because I was drunk and by Seira, but..." Averting her gaze from Alicia, "Everyone felt so magnetic. There was a heat to it."
[22:28] <Alicia> "Uh... huh," Alicia pales slightly. "Well, I suppose... Latha did look very nice."
[22:28] <Kotono> "She did. The way Antenora and Marie were going too..." Elle thoughtfully plays with a bit of her hair. "Did ou feel it?"
[22:31] <Alicia> "I know my familiar felt it," Alicia gestures vaguely at her head, "The link and all. But I can't say..." she shakes her head and sighs, "I was afraid of that as soon as Seira showed up. It was relaxing when it was just you, me, and Jessica. But there was an extra tension in the air people started showing up who enjoyed looking at naked women."
[22:33] <Kotono> "Yeah." A brief little nod there, "You're right. There was sexual tension. It was...intoxicating." Elle admits that, "Caught up in the heat of the moment's passion."
[22:35] <Alicia> "I didn't really like it," Alicia shakes her head. "It's not the sort of relaxation I came here for."
[22:37] <Kotono> "It was...different. I don't know if I liked it." Playing with a bit of leftover orange, "I could see the look in Seira's eyes, or the looks Marie gave Antenora, or the ones you gave Latha, or a few others." Scrunching up her face, "Like a bacchae party in Arborea."
[22:38] <Alicia> "I wasn't making bedroom eyes at her," Alicia insists defensively. "I just had a good look to see the changes then tried to avoid looking after that."
[22:39] <Kotono> "I think looking at a man's part like that is bedroom eyes," Elle nudges Alicia. "Just...I don't know what to make of the entire thing now."
[22:42] <Alicia> "It is what you make of it," Alicia shrugs. "Go have a torrid affair with Seira and Amaryl. Tell them you're not interested. Go see if there's room for one more in the brewing celestial threesome. Or just try to forget about it."
[22:43] <Kotono> "I guess." Elle smirks a little, "You know...you're a bit of a prude, aren't you? You look like you want to crawl into a hole and hide."
[22:44] <Alicia> "I gave you my dirty bedroom stories, didn't I?" Alicia sniffs. "I'm just glad no one tried to seduce me yesterday... for all that perhaps I should be insulted, I'll choose to be grateful."
[22:45] <Kotono> "I could give you a practice try?" Elle says brightly.
[22:46] <Alicia> "It might be amusing to upset Donald, but I'll pass," Alicia shakes her head, smirking.
[22:47] <Kotono> "I don't wnat to step on-oh, Seira," Elle looks up as the half dragon approaches. "Hello there!"
01[22:47] <Seira> "Hi. Finally up and about?" Seira asks, smiling.
[22:47] <Kotono> "Finally. I had the worst hangover!" Elle sighs dramatically, "Only magic kicked it away for good."
06[22:47] * Alicia decides now would be an *excellent* time to make a graceful retreat. "I'd better see what Jessica's up to," she smoothly gets to her feet. "Seira," she nods in passing greeting to the half-dragon as she makes tracks away.
01[22:48] <Seira> "Magic is all-powerful," Seira agrees. "We found another red dragon, and it's friendly!" She returns the nod, before her attention refocuses on Elle. "It's going to give us gifts!"
[22:48] <Kotono> "Wonderful." Elle smiles as Alicia leaves, then clears her throat. "We need to talk, so..."
01[22:50] <Seira> "We need to talk," Seira agrees, her smile slipping as she now bites her lower lip nervously.
[22:57] <Kotono> "Seira...did you really...did you really invite me to a three way affair with you and Amaryl?" Elle says, her own smile going.
01[23:01] <Seira> "I might have said that if it didn't work out with Donald, I'll seduce you?" Seira says hesitantly. "And I was flirting with you, but I might have also been just a tiny bit serious, deep down?"
[23:02] <Kotono> Elle clears he rthroat, rumbling. "Ah. I...well..." She picks about, "You had it for me bad, didn't you? You wanted to be my apprentice so bad."
