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Trouble in the Oasis
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 4:43 pm
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Another roll of Yarick's eyes followed what the new face had to
say. The bad feeling only got worse as the fae went back on the
attack, unlike before, when he missed, he felt something pulling
his feet out from under him causing him to hit the ground *hard*
knocking the wind right out of him.
The man rolled onto his back to try and suck in a breath of air.
A glare came to his eyes at Grim's words of triping over his own
feet before he found himself pinned by the handsome tattooed
man. Yarick tried to struggle, but he knew it was pointless, he
was caught. The man's words had the fae blushing quite dark. He
wasn't used yo others flirting with him, especially during and
after a fight.
The sudden kiss showed Yarick just how serious the man was in
wanting to claim the fae, getting the blush to darken even more.
Grim's following words got the fae to huff as the man claimed he
won and he would be good now. "You can't be serious... you...
you cheated..." was all he could sputter out as he turned his
face away, clearly flustered and embarrassed at being pinned
down like this, helpless and at the mercy of the man holding him
down.
---
Watching the exchange between Grim and Yarick had Bas chuckling.
Seeing Grim stealing a kiss made Bas' eyes gleam with a great
deal of interest.
"Oh but Grim didn't cheat. He was assisted, which means I get a
kiss too," Bas spoke in a much deeper tone.
He was instantly standing over Grim and Yarick. He took in the
gorgeous sight and then slide his long fingers into the Grim's
hair and pulled the man's head back. He leaned down and kissed
Grim deeply on the mouth.
Bas pulled Grim off of Yarick and helped the fae to his feet.
"Now it's your turn fae," he murmured gently pulling the Fae in
and placing a gentle kiss on his lips. He released the fae and
stepped back.
"Just as I imagined, sweet and a bit spicy," he murmured with a
wink. "Might I suggest trying to woo the fae instead of forcing
yourself on him?" He said turning to look at Grim.
---
Grim chuckled at the flustered man. Before he could answer bas
did himself. He heard about the man grabbing a kiss.”wait I
didn’t..” he said to feel his hair gripped and pulled back to
give a groan and a hot kiss that came after. He was a bit
stunned but pleased.. and even more so at how hot that looked to
him when he kissed the fae rather gently.
“I am wooing- fighting is wooing.. and I took advantage of the
situation so therefore I get to fuck his ass.” He said with a
grin on his face.”but I can wait.. for a rematch.. and don’t
worry you won’t find me- I’ll find you.” He said with a wide
grin.
----+
The glare in Yarick's eyes turned to the newcomer as the man
claimed Grim didn't cheat. His blush deepened at the man's claim
he would get a kiss too. That tone sending a shiver down the
fae's spine. With wide eyes he watched as the drow stole a kiss
from Grim after pulling the guy back by his hair before pulling
the guy off of Yarick entirely.
He would have tried to make a run for it, but the wizard already
had a hand on him, pulling the flustered fae to his feet. Before
he could even protest, the man's lips were pressed gently
against his own. His first and second kiss every, suddenly
stolen. The pale blue and white wings on Yarick's back stretched
out, fluttering as he blushed even more at Grim claiming he
would get to fuck Yarick.
"You two have a weird way of flirting... if that's what the hell
this was..." He said, shaking off how stunned he was. Moments
later he was speeding off, leaving the two sexy strangers
behind. The fae was so flustered he went to seek out someone he
could talk to about this, Khali.
----
Basredun rather enjoyed hearing Grim's protest before claiming
his mouth. The tattooed masterpiece of a troublemaker was quite
intoxicating.
Bas chuckled at the man's crass mouth. He'd been admiring Grim
from a distance, getting to know the man's character. "I guess
we differ on what wooing is,"
Bas' eyes flickered brightly at the wings popping out in
reaction to the kiss he'd given the fae. "If you want flirting,
this is just the beginning," Bas purred winking at the fae. He
watched the fae speed away, thinking of how fun the chase would
be with the fae.
Bas moved to run his long fingernails up Grim's back lightly.
"Well my apologies for letting the pretty one get away. How
about I offer a consulation prize? Some fun with me, for as long
as you want or can last," he purred into Grim's ear.
--++
Grim listened as the fae spoke. He chuckled to watch him run
off. He felt the fingernails up his back and the talk of a
consolation prize. Grim gave a soft chuckle.”maybe- but I really
want that man now- love the wings he has.. think I’ll compliment
him next time on those.” He said to grab bas’ collar.”I will if
you tell me what that shadow was..” he said having never
encountered a demon as that before.. he was use to shadowwalkers
but not that.
——-
Khali was out and about his home. Taking care of everyday things
of repairs to collecting his kids. He managed to have quite a
family after they settled.. course the man couldn’t seem to keep
his hands of Thesia. He saw yarick coming down and looking
rather miffed.”hey!” He said to give a smile as he put the
basket down to feed their chickens.”you look in a sour mood-
what happened?“ he asked his white hair furling a bit in the
small gust of wind. “Mind giving me a hand with the cats? Kind
of not wanna lose the other hand.” He joked as he went for one
for the meat to take to their respective bowls.
------
Khali was finally spotted getting Yarick to finally slow down,
his wings still buzzing like an irritated hornet. "I got into a
fight to help End and Skoll out... guy cheated and pinned me..."
Yarick started as he helped the one armed man with his chores,
his speed coming in quite handy to get such things over with.
"He.... he told me since I lost... he... gets to...." his cheeks
turned very red. "He asked me to be his.... I don't know how to
put it... I... I think he was flirting? Then he kissed me....
then the guy who helped him cheat kissed me.... I don't know
what is going on..." He lamented in frustration.
----
Bas wasn't all that surprised to hear Grim was starting to
obsess over the fae. "That would be a good idea. You Might
actually try and ask him his name as well," he suggested. "just
so you are aware, I plan to woo him as well."
Bas raised an eyebrow, smiling a bit wider at Grim grabbing the
collar of his jacket.
"Well, all right. Just no creasing the brocade," he said
reaching up to take Grim's hands from his coat collar and pulled
Grim closer and whispered.
"That was a shadow demon. To escape the underdark, I had to bind
myself to it. He comes in handy for many things. My place isn't
all that far, if you'd like a more comfortable space to have our
fun,"
----
Khali chuckled just a little at the words of helping end and
skoll.”more like end put you in grims sights.. and given where
grim came from- the man thinks a lot like the rest of the desert
folk.”he told him.”it’s not cheating.” He said to walk as he
heard the next part to pause to see his face blush.”hmmm? So he
replaced his obsession with skoll and end with you.” He told
him.”most likely for him- he shown to bend to the knee for
strong warriors— which is why he seemed so stuck on the women-
believed he chased Ki around for a while too. Never thought he
was into men.” He said to finding the man useful in helping him
with the chore.”honestly- since he’s flirting- use your looks to
your advantage, can’t tell you how many times end just let him
take her top off- was damn near distracted to be taken care of..
maybe you should show off some skin- he might be too distracted
to fight back.” Mused Khali. He knew if he just told the man to
fight dirty back- he’d just get a response of honor- he knew how
hard it was to break himself of that and yarick still had some
time to even try.
—-
“True.. mean I’ve seen the guy hang around with end and skoll…
end dragged his ass from the desert so honestly wasn’t sure what
to think- I definitely underestimated him.” He said to chuckle.
Grim felt the pull in and blinked at his words.”lead the way..”
he purred. The man quite enjoyed this new venture- a distraction
from his previous goals as he followed the wizard back to his
place.
----
"I've noticed that as well. It's rather encouraging that he
responded to our kisses in the way he did. Means we have a
chance,"
Basredun's two tone eyes flashed brightly at Grim's purred
response. "What is your preference in the bed? Do you like
fucking or being fucked?"
Bas didn't bother with walking or dragging the man to his place.
He snapped his fingers, letting the shadow demon teleport them
to his
private room.
"I normally don't rush this way, but I can feel your
impatience," Bas said as he removed his clothes and aided Grim
with removing his pants.
Bas moved to sit on his oversized bed and beckoned Grim over
with one finger. "Come here you sexy marvelous masterpiece," he
purred in a seductive tone.
-+++
Hearing End had seemingly knew this would happen got the fae all
the more upset. Why would she do this to him? They were supposed
to be friends!! Then Khali suggested using his looks and show
some skin. "I don't want him to want to fuck me more! Besides...
if you haven't noticed, I don't exactly have tits... don't think
that strategy would work all that well for me... besides...
where is the honor is such things!" Yarick complained, his
cheeks turning even more red at the confirmation that not only
was Grim flirting, but the guy was obsessed with him? Clearly
the guy was mistaken.
"You have to be mistaken.... I.... ive never attracted anyones
intrest... im pretty sure im not into men or women..." He
finally muttered to himself as he aided Khali with his other
chores. The thought of Grim pinning and kissing him was playing
over and over in his mind. Once the chores were done, Yarick
decided a little training might get his mind off of Grim and his
cheating friend. Two honorless men plaguing his every thought.
The next few day, Yarick was quite jumpy, darting at nearly
every shadow. By the time a full week had past, he finally
calmed down, taking the false comfort that Khali had to be wrong
since he hadn't seen hide nor hair of Grim or the Drow. He
accepted this false comfort, letting his guard back down as he
convinced himself he was too fast to catch. Even if Grim did
have his eye on him.
His guard was down as he did his weekly shopping for easy to
store food at the market. His thoughts on trying to convince
himself that he didn't feel a certain way when the two men
kissed him.
---++
Khali felt for the man as he listened to him speak.”I don’t know
about that- your acting flustered as is, your already showing
some form of an attraction- besides end wouldn’t just dump
someone on you unless she felt you could handle it.” Said
Khali.”and unfortunately you’re gonna have to break yourself of
that honor.. it took me a while after losing to Jalal and my
arm. “ he said to sigh. He watched him fly off looking rather
distracted as he mused on telling end to try to help him, or
start stepping in again for his sake.
——
“I don’t mind doing the filling if that’s what your asking- but
your welcomed to ride if you don’t want to be pressed into the
bed.” Flirted grim.
He looked around to chuckle.”well now that’s convenient..” he
said to feel his pants being pulled off.”and quite forward.” He
said with a wider grin.
He took the man’s sweet flattering words with interest as he
climbed into bed, of course he was no real brute when it came to
sex,as he soaked his own fingers, and got the drowning ready to
fill him. He groaned at the feeling before he went at it, as
skin slapped skin to roll over and let bas ride him the rest of
the way. The sex was wild and passionate as hands and mouths
roamed.
-----
Basredun had very much enjoyed the afternoon spent with Grim,
the memory often filling his mind everytime he saw the man in
passing. Which, was quite often given his habit of spying on
Grim and the fae had only grown more obsessive.
If he hadn't been dealing with more pressing matters, he'd
probably have kept Grim in his bed for more than a day. As it
was though, there was work to do behind the scenes in
preparation to take over the oasis. Plus the outside scourge
that was building up. The fanatics were moving faster than he'd
anticipated and that displeased him.
At least he'd been able to find out what the lovely fae's name
was. He was looking forwards to surprising the fae with this the
next time they met.
As he had the past few days, Basredun pulled out his crystal
ball. "show me Yarick," he spoke softly.
The ball flashed and brought up the image of the fae at the
market. After a few moments he asked to see Grim and chuckled in
amusement seeing the man was close to the fae, waiting to ambush
him. "Maybe..I should pop in to say hello myself,"
-----
Grim was enjoying his stalking to see the fae heading toward the
store to shop. Watching every movement as he found a spot before
seeing yarick come around to walk forward to force the fae back
as his hand went to the post that would stop him from backing up
further.”hey sexy..” he told him.”Hope you’re thinking of me as
much as I am of you… if you’re up for a rematch I don’t mind.. I
win I get that sweet ass of yours.” He said with a purr.
-+--
The sudden appearance of Grim back Yarick backing away before he
felt his back hit a pole as the tattooed man cornered him,
getting a deep blush out of the fae at being called sexy before
the bag in his hand dropped at Grim challenging him to a rematch
for Yarick's ass. "You you can't can't be serious...." He
stammered out as the blush intensified at the realization that
he had been thinking about Grim and Bas near constantly since
their last fight.
The fae tried to take a steadying breath but being trapped like
this was doing things to his body he didn't think he was capable
of feeling. "If... if I win you will leave me alone?" He found
himself questioning. He felt desperate in that moment.
----
It took Basredun a few moments of thought before he teleported
into the shadows near Grim and Yarick and slowly walked out.
"Fancy running into the both of you again. Might I suggest a
different venue for this rematch? I would love to get a pretty
show of you two in a proper fight. And...the winner gets a
special prize from me. A private dinner at my home." Bas
proposed, and waited for the two to respond.
"You're looking particularly handsome today Yarick," he couldn't
help but say.
-+++-
Grim grinned at the man’s flustered self. His head getting close
to yarick.”I’m quite serious..” he said dangerously close to the
faes lips. His eyes boring into the faes as he heard the next
question, .”for a little while..” he said to glide his hand down
the side of yaricks face. He was close to kissing again when bas
came out to sigh at the interruption. “What about the loser?”
Asked grim now simply annoyed at his attempt to flirt with the
fae warrior was interrupted.
+++++
The breath in Yarick's throat caught as Grim got closer to him,
the man's face nearly a half breath away from his own. It seems
even if he won, it would only temporarily get the man to leave
him alone. When the drow appeared before Grim could kiss him,
the hand caressing his cheek was causing his stomach to twist in
weird ways.
His eyes finally pulling away from the intensity of Grim's. A
private dinner was far better than getting fucked for losing.
"At least dinner would be more reasonable..." He said as he
tried to squirm but found there was no way around Grim.
----
Bas was quite enjoying the scene in front of him. The intensity
of Grim and the contrast of Yarick's sweet innocence was quite
beautiful.
The annoyance on Grim's face had Bas grinning slightly,
especially over the question. "The loser gets to stay for
breakfast," Bas purred, trailing a finger up the man's tattooed
back.
He was pretty sure both would understand what he meant.
Bas played with the end of Grim's hair before drawing his hand
back. "You should take your kiss now, while you've got Yarick
captive," he suggested.
--+++
Grim grinned a little now understanding the man. “Shouldn’t have
interrupted in the first place..” he said trailing his hand back
up yarick’s neck to ease his mouth on the man’s to a rather
soft kiss. He leaned back.”nice teaser for what I want from a
fae like you- let’s go for that fight so I can see those
gorgeous wings at work.” Purred the beserker.”.asked for the
practice area to be free too.. so no people.” He said with a
smirk.
-++++
What the drow had to say caused shock to color Yarick's eyes as
the man seemed to flirt with Grim *while* telling the man to
kiss the fae. It was the strangest thing. The blush on Yarick's
cheeks got darker and darker as the hand trailed up his neck
before the tattooed hottie gave him a rather soft, even sweet
kiss. It earned a groan out of Yarick as his body reacted in
ways he didn't concent to.
A near panicked look came to the fae's eyes at what Grim had to
say after that kiss. "I'll.... I'll meet you there?" He said in
a questioning tone, though the uncertainty told that he was
probably going to run off and hide for a while if he wasn't
dragged there.
++++
"now where's the fun in that?" Basredun purred back, enjoying
the sexy show Grim gave him. It seemed that Grim was learning to
be a bit gentler. Not that he hadn't appreciated Grim's rougher
side.
The groan that came from Yarick was quite a lovely sound to
Basredun's ears.
"Ah planned ahead did you?" Bas couldn't help but tease Grim
just a little bit. "Glad to know you're learning,"
Basredun's left eyebrow arched at the way Yarick responded. "Or,
I can escort your gorgeous selves there,"
Before either could argue, he took hold of the Fae's wrist.
"Grab a hold Grim," he purred. Once Grim had a hold, Bas snapped
the fingers on his other hand. The shadow demon teleported them
instantly to the training field.
