Ivyari runs into the alley, her sword in her hand, moving through several turns - her fellows lost somewhere in the back. She was alone, on the hunt, slowly gaining to her prey.
Ivyari thinking it is some kind of trap, but she can't let that woman escape or city will fall. She decided to leave pieces of captured woman clothing, to let know rest of amazons where she run, to leave the trail. Ivyari run harder, to catch prey.
"All right. Be wary, and keep your heads down." Opening the door when there's no sound from the other side, the trio step out into an elaborate palace complex. Lit by candlelight, the elaborate building looms around them. Walking through the palace, Aulus sees many people who look like him and his group: Minor nobles and functionaries with foreign slaves at their beck and call. In such a group, Maat, Agorix and Ard blend in easily. Turning a corner, however, Maat blanches and turns back rapidly, worried expression on her face. "Shit!" She whispers. Looking around the corner, Aulus sees a Greek hoplite walking towards them. "That's the commander of the Greek mercenaries!" Maat frowns. "He'll recognise me if he sees me!" Looking around, she tries to find somewhere to hide, but they're in a straight corridor, the exits too far to reach before the hoplite reaches them. "F-Fuck..." Luckily, the hoplite hasn't noticed them peeking yet, busy studying a tablet as he walks. The young man thinks about his options. - Aulus could try and dispose of the hoplite general with violence. No one is around in visual range, so the man wouldn't have any immediate assistance. The downside is that he'd have to find somewhere to hide the body, and will have trouble if the man isn't disabled immediately. - Aulus could try to take off suspiciously in another direction, or have Agorix do it, catching the general's attention. This would leave Maat safe, but the person who ran would be put under close scrutiny. - Aulus recalls a play he saw once about a spy, in which the lead character kissed a woman to avoid being recognised by guards in an Etruscan city. Aulus is taller and bulkier than Maat, so if he got between her and the general and kissed her, he'd be obscuring her entirely, and it wouldn't look as suspicious as if he was blocking all view of her for no apparent reason, especially since the nobles here evidently have no issue with public lewdness, Aulus having seen several of them playing with their slaves for all to see. The risk though, is that if he's the more lewd sort, the general might stop to watch, that behaviour also being apparently acceptable here. - Aulus can try to think of his own solution to the problem
As Ivyari runs, tearing the clothes, she quickly realises a fault in her logic. First, the loincloth of captured Egyptian... well, there is not that much of it, and she run out of it pretty quickly. It was also highly possible, that in the darkness, the fellow Amazons would miss or simply ignore a random piece of cloth laying on the street... Cursing, Ivyari had a choice -she could continue pursuit alone, risking falling into an ambush. -wait for her comrades, and risk losing the target -resign and return to the rest of her tribe. -of course, she could figure out a different solution.
"I may sleep with her at some point, to give her a false sense of control over me, but I could honestly take her or leave her." He grins, before touching his daughter's cheek. "Once Anai is defeated, there'll be nothing stopping me from freeing you. I've only kept you as a slave so long because having a free daughter who's related to an enemy would cast doubts on my loyalty." He hugs her tight. "Once I win, though, you'll be free." Pesca ruffles her hair. "Though you don't have to leave if you don't want to." He smirks.
"Let's call it training." She grins, before beginning to ravage her mother, playing with her breasts and clit until she cums.
"Thank you!" She throws herself at Quintus, hugging him tightly. "Do you really intend to legitimize my half-sister?" She asked, then bit her lip. "And what if I want to try this father? To taste your body?"
It doesn't take the woman long, to bring Anai to a messy climaxing state. Breathing heavily after she climaxed five times at least, under her daughter's firm hand, Anai collapsed tiredly on the floor. "Is that how, youths ask for the coin, these days?" She chuckled. "First General now you..." She sighted with content. "Are you done?" She asked, somewhat hopping, that her daughter had energy for more.
Ivyari decided it will be best, if she follow pursuit from the top of the building, jumping and climbing betheen them. Yes, it will take her more time than simply running by the alleys, but it could prevent her from falling into trap.
'Just our luck, damn,' Aulus cursed, he had to think quickly before the general tired of looking at tablets. Taking cues from theatre was silly, but the young man really had not other ideas at the moment, 'I don't see any other way. I apologise about what I am about to do, but please play along, Lady Maat. Uh, Agorix, tap me on the shoulder once the Hoplite is gone, okay?' He guided Maat to stand against the wall, before stepping in front of her, obscuring most of her body with his own. He pressed her against the wall, his chest squishing against he obscenely large bust, as he leaned in to kiss her. Their lips meeting, Aulus' head obscured Maat's face. The young Roman kissed timidly at first, almost as if he had never done that before. Aulus slowly got into it more. One hand landed on her hip, the other touched her thigh and lifted her knee along his waist. His kiss became more passionate, using more tongue, as enthusiastic as he was, he was still a bit awkward at it.
