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Kreyu intended to dance in the sky with Skellig the very next day, but events have conspired to prevent that from occurring. A raid on the village by former soldiers meant many wounded to heal and much damage to fix. Akatan's sister, Neferet, has a definite crush, an infatuation, with Skellig. She hasn't done anything but look and exchange some friendly words, but it still makes her brother FURIOUS.
For all that Euripedes was from a different time and place, a line he had Medea speak in the play of the same name still rings true: "I would rather stand three times in the line of battle than once bear a child." Even with Kreyu's magic, with Taweret's skill, childbirth is incredibly dangerous. There are reasons why Taweret's goddess image of She Who Is Great has elements of the hippo, the lion, and the crocodile, a fearsome appearance to drive off the many threats facing a woman giving birth. The second birth in a week began this morning and was still going on when the sun began to set. Not a good sign.
Skellig, trying to burn off nervous energy while Kreyu was working, happened across a few of the village men drinking. They said things about Kreyu they should not have said. That he was FEEDING on Kreyu, drinking her blood. There...may have been a fight. At least they don't think he's a demon anymore, you can't give a demon a black eye in a brawl with your fists!
It is truly night now, and Skellig can hear Kreyu's tired footsteps on the road...
(OOC: Warning for explicit adult content starting around tag 194.)
For all that Euripedes was from a different time and place, a line he had Medea speak in the play of the same name still rings true: "I would rather stand three times in the line of battle than once bear a child." Even with Kreyu's magic, with Taweret's skill, childbirth is incredibly dangerous. There are reasons why Taweret's goddess image of She Who Is Great has elements of the hippo, the lion, and the crocodile, a fearsome appearance to drive off the many threats facing a woman giving birth. The second birth in a week began this morning and was still going on when the sun began to set. Not a good sign.
Skellig, trying to burn off nervous energy while Kreyu was working, happened across a few of the village men drinking. They said things about Kreyu they should not have said. That he was FEEDING on Kreyu, drinking her blood. There...may have been a fight. At least they don't think he's a demon anymore, you can't give a demon a black eye in a brawl with your fists!
It is truly night now, and Skellig can hear Kreyu's tired footsteps on the road...
(OOC: Warning for explicit adult content starting around tag 194.)
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Date: 2024-04-12 12:29 am (UTC)Her kiss is a passionate thing, tinged with joy. There is no fear in her, even when he stumbles. She trusts him not to drop her.
Their camp is as it was when the left, even the fire doesn't need tending right now.
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Date: 2024-04-12 12:43 am (UTC)"Tell me," he breathes against her cheek. "What would you have me do to bring you to your release?"
Still holding her, one hand is already teasing at her hip, fingertips searching for sensitive spots along her curves.
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Date: 2024-04-12 12:48 am (UTC)She's flushed, in the firelight. "But if you would like to try something else, I can be persuaded."
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Date: 2024-04-12 12:56 am (UTC)"It worked well enough the first time," he reminds her (slightly smug), moving to sit carefully - pulling her with him and into his lap in a manner that will still allow his hands to access everything he wants to. "I see no reason to mess with what we know is proven."
Skellig then allows his fingers to tangle lightly in her hair, easing her mouth to his in another kiss - while his other hand slips between her legs, seeking her arousal and what he knows she really wants from him.
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Date: 2024-04-12 01:00 am (UTC)She kisses him hungrily, and moans softly when his fingers find her clit. She's in the early stages of arousal, but that just means he has more time to please her with his hands before she comes, right?
"Such clever hands you have."
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Date: 2024-04-12 01:09 am (UTC)His right hand has been completely fine since she took hold of it, bloodied in her own, immediately after he had killed the bandit within a few hours of his arrival. And his left has improved steadily, finding its 'peak' as he worked it over her body to repair her wounds, her blood soaking staining and soaking his skin.
He flexes his fingers, teasing her.
"Lucky for you."
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Date: 2024-04-12 01:17 am (UTC)"Very lucky," she gasps, as his flexing fingers tease her clit and other sensitive places. "Couldn't, couldn't stand you being in pain all the time."
Her hips rock against his fingers. She's sliding more easily against him now that her body is more aroused.
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Date: 2024-04-12 01:31 am (UTC)"No longer in pain," he promises. "Thanks to you."
With his kisses, he trails a pattern over her throat, her jawline, sucking lightly (not ever hard enough to mark, with the lack of clothes in this culture he is careful to not leave a bruise) and nibbling as his hands wander her body elsewhere.
Everywhere.