06[23:04] * Seira looks down in shame. "I said too much and made you uncomfortable, didn't I? I was always afraid it'd happen, because I was never good enough for someone like you."
[23:05] <Kotono> "Seira, stop that." Elle's voice stays soft, "Seira. I like men." Looking right to her. "I'll try anything once or twice, but I'm not like Amaryl. You have a beautiful lover who obviously worships the ground you walk on. Why come after me, right after I get with Donald?"
01[23:10] <Seira> "It's not about Donald," Seira mumbles. "It's about you. I don't know. You keep on getting hurt, and I hate that, but now I'm doing it to you, too."
[23:11] <Kotono> "Seira." With a small smile as she looks to her, "Do you want to hurt Amaryl? Do you think she's happy seeing the woman she loves try and bring another into her embrace, right in front of her?"
01[23:13] <Seira> "I don't know about that, either." Just as hesitantly, Seira raises her head. "Elle, is it wrong to love more than one person?"
[23:14] <Kotono> "Well...I've loved more than one of my lovers." Elle leans back now, "I think the mistake lies in trying to have more than one at once. You can keep one person happy, but it's hard. Really hard - look at people who are together but have fallen out of love. Parents that fight, cold beds, resigned fates every day for the rest of their lives. How could you manage two people and the jealousy?"
01[23:17] <Seira> "When we were allowed to meet with Queen Morwel, in the Court of Stars," Seira tries to explain, "I fell utterly in love with her, and so did Amaryl. And it didn't feel wrong. There was no jealousy at all!"
[23:18] <Kotono> "Seira, I think she's magic." With a smile, "Because, if anyone can do it, it's a mythical angel-fairy queen. Seira, look. What I'm saying here is that you have Amaryl. Before you broaden your horizons, make sure you aren't hurting her or anyone else. What good is it if you lie with me, only to lose her?"
01[23:21] <Seira> "I... wasn't going to be hasty," Seira says miserably. "It's not, it's not sex, I-- Elle, I wouldn't have forced myself on you when you were drunk like that! Please, you have to believe me!"
[23:23] <Kotono> "I do." Elle says, "Seira. If it were just us having fun and Donald wasn't in the picture?" With a lithe little shrug, "Hell, I might try it. The fact is that other people are involved and other hearts. One of my lovers was married." Going on now, "I ruined a marraige because I couldn't keep my dress down. People get hurt so easily in relationships."
01[23:25] <Seira> "I don't want to lose you," Seira says, wanting to get it out if it ends up being her last chance. "I wanted to never lose you. Is it too late, and I ruined everything?"
[23:26] <Kotono> "Seira." Elle looks at her, "I'm fine. For Mystra's sake, you were drunk and I was really drunk. Everyone makes mistakes when they're drunk and doesn't understand when to shut up. I'd rather I had kept my mouth shut about Unseen Servant."
01[23:28] <Seira> "I wasn't that drunk," Seira insists, shaking her head. "I won't hide behind excuses. I missed teasing you, and... and I went too far. I'm sorry that I did." She takes Elle's hands in hers. "Will you forgive me?"
[23:29] <Kotono> "Fine, fine, you're forgiven." With a warming smile, "But seriously, are you and Amaryl those sort? Id idn't think you two would be so adventurous!"
06[23:32] * Seira blushes. "I said that in a spur of the moment, and you told me not to hurt her... she... Amaryl understood, but she wasn't sure...." Trailing off, Seira sighs, dropping her head. "What if she was just humoring me? She's already given up so much for my sake...."
[23:33] <Kotono> "Before you look to go any further with anyone, find ou twhat she thinks. What good is gaining something if you lose everything to get it?" Elle goes to pat Seira's shoulder.
06[23:37] * Seira hesitantly hugs Elle, resting her head against her. "My best friends, Amaryl... I'm a terrible person, doing what I did. I don't even know how to make it up to you. Is there anything within my power, Elle?"
[23:38] <Kotono> "Don't mope." Elle smiles and blushes, "We all made our mistakes yesterday. If anything...that chat was...um..." Turning red and seperating. "Keep as ecret?"
