Vi’lea stretches and yawns as she lies in bed. She’s a bit disappointed, but not surprised, to see that Lyssa is not there. The dark elf remains in bed for a few more minutes until the sleep fully leaves her, then gets up and starts getting dressed.
Several minutes later Vi’lea comes down the stairs looking as presentable as ever, no hint of what she and Lyssa did the previous night visible anywhere. Gert happens to pass by the stairs and she uses the chance to order a light breakfast, then she heads towards the elf.
"Good morning." Vi’lea greets her lover. "Is Hurley not back yet?"
You snap Lyssa out of her distraction. "No, he should have been back by now. Something has gone wrong. I can sense it."
The elf looks at the others gathering in the tavern. "Go to them. I will be with you soon, my sweet."
Silvan wakes up a little early and gets his gear ready. Soon they would be hunting again. He wakes Tila and Slippy and soon the trio head down the stairs. He sees Andreas and heads over.
"Morning my friend. How are you doing?"
Silvan takes a seat across from Andreas and orders some breakfast. Tila sits beside Andreas with Silvan's permission, purring happily as her hand slides under the table to his crotch. Slippy manages to take a seat next to Silvan. Once they were all seated, Silvan tells Andreas about his new business plan with Winona.
Winona stops by, placing her hands over Andreas's shoulders and leaning her ample breasts against the back of his neck. If she sees Tila's paw stroking in Andreas's lap, she does not say anything.
"Silvan, I've already talked things over with Sven some carpenters in town. They can begin work as soon as you hand over the money." She glances at Tila. "We'll make a lovely little home for you, kitten, and you can have all the cream you want."
Riekan enters the tavern with Lea and Pepper in tow. He sees that Andreas, Silvan and Tila were around one table, so he decides to introduce them to Lea first. His hand reaches down to squeeze Lea's round ass firmly. "There they are, a few of my friends." He whispers to her before licking her ear.
After that he guides the two women to the table. "Morning, everyone," he says. "Sorry for not joining you guys yesterday, but Pepper and I decided to follow the other path and found this woman, tied up by the slimes, her name's Lea."
"Lea, they are Andreas and Silvan," He points to his two companions. "Tila is Silvan's pet. And I don't know who is the slime, sorry."
Slippy, the half-formed slime girl, jiggles with apparent excitement as you, Pepper and Lea approach. She slithers off her chair and slides up the woman's leg before anyone can stop her. The gelatinous goo-girl slips under Lea's cloak, out the top, and slips up onto her shoulder to sit like a pet.
"Aren't you a cute one," says Lea, tickling Slippy beneath her chin. "And where did you come from, my lovely?"
"Gggrooooo," burbles slippy.
Pepper flops down into the chair Slippy vacated and starts eating the slime girl's breakfast, careful to pick around the goo.
"I think she likes you, Lea," says Pepper and she crunches into a piece of toast.
Andreas perks up at Silvan's voice, greeting him with a wide smile. "My friend! Good mornin--" With Tila's squeeze, Andreas perks up even more so in other ways. "I take it you enjoyed your cream, little kitten."
"Very well!" Andreas addresses Silva again. "I'm distilling the essence of th slime here... whatever the essence is." He taps the tube, causing the dessicated flakes to jostle. "Gods knows how useful it'll be, but I'm sure someone can make a killing with it -- even if it is charlatanry."
He absorbs Silvan's plan. "Interesting, and despite Winona's extra conditions -- all necessary by the way, I'm not sure I could influence her into a better deal for you -- it'll be lucrative. I'll be happy to help any way I can as long as I'm here, including, well, keeping Winona happy." He grins despite himself. "I think I'm growing attached to her. Not in a head-over-heels romantic sort of way, but she can make for a good companion." He pauses. "With my knowledge, I can try and be a healer, than, again, I don't have formal training. Keeping Hurley alive was instinct and basic triage techniques. Thank the gods orcs have anatomy resembling a human's."
Riekan's peppery voice spikes Andreas's attention next. "Finally, you two show up!" As Riekan introduces Lea to them, Andreas extends a hand -- then stops mid-way to her. Something clangs in the back of his mind, but he's not sure why. He folds his hand up quickly, then merely tips his hat. "A pleasure Lea!"
Lea ignores your slight. She helps Slippy back down onto the floor and the slime girl reluctantly slides back over to her master and slithers up and into his lap. She resumes her shape of a half-formed woman and seems to grind her pint-sized bottom against Silvan's groin.
Lyssa steps outside of the tavern, taking a last look around for any sign of Hurley. By now you all are fairly certain she is about to give you another task and you have a feeling it is going to involve rescuing her orc lover.
