Hurricanes, Zombies, and an oasis

Last we found the party, they were cross the Other Desert on their way to Gimiacudl on the shores of the ocean as a quest on behalf of the wizard Ashton the Meek in the Southern Slums of Wannasuqatitti. Apparently a previously lost artefact had resurfaced and Ashton is apparent one of a potential number of wizards that are seeking out this treasure, located north of Gimiacudl in a oceanside cave. Taking a carriage across the desert reduced the trip to 5 days/4 nights, and provided some protection from the elements. However, a large hurricane caused sigificnat early damage to the carriage which was partly repaired. On the second night, now fully in the desert, the party was set upon by a pack of meatdogs that were being led by two skilled zombie warriors. Besting the group in battle at night, the conflict is about to end. (edited)

The last of the zombie warrior stood, hagard, bloodied and defeated before the party and the caravan. Accepting their impending permadeath in the dark desert night, the zombie launched forward only to be struck down by Cerrie's blade, which carved through the now former elf's patchwatch body. Slumping to the ground amongst the corpse of meatdogs and her zombie warrior brethren, the blood and ickor of the walking corpse stains the sands as a sudden quiet grips the scene.

Suddenly, in the distance before them a sudden crack of thudnder is heard drawing the parties attention forward. yet, there was not lightning, no immediate suggestion of cause. Yet, approximately 100ft away, in the dark blackness of the moonless night, a large pair of glowing irridescent and seamingly steaming yellow eyes appeared, malice in its gaze as it surveiled the party. The eyes were there for just a moment and then they were gone as soon as they had appeared.

Unsettled by the events and exhausted by the battle, the party retires back to the carriage for the rest of the evening.

A heavy fog rolls across the desert, a aftermath of the hurricane 48 hours earlier, moisture in the air unable to form rain in the heat of the desert.

However, despite the delay the carriage is brought back on track on the way to Gimiacudl and by mid afternoon reaches a oasis of palms and water spring and grasses. Not large, but welcome, the party can fill their water skins.

"Finally, been tired of dust an' sand for 3 days..." Cerfepto lollops into the cool water after quickly sliding out of her clothes.

Lathander would follow suit finally happy to get out of the sand himself. He would follow his taller elven compatriot for a dunk."Oh goodness heavenly water i didn't think i would miss you so much."

"Haa... so nice to properly cool off..." She placidly drifts atop the lake.

Lathander would be submerged all the way to the bottom of his eyes almost looking like a gator in water. He would give a nod agreeing with Cerrie before raising his self up and pulling his hair out of his eyes.

Itsa would take a minute to pray before striping and diping.

As everyone is swimming in the water Cerrie notices people approaching the oasis hard to tell if it was 3 or 4 but from here it looked like they were all on slugraptors ( viscous vermon but are decently tameable).

"Gods damn it... those people better not be bandits..." She stands upright in the water, shielding her eyes from the sun to get a better look at them.

Lathander would look to Cerfepto as now he is stanidng at leg deep kikcing around some water cooling off. His gentials now gently swaying in the breeze and if they were to look they could se just how wide his hips were...truly a the man was carrying a bakery."Everything alright darling?"

Cerfepto whispers to Lathander. "Just play along wit' me if they're lookin' feisty."

"Itsa can help" she replies hearing it with all four ears.

"... You sure can." Cerfepto replies still dismissive of the gobbo.

Lathander would give a nod as he tied his hair a back and then a thumbs up."They don't look feisty but I think their staring at our naked selves really..we could invite em in the water..they are probably hot just like the rest of us no?"

"They can come in if they wanna, we ain't stoppin' 'em." Cerrie says readying herself for anything.

The slugraptor mounted group enters the oasis area and they pull back on the reins of the beasts, bringing them to a halt. the one in the front raises his hand and waves as he sees the group, naked and glistening in the water before him. There are four of them. A male human, the one who maved, sword at his side and medium leather armor donning his body.A female orc with a large maul on her back and heavy full armor. A Saytr, almost unable to be seen perched atop the slugraptor, its body draped with a flowing cloak. And then the party realises that the forth person wasnt riding a slugraptor, they are a centaur female, with a bow slung over their shoulder and studdend leather armor

"Ah it looks like we have company this evening at the Havens Oasis," the human male declares to his brethren, gesturing to you, "and a fine group it would appear as well!"

