From an RP between Coraline, Lyrena, and Iskrin
Coraline led Lyrena through the doors and down the long tunnel into the slave quarters, quietly sneaking into the area.
"I come here occasionally. I am curious about the slaves, what their life must be like."
She looked around at the cages, but nobody seems to be around.
"Come, let me show you something else."
Lyrena followed Coraline into a gate that led into the city walls and then on the other side - her gauntleted hand occasionally palming at the nymph's soft ass as she walked, occasionally giving her rear a firmer, more possessive grasp.
"The slaves?", the Blood elf reiterated with perked brows. "I did not know slavery was allowed in Ansa'Fel. I did keep occasionally hearing people mention slaves, however...", she mused, looking back at Coraline as she offered to take her somewhere else. "Go on.", she said with a soft smirk.
Coraline grasped Lyrena's gauntleted hand, leading her deeper into the area. As they reached the water, she dropped her hand, enjoying the feeling of her strong hand when she roamed it over her ass and grabbed it occasionally.
"Tell me, Rena." she asked using the pet name she had gotten in the habit of using. "Would you rather have me here as a slave, at your every beck and call? Or, do you prefer me dancing and laughing in the Hollow?"
She giggled immediately, realizing what a silly question that was.
"Let's take the boat." Coraline said, indicating the nearby rowboat.
Lyrena stepped onto the boat as Coraline did, grabbing hold of the paddles as she began to row in the other direction as Coraline hinted.
"You're such a sweet thing.", Lyrena remarked with a tilted head, her golden eyes trailing Coraline's own as the boat neared its destination. "...But having you all to myself... Putting a collar on your pretty neck... Sounds tempting.", the Blood elf said with a smirk, her tongue briefly coming out to lick at her lips, before they both got off the boat.
She looked up at the gate ahead, noticing the two guards appeared to be Drow.
"Where are you bringing us?", Lyrena asked as she went up the stairs, waiting on Coraline's lead again.
Coraline sat in the boat and admired Lyrena's strong arms as she rowed them across the water. As they disembarked and stood on the landing steps, she turned to smile at her.
"That gate." she indicated with a nod of her head. "Leads to a black market, of sorts." Her voice lowered to a whisper. "One can find things there that are not readily obtainable in the city or the forest."
She reached to lay a hand on Lyrena's right pauldron, letting it slide slowly down her arm.
"I dare not come here alone, but with you...I am quite safe."
Lyrena took the sweet nymph by her hand as they prepared to go up the stairs, giving her a reassuring look.
"I will protect you.", the Blood elf coyly promised before leading them both towards the gate.
The Blood elf looked at the two Drow guards who looked wary of the two visitors.
"We are here to trade.", Lyrena duly announced at the guards - who continued to stare upon the two women for a little while longer before one of them wordlessly raised the portcullis, letting them proceed.
"Come.", Lyrena beckoned Coraline again as they went deeper into the caverns. "You naughty thing...", she whispered at the nymph beside her. "Having such curiosities."
Coraline followed quietly a few steps behind Lyrena, through the portcullis and down into the market. As they reached the stalls and pretended to look over the various displays of meats and fishes, she looked around to make sure no one was within earshot.
"We should probably behave as if I am your slave. If I am seen as such, none will attempt to capture me." she whispered. Then looking down at the fish for sale, she spoke in her normal voice.
"Mistress? Would you like for me to prepare this fish for your dinner?"
Lyrena certainly wasn't going to refuse the idea, considering how much she could amuse herself with it. The Blood elf turned towards the fish stall that Coraline pointed to, her golden eyes peering to the various fish on sale.
"Yes, fuckmeat.", Lyrena cordially replied, before nudging the nymph towards the stall by her lower back.
"Two red ones, from that box there.", she pointed, before taking a few coppers from her pouch and handing them to Coraline. "And be nice to the trader. Just like we have practiced.", she reminded, stepping behind Coraline and pressing her armored dick against her ass while holding onto her hips.
Coraline raised her eyebrows with a bemused look on her face as she called her 'fuckmeat.' In fact, it was difficult for her not to giggle as she took the offered coins in her palm and turned to the merchant.
"May I have two of the redfish please, Sir?" the lilt in her voice unmistakable.
She watched as the merchant wrapped the fish in paper, and then leered back at her as he handed the package to her and stared at Lyrena's hands on her waist and her steel plated cock pressed against her ass.
"Thank you, Sir." she smiled as she paid him and turned around.