06[23:38] * Seira nods, looking at Elle in bemusement.
[23:40] <Kotono> "I thought it was liberating and...well...erotic." Turning red, "That chat, that is. There really was an undercurrent to everything, the looks people were giving each other...so it's not like you're the only g uilty one."
01[23:44] <Seira> "It's not what you think!" Seira blurts suddenly. "Before. I mean, what you said before. It wasn't like that. I only started liking you after getting to know you. It wasn't... shallow...." She takes a deep breath, holding it in before letting it all go. "I never thought I would say this in a situation where the only possible option was rejection," Seira admits afterwards.
[23:46] <Kotono> Elle blushes, "That's fine, Seira. I mean...I've wanted some men the moment I see them. Crushes are okay. You're not any more shallow than me."
01[23:48] <Seira> "Do I need to apologize to Donald as well?" Seira asks, looking even more mortified with the prospect.
[23:49] <Kotono> "You think I told him? Hahahhaaa!" Elle laughs, looking around. "Uh, no."
06[23:52] * Seira sighs in relief, before shifting awkwardly. "So, umm, do you want me to just make myself scarce until you say it's alright?"
[23:53] <Kotono> "Seira. I'm embarrassed with what I told you, but I'm an adult. I'm fine." Elle says.
[23:57] <Kotono> After amoment, Jessica facepalms hard.
[23:57] <Kotono> OOC: STrik.e
01[23:58] <Seira> "I'll go find Amaryl, and apologize to her as well," Seira says, far more relieved.
[23:58] <Kotono> "Sure." Elle sits back, "Seira?"
01[23:58] <Seira> "Yes?"
Session Time: Tue Dec 29 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Kotono> "Did anything happen after I passed out?"
01[00:00] <Seira> Seira's face falls. "Yes. Are you sure you want to know?"
[00:02] <Kotono> "Yes. Alicia mentioned some of it...Antenora, Latha and Marie. From what Amaryl has said before, Antenora's not a very good liar then."
01[00:04] <Seira> "Her life as a devil... there... rape was involved, and torture, and guilt," Seira says uncomfortably, trying to seize on Elle's words. "Amaryl said Antenora wasn't a good liar?"
[00:04] <Kotono> Elle grimaces, "A good thing to miss. Oh no, I've heard her mutter a time or two about Antenora being in denial. If she's in a relationship with two women..." With a light shrug, "Well, that makes her a liar then? Nevermind." Putting it aside, "I need to go find Donald. I'll see you later."
01[00:05] <Seira> "That would make sense," Seira agrees, adding, "I'll... see you later, too, Elle."
[00:09] <Kotono> Going off, Seira finds Amaryl. She's sitting at the edge of the waves, water lapping against her legs. She looks out into the ocean, absorbed and quiet.
06[00:10] * Seira takes a thorough look around to ensure there's no one near them, before taking a spot by Amaryl's side that would allow her to continue observing the area. "Before I say anything else, I'm sorry, Amaryl," she starts with.
[00:11] <Kotono> Amaryl looks up, hesitating. She blushes and looks away, "Seira...if you're talkinga bout that...it's okay." Sniffling, "I know I'm not as pretty as Elle. I know I can't satistify you by myself."
01[00:15] <Seira> "I'm one of those people who are too good for alcohol. They can mess things up pretty well on their own, without even being drunk," Seira tells her. "I love you, and I don't need anything or anyone but you, Amaryl, but I also make terrible mistakes on my lonesome. This was one of the biggest in my life. But you won't just believe my words, will you?
01[00:15] <Seira> So I'm going to treat this like a battle and place my life on the line." After saying that, Seira nods slowly to herself. "I have done something so terrible it remains the only way."
[00:16] <Kotono> "S-Seira?" Amaryl sniffles again, looking up to her. "What do you mean by that? Are you...?"
01[00:19] <Seira> "I'm going to beg for your forgiveness," Seira says, returning the look. "With just a few careless words, I made you cry. And I'm supposed to be the one who thinks several steps ahead? If I'm the sort of person who would make her girlfriend feel this way, I don't deserve to live." She shakes her head.
