Rayford
"I get you ive been living here for the last 5 years alone until she came back into my life a week ago, my curse isn't something people are used too, a silnari turned Oriate with goat horns and weird eyes isn't something common folks appreciate."
*She sighed and looked at the fire for a while silent, she was deep in her thoughts.*
Hanna
"You guys care too much about what people think of you, don't you?" 
*She was looking at Kaimarir from her hammock holding her staff with her tail, she felt better now that she was almost dry and near the fireplace*
"Everyone is a little weird they just hide it, you seen really nice, you should go where there's more people more often"
*She smiled at him as she tried to find a confortable position in her hammock*
Mary
*Kaimarir would slowly move his eyes to look at Peridot, keeping his eyes on her face to try and prevent it from drifting to... Other places.

**"Thing is, I do care about what people think. I'm not welcome in most kingdoms, and as a result the wild forest is all I've known for a few years."** His eyes then looked towards the fireplace. It did seem really cozy.

**"Besides, with people, I'm a little shaky on interacting and socializing. I'm not... Very comfortable with it."***
Hanna
"I can't see why, you are a nice person~" 
*She was still looking at him, her eyes following every single one of his movements*
"Well you can interact with me just fine, I would say that's a good start for now"
*She didn't seem to realize that being half naked made him uncomfortable in any way*
Mary
*He scratched the side of his head a little bit before turning his head to look away again. Thankfully it seemed these people weren't exactly aware of who he was. He was not a bad man, just had his face plastered around on wanted posters for thievery. Seemed these two ladies weren't aware of that, and that was good.

**"I suppose I'll get better at it."** He finally said. A sudden shiver went down his spine, suddenly feeling a chill.*
Hanna
*Peridot noticed the shiver, tilting her head to the side as she looked at him*
"Are you cold? Want a hug?"
*She went down from her hammock, leaving her staff there and went towards him, without minding her nudity, she gave him a hug, wagging her tail happily as she did this, she liked to give hugs to people, no matter who it was she just wanted to help*
"Hugs always help when I feel cold, though one might help you a bit for now"
*Her body was now warmer compared as how she was before in the rain*
Mary
*At the offer of a hug he immediately perked up and looked back towards her, quickly shaking his head 'no'.

**"Wait, no, I'm fine-"**

But it was too late. He was then embraced by her. By this stage, his entire face changed from its usual red to bright pink, blushing so brightly. His own tail curled a little bit around his leg, his eyes wide. While it was nice and warm, the skin-to-skin/scale(?) contact made him feel a range of emotions.

**"T-thank you, very... Much."** He spoke faintly.*
Hanna
"Don't worry, I like to give hugs to people and the warmth is nice~" 
*She only had scales in her tail and lower back, so it was skin to skin contact, she nuzzled a bit against him, enjoying the hug and pressing her body a bit against him*
"Are you feel warmer now?"
*She seemed to sincerely just want to help and didn't do it with any other intentions, she was pretty innocent*
Mary
*His face still being incredibly pink, he nodded a little bit.

**"Yes, this... Is helping tremendously. Thank you very much."** His voice sounded a little shaky, despite the fact she was very open about this, he still wanted to give her some ounce of respect. He gently reached his arms out and gave her a light hug in return, though it was a soft one.*
Hanna
"That's good, I'm glad that I could help~"

*She slowly let of the hug now that he was warmer, she was happy that she could help, it was then that she noticed that he was blushing*

"Why is your face pink?" 

*She leaned in to have a closer look, her face just a few centimeters away from his as she tried to know why did that happened*
Mary
*Kaimarir retracted his head for a moment, her being too close for his comfort. He hadn't realized that he was blushing, and blushing to the point that it was noticeable against his red skin. His bright, golden yellow eyes stared at her with a frightful look. He gave a faint gulp.

**"Erm... I haven't been hugged in a long time. Especially from a, um... Woman, lacking clothes."** He cleared his throat, a bead of sweat running down his forehead.*
Hanna
*By this point, she had forgotten that she was even lacking clothes she stood back straight taking a step towards the fireplace*

"Oh... Sorry, I don't get why people get uncomfortable when I'm not wearing all my clothes"

*With her tail she reached over to her clothes that were still hanging from a chair near the fire, they were warm and she began dressed back up right there*

"Sorry if I made it awkward for you"
Mary
*He gave a faint, awkward chuckle before brushing his hair back, a soft sigh escaping from him.