He released Yarick and stepped back and made a different motion,
which had the shadow demon retrieve his favorite chair from his
home. Bas settled in his chair, ready to watch the two fight.
"Would you like a countdown? I'd be happy to oblige,"
----
“Oh I’ll grab a hold.” Said grim as his arm went around both the
men to grab a peice of ass before they got to the place.”think
you and I are definitely gonna work well together bas.” He said
and looked at yarick.”how nice right? Now you’re gonna go
through with it right? Just imagine the *dishonor*if you back
out now.”he purred. He stretched getting ready to fight the man.
------
A look of almost defeat came to Yarick at the Drow's suggestion
of escorting them there before grabbing the fae's wrist. His
eyes widened as he made a squeaking sound when Grim grabbed his
a.ss and shot the man a glare. A snap later, and they were on
the training field.
At that moment he was let go as Grim stretched, ready to fight,
though, the fu.cker had to bring honor into question. Yarick
couldn't deny that he would be a coward to back out now. "You
two just enjoy tormenting me.... don't you?" He questioned as
his wings unfolded and fluttered like that of an angry hornet.
The buzz nearly lifting Yarick off the ground.
He let his eyes glance at Bas at the suggestion of a countdown.
"Yeah.... sure... count us down...." He said with a huff as he
cracked his knuckles. The moment Bas said one, the fae flashed
into a burst of speed making it almost appear as if he were
teleporting around. Much like before, Yarick would give a flury
of punches before moving out of range so Grim couldn't get hold
of him. Never staying in place for more than a moment and due to
hovering above the ground, could ignore most terrain defects as
he attacked. Unlike before, he didn't let up, never staying
still for more that a second and ignoring the comments the two
made as the fight dragged on.
-++++
Basredun couldn't help a smirk when Grim grabbed his ass. From
the sound Yarick made, the Fae had gotten the same treatment.
"Getting handsy already Grim? You must be horny," he couldn't
help but purr, lust filling his gaze.
It was rather satisfying to hear Grim say the would work well
together. "oh I agree,"
Basredun was rather impressed by Grim bringing Yarick's sense of
honor to goad the fae into fighting.
"Torment is such a strong word, and quite inaccurate in this
situation. Of course if you got off on pain, I'd be happy to
oblige you," Bas couldn't help but say.
If the fae had any idea of the torment he'd survived from the
underdark, he wouldn't fling the word around so carelessly.
Bas counted down slowly, and then sat back enjoying the fight.
Watching Yarick's quick movements as he fought was mesmerizing.
Grim's style while different, had a more rugged and rough beauty
to them.
-++--
“Well not my fault you two have such great asses.” He said as he
heard the next question. “He’s not wrong.. teasing maybe? Yes I
like teasing you.” He said with a smirk. Once the fight started
did it showed the man did learn. He attempted to trip yarick
when he ran across the ground and came close to grabbing him a
few times.. but given the fight was wearing him down.
One hit or felt like a body hit launched him back as he rolled
and seemed out for the count. Grim had lost- but what yarick
didn’t know- was how much more this man would latch onto him and
wanting more.
-+---
The attack finally stopped when Grim finally hit the ground and
didn't get back up. Yarick was panting as he finally let his
feet settle back on the ground as he watched the tattooed man
for several long minutes until he decided the guy wasn't getting
up.
"Try not to be dead... that would be inconvenient to explain..."
Yarick complained to Grim as he reluctantly approached to make
sure the man was alright. It almost felt like a hollow victory
knowing the man would leave him alone now, or at least leave him
alone for a while.
He pushed Grim with his foot until he got a sound out of the man
before walking towards Bas. "There fights over, now you two can
stop being stalkers...." He informed the drow, not wanting to
mention that he now had dinner plans with Bas.
#Post#: 1603--------------------------------------------------
Re: Trouble in the Oasis
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 4:48 pm
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Basredun visibly winced at the body hit that took Grim out. That
had to have hurt quite a bit. Hearing Yarick's comment had him
chuckle a bit. It would take a great deal more to kill Grim.
Basredun stood up, a knowing smile on his face when the fae made
sure Grim wasn't dead.
"I don't stalk, I spy," Bas replied with a wink. "I'll pick you
up at 7," he added and then made his way over to Grim's sprawled
body.
"You seem to be in need of a helping hand," he said and leaned
down over Grim.
He brushed the hair gently off of Grim's face and stroked the
side of his face before teleporting them off to his home. It
took a little leg work to lift Grim off the floor and lay the
man onto his bed. Bas sank onto the bed next to Grim with a
huff. "Making me do all the work today huh?" He teased
playfully.
Then Bas started checking Grim body over slowly and healing what
he could. "Feel better now?"
----
Grim made a small groan as he was pushed by a foot, he was
slowly coming out of it hearing voices, to seeing the drows face
and felt his hand. He fully came too realizing he was on the bed
and not in the arena.”I lost big time..” he muttered… to end up
grinning.”just makes it all worthwhile- gonna enjoy courting
him.” He said to look over.”and I feel great. You’re not bad for
a non-tuner.” He said to move his body a bit.
--+
Hearing Bas's response time being called a stalker got an eye
roll out of Yarick before his cheeks blushed quite dark at the
man's mention of picking the fae up at 7 before going to Grim.
The pair vanishing moments later. That was when a sudden
realization happened. How was the guy going to know where to
meet him?
A grin came to the fae's lips as he left himself believe that
Bas wouldn't know where to find him. It wasn't like the guy knew
what his routine was or where he lived. Still the turbulent
feelings inside of him made him question himself. Why did he
feel sad? It was a good thing he won, how the two would leave
him be, well, aside from dinner. But then again the guy didn't
know how to find Yarick so the fae reasoned he would get out of
that as well.
He left the training grounds and headed back into town to go
about his usual routine. The anxiety he had been dealing with
over Grim and Bas slightly quelled, causing him to lower his
guard.
By the time it started to approach 7pm, Yarick was slowly making
his way to the food tents, intending to grab some food before
headed home.
-+++--
Basredun chuckled hearing Grim talking about courting the
Yarick. "Does it bother you that I want to do the same?"
Bas was pleased by Grim's offhanded praise. "You're quite
welcome handsome. Let's get you cleaned up, then I can start
cooking for our dinner. You're welcome to stay and rest if you'd
like."
After a rather interactive and enjoyable time in the shower with
Grim, Bas got dressed and started getting things ready.
Five minutes before 7, Basredun retrieved his crystal ball to
see where Yarick was. His eyes flashed in annoyance seeing the
fae was going to the food tents.
"Seriously?" He muttered shaking his head. With a snap of his
fingers he was three feet from Yarick.
"Just what do you think you're doing Yarick? I've been slaving
away cooking for dinner all day. You are not going to get food
from any of these tents, Now, let's go," Bas said holding his
hand out to Yarick.
----
The thoughts of what was going to be Yarick's dinner were
quickly dashed when the fae nearly jumped out of his skin
hearing Bas' voice right behind him, causing him to turn around
quickly with an expression of surprise. The scolding tone
coupled with the warlock's outstretched hand had Yarick blushing
quite dark.
"How? How did you find me?" He questioned looking quite puzzled
as he, rather reluctantly put his hand into Bas'. He wasn't
going to argue with the guy, he had agreed to dinner with him.
----
Basredun felt a little badly for startling Yarick. Though the
Fae's blushing face was rather lovely to see.
The question had him pausing, considering what he should reveal
to the fae. He wasn't all that sure what the fae might share
with other people about him.
"We wizards have ways of looking in on people when we want. Some
use spells and bowls if water, others use magical objects." He
replied caressing the back of Yarick's hand before drawing him
back into the shadows.
This time, Bas made a motion, and muttered a spell under his
breath. The shape of a door took form and he reached out to
open it, and drew Yarick in after him.
They stepped into the front entry way of his home, which for a
drow had a rather welcoming vibe. "Grim should be here soon
enough, would you like a drink before we start dinner?" Bas
asked, releasing the Fae's hand.
He moved over to the black table that held various decanters and
glass containers of spirits. "I feel you might like the honey
mead,"
-----
Grim slowly woke up to yawn, his body stretching to smell
something good. He slid out and found his pants to throw them
on. He smoothed his hair out to walk in and see yarick.”oh nice-
you actually came.” Said grim with a smirk. “Bas food smells
amazing.. “ he said before looking through the spirits.”mmmm
anything fruity?” He asked looking back. As he promised he kept
a bit of physical distance from yarick. Least enough to not make
him uncomfortable. He figured if anything he could use the time
to learn about the guy.”yarick- I know your fae and all- but
what made you be a warrior?” He asked actually holding a
conversation rather than being flirty.
-----
More curiosity filled the fae as Bas explained how he had found
Yarick as he guided the man through a door the man had magically
made appear. His curiosity was replaced with concern when the
drow explained that Grim would be joining them before offering
the fae a drink.
He was going to decline but seeing Grim suddenly come in from
the back room had him agreeing to a glass of the suggested mead.
He slowly sipped his drink, keeping his eyes on Grim with a look
of suspicion in his eyes, especially when the guy asked why
Yarick was a warrior.
"My bloodline has been in service to the queen for
generations.... it was expected of me." He answered flatly,
though his tone far more friendly than it had been previously.
The man not actively trying to fight or fuck him was a nice
change.
-----
Basredun turned at Grim's voice smiling at the gorgeous man's
shirtless state. He never would tire of that tattooed muscular
chest.
"Thank you grim, ah yes. Let me serve you,"
Bas filled two glasses, one with an amber liquid and the other
with a rather bright blue liquor and handed them over. Then
filled a third with wine for himself.
While the two spoke, he used a few spells to set the mood.
Several spiraled floor lamps lit up, his magical lyre started to
play, and a table and chairs seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
Sipping on his wine, Bas used a bit more magic to set the table
and got the food set out.
"Hmm...if you had had a choice, would you have chosen to follow
a different path?" Bas couldn't help but ask.
"Please, have seat, and let's dig in. There's a little of
everything. I wasn't quite sure if you were a meat eater or
not," he added, making a pulling gesture which moved the three
chairs out so they could all sit.
He'd chosen a smaller table, wanting the dinner to be more
intimate and not leave too much space so they could converse
without any trouble.
"Let me know when you're ready for a refill or if you want
water," Bas added, taking his own seat after his guests were
seated.
--+-
“Really? Expected- such a shame.” Said grim quietly. He could
still remember how the fae man was being dragged into the oasis
by end. The man looked horrible at the time. “Wanted to say- you
really suprised me with that speed of yours. I know most tend to
be noble houses too- was yours?” He asked. Since they had been
in the oasis it became known about Adan with those that came
in. Even the once guard that plagued Eden in the very beginning
was in the oasis working- and often at the butt end of her
jokes. So things went around.
The man groaned at the hot meal.”cook better than most those
tents.” He told bas.”how did you get the meat to be so tender?”
He asked before taking a drink.
-----
A look of offense crossed Yarick's features at Grim's comment of
his birthright being a shame. He let out a huff at the following
question. "Treefall..." He answered before his attention was
taken by Bas as the drow began to cast several spells to set the
mood of the room, even summoning a table and chairs. The food
appeaing on the table next before the wizard made a hand gesture
to pull the chairs out for the three of them.
"If I had a choice? If I had a choice I would still be in the
queens forest serving her will..." He said with a rather solom
expression as he took a seat and fixed himself a plate of the
offered food. "I do eat meat," he added.
Yarick quietly started eating, glancing at Grim as the man
groaned and complemented the meal. "I... must agree, you are an
excellent cook..." He allowed before getting a refill of his
own. Drinking at the moment probably wasn't the wisest choice,
but he needed something to sooth the weird feelings fluttering
in his stomach.
--++-
Bas filled his plate with a healthy amount of the smoked pork
shoulder, and the roasted vegetables, sliding on some fresh
tomatoes; listening to the answers that Yarick gave Grim.
The talk of noble houses had his eyes flashing momentarily
thinking of his past life.
While he didn't know the whole story behind Yarick's being found
in the desert, he had the feeling the man might have been exiled
or banished from the fae kingdom. It seemed to be a reoccurring
theme among the fae that lived in the oasis.
Basredun smiled at the praise about his cooking. "Thank you both
for the compliments. The trick to the tenderness is smoking the
meat slowly, say three hours, and then cooking it in the oven
for the last hour or two. Oh, there is dessert as well, so save
some room,"
--++++
Grim looked at the man.”I understand that- but given the
circumstances you are not- instead you’re working around the
oasis.” He told the man.. The man wasn’t about to ask how he
ended up there. The place was for all- those attempting a new
beginning and been living their lives as they wished.. within
the limits of their laws that had been made. “Besides your
obvious love for getting to places quickly- what do you like to
do? Me besides following you- normally I like to race.. hunting
is something I do enjoy.” He said.
“guess fighting has become a form of entertainment now than life
or death…“ grim finished with a sigh.”use to be apart of a
tribe known as the beserkers.. we mostly were wanderers for a
time. Guess I can say I’m one of three surviving of it. After
that big ol’ nasty fight with the fanatics. “ he continued as he
grabbed his cup to ask for more.
-----
A fresh glare settled into Yarick's eyes at Grim's comment of
pointing out the obvious. "No fucking shit...." He huffed as he
shook his head and focused on eatting as Grim continued on after
Bas told them to save room for dessert. "What do I like to do? I
don't often do things just because I like them.... I suppose if
you are asking how I spend my time not working, I help Khali out
along with others in the oasis... I don't like being idle." He
with a raised eyebrow. Yarick hadn't ever been one to do things
for fun. Given he never indulged his fae desires for intimacy,
the idea of doing things just for fun was puzzling to him.
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Re: Trouble in the Oasis
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 4:53 pm
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Bas nearly bit his tongue in frustration at Grim's comment about
the glaring obvious point that Yarick was stuck where he was.
Grim just seemed to like blowing his chances with Yarick. Or
just giving himself more unnecessary challenges in winning the
fae over.
Bas let the two continue talk for awhile, looking quite
interested about what Grim enjoyed doing as well as him being a
berserker.
"I understand the need to keep oneself busy," he commented after
Yarick explained he didn't do much for fun. "Idle minds and
hands can prove too prone to mischief I've heard,"
Basredun had gotten up to fill their glasses when there was a
very distinct sound of clanging metal from the basement under
them. Bas' eyes flashed and he gritted his teeth, not wanting to
deal with his new pet in the middle of dinner.
"Well I seem to have forgotten to attend to my newest
acquisition downstairs, I'll be right back," he said flashing a
smile at the two.
Before they could ask him any probing questions he teleported
into the dungeon to glower at the human he had caged there.
"Are you really about to test my goodwill right now barbarian?"
Bas spat, looking more than a little annoyed by the distraction.
The tattooed dreadlocked human stared back at him defiantly.
"Fu.ck you. I'm not going to stop until one of your guests finds
me. You're not keeping me here forever you demon lover!"
Bas shook his head slowly as his fingers started moving and
chanted a silencing spell. When it snapped into place the
human's felt the surge of magic and backed up looking quite
terrified.
"You're sadly mistaken. You will never get out until you tell me
everything I want to know. Rest while you can, tomorrow will be
quite a day for you,"
Bas left the human cursing him and teleported back to the
kitchen. There he pulled out the baklava he'd slaved over to
create over 100 layers, and carried it out.
"I've heard most Fae love their sweets, I hope you are one of
them," Bas said as he set the dessert down.
-----
“All work and no play? You know there’s fun things to do that
can keep you busy right?” Said grim.”I’m just gonna have to take
you on some dates.. don’t worry won’t be all fighting- just some
activities maybe something will snag you that isn’t helping out
others. Find pottery making pretty fun..” grim said to chuckle.
Not often did he admit to doing anything of the sort but yarick
and bas were the exemptions in his eyes.
The meal continued with light conversation when grim heard
clanging metal. His face went somber at the sound to turn to bas
to see him vanish.