"I have the fish, Mistress. Would you like to continue our journey?"
Lyrena stepped back as Coraline finished the transaction, detaching her metallic codpiece from her servant's rear.
"Good girl, Coraline.", the Blood elf said, patting her partner on the cheek with her gauntlet, before giving that soft skin a gentle pinch.
"So polite, isn't she?", Lyrena briefly asked the trader, before nudging Coraline forward by the rear.
"Walk." the Blood elf reminded, looking around the caverns which housed a few more odd stalls and some shady individuals lurking in the corners.
"That over there, is it a tavern?" the Blood elf asked, pointing at the building ahead of them, the window through which she saw tables, chairs and counters.
Coraline walked toward the building indicated, prodded along and guided by the strong hand on her ass.
"I'm not certain, Mistress." she replied to her as they walked.
Feeling her hand leave her as they approached what appeared to be a slave auction, she stopped. She backed herself up just enough to feel Lyrena's armor again against her, shuddering slightly as she saw the slaver's eyes roam over her, and the unsavory looking orcs arguing about the price of the girl being auctioned.
Lyrena pressed her twitching cock harder against Coraline's rear as the nymph backed up - her armored breasts resting against Coraline, occasionally heaving against her with Lyrena's breaths.
"Bring back any memories?", Lyrena playfully asked the nymph as she saw her staring at the slave girl.
Lyrena's hands slowly slid down to Coraline's hips, fingers sliding below her skirt - and slightly lifting the fabric while squeezing at the sides of her rear, likely giving anyone nearby a brief view of Coraline's bare nymph cunt, then walked her over to the cages a few women were trapped in.
"Looks just like yours, doesn't it, slut?", Lyrena whispered into Coraline's ear from behind, eyes pointing at the free cage while her hand softly clasped around her pet's throat.
Coraline smiled sweetly as she thought about how easily Lyrena fell into the role of Mistress. She rather enjoyed her lewd behavior and it thrilled her when she lifted the back of her skirt to bare her ass. She saw the eyes of the auction patrons drawn from the girl being sold, to her, and it excited her more than she cared to admit. As they made their way to the cages, she felt a sudden sorrow for the girls in them. Turning her head with Lyrena's hand on her throat, she asked.
"May I give them some water, Mistress. They look very thirsty."
Lyrena unleashed Coraline's throat with a smile, taking a step back - a bit impressed at the nymph's benevolence.
"Of course you can, baby.", Lyrena assured - reaching down to take the skin of water she had clipped on her belt. "That is, if you give me something in return.", the Blood elf warned. "Your dress.", she chose, extending her other hand out too, as if waiting for Coraline to deposit drape her clothes atop it.
"You don't want them to suffer - do you?", the Blood elf inquired in case Coraline hesitated a bit.
Coraline blinked for a moment at the request, not from shock, but more from surprise. A slow smile crept across her face and brightened her eyes. She reached to the back of her neck and unfastened her dress, letting it fall before picking it up and placing it on Lyrena's offered arm.
"Of course, Mistress. Anything you wish."
She took the water skin, approached the caged girls, and offered the spout to each one in turn, turning it up to let them drink. After they had both drunk their fill, she returned the skin to Lyrena, smiling at her.
"Thank you, Mistress. You are most kind."
Lyrena watched with amusement as Coraline gladly offered her dress, at which point, Lyrena offered the skin of water.
"You chose well.", the Blood elf affirmed, folding the nymph's discarded dress before crudely attaching it to her belt, hooking it under it, before watching Coraline give water to the caged girls - her eyes glued to the nymph's bare figure as it bent and shifted, a sight that made the Blood elf's armored dick twitch.
"You have been obedient lately. Consider this a treat.", she said, returning the skin of water to her belt, before pausing herself as she noticed a familiar figure approaching.
"Iskrin?", Lyrena called out with squinted eyes, careful not to use the First Estril's title down in a place like this. "You look well.", the Blood elf commented, noticing the elf's bandaged stomach.
"Remember to say hello, Coraline.", Lyrena reminded the nymph, clasping her by the throat from behind and guiding her to turn her nude frame completely towards Iskrin.
