Moths and Flames

Game Master Signore di Fortuna

After helping her love dry off, Kelda wraps a towel around her long dark red hair before looking down at their torn and bloody clothes, as well as her gore covered armor and sighs.

Looking up at Lysi with a pouty expression she says, "We made a fair bit o' mess of our clothes and my armor didn't we." It's more of a statement than question. She lets out another sad little sigh, "I guess this means our...rest time will have to wait until I get my armor clean, and we either clean our clothes or get new ones. I really think we should just get new ones since these are all tore up."

Looking up at Lysithia through her long eyelashes, with an expression on her face that's a mixture of sadness and hopeful longing she asks, "Do you think after we get dried of and back in those....clothes, that we could go to the general store and see if they have something that will work for us?"

Looking down at their torn, cut or otherwise damaged clothing, Lysithia agrees. "It really would be nice to have something else to wear that isn't as beat up and bloodstained. [b]"I think getting new clothes sounds like a great idea! I'm sure they'll have something that's at least serviceable." she says giving her girlfriend a smile as she takes in her adorable expression.

Astoria offers a sympathetic smile. "I'm sorry to hear that. I was on my own for while too, until I met the lovebirds, Lup and this little fellow of course. Then again, I spend most of my free time with my nose buried in one book or another anyway so I hardly notice if I'm alone or not half the time."

Kelda's pout is replaced almost instantly with a look of delight at the prospect of getting new clothes. She returns Lysi's smile with a little gleeful one of her own, "Okay, let's put these things back on, and then we'll need to go to the Blacksmith first. I need them to clean my armor and hammer. My folks made them for me back at their home forge, so I don't want them getting ruined. After that we can go shopping. Maybe we can even get a back up set of clothing in case we need to clean ours."

Kelda hurries to get herself dry and dresses back in her torn and stained clothing. She couldn't wait to get her love some new things.

Kelda pauses as she watches Lysi dry off and put her torn and bloody garments, as she is captivated by her love's beauty, Kelda almost forgets to pick up her armor. Tearing her gaze away from her lovely girlfriend, Kelda dumps the used linens into the basket, before going back to their room.

Following Lysithia into the room, Kelda can't resist giving her rear a playful swat. Getting up on the bed, she stands on it so she can whisper in her love's ear, "If you're a good girl, I'll get you something special while we're out, but if you decide to be a naughty girl, you'll get something else when we get back."

Kelda gives her rear a slightly rougher swat to emphasize her point, "Do you understand?" She tries to sound stern, but she can't help the smirk she feels tugging at her lips.

A little shiver of excitement ripple through Lysithia at Kelda's whispered...promise. "Hmmm... now I don't know whether I want to be good...or naughty...either way I have something to look forward to." she purrs, feeling the warmth that her girlfriend's strong hand brought to her bottom spread to other places.

"I understand."

The weasel rolls on its back, playfully trying to get a hold of Astoria's fingers.

Evert nods. "Well, it's good you have something to occupy your time."

The halfling stares off in the distance for a moment. "I'll see you later. I better let the rest of the townsfolk know that there's one less general around."

Why don't you go with him Astoria?

Kelda's smile twitches slightly, "Good girl, let's get going." Kelda jumps down off the bed, and picks up her pack.

Going to the door, she holds it open for Lysi, before following her out, and locking the door behind them.

As they start to head out, armor in one hand and her hammer in the other she says, "We should probably let Tori know what we're doing in case she needs anything."

Walking into the main room of the Inn she sees Tori talking to Evert. Keeping her thoughts to herself, Kelda clears her throat as they approach.

"Sorry if we're interrupting anything, but I have to have my armor cleaned, and we need to find some changes of clothes while we're out. Is there anything you need, or anything we can get for you while we're out?" She asks, wanting to make sure that everyone had what they needed before heading out again.

Evert waves his hand. "I'm just leaving."

Kelda looks over at Astoria, "What about you Tori? Is there anything we can get you while we're out? If you'd rather have a look yourself, you could come with us if you wanted to. I just thought I'd let you know what we were doing before we left, and see if you needed or wanted anything, or if you wanted to come with us." She says, looking over at Evert and wondering why he seemed so...moody all the time. She sighs inwardly, maybe he just wasn't comfortable around so many people.

Sorry, I felt the need to edit it.

"Alright, you handled yourself well dealing with the goblins, thank you for your help." Lysithia says to Evert as he leaves.