The man saw the dessert to seem to put his hand up.”I’ll refuse
it out of respect- I’m not one for sweets like that..” said
grim. The man enjoyed his fruits, somehow eating something
sugary never dealt well with him.
----
A dark blush trickled across Yarick's cheeks as Grim decided he
would take the fae on dates. Even promising they wouldnt all be
fighting. "You consider fighting a date? You have strange ideas
about courtship..." He questioned as the conversation, or at
least what passed for conversation on Yarick's part as he mostly
just reluctantly answered Grim's questions.
It was when Bas went to get the drinks refilled that the man had
to disappear due to clanking sounds. A suspicious look crossed
his eyes as be stared at the space the drow had been. "That's
not concerning at all..." He commented as he finished off his
dinner. Moments later the drow returned with a dessert that
smelled heavenly.
" it looks divine, I can't remember the last time I've had
baklava," the fae said, a slight grin on his lips. He, like most
fae, did love his sweets.
-----
"oh yes that's right, you're more into natural sweets," Bas
murmured, not in the least but bothered by Grim's not wanting
any of the baklava. "Just means Yarick can take the leftovers
home to enjoy,"
Basredun served Yarick a good sized piece, and took a smaller
piece for himself. Then with a flourish of his hands, conjured a
dish of mango sorbet for Grim, presenting it to the man with a
smile. "For your enjoyment, handsome,"
----
“Beserker tribe finds fighting a way of courting.. usually the
defeated is the submissive in bed.” Said grim to trail his hand
up his glass.”I would ignore it.. sounds like that is best
just.. left alone.” Said grin quietly as he tried to keep his
head from his own dark thoughts
“Thank you.” Said grim to start eating his dish.”sugar isn’t
good for me- if you think I’m wild now- I get worse.” He
admitted. His eyes went to the direction of where the noise had
been.”so bas your turn- I know your a drow and got a shadow
demon- but I was wondering how you came upon the oasis.. or
least heard about it?” He asked him.
-----
The thoughts of what Grim said about the berserker courtship had
the blush on Yarick's cheeks get much worse. Their fist fight,
even if the man had cheated... he had pinned Yarick, was that
why he wanted to sleep with him now? He was quite confused and
decided to not ask more questions. He had gotten himself into
enough trouble as it were.
When the dish was put in front of him, Yarick slowly started to
eat it, making a pleased noise at the taste. "Oh fuck, this is
amazing, how do you not have a food tent of your own?" He
questioned as he enjoyed his dessert, finishing off the sweet
food rather quickly.
His curiosity peaked when he heard Grim's question to Bas.
"Better question, is your name really Bas?" He questioned having
yet to hear the man called anything else. "Anyways, dinner was
great, I should probably head out though..." He said as he
finished off his most recent beverage putting him at a heavy 5
drinks. To say he wasn't stable when he stood up from the table
was an understatement. He hadn't realized how much he had been
drinking seeing as his glass just never seemed to empty.
--+--
Bas couldn't help but grin a but at Grim's explanation about how
a berserker might be the submissive in the bedroom. While he
didn't mind being submissive in bed, he did like being on the
other side as well
"Good to know," Bas murmured watching Grim enjoying the sorbet,
thinking of what fun they might have later in his bed.
"Such a serious question," Bas said eying the two for a long
moment. "The oasis is rather well known, even where I am from.
It wasn't easy to find by any means,"
Hearing the Fae's praise about the desert brought a bright smile
on the drow's face. "Why thank you, Yarick. Honestly I really
only cook for people I like. I'm not much of a social person
either."
"My full name is Basredun Faldroth. You can call me Bas if you'd
like."
The drow frowned seeing Yarick getting up and swaying on his
feet. He rose and moved to steady the fae. "I didn't realize the
mead would affect you so much. Please, it's late and I'd feel
better if you stayed here for the night. I have a guest room you
can use,"
-----
Grim blinked at his answer, “how wasn’t it not easy? Mean when I
arrived here it was with the group- kind of gotten picked up by
an airship. When we arrived it was clear and sunny.. granted
things been acting funny lately.. especially since the dragons
started coming here- feel it’s a bad omen.” He said to eat more.
Grim was also on his feet to steady the fae. Seeing the man
drunk and almost out to give a hand. He was a bit bummed they
wouldn’t just sleep together but the words were already
said.”let’s get him to bed at least.” He told bas.”probably get
him outta these boots too.” He said to really take in what the
fae wore. “Maybe the shirt too- “ he said as he wanted at least
a peek.
-----
The room was starting to spin when he felt Bas and Grim each
grab a shoulder to keep him upright. His cheeks turing more and
more red as Grim talked about undressing him while Bas suggested
the fae suggested he stay in the guest room. "You just want to
see me naked...." He slurred out as the booze was now hitting
him rather hard. He knew he was going to have a hangover, he
could already feel it.
With the haze of booze, the idea of Grim undressing him didn't
seem all that bad. The tattooed canvas of a man was already
shirtless himself. "I.... suppose it would be... a good idea to
sleep this off...." He finally agreed.
-----
Bas knew very well he'd been too cryptic for Grim's mind. "I can
get more into the details with you later if you'd like," he
offered, not yet sure of how much he could trust Yarick.
His eyebrows rose at Grim's suggestion of stripping the fae of
his shirt. `you just want a sneak a look, don't you?` he teased,
mentally speaking to Grim.
He'd done it a few times before, so knew the man wouldn't freak
out too much.
He snickered, amused by Yarick's nearly saying the same thing
moments later.
"I have night clothes you can change into if you'd like," Bas
added, not wanting to scare Yarick off.
He moved to put an arm around Yarick's waist and helped him into
the guest room. "I'll set out some water, and some mallow root,
it'll soothe your head and stomach if you need it," Basredun
added, sitting the fae onto the edge of a four post bed and
started to take the Fae's shirt off.
"Grim, there should be a night shirt in the top of the dresser,
please grab it," he requested and then knelt to gently tug off
Yarick's boots.
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Re: Trouble in the Oasis
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 5:00 pm
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“I said you could keep your pants- you must be drunk.” He said
to help bas to at least get him to the bed to lay him
back.”shoulda known your a light weight.” Said the man. He saw
bas had beat him to taking things off to frown a little. He
heard bas inside his head to raise a brow at him. The drow was
becoming more and more mysterious. He went for the night shirt
to walk over and slide it on the man.”least your comfy now.” He
said. His fingertips felt how smooth the fae man was.
“Get some sleep and don’t worry I’ll remind you we didn’t do
anything.” Grim teased before heading out of the room.
The man’s body was aching in places but he was beginning to feel
the restlessness. While he did find fun in causing mischief- he
would suffer moments of just needing to get out. “Should hunt
tomorrow. Maybe that will help.” He said to himself. He turned
to see bas,”so.. thanks for dinner.” He said to walk over and
down his glass.”wanna have a little fun before bed?” He asked as
his mind went back to the noise he heard.
--+--
"You're drunk..." Yarick slurred back at Grim before he leaned
more against Bas as the drow slipped his arm around the fae's
waist. He gave no resistance to being hauled off to the guest
room. He was aware enough to blush quite deeply as the man
stripped off his shirt before the guy was gently pulling off his
boots.
Then Grim was in front of him, pulling a sleep shirt over
Yarick's head. A shiver racing through him at feeling the graze
of the man's fingers on his skin as the shirt slipped on. The
flustered feeling didn't get any better at the man's promise to
remind him they didn't do anything before heading off. The fae
unable to help watching him leave. "Good... good night..." He
told the men before he managed to get himself under the covers
and was snoring softly within moments.
He didn't stir again until the following morning, his head
pounding as he felt the need to puke his guts up. He rushed into
the nearest bathroom and spent a good while retching. Once he
felt he could move again, he cleaned up, ditching the night
shirt. He then found the root and water, taking both before he
wandered out of the room, still shirtless. The scars from his
past life littered on his chest and back. The most promenade one
being on his shoulder where it looked like he had something go
through it. "Hello?" He questioned, still mostly out of it.
-----
Basredun chuckled a bit at Grim's calling Yarick a lightweight.
"Have you even tried the honey mead? I should have kept a closer
watch on how much he had. It's deceptively sweet and packs a
punch as well,"
The dark elf followed Grim from the room, leaving the fae to get
himself settled for the night.
He headed in to start clearing the food and dishes from the
table, rather pleased with how the dinner had gone.
Bas glanced up at Grim, nodding slightly at the thanks and then
grinning at the suggestion of them having fun before bed.
"You know I'm always up for fun with you sexy Grim," he purred
back, giving the human a smoldering lustful look.
Bas wasn't about to waste his time cleaning when he could be
having fun, summoned his helper demon. After giving it orders to
clean up and leave the baklava alone, he grabbed Grim's arm and
tugged the taller man into his room.
"How about a wrestling match to decide who tops tonight? Oh..and
I'll answer your questions now that we're alone,"
Basredun stripped down, leaving only a pair of black silk shorts
on, knowing the distraction of all his bare skin would work in
his favor.
Once Grim was ready, Bas let the other circle him, answering
that first question Grim had asked at the table.
"I came tens of thousands of miles to get here. It took over a
year to get here. Life in the underdark is oppressive and I
wanted out. The Oasis has given me a life I couldn't have ever
imagined was possible."
Bas took the next moment to strike, moving quickly to sweep the
man's feet out from under him and sat on Grim's chest, and tried
to pin the taller man down.
"Have any other questions gorgeous?"
--+--
“I have it’s just too sweet for me.” Said grim honestly. He felt
his arm taken and tugged to head about wrestling bas.”oh? You
want to try to top me?” He purred a little as he just dropped
his pants. The man not caring his ass was showing in the least.
“Sounds like a bitch, and yeah I can understand.” He said as his
body maneuvered around the drow.”heard this place would be the
last place standing and safest.. some dude with an eye covering
told us.. didn’t believe him til most the tribe was wiped out.”
He said to see bas twist to swiftly bringing his feet from under
him.”yeah the noise I heard- clearly someone is down there- a
fucktoy?” He asked grinning as he flipped them both around.”or
something else? “ he questioned. He kept his mouth shut around
yarick- being he felt there was more to bas.
-+--
"Try? You really think I can't overpower you? I may look fragile
but I'm far from it," Bas replied with a smirk.
"It was quite arduous but definitely worth it, getting to
finally be free,"
"Eye covering? Must have been a master tuner," Bas mused,
recalling having run into a few during his long journey. He'd
managed to survive the few skirmishes with them, mostly through
retreat or trickery.
Bas let out a groan at being flipped onto his back, and with
some quick contortion moves got out and used his legs to pin
Grim's arms and put a gentle choke hold on the man.
"Mm why would I need a fu.cktoy when I have you as a lover? Just
one of those pack barbarians that attacked the teens a couple of
weeks ago. Been trying to get into his head to get what
information I can."
He applied just a little more pressure, his intent to make Grim
pass out.
-+++-
“Mm yup. “ he said to smirk thinking he had bas he felt the man
slip and found himself in a chokehold he struggled in the man’s
arms his breath cut off. He heard the man’s answer. He felt the
arm tighten before the dark would come in his eyes rolling back
as he passed out.
He slowly came out of it a little later feeling hands as he
chuckled.”couldn’t wait for me to wake up bas ?” He asked as his
eyes refocused to look around.
--+---
Once Grim had passed out, Bas released him from the choke hold
and checked his vitals before moving to lift the other man onto
his bed.
After waiting for a few minutes watching the man closely, he let
his hands start exploring Grim's impressive physique.
When the man finally woke, Basredun smiled at the question and
nuzzled Grim's chest. "Mmm no, you're too fu.cking gorgeous to
keep my hands off of. But now that you're awake, the real fun
can
begin,"
Bas teased Grim's nipples with his tongue and sucked on them
before slowly trailing nips and kisses down the man's body.
"Toss me a pillow," he ordered before teasing Grim's hard
member with his tongue.
He caught the pillow, moving it under Grim's ass and moved down
to prep his lover for a brand new experience.
-++--
Grim chuckled to feel the nuzzle at his chest.”I’m so
flattered.” He said with a sigh before feeling his body being
teased and brought to feeling a need. Grim tossed the pillow as
he groaned at the tongue. His eyes went a little wide at what
bas was about to do next.
-++-
"then my plan is working," Bas murmured in a pleased silky tone.
He moved down, pushed Grim's legs up against his chest. "Hold
these for a little bit,"
He then moved to grab some lubricant and began to gently and
slowly loosened Grim using oil soaked fingers.
"Do you want me to stop?" He asked pulling Grim's legs down and
started rubbing more if the oil over his lover's body while
thrusting his fingers slowly in and out.
----
Grim felt his legs being pushed up to hold them. He felt the
fingers work at him to groan a little at the feeling,”like hell
you will..” moaned the man as the feeling of the rubbing of the
oil, and the fingers combined made him feel more needy.”think I
want more of you bas.. “ he said his head tilting back, feeling
a little submissive was new to the man but at least one guy
reciprocated him with a fun tussle, and following through.
-----
Bas couldn't help but grin wide at Grim's reply. "My gorgeous
dirty Grim, ask and you will receive your deepest desires,"
Basredun moved up, oiling his very hard member and slowly pushed
inside of Grim. Seeing the exposed neck had Bas moving to
lightly bite and mark his lover's neck.
It took a few moments before he was fully inside Grim's hot
tight a.ss.
"By the gods, you are perfection," Bas praised guiding Grim's
face with one hand and kissing him deeply on the mouth. Their
tongues tangled and he began thrusting his hips, in a slow
steady pace.
----
“Such a silver tongue you have bas..” retorted grim as he made a
noise at being filled. The attention to his neck accepted as his
hands went into the man’s hair.
He took a bit to adjust to hear bas praise before their mouths
met, grims legs pressed back as he panted at the feeling of
being railed. Skin slapped skin as he felt himself nearing to
the end.”oh bas..” he slid out to hold the man close making a
mess of the both of them.
He felt the shake of his orgasm as he laid back.”holy shit bas..
talk about a great first time..” he said having never really
received before.
--++-
Bas grinned against the man's neck, Grim's comment about him
having a silver tongue brought a chuckle. "It does come in handy
for seducing you," he pointed out.
In no time he was lost in the heady pleasure of making love to
Grim. It was far more intense being the one in the dominant
role. The roll of their bodies moving together, the slick
friction and embrace of Grim's legs and arms brought him his
climax. He exploded filling Grim with his hot seed.
Breathing deeply, he collapsed on top of Grim not minding the
messy stickiness between them.
"Mmm..it was." He agreed, taking Grim's face in his hands and
showered him in slow passionate kisses.
After awhile, Bas slowly pulled away and moved down to clean
Grim's abdomen with his tongue. Then he moved to lay on his side
near Grim, his fingers gently running over the man's chest. "We
should sleep, or at least try to. I'm definitely going to have
to wrestle you again," he added with a wink.
-----
Grim enjoyed the hot kissing as his mouth worked at bas to watch
the man lick and clean him up. He blushed a bit.”mmhmm.. gonna
have to win the next one.. though this clearly doesn’t feel like
a loss..” joked grim to snuggle bas. He drifted to sleep and
wouldn’t wake till the morning.
-++--
It took a rather embarrassingly long amount of time for Yarick
to realize he had been wandering the halls for a long while but
had yet to find anything familiar, or even find Bas. After what
felt like a few hours he would have been happy to see Grim at
that point.
Twice he tried to speed through the place with his powers but
only got more and more lost. He then started going through
random doors until he found a room with a forest inside.
Thinking he had found a way out, he dashed inside only to
realize this wasn't the oasis forest and he was still lost in
this house, only now lost in a house *and* lost in a forest.
"Who keeps a forest in their house?" He complained to himself as
he continued to wander.
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Re: Trouble in the Oasis
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 5:06 pm
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Basredun woke to the familiar tight arms wrapped around him. It
was almost like sleepinh with a boa constricter when Grim was in
his bed.
