Nen Othrond

Tyrell listened and raised an eyebrow. "Oh? So she hasn't shown she cared about you at all? Hasn't done anything for your sake... huh. Maybe I was wrong." He said and smiled up at the waitress who brought the food before looking at her ass and taking a bite of food. "I could have sworn Lenny made a suggestion she saved you... but that must have been a lie. Then again it has to be, why would she save you... someone who kidnapped her to bring her to someone how just wants her for her looks and virginity?" He shrugged and watched outside as the storm got worse.

Iridessa looked over at him and gave him a look but hesitantly got up and walked over to the bed and laid where he patted. She looked up at the ceiling. "Yes yes, Lenny, the ceiling is a nice shade of brown. Thank you for showing me." She said softly, though she wasn't feeling like playing this game with him. Crying had taken a good bit of energy out of her and she wanted to sleep.

Keona sighed softly as he spoke, nodding. "Okay, fine," she said, holding her hands up. "She saved me. I have no idea how or why, but she figured out that the little girl I went to rescue - and don't you dare fucking say one thing about me saving a little girl, I'm still bad as hell - was actually leading me to like, this cannibalistic cult or some shit like that in the forest. So she got Lenandel and they came and saved me. She had a chance to escape...she could have run if she wanted to..." Keona paused slightly, glancing away from him. "But she didn't. She let me pull her back up into the cart and we escaped from the cannibals. That doesn't mean a thing, though. Maybe she just felt guilty that she was about to let me walk into a cult of cannibals. I'd be damn delicious," she said with a smirk.

Lenandel chuckled slightly at her comment about the colour of the ceiling and he shifted to lay on his side, gazing down at her. "You're not as awful as I thought, kid," he said in a gentle tone. "Can I be honest with you? I mean, I guess I've already done a lot of that after our talk last night, but you were asking questions and I was answering, so that's different."

Tyrell smirked when she started to tell him her little story and then it went to a full blown smile by the end of it. "Well one, you are damn delicious. Two, guilt means she still liked you some bit... enough to risk her own tail saving you, but what do I know, right?" He said, leaning in and smirking. "The girl sees good in the evillest of people, don't know why, but she does. When I saw her for the first time walking into the tavern I was shocked and worried, but she wasn't scared. She was all smiles and friendly. She won over some scary ass dudes that night, and that's without her singing." He said. "Most girls her age with that wealth wouldn't be hanging with guys like me or people in lower classes. I watched her for a month... and she spent more times in rags and cleaning then she did at her own home with her own people. And she did all the work for free. She worked for her people... that is why I just can't tell her about her singing because that is the only thing she has wanted for herself." He said softly.

Iridessa's eyes shifted from the ceiling to him and blushed a bit. "Thanks, same to you, princess." She smirked a bit before shrugging. "Why not? Like you said you have been, so why stop now?" She asked and looked back at him. A part of her wanted to reach up and play with his beard as he talked but she kept her hands to herself.

Keona raised an eyebrow slightly as she listened, and then she shook her head slightly. "Ty, babe, someone has to tell her. They really do," she said softly, reaching over and taking his hand in hers. "I know you care about her, but it's better for her to know. Besides, it's not like her singing isn't good. She has a beautiful voice. It just...has a weird effect on people. And who knows, maybe she can somehow learn to control it. Right now she has no idea it's happening, so the effect is has on people is basically going haywire, but what if she was able to learn to control it and it didn't do the weird shit any more?" Keona was almost finding herself excited at the prospect of Iridessa learning to control her abilities.

Lenandel chuckled slightly and nodded. "That's true," he said. "I just wasn't sure if you'd welcome my words without them being prompted." He reached down and gently brushed a lock of blonde hair out of her face. "Ty and my sister, they've got strings of lovers halfway to Jerrical and back. No matter where we stop, they've probably got someone there or someone nearby who knows them, knows what they like, and is always willing to spend the night with them. I think...I think that the reason I don't do that is because I don't feel like I deserve it. I let my little sister murder the woman I loved and instead of going back to the tribe and explaining what had happened, I ran off with Keona to avoid facing them. They probably think I was captured or some shit like that..."

He paused for a bit. He knew that there was no way to really justify what he did to women, but to explain it... "So instead I just take what I need and I don't pay attention to the feelings of the women. And most of the time, yes, it hurts them, but if I paid any mind to how they felt then I'd get attached and the part of me that doesn't think I deserve that...stops me."

Ty brought her hand to his lips and kissed it gently. "I know... but I have no idea how to teach her... I have only met a couple more people like her and their abilities are different. So how can I tell her when I don't even know how to help her? I will think about it and maybe I can figure something before this whole shit with your employer." He said and let go of her hand. "I think she knows that her singing can hype people up and put them to sleep... so... she has that going for her, right? And why are you so excited, hm?" He smirked.