01[00:19] <Seira> "I kept on telling you how important you are to me, but you can hardly believe me when I say the things I had yesterday, can you?"
[00:20] <Kotono> Sniffling yet more, "S-seira, are you...are you s-saying that..." A few tears trickle down, "T-that you're going to...h-hurt yourself because of me?"
01[00:23] <Seira> "Because of me," Seira points out. "I'm the villain, here. I said something I can't take back, and I hurt you the way I promised I never would. I can only beg you to forgive me, and to name my punishment. I'm placing myself in your hands, to do with as you wish, all for a chance to be forgiven."
[00:25] <Kotono> Amaryl considers, then lowers her head. "Draw your sword and..." Amaryl sniffles, "Cut my head off. While the blade's still wet with my blood, plunge it into your heart...w-we'll both surely be damned to the Lower Planes for this, so we can be tormented together." Despite tears, she looks right up at Seira. "Seira, don't even say anything like that!" Her voice changes into an angry, angry bark, "It worked so well when you let Neve nearly k
[00:25] <Kotono> Her voice changes into an angry, angry bark, "It worked so well when you let Neve nearly kill you! Don't ever say anything like that, first of all!"\
01[00:30] <Seira> "You're not Neve," Seira tells her quietly. "Amaryl, I've learned something from that time. Do you know what it was? That I was wrong to try and throw my life away like that, because that life was yours. When you were taken from me... when that happened, I couldn't think, I couldn't move right.
01[00:30] <Seira> There was only one person I thought of, at that time, again and again. Why am I such an idiot? Why did I forget it even for a second?"
[00:31] <Kotono> Amaryl twitches, her shoulders convulsing. Her voice rises several tones of volume, "I don't know, you tell me! For the sake of Pallanth's crown, you tried to seduce Elle while I was cuddling with you! Cuddling with you!" Waving her arms, "I left Pallanth for you and you do that while I'm clinging to your side, inf ront of everyone!?"
06[00:37] * Seira is about to protest that Amaryl is not the only insecure one, and that she always wonders if Amaryl is fully happy with her whenever she brings up a beautiful woman, but those are excuses. It's not fair to Amaryl to use her worries to deflect the very real problem that she herself had created.
01[00:37] <Seira> "Amaryl, I love you," Seira finds herself saying instead. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you, in this world or the next, past our mortal lives and into eternity. I'll never again give you cause to doubt me. Marry me."
[00:39] <Kotono> "Seira," Her voice stops cold at those last words, "W-what?" Her eyes go wide, staring completely at her.
01[00:42] <Seira> "We said we'll stay together and not worry about the future, waiting to discover what we want, didn't we?" Seira asks her. "I do. I can be a terrible person, but I love you and I've found my answer. I'm only sorry it couldn't have been a day earlier. I can't promise I'll never make you cry again, but never again will it be because of cruel carelessness like that.
01[00:42] <Seira> That, at least, even someone like me can vow."
[00:44] <Kotono> "S-Seira..." Amaryl chokes, swallowing hard as she cries. "Oh...s..s...sss...Seira..." Gasping that out, "Y...you want ot make me your wife...? I...I...can we even get married in human lands...I mean...you really want to?"
01[00:49] <Seira> If Elle could be a countess with third circle magic, it is highly unlike that anyone would stop a dragon with limited wish at her disposal, but Seira doesn't say that. "I don't know," she admits honestly. "The law's not clear on that. There really are no laws, because a family is something codified in law to start a family, and only very few have the magic necessary to overcome the obvious--"
01[00:49] <Seira> Noticing she's babbling, Seira stops and takes a deep breath. "I had vague plans. I would talk to King Lorthan, and see if I could get him to start a new noble house, acknowledging my father's many successful ventures and contributions to Pallanth. Then, I would perhaps no longer be beneath your station, and careful appeals-- but none of that framework exists. I don't know. But we'll find a way."
[00:50] <Kotono> "I..." Starting to really cry, "Oh...Seira!" With a glomp she flies into Seira's arms, sobbing. "You...oh Seira!"