Bas smiled in amusement and rubbed his face against the man's
chest, and nipped the tattooed skin lightly.
"Grim, you need to let me go now, come on wake up," he spoke in
a louder voice than normal.
"Come on, I bet a certain guest has been up for awhile now. He
can't really get out unless I let him out," he reminded Grim.
With some of what he had in his home, the magic wards would keep
anything or anyone contained in the house until he lowered the
ward. Given the creatures he kept and the secrets he had,
Basredun was more than a little cautious.
The sound of a loud blaring alarm filled the room, making Bas
curse. "Shit! We need to go now. Yarick must have found one of
the portal doors. He could be in great danger, we need to find
him fast!"
Once Grim was off of him, Bas grabbed a robe and pulled it on
and then grabbed Grim's hand and snapped his fingers.
Seeing the open door brought a dark curse in his drow tongue.
Bas conjured a sword for Grim and his staff. "Course this is the
door he'd go for. Be careful, there are many dangerous creatures
I keep in here, all very deadly,"
-------
Grim felt the nip. He groaned softly.”five more minutes.” He
almost didn’t let go until the alarm blaring caused grin to let
go and almost fall off the bed thinking he had crossed the
border between the desert and jungle. His head snapped to throw
some pants on. Once he had his blade he stood.”deadly huh?
Sounds fun.”
Once the door opened grim didn’t think twice to take off. Of
course after a bit of a search he saw yarick not paying
attention to his surroundings- and a rather violent beast
creeping to attack him. He made a face to see a vine on his
perch and came swinging in to smack into a tree. He slid off to
recover and get between yarick and the creature.”yanno wandering
in peoples homes is kinda rude!” He said back at yarick before
the thing came out, a mix of a lion and a wolf leapt out as his
blade struck the creature to get his hand out to use the blood
tuning to make it choke on its own blood. “Shit he wasn’t
kidding..” said grim with a flush to stick to yarick.
--+--
The antsy fae turned quickly when he head something, only to see
Grim smack right into a tree. Yarick gave the man an unamused
glare before his eyes widened in shock at the beast that cane
out to attack, Grim managing to hold it off. He had to admit, he
had never been more attracted to Grim than in that moment.
Blades appeared in Yarick's hands as he summoned them, the
little magic he was able to do, "you always have the strangest
timing..." He complained before using his speed to get to a more
sensitive area of the beast. His fighting was far different than
what he had used against Grim. The fae being fae deadly than he
had been previously unarmed. A show of just how much the man had
been holding back on Grim in their fights.
Seeing a second lion beast coming out to attack Grim was enough
to distract Yarick long enough to get swated into a nearby tree,
nearly getting knocked out as he tried to use the tree to get
back to his feet as the magical blades vanished without him
being able to hold the magic with his mind so fuzzy at the
moment. He didn't see that the one that had been going for Grim
was now practically on top of the fae.
------
It took Basredun a few moments to erupt a few extra wards around
the door before he opened it and let out a long sigh as Grim
rushed off like a badger on a rampage.
"Just go running off without talking things over," Bas muttered
and pulled out his crystal ball to see how far Yarick had
gotten.
Bas activated some protective spells before using the shadow
demon to port himself to where the other two were battling the
second lion beast
"Forzir!" He cried, a flash of fire leaping from his staff to
hit the beast in the back.
Though it didn't outright kill the creature it did have draw the
lion beast away from the stunned Fae.
Bas let out a long suffering sigh as the beast came rushing at
him, rather pissed off from getting it's backside hit with fire.
"Darath mordinau dirma har!" He yelled, making a motion with one
hand and hit the ground with the end of his staff.
A black wave of magic shot forth and engulfed the lion beast in
a cloud of darkness. The body of the beast collapsed with a loud
thud making the ground shake.
"Dammit," Bas swore and moved to nudge the beast with a bare
foot. "Sorry Beasty, I really didn't want to kill you."
Basredun moved towards Grim and Yarick looking quite worried.
"Are you all right? Did it scratch you or bite either of you?"
Bas was already gently checking out Yarick and then turned to do
the same to Grim.
------
“And?” Grim said with a smirk. He watched the man go for the
beast. His feet flying to get the beastie off before he heard
bas spell to drive it off. Once the thing was on its back he
didn’t waste time idly as he slammed into the creature as it got
up to distract it from yarick to feel blood rush from him. Not
that he cared any. He watched as the spell hit to cause it to
turn to bas stayed in front of yarick to turn.”hey.. you
alright?” He asked making a small noise.
It was then when he heard bas as he came close and his worry.”ah
it’s just a scratch- if it’s poison I got.. stuff on me..” he
said to feel a little funny.
-+++-
To say Yarick was unprepared for Bas to fuss over him in such a
manner when the fight was over. Even Grim asking him if he was
alright. "I... think I'll be fine... I don't thing it got me too
bad... well, except for my side...." He said looking as the claw
marks across his side, adding to his scar collection.
He had already felt terrible from drinking too much so when he
started feeling even stranger he just braced his back against
the tree. His wings folded against his back for the moment.
"Who, the fu.ck, keeps a forest full of monsters in their
house?" He found himself questioning.
-----
Bas let out a sigh and pinched his nose when he saw where they'd
gotten scratches.
"Shit," he muttered and worked a bit of healing magic to repair
their skin. "The poison on the creatures claws induces
hallucinations, and will make you feel drunk or really out of
it, it varies though."
It looked like the poison was affecting Yarick a bit faster than
Grim. Bas knew though that Grim would be hit with the same
symptoms soon enough. They really needed to get out before
another creature tried to attack them.
His eyebrow rose at Yarick's question. "Technically this is a
different world, the door's just a portal to it. And I move the
dangerous ones here so I can study them. I'm one of those
curious types,"
Basredun mentally went through his options. If he sent the
shadow demon for the antidote he'd created the two wouldn't have
to go through the last and most painful symptom. Teleporting
with them could cause worse problems as he'd found out during
his first experience with the poison going through his own body.
"Araviste, retrieve the antidote from my lab." He ordered the
shadow demon, as he pulled Yarick over one shoulder and turned
to Grim and cast a weightless charm on the tattooed man. Bas
bent to grab him and get grim over his other shoulder. He spoke
one last spell, which had the sword and his staff get smaller
and attach to his robe.
"All right best get moving. Can't just stay here and wait.
There's worse things out here,"
-----
“Different worlds? Bas you’re holding out.” Said grim.
His head swam a little before he felt himself lifted by
magic”hey I can still walk!” Protested the beserker. The man
feeling not so great about being carried.
“come on elk I swear I’m fine!” Said grim wriggling in bas grip.
-++-
When Yarick was picked up and tossed over the drow's shoulder,
the fae started to squirm to get away for several minutes before
finally giving up and grumbling to himself incoherently as he
fell deeper into the throws of the posin in his body.
Yarick had been still long enough, and Grim squirming enough
that a massive spider was able to go unnoticed as it attacked
web to Yarick and Grim before yanking the pair away from the
wizard and running off. Once back at it's web, the spider spun
up Grim first before it began to work on the pasted out Yarick
who was hanging upside down.
-----
Basredun chuckled at Grim's comment. "You have no idea how true
that is,"
He shook his head at Grim's protest. "Yes, but you'd end up
turned around and lost in a forest full of dangerous creatures
or end up in a ravine. I'm not taking that chance. Not with with
my lover,"
When Grim called him by another name, Bas started to walk
faster, worry filling him.
Had he been paying more attention he wouldn't have missed the
spider following from above. Only when the two were suddenly
yanked from his arms did he catch sight of 10 foot spider
dashing off with them.
"I hate mother fucking spiders...why'd it have to be a 10 foot
wide spider?! Curse the spider goddess!!" Bas moaned.
Memories of being tortured by his siblings and thrown in a
dungeon filled with spiders filled his mind. He shook violently
and forced himself after the creature, muttering more curses
under his breath.
"Gonna kill the spider...and kill it good and dead. Then no more
spider to mess with my head."
His resolve to rescue and free the fae and Grim won over the
fear and brought back his cold logical mind back into play. He
pulled out his crystal ball, using it to find his way to where
the spider had strung up the two. Seeing one long silky cocoon
and Yarick in the middle of being wrapped up, he worked his way
up to Grim as quietly as he could. His body shook as he climbed
out onto the overhead branch and pulled the mini sword off and
used it as a dagger to cut through the silk fibers.
With Bas still light as a feather, it was easy to get him down
and quickly freed of the cocoon.
*Be quiet, the spider will hear,* Bas sent mentally to Grim and
restored the sword to it's original size.
Still shaking, Bas felt the cool embrace of his shadow demon as
it reunited and took the potion bottle it offered. *Distract the
beastly thing* he told the shadow demon, and turned to give Grim
a mouthful of the antidote.
It would still take a good while before it cleared the affects
of the poison completely, but at least Grim wouldn't suffer
worse things.
The shadow demon launched itself at the spider, startling the
creature and making it go on the defensive, lashing out and
turning away from Yarick.
Basredun was shaking as he went in trying to get to Yarick
praying the creature would be occupied enough with the shadow
demon.
----
Grim felt the snag and felt the cocoon.”well shits this is worse
than the scorpion.” Came out as he struggled inside the silken
trap. Course when he saw bas heard what the man in his head
almost ready to ask out loud how he had done that. - course when
he was forced to take the antidote, made a face.”I wasn’t bit
yanno elk.” He said to see the spider. “Good job getting me
free- I’ll get sting!” Flew out as blade and man went out toward
the spider. His skills came in full swing as the brawler managed
to dodge the attempts at catching him with silk to jump and digs
it blade in the head. “Ha!” Said grim to feel it start trying to
fling him off.”this will make a mighty fine meal!” Came out like
someone on a hunt before he nailed the blade down further with
his foot when the spider gave enough time to. It collapsed
before he pulled out the blade to go up where yarick was and
freed the man.”got him elk!” He said to land. Course when he did
so a bunch of babies came out of the now dead spider as grim
freaked a different way.”fuck there here.. come on!” He said
taking yaricks hand and asked elk.”where’s the tribe- we need to
get back- azhars right!-“ said the now panicked grim.
----
The feeling of being yanked out of the cacoon woke Yarick up. He
instantly clung to Grim. "Captain!" He sqeaked with a deep
blush, seeing the man who he had affection for in his old
platoon. When they hit the ground, he felt the pull and stumbled
along as he saw millions of little red caps causing him to let
out a scream as he gripped Grim's and then one on Bas's hands
before managing to hover above them high enough to lift the two
off the ground before taking off through the forest, narrowly
missing braches and whole trees as he sped through the forest
faster than most would think possible.
Unfortunately, the poison was taking a stronger and stronger
hold, and the skilled forest flyer, was taken out when he hit a
low hanging branch hidden in what looked like just thin leaves,
sending Bas and Grim flying farther into the forest and knocking
Yarick out cold on the forest floor, his nose, absolutely
broken.
#Post#: 1607--------------------------------------------------
Re: Trouble in the Oasis
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 5:18 pm
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Bas managed to get around the spider thanks to Grim's berserker
attack, until one of the legs snagged his robe and made him
trip, falling face first through the tree limbs.
"Mother fu.cking bit.ch a.ss spider!" He cursed as his body
broke through the smaller branches and got the wind knocked out
of him on a thicker one. It took a few moments before he could
gasp in a much needed breath.
It took a good moment before he realized the potion bottle had
shattered. "F.uck!" He swore as he jumped the rest of the way
down.
At least Grim had gotten Yarick free. The sight of the swarming
baby spiders had him freezing for a moment, fear and panic
overtaking him
Worry started to fill him that Grim hadn't gotten enough and how
Yarick was going to deal with being paralyzed and stuck in his
mind, even for a short while.
And then he was being yanked off his feet by Yarick as the fae
dragged them away from the swarm of spiders.
"Yarick you need to stop!" Bas called out, realizing the poison
would move faster through the fae with him flying.
The next moment he felt his body go airborne and then slammed
and tumbling over into the forest floor. The impact knocking him
out completely.
------
Grim felt yarick lift him up.”sting when could you fly and who
is this captain?” Came out as they took off. His face saw the
branch.”wait sting!” To flinch at the hit to the face to hit
the floor. Grim fared better than the other two.”Elk! Sting!” He
said his panic rising.”you can’t go too..” he said his voice
sounding emotional to see the spiders of the young heading their
way. The flashes of their last battle raged in the
hallucination, his sword coming out. In his state of mind the
two had died and he was alone. A cry ripped through his lungs as
he went to fight, slaughtering the young and blood tuning as he
went. By the end of it he was huffing to go over and seemed
upset to collecting yarick to end up crying over the man a
little. It seemed after a while the poison was ebbing away on
grim as he came to his senses. Wondering where they were to see
bas knocked out and yarick looking not so good with the broken
nose. He scooped both up.”d..demon.. you surely are awake right?
Show me the door.” He said his head wheeling around.
----
With his master knocked out, the shadow demon hovered over
Basredun watching the berserker as he panicked and tried to
fight invisible foes.
While Avariste was tied to the drow, there were times he could
act without commands. Usually though only when he felt his
master was in danger.
The shadow demon shifted back, hiding as Grim collected the
passed out fae and drown wizard. The question had Avariste pause
before showing himself to the berserker and beckoned the human
to follow.
***Basredun...you need to wake up.*** The demon reached out with
it's mind, hoping Bas would wake and soon. This place reeked of
old spirits and elder creatures.
Avariste floated, guiding Grim out of the forest and towards the
doorway.
--++
On their way to the doorway, Yarick began to stir with a groan
as his hands first went to his nose, letting out a cry of pain
as he reset his nose, sobering him enough to regain mobility
enough to struggled out of Grim's grip as he attempted to fly
off before a bat like monster swooped in to snatch Yarick as two
more were coming for Grim and Bas.
By the time the beast had brought Yarick back to it's nest, the
last stages of parylization began to kick in and he could no
longer move outside of blinking.
-----
Grim was following till he felt a squirm. “Yarick.. it’s me..”
he said behind to calm him down. But the more he tried to keep
a hold did he lose his grip to see yarick go up. He watched as
the man was snatched and saw the other two.”fu.ck.” He drew his
blade to cut one and got on the back of another with bas still
in tow. With some work he managed to make the thing make its way
to the nest he stabbed the one he was riding to hand and run to
a place that looked safe.”Bas..” he said.”come on wake up! I
need you.” He said as he felt the remnants of his ptsd still on
its high but no longer influenced by the poison. His face
fluctuated as he thought. “Demon keep your master safe..” he
said to get his blade. He made a soft glare to creep his way
toward the nest. His body making its way slowly till he got
close enough to attack the beast. He killed it to turn to yarick
who was laying there.”..yarick..” he said quietly to touch the
man’s shoulder. He saw no movement as his heart dropped to shift
the man into his arms to tear up before seeing his eyes blink.
He made a small look of relief.”just.. stay calm alright fae
boy?” He said to hoist yarick up.
----
Avariste kept probing Basredun's mind as he guided the
berserker. The appearance of the strange demonic creatures had
him hissing, and protectively wrapping himself around the
wizard.
Avariste watched Grim attempt to wake his master, and gave the
man a thumbs up when asked to keep his master safe.
***Basredun Faldroth , Wake Up!*** The demon projected loudly,
finally feeling the wizards consciousness stir.
Basredun's eyelids fluttered as he came to, the sense of
crawling on his skin making him go into full alarm. "Where are
they Avariste, what's going on?" He rasped out, his body
throbbing in many places. The sharp shooting pain in his
clavicle and numbness down his arm had him grimacing.
**Help me fix my arm first** Bas requested, knowing he'd need
both his hands.
***It's an elder demon's nest, they're inside still.*** Avariste
replied and moved to help pop Bas's dislocated arm back into
place.