Kelda looks at Lysithia, "I don't think that's what he meant love. He's just leaving the room for right now, not going away. We're still going to help him get that wagon out of the ditch, and try to find out what happened to the people that were with it, after we have breakfast in the morning. Right Evert?" She asks as she turns towards the Halfling for confirmation of their plans, while waiting for a response from Astoria about the shopping.

"That's right," he says before leaving the inn.

Kelda nods and looks back at Astoria, "So, was there anything you needed?"

"I'll come along if you don't mind, I'd like to see if they have anything interesting here." Astoria answers as she quickly packs up her things

Giving their friend a smile she says, "Of course, that would be absolutely fine."

As soon as Astoria has all her things together, they all set out together. Leaving the Inn, she heads for the Blacksmith first.

You can feel the heat radiating from inside of the blacksmith's shop before you walk in the door, even more so in the summer heat. You see a variety of common weapons lining the side walls. The back of the shop is open to the air where the forge sits. You see a toned, full-blooded elven woman banging away at a weapon on her anvil.

Kelda raises her voice to be heard above the noise in the forge to get her attention, "Excuse me ma'am?"

The elf's hammer lands a final loud, ringing blow on the piece of metal before she sets the tool down. She turns to face the dwarf, her coppery hair shimmering from the light of the forge. Her dark eyes appraise Kelda for a moment. "Can I help you?"

Holding out the gore covered armor and hammer towards the Elven woman, "I was hoping that if you had time today, you could help me by cleaning the bits o' gobblin and wolf off of my equipment, and make sure they didn't do any damage to them? My folks made them especially for me, and I'd never be able to look em' in the eye again if I ruined them." Kelda says in way of explanation.

"I can have them ready in the morning," the blacksmith answers. "Just set them on the counter."

Kelda nods as she places her equipment on the indicated counter, "Thank you, have a great rest of your day. I'll be back after breakfast tomorrow to pick it up." Giving the Blacksmith a grateful smile, Kelda wraps her arm around her love's waist as they leave and head to the General Store.

As they approach the shop she says, "I hope they have something that will work. I don't care about looking fancy, I just need for it to be serviceable."

I'll wait and see if Astoria or Lysithia want something from the blacksmith.

Ooohhh, sorry. I guess I didn't think about that since they're both magic users, and Lysi has her thorny armor. Let me say something to go before what I said. You know what I mean.

Before leaving the Blacksmith

After laying down her equipment on the counter she turns to Lysithia and Astoria, "Did you two want to look at anything before we head over to the general store?"

Not much of anything I could afford at the blacksmith. Even a sickle
(likely the only thing I'd get) costs twice the gold I have. lol

"Nothing that I can think of." Lysithia replies, looking to Astoria.

Nodding she looks over at Astoria, "How bout you Ms. Tori? Anything you need from here?"

Astoria shakes her had in response. "No, I don't believe so."

Leaving the oppressive heat of the blacksmith, you enjoy a breath of fresh air as you walk to the general store. Inside, you see a grey-furred catfolk tidying up.

Kelda looks around as they enter the store, hoping they might find something they can replace their clothing with.

Not sure where to start looking, Kelda approaches the catfolk.

"Excuse me....I was wondering if you happened to carry any kinds of travelling clothes?"

It was a long day and I was having trouble coming up with something to say. I hope that's alright, and that Astoria knows we're not ignoring her.

"Of courrrse," the catfolk answers, the rolling of his r's deep and soothing. He gestures to several racks of clothing and armor. "Frrrom sturrrdy leatherrr to fine silk, I'm surrre you will find something to yourrr liking."

He carries clothing up to 10 gold in value and all light armors.

"Thank you!" Lysithia says turning to look through the racks of clothing, for something suitable.

Traveling clothes, soldier's garb, stuff like that are all about 1gp each

Her eyes get a little large at the sight of all the clothes. Looking over at Astoria she says, "We might be here for a while, if you find anything interesting, or something that would be helpful and you need a little extra to get it, just let me know. I want to make sure everyone has what they need before we head out again."

Looking back at Lysithia she says, "That goes for you too love. I think we should get some sleep things as well." Kelda gives her love a little smirk before starting to go through the clothes.

After looking over the racks of clothing for a few minutes, Kelda decides that they need some outfits to keep them cool in the summer heat, and maybe a couple more travel ready clothes, as well as a couple of sleep outfits appropriate for the time of the year and her particular....taste and desires.

For herself Kelda picks out a skirt of a lighter softer material that sort of...clings in all the right places in a dark golden yellow, and a light weight forest green top that has a slight scoop to the neckline and mid length sleeves. To tie the outfit together, she finds a dark leather belt with silver buckle. She also picks out a pair of dark leather breeches, and a light blue top.

