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       Truth and song 
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 24, 2026, 2:43 pm
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       It had been a while since Griffin had witnessed such bloodshed.
       He he'd fled with the young demon Rook and Orc Gaur but found
       himself separated from the two shortly after their escape, Gaur
       being captured and Rook shifting and taking off.
       The social blue haired fae managed to survive on his own just
       fine... for about a day before he found himself running from a
       group of rippers, finding a tree in an oasis to hide in with the
       beasts circling the tree.
       —-
       Lore was relaxing - least until he heard a familiar sound of
       rippers. He saw them going after a man that ended up scrambling
       up a tree. His brow furrowed to grab his lyre.  He snuck quietly
       before a spell came in a form of a voice. It was meant to mess
       with the rippers and make them chase an illusion.
       *step step take flight - imagine in run close and tight.. fool
       the eyes of beasts of four-
       into the desert with you for there’s no door.”*
       Once the things seemingly ran off and felt it safe enough came
       out.”you can come down now- the meat eaters won’t come back.” He
       said softly.
       ——
       Moyra was in one of her moods, after having lost her entire
       family.. and her own familiar was clearly shut off from the camp
       she and wren were resting in. They seemed reluctant in letting
       them go- but even then wren was figuring out just where to go
       next- or it felt like it.
       She had snuck out of the walls once again- thanks to a few other
       teenagers that showed her. She just wanted some time without
       being hovered over by other females. She sat on a rock that she
       found till she saw a crow flying in the *desert* of all places
       as she stared a bit. She sighed as it somehow reminded her of a
       certain cranky cat.
       —-
       A voice like no other floated up into the trees getting quite
       the confused look on Griffin's face, poking his head down when
       he heard the voice say it was safe. "Thank you... that... was
       beautiful...." He praised before fluttering down out of the
       tree. "How did you do that? What's your name? I'm Griffin." The
       hyper fae said in introduction.
       ---
       The sight of a blonde sitting alone just outside of one of the
       few encampments in the desert drew him in to land in the
       branches nearby and caw at the girl. She looked about the age he
       was meant to be.
       ——
       Lore blinked as he saw the voice, course the praise earning a
       blush out of the drow. “Lore.. and magic.. music is a good
       medium to use as a focus.. especially when it comes to
       suggestion..” he said as he wasn’t use to the hyper nature of
       the new person.”lore.” He said.”are you by yourself?” He
       questioned.
       ——
       She listened to the caw of the bird to frown a bit.”you lost
       too?” She questioned the black bird. She sighed as she started
       to vent to the creature like she use to flint.. as she
       complained.”out of everyone that’s gone.. it had to be her.. “
       she said as the angry tears were starting to form again. She was
       missing blades crass behavior- knowing he’d be telling her she
       was crying like a baby. “I just.. need to practice. She said to
       wipe her face a bit trying to collect herself so she could get
       back to trying to use her magic.
       —-
       "I got separated from the tribe I was staying with.... I...
       don't think many survived...." Griffin in said as his tone
       sounded sad then. "Is that kind of magic easily taught? I've
       always loved playing..." He questioned wondering if he could
       learn.
       ---
       Everything that the girl vented out had Rook's mind whirling at
       the idea of people being sent from a failed future. He fluttered
       down to land on the ground before her and shifted into his more
       human like form.
       "You know, you talk to everyone like that, they will think you
       are crazy. Though, I could probably help you out on what whole
       familiar problem you got going on. I'm looking for somewhere
       safe to roost myself," he said as he crossed his arms looking
       the girl over.
       —-
       Lore blinked and got a soft look.”seems the wars between the
       tribes been getting hectic..” said the man.”for what I do
       depends on the persons magic capacity.. and ah being able to
       focus.. some is harder than others.” He admitted. “Course
       learning though does take a great amount of patience and ah..
       wrong tone can send you flying.” He said with a chuckle as if it
       was from experience.
       ——-
       Moyra watched as the bird landed and transformed. Her face going
       to a shocked one before hearing what came out of the boys mouth.
       “I only talk to those that don’t repeat what I say.. now I know
       I’ll have to keep an eye out.” She said as she wiped her nose on
       the back of her coat. “You don’t have a master?” She asked.. her
       face gave a natural fluctuation. She seemed to be thinking about
       it.. and gained a sad face. She could hear flints studder and
       her mother words about always needing a familiar.. she also know
       it meant they’d be bound till death. Feeling flints bond shatter
       was beyond painful. But her desire to get out there- maybe even
       figure how to get back was starting to weigh on her. “Fine..
       long as you’re willing to keep what I said quiet.” She mumbled.
       Her eye went over him a bit. She never had someone closer to her
       age before. She dug in her pocket having a knife from her
       father. It was the only thing she managed to have on her from
       their world. She flipped it open sniffling a bit.
       *oh mother of bonds.. goddess of night- bond me to the chosen-
       his declaration to be mine guide to the magic of this world- may
       it be so of his agreement and mine.*
       She said to hold her hand out as her mother said and cut her
       palm lightly.
       *so as to my blood to the one before me.. May the agreement be
       binding till death do us part.*
       She finished and just waited for the guy to take her hand.
       Once done would he bare her mark of the half crescent moon.
       ——
       "Well, I can fly, so not to worried about flying. I'm good with
       healing magic so maybe I could combine that with my instrument?
       Would, you want to teache me? I know I just showed up on your
       doorstep... but... I don't exactly have anywhere to be... unless
       you would rather be alone.. I'll try and find someone else to
       bother I suppose, though I doubt they would be nearly as cute or
       talented as you," he half pleaded.
       ---
       The crow's lips curled into a full smirk as he watched the girl
       mull over her choice before agreeing, demanding he keep what she
       told him quite.
       "I won't say a word, promise," Rook said as he took her hand in
       his and kissed his lips to the bloody palm as if behaving like a
       gentlemen. Her mark appearing on his cheek, just under the
       former of his eyes and on his shoulders. In his bird form it
       would be on his wings.
       "So, miss future girl, do I get to know the name of my new
       master?" He questioned cheekily.
       —-
       Lore blinked a bit as he heard the man to chuckle.”I meant wrong
       tune can recoil.” He said before he heard the man take off in
       asking to learn magic and music.
       Course being told he was cute just earned a blush- and a bigger
       one at being called  talented.”I can teach.. long as you listen
       and sit still- but I was about to eat if you need something..
       think I got enough for another.” He said to head back to his
       camp.
       ——-
       Moyra blushed a bit at the kiss. She knew with flint he just
       took her hand and it created  a bond- this one felt way more
       intimate.
       She blinked at his next set of words.”one how did you know I was
       from the future? And secondly.. Moyra.. what’s your name?” She
       asked slowly as she flipped the knife shut and shoved it in her
       pocket.
       ——
       Hearing Lore agree to teach him and even invite him to share a
       meal had Griffin just about buzzing with excitement. "Are you
       sure I wouldn't be intruding? Food sounds amazing... I'll....
       try my best on the sitting still thing, not my strongest skill,"
       he said as he followed the drow to his camp.
       The blue haired fae taking up a seat out of the way. "If, you
       need me to do anything just ask, I don't want to be a burden..."
       He told Lore.
       ---
       "That kind blade isn't due to be invented for a... while... my
       kind exist outside of time. Plus, you reek of time distortion
       magic. You can call me Rook, unless you feel like calling me
       something else, the one who summoned me gave the the name....
       didn't exactly go well and I ended up stuck in this world....
       anyways... I'm rambling... you got anything else you feel like
       venting out, seem like you have been through a lot," he offered,
       trying to be helpful to his new master.
       ——
       “Not really- I’m technically on what we call a journey of
       finding myself. Guess your the next thing I was meant to come
       across.” He said as he sat down.”you won’t be long as you
       listen.” He said as he went to the dream stew he was making. He
       had a few carved bowls he kept to spoon it in.”careful it’s
       hot.” He warned before doing the same.
       ——
       Moyra heard took continue to talk. Her head tilted a bit. “You
       exist out of time? Wonder how that works.. but stinks your stuck
       too..” she said as she slid back on the rock. Now that she was
       bonded at least she could feel grounded.
       “I just miss my family.. I doubt any are alive now.. bought
       fought tooth and nail with wren for a while cause I thought I
       still had flint.. he may of been my familiar but.. he was more
       like an uncle.” She said and sighed. “Didn’t think
       anything.*could * kill him but it did.. blade- my cousin and I
       were snagged in the last few moments of a slaughter.. could
       still see dad trying to help aunt smoker and… then nothing.” She
       sighed. “Blade lost it - and well wren lost her grip and we lost
       him.” She finished. “This is probably the only time I’m not
       swarmed when I just need a moment to breathe. And away from that
       woman.” She mumbled. She burrowed her head in her legs.”honestly
       I want to go home but, to do that I have to understand my
       magic.. think I lost my mothers book too..” she said with a
       depressed expression.
       ——
       An excited nod came from Griffin as he watched the heavily
       tattooed drow work on getting two bowls of food ready, gently
       blowing on his own bowl, though never taking his eyes off the
       man.
       "Have to admit, you are the first drow I've ever met, do all
       drow go on a journey like this?" He found himself asking when he
       couldn't take the quiet or the questions bubbling in his head.
       ---
       Rook sat down next to Moyra as she spoke, letting the girl get
       out her feelings before he gently put and arm around her. "Well,
       I don't have all the answers or your mom's book, but, I do have
       a book I can give you, and you have me now and we can learn your
       magic together." The crow said as he dug in his bag and pulled
       out several different spell books he had taken from the bodies
       of fallen casters in the desert.
       With some of his own magic, he fused all the books together into
       a a master book of spells and handed jt over. "Here, not as
       meaningful as your mom's but a start to making your own," he
       suggested.
       ——
       “Not really.. most are trained to be bloody fighters and damn
       good magic casters.. I’m doing this due to the fact I’m sort of
       the black sheep.” He admitted. “I don’t exactly agree with the
       ways so I seek for something new.” He explained.
       —-
       Moyra felt the arm of her familiar. She had comforting hugs
       before but this one felt a bit different.  Her head moved at him
       beginning to dig in his bag to see so many books.
       Her eyes widened a bit before seeing the book. “Thank you..” she
       said softly. It felt so new. Back then she would just read the
       stupid notes her mother would make that sounded dumb.. but now
       she was beginning to miss them as it helped her understand at
       the time. She opened the book to see the first page. She
       remembered her mom having something written- it was a goal-
       granted she thought it was dumb.. though it gave her crazy mom -
       her even crazier dad that fell for her.
       She wrote in the corner- figuring her magic out, and finding a
       family again. “Guess.. it’s not so dumb..” she said to herself.
       It was then she heard the faint call of her name. Her face
       changed for a moment.”oh… fuck.. uhm..” she turned to rook.”your
       gonna have to go to your bird form and stay that way around the
       camp.. it’s full of women- they got rules- like no guys are
       allowed inside the encampment..” she warned.
       ——
       "Oh, I see, well, I'm glad it caused our paths to cross,"
       Griffin mused as he began to eat once his food had cooled off.
       Once he was done, he worked on getting the bowls cleaned.
       ---
       It seemed the gift of the book had brightened Moyra in a way as
       she thanked him and then spoke to herself. He had to admit he
       was quite proud of himself for bringing her comfort.
