Keeping his smile Friday bows to he others present before heading upstairs along with Zaiobe. He wondered if the keys were to specific rooms or not. Hopefully they were and the leather tags would tell.
Friday takes his time up the stairs to make sure Zaiobe had no issues, it's not like he was in a hurry anyway. "Wow." Is what he let out upon entering the room with the harpy. "How much did Ameiko spend?"
Friday nods again, he'd have to ask her how much he owed her for the room.
Smiling at the harpy as she turns to him after locking the door the smile drops once he realizes where it is she is staring. "Oh... right..." he simply says before he raises his hands up to the necklace, halting and lowering occasionally as they went before he finally gripped the chain supporting the jade adornments. Slowly, very, very slowly, he lifted it off over his head.
Trying to give Zaiobe a smile he looks back and forth between her and the necklace multiple times before walking over and offering it to her.
Friday watches intently as Zaiobe takes necklace, he has to force his fingers to not grip it in reflex as it is lifted out of his hand. Once she dons he gives her a half-smile. "It looks lovely on you... you were lovely to begin with though."
"Wherever you'd be most comfortable." he thinks to her when she takes his hand again.
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Kasha turns to Koya. "I'll help to get settled into the room mama, then I'll probably go take a bath before Ukshakka shows up.....just not at the same spot as Kavell and Kelda." she says with a grin.
Friday continued to smile as Zaiobe went through both sensual and cute movements in order to get comfortable upon the bed. Blushing when she started to look at him he quickly started to get his art kit set up.
He goes about painting her, stress showing on his face though he quickly realizes he's focusing too much on the necklace to the detriment of Zaiobe's image. "I... I'm sorry, this... isn't acceptable." he finally says, glaring down at what he had painted so far and cursing not having practiced very much over the past couple of weeks of traveling through the cold.
"Okay." Haru says, with encouragement from the ranger. She stands up and searches for the best person to ask permission from. Manager? Owner? Its so odd having to ask someone besides Ameiko permission!
Kasha turns to Koya. "I'll help to get settled into the room mama, then I'll probably go take a bath before Ukshakka shows up.....just not at the same spot as Kavell and Kelda." she says with a grin.
Koya smiles and offers her hand to you. "Sounds like a good idea. Now, could ya help me upstairs, please?"
"Okay." Haru says, with encouragement from the ranger. She stands up and searches for the best person to ask permission from. Manager? Owner? Its so odd having to ask someone besides Ameiko permission!
Your search for the proprietor doesn't take too long--he's at the far end of the common room, standing behind the bar. He finishes giving instructions to the wait staff before they disperse.
"Ah--hello there, lass." The innkeeper says, playing with one of his brown braids. "What can ol' Tosti Finehall do for ye?"
"Of course!" Kasha says as she helps her adoptive mother up the stairs, taking whatever gear that wasn't with the caravan up to their room, setting things up to Koya's liking
"I spent all my attention on the necklace that I neglected you. I should have paid more attention to you, especially since you went through the trouble of posing that long for me. This isn't acceptable. I could have done better, much better. This one doesn't do you any justice." he thinks alongside running over everything he did and how he could done differently, done better.
That she wasn't mad or annoyed with the outcome eased his worry somewhat.
"Hello!" Haru says. She motions towards the area set up as a stage. "I'm a dancer. I thought, perhaps, your patrons might like a show? I'm happy to play for whatever tips they give me. I just love to dance."
"Hello!" Haru says. She motions towards the area set up as a stage. "I'm a dancer. I thought, perhaps, your patrons might like a show? I'm happy to play for whatever tips they give me. I just love to dance."
Tosti nods. "Hmm... normally, our patrons prefer songs and sagas, but I feel that a different sort of entertainment would be welcome, for a change of pace."
He points to a stage near the far wall of the common room. "That right there's where our performers play."
"... thank you... if you feel up to it that is, I don't want to keep wasting your time." he thinks while he turns to face her, trying to return her smile.
