Van gets some new clothes, and heads out on the town.

A soft bell jingled as Van entered the shop and closed the door behind herself. “Be right with you!” Could be heard from the back of the store. Van took his time walking around the shop, looking over different designs and materials. The store wasn’t overly large, and didn’t have a massive selection, but what was shown was obviously very high quality. Van had grabbed the hem of a dress and was rubbing the cloth between his fingers as the voice from earlier came walking briskly from the back room.

The store owner, Petra, saw the figure of Van standing next to a conservative baby blue dress and reflexively gave her a full once over. Beautiful shoulders and neck, a chest and back that is maybe slightly too broad, tapered waist with hips to DIE for, and legs that aren’t half bad either… All of these thoughts went through Petra’s mind as she brought herself over to her would be customer's side. “That is a beautiful dress, but if I may say so myself, it doesn't do your body justice ma’am.”

Van quickly dropped the edge of the dress and blurted out “Oh! I don’t need a dress.”

Petra puts on her most winsome smile and says, “Of course not just any dress! You need one that really accentuates your natural assets!”

Van slightly tilts his head as he parrots back, “Natural assets?” Van looks down at himself after he says it.

“Oh, you are precious!” Smiles Petra, “Just look at you! You have a wonderful line to your body. Your skin is flawless and those HIPS! What I would do for hips like yours.”

Van can’t help the slight blush that rises to his cheeks. Van had never been the one that comments like that were aimed at. “I don’t know…” Mumbled Van.

“Nonsense!” Petra interjects. “You need a dress that shows off what you have. Let’s get you to the changing room and I can show you exactly what I am talking about.” Petra grasps Van’s wrist and guides her to the back. Van follows along and is in the back with Petra not sure what to do or say. Van is looking around at all the different clothes and bolts of cloth hung around the back. Shirts, skirts, dresses and pants of all different sizes and styles hang around in what appears to Van to be in no discernible order. As he finishes looking around, Van’s gaze settles back on Petra who had grabbed a small notepad and a measuring tape. “Alright! Let’s get you undressed and get you measured out to see which of my current stock will work best with you.”

Petra is all smiles as she says this and Van is realizing what she is saying. “Oh, no! I don’t need to be measured, I just need a few pants and shirts that fit me.” Van says in a rush. Petra isn’t listening in the least though as she walks to Van’s side and starts to use the tape to measure Van’s arms. Van is getting more and more flustered as Petra is lifting Van’s arms and measuring across her back. Petra is quietly talking to herself as she takes some measurements and berates Van, “Chop chop! Lose the top and your pants. It will only take a moment!” Van is at a loss for words as Petra grabs the bottom of her shirt and helps lift it over her head, but as Petra grabs the waistline of the pants, Van yelps, “Stop!”

Petra is surprised by her customer’s outburst and looks up at Van’s face as her hands yank down Van’s pants. “Ummmm...” Van says quietly, “I… I’m a guy…” The blush from before has come back with a vengeance, making Van’s face blaze red.

Petra is frozen for a moment. What did she just… She snaps herself out of her frozen state, as her gaze moves down only to be met with Van’s penis hanging freely in front of her. “AHH!” Petra lets out a surprised scream as she falls back on her butt. Van, still blushing furiously, is trying to cover himself as Petra stares. Recovering from her shock, Petra quickly rises and turns around to try and give Van a bit of privacy as she speaks, “I am so, SO sorry! I saw you over by the dress, and you-you have such a feminine body…! N-Not that anything is wrong with that!”

Van has reached down to pull her pants back up and can’t help but laugh at the situation. “No, I am sorry too. I should have said something sooner.” Van sighs, “I’m sorry, can we start again? My name is Vanadis, and I would still be interested in buying a few things from your store if I could?”

Petra glances over her shoulder and sees that Van has pants on once more before she turns back around and smiles with a blush. “Ha! Yes, we can definitely do that.”

Despite the awkwardness of the earlier situation, Van and Petra strike up a friendly conversation as Van tries on a few different pairs of pants and shirts to see what fits his new body best. As Van pays for his purchases, Petra seems to take a deep breath and sets her stance before she asks him a question. “I am sorry if this is personal, but you truly have a beautiful body. I know this shop doesn’t look like much, but I take a lot of pride in my work, and I get a lot of requests from higher paying clientele for signature and unique works.” Petra looks away before turning back to Van with some determination, “Would you mind coming by and modeling some of my works when you can?” Van’s eyebrows go up at the offer. Petra barrels on, not letting Van answer, “I would pay you of course! You just have a body that I know would really show off some of the styles that I am trying out right now!”