       Sadly, he didn't get much more time to spend with his new master
       in this form as it seemed he would have to hide himself. "As you
       wish Master," he mused with a wink before shifting back into his
       true form and landed on her shoulder.
       ——
       Lore finished up his own food and let the man clean up, he
       plucked at the strings a little bit. “So what was your role in
       your tribe?.. do you hunt?” He asked curiously.
       ——
       She blushed at the wink and pet his feathers a bit.”soft..” she
       said and smiled a bit more before a woman would walk up looking
       exasperated. “There you are- you can’t keep coming out here-
       you’ll get snatched.” Said the blonde - glow. Moyra rolled her
       eyes and looked back.”I can handle myself thank you very much.”
       She snapped a bit as she felt the hand on her arm.”let’s go..”
       she heard   She sighed to follow as they got back into the camp.
       It was full of women talking and more it seemed as she was
       brought to a chore she had been avoiding.”basket weaving?!? Told
       you I’m not doing it.” Said the girl to hear.”I know things were
       rough- but best thing is a good distraction- this is a
       distraction.” Heard Moyra as she grumbled to sit down and start
       on one just to get glow to move along.”catch you outside again
       you’ll end up with a babysitter.” Moyra heard to turn her head..
       she waited till the woman turned to flip her off to yank her
       hand down when she turned.
       After a bit of work and time passing did she take her meal to a
       tent.. course taking more than usual- more for rook as it seemed
       part of why she was fussed over was not eating much. She closed
       the flap and sat the food down.”think with us here you can be
       yourself-least I get this space to myself.. they also gave me
       this so called silencing charm. I took it off once- never
       again..” she said with a flat look as the noises she heard that
       night clearly was a lot going on when she was asleep. “Even
       tested the fact they can’t hear shit out there either.” She said
       with a chuckle.
       ——
       "I can hunt alright, but my skill more lye in keeping my
       companions alive, a field medic if you will. I'm open to leaning
       new skills though." Griffin said as he got his own guitar out
       and worked on tuning it before setting it aside to watch and
       listen to Lore.
       ---
       The crow was rather glad he went unnoticed as he hung out on
       Moyra's shoulders or on the nearby buildings. When they were
       finally alone again, Rook shifted back into his human like form
       and lounged back.
       "Yeah, hopefully they will back off before long, once you are
       strong enough they can't tell you want to do..." Rook voiced, a
       smirk crossing his lips at the comments about the silencing
       charm.
       "Oh? Have you now? How did you manage that?" He teased.
       —-
       Lore chuckled a bit.”that’s good- I can trap a little bit.. but
       can’t shoot a bow to save my life.” He said honestly. “But some
       of the music spells I do tend to help.” He tuned his own a bit
       more, once done he turned to the man.”now music spells need to
       be short and sweet/ but what kind are you hoping to accomplish?
       Like the power of suggestion?… or perhaps summoning?” He asked
       seeing what the man wanted to do.
       —-
       “Mm- was curious- was suprised at how simple it seemed- till I
       realized it wasn’t. Putting it back was the hard part- and a
       hard lesson of what I don’t want to hear.” She said
       flatly.”course did it both ways for the sake of just needing a.
       Good scream when they piss me off. Last time I tried and it was
       one sided I got lectured.” She said as she shifted the food
       closer to rook.”don’t you eat?” She asked before shuffling her
       jean coat off and kicking her shoes off. She went to tug things
       off- since most the familiars she’s experienced never thought
       about not changing in front of one. Course didn’t help the
       desert was so hot to boot. “Maybe I should ask them for lighter
       clothes..” she said with a sigh as she was half naked with the
       bra coming off.
       ——
       "Oh, summoning sounds super cool, what can you summon? Or what
       can i learn to summon is a better question..." Griffin
       questioned  as he tried his best not to bounce in place.
       ---
       The crow demon nodded his head in understanding as he started to
       eat. His eyes going wide when Moyra began to undress in front of
       him like she had no sense of shame, dropping his spoon when the
       bra came off as his face went *very* bright red.
       —-
       “Can summon beasts, really, just make sure to play the right
       tune to the creature your imagining.” He said as he began to
       pluck the strings light and soft, as he played a humming bird
       would form flying about.”you can use them for a number of
       things.. this one I often use to get a Birds Eye view.” He said
       with a chuckle.
       ——-
       Moyra heard the spoon drop to turn and saw his face. Course
       granted now she realized she gave him an eyeful.”…so not gay.”
       She said to blush a bit.”sorry… both the familiars I knew were
       very gay- … for each other.” She said as her arms went over her
       breasts a little bit. “And you should eat more.” She said to
       turn back to grab a rag to a small pot of water she had that she
       used to dap and wipe down where she felt like she was sweating.
       ——
       When the little hummingbird appeared from Lore's magic
       practically had Griffin glowing with excitement as he took up
       his guitar and began to strum out a tune, taking a good several
       tried and tips from Lore before he was able to Summon a mouse.
       "Ha! I did it! Bunch of practice who knows what I could summon!"
       He cheered excitedly.
       ---
       A hard swallow sounded from Rook at Moyra's comment on him not
       being gay. "Ah, yeah... um.... not gay, very much find you hot
       as the flames of hell...." He found himself saying before he
       raised an eyebrow.
       "You should eat too," he told her, unable to pull his eyes away
       from her bare skin.
       ——
       Lore got a smile as he watched the mouse scurry around with how
       he played.”just be careful with some summons- once I
       accidentally summoned something I shouldn’t have.. that’s the
       result of the tattoo on me though.” He said with a sigh.
       “Summoned a shadow demon.. kinda serves me.” He said as he
       settled.
       —-
       Moyra blushed hotly at the compliment,  “I will in a little..
       just been hard to.” She admitted as she let herself relax a bit
       she didn’t bother putting the top back on as she turned to eat.
       She would have but as hot as it was outside was beginning to
       feel it. Her eye flickered softly to the familiar. Her crazy
       mother’s story of how she met her father came to mind as her own
       ideas were already forming. Difference being the guy had
       interest- and shown no hatred.. but bound to her in a different
       way.  She scooted to lean against the guy on purpose.”rook.. if
       I said I wanted to do something .. fun.. would you?” She asked
       as she began to go for questions that made sense to her.
       ——
       "A shadow demon? Man, yeah I'll have to be careful for sure,
       though, kind of cool it obeys you now." Griffin rambled before
       touching on about five other subjects. His cheeks burned quite
       red when he realized he had been talking for a *while* and not
       let Lore get a word in edge wise.
       "Sorry, I'm a chatterbox you are probably sick of hearing me
       already...." the fae said with a heavy sigh.
       ---
       Another gulp came from Rook when Moyra not only didn't put her
       top back on but sat next to him and even leaned on him, truly
       testing his resolve. The way she spoke, he was pretty sure he
       knew what kind of fun she spoke of but didn't want to be too
       presumptuous.
       "I am here to serve you Master... I would do anything asked of
       me..." He said struggling to keep his hands to himself.
       ——
       “Mostly listens. Sometimes he does some strange things.” Said
       lore with a slight blush. The man not willing to part with the
       fact there was more. Lore heard the man sorry about being too
       much of a chatterbox to chuckle.”rather a talker than the quiet.
       Honestly was driving me crazy.” He said with a laugh.
       ——
       Moyra blinked at the man and how he was acting.. though his
       voice showed her being proper.. his hands seemed to want to do
       things.”it’s okay to touch me rook.. and please call me Moyra.”
       She said with a soft look. She leaned in more to let her chest
       touch his arm.. part of her trying to drive him a little
       wild.”just so you know I’m a virgin.. so ..” she blushed.”be
       easy.” She said looking to the side.
       Hearing Lore say he didn't mind the talking made him grin wide.
       "That's good, hoping to hang around for a while, would suck if I
       just got on your nerves..." the fae said with a chuckle as he
       went about strumming a different tune to try and Summon
       something else, though having very minimal success.
       ---
       A shaky breath left Rook at the permission to touch her before
       her soft breasts pressed against his arm, a shiver running
       through him when she told him she was a Virginia and to go easy
       on her.
       "M-mast... M-Moyra, are, are you sure you want that?" He
       questioned as his hands reluctantly took her waist into his
       hands, his whole body reacting to everything she was doing.
       ——
       “Not really, I’d let you know if you’re talking to much- a much
       funner way.” He said as he watched him strumming trying to
       summon something else. He moved to get him to strum a tune he
       loved quite a bit. It would produce an image of a flower and a
       scent.”this one is great for calming the nerves..” he said his
       hand resting on the fae’s with a grin.
       ——
       Moyra chuckled softly as she saw how flustered rook
       seemed.”honestly.. anything to just feel better.” She mumbled
       before she leaned in.”I don’t have anyone rook.. not anymore.. “
       she said and seemed to relax.”so why not.. enjoy each other?”
       She asked as she got close before her mouth touched his softly.
       ——
       A widening of Griffin's eyes showed his surprise at the implied
       suggestion getting a slight blush out of the fae, that only
       increases when Lore got more intimate in his way of showing him
       how to strum the spells.
       "That's amazing..." Grif said, though having Lore so close was
       quite distracting.
       ---
       The way Moyra spoke, it made Rook feel like he was taking
       advantage of the girl, but when her lips pressed against his, he
       couldn't hold back anymore as he wrapped his arms around her and
       deepened the kiss as his hands began to properly roam his
       Master's body.
       Fully giving in, he helped Moyra out of her clothes and began
       kissing and licking her body all the way down to her needy heat
       before diving in to pleasure her and get her body excited enough
       for more.
       —-
       “Mmhmm.. there’s even songs you can use to seduce or entice..
       want to learn those?” Asked lore giving the man a bit of a
       flirtatious look.
       —-
       Moyra made a soft gasp at the deepened kiss, his hands groping
       places that made her feel good, she felt herself laid back as
       she wiggled out of her shorts she had left to feel the mouth
       explore as she muffled herself.. she knew what she was doing
       wasn’t exactly good- but she wanted to at least feel a bit
       happier. Course when he found her heat did she give into letting
       herself feel good. Her leg draping over his shoulder.”that feels
       good rook..” slid out as she blushed. “Show me more…” she begged
       a little bit in the middle of her panting, she didn’t expect it
       to feel this good!
       ——
       The already blushing fae's cheeks darkened even more at Lore's
       suggestion of learning a spell to seduce or entice someone.
       "I... um... yeah sure, show me..." He agreed going another Shade
       darker feeling all the flustered.
       ---
       Hearing the way Moyra reacted had a nice big smirk crossing his
       lips before he pulled his lips away to briefly pleasure her
       gently with his fingers before he finally pulled away entirely
       to finally pull his own clothes off.
       Getting himself slick with a little spit, he then pinned his
       manster's legs back and began to slowly ease inside until he
       reached the barrier, making a quick buck to try and make the
       pain quick before he started to go at the woman under him, his
       body going into full instinct mode as he claimed his master's
       body, deflowering her moaning out her praises.
       ——
       “It’s very easy.. first you get close.. teach a few songs.. then
       get closer to be more hands on…” lore listed.”and when they’re
       nice.. and flustered … “ he said and tugged the man’s face
       toward his before his mouth covered the fai’s with a soft touch.
