<strong>Leander</strong><br/><br/><strong>Leander</strong><br/><br/>The elven fighter passed through the entrance, the walls full of hieroglyphs depicting humanoids and giant snake-like monsters, and a few serpentine humans among them. Half of it was indecipherable to a man of Leander's... specialty, but the religious symbolism was evident.<br/><br/>The place apparently hadn't been touched in awhile, though... covered as it was in moss and vines. He got partly through the hallway when Liah joined him, standing at the threshold a few feet behind. The hallway was dark, but the next room seemed faintly lit by the sky.<br/><br/>Deeper into the tomb, they came upon a large chamber with a large circular design carved into the ceiling, exposing the sky above. The human woman walked towards the center of the room and looked up at it, "Hmm."<br/><br/>She looked down, eying a carving on the floor that emulated the one above. At the very center, a circle with rays extending out from it. "Something to do with the sun?" She asked, more to herself than to Leander.<br/><br/>Liah looked over her shoulder back to her companion, cocking her hip out as she put her hands upon her waist. "It's getting late, Leander..." She cooed, "Do you think you could find someplace to rest for the night? Even if it is a spooky forgotten tomb... That's better than spending one more night out in the forest."<br/><br/>The chamber branched off into two directions precisely equidistant from eachother and the main entrance. One hallway was dark and obscured, the other seemed to have a section of the roof or wall collapsed, the dim sky illuminating it as the central chamber was. "Wouldn't you agree?"<br/><br/><strong>Ellen</strong><br/><br/>The half-celestial laughed and shrugged at her offer, "I guess you won't need it, huh?"<br/><br/>He walked her to her room and took the blanket and folded it under his arm. "Goodnight, Lady Ellen." He said with a casual salute as he departed, leaving her alone to contemplate things as he shut the door.<br/><br/>The hours went by slowly, as they did every night... It was uneventful at least. Morning came, the smell of a fresh breakfast apparently waking up Rathiel as she heard his muffled yawns not long after the cook got to work. Nearly simultaneously, the ship lurched into motion again, gradually changing course. Over the next few hours, things went along smoothly as they had before. Rath was thankfully quiet about her whole predicament.<br/><br/>But unfortunately for the crew of the Laft Hanza (and fortunately for the adventurers-to-be), it did not remain so quiet a journey. In the distance, a sailor spotted a pride of griffons flying in circles around their nest, apparently just as alarmed about the sight of an airship. Ellen and Rath were summoned at once.<br/><br/>Ermon looked at the scene through a spyglass with concentration. He passed it to Ellen, and the griffons appeared domesticated, with riders atop them! Pale humans by the looks of it, with flowing crystal blue hair... "Barbarians, you think?" He asked, "To be living all the way out here..."<br/><br/><strong>Oona</strong><br/><br/>"I understand, Oona." Dagyrn replied, lowering her hand as he smiled, "I suppose it doesn't help that we're... so different. In my personal life, I usually prefer my own kind."<br/><br/>He unbuckled his belt and clenched the waistband of his trousers, lowering it down to his thighs... Truly, he<em>was</em>different. His member was barely removed from a black sheath of fur. The tip was red and unlike anything she had seen on the males of the tribe, even if most of it was obscured.<br/><br/>"The ritual cannot end until you have demonstrated your... proficiency." He said, taking care in his choice of words, "By bringing me, as a priestess would say, to<em>divinity.</em>"<br/><br/>Dagyrn paused, "Pleasuring a gnoll can be like pleasuring a human..." He explained, "You can use your hands or fingers... Or your mouth."<br/><br/>"Please, Oona." He said, bringing his brown eyes upon her own, "Take your time if you need it."