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Haru looks to the stage.
"Of course." Haru walks over to leave most of her gear with Shalelu and then doesn't so much walk as run toward the stage. At the last moment she performs a leap and lands, perfectly, upon one leg in the center of the stage.
Haru snaps her fingers repeatedly, establishing her rhythm. A fast beat which requires no music. She begins to dance in classic styles, spinning and twisting, leaping and twirling through the air. As she moves her fingers never stop snapping and her the bells of her outfit keeping time.
Valeria was tempted by the baths, but they didn't hold the same appeal for her. With her sense for temperature, a warm bath wouldn't feel as nice a departure from the cold as it would for the others. And the cleanliness side was handled with prestidigitation. There was also the small complication that she'd probably end up naked in front of Ameiko. As much as Valeria liked to show off her legs, there's a difference between that and actually being naked in front of the woman you've had a crush on for years.
True, she could say or do something to get Ameiko's mind on that subject and then read it with some of her inherent magic. If it weren't for the massive invasion of privacy that posed. Still, Ameiko was human and was certainly feeling the cold.
"You want to head to the baths or watch the show?" she asked Ameiko, gesturing to Haru's performance on the stage.
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Ameiko leans closer to you and settles in to watch Haru perform. "I think we might have time for both... don't you?" She whispers into your ear as the bardess begins.
...it sends a shiver down your spine.
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Admittedly, it isn't the best possible performance that you could have put on, but it says something about your skills that the patrons seem quite enraptured by your dance. The cheers of revelry pause as your body twirls, each movement flowing into the next like a river. Not a single step is out of beat, not a single motion is wasted, and not a single person in the common room can take their eyes off of you.
Their praise comes in the form of a bunch of silver pieces being thrown onto the stage. But their entertainment feels like a secondary concern to you--it's your mentor whose approval matters to you the most.
Shalelu's eyes are wide as she watches you dance. A small smile is playing on her lips...
...and you're absolutely certain that her eyes are roaming all over your body as you move. Her eyes linger on your breasts and curves before snapping back to your face.
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Kelda leads you down a plainly-decorated corridor leading off from the common room with an eager stride. Such is her pace that you barely have time to appreciate your surroundings until you feel a gradual rise in heat and humidity.
Stepping through a pair of oaken double doors leads you to a wide waiting chamber with an immaculately-polished stone floor. The walls are decorated with carved and impressively-painted images of the night sky--except the sky is filled with enticing, almost ethereal blue, green, red and violet curtains of light.
Kelda turns to you with a grin. "Excited?"
"Of course!" Kasha says as she helps her adoptive mother up the stairs, taking whatever gear that wasn't with the caravan up to their room, setting things up to Koya's liking.
The leather tag attached to your key reads "Room 303."
The room Ameiko got for you is simply decorated, with a wave-patterned rug resting between two comfy-looking beds. A desk sits at the far end of the room with a chair resting in front of it.
Koya steps over to one of the beds and sits down on it, letting out a sigh of relief. "Praise be to Desna for a nice, warm bed. Those chairs downstairs were uncomfortable as all get out."
Her face turns a bit downcast. "I'm not a young woman anymore..."
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"But you are a wise one mama, and it is to that wisdom that we all turn. Your experience is worth all of our youth." Kasha says sitting beside her mother. "It's good to see you travelling again."
"But you are a wise one mama, and it is to that wisdom that we all turn. Your experience is worth all of our youth." Kasha says sitting beside her mother. "It's good to see you travelling again."
Koya smiles, visibly feeling better. "It feels good to be travelling, period, Kasha."
"Never in all my years did I expect to come to a city this grand, let alone go on a world-spannin' adventure..." She looks down at the holy symbol of Desna around her neck and cradles it in one hand.
"Well it looks like the Queen of the North star, has more places in mind for you to see. And I for one am happy to be on the journey with you." Kasha says with a smile.