Iridessa smirked when he chuckled. He always looked better when he didn't have an angry or evil looking face on, which is why she liked to watch him sleep. When he went to brush a lock of her hair away she flinched, scared he was going to hit her. Though she did listen to him and even though there was no excuse for why he did that to women, she understood. Iridessa wanted him to stop for the sake of those girls, no one deserved the things he probably did to them. She reached up and gently stroked his cheek and beard. If she could stop him then dying wouldn't be so bad, she would be doing so on a good deed. "I get it... but I wish you would stop... you are so much more than that." She said softly before smiling softly. "This... person who wants me said I had to stay a virgin right... he never said anything about my mouth." She said. "Just try not to wreck my fucking face... okay?"

Keona raised an eyebrow slightly when he asked why she was excited. "I have no idea," she said. "I don't think I'm excited. Maybe I am. Ugh. I wonder if it's based on intent? I mean, when she wanted us to go to sleep she outright said so, and then she sang, and we fell asleep. So, what's her intention when she performs? It's for people to enjoy her singing and to make people happy, right? So that's what happens. So what if she went into her singing with a different intention? What if all she wanted was for people to be content, or to give people something pleasant to listen to in the background...? I'm sure we could figure it out, and we could experiment on ourselves if we had to."

Lenandel smiled a bit when she reached up to stroke his cheek and beard, relieved that she wasn't avoiding touching him any more. It really hadn't been the touching, it had been the song. When she spoke, he raised an eyebrow slightly. "Iridessa..." he said in a low voice, his smile fading slightly, "what are you saying right now...?"

Tyrell listened as he ate and smiled, "And this is why I love you, Keona." He said and shook his head. "We should do that when we get closer to this guy you are giving her too so she doesn't use it on us though." He laughed. "That would be something... but maybe you are excited because you like her and you want her to have a fighting chance. There is no shame in liking the girl, babe..." He said softly.

Iridessa looked down at his tattoos and traced them with her fingers. She was scared, there was no lie about that, but she couldn't have those girls' lives or whatever on her hands when she died... like with K. Iridessa smiled softly before looking up at him, "I am saying stop using those girls and just use me... as much as you possibly can. I am asking you too.. if I have to beg I will." She said softly.

Keona laughed softly when Tyrell commented that this was why he loved her. She smirked. "You know I love you too, baby," she said before taking a few bites of her food while he spoke. She sighed softly. "Fine, I like her," she snapped, shooting him a playful glare. "And yeah, I want her to have a fighting chance. I've already told her to escape once we drop her off. Told her she doesn't wanna be there..." Keona paused slightly. She knew the shit they'd do to her. She'd been in the system all of five months before managing to kill her captors and escape. She hadn't spoken about it to anyone before, but those had been the worst five months of her life.

Lenandel raised an eyebrow slightly as he listened. "It won't work," he told her softly. "It's an outlet for aggression. Even if I used your mouth instead, I'd have to be careful and that would just defeat the purpose," he continued. He was certain that it wouldn't work.

Keona laughed softly when Tyrell commented that this was why he loved her. She smirked. "You know I love you too, baby," she said before taking a few bites of her food while he spoke. She sighed softly. "Fine, I like her," she snapped, shooting him a playful glare. "And yeah, I want her to have a fighting chance. I've already told her to escape once we drop her off. Told her she doesn't wanna be there..." Keona paused slightly. She knew the shit they'd do to her. She'd been in the system all of five months before managing to kill her captors and escape. She hadn't spoken about it to anyone before, but those had been the worst five months of her life.

Lenandel raised an eyebrow slightly as he listened. "It won't work," he told her softly. "It's an outlet for aggression. Even if I used your mouth instead, I'd have to be careful and that would just defeat the purpose," he continued. He was certain that it wouldn't work.

Keona laughed softly when Tyrell commented that this was why he loved her. She smirked. "You know I love you too, baby," she said before taking a few bites of her food while he spoke. She sighed softly. "Fine, I like her," she snapped, shooting him a playful glare. "And yeah, I want her to have a fighting chance. I've already told her to escape once we drop her off. Told her she doesn't wanna be there..." Keona paused slightly. She knew the shit they'd do to her. She'd been in the system all of five months before managing to kill her captors and escape. She hadn't spoken about it to anyone before, but those had been the worst five months of her life.

Lenandel raised an eyebrow slightly as he listened. "It won't work," he told her softly. "It's an outlet for aggression. Even if I used your mouth instead, I'd have to be careful and that would just defeat the purpose," he continued. He was certain that it wouldn't work.