01[00:53] <Seira> "It's always you," Seira whispers, holding Amaryl. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. You're beautiful, you're kind... I've never found you lacking. Never, in nothing."
[00:54] <Kotono> Sobbing into SEira, there isn't much of a reply for a time, just the movement of sand and water. "Oh Seira...oh..." She brokenly sobs away.
01[00:58] <Seira> "My studies into the arcane, trying to master the height of mortal magic. My ties into the draconic. Even... even the Guard and Waukeen," Seira manages to get out with difficulty. "They are more important than anything in the world for me. Those goals define what I am and what I do.
01[00:58] <Seira> But if you feel any of them is coming between us, I'll choose you over them, Amaryl. And not just now, but in a year, in a century, forever. Because you are the one who defines who I am, the only one I truly need."
[01:00] <Kotono> "Seira...I...I..." Hugging Seira to her, "I love you so much!"
01[01:06] <Seira> "I'll make you happy," Seira promises, bringing Amaryl even closer to her. "I'll always... you'll always feel how much I love you back."
[01:09] <Kotono> "Oh Seira..." Hugging to her and sniffling loudly, "...do you have a ring of trinket of engagement or anything?"
06[01:11] * Seira only has two rings, and they'd used them both interchangeably in the past. Somehow, they don't have the right message, so she stalls briefly, accessing her poor familiar's power to search for any precious metals in the vicinity.
01[01:17] <Seira> No such luck, which leaves her with but one recourse. "My magic," she calls with a note of despair, "come to my aid at this important time! Platinum, gold, processed, raw, I don't care! Just let me do this right, without messing up!"
[01:21] <Kotono> To Seira's call, gold appears from the air! It dances about Amaryl's finger, forming a ring of gold!
01[01:22] <Seira> "It needs an emerald," Seira says apologetically, "but for now, can you please make do with this? It's my commitment, shaped by magic."

[Corwin]

[18:48] <Kotori-away> <Seira> But if you feel any of them is coming between us, I'll choose you over them, Amaryl. And not just now, but in a year, in a century, forever. Because you are the one who defines who I am, the only one I truly need."
[18:48] <Kotori-away> > "Seira...I...I..." Hugging Seira to her, "I love you so much!"
[18:48] <Kotori-away> <Seira> "I'll make you happy," Seira promises, bringing Amaryl even closer to her. "I'll always... you'll always feel how much I love you back."
[18:48] <Kotori-away> > "Oh Seira..." Hugging to her and sniffling loudly, "...do you have a ring of trinket of engagement or anything?"
[18:48] <Kotori-away> * Seira only has two rings, and they'd used them both interchangeably in the past. Somehow, they don't have the right message, so she stalls briefly, accessing her poor familiar's power to search for any precious metals in the vicinity.
[18:48] <Kotori-away> <Seira> No such luck, which leaves her with but one recourse. "My magic," she calls with a note of despair, "come to my aid at this important time! Platinum, gold, processed, raw, I don't care! Just let me do this right, without messing up!"
[18:48] <Kotori-away> > To Seira's call, gold appears from the air! It dances about Amaryl's finger, forming a ring of gold!
[18:48] <Kotori-away> <Seira> "It needs an emerald," Seira says apologetically, "but for now, can you please make do with this? It's my commitment, shaped by magic."
[18:49] <Kotori-away> "It's...oh..." With wide, teary eyes Amaryl looks at the ring, clutching close to Seira. "I...I love it!"
03[18:49] * Kotori-away is now known as Kotono
01[18:52] <Seira> For a change, Seira tries to listen to her instincts which tell her that however she might yearn to understand the reason for Amaryl's acute distress, this is neither the time nor the place for a conversation like that. "Dad will nag, again," she says, her voice mimicking that of her father's. "Seira, how dare you not ask for my permission and guidance again, oh, what a worthless daughter I have."
[18:54] <Kotono> Amaryl giggles. "Oh Seira...when...when will be be married then? A 5 year engagement is standard, though perhaps longer since we've not known each other very long."