Iskrin picked his way through the stalls, stones and denizens of the wretched undercity. He nodded to those he knew - though few of them knew who he actually is - and eyed carefully those he did not. He made his way through the illicit slave market towards the tavern and found to his surprise that ahead of him were two familiar and unexpected faces in apparently unexpected roles. As he got closer, the torchlight revealed that Coraline was naked and Lyrena appeared to have some sort of hold on her - both metaphorical and literal. As the blood elf forced the nymph to turn to him, he took a long and obvious look at her, apparently enjoying her perfectly formed body in the firelight, thinking that perhaps he has paid altogether too much attention to Etain and not enough to her sisters. Then Lyrena addresses him and his attention was drawn back to the moment.
"Hnnh," he grunted in a friendly but non-committal greeting quite different from the way he would speak in the city itself. "Bin worse. Bin better." His voice was deeper and more accented than above ground. He looked obviously at Coraline again.
"She in charge of you pretty thing?" he asked the nymph, interested whether she is permitted to respond. Then "Are ya?" he asks of Lyrena, an eyebrow raised.
Coraline turned at the prodding of Lyrena's hand, recognizing, Iskrin.
"Hello, Sir! Good to see you again." She smiled unabashedly, even though nude. Then whispering just loud enough for him but no others nearby to hear.
"It was just so there wasn't any trouble down here. I told her we should pretend she was my Mistress." Turning her head slightly back to Rena, as far as she could with her hand on her neck, she whispered to her,
"This is just a game, remember? You seem to be getting into it a bit."
Lyrena didn't take too long to realize that Iskrin was clearly hiding his true identity, at which point Lyrena offered a subtle nod of understanding. She let Coraline answer the First Estril's question, her hand leaving Coraline's throat and instead landing on her hip as the Blood elf walked to the side of the nymph.
"I am.", the Blood elf clarified later with a cordial smile. "A useful thing, she is.", the Sin'dorei complimented towards her servant before stepping closer to Iskrin.
"Are you here why I think you are?", Lyrena asked a lot more quietly. "Men, lizards, robes, sun...", she listed, her head jestingly bobbing from left to right - before she looked back at Coraline.
"Of course. Just a game.", Lyrena reiterated mostly reassuringly before throwing a wink in the nymph's direction, her hand lowering from her hip until her palm draped over her ass.
"Ah," Iskrin says quietly, hiding a small degree of disappointment that it was subterfuge and not a more interesting turn of events. Then loudly he asked:
"Ya lettin' her water the animals?" He walked over and kicked the cages and the women inside glared at him.
"Best not show 'em any kindness I reckon," he said.
Only the quickest of eyes would have seen him pass a note to the woman in the nearest cage. The slave traders certainly wouldn't have seen it, though one of them turned at the sound of the rattling metal. Iskrin smiled and the man turned away, recognizing one of his better sources of fresh produce. Once the trader's attention was off the group again, Iskrin made eye contact and then nodded in answer to Lyrena's question as he said loudly
"Name's Smoke. Just visiting an old friend. How much fer a turn with that one since we're about it? The Tavern's got a room that nice enough."
Coraline's eyes widened at first, seeing what she deemed was a very nasty and unkind act by Iskrin. She was about to blurt out an objection when she witnessed him slip the note to one of the girls. Realizing he was on some errand and performing some masquerade, just as Lyrena and her were, she closed her open mouth and smiled kindly at the caged girls. She was glad she gave them water even at the cost of her dress, as she turned her head toward Lyrena. "You are such a pervert." she whispered in her ear, thinking of her pretty dress hanging from her belt. She then glanced up at Iskrin as he identified himself by the name, Smoke, and couldn’t suppress a giggle as he made his lewd suggestion.
Lyrena squinted her eyes again as she noticed Iskrin passing something to one of the slave girls - but exactly what, she was unable to discern.
"They have to look lively for the buyers.", the Blood elf justified towards the male elf with a brief smirk and a shrug.
As Coraline leaned in to whisper to her, Lyrena playfully smacked at the nymph's rear with her metallic gauntlet to shush her partner while she conversed with Smoke.
"You can have a go with her for free.", the Blood elf decided to offer, extending a hand towards Iskrin for him to shake. "Because I want us to be friends.", she explained - before leaning in to whisper. "And because you look like you have seen better days.", the blonde added, her tone hinting that she was speaking more so to Iskrin than Smoke, her golden eyes briefly targeting his wrapped-up stomach again.
"Do not break her. I like her pretty and in one piece.", Lyrena instructed the male elf before stepping back. "You two can head up there now. I'll join you in a few minutes. After I finish my errands here.", the Blood elf nodded.
Iskrin smiled, shaking Lyrena's firm hand.
