(Sure, you can use your design of armour! At the moment they don't need to cross the river - but who knows in the future ) Hana hummed and nodded. "So we make a camp here?" She paused. "And what a lovely gift you gave me~ Please, allow me to return a favour~." With a mischievous smile she took out a lock of hair. "A lock of hair of the princes - you first capture!" She smiled. "They say your is unforgettable~ You can make it into ring, necklace or- oh! A dick band!" She said with enthusiasm. "There is this story in Company, where an agent had taken a band of hair of his first capture before he sold her. Decades later, when he was a powerful agent, he made the locks into dick band and cast powerful magics on it! Each time he fucked, the magic connected to his first capture, so she felt him fucking - as if he was fucking her directly! Even after she died, the magic still held, and each time he fucked, the soul of his first capture was fucked at the same time!" She told the story excitedly.
As Ivy thought about her options the crowd raised in cheer. "An we have a winner! Grum has finished his last opponent!" The crowd cheered and Ivy looked around- Spoiler: luck fail but it seemed that luck was not something she could lean on to find her objective. "We are starting the last fight of the day - Kitana versus Furry!"
"As much as I want to get away from there, we need some rest and food. I plan to roast some fish for today and smoke some for later use. Then we make our way move to the mountains and hope to avoid trouble, " Mark took the lock of elven hair in his hand "You know I regret selling her, I just needed all this stuff... And maybe keeping this, the dagger and her rope, and her jeewls is not ideal because it points out that it was us who made her disappear... But I don't think we'll be able to lie convincingly anyway, so I'll keep everything." \\\So the plan is to stay near the river for a short time to fish with the spear and rest and maybe do some foraging if there are easily accessible food sources. Then start traveling to the mountains. You may fast-forward as necessary\\\
@Tjf Spoiler: persuasion fail The woman looked at Felicia, for a moment... then started laughing. Her laugh was long, deep and genuine. Finally she stopped laughing and sighted, amused. "You... what makes you think I care at all, for web-head?~" She smiled. "The world is vast, and I am here only for the booty, before I move to my real target~" Her smile became shark-like. "And I have to thank you for donating~" She chuckled
(Okaey, we can skip forward) "Oh, I am sure you are regretting selling her - your dick is regretting it, that is. Ah, as soon as it finds another tight elven pussy he will quickly forget about his regret~" Hanna chuckled. ... For the next days the duo traveled to the directions of mountains. The travel was maybe not fast, but also not slow, thanks to Mark's purchase of skill. They could easily gather some food from the river as they moved, catching fish and gathering berries from forest. On a sixth day, the two arrived at the wall of the mountain. But there was no rode through the mountain from their point. They could travel south, which was easier and safer road - a logical choice. Or take more dangerous and wild northen path.
It was a time of bonding between Hanna and Mark. Traveling through the serene forests, living a rather primitive life, having no one else to talk to but each other. It was almost like a camping trip, so different from their actual purpose... Mark's needs never went away and he completely went past one of his barriers, he received Hanna's blowjobs readily and with no hesitation and it seemed like... just an aspect of their friendship and a source of protein for Hanna. He even started considering taking hobbit's virginity but it was the line he wasn't ready to cross... yet "Well, it is what I was afraid of. Know we need to find a pass and I doubt it will be unguarded. Well, we'll handle this problem once we get there. South it is." Mark said to Hanna as they ended the first stage of their journey.
The two continued their Trek south. After another day of travel, they found a road - one that was use by travelers now and then. Spoiler: perception success As the two traveled Mark paused as he realised something. Something was not right! He looked around trying to understand what had cought him in such an alarm... only afer a few moments he realised that on of tree shadows was unnatural... Someone was on a tree! ANd was yet to notice Mark and Hana...
Mark gestured to Hana to stay silent and slipped into the shadows, spear in his hand, sneaking to the tree.
As he approached the tree, he noticed a shiulete. There was a man standing on top of one of the branches. Spoiler: notification Quest - It's a trap! You encountered the bandits on the road. Escape with your life! Reward: 5 credits Optional: Defeat all of the bandits - 50 credits. Optional: ?
The phone buzz was very timely because Mark already considered a sneak attack on this man but, learning that more bandits may be anywhere. he opted out of this plan, instead, he turned around and sneaked back to Hanna, intending to hide and discuss a plan with the hobbit.
(I thought I implied she'd go to the waiting prep area in her place for now.) As the matches started, she moved to go to the fighter pits for now possibly before the other Ivy could arrive.
As Mark made his way back to Hana, the halfing looked at him questioningly. "What is it?" She asked. " Or did you just want to pull me into bushes~" She added with a smirk.
(Miscommunication And it seems there will be another miscommunication ) Ivy walked through the prep area - but she did not saw her lookalike. As she stopped her walk in the gate to the fighter pits, she realised that the other Ivy was not here... she was not in the arena as well, and this was the last fight of the day...
She didn't know the schedule these fights were planned in, but if they were concluding, it was safe to assume her counterpart had already fought and left for the day....which naturally, she must be staying somewhere then. Her other self definitely didn't know anyone here and there wasn't much that suggested to her she would be willing to get to know them either. Logically, she must be hold up somewhere she paid for herself isolated like some upscale inn was the most likely. Deciding to leave for now, she quickly pulled aside a guard for directions for the most high class places to stay and once she had them, decided she would leave to find that.
Ivy changed her direction and walked to the exit of the arena. As she saw a guard, she decided to walk up to him- "High class place to stay?" He hummed. "Well, there are three such places, a Pouncing Pony inn next to the gates. Bloody knife inn next to the arena and Humming Song inn next to the park in the center of the city." He finished.
"I see...thank you for your time." She gave as much of a courteous response as proper manners dictated, and then instinctively decided she'd have to investigate the last two. Knowing her own first instincts she would either be more inclined to pick somewhere near a park with quiet space to enjoy or at least somewhere with more close proximity to the arena. Given, she was new to the area here, she likely wouldn't want to risk being lost particularly before a match, so she would likely try to keep to an area closest and maybe explore out in the evenings. With that in mind, she went to check out the Bloody Knife.
"Look there," he whispered pointing his finger to the tree, "and there," he showed the message. "50 credits is insane... We are waiting here until night, they can't stay on the trees for so long. Then... then we'll try to kill them all in the sleep. Or, if there are too many of them, sneak past. them."
As Ivy stopped talking the crowd roared in appreciation. Following the pointers from the guard, Ivy made her way though the city - it was a strange mix of medieval and fanatsy city. She passed stands with various products, walked past carts, a magician making illusion, two male sorrounded by crowd as they fought using martial arts... Finally, seh reached the inn...
Hanna's smile widened as she looked at the sum. She hummed. "Not a bad plan~" She smiled... Spoiler: ? Fail "Yeah, let's go with your plan!" She nodded enthusiastically.
(I have a bad feeling about this) Mark kissed Hanna softly and said, "Now the hard part of laying in the bushes for the rest of the day... and not having fun." And so Mark stayed in one place, looking around for any new developments.
