by Shieba » 08/23/2012 7:11 PM
(Wall of text ahead! 8D)
When Bentner stopped all of sudden, Morwena almost smacked into him since she was still floating around him, apologizing profusely. She managed just to stop in time - not that she would have minded at all to have an excuse to touch her Dear, but it would also make him even more unhappy. She also needed a second to recover from the sudden shock and only then noticed that Bentner was looking into a particular direction. "Dear...?" Morwena automatically felt for any magic in the air as well. Was there something...? If anything, it was very, very faint. Definitely not a portal, but maybe a non-human being? Then again, Evelon was full of those. "I don't recognize that signature, but maybe that's because we're too far away."
"Neither do I, but I think investiagting it might be worth it. After all, we have no set goal to walk to anyway, so if we stumble across a creature from another world, we might just solve the riddles if there are portals here." Bentner started to walk right away deeper into the forest, leaving even the last trace of what could be seen as a path. Morwena now had to choose between flying and having braches in her path and leaves stuck in her hair or losing her shoes. Both ideas weren't really to her liking. She tried to settle for flying as close to the ground as possible, which ended in her smacking her toes painfully against stones every now and then.
She was so preoccupied with dodging that she had no chance to concentrate on anything else - neither the aura of the non-human being nor where they were going to, so when the trees suddenly stopped attacking her face with their appendages, she suddenly found herself in front of a hot spring. Morwena's mood immediately increased. "Deeeear! How amazing! Look what we found!" Happily, Morwena landed and immediately went to washing her face free of every dirt the branches had pelted her with. Then, she concentrated. The being was close, but she had no chance of pinpointing the location beyond that - the aura was too faint for that. "It's still around."
Bentner looked at what was a footprint from seemingly a human in the wet earth, but that didn't mean anything - so many creatures of Evelon were shapeshifters, after all. "And now it is gone and, given the trail of water here, in a hurry. I have the suspicion that you screeching around may be the cause." Bentner was used to Morwena's voice by now, but that happy shout of hers a few seconds back had made his ears ring as well. "Since every smart being will probably stay away now as far as possible, we can assume that it will flee further from us and, seeing as it possibly knew the location of this spring, I doubt that we will catch up with someone knowing the area."
"I-I'm so sorry, Dear!" Morwena's mood fell again. "It's all my fault and I clearly deserve a lot of punishment after today!" She knew she would end up in the kitchen for a few nights again, but she really deserved it. But still, maybe a bath would cheer her Dear up again? It sure would make her happier again, too (him bathing, not her...though Morwena certainly wouldn't mind joining in, but she had never been allowed to bath with her Dear before). "Shall we wait a bit to see if it returns?" She offered Bentner a beaming smile. "Maybe a bath would help your back, too, Dear?"
Bentner gave her a deadpan glare. How in all worlds had Morwena managed to become a mage of such power when everything in her head was about sex? "I will not undress in front of you, woman. The last thing I need right now is you throwing yourself at me even more than you usually do."
"Oh...yes, Dear." Morwena sighed when she got the expected result. Still, she did only want the best for her Dear. "And what if I check the surroundings while you bath, Dear? Maybe the being that had been here has lost something in its hurry, though I doubt I would find it. But I could try? You always say that walking on uneven ground makes your back hurt, Dear. I'm only worried!"
Bentner sighed. His back did hurt, but the universe would probably collapse from all natural laws being broken the day Morwena wouldn't try to sneak a peek in such a situation. Her suggestion was smart, though, and running through the forest kneeling down to look at every little piece of trash someone might have lost would tax him even more. "...Fine, then. Go."
Morwena clearly hadn't expected that. For a second, she stared at Bentner dumbly, then she beamed. "Right away, Dear!" Happily, she made her way back into the forest and started to look around, slowly circling the area of the spring. She made sure to stay out of Bentner's eyesight, though she kept glancing back towards the hot spring. If only those stupid trees weren't in the way! She could more guess than see that Bentner was undressing, but it was pretty clear that he was and she also felt his spell to check if there was anything in the water he didn't want to encounter. Morwena knew fully well what she had promised a few minutes ago, but...
Well, there was a place a bit away where the trees weren't standing as close to each other. Conveniently, she also hadn't checked there yet and clearly had to to fulfill her Dear's order. Rushing over as fast as she could with her high heels, she managed to reach a spot where she had a rather clear view and saw just in time how Bentner carefully sat down in the spring. "Ooh, Dear~! So sexy~" Morwena immediately forgot all about her task and simply stared for a few minutes with rapt attention, wishing nothing more than being in that spring as well right now.
Then, however, something else caught her view. There was something lying half-hidden behind a bigger rock which didn't seem to be just another branch and Morwena's sudden worry about her Dear's safety made it possible that she actually moved again further around the spring to look at what it was. One second later, she managed to see that it was a bow and a quiver.
One more second later, she saw someone hiding in the shrubbery only a few meters away. Panic gripped Morwena. An assassin? With a burst of wind magic, she crossed the distance, looking from slightly above at who was hiding there.
With the first glance, she realized with relief that it was someone unarmed.
With the second glance, she realized that it was a woman who was basically almost naked and very clearly in a spot chosen for watching the area since the spring was pretty much in clear view.
"Deeeeeear! There...there is a half-naked woman masturbating over your magnificient sight here!" she screeched (loud enough to probably informing everyone even in Basantha about this) and then turned her furious glare onto the other female. "You! How dare you drooling over my Dear! He's mine! All mine unless he decides otherwise! You are not worthy of this honor and so, you're going down!" Morwena got ready for combat, though she still held back to not blow up half the forest.
If Bentner had been anyone else, he, after hearing Morwena's shout, would have probably answered with 'I know very well that you are there', but so, he simply sighed, got out of the water after just sitting down a second ago and decided that going along with Morwena's ridiculous ideas was simply not worth it. Calmly, he slipped on his robes again, even though he was now soaking wet as well. But since Morwena's magic wasn't flaring wildly, there was no immediate danger - and clearly, if the universe was cruel enough to grace him with a second woman like Morwena, he didn't particulary feel like hurrying up.
I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal fallsHowever cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within