"Aye... fine's one word fer us." Cerrie relaxes back down into the water. "We don't want any trouble if you don't."

"Ho my seems they are 'venturers like us ya'll" Lathander would take a seat into the water and give a wave back. "Good to have more company..ya'll here for a dip as well, that armor in this heat could be troublesome yah know"

"Hello I Itsa it a pleasure" Itsa waves briefly.

"Well met!" the human male responds and with a flick of his fingers the party dismounts. Tying off the slugraptors to a nearby cluster of trees next to the oasis before making their way over to the waters edge."Do not let us disturb your bathing."

"Thanks. You seem like a fine lot yourselves" Cerrie floats with a contented sigh.

"I'm Vachel," the human said as his party removed bags from the raptors and started to set up a rudimentary camp. "The orc is Kalogur, the satyr Spefias and the centaur lass over younder is Fodhath.""We are the Ardent Berserkers." he declared proudly.

"Naaah..." Lathander would nudge Cerfepto and give a smile "Hey hey how about we have some fun with one it could be interesting". He whispers this in Cerfepto's ear and then waits for her reactin as he looks around at the lot. As a name is said he gives a wave. "The names Lathander! Great to meet yah!"

Cerrie whispers back with a smirk. "The centaur or the orc?"

"Since you named it you own oas sis?" Itsa questions.

"Ah no it is a known site for those that cross the Other Desert. THis is not our first crossing." Vachel replied.

"Ya cross this regularly?" Cerrie said scrubbing behind her ear.

"Hmmmm lets get the centaur...I wonder if they neigh~" Lathander whispers to Cerrie, before giving the centaur girl a small grin and a wave.

Vachel removes his armor but remains clothed. He is definitely staring at Itsa and Cerrie in particular as they are naked in the water, not egregiously so, but also not hiding his enjoyment of the view. "Not on a regular basis, but when a job calls for it."

"An' what is that job?" Cerrie questioned.

The centaur woman, Fodhath trots up to the side of the water and leans down to drink before answering. "You havent heard of the Ardent Berserkers? You musnt be from Zirramarkdak then."

"I lived in a forest." Cerfepto shrugs.

"Naaah its nothing personal but we've been pretty busy with other news won't lie..you know adventuring life is busy and all" Lathander would look at the centuar woman fascianted before floating on his back in the lake.

"Itsa from red dessert but done some walkin since" she grinned cautiously now.

Cerfepto tries to gently push Lathander's body floating across the water towards the drinking centaur.

"No offense taken," the centaur continued, "we have just made a bit of a name for ourselves in recent months" She notices Lathander's body floating towards her. She stops drinking but doesn't move.

Vachel continues, "we are a party of much renowned, available to aid in all many of tasks and quests for the right price."

"What name do you go by" Fodhath enquired, "maybe we have heard of you."

Cerfepto lets out an impressed whistle. "You must have quite the rep if you're so kitted out. As for our task... well, it's currently secret."

"Ah a professional I see. Some adventurers seem more than willing, eager even to spill the beans of their employers trust. alas ours is also confidential." Vachel replied.

Lathander looks panicked as he floats by the centaur and looks her in the eye as he floats her way. "You lil..haha yeah the North conflict really has kept a good flow..I." he would continue floating near her. as he spoke. "Yeah its nice to see some more professionals after all"

"Well, was nice meetin' some folk who aren't out for our coin an' heads. You gotta hurry somewhere, or you wanna stick with us for a while?" Cerrie trying to see if hookup is possible.

Itsa was started to get real suspicious of this other group maybe her goddess was blessing her with insight maybe just intuition.

"we will likely make camp for the night and head off early before dawn." Vachel turns to his centaur who shrugs and then nods, " you seem like a trustworthy group, we are happy to camp with you if you are interested in the company for the evening." Vachel then turns to his orc companion before turning back"share the watch etc,"

"Sounds great..more company is always interesting" Lathander would give a nod as he looked at the group. Standing up before scooting away fully forgeting he is naked. "A...As for our name we are the uh.. Twilight Knights"

Itsa looks at these strangers that although friendly give off a weird vibe so she stays some distance watching them from the sidelines.

"Ah the Twilight Knights!" Vachel declares, "alas i havent heard of you though im sure you deeds have been many and great."

"We've done a few things..there were these bandits in Tidisquiznin **** milk maids poor things..we went in and routed em out."Lathander would give a roll of his shoulders as he imaginary shot with a bow before sitting in the water once more.

