Different things

"Something smells delicious." Layla said first, and you had to agree. Somebody was roasting meat nearby which she very much wanted to try. Honestly you kinda also wanted some. "I'll ask if that nice person over there will share some of his food."

"Layla, wait. Here, take few of these coins. Kelara, can you go with her to make sure that she is not scammed?"

"What is scammed? Never heard that word before." Centaur answered with a weirded out face.

"It means cheated."

"Alright. I'll be glad to accompany Layla on her quest to get food. There is a blacksmith nearby and I feel like one of my horseshoes got a little loose."

Both of them left your group.

"Anything you want to do, Doris? Wait, where are you?"

She was no longer sitting on your arm, and disappeared somewhere into the crowd.

You scanned the area around while moving forward, searching for tiny wings, dolls, anything that could even remotely resemble Doris. You saw dwarves, some kind of anthropomorphic lizards, feathered people, all kinds of monster girls and even few males getting swarmed by monster girls. You felt a growing panic inside you, you didn't want anything to happen to the fairy.

Relax, you will find her. Just ask someone or something.

The devil inside your bracelet said. You diecided to follow her advice. A cow girl at the next corner was sitting and massaging her belly. She was more undressed but dressed, but you didn't really have time to admire her lovely features.

"Hey, have you seen a fairy? She is about five inches tall, have wings... Well, she looks like a fairy."

Cow girl looked at you with a smile.

"I could be your fairy. Just need to ask..." She extended her hand to your crotch, but you stepped back getting out of her range.

"Maybe another time." You said, wanting to go away, but she stopped you.

"Yes, I saw her. She flew that way."

She pointed at a direction deeper inside the camp.

"Thank you."

"Don't forget about my propo..."

You didn't hear the rest, getting inside another crowd of people.

You saw her sitting at one of the improvised tables, which essentially was just a stump of a cut tree. She was looking intensively in the direction of a large, blue tent. Aside from a circular whole up top it was closed from all sides. It also seemed like it was a source of the music, although you were weirded out a bit that it was just as loud in here, as anywhere else in the camp.

"Enjoying yourself?"

You asked the fairy while sitting on the mushed grass next to the stump.

"That melody. I know it."

She stated, still looking at the tent. People around were holding hands, hugging and dancing.

"It's this tone, or rather magic inside it makes everyone play nice." She explained.

You didn't like it. It sounded awfully like...

"Mind control?" You asked out loud.

"No. It just suppresses all the negative emotions. Makes people more forgiving, playing nice with each other. They can still think for themselves, still have free will. If they don't like it, they can leave."

"You think we should investigate?" You asked her. She was an expert here after all.

"I... I don't know. What if we somehow destroy this music? Lesser races are prone to **** and it could destroy this camp. Maybe whoever or whatever set it up just wants to stay here in peace. Maybe it's one of the conditions of staying in here. I don't know. But I do feel safe now."

You pondered at her answer, you mind locked in a moral dilemma. It was basic freedom against security question. This time, freedom of emotions, but was it any different than trapping people in a cage of fear from being punished?

I'd take that kind of security over everything we have in hells.

Ishtar commented. You could feel she liked it in here. So did Doris.

"Okay. We can just stay here and listen to it."

She turned around and smiled at you.

"Thank you."

As you rested your arms against a makeshift table, fairy came closer and leaned against them. She closed her eyes and was just inhaling the pleasure everyone around felt.

And you were just happy that she spoke to you.

You sat like that, not moving and just enjoying the peaceful surroundings for quite a few moments, until someone sat next to you.