**I need you to get another bottle of the antidote, and
quickly** Bas replied and found his staff and returned it to
it's regular size and headed further into the nest.
***Yes master,*** Avariste replied and vanished.
At this point Basredun was ready to raze and destroy the entire
place once he got Grim and Yarick free. He was done with dealing
with monsters, oversized spiders and whatever the hell these
demons were.
Basredun finally found Grim a little while later, looking a
complete mess. Blood on his face, leaves and twigs stuck in his
hair, and scratches and bruises all over.
He moved down, his bones popping a bit as he knelt on one leg to
look Yarick and Grim over closely. **He'll be okay Grim.
Avariste is getting more of the antidote. Just no sudden
movements and keep your voice down,** he advised.
-----
Grim saw bas to smile- to see him and heard the popping a bit to
make a face. He gave a nod as he held yarick not really letting
go. His hand on the blade clearly on a fighting high. He was
starting to wonder if he grew soft and kept his ears open as he
waited for what bas explained for.
---
Seeing Grim smiling at him had Bas chest suddenly feeling tight,
as a strange sensation filling him. Having never felt love
before, he had no clue what it was. Just that it was a feeling
he could get used to.
A soft popping sound cane from his left shoulder and his bond to
Avariste brought the demon's heightened awareness into
Basredun's body.
***Hurry master, they're coming!***
Bas took the potion and opened Yarick's mouth to slowly pour
some inside. He tilted the Fae's head back and massaged his
throat to get it to go down.
He'd just finished when the sound of hundreds of wings filled
the cave above them.
**Avariste can you get us out of here? Or am I going to need to
fight my way out?**
Knowing the shadow demon had used up a great deal of energy
already, he didn't want to hurt his servant if he could help it.
***Give me five minutes and I can get us all out,***
**Grim think you can help me fight off these demons and survive
five more minutes?**
As Bas spoke to Grim in his head, he placed a protective charm
on Yarick and another on Grim.
Just as he finished, the first wave of elder demon's descended
towards them, letting out unearthly screams of fury.
"Avoid the tentacles! Aim for their eyes and down their mouths!"
Bas shouted out as he unleashed a bright flash of magic from his
staff. Half of the demon's were destroyed , melting and popping
like pustules of slime.
----
The sound of Grim coming in and scooping him up after
dispatching the monster was quite heroic, but seeing how torn up
he was over the condition of the fae made his heart ache. He he
wished he could move and sooth the man. It wasn't too long after
that Bas found them, forcing Yarick to drink some potion and
forcing him to swallow it.
Before it began to have any affect, it seemed the bat beast
things were coming in mass. He watched helplessly as Grim and
Bas defended him. He was finally able to move enough to get to
his feet to avoid one of the creatures. "Captain! Gunner! Watch
out!" He called out as one of the beasts swooped in from behind.
----
“Yeah I can..” said grim not grasping the concept of thought but
kept his voice low. Grim bolted once he let the man do a charm
to take off. His body fluidly dodging the tentacles as he aimed
for the eyes to start laughing. He heard yarick calling him
captain to rush at the beast and scooped up the fae as he
chucked the blade hitting the eyes.”could use a way out bas!” He
called as his body avoided the tentacles as he tossed yarick
like a rag doll to catch him and yank the blade as he got close
to slide back.
-----
Bas kept up his magical attack, mentally counting down the time,
hoping five minutes was enough for Araviste to be ready.
"It'll be ready shortly, Gotta wait for my bonded to recover
enough to teleport us out of here!' Bas called back, unleashing
a gas cloud into the next wave.
A few more moments passed, with Basredun feeling his body
closing in to it's limit. He pushed past the aches and pains,
shooting a fire spell to get more of the elder demon's.
***GRAB them NOW!***
Basredun got through the pile of bodies collecting on the ground
and grabbed hold of Grim's shoulder. "Hang on!"
They were quickly swept away as Araviste collected the shadows
to wrap around the trio and pulled them through the shadow
realm.
For a few seconds they saw the realm and felt it's coldness
before popping out and falling into his house through the open
door.
Bas let out a groan and tugged the two further into the hall and
kicked the door shut. His staff blazed as he spoke a strong
sealing spell on it.
Spent from the excursion, Basredun's head fell against Grim's
chest and closed his eyes.
"Is everyone intact?" He groaned softly. "Just gonna rest here
for a bit,"
#Post#: 1608--------------------------------------------------
Re: Trouble in the Oasis
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 5:36 pm
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When Grim rushed the beast before scooping Yarick up, then
tossing him like he weighed nothing, got a massive blush and
squeak out of the fae. The up close and personal view of Grim's
fighting was both terrifying and thrilling. He was more than a
little glad Grim had never properly got ahold of him in their
fights. The guy was *powerful*. The hallucinations finally
lifted as Grim and Bas worked to protect him. He held on tighter
to the tattooed man as he and the drow went back and forth over
a way out.
Moments later, shadow enveloped them and they were back in the
hallway, Bas kicking the door closed. Yarick's heart was
pounding, not ready to let go of Grim. In the relief of being
safe after whatever the hell had just happened, Yarick couldn't
resist as he put his hands on Grim's cheeks and pulled the man
into a kiss. "Thank you... for saving me... both of you... I...
feel indebted to you both..." He admitted softly, a dark blush
on his cheeks. "Think we could all use some rest after all
that..." He added, "think I'm not missing any parts, might need
to check later," he said with a touch of sarcasm.
-----
Once the door was found did grim land on the floor with a thud
and a holding the two close. “I know I am.” He said to chuckle.
Soon as grim heard yaricks words and his indebt to him smiled.
“… then be my boyfriend..” he said with a grin.
Course the sarcasm was met with grim grinning.”do I need to
strip and see if it’s all there?” He teased before taking a
minute.”… where’s your bath bas- can clean all of us up.” He
said with a more sincere smile.”yarick looking beaten up and you
look like you could use a good soak.” He said with a smile.
----
Basredun got quite a lovely view of Yarick kissing Grim.
"I wouldn't quite agree with that. I invited you in my home and
endangered you by not keeping you safe," he sighed.
He couldn't help but smile at Grim's boldness to ask Yarick to
be his boyfriend. "I guess I'd ask for time to decide what to
ask for."
"Rest does sound good," Bas murmured in agreement.
He laughed softly at the Grim and the Fae's exchange. "I
wouldn't mind seeing that happen,"
Basredun's eyes closed for a few moments, slowly opening at
Grim's question about his bath and mention of a soak.
"At the moment I can't move, I may need a hand with that. Sorry
it's going to be a bit of a walk. Yarick got himself pretty deep
into my home. No porting or magic from me for at least a couple
of days." He sighed.
Bas gave Grim directions to find his huge bathroom and inside a
bathtub big enough to fit all three comfortably.
----
Hearing Grim's request for the debt had Yarick blushing very
dark as he cast his eyes away from the man shyly. The the
comment about stripping the fae to check and the drow wanting to
watch had him blushing harder than he ever thought possibly. It
didn't help when the giant of a man asked about the bathroom for
a *soak*. The man truly did intend to get him naked.
The usually sassy and mouthy fae was silent as they went to the
bathroom. Unable to fully process this. Once in the bathroom,
Yarick pulled away from Grim and fluttered down to his feet to
remove the dirty blood stained pants he had been wearing,
discarding them into what he assumed was a hamper before going
to the mirror and looking over his injuries. Around his eyes
were already bruising. He would need to see a healer once he
finally got out of this house. There was only a thin loincloth
separating himself from being fully naked in front of the two
men and he was feeling *quite* shy.
+++++
Grim managed to the bath to put down the fae, it seemed he was
doing better. He turned to help bas undress as he got the tub
going and realized it had hot water to adjust again.”better.” He
said once filled he undressed himself to get bas under his
shoulder to see yarick acting shy.
“Don’t be shy.. promise I won’t do anything- too sore to
honestly.” Said the beserker. Though his eyes were already
trailing down at the last peice of cloth that wasn’t coming off:
“bet bas has something you can wear that isn’t like a dress on
you.” He said with a tease as he got himself and the drow in the
water to start cleaning the exhausted man the best he could.
-+++-
Bas was quite enjoying being taken care of and the stripping
show he got. Yarick's body was quite gorgeous and had a slightly
feminine grace to it which drew him in even more.
"No need to be shy Short King," Bas flirted a little as he was
lifted and settled in the hot water. "I know exactly what I'd
want to dress our fae in," he murmured and let out a soft groan
as Grim started washing him up.
"Your hands feel divine, thank you Grim. I'll thank you properly
once I've recovered enough. Maybe a massage and then an oiled
wrestling match?" He purred with a lustful tone.
-----
Grim and Bas's words had Yarick's blush dark, especially being
called a short king. He took a deep breath to finally pull the
last of his clothes off before quickly getting into the water,
getting out a groan as his muscles relaxed in the hot water. He
tried to ignore the noises Grim was getting out of Bas and sunk
deeper into the water thinking about what the drow might think
of dressing him up in. He hoped the man wasn't actually
considering a dress.
The fae worked on distracting himself by washing up his body
before attempting to wash his face, only to make a pained sound
as he agitated the injury causing his nose to begin to bleed
again. "Fu.ck..." He complained and he tried to pinch his nose
to stop the bleeding but it only caused more pain that he tried
to bite through.
--+-
Grim blinked at the words never hearing king before. He
blinked.”oh? Care to say?” He asked as he continued to work.
“Oil wrestling match?” He asked and blushed just a little.”I
wouldn’t mind.. but when I wake up- mind letting me in the
oasis- I do have work to do after..” he said.
That’s when he heard a pained noise. He saw the nose was
bleeding again.”don’t pinch..” he said to shift for his pants
grabbing a green stone.”now I can fix little stuff just not
big.” He said as he took yaricks face gently. He had a look of
absolute concentration as he used blood and the green stone to
heal yaricks face.”… is that better?” He asked making a worried
expression.
----
Basredun's eyes swept over to Yarick when the fae let out a
groan as his body sank into the warm water. It was hard to not
admire the fae's fit body.
"I have a shirt that would make his eyes pop even more, it may
be more if a tunic in him, but I could adjust it a bit,"
He smiled at Grim's question. "Oil makes you a bit slippery, but
even more fun," he purred. "Just poke me when you need to go,"
His eyes closed, his tight cramped muscles slowly relaxing in
the hot water. Hearing the curse, his eyes flew open and he sat
up in the tub, concern on his face.
He was relieved when Grim helped Yarick and healed his broken
nose. "Should probably get out before we get all wrinkled," Bas
said slowly moving to get out.
He grabbed a robe that was hanging up and called out for his
helper demon.
"Zuris, bring some more robes for my lover and my short King,"
The short red skinned demon appeared with two robes and set them
near the tub for Grim and Yarick.
"Anything else master?" Zuris inquired in a soft hiss.
"Are you two hungry?" Bas asked, remembering they had yet to eat
that morning. "Have any requests?"
----
A startled look came to Yarick when Grim took the fae's face
into his hands before working on healing the man's nose with his
tuning. "Yeah... that feels much better..." He agreed before
reluctantly pulling away to finish cleaning himself up.
By the time their bath had ended, Yarick was finally feeling
more like himself, well, a very hungover version at least. His
blush grew when Bas called him his 'short king' before a red
demon thing appeared with the robes. He got himself out of the
tub before wrapping himself up in the quite cozy robe, a yawn
escaping him. The mention of food made his stomach turn in just
the wrong way to get the fae to shake his head in disagreement
at the idea of food.
"I don't think I can stand to eat anything right now..." Yarick
said as he tied the belt to the robe. The size difference
between himself at the drow caused the robe to practically
swallow the little fae.
--++-
Grim chuckled.”got it..” he said as he finished cleaning up
before slipping the robe on.”I could eat.. something light
though.. still feel tad sick.” He admitted.”what was in that
antidote?” He asked.
He looked over at yarick to blush at the sight of the man being
swallowed by his robe.”nice nap sounds good right now.. but
gonna insist you come sleep with us yarick.. don’t want you
getting lost again…” he said to the fae with a serious look.
-----
Basredun couldn't help but admire how adorable Yarick looked in
the oversized robe. It kept him from asking Zuris to resizing it
to fit the fae a bit better. Seeing Yarick yawn, made him yawn
even louder. "Great you started the yawn fest," Bas sighed,
though he sounded more tired than annoyed. He nodded in
understanding at Yarick not wanting food.
"Perhaps some tea and crumpets would do? It's a mixture of
purifying compounds, it does tend to make you a bit drowsy
after, but by morning that will pass," he reassured Grim.
Bas was quite in agreement with Grim on keeping Yarick close.
"It's a big bed, but fair warning, Grim's a tight clinger when
he sleeps. It took me awhile to get used to it."
Basredun led the way to his bedroom located across the hall. He
pushed one of the ornately carved doors open, and held it for
the two to go in and let it close behind him.
When they stepped inside, the red velvet walls changed to a
calming blue and the lights slowly turned themselves down. Bas
passed by the huge bed to pull out some pants for each of them
to put on and a night shirt for him and Yarick. The clothes
adjusted to the wearers once they were pulled on.
Bas made a slight motion with his hand and The soft sounds of a
harp playing faintly filled the room. A moment later cups of tea
appeared on the small side table along with a plate of crumpets.
"Would you like some tea before laying down Yarick?" Basredun
asked, sitting on the side of the bed.
#Post#: 1609--------------------------------------------------
Re: Trouble in the Oasis
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 5:46 pm
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A new blush crossed Yarick's features as both men insisted on
the fae sharing a bed with them. He couldn't exactly argue with
them considering they had to risk their lives to save him. He
made no protest, or even really a noise as he followed after the
two, accepting the change of clothes, being plesently surprised
when it adjusted in side to fit him.
He couldn't help but think that Bas certainly knew how to set a
mood. The sleepy fae moved to climb into the bed once dressed
and looked at Bas when the man offered him a cup of tea. He
hadn't realized he had been thirsty until that moment and
reluctantly accepted a cup of tea, sipping it slowly.
He could have sworn the tea itself was spelled, as the moment he
took a few sips and put the cup down, he leaned against the drow
to doze off, snoring lightly.
++++
Grim chuckled softly at the sight of poor yarick falling asleep
quickly. “Seems your tea works wonders and thank you.”he said as
he finished his. Out of the others he cared not to throw on
night clothes.
It wouldn’t be long till he drowsed with the two. After a little
sleep, did he wake later to poke the drow. “Hey bas.. I need to
go.” He said. While he would love to stay, his normal tendencies
to move and work was starting to get to him. He needed to be out
and about- like much of the desert folk- staying still too long
usually created an air of anxiety and the idea they could just
die if they stop.
-----
Basredun wasn't all that surprised by how quickly Yarick dozed
off, and moved an arm around the Fae's back.
"Chamomile is a natural wonder," he agreed and covered his mouth
as another yawn escaped. "You're quite welcome."
With a little help Bas moved Yarick into the middle of the both
of them and passed out completely.
He let out a soft groan of protest at the poke on his chest.
"Give me a moment," he mumbled.
Bas blinked and slowly and carefully slide out of the bed so not
to wake up Yarick. He walked Grim to the front door, and pulled
the man down for a long kiss.
"Try not to do too much, you didn't sleep for long. I can't
really predict what effects my potions will have on different
races. I've only ever used them on myself,"
After he'd seen Grim off, Bas went back to bed, sliding an arm
over Yarick's chest.
----
It had been a very long time since the fae had slept so soundly
than he did snuggled up between the two much larger men. A groan
of complaint leaving him as Grim and Bas slowly pulled away when
the tattooed canvas decided he needed to head out.
He woke the following morning, snuggled up against Basredun's
chest. The man's arm around him. It took several long moments
before his mind caught up with his dazed, comfy mind. He hadn't
reported for patrol since the day before yesterday. He had been
MIA for over a day. He pulled away quickly in a slight state of
panic as he got out of the bed, pulling his shirt off so his
wings could unfold.