03[18:56] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
01[18:59] <Seira> "If the point of delaying an engagement to tell whether I want to spend my life with you, I don't need the extension," Seira responds. "Do you?"
[19:00] <Kotono> "W-well...no! Of course not, but..." Blushing hotter and hotter, "It's only proper! Knowing each other and getting married like this? It's a scandal! But...I know you don't want to wait, and..."
01[19:01] <Seira> "I like a good scandal, but I like seeing you happy far more," Seira says honestly. "Do you think we'll avoid a scandal otherwise, and you'd like that?"
[19:01] <Kotono> "Well...not really..." Amaryl says slowly, before she manages to nod. "Okay, Seira."
01[19:03] <Seira> "I'm sorry for that part, too," Seira says just as slowly, feeling uncomfortable. "It feels like I've dragged your name through the mud, the way things are. And I ended up taking you away from it, too...."
[19:03] <Kotono> With a glomp that wobbles Seira on her feet, " Don't say that, Seira! I...I...we're going to be married!"
01[19:04] <Seira> "In only five short years or so!" Seira chirps.
[19:06] <Kotono> That gets a tighter hug.
01[19:07] <Seira> "Where else do you see yourself in those five years?" Seira asks suddenly. "We don't talk about our goals much, beyond the immediate or the truly remote, do we?"
[19:09] <Kotono> Clinging to Seira as the waves play at your ankles, splashing against them, "With you." Kissing Seira's jawline, "Oh Seira...I..." She leans back, eyes red and puffy. "Kiss me, my wife."
01[19:13] <Seira> Screw goals. Raising herself on her tiptoes, she meets Amaryl halfway.
[19:14] <Kotono> This goes as well as it always does and then some. When the two at last part, "Let's go...take me somewhere special so we can be together as a bonded couple," Amaryl purrs, red faced. "All I want to see is you right now, Seira."
01[19:16] <Seira> With her magic drained, teleportation is not really an issue if she wants to actually be able to return, and so Seira takes hold of Amaryl's hand. "If you don't mind a little walk, I saw a beautiful grove a short walk away?"
[19:17] <Kotono> "Let's," Amaryl takes Seira's hand, hurrying away. OOC: Sec in here.
[19:19] <Kotono> *Seira
[20:27] <Kotono> ---
[20:27] <Kotono> Latha has hurried away well from the mansion, towards the forest. She stops near it as Antenora and Marie catch up. "...Yes?"
[20:28] <Alicia> "We... were wondering if you needed some help?" Marie replies lamely at the somewhat brusque reaction.
[20:28] <Kotono> Antenora blushes just as well, scratching the back of her head. "Marie said that if we're dating that we should support each other, and she's right."
[20:30] <Alicia> "If you want privacy that's fine!" Marie adds. "Just... if you'd rather not be alone, we're here for you. Whatever you need," she concludes, nodding emphaticly.
[20:31] <Kotono> "I need to entertain Sharess' entertainment," Latha delicately blushes now, "Do the two of you need to do the same?"
[20:33] <Alicia> "Well, that cucumber did put me a little bit in the mood," Marie smiles slyly. "Maybe it had a stronger effect on you since I'm an eladrin, but... I'd like to help you, if you want helping. What do you think, Antenora?"
[20:34] <Kotono> Antenora radiates red, "We haven't even had a first date yet..." she mutters. "D-do the two of you need my help?"
[20:35] <Alicia> "We've known each other long enough that we shouldn't need formalities like that," Marie asserts, "But I don't want anyone to feel pressured." Maybe she should've just left Latha to relieve herself by herself...
[20:37] <Kotono> Biting at her lip, "I feel warm too." Taking a breath out, "...Okay."
[20:39] <Alicia> "Okay," Marie grins, taking Antenora's hand and skipping towards Latha. "If anyone feels uncomfortable or wants to stop, please just say so. I don't want anyone complaining after the fact! Because I sure won't be giving either of you any reason to, I promise," she concludes, voice lilting low and sultry.
[20:44] <Kotono> Antenora gulps, "You two...take care of me well. I trust you," she looks to both of them.