**"No, uh, it's okay. I suppose someone like me is so used to clothing. Seeing someone not wearing any is... A little weird to me. But, I suppose it's something I should get used to if I play to stay the night here."** He then looked to the side and whispered something. 

"||Or however long I stay here...||"*
Hanna
"I should be the one used to wearing clothes by now, I guess all habits don't really die, being a lizard it's less complicated than being humanoid, people doesn't care if I have clothes or not"

*Once she was done, she straighten up her clothes with her hands since they were a bit wrinkled*

"You told me you didn't knew what a reptile was, right? Wanna see one?"
Mary
*Once her clothes were *Finally* On, the pinkness from his face seemed to slowly fade, though it was very gradual. He raised his one eyebrow, his left eyebrow which had a piercing through it, and then lowered it.

**"I'm not sure if I should be worried or neutral. I suppose I would like to see what a reptile looks like."** He sits up straight in the chair.*
Hanna
*She smiled as he said this, for her, that a 'yes, I wanna see', she grabbed her staff from her hammock*

"Then prepare yourself to see the greatness of an iguana!"

*As she said this, the gem of her staff along with the one on her necklace began glowing, also making her body glow, she began shrinking more and more until she was less than half the size of house cat, but with a tail that was longer than her whole body, as she stopped glowing, it revealed an green iguana looking right a him as she wagged her tail* 

"This is real reptile!"
Mary
*Kaimarir stood back a little bit as this happened before his very eyes. His gorgeous eyes were wide with surprise, yet he was not fearful in any way. He soon grew a smile on his face as he lowered himself down to his knees to get a closer look.

**"That's... Incredible. You can also change your form."** He mentioned, keeping the smile on his face.*
Hanna
"Only into this form, this in the form I was born in and then I got my humanoid form"

*She tilted her head to the side, looking at him realizing that he said 'also'*

"You can change your form? Or why do you say it that way?"

*She kept wagging her tail, it was obvious how this iguana was a just a big all of joy and happiness and it was hard to get her sad*
Mary
*He gave a slightly coy smile as he pulled out his hands from his trouser pockets, placing them just above where his collar bone is.

**"Observe."** He spoke. 

He then moved his hands upwards towards his face, basically rubbing his hands over his face from his chin to his forehead. The skin he rubbed over changed from red to that of a pale complexion. As he moved over his face, the red was gone and replaced with pale, human-like skin. Moving over his hair, it changed from black to a dark brown. As he moved his hands over his horns, they disappeared completely. His Red Oni self had now become entirely human. The red disappeared from the rest of his body as he lowered his hands, replacing it with the pale skin tone his face shows. He opened his eyes and they kept their bright yellow color.

**"This is... A form I'm in more often than I should be."***
Hanna
*Peridot watched in awe as his Red oni complexion changed into that of a human, it was definitely an impressive thing to see, she always liked to see how people displayed their magic*

"You look like a human! But why do you use that form? You look so much cooler in the red one" 

*She thought that both of his forms looked really cute, but she thought was really cool an a red oni*
Mary
*He gave a faint chuckle, his blushing more visible against his human skin. He raised a hand and rubbed the back of his head.

**"I'm like this if I go into towns or villages. I'm... Not welcome in a few places in my normal form. So, as a result, I developed this human form."**

Almost in reverse, his red color slowly begins to form again. This time, starting from where the last bit of red turned to human skin- his fingers. They turned red, followed by his hands, then arms. Soon, his original colors came back, starting from the back of his head and traveling over his face. His horns grew back on the top of his head as did his elongated ears. Soon, he was back to normal.

**"It's something I've grown accustomed to."***
Hanna
"Its a shame that people don't get to see how cool you look! I guess that makes me really lucky to see you in both~"

*Her body start and the gem on her necklace started glowing again as she grew back into her humanoid form, her staff reappearing in her hand, she brushed her hair a bit with her fingers since it got a bit messy*

"I would never get used to one single form since I got advantages in both of them, it just depends on which one I want to use"
Mary
*Thankfully he was fully red now because the comment about seeing both his forms made him feel incredibly flustered. A bead of sweat trickled down the side of his head.

**"Heh, well... That's great. I'm only able to be in my human form for about 3 hours. I'm assuming you don't have a time limit with your transformation?"** He asked with his head tilted to the side.*