Satisfied with her clothing choices, she moves over to the more intimate apparel and picks out some new underthings for herself. Kelda deliberates for a few minutes before picking out a cream colored support for her ample bosom, and an extra pair of panties to match. That way she would have a clean pair while washing the other.

Smiling to herself, she walks back over to Lysi to show her what she picked out, "Well, what do you think? I still want to pick out some new sleep things, but I want to wait for your input on that." She says with an impish grin.

I didn't need new boots, so I just went with the clothes. I'm thinking about getting another hooded cloak as well, but wanted to start with this.

"I like them...very much." Lysithia says with a grin of her own. "I think they'll look wonderful on you."

From among the racks of clothing, the druidess selects a deep green skirt of a light, flowing material, slit along the sides to allow her freedom, and compliments it with a sleeveless rust colored top that just comes down to her hips. She also selects a pair of dark brown, soft leather breeches that fit her rather nicely, pairing it with a simple forest green halter.

While definitely possessing healthy curves, she'd never much cared for restrictive supportive garments, not being so well endowed as to find it necessary, through she did select a few undergarments, taking the time to pick out something she thought Kelda would find appealing.

Kelda subconsciously bites her lower lip as she watches Lysi pick out her clothing, and then the underthings. It gave her all sorts of.......ideas.

She looks at the skirt she picked out for herself, second guessing herself.

Holding it up for Lysi to see, "Do you think I should pick something out that's a little less....clingy? I wasn't really thinking about bashing gobblins when I picked it out."

Seeing Kelda's expression brings a coy smile to Lysithia's lips, pleased that she'd had the desired effect. She looks at the skirt, considering how it was likely to fit on her girlfriend's ample frame. "There's nothing wrong with looking good and being dangerous at the same time." she says with a smile.

Kelda returns the smile, "Okay, I'll keep it then. Let's find some sleep things now. I think we should have something to enjoy at home, as well as something comfortable we can wear out in the field."

Going through the things, she picks out a mid thigh length, sky blue nightie for herself that's made out of the softest material she's ever felt before, and a top and bottom set with short sleeves in a deep green color, that's made out of soft yet durable material.

Happy with her selections, Kelda waits to see what Lysi wants before they go find Astoria to see if she's found anything interesting.

As Lysithia is looking through the sleepwear, Kelda sees something out of the corner of her eye on a nearby rack.

Going over to the rack of night gowns, Kelda sees what drew her attention. Taking the item in her hands, it looks to be about a knee length nightie made out of a golden looking material, that her hands just seem to slide along. There's a slit on the side that goes up to about mid thigh, thin shoulder straps and just enough of a plunging neckline to draw attention, but leave enough to the imagination to spark her desire. The top and bottom of the nightie is accented with black lace.

She hums in approval as she pictures her love in it. This will do nicely.

On her way back over to show Lysithia what she found, she sees a sleep set in a light shade of blue with little roses on it. It reminded her of Lysithia's armor in the way that the vines wrap around the little roses on the pajamas.

Smiling,she takes her finds over to Lysithia. "Wait love, look what I found. What do you think of these?" She asks, showing her the silky nightie and flower covered pajama set.

Somehow a small general store in a tiny hamlet has a better selection than Walmart...

Look, you said he had clothing items that were worth up to 10 gold. No one item that I've picked out goes over 10 gold...so, maybe he just caterers to all the different types of travelers that pass through here. The more variety he has, the more money he makes. Makes sense to me. ;o)

"OOhh.. those are perfect! Pretty...and I can definitely see why you like the nightie." she says with a grin,cooing softly as she touches the silky fabric.

She very much doubted she'd be wearing it long the first time she put it on.

Her smile getting a little more impish, she says, "I'm glad you like them. I was definitely able to picture you wearing them. We should find Astoria and see if she found anything."

Holding onto her items, they move through the store, while looking for their friend.

Kelda hopes that they didn't bore Tori to death as they looked for their items. Not sure of where their friend went, Kelda calls out to her, "Tori, are you still in here?"

Dear sister, dear sister, oh where are you?

Astoria puts down the a funny looking hat and turns to her friend. "I'm here did you find something interesting?" She asks.

Kelda gives her a smile and shows her the armful of clothing items they found, "They had a pretty good assortment of clothing, so we were able to find replacements for our bloody and tore up garments pretty easily. What about you? Did you find anything?"

Astoria nods holding a bundle of her own. "I think I've found some travel gear to replace these robes."

Nodding she says, "If that's all you need, we can go ahead and check out."