Van’s face transforms from one of surprise to full on laughter. “Hahaha! Ummm, sure?” Van says after his laughter has started to die down. “I don’t think I am anything special, but if you think I would be a good fit, I will put my trust in your sense of style Petra.”

Now it’s Petras turn to laugh as she grabs Van’s hands and jumps up and down with glee. “Thank you! You won’t regret it!” Van laughs along with her before saying goodbye and waving to Petra as he leaves the shop and heads back out into the city.

Van makes it home to his house and drops off the clothes that he had gotten from Petra’s shop before noticing that it was already well into the afternoon. Deciding that he would go out to eat for dinner, Van heads out to an Inn that he has frequented many times before.

The Traveler’s Respite was an Inn that was known for its excellent food as well as being a popular spot for the adventurers and mercenaries that traveled through. It was run by a large, bear of a man named Maxlowe, and his family. Maxlowe, who went by Max to those who knew him, had been an adventurer before he ‘took an arrow to the knee’ and settled down with his beautiful wife, Leena. They had a large family that all took part in helping to run the busy, bustling Inn. The boys helped with the stables and carriages, while the girls helped with serving the food and keeping the rooms cleaned for patrons that would stay in the Inn.

Van entered and waved at one of the girls, Tori, and sat at her usual table over by the corner. The Inn was busy, but not so much so that there weren’t empty tables around the large dining room. Tori came over with a smile and asked Van if there was anything that she could get him. Van ordered an ale with a boar stew and fresh bread. As Tori came back with the ale, Van thanked her, “Thanks Tori. When you bring out the meal, could you bring out some extra butter for the bread? I’ll pay for the extra cost.”

Tori’s smile faltered as she realized that the customer knew her but Tori was sure that she had never met her before. Tori nodded and headed back to the kitchen while trying to remember where she would have met this beautiful woman before.

Van sat back, sipping on his ale as he looked around the room, relaxing for the first time in days. As he placed the mug back on the table, a group of three crowded into the dining hall. Van recognized two of them as members of his old party! A wide smile comes to his face as he waves to the party of three and motions them over. “Hey guys! Long time no see!” Van says as they walk up to his table.

The leader of the party was an older elf who was a Wizard of some renown with a name that was entirely too long. For expediency's sake, he shortened it to Kahl. (sounds like Paul but with a K) The other member that Van recognized was a human who very much looked the part of his role in the party, that of a rogue. He had a very lanky build with twin daggers at his waist, as well as a brace of throwing daggers draped over his chest. His fingers were constantly on the move as if running through invisible traps. His name was Tiwin. The new addition to the party was female, and while probably not half blooded, definitely had some Orc in her heritage. The slight green tint to her skin gave away her different heritage. Her lithe frame and average build didn’t look to be overly strong, but the large, nearly oversized claymore strapped easily across her back was enough to see that there was definitely more to her than met the eye.

As they drew up to the table, Van was watching their faces and realized that none of them recognized him! Van opened his mouth to greet them before stopping himself. I should pull a prank on them! Van thought to himself.

Kahl stepped forward and slightly bowed his head as he spoke, “Good evening miss. I am afraid that you have us at a disadvantage. Should we know you from somewhere?”

Van quickly hid the smirk that came to his lips as he answered, “Oh! No, I am sorry! I was expecting to meet some friends of mine, and saw that cutie right there and thought I recognized him.” Van daintily pointed at Tiwin as she said cutie. “It’s been a while since we have seen each other, so I thought you were them. I apologize for being so forward with you!” Van leaned forward trying to put her modest cleavage on display. “I don’t know if you all have any plans, but would you care to join me for a few drinks while I wait for my friends?” Van’s eyes meet Tiwin’s, “I would rather not drink alone if you would care to join me.”

The party’s reactions to Van’s words are mixed. Tiwin is obviously for it as he nods quickly with a smile on his face. Kahl is fairly stoic as he raises an eyebrow to her questions before glancing to Tiwin’s goofy smile and rolling his eyes. The lithe orc just shrugged her shoulders as she looked to Kahl. With a sigh, Kahl opens his mouth to answer before Tiwin answers, “We would love to, right guys?” Tiwin glanced back and forth to his party mates as he said this. Without waiting, Tiwin pulls out a chair and sits across from Van. The other two glance at each other before joining the table.

Van smiles and waves once more at Tori who was over at the bar. “Great!” Van says, “Let me buy you all a drink.” No one at the table rejects the offer as Tori comes over. Van gestures towards Tori, “Get what you want.” The party orders and introductions are made as Tori leaves to get the tables drinks. The orcs name is Quara and is a recent addition to the adventuring group. Van gets them talking about what they have been doing recently and is relieved to hear that they are doing well even though he is no longer a part of their group. Tori returns with drinks for the table and turns to leave before Van calls out, “Thanks again Tori.” and flips her an entire gold coin. Tori’s eyes slightly bulge as she catches the coin and sees just how much has been casually tossed her way.

