OOM All Skate Skellig Dream Magic Weirdness -Part Seven

[brave_kreyu]

It turns out that 'guarding the lair' involves more than just staying in one place. Kreyu has a goal today of scouting outside their borders, looking for possible trouble.

Given that Skellig can't speak the local language, yet, they're not trying to pass as locals. Skellig is just wearing a kilt as they stalk through the forest.

The wilderness is truly wild here, only barely touched by humans. Beasts of all kinds live in these woods, wolves, deer, boars, birds, rabbits, and more.

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[27_53]

Skellig keeps quiet for a moment, considering her words.

"It is just...what I am feel as if I am called to do, when I have the opportunity and choose to do so." There have been times when he has looked the other way, or chosen not to heal, not to help. (Does that make him the villain?) It is obvious from his tone that he feels some inner conflict at the thought. "Before, it was merely...survival. Thriving as I am in this world we are in is...a new experience."

[brave_kreyu]

"Wherever you were before seems to have been a cruel place, cold. I'm sure you did the best you could under the circumstances."

She tilts her head to kiss him, soft and reassuring. "We will learn how to navigate this world together."

[27_53]

Even with his reserves of Light as filled to the brim as they are, he is still very grateful for the kiss and the reassurance, allowing himself to pull just the faintest hint of Karma from her reserves, working to settle his nerves and indecision.

"I look forward to it," he says honestly once they break the kiss. "To have a partner is a strength I am most grateful for."

[brave_kreyu]

"I have worked with my brothers before, but I am always the 'little sister'." She tries to put the feeling into words. "They are older, wiser, and though they love me, I do not feel I am their equal."

[27_53]

"Even though I have only met Elihu," he points out. "And I obviously did not meet him when he was at his...greatest levels of strength...I would not consider it a contest. You each have your own different angle of attack that you have struck from when it comes to the public eye."

He presses his lips to hers, lingering.

"Between the three of you, each of you have strengths that balance the others."

[brave_kreyu]

"That is good to hear," she tells him when they break to breathe. She's slightly flushed, but from happiness, not embarrassment.

"It might be good for me to see myself through your eyes." An owl calls somewhere out in the dark. The wild things that come out at night are waking up, going about their business.

[27_53]

"I am more than willing to report on my observations as you'd prefer," he says. "I am quite interested to see how the city folk will react to their Goddess in the flesh, being able to worship you in such a manner if you would appear. I will have to do my best to play the part."

He smirks slightly - he is not too concerned about being able to distract them from his presence, not when everyone will be focused on HER when she makes herself known. He is just a random traveler, passing through the capital.

[brave_kreyu]

Kreyu flushes. "There are temples, but direct worship is usually only something that happens at festivals and such. You needn't bow or any of that nonsense."

"Should you need to address me while you are playing a part, they generally call me Great Lady, or Great Lady Kreyu."

[27_53]

"Great Lady Kreyu..." He rolls the words around in his mouth, letting them fall from his tongue as a 'test' as he speaks, shifting his hand to stroke her cheek with the back of his knuckles. "It suits you."

A sidelong glance.

"I doubt I will be calling you that in our chambers," he adds - knowing full well that she would likely NOT want to be addressed as such when it just them together. "But should I need to speak to you in public, I will be sure to use the appropriate titles."

He presses a kiss to her hair. "I would not wish to make you uncomfortable."

[brave_kreyu]

"It was a compromise," she explains. "Better than Goddess."

"Thank you, love. I would not wish to be Great Lady to you, not in private." She grins. "No need for such formality between equals, between husband and wife. Especially when you've known me so well," she adds, teasing. 'Know' in the biblical sense of the word.

[27_53]

"I would argue that you are my goddess," he teases gently. "And worthy of all the worship befitting your role."

He sobers slightly, but his smile remains, faint as it is as he studies the stars above them. "Though if I am to make that argument, then I must also accept that I am worthy of the same from you, as we are equals," he adds. "Which I am...getting used to. That I am worthy of the same treatment."

Which is a big thing for him to say.

[brave_kreyu]

She smiles, so very proud, because it IS a big thing for him to say.

"Your life has been turned upside down and shaken beyond recognition," she tells him, kissing his cheek. "You are are adapting remarkably well, my love."