"Bas, I need to go... gods I am going to be in so much
trouble...." He complained the last part quietly to himself as
he impatiently waited for the drow to get up.
_____
Grim felt the long kiss.”I’ll try not too.. “ he said to wave
off and went to do his work. It felt good stretching his limbs
as he got a few things done- and walked to the hunting section
to gather a bow and arrow with a few satchels.”going hunting?”
He heard a familiar female voice.
“ooh end.. yeah.. felt restless.” He joked as he saw her with
her own kill.”suprised your not trying to bed yarick again.” She
teased. Grim just chuckled.”I will get my boyfriend there- just
will take it slow.” He said as her face changed.”boyfriend?” She
asked with a bemused expression. All she knew was she was gonna
give yarick a hard time.”yeah.. he’s still passed out so
probably won’t hear from him for a while.” He told her as she
just smirked wider.”enjoy it.. and be careful- beasties are
coming in more and more lately.” She said to walk in the
direction where they could gut their kills.
Grim made his way out as he began his nightly hunt, but what he
didn’t know was the boar he was stalking had a herd. He came in
to kill one- but what he didn’t realize what he slaughtered was
just an adolescent. He came face to face with a boar that was
taller than he was by a good two feet, and looking
pissed.”fuck.” Flew out as he readied for a fight. There was no
real place to hide or climb so he fought. It took one nasty ram
and one of the spiky quils to stab him as he held it.”…dammit..”
came out. He breathed as he started his painful walk home,
without the kill and hurt. By then he could see the golden dawn
before he managed to get close to where the patrols among the
outside wall would be, before collapsing as he couldn’t walk
from the pain alone anymore.”… this will be a shitty way to
die..” he mumbled before giving a call out for help.. noticing
not a one made a frown before his head fell back realizing
patrol wasn’t around yet.
++++
Basredun let out a soft groan as he was woken by Yarick's voice.
He blinked slowly taking in the sight of the pixies half dressed
state and the panic in his eyes.
"How long did we sleep for?" He wondered as he got out of bed
stretching and going to rummaging for clothes.
Bas tossed Yarick a blue tunic style shirt and some pants. "I
can adjust those to accommodate your wings and fit you better.
Zarus, bring Yarick his things please,"
The demon appeared with the Fae's boots and weapons. "My
apologies, master, I have yet to repair his clothes,"
"It's fine Zarus, I'll replace them if need be," Bas said with a
wave of his hand.
Once they were dressed and ready to go, Bas led the fae to the
door. "Perhaps I should go with you, help you with your tasks. I
do feel responsible for you being out of commission for so
long."
-++-
"Until morning! That is how long we have slept! Ive missed my
patrols and guard duty! End is going to kill me..." The
panicking fae lamented, taking a small amount of relief when the
man was able to give him clothes that the drow adjusted for
Yarick's wings once it was on his small frame.
He couldn't get out of the door fast enough, but paused when he
heard Bas suggest coming along. He was in too much of a panic to
get to his duties he didn't even attempt to argue with the man.
"Alright... fine... come on then..." He said as he took the
drow's hands into his own, much like he had in the forest the
day before and lifted the guy just enough that his feet were off
the ground before speeding off the the patrol tower, trying to
think of some kind of reason as to why he had been missing.
He wasn't all that surprised at the reaction he got from the
person giving out patrol assignments. "Where have you been? We
were about to send a search party for you!" The person
complained before giving Yarick his route for the day. "It was a
one off, shouldn't happen again..." was all he answered before
making his way out of the building and headed in the direction
of his route to patrol.
Things went as usual, though having a tag along was quite
strange and slowed him down quite a bit, not wanting to leave
man behind as he did. They were about halfway through the patrol
before he heard a voice calling for help.
His brow furrowed as he hurried towards the voice, his eyes
going wide when he saw Grim, hurt, and laid out on the ground.
"Grim!" He gasped as he rushed over, moving the man into his
arms to look him over and see where he was hurt. "Basruden! It
is Grim! He is hurt!!" He yelled.
----
Grim called out for what felt like a while before he heard a
familiar voice to see yarick.”couldn’t get enough of me?” He
joked rather painfully. He tried to move a little.”was hunting
.. and I ah.. angered the big one.” He told yarick. He sighed at
himself.”really should just take someone with me third time this
month I’ve gotten in a pickle..” he commented against the man.
----
"well healing bodies need more sleep," Basredun pointed out. "I
highly doubt she'd kill you. You're one of her best fighters
aren't you?"
Basredun thought that Yarick would argue so wasn't prepared to
be grabbed and lifted off his feet and carried off. The fae
seemed rather flustered and panicked, which made him look rather
adorable.
Bas kept silent as Yarick reported in, noticing the odd looks
the others gave him. He followed after Yarick, intent on seeing
what the Fae's day was like. It was far different than the long
days he spent on his own.
During the patrol he had a rather strong sense that something
was wrong with Grim. He'd noticed he'd had these intense
feelings whether the man got into dangerous situations away from
him. He came to a short halt, a hand going to his head as the
feeling got even stronger.
Yarick's yell from ahead had him cursing softly and rushing to
join the Fae where he was holding Grim.
"Just how big was it?" Bas couldn't help but asked having picked
up on what Grim had said from a distance. He slowly started
chanting a healing spell and ran his hands above each wound he
saw before going over the rest of Grim's body. He was sure there
would be internal injuries as well.
"I agree. No more going off on your own. I don't want to lose
you Grim." Bas murmured gently, moving a hand to caress Grim's
face.
-----
Seeing Grim hurt like this made the fae realize he cared a *lot*
more about this guy than he originally thought. Relief of his
anxiety came when Bas rushed over and began to heal the worst of
Grim's injuries. Once the man finished, Yarick worked on lifting
the guy, "mind having me a hand?" He questioned the drow. "I...
don't live to far from here.... he can rest there..." He
suggested with a blush before hauling the 7 foot tall giant of a
berserker back into the Oasis and into the small tree home he
loved in. The door ways certainly designed for someone his hight
and not the two giants of men he invited the plainly decorated
house. In fact, it looked as if Yarick only ever slept in the
place it was so bare.
Yarick collapsed onto his bed once the pair had gotten Grim onto
the bed first and let out a huff. "You are heavy..." He
complained.
----
“Taller than I am by 2 feet.” Said Grim with a chuckle. He
pulled the quill out as he felt himself healing to hear bas’
words.”yeah.. I will take you with me next time.” He said to
laugh a little to flinch. He felt himself hoisted by the fae and
with some effort managed to get to yaricks home. Once in the bed
and hearing yaricks complaint shot back with.”I’m not heavy-
you’re just weak.” He said a bit tiredly.
+----
Basredun moved to take Grim's other side and helped Yarick carry
Grim back to safety. It was a bit of a struggle bending down to
get in the short Fae's home.
"Good, cause I've very invested in you Grim," Bas replied
softly.
Bas let out a soft chuckle at the their banter and sat on the
edge of the bed, glancing around the minimalistic style of the
place.
"With you two tired, can I get you anything? Someone should tell
the patrol about the giant boar, right?"
-----
A look of indignation came to Yarick as he glared at Grim. "I am
*not* weak! You are nearly twice my size, of course you are
heavy!" He protested as he sat up. He then got himself out of
the bed with a huff.
"I will have to go back to finish my patrol, I'll let them know
about the boar... uh... I don't really keep much here... but you
can help yourself to anything you find in the kitchen... I'll
uh... be back after work...." He said, almost shy at the idea of
coming home to the two. "I'll... pick up something for dinner
while I'm at it... if you have any requests... speak now or
don't complain...." He told the pair. Once he had his answer, he
sped off to the guard tower to inform them of the boar attack
before he went back to his patrol.
Thankfully, the rest of the patrol was quiet. When he was
finished, he stopped in to check on Khali and let the man know
he wasn't dead. Considering he went over to the man's house
rather religiously, it was unusual for him to not show.
"Need any help today? Sorry I didn't come yesterday... things...
happened..." He admitted as a blush crossed his cheeks. It
didn't take much prodding from the one armed man for Yarick to
explain everything that had happened over the last two days.
"So.... now... I just... I don't know what to do... I owe the
man my life... and he... said he wanted me to be his
boyfriend.... and then finding him today hurt..." He groaned out
as he scrubbed his face in his hands before resuming whatever
chore Khali had given him.
------
Grim just chuckled at the man’s protest.”then my weight
shouldn’t be the problem.” He reasoned the way he knew best to
be glad in a bed. “I’m just gonna help myself to this bed- “ he
said to hear him speak about getting dinner ready. “I’ll have
whatever you can make- not much of a complainer. He joked. He
groaned after he left.”really.. just can’t help but hunt on my
own.. end could do it- but she ain’t normal either.” He said his
face now in the pillow.
——-
Khali smiled.”mind getting that ball down- my little one managed
to get it up there.” He said pointing up one the tall trees.
After it was done he sat with yarick listening to how he was to
chuckle.”seems your gaining feelings yarick.” He teased as he
watched the man putting meat for his pets cubs. “Just realize
you might just want this guy- no shame in that.” He said.
+++-
Basredun grinned, amused by Yarick's annoyance with Grim. He was
quite the feisty fae, it made him wonder how Yarick might be in
bed.
"You do what you need to do, I can take care of Grim. Let me
take care of dinner, it's the least I can do," Bas assured the
fae. He didn't want Yarick feeling like he had to rush back.
Bas watched the fae leave before going to peruse the kitchen.
"Yes please rest up Grim. I'm well aware of what you will eat,"
he called back chuckling a bit.
While Yarick's cupboards and fridge were close to being empty,
there would be enough to whip up something passable for dinner.
"Looks like they both need someone to look after them," Bas
mused as he got things organized and then made a list of
groceries to grab from the market.
It hadn't escaped his thoughts that he'd need to go back to his
own place and check on Conrad again and try and dive through his
memories again. It seemed like he'd picked up a new job of
caring for Grim and Yarick, not that he minded. He'd just need
to schedule things differently.
After checking in on the sleeping Grim, Bas headed off to the
market. What should have been a quick trip ended up being a bit
longer, with people stopping to greet him.
It was a rather strange experience to say the least. Even more
so when he was nearly bowled over by a wild red headed toddler.
"Feria get back here!" He heard someone yelling and shot a
suspicious look at the girl.
"Are you in trouble? Or are you just running because you have a
lot of energy?"
The girl blinked at him then moved to grab his leg and hide
behind him as the caretaker got closer.
"Feria, leave the...dark elf alone dearie. Your dad's due to
pick you up soon. Come on honey,"
Bas reached down to tussle the kids fluffy hair. "How about I
walk you back?" He suggested in a soothing tone and then offered
her his hand.
The caretaker looked quite shocked when the girl grinned and
took his hand. Bas followed the woman back, asking a few
questions about the girl. "Maybe she just has extra energy she
needs to work off. Have you considered making a fenced in play
area? Then she can run around it without running into people,"
"That's actually not a bad idea, thanks. I'll bring it up at the
next community meeting."
Bas waved to the girl and headed back to Yarick's place. There
he out away the food he'd bought and started cooking dinner. The
smell soon filled the entire tree home, making even his own
mouth water.
------
Hearing what Khali had to say brought quite the scowl to
Yarick's face, clearly not being pleased with the answer he got
from his friend. His cheeks were burning red as he decided this
was a good tike to leave. The fae sped to finish the chores he
had agreed to help with before heading home, thinking about what
Bas may have managed to cook with what little food Yarick kept
in the place.
He was shocked at how good it smelled when he returned home and
opened his front door. "Holy fu.ck it smells good in here....
what the hell did you make?" He questioned not recognizing any
of the smells as things he regularly kept. For a brief moment he
had forgotten about his friend's words that he was getting
feelings for the men.
The fae fluttered into the kitchen to see what the man was
making.
-----
Grim woke up after a time to smell some wonderful smelling food.
He slid out of bed to flinch. Even with all the healing and time
healing- there was just some pains that couldn’t be taken care
of. He walked over to hear voices and saw bas cooking.”and hear
I thought I’d be tasting yarick’s cooking skills.” He joked a
little.
-----
Bas looked slightly messy, smudges of spices on his face and on
the small apron he'd found stashed in the back of a drawer.
His head jerked up at the sound of Yarick's voice calling out
and chuckled to himself.
"Come and find out," he called back.
When the fae entered he'd see a table filled with varying
curried dishes, spicy diced potatoes, a cucumber dill salad and
freshly baked flat bread. "The braised pork should be done about
now," Bas said moving to pull out the pan he'd borrowed from one
of Yarick's friendly neighbors.
He grinned at Grim as he came in to joke about eating Yarick's
cooking.
"I thought I'd make you something new for a change. Wash up and
we can eat,"
#Post#: 1610--------------------------------------------------
Re: Trouble in the Oasis
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 6:18 pm
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A look of pleased shock came to Yarick's lips at what Bas told
him he had cooked. "You had to of gone shopping, I know for sure
I didn't have any meat, cant wait to dig in, it looks great" he
said in praise with a chuckle before turning to look at Bas, the
look in his eyes very mixed as his internal emotions were still
confliting inside of himself after that conversation with Khali
claiming the far actually wanted the guy.
"Trust me, you don't want to try my cooking, I can burn water,
End was pretty impressed with that one," he commented, not
exactly joking, but he was at least, making an effort to be
friendly, not exactly something he had done towards Grim, up to
this point he hadn't been much more than hostile towards the
man.
-----
“Alright but yarick I wanna try your’s sometime…” he flirted as
he walked over. The smell intoxicating.”oh I bet you’re selling
yourself short, “ he purred as he walked over to sit on a chair.
He took notice of how *friendly* yarick was acting to give a
soft smile.”you know- your cute when your like this too.” He
complimented as he put his head on his hand with a smirk.
-----
"I did do some shopping, you were pretty low on food. I hope you
don't mind me stocking up your fridge," Bas replied, noticing
the look in Yarick's eyes.
He shook his head, a bit amused by Yarick's claim to burning
water. "Anything can burn if you don't stay to keep an eye on
it," he pointed out and started serving up generous portions of
the food.
"Please by all means tell me what you really think. If it's too
spicy don't force yourself to eat it,"
----
Hearing Grim's insistence that he wanted to try the fae's
cooking had Yarick roll his eyes before he blushed at being
called cute before looking rather adorable with his head resting
in his hand like that.
"Well, long as you come over and use it all, I don't usually
cook, or even come home.... guess I will be seeing more than I
expected... of you both..." He said as he accepted the plate of
food and sat down to start eating.
"Oh Basruden this is perfect!" He moaned out as he really tucked
into the food. It didn't take him very long to eat his food,
leaning back with a pleased sigh. "What do I need to do to
convince you to make me dinner every night?" He questioned
jokingly almost sounding flirty.
-----
Grim accepted his plate to set it down to begin eating. He heard
the man usually not being home.”so you never come to sleep or
eat by yourself?” He asked as he made sounds of enjoying his
food.”it sure is.. has a nice kick to it too!” He complimented.
As he was now stuffed had moved to the couch to let himself
relax.”keep feeding me like this I’ll get fat. “ said grim with
a chuckle. “Well least I got to see you home- now I know where
you live!” He said to yarick with a smile.”pretty quaint place.”
He said to really take in the room he was in.
-----
Basredun couldn't help but grin at Yarick's insistence he come
over to use the food. It very much sounded like an invitation to
see the Fae again, which he'd been hoping for.
Bas rather enjoyed the praise and compliments from Grim and
Yarick. It was rather nice to have his talent appreciated so
much. It wasn't like he cooked this way for just himself.
Normally he just threw something together to meet his basic
needs.
Yarick's joke had him shooting the fae a thoughtful look. "It
really wouldn't take all that much, just give me some of your
attention and time. That's all I really want,"
Once everyone had finished eating, Bas cleaned up what little
was left and laughed hearing Grim's comment. "You get fat? I
rather doubt that with how active you are."