       —-
       Moyra felt the fingers move inside, it felt strange at first,
       but as he played with her made her body just want that much
       more. Her eyes connecting with her familiar’s, her eyes filling
       with a lewd look before seeing the man pull away, and a sound of
       a soft whine at his absence came, least till he pulled his
       things off. Her eyes moving watching as articles hit the floor
       till she saw what would be coming next. Her eyes widened a
       little as a thought wondered just how that would fit, she heard
       of the talk but she didn’t really know just how it worked since
       it seemed a little big.  Her lips parted a bit in wonder as she
       was filled. Her body shook a little in anticipation- for the
       little pain she was warned about.  Course when he bucked a noise
       slid out of her, and right after would she feel his movements,
       as he pounded at her. Her noises gaining their own volume, as
       she gasped and squirmed a little underneath. She felt a knot
       forming as she felt the man continue at the pace, before it
       tightening. His name crossed his lips as her head went t back as
       she felt everything coming undone feeling her orgasm.
       #Post#: 1658--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Truth and song 
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 24, 2026, 2:50 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       The blush on Griffin's cheeks darkened as Lore listed off the
       different things, that just so happened to be the same things
       Lore was doing in that moment. Even still, he hadn't expected
       the man's hand on his face, turning him to look at the man
       before the man's lips covered his own causing Griffin to
       practically melt in the man's arms, a soft moan escaping him.
       "Don't know if that is so much a spell... as just... a really
       good move," he murmered before going in for another kiss.
       ---
       The sounds Moyra made were driving Rook wild as he claimed his
       new lover and Master as his. He tried his best to hold back
       given this was her first time, managing to pull out and spilled
       his seed all over her stomach with a heavy pant. "That was
       close..." He panted out before lazily working on getting Moyra
       cleaned up before he laid next to her and pulled her naked form
       against his as his fingers found their place back inside of his
       witch. "Think you still need another peak," he purred, playing
       with her heat until she was begging to stop.
       ——
       Lore chuckled.”oh it’s a spell.. and you’re under it..” he
       flirted back before the mouths molded together. His hand pushed
       a bit at the man’s top as if to expose him more and find out
       just how much the fae wanted aside from making out.
       ——
       Moyra blushed a bit more at the mess made and let him clean her
       up as she took a moment, once her body was against his, saw his
       face and felt the fingers dance against her playing and bringing
       her to her next peek. She didn’t know he could do that after.
       She began to plead with took a little.”please.. stop, “ she
       gasped as the next orgasm felt it was lingering.
       ——
       Another shiver went through Griffin at Lore's words before he
       felt the man's pushing up on his top, as if asking for more.
       Without a word, the fae broke the kiss to put his guitar down
       and loose the shirt before cupping Lore's face in his hands as
       he kissed the man passionately "I'm certainly under your spell,"
       he agreed.
       ---
       When His mater began to beg for him to stop, Rook finally pulled
       his fingers away and kissed his new master lovingly. "Did you
       enjoy your first time?" He questioned sweetly.
       ——
       Lore chuckled as clothes began to get lost and mouths getting
       just as into it, there were no words as the man slid down to
       show just how talented he was with his mouth next, he sucked and
       bobbed with a soft noise of gasping being heard. Somehow it just
       felt right, his tattoo made a soft glow as he felt the demons
       appreciation for what he was doing, it was apart of the deal. If
       lore was to remain alive- he had to find someone that had
       boundless energy.. and more so in the bed as to not kill then
       off if the thing inside wasn’t satisfied. He hummed softly as
       his eyes went up to the fae to watch his expressions as he
       pleasured the man.
       ——
       She felt the fingers leave, and a soft loving kiss she
       practically melted in. She couldn’t help it. She felt instantly
       attatched to Rook. So far the familiar came to her.. and gave to
       her.. she wasn’t smothered, taken from, nor alone. “It was
       amazing.. honestly didn’t know it would feel so good..” she said
       and snuggled with the man almost immediately.
       After laying there did her stomach growl as if to say she needed
       to eat to seem to longer.”I know I need to eat,, but.. this is
       so comfy..” she said as she waited a little bit before sitting
       up. She finally moved to eat the now cold food, eating more than
       usual. She did feel better after all. She went back to the bed
       after to snuggle with rook- she hoped the women would just let
       her be, they usually kept their distance when she went to the
       tent, especially after an outburst of just hating everyone and
       anyone days prior to their arrival. “Don’t leave me .. and don’t
       do risky shit.” Said moyra as she laid closely.”if we run- we
       run.” She said as her face burrowed in the familiars chest.
       ——
       When Lore began to go south, Griffin was a needy blushing mess,
       moaning hotly when the man began to pleasure him with his mouth.
       "Oh fuck yes that feel so good," he moaned out, fully
       surrendering to Lore. "Yes! Oh fuck that is perfect!" He managed
       between moans as he tried his best not to squirm.
       ---
       Rook grinned wide at Moyra's goods and even more when she moved
       to eat her dinner before returning to him to snuggle.
       "I'm glad I could please you, I won't ever leave your side, I am
       yours, I go where you go," he promised before kissing her
       sweetly. "Sleep, I'll be here when you wake," he assured.
       ——
       Lore listened to the moans as he chuckled. Once he felt the man
       was ready turned on the sand.”go ahead.. fuck me.” He said with
       a glint in his eye. “You’re good and soaking. And I want you
       now.” Was all he said with an erotic needy look.
       ——
       Moyra get the soft kiss and his promise. Her eyes stayed on
       his.. reluctantly drifting to sleep. It was as if she was
       letting his face burn in her brain to be sure that he was the
       real deal before they finally closed.. her naked form pressed
       against his as she slept.
       ——
       A very dark look overcame Griffin's eyes when Lore pulled away
       and presented himself in such away, ordering the fae to fuck
       him. "Holy, holy shit..." He breathed. He had never been so
       turned on in his life, which was saying quite a bit given his
       heritage.
       "This has to be a fucking dream..." He murmered before he moved
       to position himself and shoved himself deep inside. "You-you
       feel amazing," he moaned out before his wings began to buzz as
       he started to ravage the drow.
       ---
       The night past slowly as Rook watched Moyra sleep, weary that
       someone might come to check on her in the night. He was glad he
       did, as soon as the sun was up, Wren had stopped by to check on
       the girl.
       "Moyra, come on sleepy head, thinking we can go hunting this
       morning," the blonde chimed, trying her damned best to take on
       being a parent to a teen. The simulation didn't come with a
       parenting guide.
       Rook swiftly shifted into his bird firm and fluttered around
       once Wren opened the tent getting Rook to fly out. "Why do you
       have a bird in here?" He asked in surprise.
       ——
       The drow felt the fill right off and made a noise.”oh fuck you
       are a big boy.” He commented. Sucking it was an experience but
       taking it through the back was different. The tattoos glowed a
       bit more as it fed off the sex energy being produced as he
       moaned and cried out.”.don’t you dare fucking stop.” He managed
       between his gasps when he caught himself almost cumming. He was
       trying to hold himself back but the spot being railed was making
       it about damn near impossible to come undone!
       ——
       Moyra was sleeping fairly hard almost not hearing the voice. She
       saw rook shift and watched rook fly out. She wiped her sleepy
       eyes a bit and said.”saw it was dehydrated.” She lied.”I just
       nursed it back to health- hopefully it’ll do better.” She said
       as she shifted for her clothes.”but honestly- it’s the ass crack
       of dawn- tell me *why* we have to be up so early?” Mouthed the
       girl to the other that was dressed in army gear. She really
       didn’t like the idea of having to have rook hide like this- but
       for her sake she felt he needed to- and wren was the last one
       she wanted to know. It bothered her how wren was attempting to
       step into a role her parents had. She got her fathers knife from
       the denim coat that was her mothers to throw it around her
       waist, and finished it off with her hat. “Let’s get this done-
       I’m hungry.” Grumbled the seventeen year old as she walked out.
       ——
       Hearing Lore beg for more had Griffin  leaning over the man,
       using one hand to hold Lore against his chest, while the bother
       held them above the hit sand. His hips hips blazing forward as
       he used the drow's incredible body for his own satisfaction. He
       felt like he could do this all day.
       A hot gasp left him when he felt himself fill the manand took a
       brief pause as he flipped Lore onto his back before pinning the
       man's legs back and thrusting hard into the man and resumed his
       relentless pounding into the man.
       ---
       "How sweet, heard once you save a crow they are your friend for
       life. We get up this early because this is when the prey is most
       active. We get breakfast caught, you can go right back to sleep
       if you really want, *but* I heard one of these hawk women might
       know a little about your kind of magic of you are interested
       after beakfast," Wren suggested as she lead Moyra to the gates
       of the settlement where one of the hawk women were waiting for
       them.
       Rook keep his distance, trying to behave like a wild crow. By
       the time they reached the gate, he ran out of close perches and
       finally just landed on Moyra's shoulder.
       —-
       Lore gasped and groaned before feeling a flip. Being pinned to
       the sands and being fucked the way the man was doing it caused
       his body to heat up with need, he felt the build up finally
       explode in a form of seed spilling over his abs and a fill in
       his ass.”fuck.. that felt so good..” he groaned out.
       —-
       “Really?” Said the girl sarcastically as she walked. She half
       listened to wren till she heard the next part.”..fine..” she
       said as she walked with her. She saw glow waiting for the two to
       turn and smile.”there you are.. ready to go for the hunt?” She
       asked as Moyra simply folded her arms.”mmhmm..” she sounded
       before feeling the perch to smile.”guess your right wren..” she
       said in a tone that was a bit different.”guess he is for life.”
       She said to pet his feathers.”mm? A crow.. how fun.” Said glow
       with her ever beaming smile.”let’s head out hm?” She said as she
       followed behind the two for the hunt.
       ——
       Filling the man for a second time, Griffin was panting hard as
       he laid on top of Lore. "You felt incredible," he mused as he
       drew the man into a deep kiss. "Didn't expect you to be so...
       demanding... I like it," he mused playfully.
       ---
       "Yes! Ready." Wren agreed, raising her bow as they set off,
       grinning at being told she was right, Rook even cawing out in
       agreement.
       "Yes lets," She said as she followed after Glow.
       ——
       Lore felt the deep kiss,  the man still alive and still full of
       energy- perhaps he found the right man to fulfill the demon
       inside. “Can’t help it.. you’re too damn cute.” Said the man
       with a smirk. “Maybe next time I fuck you..” he said to it’s a
       purr.
       ——
       Moyra noticed a beast when glow stopped the two.”alright.. get
       ready to flank.. this one gonna be a tough one.. maybe should
       have asked ki to come along too..” she sighed deeply of her
       lover. The two were bout damn near inseparable.  Once the beast
       seemed settled did glow go down wind as moyra followed her by
       instructions. Her father in her head more about how to sneak as
       she deliberately chose a spot that looked right.
       ——
       Even naked and buried deep inside the man, Lore was still making
       Griffin blush. "Oh absolutely... would love to have you rail
       me..." He purred before finally moving to pull out of the man
       before returning to snuggling him.
       —-
       Wren went about taking up the other side to flush the creature
       towards Glow and Moyra. Rook fluttering up into a tree to start
       cawing up a storm and irritating the pre to keep it from
       noticing the others.