Something else also clicks in the back of her mind. An image of a very similar group sitting in this corner, a man who was always kind to her and would flip her tips in that exact way while saying those exact words… No... Couldn’t be. Tori shakes her head and bows deeply. “Thank you so much!” Bursts out from her mouth before she basically skips back towards the kitchen to show off her gains tonight to her family.

Van is a bundle of nerves as he is trying to build up the courage to tease Tiwin some more. It’s easy to see that he is interested in Van with the glances thrown his way every time that Tiwin thinks Van isn’t looking. Van asks a question about what their plans are in the near future, and if there are any monsters in the area that people should be worried about. Kahl and Quara start discussing this as Van meets Tiwin's eyes with a mischievous glint and places her foot on Tiwin’s inner thigh. Tiwin jumps slightly, bumping the table, causing the drinks to shake.

Kahl startles and looks at Tiwin, “Are you alright?”

Tiwin coughs and scoots the chair closer to the table, “Yeah, uh, sorry. Was, uh, leaning back in my chair and felt like I was falling. Sorry guys.”

During this entire exchange, Van is dying laughing on the inside. The reaction from Tiwin, as well as his clear sign of scooching the chair closer, it’s obvious that he wants things to continue and it is filling Van with a strange thrill. This is ENTIRELY too much fun! Thought Van to himself, No wonder a lot of the girls that I remember loved to be little teases! The conversation has picked back up and Van secretly removed his shoes before lightly dragging his foot back up Tiwin’s leg. Van takes a large drink from his ale, and slides his foot up from Tiwin’s inner thigh squarely onto his crotch. It’s obvious that he is hard. Van uses his feet to feel the contour of Tiwin’s hardening length. Lightly grazing the head before dipping his toes down to his balls. Van is engaging in conversation with Kahl and Quara while all of this is happening under the table. Van uses his toes to grip Tiwin's penis before slowly stroking up and down, picking up speed as he gets more comfortable with what he is doing. Van laughs to himself as he turns to Tiwin, “And what do you think Tiwin?”

Tiwin is in heaven. At least, that’s how he is feeling right now. The night couldn’t have been going any better. He had just gotten paid for an easy job that his party picked up to not only fatten their purses, but to work on their teamwork as they had a new member. Then as he goes inside one of his favorite Inn’s, his party is called out to by a beautiful girl sitting by herself! Jackpot! The cherry on top of it all is that she is totally into him. Not only did she call him a cutie, but she definitely is giving out the "vibes". The foot on the inside of my thigh was definitely a surprise, and I could have reacted better, but thanks to my quick thinking no one realized what was going on under the table. Tiwin congratulated himself in his thoughts. Did she?... She did! She took off her shoes and is using her feet. Ohhhh, good Goddess, this is amazing! Tiwin visibly shudders as he takes a drink and concentrates on the feeling of her foot on his crotch. “And what do you think Tiwin?” Van’s voice snaps Tiwin out of his reverie as her foot had started to stroke him under the table.

Van’s eyes are gleaming as he smiles innocently after asking the question, all while maintaining the rhythm and pressure with his foot. Tiwin’s hard cock pressed against his belly is in a pseudo grip between Van’s toes. Tiwin lets out a strangled squawk as Van squeezes his cock with her toes as he attempts to answer her question. Quara leans over and pats Tiwin on the back, thinking that he had choked on his ale. *Ahem* Tiwin clears his throat loudly before weakly answering, “Um, what were you guys saying?” At this point, Van can’t help himself and bursts out into laughter, removing his foot from Tiwin’s cock and taking a final drink from his ale. “I think I will head home now.” Van states matter of factly. “I really enjoyed the company, but it’s been a while, and I guess my friends won't be coming after all.”

Van got up from the table, walking around it, purposefully swaying his hips as he turned back to the table, “By the way Tiwin… Did you two ever change that dumb challenge phrase we came up with when setting up watch for our campsites?” Van looked back and forth between Kahl and Tiwin, “The beef broth is spicy, wasn’t it?” Kahl and Tiwin are both sitting with mouths opening and closing like landed fish as Quara looks thoughtful, before stating. “Guys, how does she know the secret passphrase?” Van can’t help himself as he laughs again, he blows a kiss towards Tiwin before turning and walking out of The Traveler’s Respite.

Heading home, Van is thinking about what Viramare had said the last time that they had seen each other, and he is starting to realize exactly what he meant when he said to take the time to enjoy himself. Tonight, no, today as a whole had been a great experience for Van and he was looking forward to all of the things that she was going to experience.