[20:45] <Kotono> "I will," Latha says quickly.
[20:46] <Alicia> Marie nods as well, shifting to a male form since Antenora has made her preferences clear on that. "Lets get a little bit further down the beach so we're not too close to everyone," she suggests with a silent apology to Alicia for not being able to get farther than a mile away before indulging herself.
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d100
05[21:22] -eraniss.tx.us.lunarnet.org:@#evildunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
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[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 83." [1d100=83]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 29." [1d100=29]
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 95." [1d100=95]
[22:19] <Kotono> ----
[22:22] <Kotono> Amaryl lies in bed. The night air is freezing cold, snow falling outside, once again defying the bay this year. Wearing a gauzy, almost transparent nightgown of green silk, Amaryl hums to herself...
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead, it's your bal, Seira.
01[22:26] <Seira> "Would you like to visit Pallanth tomorrow?" Seira asks, lying by Amaryl's side. She turns and raises herself on one arm to gaze at her, the other reaching down to cup her cheek.
[22:26] <Kotono> Amaryl turns to her, "Whatever for? Business or pleasure?"
01[22:27] <Seira> "We want to tell all our friends," Seira responds. "Don't we? At the very least, don't we want to tell Lord Ambrose straight away?"
[22:29] <Kotono> "Oh!" Reddening at that, "My mind was daydreaming about the snow. Yes, we should."
06[22:31] * Seira leans down to kiss Amaryl, unable to resist her when she's blushing so. "I have my duties to the Guard," she says, pulling away slowly. "But in everything else, we'll make the decisions together. That's what I'm doing right now. Planning for the week ahead."
[22:32] <Kotono> "We'll go then." Amaryl decides, a kiss back. Her skin is still deeply tanned, not a tanlight in sight. "It was an eventful vacation. It's good to be back home. Can we wait one more day..." Amaryl looks out, "I never got to challenge you to making snow angels or a snowball fight."
01[22:34] <Seira> "It can wait," Seira agrees. "Although most trips won't take too long, there is no great rush, either." Snow angels remind her of her next destination, and she breaches the subject with certain hesitance. "Would you be mad if I also said that I wanted to heal Neve? Dad could do so easily enough, if I ask him just right."
[22:35] <Kotono> "..."" Amaryl pauses, "Heal her eye, you mean? Why?"
01[22:37] <Seira> "She's not blameless in the least, but the reason she does not have it anymore is because I cajoled her to travel with me. The anger at the betrayal and the disappointment over what could have been have dissipated already, but my guilt remains."
[22:38] <Kotono> Biting at her lower lip. "If that's what you want...okay." Amaryl goes to touch Seir'as cheek, brushing at the side of her hair.
01[22:40] <Seira> "I'll live with the guilt if you want me to avoid her entirely," Seira says, leaning into her touch. "But you have to tell me. When you want something, when there's anything I can do for you, when things bother you... I can be surprisingly stupid sometimes, so if you don't talk to me, I might not notice."
[22:42] <Kotono> "I'd rather not go." Amaryl says with no hesitation, "After what she did...if you want to heal her I respect that. But I don' twant to deal with her."
01[22:43] <Seira> "I won't stay for tea and scones," Seira promises with a quick smile.
[22:44] <Kotono> Smirking to Seira as she looks into her eyes, "Did you have fun on our vacation?"
01[22:46] <Seira> "There are parts of it I wish I could have done differently, but proposing to you or freeing a fellow dragon from unfair captivity? Those alone would be worth it, and we had plenty of fun on the beach, too."
[22:47] <Kotono> "Oh yes." Giglging now, "Little miss I don't like women seemed so happy to run off with Latha and Marie, Donald got set on fire, we got tanned and...you proposed to me. It was nearly a perfect vacation."
01[22:52] <Seira> "It's good that she found someone who could respond to her," Seira agrees. "A shame we never got to try and set her up with people. I still think having actually normal dates would've been a better life experience for her than some wild threesome with angels."
[22:52] <Kotono> "I don't know." Amaryl starts to giggle back at Seira, "I was swept off my feet by a dragon and it's worked out well."
