Venturing South

Serah shook her head. "You should relax", she just told him with a sigh. "But fine. Go take your stuff, I'll visit our idiot." She got up from her chair.

Delilah almost rolled her eyes. She didn't think that magician... Yvan, was it? Could be Carleen's type. But after all, he did seem a decent person. Trying wouldn't hurt! "If you think so, I agree then, my Lord. But how can we be sure that he is fit for Lady Carleen? After all, we don't really know him."

Horknath smirked. Seeing Carleen trembling, feeling her hands tensing in his hair... he loved it. He doubled his efforts, bringing a finger to her opening and slowly entering her as he gently sucked on her clit.

Valdyr nodded and went back to his room.

"This is why I came to you," Sakrish told her, lowering his voice. "I'd like you to talk to him, to see if he's good enough for her. And to keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't try to take advantage of the situation."

Carleen moaned again, Horknath's name coming out of her lips from time to time. Gosh, was he good. Gosh, was he the best, most loving partner she ever had.

Serah found her way to the infirmary, to get to Yvan. She knocked on the doorway, smirking. "Hey there! How are you doing?"

Delilah tilted her head. "Talk to him like... test him?", she asked. "Should I try to... seduce him, or?" The two things were pretty much the same in her head.

Horknath moaned against her sensitive flesh. No one had ever said his name in such a beautiful way. And boy, he wished he could hear it forever. He added another finger, thrusting in her, curling them to look for a sensitive point as he flicked his tongue rapidly on her clit.

Yvan turned to her, looking like a sad puppy. "I have a hangover and a broken leg. Your guess?" he sighed. "Gosh I'm so stupid."

"... Delilah, I'd like him to marry my daughter so no, seducing him is not an option," Sakrish replied, arching a brow. "... But if that's your way of making sure he would be faithful to her, who am I to judge."

Carleen let out a soft cry of pleasure when he found said point, and tightened her hands in his hair yet again. "Horknath, ah-" she tried to say before she moaned even louder, her insides tightening around his fingers.

"Aaaw", Serah pouted at him, going to sit next to him. "There, there", she added, patting his arm. "Look at the bright side. We are staying in this fantastic five-star hotel until you get well!" Her smile faltered a bit then.

"Faithfulness is the priority, my Lord", Delilah answered, sounding really serious. Almost scaringly so. "I would never want someone to use her and just jump from one bed to another on the side." She would have gutted the guy, that for sure.

Horknath hummed when he felt Carleen coming, almost shivering hearing his name on her lips again. He cleaned her gently with his tongue, retreating his fingers from her, getting up from his position in between her legs. He licked his fingers clean too, looking at her, pleased to see her expression.

Yvan arched a brow, but was relieved. "Oh, so Lord Sakrish doesn't mind us staying for that long?"

"I knew I could trust you," Sakrish said, nodding. "Very well! I'll leave this matter to you. Don't hesitate to tell me if you find him fitting for her - or not."

Carleen bit her lower lip again as she looked at her, still slightly blushing. "Are you sure you don't want me to thank you in any other way?"

"He doesn't! We're just going to pay him back by, y'know, escorting him and stuff. You're going to rest, though!" Serah told him. She looked around, to be sure no one was there. "... listen, I have a problem and you may be the only one that can help me, even with your broken leg", she hissed out, looking slightly pained.

Delilah bowed deeply to him. "Yes, my Lord. I will report to you as soon as I will have certainty on him."

Horknath smiled at her. "No", he simply answered, bending towards her to kiss her on the cheek. "Consider this a payback for all your unconsiderate past lovers." Granted, he was painfully hard right now - but it was important for him to do this for her.

Yvan blinked, and leaned closer to her. "What's going on?"

Sakrish nodded. "Thank you, Delilah. I'll see you later." He bowed his head to her and went back to his office.

"Come on," Carleen insisted, reaching down to caress his length, teasingly. "Are you sure you can't think of something you'd like? ~"

Serah looked around again. Then she leant in towards him, grimacing. "I think I... ugh, I think I caught a... a crush... on someone. Valdyr", she blurted out, looking disgusted as if she had just confessed she had gotten a very bad case of cooties.

Delilah nodded, making it a point of meeting with Yvan after her daily training had finished. Which, by pure luck on our side, will be when Serah will finish her own visit. She quickly resumed her exercises, picking back up her sword.

Horknath cursed under his breath, his lenght twitching at her touch - and at her words. "I can't think of something I wouldn't like", he corrected her, his breathing growing heavy as he looked in her eyes. "You... you don't have to, really", he tried again, weakly.

"... You what," Yvan instinctively replied, shocked like he had never been before. "I mean it's- Valdyr?!"

"Please just come for me," Carleen whispered, before kissing him again, as she began massaging his length with both her hands.

Serah shushed him hastily, looking around with a terrified expression. "Listen it's- it's not like I can control it!", she hissed. "I just- had this weird dream where we were married and had a cute kid and- and now I have this feeling in my stomach when I look at him and- Gods am I sick? Is it contagious??", she whined.

Horknath groaned, his eyes fluttering closed. His hips moved against her hands, to gain more friction; and truly, just going down on her had left him so worked up he didn't need much time to come. "Gods, Carleen", he moaned as he bit his lip and came with a shudder.