When he'd finished, Basredun's mind went to the prisoner he
needed to continue questioning. "I should get going, I've got a
few things that I need to get to. Though, I would like to go
with you on your patrol tomorrow if that's all right Yarick.
It's about time I get to know the people here,"
-----
A heavy sigh left Yarick when Grim mentioned he now knew where
the fae lived before complementing the place. He couldn't help
the blush, "Stalker...." He complained feeling quite bashful as
he remembered the last time they had properly talked, Grim had
told them he wanted to be Yarick's boyfriend.
*Then* Bas had to **really** make him blush by his own sweet
requests, before talking about going on patrol with him again
tomorrow. "I suppose.... that is reasonable... mean... long as
we don't find Grim half dead every time you come with me..." He
muttered "I leave at dawn for patrol.... you.... could come
along as well Grim.... be easier to keep you out of trouble...."
the fae said, almost confused at his own words, before reasoning
he couldn't find the guy half dead if the guy was with him.
-----
Grim made a grin. “You call me one but your face says
otherwise.” He said to eat more. His eye on yarick as he blushed
that much harder. He continued to eat till he heard yarick.”I
don’t always come back half dead- sometimes it’s like.. less
dead.” He said with a smirk. Be heard the man *invite* him
along. “Are you asking me out on a date?” Said grim with a
lopsided smile.
------
Bas held back a laugh at Yarick's calling Grim a stalker. If the
fae knew that he looked in on him so often he'd probably regard
Basredun as a peeper.
Bas was quite pleased with Yarick's agreeing to let him join in
him on patrol, even insisting that Grim come along as well. "It
would be much easier to keep him safe if he tagged along," Bas
agreed.
"I'll leave you two to discuss your date and get to my work,"
Bas added, taking a moment to brush a kiss to Yarick's cheek and
another to the side of Grim's mouth.
"I'll be here a little before dawn so you can leave on time,"
Bas promised before taking his leave, dropping the pan back off
at Yarick's neighbors with some of the leftovers as a thank you.
Once back at his home, Bas went to check on Conrad, and brought
him a less exotic meal to stomach. The teen was a little less
resistant this time, which had Bas finding out a few key details
that could help against an attack.
He left the boy resting, deciding to have Yarick introduce him
to the leaders so he could pass the information along the next
morning.
-----
The fae wasn't sure how Grim managed to get him so flustered,
before he could even begin to protest the idea of this being a
date, Bas spoke up, *also* calling it a date and kissing
Yarick's cheek. He could only let out an exasperated huff as the
drow promised to return before dawn and made his leave.
It was the first time he felt truly alone with Grim. "So...
uh.... you planning on staying the night? Or you ganna head home
when you finish eating," he questioned, too flustered to even
say the word date in that moment to protest the idea.
----
Grim gave a smile to bas as he mentioned work. “Alrighty, can’t
wait to see you later, “ he said to watch him leave.
Grim heard yarick ask about him sleeping the night. “I can head
out.. don’t want to crowd you… unless you *want* me to stay the
night.” Grim flirted.”just tell me where to sleep if you want me
here.. mean unless you want to cuddle like that night at bas…
after being rescued.. “ he said to purr.
----
The blush on Yarick's cheeks didn't improve as Grim teased and
flirted with him. The idea of Grim cuddled up with him again
playing in his mind. "Suppose if you are in the bed with me you
can't wander off on your own..." He finally reasoned.
"Get cleaned up... I intend to go to bed soon..." He told the
man before he left Grim alone in the kitchen to go take a quick
cold shower before putting on sleep pants.
When he was finally ready he went to his bedroom to wait for
Grim.
-----
Grim got up to chuckle at yaricks attempt to reason with the
idea of why he should be in bed. It seemed the man did have
feelings but seemed to be in denial.
He got up to go to the bathroom to strip, he took his own shower
to dry off, of course.. the man knowing no shame ended up in the
man’s bedroom naked, his clothes in the chair. He took in the
man’s form in his sleep pants.”look cuter in the ones that
looked oversized.” He said with a grin.
----
When Grim walked in stark naked, Yarick was blushing *quite*
dark. "You are impossible... get... get your pants on and get in
bed..." He demanded, forcing his eyes to look away from the
man's naked form. Why did he want to touch the man?!
-----
“Fine fine.. they’re dirty though.” Said grim to get the pants
to watch how the guy had to tear his eyes away. He paused mid
pull up.”are you *absolutely* sure about me wearing pants?” He
asked. The man. He chuckled to pull the rest of the way up and
scooped yarick up. He tossed the man a bit into bed to crawl
beside him and dragged him close.”night my fae prince..” he
flirted a bit before kissing the man’s cheek.
----
The blush only darkened farther at Grim's teasing. Letting out a
squeak when he was scooped up before he was snuggled up in
Grim's embrace. The fae couldn't even find the world's when he
was called a fae prince. "I assure you I am not royalty....." He
protested, even as he slowly relaxed against the tattooed giant
of a man.
"But uh... good night....." He added before he felt himself
drift off to sleep in the man's grip. It was oddly comforting to
be held like this.
-----
“To me you’re a prince.” Said grim with a wide smile. He loved
how the man finally relaxed and wished him a good night.
Morning crawled into the home in a form of a sun in the window,
and birds singing about in the trees. The long haired man cuddle
yarick having moved against the man’s chest on top of him. He
winced at the sun in his eyes to pull the blanket up and over to
snuggle more into yarick.”five more minutes..” he grumbled.
----
Having Grim wrapped around him like this caused Yarick to sleep
far later than he had planned and was woken when he heard the
man's words. The fae's eyes shot open as he began to squirm.
"You need to let go so we can get ready to go! We are already
running late!" He finally said when he realized he was not going
to be able to just pull away from the man.
----
Basredun was softly cursing as he made his way to Yarick's home.
He'd gotten up super early and made breakfast to bring and then
had been informed by his helper demon that Conrad had hurt
himself. It had taken a good hour to heal the young man, and put
him in protective straps so he couldn't try it again.
"Don't leave his side, keep a good eye on Conrad," he had
ordered the demon.
Bas knew he was going to have to get Eden and perhaps others to
help care for Conrad. The kid was obviously in need of more
attention than he could give.
Bas arrived at Yarick's home thinking he'd probably already
missed them. Still some of the food needed to be kept chilled so
let himself in. When he saw Grim's shirt still laying out he
chuckled and went to look in the bedroom.
"I should have warned you about his python death grip," Bas said
looking down at Yarick struggling in Grim's strong arms.
----
"Bas! Help!" Yarick called out in a whimper, absolutely helpless
as his wings buzzed to no effect."How do I wake him up?" He
questioned.
----
Bas was enjoying the sight a little too much and chuckled. "I
usually face him so I can kiss him awake," he finally said and
moved to lean over the fae an kissed Grim deeply on the mouth.
"Time to wake up Grim. Yarick's late for his patrol,"
----
Grim slowly woke up to hear bas voice but kept his eyes
closed.”not enough kisses.. want yarick kisses.. that will wake
me up…” mumbled grim as he went on a chance of yarick being
desperate enough to try.
-----
A deep blush crossed Yarick's cheeks as he listened to Bas'
answer on how he usually woke the man before walking over and
giving Grim a kiss that nearly put a shiver down *his* back.
His eyes went wide at Grim's words of needing the fae's kisses
to wake up. "Come on Grim! You can't be serious!" He complained,
but when the man didn't let him go, the fae groaned in defeat.
He maneuvered himself to face Grim as his blush deepened even
more as he quickly leaned in to kiss the tattooed giant on the
lips to try and rouse him.
----
Grim's plan had worked as he felt the mouth. His eyes slowly
opened and smiled to let go.”what a way to say good morning..”
he purred to get up.”guess we better get ready huh?” He
said.”don’t want to make you late-er.” He said to chuckle as he
found his boots and fixed his belts with his blade.
---
The already dark blush on Yarick's cheeks became an even deeper
shade of red as Grim stired and began to let go and get out of
the bed. "Just get ready..." the fae complained before hurrying
out of bed and quickly pulled his sleep pants off and threw on
some of his usual clothes. The open backed shirt letting his
wings stretch.
A glare came to Yarick's eyes when he noticed the damage to his
wings from being held so tightly. He grumbled to himself knowing
he would need to see the healer about getting them fixed, but
for now he was already super late. Once he and Grim were both
dressed he rushed everyone out of the house and locked up,
opting to walk as he couldn't use his speed in that moment, not
that he was going to share that with the two men. In fact, he
was doing his best to not draw attention to the damage to his
wing.
------
Bas chuckled in amusement at Grim's reply. It wasn't a bad play
on Grim's part to entice the fae to kiss him. He hadn't realized
just how devious Grim could be until Yarick had come into the
picture.
He watched enjoying the sight of Yarick kissing Grim, and went
to retrieve the food he'd brought so they could eat along the
way.
Basredun noticed how crumpled Yarick's wings looked and got a
concerned look as the fae pushed him out to lick up.
"Your wings, do they hurt? I'd offer to help with them but I've
never tried to heal wings before,"
----
“Do they?…” asked grim as he had clocked the man not zipping
away as normal.”I held too tight didn’t I?” He asked as a guilty
look came on his face.”think I heard there’s a place on the way
that does healing for fae wings. A young woman works there to do
so- maybe we should pop by?” Said grim now worried at the damage
he may of done.
+---
When Basruden mentioned his wings almost immediately, Yarick let
out a heavy sigh. "You might have crushed my wings... a little
but I'll be fine, I'll pop in after work today, I am too late
for work to worry about it right now. "The fae said, not
answering the question on if they hurt or not.
In his own mind it was a silly question, fae wings were hyper
sensitive, of course they hurt! It thankfully didn't take all
that long to get to the check in station for patrol. His
supervisor giving him a questioning look as Yarick explained why
he was so late that morning.
He had thought that he had managed to avoid most of the
questions, until he spotted End and tried to rush out before she
spotted him.
-----
Grim was waiting naturally as yarick was taking care of his
stuff till it came time to go. He saw panick in his eyes.
Ends face noticed Yarick attempting to get out quicker but was
way slower than normal. Her masked eyes taking in the hurt wing.
Course when she saw him meet up with Bas and Grim.. grinned. She
walked over to put her hand on the fae’s shoulder.”hey what’s up
with the wing?… were you too rough?” She questioned. Grim
flushed.”I may of cuddled too hard.” He said with a side eye.
End smirked wider.”so you two are sharing a bed?” She teased.
----
Bas didn't really think it was a good idea for Yarick to put off
getting his wings fixed, but kept his opinion to himself.
"Sounds like I'll have to stay next time so Grim can crush me
instead,"
Basredun couldn't help but grin seeing Yarick rush back out and
End on his heels.
He covered his mouth, chuckling at Grim's explanation and End's
pointed question. Yarick looked almost purple faced from this
inquiry.
"Hey Eden, I have some news to share. I found a survivor from
that fight at the ruins, and have been looking through his
memories and thoughts. I've got a few things that could prove
helpful to your keeping ahead of Onyx. And..." He paused
scratching his jaw.
"This guy needs more help than I can give him. I spent an hour
healing him from a self inflicted wound. I could in time get him
out of the brainwashing he's gone through, but I can't watch him
24/7. Is there anyone you know that could help?"
----
Once outside and meeting back up with Grim and Bas, thinking
that End had been avoided was when Yarjck felt the hand on his
shoulder before looking up at the woman as his face wa nearly
purple from the teasing. It seemed Grim's rather innocent
explanation sent End on a whole other train of thought.
"Get your mind out of the trash bin End," he huffed knowing
there was no way to talk himself around this to make it seem any
less of what it was. He was decently sure Grim and Bas would be
zero help with keeping End from worrying about who he shared a
bed with.
"I should get to the healer before I start my patrol... I'm
already late..." He tried to reason but didn't attempt to pull
away from End knowing such a thing would be pointless.
-----
“Too late.” Said End with a smirk. Her face went back to his
wing.”grim- make sure your boyfriend lets the healer do her job
without speeding off. Last time she didn’t get to heal it fully
and well.. heh… he ended up in a middle of a situation.” She
said her arm now around the man’s neck.
Her head turned to Bas , almost tilting to hear him.”so that’s
what you’ve been up to-“ she said her face getting a small
serious look.”your gonna have to show me this kid for me to
place him with someone properly- and start telling me when your
yanking people to your place.” She said.”it’s more out of
safety- anyone can feel they can handle it till they are faced
with a situation where they can’t.” She warned.
“Bas will be coming with me, your boyfriend will join back up
later.” She said to let yarick go grinning more.
Grim placed his arm around yarick not bothering to tell end
anything different as in his mind- he had boyfriends.”make sure
he fixes his wing and yarick- make sure to keep an eye on your
boyfriend- man’s constantly coming back hurt or near dead..” she
mumbled to side with bas.”let’s go, and we can take care of this
quick.” She said.
-----
Basredun was relieved that Eden had convinced Yarick to go to
the healer. Even if she had to do it through friendly bullying.
He nodded at the red haired woman, noting the serious look. "I
figured as much. And I'll try to remember to tell you if there's
a next time. I don't normally just grab random people from the
desert,"
Bas couldn't help but chuckle at Eden calling him Yarick's
boyfriend. "I'm not sure if I am officially his boyfriend yet.
I'm taking my time wooing him, so I'm more of a potential
boyfriend." He corrected.
Bas reached out a hand to her. Once she took it, he snapped his
fingers and they were teleported to inside his home.
"I'd advise you to not go wandering off on your own. Ah...I
should prepare you, Conrad is a rather mouthy belligerent one,
and has tried attacking me several times. I've had to restrain
him after he hurt himself,"
Basredun teleported them both into his inescapable room where
Conrad was restrained on a bed, looking half out of it.
"Demon spawn..what do you want now?" Conrad groaned his eyes
slowly focusing on Bas.
"Just bringing you a visitor Conrad," Bas replied and moved in
to look over the now pinkish scar on the guy's throat.
Conrad's head turned and his eyes widened at the sight of Eden.
"Visitor? Don't you mean hell angel? That bi.tch fried
everyone!"
Bas grabbed the boy's face. "Don't call her that. Her people
were being attacked. If your "people" want to live, they should
stop trying to destroy others,"
#Post#: 1611--------------------------------------------------
Re: Trouble in the Oasis
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 6:29 pm
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A look of indignation came to Yarick's face as End called him
Grim's boyfriend as she put him in a headlock, getting him to
properly try and squirm away to no avail and gave up, standing
quite awkwardly with the woman holding onto his neck.
Before he could even protest being Grim's boyfriend, she was
already calling Bas his boyfriend as well. He finally managed to
pull away from End with an extremely flustered expression. "I'm
not.... wait, no, that's not.... uggghhhh," the fae tried to
stammer out before Grim's arm was suddenly around his shoulders
getting the fae to freeze up with having him so close.
A huff left Yarick at End telling him to keep an eye on his
boyfriend, "the entire reason I invited him along... found him
half dead yesterday..." the fae grumbled, not helping his case
in the slightest on the boyfriend front.
The grumpy fae didn't regain his composure until End had left,
and even then, he still had Grim draped around him. "Can... you
let go... we... need to get to the healing tents..." He said,
sounding like he was complaining already.
-----
“Hope it’s not consistent and thank you. But to say-If your
wooing your a boyfriend.. so you mean potential mate.” She had
added to smirk at yarick just loving how flustered he was. “That
isn’t new- remembered seeing him preparing for a hunt that day-
maybe I should of kept close..” she mused before She snickered-
her hand reaching out to bas’ . Once they vanished as grim just
chuckled.”great sense of humor..” he complimented.”yeah let’s
get that wing healed- better let her finish your wing though…
boyfriend.” Said grim with a smile as there was no *real* answer
of denial from the fae. “And not letting go- end made it clear I
gotta make sure your healed properly.” Said grim to switch to
holding the man’s hand to walk out.
