<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/pZ34geg.jpg)</div><br/><strong>"Even though,"</strong>Lunari said, stifling another yawn,<strong>"there's at least another three or four hours of light left in the day, our travels have been fairly clear so far.  I admit I'm exhausted.  Lets get off the road at the least.  Make camp for the night."</strong><br/><br/>They pulled the horses off the road, into a patch of woods that were sparse enough to be easy enough to pass through.  Leading deep into the sparse wood, Lunari turned and smiled as they crested a small ridge.<strong>"Perfect,"</strong>she said as she led them down a slope,<strong> "this ridge should shelter us from view from anyone that's on the road.  I think we can even light a fire to cook a meal, though you'll want to let the fire burn down to coals before full dark.  Otherwise the light might give away our location."</strong>She yawned again,<strong> "But at least we won't be cold tonight, we can heat stones in the coals.  I'll fetter the horses and start setting up if you want to gather some wood and kindling.  Oh..."</strong>she added as an after thought,<strong>"and if you see a rabbit and can bring it down, you'll be my hero."</strong><br/><br/>It took Nirael about half an hour gather kindling and enough wood for a fire, an easy task considering the amount of sunlight streaming through the trees.  The few moments of privacy let him take care of nature too without having to do so in sight of the sexy elven woman.  He did spot a rabbit, but it was too far away and before he could even react, it was gone.  His lack of skill in the wilderness was obvious as he tried to look for it, but found no trace and had no idea what to even look for.  So he returned to his task of gathering lumber.  When he returned she'd already set up the horses a fair distance from the camp fire, tethered to each other and with their fore legs fettered so they couldn't do more than walk.  She'd also set up a ring of found rocks to contain any fire or embers, and set aside several flat stones as well.  She pointed to them and explained<strong>"Set these in the embers for a bit, then pull them out with some sticks, and you've got something that will keep your hands nice and warm at night.  Toss it into your bedroll if you like as well when you go to sleep and you'll sleep better than half of the inns that you'd find in town."</strong><br/><br/>She broke out trail rations, bread and nuts, with a bit of dried fruit, and they ate as they relaxed by the very small fire.  Her non stop yawns led her to admit defeat,<strong>"Ok, I'll sleep first, my night vision is probably better than yours anyways."</strong>Then she blushed for a moment and said,<strong>"um, would you mind turning your back for a moment?"</strong>Then whether or not he did or didn't, or even if he did but watched out of the corner of his eye, she took off her belt and then touched her bracer.  The illusion of the leather armor shimmered and vanished.  Holding the midnight black cloth, she shook it several times, each time it expanded into a larger square of pure black.  When it was large enough she wrapped it around her body and laid down on the ground, up against the rock wall of the small ridge.  Her eyes shut and within minutes her breathing deepened and it was obvious she was out cold.<br/><br/>The sun was setting, lending a bit of gloom to the woods.  Nirael couldn't help but look at his traveling companion.  Beautiful and mysterious despite the fact that they'd gotten to know each other a bit.  She was wrapped in a swath of pure blackness from her toes up to one shoulder.  However one arm was outside of the inky silk and she was laying with her head pillowed upon that arm.  He could see the soft swell of one breast there.  Full and soft looking, far perkier, far firmer than he'd expect from someone with such large breasts, he couldn't help but realize that if the cloth was just a little lower he'd be able to see the deep purple of her nipple.<br/><br/>He debated, maybe he could pull the cloth away.  No, that isn't something he'd do to a friend unless he was sure she'd welcome it.  Then again, he couldn't see any reason why, when it was time to wake her up, he couldn't do so by gently rolling her over onto her chest and starting to massage her back.  Put his hands on her body where it would be safe.  She'd probably welcome a soft and sensual massage, maybe wake up slowly and feeling relaxed.  If his hands brushed the sides of her breasts and then back up her back, well, he was just being nice, not pervy.  He smiled as he thought about it, about making his way up and down her back, just above her bottom, maybe brushing over it before rising to her back again.  Intentionally close to such places, but not anything too bad.  He spent a few hours pondering that and how he might wake her as the sun finally slid below the horizon and the moon began to rise.<br/><br/>The fire burned down to coals, then to nothing more than grey ash covered glowing embers as the sun set and darkness overtook the woods.  Sitting near the banked embers kept Nirael fairly comfortable even though he wasn't used to spending the night out in the woods.  The moon had begun to ride high in the sky when something made the hair on the back of his neck stand up.  He remained perfectly still, quiet, straining his ears to listen.  Then the sound came again, from not too far off.  The sound of a twig snapping, followed closely by another, and then the sound of something that could only be whispered voices.  But while he could tell the direction they were coming from, he knew he had only a few moments before they stumbled onto the edge of the small ridge and spotted him.  Thankfully he would have a few moments before that happened!<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">You have one round before you enter combat.  If you cast a spell or speak the combat starts next round by iniative.  If you do not speak and only move at half speed, combat starts but you get a surprise round.  You can nudge Lunari awake, though she will not get the bonus round.  </div></div>