A wall of flesh, a cocoon of muscle, and inside it, a world just for two. The chaos outside was dimmed to a bad memory. It was dark, a little moist and warm. Some of the panic inside Maia started to fade as she clung to Alicia in the comfort of their sanctuary. It was as if their play earlier hadn't been so rudely interrupted, and instead the feline cats had just been a nightmare. A hand brushed along Alicia's arm. It hadn't been a dream, Maia would never leave wounds as crude as these. Alicia's arm shifted as she pulled herself up, the human briefly rendering the space between them zero. Lips seperated only by the thin, translucent film of Maia's mouth mask. A precaution to protect the engineer from the water naga's toxic kiss. A hand slid down Alicia's back. Maia wanted more, to drown herself in the gasp and moans she could coax out of the engineer. To douse the conflicting heat and fear with the feel of Alicia's sweat gleaming on her skin. To leave her own, careful marks on that flesh.<br/><br/>Reality caught up to the two in the tail-cocoon, and Maia reluctantly loosened her coils to let the outside world in as well as the medic who had been commanding Maia to let him treat Alicia's wounds. With Juleean came the horror of battle. The cats were still there, trying to bring Berrac down and pounce the other researchers. Oh goddess! Please make them go away! Maia clung closely to Alicia while Juleaan quickly treated the engineer's wounds. The lingering hand got Juleaan a warning glare as a pang of possessive jealousy boiled up within Maia, her mind eager for a distraction from the fear threatening to overwhelm her. At least things improved after that, the Felintis fleeing the scene as their efforts met with failure. An adrenaline rush of endorphins at the sight of those purple cats turning tail nearly swept Maia off her tail.<br/><br/>Of course, the conflict being over meant that Alicia's interest in Maia's coils quickly faded, and the water naga reluctantly let go of Alicia while Evy briefed them on the details of the situation outside. The others comforted the AI while Alicia chided. Maia on the other hand, having found the person responsible, quickly felt her fear mix with anger. She raised herself up on her tail until she even towered above Berrac. Looking down on Evy, the devout naga looked more like a queen than a maiden princess.<br/><i><br/>
"One of our guards is practically dead, two of our number are being raped and a third nearly got violated by a beast."</i>Maia spoke in a flat, cold tone. There was no shouting or raising her voice.<i>"You knew about the felintis. You knew about Alicia's condition and even excerbated it. You wanted fun? You're smart enough to have realized this prank is a really stupid idea!"</i>Cold dissappointment, the regal naga flawlessly channeling her mother's bearing.<i> "Find Luna and Trixx, Evy." </i>The humanoid snake commanded, turning away and slipping back into that maidenly princess appearance. Shock and realisation were setting in so Maia isolated herself trying to control her urge to empty her upper stomach.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>