       ——
       The man felt the snuggle after being told he could rail the
       fae.”in time..for now rest.” Said lore.
       ——
       Moyra smiled at rook being helpful as she came up. She shot off
       a spell meant to freeze up the animal to grin when it worked-
       glow came up to jump and kill the thing to realize it wasn’t
       fighting back, to finish it off.”not bad..” she said and
       grinned. For once Moyra put on a. Smug smile.”not bad my foot my
       mom taught me that one.” She said with a chuckle.
       ——
       A sleepy nod came from Griffin as he closed his eyes, soon
       falling fast asleep for a long while. Though, he woke up long
       before the sun rise and went about getting breakfast for his new
       lover together, even managing to get a few hares and eggs.
       ---
       "That was incredible!" Wren praised, impressed with the girl's
       ability to bond so closely with the bird and pull of such a
       spell. "I can field dress this while you two go get another one,
       I think you have it handled with that spell slinging," she said
       as she went about prying the now dead animal from the ice.
       ——
       Moyra made a grin at wren. The fact she was impressed made her
       say. “Bet I do, there’s just some spells I can do.” She said as
       she went over and helped with the ice. Once the beast was freed
       did they head back. The meat taken and cooked to be given
       breakfast.”I’m.. still tired. “ lied moyra.”I’ll eat and hit the
       hay for a bit..” she told wren and glo. The blonde woman
       watching her walk away made a mild suspicious look. The girl
       seemed rather chipper-the blonde turned to the other.”now just
       gonna ask- can you tell me how the hell you ended up here
       again?” She asked her eyes dipping down a bit as she wondered if
       she could get Ki to help convince the beauty to their bed. They
       had fun yes, but they always had their own bond.
       ——
       Lore slept for what felt like a while to slowly wake up. His
       robes half off and getting hungry. He glanced around for the fae
       to see the man coming back with meat and eggs.”damn your good..”
       he said to chuckle.
       ——
       Moyra had grabbed double the portions again to set it down and
       closed the tent.”.its okay rook.. bet your hungry too.” She said
       with a grin.
       ——
       Today felt like a real win to Wren. It seemed Moyra was in a
       *far* better mood and even being somewhat friendly. Maybe what
       the girl needed was a pet? Wren wrote it off as much. "Alright,
       sleep tight!" She chimed before Glow was asking about how they
       had gotten there.
       She sighed a little. "Well, you see, we are a good 300 years
       from your time. A lot of really hard to explain science later
       and figuring out how to get here, grabbed Moyra and a boy and
       came back here. Hoping to save the future from itself. I know I
       sound crazy," she said with a heavy sigh.
       ---
       "Oh? Awake already? Thought I wore you out good yesterday,"
       Griffin teased as he worked on breakfast. "Sleep well?" He
       questioned.
       ---
       It wasn't until they were alone in the tent before Rook moved
       from Moyra's shoulder and finally shifted. "It smells great, you
       are quite the talented witch," he praised.
       ——
       The drow chuckled.”kind of hard to sleep when I barely can-
       usually some beast or monster tends to come in and attack.. so
       light sleeper.” Said lore. He watched the man cook the food and
       smiled a little bit.”so where are you headed exactly?” He
       questioned as his eyes went to stare at the man’s ass when he
       bent down for whatever he was doing when making the breakfast
       over the fire.
       ——
       Moyra chuckled”and your one hell of a familiar- good job on
       distracting the breakfast.” She said to offer his.”this smells
       so good.. mean.. still lacks some spices but can do for now till
       I figure out how to get my hands on that.” She said flatly. She
       took a taste and licked her lips as she settled in her tent.
       “Rook.. are you happy with this?.. to be sure..” she said as she
       paused her eating a bit.
       ——
       "Mmm right right, desert can be dangerous for sure. I'm not
       really heading anywhere in particular... my tribe was wiped out
       and I got separated from the only other survivor I know about...
       suppose I could return to the jungle but... I'm not too keen on
       doing that..." Griffin said with a sigh as he worked, soon
       finishing the breakfast and filling the bowls they had used the
       night before with the meal and handed it over to Lore. "Careful
       it's hot," he warned before taking a seat to blow on his own
       food. "Was hoping to lean a bit more magic from you before you
       got tired of me," he added with a chuckle.
       ---
       The familiar took the offered food with a wide grin at his
       master's praise. "Happy? Why wouldn't I be? Bonded to such a
       talented spell speaker, beautiful to boot? Couldn't ask for
       more," he mused.
       —-
       “Why do you wish to avoid the jungle?” Asked more as he took the
       meal to blow on it a bit before tasting it.”now now.. I don’t
       get tired of company easily- better than being by myself
       honestly- most say once alone some could go mad.. “ said lore as
       he ate more.
       ——
       Moyra made a smile before she ate some. Once she felt full did
       she shed what she wore.”I’m still a bit tired.. mind keeping an
       eye out rook?” She asked with a soft yawn.
       ——
       A sigh left Griffen at the question, his cheerful friendly
       deminor dropping. "Well... I was... formerly a captain in the
       queens guard... sent out into the desert in charge of two
       platoons.... it was a suicide mission... lost everyone... I... I
       can't show my face.... I honestly should have gone down with my
       men..." Griffin confessed.
       "That was a good three months ago... now... the tribe that took
       me in was slaughtered.... and now I'm here... running like the
       coward I am...." He said, being truly honest for the first time
       in a while.
       ---
       "Of course, sleep away," Rook encouraged as he shifted back and
       perched nearby to watch over his lover.
       ——
       Lore heard the man speak as he gained a soft look.  “There’s
       nothing cowardly about wanting to live.” Said lore.”sometimes we
       have to run to make that a reality.. god knows I’ve had to do
       the same.” Said lore softly.”so just so you know.. if you have
       to run and I die- I won’t hold it against you.” Said lore.
       ——
       After a small nap would moyra wake up jolting up to hold her
       face. A nightmare that seem to be a reoccurrence from what had
       happened would always send her into a panic. Her face went up
       looking for rook   To relax to see him perched nearby.
       #Post#: 1660--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Truth and song 
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 24, 2026, 2:55 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       A shocked look came to Griffin's eyes when Lore began to speak,
       causing him to stare at the man. Especially when he promised he
       wouldn't hold it against him if he left Lore for dead. He shook
       his head at such a notation, a tear rolling down his cheek
       before he quickly swiped it away.
       "You are quite kind to say such things... but it don't make what
       I've done any better... I can't go back to the jungle..." The
       fae said with a deep sadness. Trying to push away these negitive
       feelings, he quickly ate his food and cleaned up the mess he had
       made with breakfast and putting the leftover meat out to dry.
       "I'll go hunting again later..." He said in an attempted at a
       subject change.
       —-
       When Moyra woke up in a panic, he fluttered down and shifted to
       pull the woman into his lap, rubbing her back soothingly. "It's
       okay, I'm right here," he soothed.
       —-
       “You don’t have to.. I’m saying you can stay with me.” Said lore
       as he ate a bit more to finish up.
       “I’ll come with, been needing to get things moving.. “ he said
       as he sat down with his instrument. As he did so he felt a
       strange feeling as the markings gave a glow and a burn ran
       through almost like a demand.”not again..”  slid out as he
       clutched his lyre.
       —-
       Moyra shook a bit as she took a minute to settle from the dream.
       “Sorry.. nightmares..” she said softly. Almost like she couldn’t
       help herself did her mouth touch his.”help me feel better
       again?” She asked as her hands roamed his form.
       ——
       Hearing Lore say he could stay before wanting to come along on
       the hunt calmed Griffin a little. "I... would like to stay... so
       long as it's not a bother..." He said turning to look at Lore
       catching the glow of his tattoos. "You okay?" He questioned.
       ---
       The familiar gently comforted Moyra, gladly kissing her back and
       shivering at her touch. "Your wish is my comand," he purred as
       he stripped out of his clothes, toying with his lover's heat
       before slipping inside and giving her the distraction she
       needed.
       ——
       Lore made an apologetic look.”afraid I do have an issue.. the
       demon contracted feeds off sex energy.. can’t be helped.. guess
       you full fill what he been looking for.. sorry for hiding it
       but.. would you help me?” He asked.”fill me this time?” He
       questioned.
       ——
       Moyra felt his touch, his fingers giving her a needy response
       back to him. Once she was slick did she feel the fill.
       Moments earlier- Lyra was sent out of concern. She was told that
       the girl might be showing she might of had sex- it was common
       among the teen girls to explore and wanted to be sure either way
       that she was safe and doing it not near the sands.”why does it
       have to be me..” said the shy harpie before she went to open the
       tent.. being sound proofed both ways didn’t know what she was
       going into- nor Moyra not knowing who was coming in. The girl
       was on top in mid ride before she heard a gasp. Her head whirled
       back to see lyra blushing hard at what she was seeing till- she
       saw rook.”oh.. wait … lyr- “ said moyra in a panic before glow
       was called for, Moyra was off by that time to tell rook. “Hurry!
       Hide.” Glow came in to see the boy to make a face.”no boys
       allowed!” She said on the top of her lungs as she went to grab
       rook to drag him out.
       ——
       A surprised look came to Griffin's eyes when Lore confessed his
       needs because of the demon he had been told about the night
       before. A look of understanding came to his eyes as he dropped
       what he was doing to close the distance between them and pulled
       Lore into a deep kiss. "I'm more than happy to fill you up..."
       He purred seductive against the man's lips before devouring the
       drow's as he roughly ripped away Lore's and his own clothes.
       The fever that Griffin had knocked them back causing them to
       tumble to the ground, Lore pinned under him before his lips
       traveled down and shoved his tounge into the man's hole to wet
       him, playing with Lore til he had the man begging before he
       finally pinned the man's legs back and began to roughly take his
       new lover.
       He savaged Lore with speedy thrusts, pounding the man into the
       ground as his wings added to the power behind the thrusts.
       ---
       It was incredible having Moyra moving on top of Rook like she
       was, his hips bucking up into her as they enjoyed eachother. It
       was seconds before he was due to explode when the harpy ripped
       open the tent and gave her shocked response, causing him to be
       too distracted to pull out when he did spill, filling his lover.
       Then they quickly were apart as another angry woman came
       storming in and reaching for him. The familiar shifted a moment
       before he could be grabbed, pecking the woman's hand as he flew
       out of the tent and hid up high in the branches of the nearest
       tree letting out caws of protest the entire time.
       ——
       Lore felt the kiss, and just about shivered from the purred
       words. The kiss was deep as he felt his things stripped from his
       skin, before the tumble with a sound.
       What he didn’t expect was the pin as he squirmed as he felt the
       man prepping him for what was coming.
       He couldn’t take it anymore and started begging.”fuck me! Fuck
       me now!”
       It was met with his answer, with the most rough pounding he’d
       receive in his life. His tattoos seemed to glow brightly. “Fuck
       yes more!” Was all that came out of lore’s mouth as his eyes
       rolled back and his toes curled as he felt a big orgasm.
       ——-
       Glow watched in shock of the shifting teen to miss and glare up.
