((Terribly sorry for the long delay here, but...finally finding my urge to write again. x3 Expect posties! ))<br/><br/>Lilan's eyes flutter slightly at the delicious flavor of the fairy as her head squeezes into the hot, tight confines of her mouth. She might not, by self admission, be the most predatory half-elf one had ever seen...but when such an opportunity presented itself, even SHE loved a full, squirming tummy, and the delectable fairy seemed like just the right type of dinner to suit her. A few more quick gulps, and she could slip back into the forest and make herself scarce, her job complete. An hour or two of digestion, just to make sure the fairy stayed where she belonged, and she could rejoin the survivors of her little group. Assuming there were any. Now, a prospect that was looking slimmer and slimmer.<br/><br/>Still, it wasn't her problem. There were other groups she could join up with if the majority of this one ended up becoming pudge, and if she made off with a dinner of her own, all the better. With her thoughts shifting from her group to the delectable fairy stuffed between her jaws, Lilan allows herself a few brief seconds to savor her catch, her slender, cute little pink tongue happily roaming across the fairy's left cheek as she forced her head further between her lips, sliding her along the energetically tasting appendage towards the tight, eager recesses of her throat. Mmmm....she did taste marvelous, and with her body partially paralyzed, there was little she could do beyond just wait and accept her fate as half-elf food. Oooh, she could hardly wait for the sensation of feeling her slide down her throat, sealing the fairy away in her hungry little tummy where she could be digested at her leisure, and then--<br/><br/>So cause up is Lilan in tasting her 'paralyzed' prey, that she is fully unprepared for Alura's backwards jerk, pulling her partially free from the half-elf's jaws. Sure enough, just as Alura had thought, the half-elvish woman was not particularly strong, and seemed to be relying mostly upon her little sneak attack to tuck away the fairy where 'she belonged'. Unlike Yumina, she even lacked the sharp teeth to sink into skin and get a good hold, thus preventing prey from escaping, and the grip of her soft, supple little lips were nowhere near as powerful as the predatory feline's had been.<br/><br/>((Lilan rolled piteously low to swallow Alura...x.x aaaaand failed, thus losing her grip on the fairy.))<br/><br/>Even with her head half-encased in Lilan's soft, pretty little mouth, Alura is able to line up a shot against the aggressive pig-woman who'd been staggered by Meera rather easily. Just as the catgirl moves in on the piggy for another strike, Alura fires her shot, the bullet striking the barbarian pig-woman right in her chest, leaving a smoking hole behind. Her eyes widen in shock, and for a second it doesn't look like she will drop. Instead, she hefts her hammer up for another swing...<br/><br/>'...Oink...?'<br/><br/>Only to collapse in a heap, her hammer falling down upon her with a meaty-sounding thud. She didn't look like she'd be getting up again, the shot solidly downing her, if not outright killing her.<br/><br/>"Oh...OH! Piggie has been bacon'd!" Meera exclaims happily, seemingly entirely unconcerned with the big, red, swelling spot on her forearm. At least nothing seemed to be broken. With her own opponent downed, the catgirl turns her attention to the single remaining assailant within arm's reach - the half-elf trying to eat Alura. Frowning at the sight, Meera cracks her knuckles, her voice taking on a surprisingly hard edge "...Hey! That's my fairy. Not yours. Let her go!" Equally as surprising as the sudden aggression, though, was the complete shift of her attitude, from the bouncy, cheery catgirl to someone a little more quick and powerful on their feet. Stepping forwards, Meera aims a simple, quick jab at Lilan's side, a solid blow that ends with Lilan 'OOOooff!'ing loudly, spitting Alura's head out in the same instant.<br/><br/>Not stopping there, Meera slips up behind the elf girl, scoops her hands under her arms, and locks them behind her head, effectively putting the half-elf into a full nelson in the matter of a split second "Hah! There. Whatcha gonna do now, elfie?! Hey, Alura! What should we do with her?!" Meera says with a grin, her eyes glittering with a sort of excitement that Alura had never seen before in the brief time she'd been traveling with her. Well, the mercenaries HAD said she was a good fighter. Maybe she just got excited by fighting?<br/><br/>"Ooff...ugh...w-woah! Aagh! Let me go!" Lilan cried out in the beginnings of panic, jerking herself back and forth to free herself from the catgirl's embrace "H-hey! No hard feelings, right fairy? Was jus' fooling with you. O-ow! Not so tight! What say you just let me go, huh? I didn't hurt you after all, right?! " Not the complete truth, she knew, but...well, her attack had been much less deadly than using a weapon to skewer her. Right...?