Lingering longer in those places that cause her to moan and shift against him, teasing extra at the spots that make her shudder and whimper.
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Date: 2024-04-12 01:45 am (UTC)Kreyu is quite convinced that Skellig is the most skilled lover to ever exist, and she won't be hearing arguments to the contrary!
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Date: 2024-04-12 01:53 am (UTC)Which he gives her. Building her up piece by piece, just to pull back slightly, let her catch her breath, create a greater want and need within her body.
"My beautiful dragon," he praises, once he has again worked his mouth back up to meet hers, his fingers now moving steadily now against her, in her - all in time with her motions against him. "My most fierce warrior."
His hand shifts from her breasts to her shoulder, toying at her exposed feathers she has close enough for him to touch.
"My beloved mate."
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:00 am (UTC)The fingers in her feathers, his calling her 'My beloved mate' are what finally tip her over, make her cry out in release, tighten around his fingers buried inside of her.
She's trembling a little as she comes down, but she's sated, relaxed, slightly sleepy.
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:09 am (UTC)His fingertips will keep stroking patterns over her forearm until either she drifts off to sleep or he does, whichever comes first.
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:13 am (UTC)The rising sun prompts her to shift a little, half way between awake and asleep. She's so comfortable, does she REALLY need to wake up?
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:21 am (UTC)Her words had echoed in his head, the memory met with feelings of safety, security, his body curled up atop her dragon shape, warm scales beneath him as he listened to the tales and stories she wove with her voice. Legend and truth, sometimes intertwined...
...like they are now.
He is not tired, but does not move to wake her further, content to listen to her heartbeat and her breath, feeling both against his skin as she dozes beside him, the sky painting itself a splendid array of colors as he watches the horizon beyond the rocky shore.
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:32 am (UTC)"Packed some dried fruit and nuts that we can have for breakfast, rather than trying to forage."
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:36 am (UTC)As she stretches her body, it allows him to do the same - he is pleasantly comfortable in this space, which for several days sleeping on the ground - even with the added 'cushion' to this blanket - is impressive, for his body. "Wise of you to plan ahead, to save us time on our return journey."
He presses a quick kiss to her temple.
"You slept well?"
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:39 am (UTC)She spies the flowers Skellig picked for her, the shells and stones, and she smiles. "Eating the fruit and nuts will leave more room in the pack for mementos."
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:45 am (UTC)He glances at her.
"You would wish to keep all of them?" He asks, clearly a little surprised - and touched at what he suspects will be her answer.
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:48 am (UTC)"They will make fine additions to my hoard." She pauses. "Well, I would have to dry the flowers for them to last and even then they would be so fragile, but the stones and the shells will keep."
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:52 am (UTC)"I will make a habit of keeping fresh flowers when I can find them," he promises.
And her hoard of rocks and shells will definitely be growing, now.
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:56 am (UTC)"I would like that."
Breakfast is simple, Almonds and dried dates with spring water. Kreyu carefully packs everything away, helps Skellig remove the evidence of their presence.
She resumes her dragon shape, casts the spells they used on the trip out here. It should be an easier journey back, more sedate.
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Date: 2024-04-12 03:06 am (UTC)(At one point, he might even fall asleep, warmed by the sun and kept safe in the 'bubble' she has created to ensure he does not get cold, does not run out of oxygen, is not hit by fierce winds as she glides through the air. Though he would never admit to it outright.)
Once they have landed far from the outskirts of the village, he offers her back her kilt, his own in place prior to starting their trip home.
"I should be able to keep any prying eyes from us easily enough," he says as they begin to walk, taking her hand in his. "I could go to fetch Taweret, if you would like to speak with her once we return?"
(He would keep his presence discreet, of course. He realizes there is still grief within the walls, and there could be fresh rumors, though he truly hopes not.)
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Date: 2024-04-12 12:18 pm (UTC)There is grief in the walls, still, although they hear no new rumors as they make their way home.
The karma within her home is a welcome she will never tire of.
"I will begin putting my new treasures away, while you fetch her." And finding something to put the flowers in.
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Date: 2024-04-12 02:22 pm (UTC)Skellig also notices he can sense the karma better than he had before, now that their connection has changed. But he doesn't mention it. He presses a kiss to her cheek before setting off, tracing his previous path.
More villagers are out, he sidesteps them easily, using his power when needed to cause distraction. He believes (based on sound) that Taweret is home this afternoon, and alone... but still, he knocks.
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Date: 2024-04-12 09:04 pm (UTC)Taweret is visibly relieved when she sees him. "Thank She Who Is Great," she says. "I had hoped you would be back today."
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