(Nine has left the RP, so for now the Twins are open for either/his eventual replacement to claim as slaves/servants/whatever. Until the time comes that either of them arrive back in town, however, they will be incapable of claiming. Gridon and them are being moved out of the spotlight for now, though.)
The various flowers within the glade all seemed to be alike, but in different colors. It was only as the figure shifted through the glade just a stride that the flower would come into view, resting just above the general line of the glade.
"Oh, my love~... do not worry... the warmth here is secure... the fat one promised... h-he... he pro-... something... feels wrong."
The figure's head turned, a strange sight of a tentacle-like appendage slipping out and rising above his head. The sun shifted behind a cloud and reduced the lighting over the glade, just enough to finally give Katyusha an idea of what she was looking at.
Standing roughly six feet tall, the figure was a Tentacle Man, a type of monster-person born from a monster that gained sentience. It was a well-speculated rumor that they were tentacles that gained enough power to be born into humanoid form, but none had ever seen such a transformation nor a birthing of them. The only ones who knew anything of them were those born as offspring of them, only retaining half their bloodline. The man's frame was lean and bare in the dimmed light, his skin a blue-green mix of life and plant-like material. He appeared to be roughly in his early twenties, the markings of no-doubt a monster tribe evident on his shoulders. The mass of tentacles squirmed from his back as he turned, looking around at the treeline.
"Is someone there!? This is my garden! Begone or I'll tie you up to be bred by an orc!"
The posture and stance of the man was defensive, the mass of tentacles squirming closer as he lowered into a squat as if to try and hide. It wasn't likely he had detected Katyusha, but the tentacle on its own looked as if it had an eye near the end. It was quite likely that this being had various tentacles with some sort of sight-like feature... and even though he didn't know where or who the spectator was, it could be wagered that he had caught a glimpse of her or something else.
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"Nnn~..."
The hand on her wound and exposed flat chest had Jen blushed and clutching gently at one of Helwen's wrists. The cleaning wouldn't be hard, the one-eyed scout looking down toward the healer's attending hands on her chest. The wounds had healed and, with the washing, showed that they would leave little to no sort of scars on the scout's chest. The nature around them had grown noisy with chatter from birds and the trickle of the water with their slightest of motions.
"I-I-ahhh~... E-Erisk... i-is a God who... r-represents sex and love in Eokesh. H-He was born... a-a boy... a-and his sister A-Arosa was an out of control deity of war. S-Seeing her so focused on v-violence, h-he... nnn~... ch-chose to be her coc-... wife. A God who cared for the safety of mortals and sees love as an option... t-to solve anything."
The knife shook in her hand with the attention, her face blushing as the scout leaned against Helwen suddenly. She'd rest her face against the healer's shoulder, releasing her wrist and withdrawing but a short distance apart. The wounds looked fierce, the scout's dyed hair beaded with signs of sweat. Standing there had seemed to be exhausting her, the scout looking away shamefully.
"I... I pray to Erisk that he allows me the chance to find someone... someone who sees me as more than some flat-chested bore. He... and his mother Aralisk will one day grant me such fortune... I-I only must endure... t-to not give up at the first sign of injury! S-So I apologize for falling against you... I... have no ability to control myself..."
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Elsewhere, farther into the Golden Republic, a lone figure walked with a tremendously large bow in hand with brown and dark green pants and long-sleeved shirt adorning their body. A leather brace-like set of armor clung around their chest, forearms, and groin with an almost plated-like look. The stride of the infamous Black Rangers of Eroth carried the figure almost quietly along tracks. It had been a quarry that had been hunted for quite some time, the trails of orc kind that had raided the village not long before the Company arrived. It was one of many small tribes of the rape-happy, more feral orcs that plague the Republics edges but it was one that had directly attacked the town. Slowing and walking into the clearing that the racks had led, the hooded figure strode pace-by-pace. They were roughly six feet tall, their build carrying just the slightest of curves and bordering androgyny unlike many man or woman. The tracks cut through the camp, but signs of life had brought the figure to a slowing halt. Gently squeezing their grip around the almost five foot tall bow in their right hand, the figure reached back to a quiver with the left. A voice almost as gender-neutral spoke out from under the hooded forest-green cloak, just slightly on the side of masculine as they turned a knee-high leather boot-covered foot to a prepared stance.
"Is anyone here? Speak now! I am Otto of the Wild Cadets Mercenary Company!"