<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;">I definitely agree with the others. ^^ This has been a great game so far, in no small part to the DM behind it all. We’ve got a great team put together here, and I’m very excited to see where we’re all going to go. So, thanks a ton to everyone, and to Sillyness especially! :3</div></div></div><br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>"I'm serious about her, yes. I'll give her a chance. As for trusting her - well, she DID give me her oath. That must mean something, even to a human, right? I trust her. Hopefully..." He affixes Vendra with a cool stare, his icy blue eyes seeming to peer straight into the poor girl's soul "...that trust is not misplaced."</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Even as Kahmori spoke, Alexei couldn’t help but let a dark little grin cross his face. He could tell the kitsune carried a strong forceful presence in whatever he did, whether it involved making people laugh or cringe. Although the wolf couldn’t shake the threads of suspicion weaving through his mind, he found the thought of keeping Vendra around less offending than before. She had tried to harm them, but she’d be hard-pressed to defy the large fox that almost made her into nothing but a midday meal.<br/><br/>As the human approached Alexei to heal him, however, his bright golden eyes remained wide and watchful. In his mind, she could just as easily engulf him in magical flame as she could heal him, and from the battle he knew she would have little qualms about doing so. Nonetheless, he remained still and docile when the magical energies began to accumulate in her hands. If she ended up burning him, he consoled himself, she’d soon be feeling a much harsher burn, from him or otherwise.<br/><br/>However, despite all his expectations, Vendra did just as she was told, and moments later the numerous puncture wounds across his body faded away. He moved and bent his injured arm steadily, and to his astonishment not even a single pang of soreness crept up his shoulder. By the time he turned to face her again, the look in his eyes had softened considerably. Although he was rather unforgiving, he was also impeccably logical. She had fought against them before and was thus subject to distrust, yet she had worked to undo the damage she had helped cause before. Perhaps she would not be such a danger after all, and despite his misgivings he would act accordingly. “Thank you, human,” he said softly, resting his elbows on his knees. It wasn’t the most kind-hearted “thank you” she had probably ever heard, but it was one nonetheless.<br/><br/>Upon hearing the caravan approach, the wolf immediately straightened himself out, keeping an eye out for the others. A small wave of relief washed over him as he saw that the others hadn’t sustained any major injuries in the scuffle. Just as he has expected from his analyses, those he identified as hardy individuals had barely a scratch, while even the less adept had wounds that could quickly be treated. Of course, after Vendra’s healing, no one would be able to tell he didn’t have quite so easy of a time, but he found no reason to let them know otherwise.<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div> “Sneak attack hug!” she chirped out cutely with that adorable voice of hers. “Hehe, Sorry! I’m just so happy to see you are ok. I never doubted for a second that you would be! Calm and cool…that’s you. So mysterious and purr-fect! Plus I’ve seen your weapon…” She takes a peek downward along his frontal side towards his trousers. It was unclear just which *weapon* she was talking about. “It’s big! And would frighten off most small animals…”</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Even as he leaned forward to catch Rela’s hug, he couldn’t help but let a smirk cross his face. Frighten off small animal’s huh? Her unabashedly direct yet genial sexuality had a certain appeal to Alexei, which was one of the reasons he hadn’t been as distant as he usually was with other people. He would miss that about her when their caravan reached its destination. “Maybe it does,” he quipped suavely, raising one of his eyebrows. “But I’m glad it doesn’t intimidate the animals I like most, Miss Rela.” He raised his nose up to give her a little nuzzle, and he would’ve continued his statement, but…<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>"Yea, good job keeping those mice away, tiger."</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Although the composed smile on his face hardly flickered, the inside of his ears again began to glow a faint red tone, accompanied by yet another green-toned glance from the corner of his eye. Kahmori was like many other tough warriors he knew, big, stout-hearted, and exceptionally skilled in the battlefield, yet he was still an individual unlike any he had ever met before in his decidedly solitary life. Most would simply take his civility and quietness at face value and forget him as soon as they met him. However, it seemed to have no such effect on the kitsune, instead almost egging him on to prod and joke at the wolf whenever he could. And he had to say, especially in times like this, it made him feel rather off-key. He hadn’t figured out everything about the kitsune after all. “Yes, I wouldn’t want them to scare any others when they run into them at night,” he replied blankly, occupying himself by tousling the catgirl’s hair playfully.<br/><br/>While he did all this, his stomach had finally begun to churn and process its latest meal. Even though the trip down had been a decidedly pleasurable experience for the archer, it was time for her fantasy to come to a rather rude end. A light gurgle from his belly caused Alexei’s grin to widen slightly. At least she’d soon fall into another, much deeper sleep…<br/><br/><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;">Passive digest damage: 1d6(2) + 5 = 7<br/>Active digest attack: 1d20(10) + 12 = 22; hit<br/>Active digest damage: 1d6(1) + 5 = 6<br/>Total damage: <span style="font-weight: bold">13</span><br/>Sweet dreams, Mariel…</div></div></div><br/><br/><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;">I guess this shouldn't be too many NPC interactions in this post, since I tried to limit myself a bit. ^^ I'm with Kitts though, feel free to interact with Alexei more! It'll be fun for me to work with, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what effects he'll have on everyone else! &gt;:3</div></div></div>