Friday smiles gratefully at Zaiobe as she takes back up a pose before he begins again.
Unfortunately the frustration from the previous attempt still plagued before finally he stops. "I'm sorry, I'm not going to waste any more of your time."
Kelda leads you down a plainly-decorated corridor leading off from the common room with an eager stride. Such is her pace that you barely have time to appreciate your surroundings until you feel a gradual rise in heat and humidity.
Stepping through a pair of oaken double doors leads you to a wide waiting chamber with an immaculately-polished stone floor. The walls are decorated with carved and impressively-painted images of the night sky--except the sky is filled with enticing, almost ethereal blue, green, red and violet curtains of light.
Kelda turns to you with a grin. "Excited?"
It wasnt just nearing the bath's that made the aasimar feel warmer. Every step was made with a rising almost panic like twitching of nerves. Not becuase he was afraid of what may happen in the bath...It was more nervous energy. The beauty of the bath house suddenly seemed to calm him, The wild feeling of being able to feel each thundering heart beat in his chest slowed... and thankfully enough to her her question.
Still it was hard to take his eyes off the impressive mural of the night sky and look at her. When he did finally meet her gaze and he grin he couldnt help but smile along with her. He didnt know if she realized the double entendre in her question but the answer was the same.
"Very much so, I uh..."
He colored not sure what was too forward, too shy, he had mentioned once before he was not very good with women and he had meant it... well at least not very good in the flirting sort of way.
"I have thought of this moment almost since the first moments I had met you.... well not the very first, I was worried more that you might die, and well there were demons, Saving the art was important too and.... Im Babbling arent I?"
He had realized that besides babbling to her he had been making nervous almost frantic grand gestures with his hands and his blush deepened as he suddenly slid them behind his back his hands lightly shaking themselves from his nerves.
Before she could answer he glanced to the ground for a second. "Hells..." He muttered before stepping close to her reaching up to take her cheeks into his hands and kissing her as throuroughly as he had ever dreamt to kiss any maid ever.
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Haru is beautiful and exotic but she seems to live in a world of beautiful and exotic people. She's talented but so is almost everyone she knows.
It is easy to doubt herself, off the stage because of this.
But on the stage, as she flows from movement to movement, every step deliberate and every twist of the wrist positions just so and all done in perfect time?
It is there she gains confidence. The confidence to know she is special and amazing and capable. The applause of the audience and the jingling of silver coins as they bounce at her feet feed a hunger inside Haru. The same hunger every performer feels.
But it is the hunger she sees in the eyes of the elven ranger which makes her smile as Haru collects her earnings and steps off the stage.
"That dance was dedicated to you." the bard says, her breath quick and her heart racing, as she approaches Shalelu.
Ameiko leans closer to you and settles in to watch Haru perform. "I think we might have time for both... don't you?" She whispers into your ear as the bardess begins.
...it sends a shiver down your spine.
Valeria's eyes widened at her remark, and it would be hard to miss the blush starting on her face.
"S-sure, do... do you want to go once Haru finishes?"
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"S-sure, do... do you want to go once Haru finishes?"
Ameiko stretches her arms and nods. "I think we've both gone for too long without a nice, warm bath to relax in. One of the downsides of being on the road all the time, right?" She chuckles... and rather nervously at that.
------------"That dance was dedicated to you." the bard says, her breath quick and her heart racing, as she approaches Shalelu.
The cheering of the patrons becomes so much white noise in the background as you approach her. The look the elven ranger gives you is one of pride and tentative flattery.
*ahem* "Yes, that dance was... especially well done. Thank you." Shalelu half says, half mumbles. She holds up a key attached to a leather tag reading "Room 339."
"Well, I think we should take a look at where we'll be staying, don't you?"
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Kelda answers your passionate (if quite clumsy) kiss with one of her own, her strong arms pulling you into a strong embrace. Her breath is hot and heavy as the two of you part, and she growls in satisfaction.
