<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Just a small note - as things move towards the end of the month, my posting frequency should pick up quite a bit. Hopefully, by the end of the month, I'll have all things IRL settled out, and can post half-way often (Save for Friday/Saturday. As you can see, those two days are a little easier on me. xD). Also, just letting everyone know - I've enjoyed RPing with the lot of you! ^_^ It's been a great deal of fun. Can't wait to see how things go! Also ,good job on the story, Sillyness! &lt;3 It's been wonderful! Keep it up, hon! &lt;3</div></div></div><br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div> “A nice bath and a warm bed sounds divine. I’ve gotten everything I need from the armory, but thank you for the consideration. A meal would be great! Will I have to suck this one out as well?” </div></blockquote><br/><br/>Admittedly, the warm bed and the bath sounded incredibly nice, especially after so long on the road. A good meal sounded pretty decent, too. A soft, starving little growl escapes the kitsune's belly - two escaped prey in one day. Plus, he'd missed lunch today...and yesterday....<br/><br/>Sheesh, he was starving. So caught up in his apparant hunger was he that he almost missed Vendra's last little statement, and even then it takes him a few seconds to realise what, exactly, she was talking about. As soon as the realisation dawns on him, Kahmori's muzzle splits into a massive grin, and he cannot help but laugh softly "HAH! Suck it out? Well, now..." The arm around her shoulder shifts a little bit, pulling her a bit closer against his side - and allowing his hand to reach all the way to her tummy, which he begins to softly rub "...according to how hungry you are. Just nibblish? Better stick with whatever the Inn has made up for the day. Starving? Well...I'm sure, with a bit of effort on your part...we could fill that belly again." Grinning coyly, he gives the sexy young priestess a playful bump with his hip, wrapping his tails around her waist to keep her from getting knocked off her feet "Don't worry, either! I come alot cheaper than the Inn's food!' He says with a teasing wink and a broad, playful smile.<br/><br/>"Well, see you later, Sura!" Offering a overly-done, extravagant bow, Kahmori gives the sultry sorceress a parting kiss, blowing it to her with his hand "We'll be back in a few days!" Whatever brief pall had fallen over the jovial kitsune had departed, leaving behind his old, joyful, confident self - the though that the place might be rife with danger, or that one of them might not make it back, never seeming to cross his mind.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"> After the party leaves the keep... </span><br/><br/>The city, itself, was beautiful after sundown. The shimmer plants - something Kahmori had only seen a few times before! - lit the streets as well as they were able, providing a bit of welcome illumination in the face of the coming darkness. In his eyes, even the glow of the shimmer plants lit the place up so well it might as well have been daytime to him. Still, it was not the beauty of the city that really appealed to kitsune - it was the people. Things seemed so peaceful, so...natural. The commoners, the guards...even the shopkeepers all seemed ready and waiting with little smiles or nods of greeting. It was something that noone had to offer, but they did it simply out of politeness, or genuine good will.  Truely, it was an amazing sight.<br/><br/>Kahmori hated crowds. Hated being stuffed in against someone like a sardine in a can, and cities were notorious for people being crowded in as closely as they could be. This place, though...seemed different. A little more peaceful, a little more serene. That, he loved. Whilst Kahmori always seemed to have a good bit of humor in him, and always wore that handsome little smile constantly seen on his face, right now he seemed about as happy as a babe at a candy shop, pointing out the various little sighs and making comments about them.<br/><br/>'Ooo! Look! Shimmer Plants! Ohhh, geez! I HATE vegetables, right? But I tried eating one, once...my tongue was glowing for a week! You don't even wanna know what else was glowing...'<br/><br/>'Lookie!! Elven architecture! They even have places for your arms carved out, so you can hug the trees really tightly!'<br/><br/>'Gosh, that bread smells good. Ever had pixie bread? Well, you need to catch a few pixies first, see...eh, who am I kidding, screw the bread. Pixies are delicious!'<br/><br/>'Hey, Xali's butt! Best sight in all of Lakehaven, I tell you. Would love to get a closer view, but I have a feeling I'd get slapped if I got too close. I guess that is half the fun, though...'<br/><br/>'I wonder, if I jumped on one of those plants and rolled around, if my entire body would glow...or, I could wrap them around me and make pants. Glowing pants...how cool would that be?'