“Well now, that's mighty decent of ya," he said, reaching forward to take Coraline's hand in his own, intending to lead her inside. "Don't be long though," he says to Lyrena. "Otherwise I might get suspicious. I'll tell Shinver to let you on up when you come. He can't miss a big red.... elf." He grinned.
"Come," he said to Coraline in a harsh tone, squeezing her hand gently to reassure her.
Coraline let him take her by the hand and lead her away. She wasn't certain exactly what they were up to, but having total trust in both of them, she decided she would certainly do her part to assist however she could.
"Yes, Sir. Of course." she murmured sweetly as he led her off.
Iskrin stepped into the tavern and the landlord immediately grinned and moved around the bar to greet him.
"Smoke, you old fiend," he said in a drawl. "You still haven't settled up from last time."
Iskrin smiled. "Shinver, you know I'm good fer it," he said. "Let me sort this out for a bit," he thumbed over his shoulder to Coraline, "and I'll come down and pay yer full."
The landlord nodded his assent with a lascivious grin at Coraline.
"'course," he drawled, "there more'n money can pay a debt." Iskrin shook his head.
"Not mine to offer," he said evenly. "But I'll let yer know how she tastes." With that, he led Coraline up the back stairs, not checking to see if she was following.
Coraline followed him up the stairs after his exchange with the landlord. She was rather impressed at how he blended in with the surroundings, having only seen him before in formal circumstances. Once he closed the door to the small room they entered, she began to explain.
"So, Rena and I were just playing at all that because I thought it would be safer around the slavers and all."
Iskrin nodded. "Probably wise," he said, his usual voice coming softly from his lips. He eased himself down into the chair behind him, wincing at his still-healing ribs.
"You can take the fur off the bed and wrap it around yourself. Does Etain know you're here? Are you OK?"
He looked up at Coraline, his previously lusty gaze replaced with one of concern.
Coraline glanced over at the fur on the bed.
"Thank you, but I'm not cold. It really doesn't bother me being naked. I am a nymph after all! Unless, it bothers you..." she giggled softly as she looked at his face. "
And, of course Etain doesn't know I'm here! She would probably be rather disapproving if she found it out! I really just wanted to come to the market. So, I talked Rena into guarding me." she said as she took a seat on the floor in front of him.
"Well, it is none of my business," he said. "Though if you were at the market, did you notice the Phoenix Lily for sale? That's the sort of thing Etain might be interested in. She might even come down herself for a chance to get her hands on it."
He watched as Coraline sat on the floor, leaning back in his chair to give his ribs room so that he could breathe without feeling like a large lizard man was repeatedly punching him as he did so.
"Normally I would offer you my seat," he said, "but I'm honestly not sure I could stand just now." He smiled.
"And no, if you're comfortable, your nudity doesn't bother me. You are certainly beautiful, Coraline, and I can appreciate your form as much as the next man. But it takes more than a pretty face and a lithe body to get this old elf hot under the collar." He smiled, not intending the comment to be dismissive or unkind, just honest. "So," he says after a moment's pause, "has your trip been all you hoped it would be?"
"Phoenix Lily?" Coraline repeated slowly. "Oh, I think sister would certainly be interested in that! I did not see it and had no idea there was one here!"
She thought a moment on the lily and then looked at him studiously.
"You know, Isk.....Smoke?" she started by calling him by his true name then changed abruptly.
"There is more depth to you than I first realized. I took you for just a meddlesome flunky for the King. But, I can see you have abilities I did not credit you with initially. I am sorry that I underestimated you."
She stared for a bit at his bandaged chest and recognized his breathing was a bit labored.
"You were injured in the fight." she stated flatly. "If you will allow me, I will lay hands on your wounds and hopefully give you some relief from your discomfort."
Iskrin nodded his assent.
"Please," he said. "Etain's magic is mending me, I am sure, but it is fucking painful."
He looked down on her, his head tilted to one side.
"I am meddlesome," he said with a laugh. "That I will certainly admit to. But my work is for the Crown of Sa'viir-Arin, not just the King. The Crown is as much the people as it is Malekith. Though I like him more than his predecessor." He winced.
"Please, would you help with the pain?" he asked, his voice cracking slightly with the agony of his broken ribs.
Coraline stood quickly and moved to the basin near the bed behind her. She placed her hands into the water there, closing her eyes and murmuring. After a few moments, she brought her hands up and walked towards him, the water dripping down her arms from off her hands.