"...about time." The berserker takes you by the hand and moves to open the door to the bathhouse proper. "Come. Let's see if a private bath is available."
The room beyond is carved of fine stone, with a couple of benches along the walls for people to sit upon. A long, rectangular window is carved along the wall, providing a view of the communal bathing pools beyond. A few alcoves can be seen from where you stand, their entrances covered by beige curtains.
The scrawny attendant that approaches the two of you exchanges a few words with Kelda, and she presses a few coins into his hands. He nods once and fetches two sets of towels and robes from a couple of cubbies in the wall, pressing them into your hands before he makes himself scarce.
Kelda sits down on one of the benches and starts stripping out of her armour. "Well?"
"S-sure, do... do you want to go once Haru finishes?"Ameiko stretches her arms and nods. "I think we've both gone for too long without a nice, warm bath to relax in. One of the downsides of being on the road all the time, right?" She chuckles... and rather nervously at that.
"Could be worse; prestidigitation is a thing, at least," she remarked, trying not to think about how Ameiko's stretching highlighted certain 'features'.
As Haru's performance finished, she turned back to Ameiko. "Did you see the way to the baths? I wasn't paying attention to where Kavell and Kelda went to get to them."
"I'm sorry." he mumbles back. When the necklace is back around his neck he gives her a weak smile, though that is replaced with his face becoming red from the heat of her breath.
"Did you see the way to the baths? I wasn't paying attention to where Kavell and Kelda went to get to them."
Ameiko points to a set of double doors near the base of the stairs up. "That way."
"Wha-" was all his mind was able to process before she kissed him. Not really knowing.... well, anything at the moment, he lets his lips move in tandem with hers. She tasted nice. This felt nice.
His fingers twitching, his hands unconsciously moved to her sides.
At the anxiety spill from her own head his own thoughts manage to form a coherent though to send back to her. "'Shoot you down?' What does that even mean, why would I do that?"
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Kelda answers your passionate (if quite clumsy) kiss with one of her own, her strong arms pulling you into a strong embrace. Her breath is hot and heavy as the two of you part, and she growls in satisfaction.
"...about time." The berserker takes you by the hand and moves to open the door to the bathhouse proper. "Come. Let's see if a private bath is available."
The room beyond is carved of fine stone, with a couple of benches along the walls for people to sit upon. A long, rectangular window is carved along the wall, providing a view of the communal bathing pools beyond. A few alcoves can be seen from where you stand, their entrances covered by beige curtains.
The scrawny attendant that approaches the two of you exchanges a few words with Kelda, and she presses a few coins into his hands. He nods once and fetches two sets of towels and robes from a couple of cubbies in the wall, pressing them into your hands before he makes himself scarce.
Kelda sits down on one of the benches and starts stripping out of her armour. "Well?"
When she returned the kiss and pulled him closer once more he could swear his heart had to be pounding so loud it could mark time and he couldnt help but blush just a little when she finally broke it off with that growl. It was... pleasing to his ears to hear her words hold such a ... strange hunger.
He stood watching then outright staring as she whispered to the attendant then started to remove her gear and he felt his face getting hotter and he was outright staring for several long moments before she looked up to him and said "Well"
He broke into a nervous smile and joined her almost shaking as he hurried to catch up Thankfully he was just wearing the leathers..they were after all far easier to remove, until he was just in his small clothes providing some small shred of modesty.
"I uh... have never 'bathed' wth anyone else before...
He began blushing a bit more at the admitance.
"Okay," he thinks, relieved as his and her tongue begin to fight. His hands gripping her waist starting to slide towards her back, up and down slightly.
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"I uh... have never 'bathed' wth anyone else before..."
Kelda shrugs off the scale mail she was wearing and starts tugging off her boots. Without armour or the splattering of gore in the way, you get a good view of her muscular body and the many scars upon it. A particularly jagged scar runs from just underneath her right breast to the left side of her hip, and many more can be seen crisscrossing her back.