       “Don’t hurt him! He’s my familiar!” Said moyra as she came out
       half dressed and getting in front of glow.”familiar? Still a
       boy.. and not good if he came inside.. pregnancy here is rough
       moyra he needs to go.” She heard to panic.”we have to be that
       close! You can’t take him from me!” She just about screamed as
       she felt a mental breakdown coming in. She didn’t want to lose
       someone else! Lyra noticed how she was acting and got glow to
       stop.
       “I already lost everything … not him too..” moyra sobbed as she
       covered her face a little.
       Lyra being how she was and knowing enough of their tribes
       stories looked at the cawing crow. Her face went serious as she
       let the girls try to calm down moyra as she told rook.”I’ll help
       you- but no more of that inside the tent.” She waged her finger
       before taking a deep breath.”back off! This is one of the hawks
       guards.. he was sent here.. he chosen moyra as his herald.” She
       said to get the chaos to die down. She knew the stories by heart
       and became a priestess due to her own Chasity. She went over to
       get moyra’s top on to calm her down.”he came for her sake-“ she
       said to shoo off the women and got her in the tent to tell rook-
       “come guard and tell me your mission.” She said eye level before
       going in the tent with Moyra.
       —fin-/
       The demands for more had Griffin's wings buzzing even more as he
       plowed into his lover even harder, almost making a game out of
       how intensely he could make those tattoos glow. He had never had
       anyone who could keep up with his energy so it was quite the
       change of place. The fae didn't stop thrusting until he
       fulfilled his promise and filled the man up with his seed,
       panting from the exertion.
       "Better? Or do you need more?" He questioned as he kissed at
       Lore's neck.
       ——
       Seeing Moyra freak out had Rook cawing all the more, especially
       when his master began to cry. He was attempting to hold himself
       together and not kill those who were causing Moyra such pain.
       He was surprised that the one who had caught them was the once
       claiming she could help, so long as he promised not to do that
       again, his cawing only getting louder as he made no such
       promise, but hoped the woman would at least think he agreed.
       When the women dispersed and Lyra called him into the tent, Rook
       finally quieted and flew into the tent to land on Moyra's
       shoulder, preening her hair in an attempt to comfort his lover.
       ——
       All lore could do was get lost into the feeling of sex as he
       cried out making a mess of himself and felt the fill. Lore gave
       a soft breath “for now but… I hope you’ll stay now.. your the
       first that hasn’t died and seems to keep the thing pleased.” He
       said softly. “Forgive my selfishness..” he said softly.
       ——-
       Moyra felt the preen of rook. Lyra getting a soft sigh.”I’m
       sorry - but honestly- in the middle of camp?” She asked as she
       saw her flat look.”before you start about the women going at it
       - I know- but they can’t make babies with each other. You and
       your familiar?.. can.” She said with warning.”did he spill in
       you?” She asked as moyra about blushed to start to say no, and
       paused as it hit her. Lyra saw her face. “I’ll be keeping an
       eye.. and you! “ she pointed at the crow.”stay in that form for
       a while. If another catches you like that- it’ll be bad.. some
       have a real fear of men.. this is a safe haven after all.” She
       said to cross her arms.
       “But he’s been helping me feel better.. I just…” said Moyra to
       clutch her shorts.”sex and grief shouldn’t mix…she said softly.
       “I understand you lost alot.. “she said to out her hand on the
       girls. “You know this means I’ll be checking on you two more
       often..” she said as moyra made a face.
       —fin—
       A concerned look came to Griffin's eyes at what Lore said.
       "It... kills your partners? You knew that and seduced me
       yesterday?" He questioned quite a bit upset at this notion. "You
       could have killed me.... but.... that didn't exactly matter to
       you as long as you get your fix..." the fae said getting angry
       as he pulled away from Lore to clean himself up and pull his
       clothes back on.
       ---
       When Lyra pointed at him with that chastising tone his feathers
       ruffled as he cawed at the woman, pecking at her hand when she
       touched Moyra. Sure, he could speak in the same languages he
       could in his other form, but he didn't like other beings knowing
       that. Heck, he didn't particularly like people knowing he was a
       shape-shifting either but the whole camp would likely know that
       soon.
       Given the secret was out, he clung to what secrets he could
       keep.
       ---fin---
       “More like.. trying to keep myself alive- guess in what you’d
       say.” He paused.”I’m a coward.” Lore sighed.”honestly was
       looking for one that would beable to handle me and no more would
       have to die.. “ he said in a tone that sounded distant and sad.
       “I don’t expect you to forgive me.. but I can die from this as
       well.. why did you think I said I’d not hold it against you if
       you ran away and I died?” He said to sit up.
       ——
       Lyra softly shook her hand when she touched moyra.”it’s out of
       concern..  but please understand.” She said softly.”I’ll let you
       be but no more of that stuff.” She said before she headed out to
       glow for the tent go to Ocea to talk.
       Moyra fumbled a bit on the edge of her shorts.”I’m sorry rook..
       this is all my fault.” She said looking down.
       ——
       "So yesterday, that your fucking trap? You lure whoever helpless
       wanderer you can find in and fuck them to death... none of that
       was real... you didn't even expect me to survive..." Griffin
       said, feeling quite heartbroken having thought he had made a
       real connection.
       "Even worse, if I leave I either have your death on my hands or
       your victims... fucking great..." said in anger as he grabbed
       his hunting supplies. He was *fuming* and needed to take this
       anger out on something he could kill.
       ---
       Once they were alone again, Rook shifted back after fluttering
       down next to her and pulled the girl into a tight hug. "Don't
       appologize, I will do anything for you Moyra..." He reassured
       softly before putting his own clothes back on.
       When he heard the tent door again he quickly shifted back and
       gave an angry caw at the intruder.
       ——
       Lore listened to the man rant as he knew it would come out at
       some point- he felt it best now and lay  it on what it would
       mean if griffin left. Lore saw the man grabbing his hunting
       things and clearly just.. angry.”you have every right to be
       angry.. but I’m not the best person. Honestly- had I not goofed
       and gotten this thing attatched…” he said flatly.”I got scared..
       use to be just some randos- just fanatics and those that meant
       harm.. but they stopped coming by. It’s not like I asked for it
       you know.” He said to turn and looked at the water.”it also
       means that I knew if someone survived? I’d never have a real
       relationship- it just be sex and behavior that clearly shows
       mistrust for the rest of my life.” He burrowed his head a
       little. While he was mixing in a bit of guilt- it still made him
       sad knowing no relationship would ever be normal.. and much like
       lute- his elf lover would die if the demon wasn’t satisfied. He
       quietly dipped his foot in the water as he looked at his
       reflection as he seemed rather distant in his gaze.
       ——-
       Moyra felt the hug and nodded before Ocea would come in.. and
       start to talk.
       ——
       "Really? Not a good person? Would have *never* guessed..."
       Griffin snapped out as he headed off into the desert. He would
       be gone nearly the entire morning before returning with the
       butchered meat of a few different animals.
       The anger still wafting off of him as he started on making
       something for lunch for the two of them. Why he still felt the
       need to try and take care of the man was beyond his own
       reasoning. He cared for the guy... even if everything the drow
       did toward him was likely faked.
       "Foods ready," he called, making bowls and setting Lore's out as
       he got to work eating before he worked on getting the meat set
       up to dry, clearly showing his intention to stay.
       ——
       Lore heard the snap as he sighed softly. Once he had left did he
       even bother saying a word.”sorry..” he knew that wouldn’t have
       been accepted- but sayin it so one sidedly seemed to help sooth
       himself.. which he only intended.
       When he saw the man half left did he begin to play a tune. The
       water of the oasis shifted to an elven form,  lute.. his lover.
       He began to play as his eyes watched the water form of his dead
       past dance so lively and happily. He almost got lost into it
       before he heard the stalking of a fae to strum the wrong tune to
       watch it all fall apart. He shook let a breath out and played a
       bit before he heard about the food. His head turned and saw how
       the fae busied himself he ate quietly as he realized the fae
       would stay. “Thank you.” He said as he began to eat. His mind on
       things as he only ate half. He just sighed and tried to push to
       eat a bit more- but his emotional state was unable to.
       He sat down what was left and began to clean up this time as he
       looked at the back of griffin. He let a breath out.”thank you..
       for staying.” He said. His hands finishing up cleaning a dish to
       set it where it belonged.
       —-
       "I'm not doing it for you.... but... I also can't live with more
       blood on my hands either..." Griffin snapped before taking a
       deep breath as he tried to settle his anger. He had to remind
       himself it wasn't much of a betrayal when he shouldn't have
       trusted a complete stranger to begin with.
       It wasn't until well after an evening meal that Griffin finally
       calmed down some, picking up his guitar to strum out one of his
       favorite songs to try and ease his mind.
       ——
       Lore heard the snap and saw him going for his guitar. He went
       quiet and went for his lyre.
       He plucked a few strings. As words slowly came out. It wasn’t
       often he got to sing anymore- if he did it was with lute. A pair
       no one would have expected back then.. an elf and a drow. He
       figured the best way to give a story- was simply to sing. While
       he knew griffin pissed- least he’d understand where it started.
       *to the sands I go..
       Deep to hell far below
       Be it friend or foe
       Never again to be loved
       Or so says the one that cursed me till the day I die deep inside
       That I will never try to hide.
       First came the summon was a flutter, amazed at what I could but
       wondered..
       Came back to my lover….
       So lively and sweet…
       Had I known the curse…
       Wouldn’t have… “ he stilled.
       “Plucked that cursed peice!” Came out in more of a spoken word
       that seemed to be drenched in anger at himself and his position.
       “It’s not like I asked for it- that part wasn’t a lie- plucked
       to wrong chord to what was to summon a muse- a song of the gods
       themselves..” he told the man. “I had a lover.. he was my
       everything.. I didn’t know what the curse would do- just was
       told the carnal desires would satisfy.. so.. I laid with him.. “
       he said and his eyes got dark.”it wasn’t enough for him.. so he
       took over, and stole his life. But he smile anyway after he was
       dying and asked me to live and see the enchanted forest of the
       phoenix before I go.” He said. “I don’t expect you to like me,
       or be happy with this arrangement- see me to that place and then
       after you won’t have to deal with me.. nor anyone else.” He said
       quietly.
       —-
       #Post#: 1661--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Truth and song 
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 24, 2026, 3:08 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       When Griffin heard Lore's lute start playing along, he tried to
       ignore the man, but then the drow began to sing a sad song
       recounting, what Griff assumed was his past.
       When the song drew to a close, Griffin was finally looking at
       Lore, a serious look on his face as he listened to what the man
       said in a far quieter tone. His eyes narrowing.
       "That place doesn't exist. You are right, I don't like you or
       this arrangement, but I don't exactly see an out. Least you have
       gotten to experience someone loving you so deeply... I don't get
       to have that now do I?..." He said flatly, bitterly even.
       "Suppose if you plan on hunting for this lost Valley... can't
       exactly stop you... or let you go off on your own..." He
       grumbled, before resuming toying with his instrument.
       ——
       Lore sighed as he heard the man deny the place he was seeking.
       He held the Lyre instrument close- the last thing he had of his
       lover. “If we don’t find it.. we can go from there- I just..
       wish to find a better resting place for lyre  and less bad
       memories.” He said quietly. “I got what was left of him.. I
       just.. can’t get there on my own clearly..” he said quietly.
