Status: Skirt damaged, panties regained but pocketed<br/>HP 68 of 83<br/>Spells remaining: 5 of 7 1st, 4 of 4 2nd, 0 of 1 from bonded object<br/><hr/>"Mmm... thank you..." she put the soiled panties in off-screen inventory.  "I do appreciate someone who knows how to be a gentleman."  She smiled back, less broadly, but pleased enough.  They might have... an odd relationship, but Rayne was glad to have met Moonshadow and Ledude here and now.  They could surely be more secure together rather than apart - though Moonshadow would have to learn not to "experiment" quite so freely....<br/><hr/>For realism, Rae-Lynne normally had her characters change clothes and other such activities out of sight of NPCs - none of this stripping in front of shop stalls for her.  But today she was being cautious, and appreciating that the NPCs had no undue interest in her; this place would do nicely.  There was the matter of stripping in front of two PCs, of course, but she had chosen that path already.<br/><br/>She eyed the surrounding shadows, her better night-vision giving her an advantage in this over the other two, but saw nothing but darkness and the movements of the trees themselves in the last breath of the day's breeze.  The natural sounds all around reassured her, both from a practical point, and as they spoke to the elf-blood in her.  This should be fine, though she still didn't mean to dawdle.<br/><br/>Ledude's watchpost seemed as good a place as any.  Left to her own devices, Rayne might have moved a bit further away before undressing, but... it made sense enough.  As she removed her bow, she took the opportunity to cast Light on a smooth stone from the riverbank, and send it skipping across the water to the far bank, just for added security.  "Yes, thanks.  It seems quiet."  She piled her gear against and on the stone, working her way from extremities inward of course... boots first, then greaves, stockings, leaving her armour with its attached "vest" and the small skirt below for last.  It was only a few buckles, and the fine material joined the rest - though she naturally covered herself with both arms, despite their earlier intimacy.  Remembering her panties she fished those out of thin air, along with soap from her kit, and took them with her to the river to give them a scrub slightly downriver, then set them to dry while she waded into the river itself.<br/><br/>"Aayiih, cold!"  she cursed softly, but concentrated on getting clean, hair first and working down, trying to stay as submerged as practical, and with her back to Ledude of course.  She glanced at the monk, but wasn't sure what more to say after their strange introduction.  "You'll be a bit more careful now, I hope?"<br/>