<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/V9c3vg2.jpg)</div><br/>“Oh no!” Vania said grabbing Pipa’s arm.  Her brow was furrowed,<strong>“You skipped dinner last night, you’re not skipping breakfast this morning.  The dining hall is open all the time and you’re going to eat something before you try to do any training.  Let’s go, you can tell me about this morning first and then I’ll tell you about some of the women I’ve met, and last night’s meeting with the headmistress.”</strong><br/><br/>Pipa thought about pulling away from the waif like redhead, but her grip was surprisingly strong despite their height and weight difference.  Pipa had to remind herself that this elf had said she was an ‘adept’ who used her body as a weapon.  So it made some sense that the wild haired elf had enough strength to stop Pipa in her tracks at that moment.  Pipa looked into those light green eyes and realized she wouldn’t get very far arguing.<br/><br/>Pipa rested one hand on Vania’s shoulder and gazed directly into the elf’s eyes,<em>“I’m not lying Vania.  I really did eat already this morning.  I promise.”</em><br/><br/>Vania’s eyes twitched back and forth for a moment, scanning Pipa’s face.  Her lips quirked to the side and then finally she nodded,<strong>“Well, all right.  I don’t think you’re lying to me, and if you get your ass kicked all morning because your belly is rumbling that’s your own fault anyways.”  </strong>She released Pipa’s arm and her whole demeanor changed in an eye blink, a broad smile spreading across her face as she turned and almost skipped towards the exit to the bunks, her voice raising in it’s typical chattering tone.<br/><br/><strong>“So of course you know Ursak, and yesterday Anna told me she got a chance to very briefly meet you when she was being shown the bunkhouse.” </strong>Vania grinned slyly at Pipa as they left the bunkhouse, making their way towards the gym<strong>, “Apparently she got to see a lot of you upon first glance.  Kind of like how you caught me trying to brush out my hair in the buff when you first met me, huh?  Anyways, Anna is a nice woman but she’s quiet.  Not quiet like you, but quiet like, um... she didn’t really seem interested in speaking unless she had to.  She’s pretty, obviously, what else would you expect? Short red hair, has the bearing of someone who walks softly, and the leathers she wears would be right at home on a woodland ranger type if I don’t miss my guess.”<br/><br/>“I got a chance to meet another elf, from a different tribe than mine.  Very busty woman named Pellen, but she didn’t seem interested in talking to me at the time.  Apparently she was busy consoling her bunkmate, a very pretty human noblewoman named Eren.”</strong>Pipa was about to interrupt and say that she was very well acquanted with those two, but Vania didn’t give her a chance to get a word in.<strong> “Apparently Eren has this tiny little scar on her face, and she thought the judges were going to heal it.  But they said that it added character and refused.”<br/><br/>“Then there is Esther, blue eyes, short cropped blond hair, human woman. Soft spoken, but kind of intense.  Quiet in the same way you are, she doesn’t speak loudly, but she’s not afraid to do so.  She arrived yesterday at the same time Anna did.  Oh, oh oh, oh.  But while that’s all I’ve gotten a chance to meet so far, the headmistress told me that today there were going to be a lot of contestants arriving.  In fact we were probably going to get our bunkhouse either filled or near enough to it, so probably four or five new contestants this afternoon.  Since the judges and acolytes are going to be very busy over the next few days apparently the headmistress wants us each to partner up with one and give them the tour.  That way they can shadow us in pairs instead of one on one.” </strong>She hiked a thumb back over her shoulder and as Pipa turned to look she noticed that one of the quiet cowled figures of the full ranking priests of Cyril, also known as the judges, was following them about a dozen feet behind.<br/><br/>They reached the door to the gym, but Vania stopped and made a ‘shooing’ motion at the judge, who stopped a good ten feet away, giving the contestants their space.  She lowered her voice and whispered,<strong>“Speaking of the headmistress, I have to tell you about last night.  So at dinner I get this summons to come to her office after I finish eating.  But I was so excited I just dropped my fork and dashed right over.  I couldn’t eat any more after that, I was too nervous.  Well I get into the office and the judge that had been trailing me, actually running to try to keep up which was funny in it’s own right.  Or at least it would have been funny if I’d stopped to look, but I wasn’t… oh, oh, anyways, sorry.  