       ——
       "We aren't going to find it, it's a waste of time *clearly*,"
       Griffin snarked as he got up from his seat and sat farther away
       from Lore as he began to play a song. The anger would take time
       to get past but at that moment, he didn't care, he had his own
       sketons sure but something about being used boiled his blood
       more than anything else. It would be less painful to rip his own
       eyes out.
       The fae kept his distance after that, too angry to even look at
       Lore until he noticed the man's tattoos begin to act up. "Demon
       acting up?" He questioned, a hint of concern for Lore in his
       voice.
       ——
       Lore flinched a bit in his response, he listened to the man play
       as he didn’t pay attention to his tattoos till griffin piped up.
       “Yeah.. sometimes I can stave off.. sometimes it’s hard.. “ he
       said as he laid there. “You’re welcome to have some angry sex-
       it’s probably what it’s picking up on is the tension.” Said lore
       as he sat up a little.
       ——
       A huff left Griffin at the suggestion of angry sex. Letting out
       his frustration and anger with Lore in a more constructive way,
       did sound more appealing than just sitting there angry.
       "Does it hurt?" He questioned next as he pulled his shirt off,
       his belts and weapon following sortyly before Griffin let his
       pants drop and kneeled down next to Lore and began to roughly
       pull off his clothes.
       —-
       Lore felt the clothes being practically rented off-.”sometimes..
       it’ll do physical pain, or burn through whatever I ate and make
       me feel like I’m starving.” He commented. His eye took in the
       man’s face wondering how he would take him- and hoped the thing
       inside would continue being happy enough to let them live.
       —-
       "What compelled you to make a contract with such a creature?"
       Griffin questioned before his mouth became occupied with a bite
       to the man's shoulder as he finished undressing, nothing too
       hard but would definitely leave a mark.
       He then used his spit to get himself wet before roughly
       thrusting himself inside, giving the man another bite while he
       adjusted.
       —-
       “More like tricked- was offered a way to create more spells by
       music- claimed to be more than the muse.. I was stupid.” Said
       lore as he grunted at the bite.  His eyes widened at the sudden
       thrust before feeling teeth again. “Go ahead.. you can be
       rougher.. I won’t break.” He purred purposefully. “Why do you
       feel you can’t leave me alone? If I die it’s not really blood on
       your hands.. it be a fool dying for being dumb.” He said before
       he felt the rough thrusting more to grunt and groan.
       —-
       "Because you are a coward like I am... you aren't going to just
       lay down and die.... you will lure more people here who can't
       keep this thing inside you happy and will die.... like I said
       before.... I'm not staying for you..." Griffin practically
       growled, letting all the anger and frustration he felt towards
       Lore into his hips. He did feel for the man being conned into
       accepting this demon.
       "I'm a deserter.... you kill people with sex... two peas in a
       pod..." He huffed as he claimed the man quite savagely as his
       hand reached up to pull the drow's hair.
       ——
       Lore made his bodies the rough treatment just seemed to get
       rougher as he listened to the man talk. The pull at his hair was
       enough to make his eyes roll back.”mmhmm.. I’m a filthy drow..
       so punish me.” He said in a tone that rolled into him getting
       into it. His tattoo gave a warm feeling showing him the thing
       was being pleased.”getting close!” He said as he felt himself
       getting close to coming undone.
       ——
       "Oh, I'll punish you alright,"growled the fae as he used the
       drow under him. "Fucking cum and make a mess of yourself... I'm
       not nearly done with you," Griffin said darkly and he lost
       himself in the passion of their connection, finally kissing Lore
       deeply as he spent the next *several* hours taking out his anger
       and frustration.
       He finally wore himself out, collapsing ontop of his lover.
       ——
       Lore made a gasp, and a swallow at the change in griffin. The
       tightened grip in his hair and the threats of not being done
       made the tattoo grow in intensity as all he could do was just
       get lost in the sex. He heard how fae could be- most civilized
       in the jungle by now had a hold of it and learned the patterns
       of heat.. but griffin seemed down right feral in his treatment.
       He laid there, marked in bites and hickies to feel griffin
       collapse on top.his hand eased on the fae. He never imagined the
       guy being exactly what that demon needed. Having it react that
       much more though- was concerning.
       ——
       A shiver ran through Griffin at Lore's gentle hands before the
       fae slowly relaxed as he caught his breath. When he did finally
       try to pull away, his legs about gave out, so he just let
       himself fall into the sand nearby. "I... may have overdone it...
       I... didn't hurt you did I?" He questioned before his wings
       buzzed to life taking on what his legs refused before slowly
       working on getting then both cleaned up.
       "Is the fuckface inside of you satisfied?" He questioned, hoping
       the intense romp had helped the man.
       ——
       Lore face a soft smile.”I’m alright- question is - are you? “ he
       asked his hand steadying griffin the best he could as he was
       recovering.
       He chuckled at the language - given he hardly met many fae that
       would speak this way anymore- it felt refreshing.”for now.. odd-
       how he wanted it again.. it wasn’t this frequent- you must be
       special.” He said quietly,
       ——
       "It's a demon... makes sense that it's greedy... there isn't
       anything special about me... just have a sex drive that can keep
       up it seems..." Griffin said dismissively. Any special quality
       vastly overshadowed by his faults in his own mind. "I'm fine...
       well.. I'll be fine, just took a lot out of me that time...." He
       added as he redressed before laying out a blanket to lay under
       the stars to sleep for the night.
       ——
       Lore sighed.”you shouldn’t sell yourself short.” Said the drow
       as he watched him redress and get things set up for sleeping.
       For a brief.. moment did he see lute.. him doing the same
       thing.. he stayed where he was pulling his things on.. he didn’t
       want to invade the man’s space.. given the circumstances and the
       fact he alone had betrayed the man- didn’t want to make the man
       feel they had to be close.  His eye looking him over softly.
       -
       It took *days* for Griffin to work through his anger, taking
       most of it out of Lore when the man needed intimacy, but by the
       time they hit a week in the oasis did a depression overcome the
       fae, not getting up and angrily making breakfast like he usually
       did.
       -
       Lore started getting use to the patterns of the angry sex. Being
       used as a form of getting it out as he let the man progress the
       situation the way he only seemed to know. He woke with a start
       to notice no real smells of food and got a bit worried.”griffin…
       are you okay?” He asked as his hand went to the man’s shoulder.
       -
       A groan of complaint came from Griffin when he felt a hand on
       his shoulder and Lore's worried voice. "I'm fine...." mumbled
       the fae, the angry sharp tone he had been holding all week gone.
       Being the deserter and monsterous coward he was, it seemed
       fitting this would be end up in a situation like this.
       His wings buzzed for a moment as if shaking off how long they
       had been still before he rolled onto his back. "If you need
       sex... just... fuck me or ride me... I don't care..." He added,
       groggily looking at the drow.
       -
       Lore took the bite of lack of sharp tone. The fact he seemed to
       roll over and told the man if he wanted sex to just do
       whatever.. left a bad taste in lore’s mouth. He hoped on some
       level they’d have a connection- even if it was just friendly.
       “It.. doesn’t need anything right now.” He said now worried for
       the fae’s mental state,
       He pulled the lyre to him to pluck a few strings. He began to
       play a tune- was meant to be soothing, his mind wandering as he
       cleared his throat.”how about.. we do something constructive?”
       He said as he paused his music.”can teach you how to create a
       message that can travel distances.” He said as he hoped to snag
       the droopy fae.
       -
       When Lore said the demon didn't need anything, Griffin didn't
       move. The soothing sound of the drow's playing was at least
       enough to keep his mind off of the darker thoughts circling his
       mind.
       The fae turned his head to look at Lore with a questioning look
       when the man stopped playing and suggested they do something
       constructive.
       A scoff left Griff when the man suggested a spell to send
       messages. "What for... don't have anyone to send a message to,
       all dead or think I'm dead..." He said morbidly, though he did
       turn onto his side more facing the man at least,despite his
       words, he was still fascinated with the musical magic.
       -
       “Never know if you’ll need it-even useless songs tend to have
       its worth.” Said lore.  His fingers strummed as he sang.
       “To the fae across the way.. this a message I will say.. ..” he
       said  as a hawk formed as he whispered for the thing to hop to
       griffin. “What did the parrot say to the monkey?” A pause. “Hows
       it hanging?” Lore made a small goofy grin.”I know it’s a stupid
       joke but it’s a little funny.” He said as he strummed.”it’s good
       in emergencies too especially if it’s for help. “
       He said as he played a si a do and a si as a rabbit hopped out.
       It would hop around griffin as it would twitch its nose and say
       ‘help!’ Before it poofed. “It does take a form of a rabbit, a
       cheeta or a bird-  and play enough they’ll split looking for
       help.” He told Griffin. “Back in the old days- lute and I used
       these to send messages- it was highly frowned upon for elves and
       drow to mix.” He said slipping out his past a little.”it’s saved
       us plenty of times given the fanatics around here - heck I know
       how to do music for fake rippers too to drive off the wild ones
       when they get too close.” He said as he looked at griffin.
       -
       At first, Griffin just watched and rolled his eyes at the joke,
       even smiling slightly at the rabbit, though it dropped the
       instant Lore brought up the lover the demon had killed. "Sounds
       useful..." He murmered sitting up a little, mentally debating
       over if he really wanted to indulge the man.
       He was brought back to that first evening with Lore. It had
       seemed like fate, but it felt sullied, soiled even, by
       deception. He remembered how *desperate* he was to learn form
       Lore. His love of music fueling the desire.
       Even given what had happened, the fae couldn't entirely hide his
       intrest as he slowly picked up his guitar to test out the tune
       Lore had played.
       -
       Lore saw how he went for his instrument and smiled a bit to see
       him *trying.* he saw a bird come right out and smiled
       wide.”looky there.” He said as he seemed to try to touch it to
       poof. “It’s kinda sad how brief they are.. but think there is
       one I loved and learned long time ago.. if you ever decide to go
       into performance and like water- this is up your ally.” He said
       as he grabbed his lyre as he played a few tunes.”even to the
       point of walking on water yanno.” He said as he began to play,
       it was light and lively. Lutes steps were in his head. It been
       forever since he really danced. His foot hit the water feeling
       exactly as it was suppose to feel. Every step looking as if it
       glowed. His body seemed to flow before a water like partner
       would join him. Seemingly like a fish in the air. He made the
       sound that he felt was like a hum of bees to have smaller
       droplets follow as he seemed to have fun with it. “Honestly.. it
       always picked up my mood.” He told the man. “Course.. ya stop…”
       he splashed right on in the water to give a chuckle before
       swimming a little enough to be in the shallows. He didn’t mind
       getting his clothes wet.. he knew it be hot soon and this was
       how he staved it off often.
       -
       It took several tries but soon enough a bird came into being
       before it disappeared the moment it was touched. Then it seemed
       the drow was getting excitable as he claimed to love this song
       before giving a rather mesmerizing performance before going into
       the water.
       It was, frustrating how attractive and endearing he found the
       drow. He could imagine him preforming with the lover he spoke
       of, now seemingly quite often since Griffin had found out about
       the man. The look in Lore's eyes when he spoke about the man,
       help a love that Griffin knew he would never have. The bitter
       depression sinking back in.
