Next Morning

She stretched as the blanket feel off her body. God she was sticky... what did she do last night. A slight murmor came from her left that let her know wasn't alone.

Krea was cuddled up to Zaya's side, piecefully sleeping. Oh right. That's what happened last night. And it happened, a lot last night. For hours at a time. Well that was something to take care of. She got up out of bed and went to take a look, finding a little bathing room. Well, it was a stone bathtub that could get water into it but had to be heated by wood below it. A Fire bullet helped that get going and one, maybe a little too warm bath, she had cleaned off all the dried off fluid from her body. Covered in sexaul fluids and sweat made her feel grody.

Moments later she was cooking in the kitchen again; this time not bothering to use any extra ingredients. It was going to be just a simple meal; she found some eggs and ... well what looked to be a potato, and she had enough to make eggs and hash. As she cooked, she heard some movement from the bedroom. Seemed Krea was awake and much like her, had to go hose off the gross.

Eventually she appeared, wearing a simple thin robe and sat down at the little dining table, her hair still rather frazzled. Zaya said nothing and just shifted a plate over to her and gave her a cup of water to go with it. The two ate in silence for a time before Krea broke it.

"So.... last night was..." she said, her voice a little shakey.

"Well, cough, It was unexpected but I... rather enjoyed myself." Zaya said, her cheeks flushing, "You were a bit of wild animal in bed... is that a normal thing."

"No it's not a normal thing... it's not even a thing most the time!" Krea said slamming her cup down, "I.... errr.. fffffffuck I'm so embarrassed. Here I am some stern watcher of the woods and I just..."

"Screamed like a bitch in heat."

"YOU. Are not helping."

"I'm sorry, I had to. It was just hanging there." she chuckled before taking a bite, chewing a bit before pointing the fork at her and continuing, "I'm not lying though, I did enjoy myself. And you are pretty alluring in a sort of..., wild way."

"....Thanks..." she blushed, tucking her hair behind her ear as she looked down, "But... what really did happen last night? I'm usually not that... wound up."

Zaya had thought about the story to sell while bathing and had a pretty good idea of what to say. She took a few more bites, Krea's look starting to get more focused at her before she started to talk.

"I added something I guess I shouldn't have. I'm sorry." the look on Krea's face started to change to a mix of confusion and anger but Zaya clapped her hands together and bowed her head, "It was some thing I got from those Sprites. It was some kind of berry they tend to eat; they traded it to me after I played with them a bit."

The berry had come up when she had talked to the Sprites before; they used it as an example of what they wanted Zaya to make. It seemed to be a rather strong aphrodisiac when consumed by normal people, but given their different physiology, they needed something either more potent or tailored made for their own needs.... , or something weaker to prank humans with.

Krea pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed. A series of curses could be heard under said breathe.

"Of all the..., I'm mad with you." she folded her arms and glared at the 'rogue', "You should have asked me first before adding something strange. More so from the Sprites. Ugh, I can probably already picture which one gave them to you. Dalila that little..."

"Friend of yours?" Zaya asked as she refilled Krea's cup.

"She's kinda... I don't want to say 'leader' of the local Sprites but if there's someone in trouble with Sprites; she's probably the one that's the cause of said trouble. Always causing trouble, getting people lost, drunk, stealing stuff or heading into town to mess with people or livestocks at farms. Even messes with some of the local wildlife. GOD I just want to bend that cute ass over my knee and..." she clentched her fingers together in a mock grasping motion.

"Cute huh..., isn't that kinda hard given she's like the size of your hand or smaller?" she raised an eyebrow at Krea's comment.

"Oh there's spells for that. I'll just tie that little brat to the bed and correct her manners with a good spanking." she took a moment to take a long sip from her cup before her mind finally caught up, causing her to spit take.

"I mean I didn'twanttojustfuckhertightassintothefloorofmybedroomohfuck...." she babbled out as her hands fidgeted against each other.

"It's fine. It's FINE." Zaya took the panicking Druid's hands in her own, "You're kinda new to... womanly attention. So you're probably... Bi at least if you thought about guys before. That and we're still kinda burning off that berry so..., we might say some things we don't mean."

