<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/VjfvTWw.png)</div><strong>Taris Vannel</strong>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=293833.msg14533999#msg14533999)<br/><strong>HP:</strong>25 / 40<strong>AC:</strong>14<strong>CMD:</strong>20<strong>Arcane Pool:</strong>5 / 6<strong>Arrows:</strong>54<strong>Posts:</strong>31<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Guardhouse, Captain's Quarters<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Xara<hr/>Taris blinked when Xara repeated her words.  Ah, so she'd heard ... well, they were pretty close.  A gentle thumb brushed the tear from her cheek, and Taris had to chuckle a little bit.  She had to look like a mess, but she was smiling anyway, no wonder she was giving off such mixed message.<br/><br/>"Let's just call it 'overwhelmed' for now ... we can--<em>oh!</em>" a playful slap on her backside cut her off.  Of course, with her skin still burning from her rough treatment earlier, that swat still carried a sting.  Still, she took it as a good sign.  Her attention was shifting outward again, instead of retreading old insecurities.  That's right, she just had to keep looking at her little play thing, and she'd feel better.  Taris wasn't above playing the seducer she was supposed to be when it suited her needs ... if anything, of late, she'd started taking a sort of secret pleasure in being more enticing.<br/><br/>"Well, you said it yourself." Taris purred, shifting back a bit to watch as she unlocked her armor, "Tonight, I'm yours.  No real sense in resisting that, I wouldn't want you to feel cheated." she said, as though it were the most natural thing in the world.  As the collar came off, a low sigh slipped passed her lips, that slightly relaxed posture suddenly interrupted as she was pushed back against the mattress.  She bounced slightly against the bed, the loose coils of her bonds still draped around her, though one could still see and feel the impressions where they'd secured her as pink lines against her skin.  Even with the collar off, however,  the mark of a slave was still stood out boldly against her pale skin.<br/><br/>"<em>Mmn~</em>" she murmured languidly, dragging her heels against the sheets as Xara settled on top of her,  her hands reaching up towards the headboard as she stretched out her shoulders, fingers dragging furlows in the sheets as her green eyes slowly wandered up and over Xara's figure as she tugged off the padded coat under her armor, "I'm sorry," she pouted, "Were my intentions unclear?" she teased a bit, her finger tips lightly running over the tops of the other woman's thighs, and higher still, her thumbs lightly brushing along her abs as she revealed her body to her.  "Something must've caught my tongue."<br/><br/>"Ah...it was absolutely<em>terrifying</em>..." she responded, as Xara smirked, proud of working her up so far without relying on any cheats or crutches, "I don't think I've<em>ever</em>felt so alive ... " she moaned softly as she was touched again, her body still flushed and needy, "I used to fantasize ... failed infiltrations ... political blackmail ... that kind of thing, but it really doesn't compare to<em>being</em>there."<br/><br/>Her lips softly puckered to kiss the tip of her thumb as the the hand carressing her cheek moved to her lips, the soft moist lips gently parting as her thumb pushed its way into her mouth.  Taris didn't resist, looking back up into Xara's passionate eyes with a heavy lidded look of her own.  The warm silken texture of her tongue played back against the digit inspecting her mouth, slowly stroking and circling around it the way she'd imagined when the guardsman had spoken of taking her mouth.  She closed her eyes, a low murmuring sounding like assent as she drew her head slightly back, her soft lips stroking along her thumb as she lightly suckled upon it, pushing back it with a soft sigh.  A sigh which turned to a low moan as fingers lightly stroked her sex again, which twitched at the touch as a shudder ran up through her.<br/><br/>"Ah..." she panted softly, listening as the thumb slipped from her lips again, listening with slightly dazed eyes.  Serving the country ... it<em>was</em>what she wanted to do.  It was how she validated her existance after being thrown away.  The question was ... could she allow herself to trust again.  She'd been discarded by her family for nothing more than the sin of her birth.  She'd sacrificed more than her life, and instead of being recognized for it she'd been thrown away by the Academy.  She'd<em>just</em>tasted how the common citizenry of Hawken viewed her.  Was she<em>really</em>going to entrust her fate to another so soon?  But then, this one cherished her right from the beginning.  This one knew the sting of abandonment as well ... maybe ... maybe it would be different.  Maybe Taris could sooth her turmoil as well.<br/><br/>Then they kissed, and it was deep, and passionate, and warmed up the dark placed in her soul.  Her hands ran up through her hair, closing into fists as her toes curled and she pressed her flushed body up against the Captain's naked chest, humming peacefully into her lips.  The more cynical part of her balked at the notion of casting aside nearly a decade of training and service just to barter with the flesh she'd been born with.  On the other hand ... that training was already a part of her, it wasn't going to be stolen away from her.  Why shouldn't she embrace<em>this</em>part of who she was as well?  If it pleased Xara ... well ... could it really be bad?<br/><br/>But then there was the question of that mistake of hers.  It was such a sweet sentiment, an inspirational statement that made her want to rally up in spite of herself.  She really did have a talent for this, but there was a bitter taste in her mouth as she remembered.  She was already owned.<br/><br/>"You might want to at least hear that mistake before you agree to shelter a thing like me." brushing her fingers through her hair with a bit of a sad smile, "But leave that for the morning.  For the moment, my Captain ... tell me ... how can I best serve you?"<hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/WLVeGed.png)</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Memorized Spells</div><div class="spoiler_body">Cantrips:  Detect Magic, Light, Prestidigitation, Mage Hand<br/>1st Level:  <del>Magic Missile</del>, <del>Ray of Enfeeblement</del>, <del>Expeditious Retreat</del>, Obscuring Mist, Weaponwand<br/>2nd Level:  Force Sword, <del>Scorching Ray</del>, <del>Mirror Image</del></div></div>