Yvan remained shocked for a few seconds, but then... started laughing kindly. "Oh gods, I can't believe it," he said, shooking his head. "Well. It's maybe just because of your weird dream and it'll go away but... do you want this feeling to go away," he said then with a smug smile, teasing her.

Carleen held back a soft smile, and kissed him again, long and tenderly. ".. You're truly one of a kind," she then whispered to him, as she laid her hands on his sides.

Serah shuffled nervously on her seat. "Well, I... I don't know", she answered honestly. "But, if I give into it, if I let it stay, I am sure I will end up harboring unrequited feelings and... I'd hate that so much-" Then she blinked and glared at Yvan. "... you are making fun of me, aren't you."

Horknath shuddered again, taking in a deep breath. He looked at Carleen, leaning in to kiss her back, gently running his hand through her hair. "I hope in the good sense?", he murmured against her lips, embarrassed about coming so fast.

Yvan snorted. "Sorry, but I'm so miserable right now, it feels good to know I'm not the only one!" He cleared his throat, trying to gain his composure back. "Then, why would you give into it?"

"Of course," Carleen replied with a soft smile. "But I'm afraid we'll have to get ready for breakfast now," she sighed.

Serah fidgeted. "Well, I... I don't know", she repeated. "I mean, I pretty much got used to my intrusive thoughts that told me 'Hey he's pretty hot' but, usually I think that of every hot person I met", she threw in, shamelessly. "Just, for him it never stopped, and... what if this is just the evolution of that?" She groaned. "Maybe I just need to get laid."

Horknath grunted. "Yeah, I guess you're right", he said, unhappily disentangling himself from Carleen's embrace - not before stealing another, deeper kiss. He got up from the bed and stretched, proceeding to look for his clothes.

"I could help if that's what you need," Yvan offered with a smug smile. "Then again, maybe I'm not broody enough for you ~"

Carleen smiled and straightened up herself. "I have a private bathroom if you wish to get cleaned," she told him as she walked to said bathroom herself, for a quick wash.

Serah snorted, laughing. "With a broken leg? You couldn't satisfy a tenth of me, buddy. And besides, sorry, but you're not that much my type." She shook her head. "No, what I need to get rid of this, if I even can, is to get laid with mister Grumpy cheeks. I don't think he is interested, though", she concluded with a sigh.

"Sure", Horknath answered. "Can I come in with you or?" I mean, yes they had sex, but that doesn't mean she didn't wish for a bit of privacy!

"You'd be luckier to find yourself another dwarf," Yvan answered with a smile. "I mean, for all we've been travelling together, I've never seen Valdyr ever show any interest in women in general. And yet we've met some dwarrowdams," he said with a shrug.

"Of course you can," Carleen replied to him with a soft smile, as she set up a little fire under a big bucket of water, for it to warm up a bit. She finally undid her long hair, which was usually tied up in a long braid, to comb it a bit, sitting on a stool.

Serah's shoulders slumped a bit. "Yeah, that's what I feared", she sighed. Then she straightened up. "You know what. I will try anyway. He /did/ say I'm pretty, after all", she said, a grin forming on her lips. "I mean, what do I have to lose, aside from my dignity?" She got up, stretching. "Any suggestions to give me, as a man, or nah", she asked, before leaving.

Horknath breathed in, his eyes following the cascade of soft hair that Carleen had freed from the braid. She looked outerwordly, like that. He sat down on the floor, near her, patiently running his fingers in his own long hair to untangle it. He was unable to look at her.

"If he's not reacting to your flirting, show him your breasts. That might strike something deep within him," Yvan joked, crossing his arms.

Carleen looked at him and smile. "Why are you so shy all of a sudden ?"

"That might be a valid suggestion", Serah mused. She smiled at him. "Well, thanks for listening to me. I'll make sure they only send pretty nurses to you", she laughed. "Oh, and... tell this to anyone and I'll make sure one of my arrows will, how to say, slip, right up your ass." She waved at him, walking away from the room and off to the training grounds, to wait for Valdyr. Was she even joking? Who knows.

Horknath blinked, looking at her. "Oh, I... well, I just thought I'd give you a moment for yourself", he answered with a smile. He couldn't tell her again just how beautiful she looked.

Yvan laughed, but only shortly. He took that threat really seriously, after all.
And I'd like to wait a bit before we start again with Serah and Valdyr, because I'm thinking that Horknath would have showed up for breakfast at that point. And I want to finish the situation with Carleen first if you're okay!

Carleen smiled at him, and turned fully to him. "Sit still", she told him, moving her stool to sit just behind him. She then proceeded to slowly comb his hair. "I'll have plenty of time to myself during the day. How about you tell me a bit more about yourself?"

Yus I agree! Besides, it needs time to grow uvu

Horknath closed his eyes, humming. Carleen's touch over his hair relaxed him. "I'd be glad to, princess", he smiled. Of course he was calling her princess on purpose now.

Carleen laughed kindly. "So tell me. Where do you come from, and where are you going?" She kept combing his hair gently, while the water was heating.

Horknath hummed again. "I come from the North. My family is a nomadic one, we used to travel on our own... I guess that's where my lifestyle came from. As for where I go, I don't know. Wherever my friends take me, I guess. I'd follow them wherever", he smiled. "And you, Carleen? Is there somewhere you are going?"