Tyrell smiled, "You better." He said playfully and sighed. "I will fucking murder them before they can even touch her." He said. His blood was beginning to boil as he thought about her in that system and how he was happy that this Dol girl had destroyed most of them. The waitress came back, looking a bit scared now. "Hi guys... we are about to close because of the weather, for the inconvenience we will be paying for your meal." She said softly. Tyrell looked outside and it looked horrid. "Will do ma'am, thanks." He said and got up, helping K to her feet and walking out. "Shit... I didn't see what inn they went to." He said and looked around. "And I can barely see with all this rain."

Iridessa frowned, "You don't need to be aggressive when angry... there are ways for you to take out your anger without having to nearly kill someone." She said and sat up. "Please..." She begged. "Just let me help you find a different out lit."

Keona blinked in surprise when the waitress came over and told them that they were closing because of the weather. She nodded slightly. "Thank you," she said, taking one last bite before standing up. She headed out with Tyrell, immediately reaching over and grabbing on to his hand, not wanting to lose him in the storm. It was teeming down rain and she had to agree, she couldn't see a damn thing. "Let's just..see if we can find the wagon, they probably just ducked into the closest inn to the wagon," she said to him.

Lenandel gazed up at her as she sat up, and slowly, a smile began to creep across her face. "We can try it your way," he said finally. "I don't know how happy Ty and Keona are gonna be about it, but if this is what you want, then go for it," he said to her.

Tyrell held her hand protectively and made a run for it, almost running into a tree and cursing the gods. It seemed like forever since the found the driver in the cart and they were soaking. "Well... at least we didn't die and that's a good thing." He smirked.

Iridessa glared, "Psh if I had one they could suck it too. They aren't too worried about me right now, now are they?" She asked before sitting there and then she realized. "Oh.." She blushed from head to toe. "You... you want me.. right now?" She asked, clearly nervous. I only did this once! And he was already ready. Oh my god what do I do... do I touch it? No... the pants... wait... I feel like I am missing something right now. She cried in her head.

Keona couldn't help but to giggle and shriek like a little kid as they ran through the ran. She was absolutely soaked by the time they reached the cart, clambering inside with a laugh. "No way am I going looking for an inn in this weather," she told him with a laugh. She was shivering a bit now, so she reached into one of their bags and pulled out a blanket, bundling it around her shoulders. "Rain's not gonna kill us anyway, Ty," she laughed.

Tyrell laughed, "No but lightening can." He said and smirked. "You are going to freeze... just change. Is anyone else in here?" He asked the driver and he shook his head no, wishing it was Iridessa who came in and not these two. "See no one is in here, so go around or change in front of him. Just change." He smiled.

Keona rolled her eyes slightly before pulling a change of clothes out of the bag. She was relieved, at least, that she hadn't been wearing white today. She put on a pair of brown pants and a red shirt, not caring about changing in front of the driver, and then she wrapped the blanket back up around herself and sat down. "Iri and Lenandel are lucky that they're inside and not caught out in this," she said with a shake of her head.

Darcy blinked and looked away when she began changing. He much rather Iridessa over her, she was too manly for his taste anyway. Tyrell patted his head and laughed, "such a gentleman." His eyes went over back to her and nodded, "Yeah, he is probably sleeping like a baby up in their room. Hopefully she is snuggled into him. Poor kid." He sighed.

Keona was rather pleased that the driver averted his gaze while she was changing, though it wouldn't have made much of a difference to her anyhow. More than enough people had seen her naked. She was pretty sure even Pete had seen her with no clothes on at some point, though she couldn't quite recall why that may have been. She smirked, moving towards him. "She can be all snuggled into him and I can be all snuggled into you," she murmured, gazing towards him with her dark eyes.

Darcy sighed and groaned at the two. Tyrell raised an eyebrow, "Would you rather be here alone with Iridassa?" He asked. Darcy nodded, "who wouldn't?" He asked and Tyrell nodded. "Well maybe you will get your turn... if Lenny will let go of her after this." He sighed and then pulled K into his lap right when lightening struck a building close by. It was a deafening sound and Darcy jumped. Tyrell cursed like a sailor and jumped. "The hell?" He asked and then he heard people yelling. When he looked out of the cart there was a glowing orange color coming though the cracks of the barn. He stepped out and looked out the doors. The place next to the inn was on fire and spreading rapidly. "Dammit. Get the damn cart ready to leave. We need to go find Iri and Lenny!" He yelled.

Keona burst out laughing at the exchange between Tyrell and Darcy before Tyrell pulled her up into his lap. She went to snuggle up to him when she heard a thunderous bang from outside, jumping slightly. She frowned, moving back out of Tyrell's lap so he could go investigate. Her eyes widened as she saw the orange glow coming from outside. "Shit!" she said, dropping the blanket and jumping down out of the cart with him. "Where could they be?" she asked, glancing towards the inn. It was much too close to the fire; she doubted they could safely get there and find her brother and Iridessa before the fire spread into it.