She looks up to the stars. "You are worthy of every good thing, every joy I can manage to give you."

[27_53]

Even though he cannot remember much of his life Before, he knows that the depth of stars was not this great as the field that covers the sky above them in this moment, now that the last hints of sunset have faded from the western horizon.

"I know I am," he replies. "And I am starting to even believe it, also," he quips, twirling a lock of her hair in his finger. "You have given me more joy and instances of Light and Karma to fill my soul and my heart than I could even imagine possible. I am very grateful for that."

[brave_kreyu]

She chuckles softly at his quip. "I am grateful that I could give them to you," she tells him. "For you have given me so much, Skellig."

There's starlight reflecting in her eyes. "More than I could ever say."

They're probably protected enough to fall asleep out here, beneath the stars, wrapped up in one another's arms.
Or if his stamina has recovered, they could entertain one another under the stars in other ways...

[27_53]

His stamina has recovered decently enough, but he is also feeling quite lazy and comfortable with her body curled around his in such a manner. His ears are 'listening' for any potential threats, but there are none within range, simply wildlife at a distance.

His fingertips shift to her upper arm, stroking gently upwards to the edge of her chiton at her shoulder.

"I am finally feeling deeply connected to the lines," he mutters softly, relief in his tone. "I know it has been several days since we have been here, but it has taken some time for me to grab hold of them fully. I am much less...overwhelmed."

[brave_kreyu]

"That is very good news," Kreyu tells him, relief and delight in her tone. The gentle strokes of his fingertips feel good, soothing.

"I hope you will get the sense you had Before back also, with time."

[27_53]

"I feel it returning," he says. "Every time that I connect with the lines, it takes less effort. I have not yet felt...pulled as I have before, but perhaps that is because I am not needed."

Skellig smiles. "Which is a good thing. I do not mind helping, but it is nice to be able to just focus on you."

[brave_kreyu]

"Wonderful," she says, utterly sincere. She gives him a celebratory kiss.

"I would be happy to help you, when you are pulled," she adds. "Though I admit I have very much enjoyed your being so focused on me." In so very many ways.

[27_53]

The celebratory kiss is something that he is more than happy to accept - and accept it he does, deepening it slightly and running a hand up and down her arm, tracing lines.

"Your help would be very beneficial," he says. "Healing pulls a great deal of energy from me, and having you at my side has made it easier to recover, the instances I have used it so far."

[brave_kreyu]

The deepening kiss, the lines traced on her arm, start to stir certain appetites.

"Have I?" she seems quite pleased that she's been helpful. "Is it the Light in me, the Karma?"

[27_53]

Skellig is working to stir those appetites, slowly.

"It is," he says. "Typically I am forced to recharge it by simply absorbing bits and pieces from those who are joyful, full of laughter, celebratory...youth works well, as they do not carry as much harsh realities as adults. I do not take much, just a hint now and again. But with you...I do not have to actively pull it, except when I am desperate. And your stores are plentiful...especially in regards to me."

[brave_kreyu]

She flushes, mostly in pleasure at his words, partly in arousal as he stirs her appetites.

She laughs, low. "How could they not be, when you make me feel so very good? You may drink from my Light as you please," she tells him.

"And a reason you enjoy the taste of me so, hm?" she teases. She's knows it's not just the Light that he wants when he has his mouth on her.

[27_53]

"The taste of you is a pleasure all its own. There are a few reasons, yes."

Even though it would be a truly desperate situation where he would pull any noticable (to her at least) amount of Karma from her reserves, he would still likely TRY to ask, first.

He leans in closer, presses his mouth to hers.

This kiss is definitely less chaste than the others they have shared so far tonight.

[brave_kreyu]

She grins at his answer, returns his kiss with equal passion.

When they break for air, her voice is low, husky. "Do you desire me here, tonight, beneath the stars?" She chuckles. "It is perfectly fine if you are too tired for such things." And she means that, one hundred percent.

[27_53]

"My desire for you is constant," he tells her. "My energy level..."

Skellig stretches his body out against the blankets beneath them, 'testing' himself a bit. His muscles feel fine, and he is so very comfortable with her body close to his.

"...could go either direction." He is not trying to be indecisive - just stating a fact. He presses his lips to her jawline. "But my desire...yes, I desire you my love, always."