Anyways, I get to the office and I go in and the first thing I see is Tharja right?  She was tied to the couch, bent over the arm of it.  Her ankles tied to the legs on one side, ropes going all the way across and tied to the legs on the opposite side.  Her leggings were ripped open and her bare ass was sticking out, and was criss crossed with all these red marks and it looked like she had been crying.  I was all confused and asked her what was going on and she looks at me and looks at me and says,”</strong>Vania’s voice dropped and slowed down into a fair imitation of Tharja’s somber tone as she said,<strong> “Please use any of the crops or canes on the couch and give me as many lashes as you like, I am a disgrace and deserve to be punished.”</strong><br/><br/>Vania broke out laughing,<strong>“Well, I don’t really have anything against her, I mean, I might not like her or think she’s very trusting, but, I don’t want to just cane her for no reason, so I just said that I was there for a meeting with the headmistress.  Her eyes got super wide and she shook her head no, telling me that the headmistress was having another appointment and that I’d have to wait.  Then she tells me to please spank her or punish her while I waited.  I was still hesitant and she practically begged me, I’m telling you, she was desperate.  So what could I do?  I grabbed a paddle and started slapping her backside.  The whole time she’s on the verge of tears but she keeps telling me to hit her harder.  I swear to the gods and goddesses Pipa, it was the strangest thing.  Finally I tossed the paddle down and said my arm was getting tired and her bum was glowing like a fresh tomato it was so red.”</strong><br/><br/>Vania shrugged,<strong>“It was the strangest thing.  But so she’s there, tied over the edge of the couch, and I can tell she’s trying to hold back tears.  It was a bit uncomfortable so I just start looking around the outer office.  Not touching anything just looking around, killing time.  Then the door opens and I’m not kidding you, four men come striding out.  Now, I’m sure you know that elves have good senses, and I think I’ve got a great sense of smell.  So when I tell you that all four of these guys that filed out reeked of sex, I’m telling you they absoultely reeked.  There was one guy that looked pretty old, easily in his fifties, two that were maybe thirty and the last was barely an adult, maybe twenty at the absolute oldest.  The kid he eyes me up and down and smiles and tells me that it’s ‘safe’ to go in then.”<br/><br/>“So I go in and there’s the headmistress pulling her cloak on, and she’s totally naked underneath, except for a leather collar and boots, but I can see just as she’s pulling her cloak on that her skin is all shiny with sweat and what I’m sure was more than sweat.  I think that she had those guys cumming all over her.  Can you imagine?  I mean the stud services for one man can get pretty expensive I’m told, but to hire four at once?  That’s nuts.  So she has me sit down by the fireplace and she starts talking to me.  At first it’s all about classes and my skills and training.  But then she tells me I need to remove all my outer clothing and masturbate for her.  She’s just watching from her chair, it was a little off putting at first, especially since she had me keep my panties on.  But I can see her breathing all heavy, and I think she’s really into it, into watching, and for some reason that helped.  I actually started getting into it, having her watch me.  Well I cum and she makes me give her my damp panties, and says she’ll be in touch with me in the future.  She tells me about how we’re going to have to show around the new contestants and sends me off.”</strong><br/><br/>Vania shrugged and smirked,<strong>“So, then I came here, sparred with Ursak a little.  Then afterwards I went to the baths and relaxed for a bit.  That’s when I met Anna by the way.  Then came back to the bunk with her and got a good night’s sleep.”</strong><br/><br/>Vania reached out and pushed open the door to the building that housed the gym and training facilities and they entered, the judge behind them moving swiftly to keep them in sight.  The training facilities were in the same building as the dining hall and showers, but they entered through a different side of the building, which led right into the training area.  It would be easy to go from the training rooms to the showers after a good workout.  Pipa did not spot Ursak immediately, but knew that the half orc would be here shortly, maybe she was downstairs in the bathing area getting a massage or showering or the like.  Vania poked Pipa in the arm and asked,<strong>“So what happened with the headmistress this morning that you had to get there early?”</strong><br/>