<blockquote><div><cite>NocturneWolf wrote:</cite>"Do not mention it, my friend," the dog replied genially, clasping his hands together. "My name is Ureck Haiden, nothing more than a mere scribe turned adventurer from the town we are trying to free. Speaking of which... I do not suppose you are familiar with this region, so is there anything you would like to know?"<br/></div></blockquote><br/><br/>"Ah, well, nice to meet you Ureck!" Akiada replied, managing a grin over his shoulder despite his current duress. "Scribe turned adventurer, eh? Quite the change of profession. Not unheard of, of course! Know a few tales about such common-folk heroes myself. As to questions, I assume that Lilium's comment about Midova wasn't<span style="font-style: italic">entirely</span>sarcastic judging from the local foliage. So, uh, where in it are we, geographically speaking? Nearest towns? Where are we heading next?"<br/><br/>"Oh, and a summary of whatever conflict I've been conscripted into would nice as well."<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div> "Perhaps you could wrap my shirt around your waist. Untucked, it should be long enough to-"</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Rafe turned his attention back to the forest, away from the others to hide his frown. A shirt was less than optimal. Still, it was better than<span style="font-style: italic">nothing</span>, and perhaps the best he could have hoped for given that two of the three members of the group were female. A shirt wrapped around his waist would certainly be easier to stand when they finally ran into other company than being nude or wearing a skirt or dress would! "I think that might work, Ureck. Just hand-" Rafe began to reply, not paying any mind to Ureck's sudden stop mid-sentence, only to end up stopping himself as he suddenly realized someone was behind him.<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Sillyness wrote:</cite>Rafe’s words instantly grabbing Liliums attention. No one was going to take the lovely view of his naked form away. Lilium quickly steps behind Rafe and throws her arms around his mid section, circling around his waist and embracing him tightly.</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Rafe hadn't expected Lilium to throw her arms around him in such a tight embrace. He hadn't expected anyone to approach him, really, aside from to give him something to wear. As a result he ended up squirming just a little in surprise when he was pulled into the tight embrace and felt the kitsune's hot breath, all too familiar to him, on his ear as she whispered into it. He was torn - wanting to enjoy the embrace for what it was alone, whilst another part of his brain was too busy taking things<span style="font-style: italic">within</span>context and wanted to panic as he let a powerful predator wrap her arms around him. His heart beat rose, ears flushing once more as he struggled with embarrassment at being caught in this situation, lust at being so very close to such a beauty, and terror at being so close to such a predator.<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>“There’s no need for clothing Rafe, you look very good just as you are” Leaning in as closely as she could to his ear Lilium whispered “If you’d like, I could strip myself of clothing as well so you are not as embarrassed?” </div></blockquote><br/><br/>"Ah, but clothing is more for apperances, it's also an.. indicator of... social ..sta..." Rafe began to reply, his sentence slowing and eventually trailing off as he felt Lilium's hand traveling lower and lower, massaging him gently as she did so. The wolf offered up no resistance as her hand tried to peel his away, grinning like an idiot. He gasped softly as the kitsune grasped his shaft and began caressing with one hand whilst the other toyed with his testicles, causing the wolf to once against squirm in her grasp, though for entirely different reasons. He was loathe to take time off of enjoying the attention he was receiving to consider Lilium's offer, but it was tantalizing enough to divert some thought away from his present situation.<br/><br/>Yet, at the same time the notion of being alone with not only a predator, but a predator that had had him inside long enough to experience the pleasure of partially digesting his nutrion-rich body, seemed rather hazardous to his health. Lilium was, from her looks, almost assuredly a charismatic predator rather than one who struck from the shadows of ambush or crammed prey in her maw with the straight up brutality of strength and such likely hunted by luring off her prey with such promises. Could he really trust her to not send him back to her belly with her friends not around to object?<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">I'd have to trust in that,</span>he thought after a few long moments.<span style="font-style: italic">I'm being enlisted to help fight some ruthless menace with these people. If I can't trust one not to eat me after, during, or before a tryst, how could I trust them in battle? Surely she can't be setting me up for that anyways, if she wanted to do that she'd simply have left me in a bit longer... and she is very, very pretty...</span><br/><br/>"Mrmfh. I'd love that, Lilium," Rafe replied, using the same low and seductive tone and turning his head enough to grin back at her. "An excellent way to ...surmount the rather rocky start to all of this..."