<br/><br/>Well over a dozen such comments are made on the walk to the Shattered Talisman, and no doubt a dozen more would have been ready...had it not been  for the sudden, mental intrusion of Brady's little pet, Crew.<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div> ~Ah, pardon me? Kahmori, sir?~ </div></blockquote><br/><br/>Kahmori stops in his tracks suddenly, getting the strangest look on his face one could ever imagine. Staring blankly ahead, he perks his ears...lowers them...then perks them right back up, as if trying to hear something really, really far away.<br/><br/>Voices. In his head. Wait just a second, here....<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div> ~Not to pry, but Brady had a question she wanted to pose to you privately... about Miss Sura. She was wondering, ah... what were her exact words?~ </div></blockquote><br/><br/>This time, Kahmori physically jumps, whirling around in a full circle and looking strangely in all directions. He looked like an utter loon, fur all bristled and tails puffed up behind him...especially since there was not anyone else in the immedient vicinty. It takes a few seconds for the message to fully sink in  - BRADY had a question.<br/><br/>Dur. He didn't know a thing about the chameleon girl and her new crystal, other than he wanted to play with it. Which one he wanted to play with more, he couldn't quite make up his mind - but either/or, it would be fun. Shaking his head ,as if clearing cobwebs, he begins to concentrate really hard, speaking back in very, very broken telepathic speech.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~ Ahh...ohhh, HellO CREw. ThoUGHT FOr a MoMeNt THERE I waS goinG CrAZY. VoICes in MY HEAD. THIS IS Kinda C.........OOL! </span><br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div> ~Did you enjoy your snack?~</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Though Kahmori had started walking again, he suddenly freezes up a second time, this time fully whirling towards Brady and her little crystal, Crew. Any semblance of secrecy dissolves, and quickly, as he just stares, open mouthed, at the green-skinned female. How in the heck did she know?!?! Oh, geez, had he really been that obvious?! Hopefully his other thoughts - especially those about digesting her - had been a little bit more concealed!! Or, heck, maybe she just had a penchant for going down the hatch...<br/><br/>Still....<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"> ~..Ah...er...UM...I...Er...wELl, thaT IS I...~</span>Ooohh, she was a sneaky one. How did he enjoy his snack. Heck, she must already know! Better just come clean...<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"> ~ SHE WAS tasty. MADe Me awFully HUngrY thouGH. stilL THE WAY shE FelT slIdIng doWN...~</span>He catches himself before he ends up describing the entire process to her. Clearing his throat (a strange enough action, given he was talking in his head), he continues, making animated gestures with his hands as if he were speaking aloud<span style="font-style: italic">~ UM...weLL, I vERy mUcH ENJoyed my SNaCK. GOT ME IN THE MOOD for aNoTHER...SNaCK abOUt ThE saMe SIZe...AND a biT moRe sQUIrMy. STIll, woUlDN'T miND giVing EVEry inCH of Her a TAste....WithOUt thAt NiGhTY. You'RE LuCKY to haVe beeN sTATIONED herE So Lo..............ong. beT yoU'Ve hAD ALoT oF CHances!~ </span>It actually seemed as if he was struggling with the mental communication - then again, with someone who'd never experienced it before...no wonder.<br/><br/>His attention momentarily shifts to Xali, and her little mention of a good, hot bath. Why did the thought of seeing the sexy Leopardess dripping wet send a little chill through the kitsune's body? Shaking his head to return his attention to the topic at hand, Kahmori opens his mouth to speak, and...<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div> "Oh yes, I'm in great need of a good hot bath myself. I hardly had time to work up a sweat in the actual battle, but afterwards... well, you know." </div></blockquote><br/><br/>Afterwards. His jaw snaps back shut - ohhh yes, he knew exactly what she meant. Making Plaur the happiest little bobcat alive, no doubt. Then again, he'd likely have been the same, had he gotten to perform such a...rigorous...after-battle excercise with the sultry leopardess "OOhhhh, yes. I know. Wish I'd had the presence of mind to stick around and watch. I bet it was...very enthralling." Grinning deviously, the tall kitsune sidles up beside Xali, wrapping his three tails smoothly around her waist and giving it a single, tiny squeeze "Should there be a repeat performance, you simply must allow me to get a much closer view...Missing it the first time is the only regret I've had in these past could of weeks." With one final little squeeze about the leopardess' middle, Kahmori's tails untwine from around her body, and he steps back to give her a bit of breathing room.