He winced when she screamed. That had definitely just killed the mood. He reached down to do his pants back up, suddenly catching a whiff of smoke. He hadn't even the chance to say so before Iridessa stated what had happened, apparently realizing it the same time he did. He quickly got up with her, hurrying to the door of the room and opening it. He heard the voice of the man saying they couldn't use the front door and he motioned for Iridessa to go. "Come on, let's get out of here," he said to her, concern evident in his voice.

Iridessa nodded and was going to hurry out when a mother screamed she couldn't get to her baby in the room. Iridessa turned and looked the woman couldn't get in because of the fire but there was a small enough space to get through. "I... I can get in... take the mother out and I will meet you out back." She said, clear she wasn't going to take no for an answer and hurried before sliding into the small space and going in. She coughed as she inhaled smoke but went looking for the screaming baby who was dangerously close to the fire. She grabbed him and was about to crawl back when the opening closed. "Crap!" She screamed whiled trying to calm the baby. Part of the floor dropped and Iridessa jumped back. There was just enough space she could jump and get out through the second floor.

Without hesitating she jumped and winched as a pain shot up her leg, but luckily she could still move on it. She hurried out of the room and made it out of the back.

Darcy got the cart out and was waiting on Tyrell or someone to make a decision. "The fire is spreading and we can't get to the back side..." He said and threw K into the back of the cart and got in. "Let's try going through the opposite side." He said and Darcy nodded. He did as was told and was going as fast as he could when the horse spooked and took them way off course. "Dammit!" Darcy and Tyrell yelled.

Lenandel didn't hesitate when Iridessa told him to take the mother while she got the baby. He knew she was good for it. "Come on," he said to the mother. She started to protest, so he casually scooped her up and began to carry her out. He coughed a bit, hurrying out through the back with the woman. Once they were across the street from the building and out of harm's way he set her down, putting a firm hand on her shoulder. "She'll get your baby," he said to her confidently to try to calm her down. He watched the back exit closely, breathing a sigh of relief when he saw Iridessa coming out with the baby in her arms.

Keona was startled when Tyrell threw her into the cart but she nodded. "Right, good idea," she said, rushing to the front of the wagon to watch what was happening as Darcy manoeuvered the wagon, trying to get around to the far side of the inn to see whether Lenandel and Iridessa were there. She groaned when the horse got spooked. "Stupid horses!" she exclaimed in frustration. This was the second time a horse had screwed them over. She was getting more and more worried about Iridessa and her brother.

Iridessa had ash smeared on part of her face, but her lavender eyes were shining, and she bounced the now calm baby. "Here you go ma'am." She said softly before handing her her baby. The woman cried happily and thanked them many times before going to her husband who was waiting. Iridessa let out a happy sigh before looking up at him. "And that is why I am the warrior and you are the princess... now... how do we get to the other side?" She asked.

Tyrell tried to take over the horses but they had a mind of their own and by the time he got them to stop he had no idea where they were or how to even get back to the town. When he looked back he couldn't even see the smoke or the orange glow. Hell the rain even stopped that was how far they had gotten. "We are going to have to keep going straight till we hit a town and hopefully they will meet us there..." He sighed.

Lenandel watched as Iridessa handed the baby off to the mother. The moment the mother walked off and Iridessa turned to him, he stepped forward and wrapped both his strong arms around her, pulling her close. "Stop trying to be the fucking hero, you scared me," he said as he held her. Then he pulled back, stepping away quickly. "I have no idea how to get to the other side," he said, looking in the direction of the building. "I don't even know where we'll find Ty and Keona. I'm assuming they had to move the cart, it wasn't far from the building at all..."

Keona watched in frustration as the town disappeared behind them. The horse hustled its way down random roads until they were so far the rain had faded, the smoke had dissipated, and Keona groaned. She glanced over at Tyrell when he spoke and she nodded. "Yeah. Unless we're in the complete wrong direction, of course, and then we'll have to head in the right direction so we're actually on their route," she added, frowning.

When he moved forward she stumbled back, thinking he was going to hurt her, but he just pulled her in for a hug. For a moment she was confused and then blinked at him saying she scared him It clicked that he almost lost his money. "Yeah yeah, you almost lost your fuckin money. Boo damn who." She said. "Like I was going to let a fucking baby die so you could get some damn money." She said and looked around. She watched the fire and then looked back the other way, but then fire had spread too quickly. "I have no idea how the could come around... maybe they left and hope we go to the next town? Or they could be sitting on the other side scared we died in this fire... who knows.." She shrugged.

Tyrell sighed, "We won't know until we get to the next town. Darcy, keep going down this road, it is bound to take us some where." He said and sat in the back of the cart. He hoped the two got out. Knowing Lenny he wouldn't want to lose out on his money so he would have carried her over his shoulder and got out. "I am sure the two are fine.. he is your brother after all." He said.