01[22:54] <Seira> "I wasn't very draconic at the time," Seira reminisces. "Sometimes, I wonder if I chose the right path. People were just starting to accept me here and in Pallanth, as the two countries interacted more and more, and then this...."
[22:57] <Kotono> "So?" Amaryl nuzzles Seira, "The nations are closer than ever. Trade, cooperation, the elven mission...King Lorthan has spoken so well of you and the Baronies."
01[22:59] <Seira> "Do you want to see him, too?" Seira seized on the opportunity. "Maybe I could just lay out my case directly and see if he approves? Dad will be grouchy if this works, so just that would already be worth it."
[23:00] <Kotono> "..." Amaryl thinks, "How are you going to petition him? Have you planned it out?"
01[23:04] <Seira> "Yes, actually," Seira responds, happy to test her idea against another's intellect. "The only real question for me was, do I take the risk and be direct, or do I try to arrive at this in sound roundabout way? I don't want to even have the appearance, however untrue, of having interfered unduly in Pallanth's politics, but being too sneaky would lead to the same accusations.
01[23:04] <Seira> In any case, Dad is actually an accomplished mage. He provided the funding that now connects Pallanth to Balmuria and Malmuth alike, being a visionary who believed in the idea, and just look at how well it may serve Pallanth now, in the aftermath of the attacks. This is even without getting into the multi-national research team he leads,
01[23:04] <Seira> which is close to retrieving the vast stretches of land we now treat as lifeless wastes."
06[23:04] * Seira shakes her head. "If it weren't for this mess, we would already be doing the first stage of testing. That future is also right over the doorway."
[23:05] <Kotono> "I think that's right." Amaryl nods along, "Play up our accomplishments to the elven nation. Make several strong points and why this honor is both deserved and to Pallanth's benefit."
01[23:07] <Seira> "There is another reason I can bring up, if that fails to convince His Majesty," Seira continues, nodding back at her. "Even my closest allies there have called me a half-breed. Be it part dragon, or part human, even if I have risen above the usual treatment people like that receive, others like me are not so fortunate.
01[23:07] <Seira> Just think of the impact it would make, if a noble house were to be formed by the elf who married a human? The impact in every direction of society?"
[23:12] <Kotono> "The social ramnifications would be world changing," Amaryl pauses in thought, "A half elf in full noble power..." With a whistle, "It would create shockwaves."
01[23:14] <Seira> "Wanna hear what the truly insidious part is?" Seira asks conspiratorially. "I won't ever have it! Dad's, like, immortal or something. All I'll have is a fancy heiress title I'll never, ever get to cash in on. But the shockwaves would go on regardless, and I can only hope they better everyone's life in the end."
[23:14] <Kotono> "Hehehe," Amaryl giglges. "Let's do it then, Seira."
01[23:17] <Seira> "We only get the one chance of it, but if it works, I'll tie Dad to a home he won't abandon again for a decade without a word! And! I'll have a last name!" Seira rushes through the words excitedly, halting suddenly afterwards and blushing lightly. "I would still rather have yours, though. We can do that, can't we?"
[23:19] <Kotono> "Well...if it's a new house, the same name isn't possible," Amaryl turns very red. "It's against the rules."
01[23:20] <Seira> "When someone in your position marries, they can't share the same name afterwards?" Seira asks, momentarily stumped. This is a hurdle she had never expected!
[23:21] <Kotono> "Well, if you are part of a new house, yes! When a house inter-marries with another, one of them joins the other house." Smiling a bit, "Since you'd be part of a new house...I don't imagine you'd drop your new name with the house new."
01[23:24] <Seira> "It's confusing," Seira admits. "Just in case, let's think up names rather than leave it to Dad? He'll just go with boring and uninspired ones. I..." Seira considers, finally nodding, "I rather like Ariil, as a tribute to Waukeen's best friend and possibly more. What do you think?"
[23:28] <Kotono> "Three vowels?" Amaryl thinks, "How about another consonant?"
01[23:29] <Seira> "Another L at the end?"