"Heh. Well, you don't need to worry." The barbarian finishes doffing her armour and gathers it up to put into a nearby cubbyhole. "Kelda will be gentle with you." She flashes you another wolfish grin.
Without fully meaning too, as he kicked off his boots his hand moved out touching, tracing along the scar as far as he could reach. He bit his lip admiring her beauty despite the battle decorations. He had no such mark marring his perfect skin. It made him fell less for a moment. He hurriedly gathered his things and followed suit swallowing ever so slightly.
"Well thats good ..."
He began in a neutral tone. He had read a few books... trash stories really about romance usually between great heroes and the like, and the lovemaking described in those books certainly wasnt violent at all... He had never even thought there might be such as thing as well not gentle at all....
"To be honest my lovely warrioress...im more afraid of you being disapointed in me than you hurting me so do your worst?
He said raising up his eyebrows unsure if he really should be saying that aloud.
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Kelda doesn't object to your hand tracing her scar. If anything, she seems quite flattered by your attention.
"To be honest my lovely warrioress... I'm more afraid of you being disappointed in me than you hurting me so do your worst?"
Kelda slips into a robe and takes her time sliding one onto you. She chuckles into your ear. "Very well."
Once you're both clad in robes, she takes your hand and leads you through the communal bathing area. Several of the other bathers here don't pay you any attention, instead being engrossed in conversation or more concerned with washing themselves. A few of them eye you and Kelda with some incredulity (and some jealousy).
The private alcove Kelda rented for the two of you has a small, square tub built into the floor and filled with steaming hot water. Various toiletries, soaps and shampoos stand in bottles at the side of the tub, and the smell of fresh herbs tickles your nose. Kelda pulls the curtain closed behind you and slips out of her robe, her smallclothes following suit immediately.
She dips a toe into the tub and pointedly looks at you.
"Did you see the way to the baths? I wasn't paying attention to where Kavell and Kelda went to get to them."Ameiko points to a set of double doors near the base of the stairs up. "That way."
"Oh... basement... duh." she jokingly chided herself. "Shall we?"
The bardess gets up from her chair and starts walking over to the double doors. "We shall." She says with a cheeky grin.
As you walk with her, you notice something in her eye... a look of uncertainty, and perhaps... guilt? It's there, no matter how hard she tries to hide it. She's rubbing the snake tattoo on her shoulder & arm, and judging from how focused she is on the corridor, you get the feeling that she's not entirely aware she's doing so.
"Hey, you okay? You look a little... off," she asked. When you can read minds naturally, the temptation to actually do so is never far away.
Kelda doesn't object to your hand tracing her scar. If anything, she seems quite flattered by your attention.
"To be honest my lovely warrioress... I'm more afraid of you being disappointed in me than you hurting me so do your worst?"Kelda slips into a robe and takes her time sliding one onto you. She chuckles into your ear. "Very well."
Once you're both clad in robes, she takes your hand and leads you through the communal bathing area. Several of the other bathers here don't pay you any attention, instead being engrossed in conversation or more concerned with washing themselves. A few of them eye you and Kelda with some incredulity (and some jealousy).
The private alcove Kelda rented for the two of you has a small, square tub built into the floor and filled with steaming hot water. Various toiletries, soaps and shampoos stand in bottles at the side of the tub, and the smell of fresh herbs tickles your nose. Kelda pulls the curtain closed behind you and slips out of her robe, her smallclothes following suit immediately.
She dips a toe into the tub and pointedly looks at you.
He was staring and he wasnt sure if he was supposed to or not. For a moment he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, disrobing himself until he stood naked before her. he wanted this, wanted this very badly with her of course. She intruigued him, she was beautiful in such a rugged way it appealed to him. Far from the classic beauties in song.
With a final deep breath he opened his eyes and stepped forward for the tub licking his lips. He opened his mouth to say something, but instead closed it instead beckoning with his hand too embaressed to say anything but wanting her touch.