"I do my best work with water." she quipped lightly as she neared him.
"Although, I question the purity of the water in this place."
She knelt at his knees and ran her wet hands over his bandaged chest, slowly and repeatedly. Her eyes closed and she half murmured, half hummed a strange song. There were not words to the song exactly, but more of the sounds of slow water falling over a small rock ledge.
Iskrin watched Coraline move to the basin, enjoying the view of her from behind and wondering whether a lithe body was enough after all. But the pain and his current work was far too distracting for any serious consideration of this point. He tensed slightly as she applied her hands and the water to him, but momentarily felt some degree of relief from the pain. He sighed audibly, and noticed for the first time the scent of her hair and skin, fragrant and lovely even above the notes of rotting wood and street latrines in this place.
"That feels... good," he said quietly, feeling his breathing come slightly more easily. "What are you doing?"
"I am giving you the healing of my waters." Coraline answered without opening her eyes. "Have you ever sunk into a warm pool of relaxing water that soothed your tired aching muscles? Have you ever jumped into a cold spring to feel its coolness on a hot day? That is what I give you. All I have in my power to give in this place."
"Yes," he whispered, her words and song bringing back exactly those memories and feelings. He felt the tension ease from his body and the pain lessen to a dull ache in his ribs.
"Thank you." He took a deep breath for the first time that day, able to almost fill his lungs fully without it hurting.
"I am very grateful, Coraline," he said with a smile.
As the fog of pain cleared - something he hadn't noticed was clouding his ability to think - a couple of thoughts occurred to him. The first he voiced immediately:
"I am worried that Lyrena has not yet returned, though I hear the door downstairs." The second he thought about for a moment and then said.
"When Lyrena is back, I must leave you. I came here with a purpose and I need to fulfill it. Will you be OK with her?"
Lyrena returned after about half an hour - with her belt pouch looking fuller than before. She greeted the tavernkeeper, exchanging a few words with him downstairs before the Blood elf headed to the second floor, peering at the bath tub and the room on the other side. Behind the door, she could hear the muffled voices of a man and a woman, but couldn't make out what either of them were saying. Lyrena approached, and with her gauntleted hands, knocked a few times.
"Smoke?", she called out, loudly enough that her voice will hopefully be discernible. "I am back.", she announced, before taking a step back from the door in case either of the room's inhabitants opened it.
Coraline answered his concerns,
"Worry not about me..." she paused where she would call his name and perhaps add the title ‘Friend of the Nymphs.’
"You are a good and true servant of the Crown. None can question your faithfulness or bravery. I am honored to have been able to offer you some relief. But, you must return to the Hollow to receive the true healing you need." She smiled as she sat back and removed her hands.
Iskrin nodded, "I am concerned more that I will take a measure of Etain's displeasure than any thought you might not be able to fend for yourself," he said with a smile.
"You strike me as more than capable," he said. "I know you saw me pass the note to Verity in the cage, which means you are quick and observant, and you played your part with Lyrena well, which means you are unafraid and smart."
He stood slowly, then realized it didn't hurt anymore and straightened his back fully.
"The AmranKai always have need of talented people," he said, moving to the door. "Think on it." As he opened the door, he was greeted by two large red breasts in plate armor.
"Ah, here she is!" he said with a grin. "Just in time."
Lyrena slowly entered as she was invited, a bit confused to see Iskrin still in his clothes. Perhaps the pair had already 'finished' and the First Estril had put his clothes back on, but she had doubts of it.
"Smoke.", she greeted with a nod - a bit coyly, now that they were in private.
Her eyes continued to dart between the pair - which ended with her head dipping to one side and her lips feigning a pout.
"Aw. Why not? Not enough time?", Lyrena inquired at the pair, before bowing her head at Iskrin as the male elf had to make an urgent leave. "Is he not interested?", the Blood elf asked the sweet nymph whom she ended up approaching very closely again, planting a hand affectionately on her bare shoulder. "Or did he only want to discuss business for now?"
Coraline stood up as he arose from the chair. He seemed to be breathing somewhat easier and that pleased her a great deal. As he moved to the door and opened it, Lyrena appeared on the other side with her questions.
"He has other things on his mind just now.” Coraline answer her.
“As well as an injury hampering him. I gave him what healing I could in this untidy place. And, now..." She turned to look around the room. "I need you to help me get back out of here and back to the Hollow. I am a bit weak after the healing.