The Ardent Berserkers all remove their armor and weapons, though the orc remains on guard for the first few hours. Vachel and the centaur both disrobe and bathe, his body is quite chiseled though not overly bulky, his short hair and close cropped beard making it difficult to determine his age - likely mid 30s to late 40s. His 7 inch cock is hard as he enters the water, erect from viewing Cerrie and Itsa naked. He seemed comfortable enough around Lathander though, just doesn't seem interested that way."

"Any of your crew gonna cool off as well?" Cerrie asks.

The centaur removes her armor clad bra to reveal sizable breasts. Her skin is darker, chocolate where not covered with fur and her nipples are dark brown and slighly hard.

Vachel and Fodhath are bathing now too.

Lathander looks to his cock and then looks to his own then rolls his eyes as he continues to float. He would continue to bathe and enjoy the cool. His own 5 inch meat was sizable itself once he looked at the the centaur it was a good sixth inch from getting a boner."Cmon in the water is great!" He wonders over to the centaur and begins to speak. "Fodhath right? I like your skin its smooth how do you keep it that way?"He would sit next to her as he talked.

Itsa appretiates the view of the breasts but says nothing as she sinks itno water just head poking out.

Lathander would give a nudge to Fodhath and point to Cerrie. "So hey..my partner and I are pretty interested in you and we were wondering if you wanted to have some company tonite..we even have a bit of asphordisiac so we can have some fun..so what do you say?" The elf would approach honestly to the chocolate skin centaur. His own excitement can be seen as he asks.

The centaur looks down at Lathander, glancing noticeably at his hard cock and then over to Cerrie. She glances over at Vachel who smiles and gestures for her to go ahead "I might be interested," she says coyly with a smile on her face, "whats this aphrodisac you have?"

"Just a little thing I got whipped up at a shop..gives us about 8 hour of fun with 1 serving if I take a sip."Lathander would give a grin as he talks about the blue potion that cerrie gifted him from Reginald Esquire's Haberdashery and boutique. "Plus Cerrie there is great with her tongue..we can take good care of yah."

Itsa gets out of the water and goes for her gear "Itsa tired she sleep now to guard tonight"

The saytr is still robed but is male with short croped hair, pointy ears. He seems generally non-plused by your presence and is eager reading a tome or book.

The orc is on guard on the edge of the oasis

Cerfepto sidles up to Fodhaph opposite Lathander. "Maybe your little satyr friend could join as well? I like the cute, little ones like my partner here..."

"oi Spefi!" the centaur calls out from the water, "for once in your fucking life put the book down and come and fuck. this sexy elf wants your big horse dick."

"Ho would add another person..I dont mind sharing more of my asphrodisiac..but are you sure you want a Satyr hard for 8 hours?"

"Big? Hm." Her mouth quirks. "Figured it'd be closer to his little buddy." She grasps Lathander's erection.

That got the Satyrs attention. He dons the book and dismounts the raptor, easily landing on the ground below before approach the water and disrobing. as he does you see a huge cock swinging beneath his legs, basically dragging along the ground."Didn't you know that 40% of a male saytr's body mass is his cock?" Spefi declares.

"Hey heye heyhey dont just grab a mans cock woman" Lathander would stumble a little before batting her hands away.

"Figured it was just some myth or summat." Cerfepto shrugs. "Pass, then. 'Sides, yer big brain might get messed up from all that blood flow goin' away."

"Don't care, but now that i have been called out, im definitely fucking someone. I guess you are going to be on the receiving end of all three of us then Foddy."Spefi yelled

The centaur sighed, "whats new?! i have that big dick of yours in me every second day atm."

"I mean I can provide some oral to him if it helps." lathander was a little interested in seeing how big it could get.

The four of them have great sex one and off for the next 8 hours. It extends from early afternoon through to around 10pm. At first the three of them gangfuck the centaur causing her to collapse into a cummy mess heap. Lathander and Cerrie take turns sucking on saytr while the centaur sucks on Lathander and fingers Cerries holes.

They alternate positions with Cerrie riding atop Lathander while he gets pounded by Spefi while Fodhath watches, to Cerrie tonguing the centaur while the boys jerked off, to finally the girls kissing while both getting fucked from behind.

But eventually they all tucker out and the orc goes to rest after patrolling all day.