       "Don't think I'm the preforming type..." Griffin grumbled before
       setting his guitar down and laying back down, ignoring the growl
       of hunger coming from his stomach.
       -
       Lore went quiet a bit. He clutched the lyre instrument. “I… will
       go hunt.. you fed me plenty.. it’s my turn. “ he said as he kept
       the cheerful tone he could muster. “Hope you like boar.. or
       snake..” he said thoughtfully to step a bit of a ways away. He
       paused a bit to look at the back of the fae. He took a breath to
       do just that as he wasn’t sure what to do.
       The man was sad.. and he knew it wasn’t something anyone could
       get over. He lured him in and used him.. his own desperation to
       get to the place as fast as possible was waning. His body moved
       to see a few snakes as he made his move to take it to feel it
       bite.. but due to having a demon in him- it did nothing as he
       took his time cutting their heads off.
       “Swear… your always like this..your trying too hard lore,
       sometimes it’s okay to accept that things just…going to be
       tough.”
       Lore blinked as he said.”I got to at least try lute I can’t just
       have him be..” lore paused as he looked back for a second. There
       was no lute. He sighed as it was happening again.
       After lutes death it was as if he’d have bouts of
       hallucinations. Some being past victims. He shook a bit as he
       felt the color drain. “I … really don’t deserve to live.. it
       should have been you..” was all he could say as he finished.
       He then moved back to camp to prepare things.. ignoring the burn
       going on with his tattoos.. he often did test how long the thing
       would take.. but today he wouldn’t try unless it was desperate..
       he didn’t want to further griffins depression.
       He finished cooking to set it by the man.”you need to eat.” He
       said as he ate some for himself and kept distance between him
       and griffin.
       -
       "Have fun... be careful..." Griffin said as if on auto pilot for
       his response. He way laying exactly how Lore had left him not
       having moved a muscle. In fact, the fae didn't move when the
       food was placed nearby.
       "Not hungry.... looks like your demon is though..." Griffin said
       with a frown, his half lided eyes gazing at Lore as he watched
       the man's tattoos react.
       -
       “Oh I can go for a little longer- can’t just keep jumping on it
       just cause it glows.” Said lore. “And even if you’re not- you
       should eat a little bit.” He said as he ate some food in his
       bowl. His face went up, he swore for a moment he thought he saw
       hands on griffin that snaked around before seeing a shifter he
       had come across months ago. His eyes dipped down and back up to
       see it gone. He finished what he had left as he sat the bowl
       down. “I was thinking of visiting an oasis I heard about. Heard
       all sorts of stories of it,  of it being the only one the tribes
       hadn’t warred over... Something about it being untouched and
       wild.” He said. “Also it’s said to be a place of origin and
       beginnings.. before this whole place became a desert wasteland.”
       He finished to play with the sands.
       -
       An eye roll left Griffin at the man's reasoning, he was going to
       protest before he felt *hands* on his body. The fae stiffened
       even more feeling a man pressed against his back causing him to
       practically jump out of his skin and was 20 ft in the air within
       a blink of an eye, seeing the man disapear as quickly as he
       appeared.
       "**Who the fuck was that??**" he yelled, clearly unsettled by
       not being able to see that man who had just molested him. He
       heard nothing of what Lore had said and didn't understand why
       the man wasn't freaking out as well.
       "Be careful, I don't know where that fucker went!" He half
       yelled so Lore would hear him, though clearly he wasn't planning
       on coming down from his safe vantage point.
       ——
       Lore blinked and saw griffin practically jump and was in the air
       to get the most confused look. “***what are you talking about
       it’s just us!*** he called out as a man looked around his face
       clearly seeming confused.. there didn’t seem to be a man for
       miles. Course a man in the shade seemed to call out.”you should
       listen to him lore!”
       Lore would seem to tilt his head and shake it before turning to
       see nothing.
       ——
       "**Do you just have friends here to fuck with me now? I just saw
       the fucker we are not alone!**" Griffin protested, his head
       quickly turning to the voice of someone in the shade before
       watching them too vanish.
       "**if this is some kind of prank it's not funny Lore! Tell your
       buddy to come out! I'll only stab him a little...**" he yelled,
       getting more and more agitated, his weapon drawn now and diving
       at the next apparition he saw to get it to vanish a second
       later, bringing him down to being at least closer to the ground,
       his heart racing as his body was ready for a fight.
       ——
       ***I hadn’t had anyone around me in years griffin!***
       He started as he saw how his weapon out to get confused. His
       face turned to see lute, albeit briefly before he vanished.
       Lore started to shake a bit before he asked griffin.”..you… saw
       that.. right?” He asked as an emotional tone shone. Tears
       started to form.”that… was real right?” A hard lump in his
       throat came up. Had the demon started a different form of
       torture? Would he see and hear the man again to seem him just
       vanish? So many questions filled his head as he lost feelings in
       his legs to collapse to kneeling. He covered his ears as he
       clearly was having a mental breakdown.
       ——
       To say Griffin was confused was an understatement. "Of course I
       saw that? Why the fuck do you think I'm freaking out??" The fae
       questioned in exasperation. The fear fueling the fae shifted to
       worry as he watched Lore's legs give out before holding his
       head. It seemed the drow was chosing a horrible time to have a
       breakdown, so, Griffin landed nearby, on guard as he waited for
       the next vanisher to appear. He couldn't tell what they were,
       but they were definitely real.
       "I don't think this area is safe if we got shadow walkers
       jumping around on us like this...." He said, mostly to himself,
       rather than wait for Lore to pull it together, Griffin swiftly
       tossed the distraught drow over his shoulder to try and move the
       man to a bit more of a secure location, his military training
       taking full effect.
       ——
       Lore felt the toss on the shoulder to squirm a little.. to
       finally just letting it happen. “That wasn’t him.. he died.. “
       he started to ramble on their way to a different location.  Lute
       manifested behind griffin as he put his hand to his chin- this
       certainly was going to be a problem if the man often would turn
       to this, he vanished quietly as lore finally seemed to calm
       down.”griff.. I’m okay… I think I can walk now.” He said as he
       hung there like a sack of potatoes.
       —-
       "Right because okay people collapse... those shadow walkers must
       of spiked the food you made..." Griffin said in a paranoid
       manner, at this point having made some distance from camp after
       he had packed it all up with his blade between his teeth as Lore
       took up his other arm.
       By the time they left the oasis he had finally put away the
       blade as he carried everything he possibly could. It was as if
       the man was on a trench march to bring back a wounded man.
       "Next time I tell you to stay put stay there Skully..." Griffin
       added grumpily, showing just how dissociated he was in that
       moment.
       In fact, when he eventually put Lore down, he was highly
       confused at not finding a broken leg to set. Holding his own
       head as the realization hit him that he wasn't with his platoon.
       He dropped the packs he brought down near a rock outcropping yo
       provide a bit of shelter before finally sitting down, his whole
       body on high alert.
       ——
       Lore sighed as he finally got to a distance to hear another
       name.”skully?” He questioned till he realized.. he was in his
       head. The body language his behavior was signs of ptsd.”griff?”
       He said rather softly, “hey.. relax.. it’s just us.” He said
       with a worried look.”it’s me.. lore- yanno- the asshole?” He
       said with a bit more of a worried look.
       ——
       "Shhhhh, or they will here us," Griffin snapped in a harsh
       whisper, reliving a pretty terrible memory when the man said his
       name before looking extreamly disoriented when Lore tried to
       remind him who he was, finally pulling him back into reality.
       The fae moved to hug his knees and hide his face as his whole
       body shivered for several long moments as he attempted to not
       break down in front of the man. "I'm fine..." He voiced to the
       worried tone.
       ——
       Lore saw him come back enough to hear his words. He crawled over
       and drew the man in with no words. He rubbed the man’s back as
       all he could think.. of what a pair they had made.
       —-
       The fae gave no resistance to Lore's embrace, even leaning into
       the drow as the man comforted him. The hand rubbing his back
       slowly easing him fully out of his episode before he moved to
       kiss Lore, deciding he wanted the man's affection in that moment
       even if it wasn't genuine.
       ——
       Lore felt the man felt his head taken in some hands. He saw
       griffins emotional look on his face- looking in need of comfort
       to feel his mouth. He drew griffin in closely as he was being
       careful. He let griffin dictate whether it was a go as he slid
       his hands up and down the man’s back before pulling at the man’s
       clothes.
       ——
       Having Lore hold him like this had Griffin relaxing fully into
       the man's arms. Something he hadn't done since he found out the
       truth about the demon in Lore. The pair making out rather
       passionately before Griffin felt the tug on his shirt.
       The fae broke the kiss, looking into Lore's eyes. "Feeling
       needy?" He questioned softly before pulling back enough to
       discard his shirt. This had been the longest they had gone
       without sex since meeting, and Griffin didn't want the drow in
       pain.
       ——
       Lore nodded softly before going back into the kissing, he
       couldn’t get enough. Sure the demon always seemed to need to be
       satisfied but.. he was taking his time this time.. and his
       attention on the man in front of him. He softly flipped him over
       before sliding down kissing his neck chest.. abs.. to take the
       man in his mouth as he began to suck him off.
       —-
       Something about the way Lore nodded and the fresh needy passion
       in the kiss felt different than any other time the man had
       kissed the fae. The movements unrushed as Griffin found himself
       slowly shifted onto his back and undressed as Lore practically
       worshiped his body. If this was fake? Lore was a scarily good
       actor.
       Each kiss making the fae feel warmer and more turned on, a loud
       moan escaping him when Griffin took his now throbbing member
       into the hot warm mouth.  Griffin couldn't keep his eyes off the
       drow.
       ——
       The drow continued his movements, focusing on griffins needs-
       this was different as he was giving the pleasure not the other
       way around like the greedy demon liked. Once he felt the man
       slick enough would he impale himself and began to rock his hips
       against the man as he lip locked with griffin, his hands sliding
       down the man’s form.
       ——
       By the time Lore pulled his lips away, Griffin had become a
       moaning mess, he let out a groan of complaint with the drow's
       soft lips pulled away but moan out hotly when he felt Lore
       settle onto his member. His hips bucked up into Lore as his arms
       wrapped around the man, eagerly kissing him back.
       His thrusts matched his lover's movements as Griffin was slowly
       brought closer and closer to a peak. It was so different than
       any other time he had laid with the man that it almost felt like
       what he imagined making love would feel like.
       ——
       Lore went at his pace till he saw griffin coming close. His
       fingers brushing places as he brushed the hair from his face to
       get back into the kissing to say against them.”cum with me?” He
       quickened his pace and before long would he come undone and
       making a mess of himself and griffin.
       ——
       "Yes..." Griffing moaned out against Lore's lips, every touch
       and graze sending electricity through his body until he felt
       Lore tighten around him, seeing the man come undone as he sped
       up.
       The fae came hard, filling the drow with his seed as the man
       made a proper mess out of the both of them. Griffin pulled Lore
       into another deep kiss, not done with the man as he flipped them
       over and began to slowly thrust into him all over again,
       claiming the drow for several more long moments before he
       finally pulled out and layed on his side, holding Lore close. A
       far cry from the distance he had been putting between them in
       previous encounters of this kind.