<br/><br/>Xali's next question, though, it was really seems to surprize Kahmori - enough for him to momentarily pause in his stride "Ahh? Fireballs? Oh..." Kahmori's ears perk towards Xali, his beautiful, icy-blue eyes locking on her as she asks her little question. A brief smile creeps across his muzzle, the tips of his sharp little teeth glittering faintly in the light of a passing shimmer plant "Resistant to magic? Well..." The quick answer, or the long-winded one? Kahmori never had been one for a quick answer...<br/><br/>"Yes. To some degree. Not so much resistant to it, perhaps...as a Kitsune hungers for it! A Kitsune's body is made of immense amounts of energy, as well as flesh and blood. In fact, it's that energy that...I dunno...keeps a kitsune intact, I guess. Well, it takes alot of energy to keep going - heck, that is one of the reasons I eat so much! Yet, the best way to get that energy is raw magical power! A Kitsune's body can absorb it, and very well - so well that it simply draws the power out of spells, rendering them useless. A suffciently powerful spellcaster can...'override' the ability, which is based on the strength of the kitsune in question. Still, even the most powerful mages and the like find at least a small chance of failure - especially when a Kitsune is as his or her best! Even better - a Kitsune's belly is even MORE able to draw the power out of magic. Things that have been enchanted, stuff of that nature....well, it CAN be eaten. Even...er...other creatures with magic." Kahmori gets a sort of lop-sided smirk, shaking his head slowly back and forth "Course, that is also our downfall. Why you don't see many of us. Too easy to eat another kitsune, gain their power....*I'VE* never done it, but..." Briefly, he unwinds his tails, giving Xali a good look at each "Easy way to tell how powerful a Kitsune is, and how easy it is to absorb magic! Number of tails! One? Hard to tell from a normal fox. As they...grow, I guess...they get more tails. Up to nine. Course, I've heard of the truely powerful getting ten or more....eesh, they'd have to be centuries old. And figure out how to live that long."<br/><br/>"As for those fireballs!" Kahmori continues on, talking animatedly "Well, another good thing - we're partially resistant to fire, too! I can pick up a sword straight out of the forge and never get burned. Done it a few times, just to see jaws drop! Course, even it has it's limits - huge blasts of heat? Eh...it will get pretty uncomfortable." Of course, the main reason for her question never really seems to cross his mind - that she intended to use a fireball around him, or possibly ON him, if the need called for it.<br/><br/>As the Inn comes into sight, Kahmori's tails start to flick back and forth excitedly "Oh heck yea! The Shattered Talisman! Warm beds, warm baths...heck, some FOOD!! I'm bloody STARVING! Missed lunch today, missed it yesterday, and...eesh. I am so hungry, I could eat a..."<br/><br/>It was at just that moment that Chelsie makes her appearance.<br/><br/>"...Cow." Kahmori finishes, tilting his head to the side and eyeing the little scene that awaited for them outside the door of the Inn.  Apparantly, someone had a BIT too much to drink. It had been a long, long time since Kahmori'd even looked at alcohol - he'd been in that state once before. The morning after, he'd woken up with a stomach still have full of...something. Or someone. Or multiple someones. Not to mention, he'd not remembered a thing. That...had led to a bit of trouble, to say the least. From that moment on, he'd sworn off alcohol - just to avoid another accident like that.<br/><br/>Kahmori watches in silence as the cute bovine barmaid leads the stumbling wolf down the steps, and sends him on his way with a little pat, and a farewell wave. Kahmori looks after, a faint smirk on his face - sheesh, that guy was DRUNK! No doubt, another soldier stationed at the keep, or somewhere in town.<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div> “We have rooms fit for the tall, handsome and gorgeous ones” </div></blockquote><br/><br/>Normally, Kahmori took compliments with a smile. Hers, though, actually managed to bring a faint hint of redness to his inner ears. Perhaps it was just her...attutide, or appearance. Whatever the case might be, she seemed so...genuine. Smoothing a hand softly through his hair, the handsome kitsune offers her an equally glowing smile, his sharp, white teeth glimmering faintly in the light that filtered from the Inn "Oh! Um...hello! Heck yea, I'd *LOVE* a warm meal! Vendra too, I think! " Once more, he slings his arms around the human priestess by his side, giving her a soft little squeeze against his body "A nice bath would be good too! And a cozy bed! Heck, give me whatever...um..." He digs around in his coinpouch, withdrawing a small brass button, a toothpick that has been long, long over-used...and about 30 assorted coins, mostly in 'smaller' change "....this can buy. Unless the big man, Helix, intends to cover the night!!"