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Itsa wakes up to join Vachel on night watch which goes relatively peaceful till Vachel broke the silence.

"So you are a young looking gobbo," Vachel states as you both stare out across the desert, lit only by a small cresent moon, "Only new to the world are we?"

"New but quick learning an brainy"Itsa says looking for his response.

"Most impressive. I have always found the gobbos i have met inspiring." Vachel responded, "To be suddenly thrust into the world of conciousness, alone and afraid, you are very brave."

"Alone yes, afraid no, a knight can show no fear, even in face of dee vil" Itsa showed a fiery look of determination further emphasised by the reflection of campfire "Elanil taught me that"

"Ah a knight!" Vachel looks down at the gobbo and sees the pin, "I see you are already one your way to becoming a true Knight! I too am an adherent though T'Hot has summoned me to their service."

"So what job yer on must be impot ant" Itsa says

Vachel smiles down at the gobbo, appreciating her ability to mask her eniqury with Itsa's innocence. "I cant share much unfortunately, we hold our client's trust in the strictest of confidence. Plus wizards dont take kindly to letting lose their secrets."

" oh magic hands huh, so probably after glowy item, we just are giving supplies for a client in Gimiacudle yers soun cooler" Itsa says before returning to guard duty, using her innocent demeanor to her advantage trusting her gut.

For some reason even though he thought they were competitors on the same mission, Vachel suddenly believes her.

The rest of the night watch went of without a hitch as both parties went to their ancampents in the wee hours of the morning.

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So the party wakes up in the morning in the carriage and when they exit find that the Ardent Berserkers have left and the oasis is just them.

Cerfepto rises with a yawn. "Gods... how long did we go at it...?"

"They are rivals headin to glowy item via another glowy hands like ashton warn us awwwwwgggg" Itsa says before yawning.

Cerfepto just stares blankly in a drowsy stupor. "... Wait, what? You mean they might've already had the pissin'... what were we s'posed to be lookin' for again?"

"Dunno Itsa jus had feelin that was no co win sid dance that they be here too around same time we need get goin like sir ashton say"Itsa says this time fired up.

"Wayy to long haha..that centaur was as tight as a meat dogs jaw..holy moly...and wait they are rivals..agh fuck..I like them..fcuck sake." Lathander stretches with a satisfied ten mile wide smile on his face.

"Whatever, we got paid at least..." Cerrie stretches. "If it's not there, we tell 'im and that's that."

"No we must do this for if item danger russ we need to ensure it in safe handsies" Itsa says

"I agree we cant let those fuckers beat us..no matter how good of a fuck they were" Lathander growls.

"Then let's get a move on. Giddy up, and... all that..." Cerrie ambles over to the carriage drowsily.

"Itsa hopes to avoid fight they did seem good or at least 3 did dunno bout ork" Itsa thinks back to bandit that killed milk maid and shudders(not racist just have not had enough good dealings with orks yet).

As they approach the end of the fourth day, the biome changes from desert to the coastal region. Fauna and floor that was sparse over the past 3 days starts to reemerge and the party takes advantage of it to do some collecting.They find a cluster of rare Lumenlilly plants and harvest them, knowing they are prized for lanterns and as a blinding agent. They collect 8 lots.

"Whew... what do you reckon these sell for?" Cerrie says looking at the plant.

"Im pretty sure these a prized for lanterns actually..lets hold on to these for a bit and see what they might sell for later hm?" Lathander responded.

"Or sticky paste Lath dont forget" Itsa added

They get back in the carriage and keep traveling. Luck was on thier side as they ran into no more issues on thier way. The carriage takes they most of the way. The carriage stops about 30 mins away making them travel by foot and they make to the cave.

As dusk appraoches in the sky, the party gets a stunning view over the horizon, seeing the waters of the ocean for the first time. The light of the town is further to the south west of the approach as the bauble guides the party towards the small chest and their quest. As you approach, you slowly make your way down from the elevanted plateau fields down the rocky escarpment and down to the beach. Youy head north 10 minutes before seeing a large cave opening to the right. the sound of waves softly crashing along the shore muffle any noise as the pary appraoches. There at the entrance of the cave seems to be a freshly felled pair of creatures, merfolk who appear to have been guarding the cave. Sounds of combat are already emanating inside as flashes of torch light and magic dance on the walls of the cave entrance. The party steels itself for combat.