<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;">Sorry for the wait, been trying to get a project off the ground for the last few days.<br/><br/>The rule modifications really throw a wrench into the works, don't they? X) Ah well, I think I can still work with Alexei's current setup. I'll just have to rework the feats to take advantage of the damage his spells deal, rather than the spellcasting itself. &gt;:3 I'll attach the new sheet below.</div></div></div><br/><br/>Even as Sura spoke, Alexei found his eyes drifting involuntarily down her sultry form despite his better judgment. To him, watching her though her nighty was almost like watching her through a glass case, putting on display the soft fur that covered her luscious curves while reminding him that they were just off his limits. Such feelings were exceedingly strange to the wolf, causing him to wring his hands and shift his weight around to diffuse his anxiety. While he had felt similar sensations upon initially meeting Xali as the caravan set off, the wolf usually didn't find himself so easily captured by someone's beauty, with people capable of poking his lust through his discipline a rare diamond in the rough...<br/><br/>Then again, Sura was a very, very pretty diamond indeed...<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>"It will surely increase the moral of...er...Alexei here." He motions to the stoic wolf beside him, drawing him into the conversation.<br/><br/>"You know, seeing such an enticing rear, he'll be so much more inclined to protect the keep! To make sure nothing should happen to such a plump, pristine posterior! I say, for the purposes of morale...not for my own sake...that it should be done!" He slaps a hand against his chest, as if he were saluting a superior, and strikes a rather dramatic pose "...For the good fight!"</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Alexei's ears stood up upon catching his name, finally drawing his attention away from Sura to the big kitsune that had been flirting with her. He had already known that the multi-tailed fox was quite a tease from the time he had spent traveling with him, but his ability to catch the hearts of almost every woman he met still impressed the wolf immensely. He seemed to embody the idea of attractiveness for his gender: muscled form, pristine fur, suave personality. It was certainly more than Alexei could say for himself, solitary and merciless as he was. Sometimes it was bad to be him...<br/><br/>Upon listening to the kitsune describe the raise in his "morale" in detail, he couldn't help but let an embarrassed blush tint the inside his ears. Oh no, please don't put him on the spot, not in front of Sura. He had never been one to enjoy being singled out, but it was usually for entirely different reasons such as stealth or subtlety. Now, he found that the friction between his dignity and the arousal he was being forced to admit was similarly unpleasant, especially in the regards to someone so important for his work. Fortunately, Sura chose not to dwell on it, and given that no harm was done Alexei easily let his tensions go.<br/><br/>Of course, it wasn't long before the lupine's focus was again centered on the gorgeous wolfess, especially once she began to turn and show her body off to the group. My goodness, even the way she moved was stunning. It seemed to showcase everything that the wolf found attractive about her, from her round chest to the rear she exposed so readily to the openness with which she did it all. It almost made Alexei jealous that Kahmori was getting to play with most of it, yet he knew he only had himself to blame for that. Even after that small little twirl, he was inclined to agree with Sura's quip, feeling rather dirty all over, yet he couldn't help but feel incredibly lucky as well...<br/><br/>When Sura finally walks out of his mind to fetch her scrolls, he momentarily catches the kitsune's curious eyes flicker over the table of chemicals, eliciting a small smirk on his face. Alexei always had a strange fascination with alchemy, finding it intriguing that seemingly mundane substances could be combined to create rather... entertaining compounds. Even though he didn't know about many of these substances nor the proper techniques to combine them, through his studies he recognized a few of the liquids and what the substances they created could do, and he couldn't help but pass a bit of that knowledge onto Kahmori. As the kitsune glanced at them, Alexei subtly pointed at one bottle, then another before forming a small "kablooey!" gesture with his fingers. However, after giving his companions a quick look, he followed it up with a small cut-throat motion along with a sheepish grin.<br/><br/>With Sura and Kahmori out of sigh behind the shelves, Alexei had a feeling that they would be doing far more than getting a few scrolls. While a part of him wanted to see what exactly they were up to, his decency easily won out over his curiosity this time around, and he contented himself with leaning against the wall near Sura's alchemy table, trying to see if he could remember any other useful mixtures. "That Kahmori has some nice cards to play with, and he plays them well if you know what I mean," Alexei thought out loud. "It almost makes me wish I was as... direct as him."