<div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="https://static.zerochan.net/Tetsu420.full.1576579.jpg"></a><a class="postlink" href="http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/steusloffa/Junk/9b4c67d7-5e06-4750-8d35-191de0acc40c_zpsagryk5tp.jpg">[ img ]</a></div><br/><br/><span style="font-size: 200%; line-height: 116%;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #BF0000">I Z U</span></span></div></span><br/><br/>"I keep<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">nothing</span></span>as a pet."<br/><br/>The intensity behind her words gave Izu pause, the young man had never seen his mate in such a state before. Alida put herself between the Orc woman and Izu, firmly planting herself in defiance. "But if you wish to continue your assault on my mate, the Prince, then by all means I'll allow you to stay in my cages for me to play." The rest of her words were drowned out as the crowed began to mumble in support, but the Orc woman simply gave a devilish smile before prodding Alida in the stomach. "Ah, so you're the Princess, ay? You're a bit squishy, too." Her words seemed to bite into the crowd more than they did Alida, the masses growing louder and even more agitated. Possibly sensing the unrest, Alida spoke up quickly and with authority. "Orc, why are you here?" Alida asked, the light from the rushing bonfire reflecting off her eyes. The Orc woman shrugged with a lazy smile, "Got sent here. Something about treaties." Alida growled in frustration, causing the Orc woman to grunt in amusement. "Well if you wish that treaty to remain, I would suggest removing yourself from our presence entirely," and even though she worded it like a suggestion, it clearly was an order. An order that the Orc woman took as a welcomed challenge. Leaning down to be eye level with the much shorter Alida, the Orc woman asked in a rather defiant and loud voice, "Oi, and how are ya gonna make me?"<br/><br/>A collective gasp came from the crowd and Izu as Alida shot the palm of her hand right into the nose of the Orc woman. She howled in pain, her hand quickly raising to her bloodied and probably broken nose. There were a few guttural growls that crept from the lips of the Orc woman before they quickly changed to laughter. The Orc woman cracked her nose back into place before spitting blood onto the ground, muttering something about the Princess's brother. The remark seemed to either go unnoticed or unheard as Alida asked, "I've asked you to leave my sight. Must I ask again?" The Orc woman gave a toothy grin and sighed, "Ya ya. I'll leave ya here. But the King invited me to stay for two days...I'll see you at breakfast." With that the woman gave an exaggerated bow before leaving.<br/><br/>The festival was silent for many moments after the Orc woman departed, then the crowds began to burst into loud cheers! People from Alida's race were obviously the most elated, leaping into the air with fluttering wings as the other races lightly applauded or cheered below. It took only seconds for the festival to roar back to life, music and the collective sound many different drugs and drinks being consumed or produced. "Are you okay?" Alida's voice was soft, her hands trembling from everything that had just happened. Izu shrugged, but he had the strangest smile on his lips right now. His hand reached out and gently held the hand that Alida had used to bash the Orc woman up with, "You sure fucked her up, huh? Anyway, your palm or anything hurt? Her head seemed a bit," Izu paused for a split second, "Well her head seemed a bit fuckin' dense if I'm being honest." Izu's worry was likely for nothing though, as he was there when she delivered the blow and knew her execution was damn near on point.<br/><br/>The two took a few moments to embrace before Izu began to explain what he had felt before all this chaos had transpired, about the glow and everything that accompanied it. "It's hard to explain. It was so alien to me, unlike anything I've ever experienced before. It led me to you though, well and then you beat that Orc's ass. Kinda ruined the moment, but hey." Izu ended with a shrug as the festival began to spin back up around the two, Hest appearing behind Alida as if he simply materialized there. His left hand swung tightly around Alida's waist before pulling her in close, doing the same to Izu as well before unfurling his wings around the two. "Hey, check out what I found." As Hest removed his hands from their waists, he snapped his fingers as a tiny portal opened up right in front of their noses, dropping out three seeds about size of a gummy bear. Alida seemed to know instantly what they were, eyeing Hest with uncertainty. "Oh don't give me that look, you know you want to try it." The winged creature plopped a seed into both Izu and Alida's hands before crunching his own seed eagerly in his mouth. Hest made a funny face as his wings suddenly folded back up behind him, his nose squinching. "It's so bitter!" Hest could barely get the words out, that's how bitter the seed was. Izu was the next to toss the seed into his mouth, crunching it up quickly. Izu didn't react at first, crunching the seed only a few more times before a sudden sour taste began to set in. By this time, Hest had swallowed his seed and was twitching his head slightly from the bitterness that remained. Izu powered through the sour from his seed though, crunching it up good before swallowing it.<br/><br/>"Okay Hest, what the hell did I just eat?"<br/><br/>But Hest wasn't really in any condition to speak, as he was stuck in a giggle fit and playing with Alida's hair. "Oh, it's one of those, huh." Izu said, before the giggles began to set in for him. Eventually, Izu found himself over on the other side of Alida, also running a hand through her hair and giggling a bit. "Aah, yeah. I get it now. Hah...hahahaha....haaa.."