"Legitimise Taia? It depends on her. If she's willing to work with me, yes, but if she tries to betray me, then she'll end up a slave, or dead." He hugs back and chuckles. "What did I say, Aphrodite? You don't ever have to do that with me." He still seems not to understand the concept of his daughter wanting to fuck him of her own desire.
Maat gasps in surprise but quickly moans into Aulus' mouth as they begin to kiss. Her hands slip around him, pulling him in closer, as her tongue begins to dance with his. They kiss passionately for several moments, Aulus getting a good handful of the noblewoman's luscious curves, before finally he becomes cognisant of Agorix's hand punching his shoulder.
When Agorix pinched him, Aulus broke the kiss with Maat and stepped back. He looked at Maat, his face flushed with arousal and some embarrassment. After adjusting the big tent in his tunic from his erection, Aulus looked to Agorix, 'Uh, thanks for keeping an eye out.' He then turned to Maat again, blushing and clearing his voice, 'Hrmh, uh, I think we managed to avoid him. Sh-Should we go on?'
Maat ends the kiss rather reluctantly, as Agorix rolls her eyes. The Egyptian gives a nod. "Yes, I believe so. I haven't spent a huge amount of time in the palace itself, so there shouldn't be too many people who know me by sight. Still, if you think it's too risky, the way back looks clear." She grins. "And there was no need to apologise. Feel free to make a 'distraction' whenever you want."
Heading atop the roofs, Ivyari catches sight of her target, the woman not running fast due to a lifetime of luxury.
'If he's the only one, we should be good. We've come this far, let's go on,' Aulus nodded, before he blushed more, but didn't comment on her teasing.
Ivyari run after her, being careful to not fall down of the roof. Some buildings were weaker than others, so breaking them would be unwelcome.
Maat smirks, but lets the matter slide for now. Heading further into the palace, they come across the complex series of bedchambers owned by the governor and her closest circle. The problem is that the entrance to that wing of the palace is guarded by four men in Egyptian armour. Thinking and consulting with Maat, Aulus considers multiple ways of getting past. - Aulus could possibly get past them with violence. There are no other guards in line of sight, so theoretically they could get away with it if Aulus can kill the guards without making enough noise to prompt someone to investigate. They'd have to be quick inside the wing, but if they can leave before ten or so minutes has passed, they'll be out before the next guard shift. The potential problems are those of hiding the bodies, and the fact that Maat by her own admission is no warrior, so Aulus and Agorix would have to fight one man each. - Maat tells him that certain officials have tokens allowing them access into the Governor's Wing. Potentially, they could abduct or dispose of one of these governors and steal their token to get inside. The possible issue with this is that, though the guards will likely not challenge someone with such a token, those officials have bodyguards, and might be missed if they disappear. - Aulus thinks he could maybe get in by creating a distraction, such as burning a nearby blind or having one of the women scream, and slip into the wing while the guards go to investigate and no one's watching the entrance. The problem with this plan is that the guards will return to their station once they've investigated the problem, which will cause difficulties for the Roman in escaping. - Maat mentions a crawlspace around the corner, which leads into one of the bedchambers in the wing, getting them inside without even using the main entrance, and avoiding the guards entirely. She's positive that no one has ever found it, but mentions that she doesn't know if the chamber on the other side is occupied. The other issue is that, being a crawlspace, Aulus will have to be on his hands and knees to get in and out, which isn't perfect if he needs to escape. -Aulus ponders if he has any other ideas for how to get in.
Stalking across the roofs, Ivyari sees her target enter a building, a small palace about three stories high, with exterior facing balconies and an open courtyard in the center, probably owned by a minor noble. As the main doors close behind her, spear wielding guards take position outside the entrances, two men on the front, side, back and basement doors each. Pondering, Ivyari wonders what to do. - Since she doesn't know how many forces are inside the building, Ivyari wonders if she should wait for the other Amazons to come and reinforce her, before storming the palace. The danger is that in the time it takes for the Amazons to arrive, the noble could use a possible escape route within the building and escape. - Ivyari could descend from her rooftop perch, and attack the guards solo. This is a fast option, with a low chance of the target escaping, but puts Ivyari in harm's way. - Ivyari could use her bow to snipe the exterior guards in silence. She's confident that she could kill them all with her weapon, and it would give her the element of surprise if she then stormed the palace. The problem is that she still doesn't know how many enemies are inside, and that moving from vantage point to vantage point will take time, not as much time as waiting for reinforcements, but more than if she just performed a head on assault. - Ivyari sees one of the exterior facing balconies in front of her, and thinks that she could probably jump from her current position on a neighboring rooftop. If she makes the jump, this will get her into the building faster than any other option, and give her the element of surprise. The danger, of course, is that she might miss the jump and break her legs falling three stories to the ground. - Ivyari thinks of some other way to get inside the building.