"That said..."

She walked over and cupped Krea's chin and brought it upward. She leaned down, bringing their faces closer. Krea closed her eyes and started to lick her lips when she felt Zaya kiss her cheek. When she didn't do anything else she opened her eyes and saw Zaya pulling away. A low whimper escaped her throat. The other woman gave a small chuckle.

"Now now." Zaya said going back to her own seat, putting maybe a little more sway in her step than needed, "We both agree that getting **** wasn't on the agenda. And I'd rather not make this any more than... basically a drunken haze induced hook up. You are rather cute and you have an attractive personality."

"So how about this. We spend a few days apart while the **** works its way through our system. And if we still want to see each other, we can maybe meet up again. See if this is more than a 'one and done' kind of thing."

"That... sounds..., acceptable." Krea muttered through a blush.

Zaya gave a little smile. Things were looking up.

Honestly this was still a bit of a test of her abilities. She wanted to see just how much she could push someone to align themselves with her. So she wanted to have Krea come to her of her own accord..., granted she gave her a push and basically built the path; but it wasn't going to be any fun unless she took that first step down that path. Besides it was going to be a good test on how effective the **** were. If this worked it meant she could maybe **** people over a period of time or even sell **** potions and snag people towns away.

"That or it's my Mindbreak/Mindbend perk." Zaya thought as she took a sip from her cup, "And I want to test that a bit more. It won't do if I can't have some sort of control to that."

If she mentally snapped after being separated, well she'd get a bit of use from Krea that way. Same if she came crawling back to her in a muddled hazy mind that just wanted more sex. Maybe the Pool could do something with a willing living female. That or herself..., but using the druid as just breeding stock seemed like a waste..., what would even come out? A half biometal human or would she birth out more Larva? Something to maybe test later, she picked that as a back up.

But, if Krea came to her, mind intact and submissive, well then; she'd earn an actual ally and be able to use her for all sorts of things.

Besides, she wanted to keep track of a little thing that showed up. More than likey something due to her monster race. A little progress bar she could pull up over Krea that currently read '15%'. She was pulling info from her mind, something a little easy to do given part of her mind was on some level a computer, but this came back with nothing. Maybe the Pool would know more. After all it seemed to be the main core of the colony so any innate knowledge would be there, unless she unlocked the info herself. Unlike the Repour though, that wasn't happening here.

In order to focus she brought up her mental check list and edited it some more.

Current Tasks

• Expand Power (Self or Territory)
• Test Poisons Achieved
• Explore Minorly Achieved
• Test Pool's abilities more
• Get Supplies Minorly Achieved
• Get a Meal Achieved
• Observe Krea's Reaction

It was shaping up to be decently profitable. Granted she could always use more testing, supplies and exploration. There were still those nearby human settlements she could check out. Thinking a bit she sent out a mental check towards the colony. She was always connected to it but distance info transfer didn't exist between them so the Pool couldn't really 'talk' to her. At least not at this range. If she was inside the building or on the grounds of the complex, it worked better but when she got into the woods it was like... static came over that connection.

At best she could get an "Safe", "Worry", "Danger" color signal blown up big and bright over the line to cut through the static. Which, lucky for her, came back as the Green - Safe. So she still had time to do other plans.

She stretched out as she moved over to get Krea's plate to take to the 'sink'. Only for her hand to be grabbed by Krea's and pulled closer as the druid stood up. A blush deepening on her face.

"If... we're going to split up for a bit...., could we do it... one more time?" she asked, her words slow and carefully picked out.

"Aw if you ask me like that...," Zaya whispered cupping her chin and bringing her into a kiss, "How can I say no. But only for a little while okay."

Krea moaned into the kiss as Zaya slowly scooted her backwards, aiming to head for the couch this time.

Encounter Table(d20)

• 1-4: Stay Longer than intended
• 5-8: Get Extra Info
• 9-12: Head home
• 13-16: Explore some more
• 17-20: Head towards one of the settlements(Pick one)