——
“Bas I don’t listen well to when people tell me to not do… “
said End as her masked face took in his home- it made her all
the curious.”your just gonna have to give me a tour sometime.”
She said to chuckle. “That isn’t anything new- I still got a few
in the cages below us. They all get mouthy.. but works when I
need to do lessons for mel and that dragon boy.” She
said.”himself hm? That is a bit concerning.” She said to feel
the next sensation of teleporting.. she figured he did that for
her benefit- she felt a little dizzy the first time to hold on
the man’s arm the second time. Her head shook as she got a hold
of herself to let go as bas spoke. Her masked face took in the
place.”mmm convenient maybe I should make you a jailer..” she
mused. End walked over hearing the word b.itch. Her face held a
smile at how bas corrected the boy.
Her footsteps sounded on the stone floor before she leaned
over.”mmm.. that won’t do.” She said to rub her fingers against
Conrad’s throat to take care of the scar. She slowly tugged her
mask over her forehead to get a better look.”Viking..” she said
as she thought.”I know someone with similar tattoos.. “ she said
to look the kid in the face.
----
Hearing End mention the word *mate* had Yarick glaring daggers
at her and then Grim's defiant words of not letting the fae go
had him looking up at the man with the glare.
"I never agreed to that..." Yarick protested before his hand was
taken and he was led in the direction of the healers. Still, he
didn't try and pull his hand away, and so long as no one was
pointing it out, the fae was starting to behave more
affectionately towards Grim, he didn't even complain as the man
kept hold of his hand as the healer worked on his crumpled
wings, gripping the man's hand *really* tight as he bit through
the pain of the sensitive area being restored.
It seemed the damage was far more severe than he had originally
thought, so he was quite tired and winded, even leaning on Grim
as they left the healers tent. "We need to get going, I'm
already two hours late for patrol...." He complained, not even
taking a moment to rest as he let his wings buzz before he
flinched. While they were healed, they were extremely sore.
"Fuck.... ugh, I won't even get through half my patrol at this
rate..." He complained.
-----
Basredun smirked at Eden's saying that Yarick was his potential
mate and the Fae's reaction to it. He rather did like the idea.
Maybe he should show just how serious he was about Yarick and
Grim.
Hearing Eden telling him she didn't do what people told her had
him sighing.
"A tour can be arranged, but maybe another day. You could bring
your mates with you if you'd like," Bas offered. He was still
rather nervous about opening up to more people, but knew he'd
have to start somewhere.
"Sorry if the teleporting rattled you, it takes a little to get
used to." Bas said noticing how she'd held onto him the second
time.
Basredun's ears caught her comment of being a jailer and smirked
at the idea. Being a warden wasn't a bad idea.
Conrad stiffened at Eden's fingers going over the scar and the
tingling sensation as the woman healed it completely.
Bas slowly let the boys face go, giving Conrad a warning look
before backing away. He glanced up at Eden's question and then
back at the boy's gasp of recognition.
Conrad's face had paled, and he stared up at Eden with wide
eyes. "H-how do you know that name?" Conrad stammered.
Basredun placed a hand on the boy's forehead and concentrated to
see what the boy was remembering.
The image of a battle, people dying and screaming in agony
filled his mind. Along with that of a much younger Arik fighting
for his life and screaming for the boy to run.
Bas pulled back, a look of sympathy on his face. "Your uncle is
alive, and I'm sure he'd be happy to know you are too,"
Conrad shook and turned his face away as it scrunched up as he
began to cry. "I thought everyone had died, that I was alone,"
----
Grim watched as the man was healed, he made a noise at feeling
the grip of yaricks as he was meaning healer.”got a hell of a
grip..” he complimented.
“Oh it’s okay. Best to be in good shape than patrol and getting
caught in some trap or fight..” he said. “And be easy, they’re
healed but they still need time.” Said grim.
——-
“Arik is a friend of ours. Being your his family- I’ll reunite
you- but first I need to check on you.” Said end. Her hands
wandered the back of the teen ‘s head a little to frown.”right
at the base of the brain.. again..” said end with a frown. With
some maneuvering she managed to untie and tie the boys
hands.”don’t move alright- you got something that doesn’t
belong.” She said softly her red eyes giving a gentle look. She
got her knife to carefully cut.”Illia dumb b.itch.” She mumbled
as she managed to get the chip out as delicately as possible.
Once she had it, she healed the wound.”let’s find his uncle.”
She said as she began to get the teenager free.
----
"Maybe don't crush them tonight then," Yarick complained, but
let his pace slow, allowing Grim to help him when needed.
Despite the fae's belly aching, it wasn't long before they were
well on their way through his usual patrol.
He found himself actually taking in the scenery being forced to
move at a slower pace, reasoning his wings would be right as
rain after a little rest.
-----
Basredun wasn't really to do with the crying boy, having never
been the type to comfort anyone before. He watched as Eden spoke
and checked over Conrad, his brow furrowing at her mention of
something at the base of the boy's brain.
He moved closer, watching and moving to gently hold Conrad still
as Eden worked on cutting something out of the boy.
Conrad trembled, but didn't actually try to get away. The fact
the two were being gentle had him not freak out as much.
"What the hell is that?" Bas asked seeing the odd looking object
that Eden had cut out of Conrad.
"Illia put that in me?" Conrad asked staring at it looking quite
freaked.
Bas was rather shocked when Conrad was suddenly grabbing and
clinging to him. "Please don't let her find me, she'll kill me!
Or tell Onyx and he'll torture me to death!"
Basredun's eyes flashed and he pulled Conrad up and into a
rather awkward hug. "We won't let them find you, or get anywhere
near you."
He motioned Eden over. "One last teleporting trip for the day,
I'll get us as close to Arik as I can. Can you take over from
there? Grim and Yarick may need me for awhile,"
Once Eden had grabbed on, he snapped his fingers and the three
were teleported a few feet from the cave home Arik and his two
lovers had made their home. "I'll be by later to check up on you
Conrad," he promised before leaving the boy with Eden.
Two short porting trips later, Bas joined Grim and Yarick on the
Fae's patrol around the oasis, a bag of food in hand.
"Here take a moment to eat something, you both must be starving
by now," he said handing both of them a pancake stuffed with
sausage and egg.
------
------
Conrad looked rather shocked to be suddenly outside in the
calming atmosphere of the Oasis. He stepped back from the dark
elf, flushing at having clung to the creature that he'd taunted
and cursed for so long. "Okay," he muttered rubbing his head and
glancing around.
"So...my uncle lives here?" He asked looking a bit confused.
-----
“A chip.” Said End.”it’s fae technology that’s been developed to
try to control those deemed uncontrollable.” Said end. “Seems
you do well with kids..” end mused.”be definitely be asking for
your help in the future.” She said with a chuckle.
“She did and do not worry your safe here, and Illia won’t beable
to touch you anymore.” Said end with a smile. “I can- and please
feel free to call me end.” Said the woman.”I know we do have
similar..ideals but I tend to come out to those that I feel
inclined to associate with- find we can be friends if you’re
willing.” Said end. “I can- best you better- I’m sure yaricks
all grumbly from my little stunt back there- he may be in denial
but he clearly likes you two.” Said end to take his hand again,
after tugging her mask down over her eyes.
“Mmhmm he and two others live here.. “ said end her demeanor
slowly shifting to both being present. She made her way to the
cave and called out.”Yo Arik! I have someone here that I want ya
to see believe he’s your nephew!” She called out.
——
Grim blinked at hearing yarick about not crushing them tonight
to smile.”so I can stay over again?” He said with a wide grin.
Grim was enjoying the sounds of the birds in the oasis as they
walked around the walls. His eyes fluttering to places
inspecting for wear. “See moving slow isn’t a bad thing.. get to
see some stuff and take things in.” He said with a smile.
He paused to take notice of a tuning stone up top to pull a
notebook out of his pack to note it down.”think I can fix it
later.. seems there’s always a few going out lately.” Said the
berserker tuner.
Grim smelled food, before the voice to react at first to almost
grabbing his sword to relax. The man’s stomach grumbled to take
one.”live saver bas!” He said with a smile.”so how was the
meeting with end?” He asked.
-----
A blush colored Yarick's cheeks at Grim's question, "I don't see
why not... as long as you mind the wings..." He confirmed as
they walked. It was strangely relaxing to listen to Grim talk as
the man commented on how nice it was to move at a slow pace
before mentioning the tuning stones and pulled out a notebook.
"You know how to fix those?" Yarick questioned, rather surprised
by the thought. He wasn't given much time to think about Grim
being handy when the smell of food hit and Basredun appeared out
of thin air, insisting the pair eat without even so much as a
hello.
The fae couldn't help but accept the food without argument. He
was far hungrier than he had even realized. "Thank you Bas..."
He found himself saying, though he still couldn't look the drow
in the face after End's mate comment.
-----
Bas had been more than a little shocked and pissed to hear that
there was someone using tech to control young people. It
reminded him far too much of the manipulations that the
matriarch in his house had used on him.
Her comment about being good with kids had him feel rather
strange. No one had ever really said anything like that before,
though he was gifted in many ways.
He came out of these thoughts when he heard Grim's question. "It
was enlightening for one thing. Turns out Conrad has a relative
that lives here. And...Eden is also End? I wasn't aware there
were two sides of her, that's rather intriguing to me," he mused
for a moment.
"There's more if you're both still hungry, and you're welcome. I
like taking care of the both of you,"
-------
Conrad wasn't sure why he suddenly felt so nervous with Bas
gone. His uncle finding out he was alive would be a good thing,
so why was he suddenly feeling anxious about it? Eden's calling
out had him flinching and covering his ears.
A much older looking Arik emerged from the cave and froze at the
sight of the scared teen standing next to Eden.
Conrad let out a gasp as Arik's strong arms wrapped around him,
pulling him into a very long hug. Then they were both crying and
clinging to one another.
"I've always hoped you survived, Niall," Arik murmured pulling
back to get a better look at him.
"I...I go by Conrad now. I'm glad you survived too. Bout had a
heart attack when Eden said you were here," Conrad replied.
Arik hugged him hard again. "A new name? What made you choose
Conrad? It suits you."
The teen's face flushed and shyly glanced down. "The...de-drow
Bas kind of chose it for me. I've kind of taken to it," he
admitted.
----
Grim gave his wide smile.”yes I’ll be more mindful of the
wings.” He said as they walked. “Yeah I do- could say it started
as a punishment that turned into a job. I enjoy it.. being a
tuner just touching any stone just sends a thrill.” He said
honestly.”plus gave me a reason at the time to connect - or try
to with end.” He admitted.”get paid with blood tuning stones-
which means I am close to refining a new stone I needed- the
last one broke.” He said with a pained sigh.”blood stones are
more rare as the plant stones..” he mumbled.
He ate more of his pancake to see how yarick was being to
chuckle a little.”try to not dwell in your head yarick.. it’ll
just fester and become more.” He teased.
It was then he heard bas. “Yup she has two sides.. originally I
did meet Eden- and *allegedly* may of touched her ass. Course I
wasn’t the loveable Grim you know today.” He admitted as he
paused mid bite. The incident at bas’ house never left his
mind.”honestly wasn’t the best guy either, I had lost almost my
entire tribe.. and my best friend..elk.. and my old mate sting
never made it.. “ he said as his hand slowly lowered down to his
leg. “I was a mess and well- was in the mood, course I swing
both ways, so I was an ass. Then I learned she was a leader..
and I challenged her..” he said as he admitted.”I came from a
tribe where women were not allowed to lead.. so it was new to
me. I challenged Eden to a fight assuming she couldn’t out tune
nor fight me given she’s short as fuck.” He said. “Eden that
bitch shocked me *and* herself when I kinda lost it. I thought I
had won till end got the hell up and was pissed.” He said.
“That’s the day I learned that woman had two sides, it takes a
while but how the two hold themselves is quite different.. Eden
will project herself as big by how she stands.. end never has
to.” He told bas.
“End lets her attitude and fists talk in some situations. Eden
is more Inclined to talk, try to appeal to the humanity- and if
that doesn’t work- uses her fists” he said to chuckle.
——-
.
Eden slowly came out as her shoulders that had a ridged soldier
look to them droop- her legs taking a wider stance as she placed
her hands on her hips. Eden got a soft smile seeing the two
hug. It dropped for a second to turn her head to the kid as he
corrected himself.”seems he was taken by the pack in attempt to
use- he may still be a tad out of it- had to take something from
the back of his neck - if he has headaches please let me know-
end tried to be careful.” Eden said to Arik.
She took notice of a half undressed ogre poking his head out to
see the reunion. Yuze came out.”another young one.. I’ll make a
bed ready.” He told Arik.
-----
It was oddly satisfying to know Grim did more than cause
trouble, knowing how to work with tuning stones wasn't something
even most tuners could do, at least not in the sense that Grim
seemed to understand them. He couldn't help being a little
impressed.
It seemed the fae was wearing his emotions on his sleeve when
Grim mentioned not to dwell in his own head. It was oddly wise
advice from the berserker. It was enough of a nudge to re-ground
the fae.
Being a little more relaxed as he ate and listened to Bas and
Grim, he couldn't help his laugh as Grim finished. "She is like
that, End dragged me out of the desert and bullied me back into
shape, didn't realize she had a softer side til... gosh, it had
been a while after I met her, it was Eden that introduced me to
Khali, felt I needed more friends than End." He mused, chuckling
at the memory of Eden and End trying to get him to connect with
just about anyone on a friendly level. He had been a *lot* more
stubborn back then, intent on returning to the fae kingdom. It
had taken a lot of convincing to get him to understand he had
been betrayed.
"I don't find it all that hard to tell them apart..." He added
with shrug as he finished off his breakfast before trying to
stretch his wings again now that he was feeling better, only to
flinch much like he had before at the healers tent. A fresh look
of annoyance crossing his features over his wings still not
working the way they should.
-----
Basredun listened with great interest as Grim spoke about his
tuning ability. He'd heard some about it, but had never known
how it worked. "What do these blood stones look like? In case I
ever come across them. I often gather natural sources for my
potions. It's likely I could come across them, or have,"
Hearing Grim's talk about his past encounters with the two sides
of the red haired woman reminded Bas of other drow who had
multiple personalities. Only that was quite different, it
sounded more like Eden/end was more balanced and two halves of
one person.
"I guess I'll just have to spend more time getting to know End
and Eden. End did mention wanting to be friends,"
It rather pleased Bas to hear that it had been Eden to encourage
Yarick to make more friends. "I'm sure I'll figure the
difference between them the more I spend time around her," Bas
replied thoughtfully.
Seeing Yarick flinching after stretching had Bas rather
concerned. "Give them a bit more time to recover. Try not to be
too impatient. If you push too fast, they'll take longer to heal
properly,"
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Arik's frowned, and got a concerned look on his face at Eden
saying Conrad had been taken in by the pack. He'd heard from a
few survivors of the group the things they'd been subjected to.
"I'll keep a close eye on him Eden. Thank you for bringing him
to me. I'll make sure to let you know. If you are too busy, is
there another healer that you'd recommend helping?"
Conrad turned at the new voice and his jaw dropped at the sight
of the ogre.
Arik noticed the reaction and gently pulled Conrad in closer.
"That's one of my mates, Yuze. You'll meet him and Tama in a
little bit. Are you hungry? Tired?"
Conrad shook his head leaning into the comforting warmth of
Arik. "I've just got a lot to process and work through is all.
All the messed up shit Onyx forced into my head and did to me, I
just need someone familiar close. I probably will need rest in a
little bit, definitely an overwhelming day," he sighed.
Arik ran a hand over Conrad's head and helped him go into the
cave home. "You have a home here with me for as long as you
need,"
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