       ——
       Lore felt the deep kiss before he was flipped and became another
       whole mess. He cuddled griffin closely before falling asleep.
       Lute manifested out of the peripherals of the fae to slowly come
       out. “Hey.. are.. you okay?” Asked the blonde elf. “Didn’t mean
       to spook you.. I just.. needed water.” He said as he sat down a
       bit.
       ——
       A soft smile came to Griffin's lips watching Lore fall asleep
       his body tensing when he noticed the blode elf as he slowly
       approached. The fae moved Lore so the man way laying on some
       furs before covering the man up and turning to pull on clothes
       and grabbed a water skin to hand it over. "I'll be fine, not the
       first time I've been triggered like that... probably not going
       to be the last..." He said, eyeing the stunning elf.
       "Don't think I've ever seen a blonde shadow walker," he teased a
       little lightheartedly, though he was very much on edge as if
       expecting others to arrive out of the shadows as the moon rose
       high above them.
       ——
       Lute gave a rather soft smile at the tease as he took the
       waters. Of course when the moon would hang high above did lute
       lack a shadow. “Shadowwalker huh? Be convenient least better
       than my current circumstances..” said the man before his eyes
       trailed to lore. A strand of blonde hair hung in his
       face.”griffin yes?… you.. can call me lute.” He said with a wide
       grin. “Thank you for being there for lore.. been trying to get
       him to recognize I’m not some … ghost or mirage… but it’s like
       he has blinders on.” He said with a sigh.
       ——
       A look of pure shock came to Griffin's eyes when the elf
       introduced himself as Lute after seemingly denying being a
       shadow walker. "Lute? But... Lore said... you died.... if you
       aren't a ghost.... then what are you?" He questioned, reaching
       out to brush the stray hair away almost trying to confirm the
       man was solid.
       The man was definitely not a ghost he felt like flesh and blood.
       "Are you hungry?" He questioned. Unsure if whatever Lute was now
       needed to eat. He wasn't even entirely sure he believed the man,
       yet the lack of a shadow and the way the elf looked at Lore told
       him the blonde wasn't lying.
       ——
       “Mm.. more like stuck between this world and the next.. I can’t
       exactly explain it. “ he told griffin. He felt his hair pushed
       back a bit.”a little bit.. guess it shows I have some life
       right?” He sighed.”I know you’re not exactly happy with him- but
       .. he’s not a bad guy..“ he told griffin. “Guess you could say..
       the demon takes the shadow of ourselves in the act of we just
       don’t fit.. lore never told you if he had to bury a body yes? ..
       cause there was no body to bury.. but that thing still managed
       to take our existence from this world.. honestly.. “ he said as
       he put his fingers to his chin. “Only time I was able to
       properly manifest was when shadow was present though.. or at
       night when the moon is at half the phase or full. New moon I can
       talk but you won’t see me.” He said as he sat down. “Least I’m
       able to be out here again.. that wretched prison… the one that
       touched you was Vai.. sorry he scared you.. just was surprised
       he was out.. he was a bird shifter.. “ he explained. “If any
       other manifest beware of the fanatic with the red eye covering-
       he can be brutal.. and Maverick.. he was a fai that got a bit
       too possessive.. he wasn’t kind to lore in anyway- he will see
       you as a threat.” He said honestly.”the few good ones are me..
       vai and lunae- don’t let the face fool you- it’s a man.” He said
       blushing a bit. “And don’t let him lie to you.. that demon was
       being greedy and hurting him.” He said with a darkened look.
       ——
       When Lute confirmed he was hungry, Griffin quickly got something
       together for the man something to eat. "I wonder if there is a
       way to bring you back entirely to this plane of existence...
       clearly... you are alive..." Griffin found himself saying.
       "I... don't handle surprises well... I was captain of two
       platoons... lost everyone in a surprise attack..." He explained.
       "I'll keep an eye out for the kthers... but... how do we
       convince Lore you are real? Pretty sure when I tried to attack
       you earlier... it broke him seeing you..." He questioned.
       #Post#: 1662--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Truth and song 
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 24, 2026, 3:14 pm
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       Lute took the food to start eating as he listened. “That’s cause
       he’s ridden with great amount of guilt.. his face.. I told him
       to go to the land of the pheonix.. hoping the fire bird  had a
       way to fix this..” said the elf. He seemed to think. A grin
       crossed his face as he remembered the man could *touch* him.”I
       know of a way..” he said to crawl over the sand.”might make him
       jealous.. but that’s what he gets having to see him with such a
       cute energetic man.. all to himself.” He said before his mouth
       touched griffins.
       —-
       A nod of understanding came from Griffin when Lute explained his
       desire to go to the land of the phinox. A curious expression
       coming to his face when the elf grinned at him like that.
       He raised an eyebrow when the man claimed to know a way to prove
       it to Lore before Lute was closing the distance between them.
       He blushed dark when it dawned on him what the man might intend
       when he was called energetic and cute before letting out a
       surprised noise when Lute kissed him, letting his arms encircle
       the man as they made out. He wasn't sure how far Lute intended
       to go, but he had a feeling such activities were bound to wake
       Lore.
       —-
       Lore heard noises of someone making out as he groggily moved to
       turn.. and saw *lute* and griffin going at it as he shot up.
       Given he only saw the back of the blonde mans head to go
       over.”hey you shouldn-“ he started his face looking a bit
       jealous that griffin found someone already to see lute.”lute..”
       he said as he backed up. Lute laid on griffin.”mmhmm… see I am
       real- now maybe you’d actually listen!” He said worn a puff of
       his face.
       ——
       “Mhmm.. got to have you now it’s my turn.” Said the elf as he
       climbed in the faes lap. His body giving a soft grind as he told
       lore.”sit.. maybe if your good griff here and I can play with
       you.” Said the elf as he tugged his clothing as his mouth went
       on the faes.
       ——
       Griffin gladly kissed Lute back when the man got in his lap and
       began to undress, the idea of Lore watching them bringing
       thrills all through him and he wasn't sure way. The jealous way
       the man stared at them. He was happy to discard the clothing he
       had before his hands started to roam the elf before cupping the
       back of the man's head to kiss him deeper. There was no denying
       the elf in his lap.
       ——
       The soft moan and the slip down.. till his mouth on the fai,
       pressing his mouth a bit on the member to stare down lore as he
       began to suck. Lore swallowed visibly and seemed to gain a very
       visible pout as he watched the two starting to go at it.
       ——
       When Lute began to head down, Griffin blushed quite dark,
       especially when the man took him into his mouth and started to
       suck, making eye contact with Lore. The pout on Lore's face made
       him smirk a little, almost feeling like he was getting back at
       the man for lying to him in a way.
       His head fell back as moans escaped him, a hand covering his
       mouth to keep himself quiet.
       ——
       Lute put his hand in griffins.”nope let him hear - trust me- I’d
       hear an invader quite before it hits.” He said as he
       continued,slowly sinking on the man as he began to ride him.
       “Look at that griff..” moaned the elf.”he looks pretty jealous
       hmm? Best way to get him back… just so you know…” he paused.”you
       can pound me any time I manage to manifest..” he purred as their
       mouths connected again.
       ——
       Having Lute take his hand and insist Griffin let Lore hear him,
       insisting he would know if an invader was anywhere close. The
       moans getting *much* louder when the elf impaled himself on the
       fae and began to ride him.
       He couldn't help but look over at Lore, taking in that jealous
       look, especially as it got worse at Lute's suggestion of taking
       the elf when he manifest to get back at the drow.
       "I can *definitely* do that..." Griffin purred before his lips
       were covered by Lute's again, the fae thrusting up into the elf
       at an increasing pace until he was giving the man a nice rough
       ride.
       ——
       The more the treatment went the more lute let his voice out, it
       was clear he had a nice tone, his hips rocking a bit till he
       felt himself coming undone. Once they finished did he clean up
       griffin.”do you get it now?” He asked as he cleaned.”I’m re-“ he
       started to see his hand taken and face before feeling lore’s
       mouth.
       There was no needy touch.. a simple kiss of relief.  Lore sat
       back.”I’m glad… I thought I killed you…” he said with an
       emotional tone.
       “I know… I can feel when you’re hurting.. you’ve been hurting a
       long time.. now we got to figure out how to seperate us and the
       two psychos on you. Those two manifest they will do harm.” He
       said seriously.
       —-
       The more noises Griffin got out of Lute, the more he wanted to
       hear as he plowed into the man until they both came completely
       undone. The fae laid out, entirely exaughsted after feeding the
       demon and his little romp with Lute, combined with having hiked
       and carried Lore for a while along with the camp stuff.
       A smile cane to his lips seeing Lore and Lute kiss like that and
       begin to reconnect, he diffted off to sleep, lightly snoring not
       long after.
       ——
       Lute heard the snoozing to chuckle.”well he is tired after
       hauling your ass, fucking at least twice..” said the blonde
       before he was tugged off.”I want you too.” He heard before he
       saw him fading.”another time.. just know …”
       “I’m alive..”
       Lores eyes flew open the next morning. He had fallen into a
       fitful hurt sleep. But he looked at the marks on griff as it
       told him it wasn’t a dream. “How..: are we going to fix this?”
       He sounded to sigh deeply.
       ——
       The sudden movement of Lore when the sun was finally peaking
       over the horizon had the fae sitting up quickly and looking
       around for danger, sighing heavily when he saw nothing. "Don't
       scare me like that..." Griffin complained before realizing he
       was naked.
       He worked on getting dressed before speaking. "Lute mentioned
       there is a phinox in that lost valley place you mentioned
       before. He thinks that guy could probably help... I'll get some
       breakfast going and we can get moving to a bettering campsite."
       He suggested as he stretched. His mood *worlds* better than it
       had been in a long time
       —-
       Lore blushed a bit.”sorry..” he said before turning to hear him
       mention the place the man said didn’t exist before.  It seemed
       griffin was more than in a good mood. “Ah.. yeah..” Said lore as
       last night came to mind. His face went to a small frown and felt
       the pang of jealousy. Finally finding lute and him and griffin
       going at it settled in his head.”I.. ah.. can help with finding
       a better campsite..” he said grabbing the instrument to strum a
       little bit.
       His bird scout came out as he closed his eyes as it flew off.”go
       hunt I’ll find a suitable camp this way.” He said as he stuffed
       his feelings down. It went from feeling jealous to feeling like
       he deserved to feel a little hurt.. after the stunts he had
       pulled.
       —-
       It wasn't hard to pick up on Lore acting a little off, though
       the fae quickly attributed it to the man being upset about the
       previous night. "Alright, I'll meet you back here in an hour or
       I'm hunting *your ass* next," he teased with a smirk the
       playfulness finally resurfacing before he headed out to go and
       hunt.
       It didn't take him long to secure food for breakfast to bring it
       back and having it cooking in under an hour. When Lore wasn't
       back yet, he kept glancing at the sun trying to decide if he
       needed to look for the man.
       —-
       Lore was on his way.. looking about the sands.. until he
       happened on another small oasis. He couldn’t help but go over to
       the waters of the place as his hand ran in the water.
       He could feel the depression setting in not noticing a man in
       the shadow. Maverick.. had managed to manifest to grin wide at
       the ass he saw. He frowned at the fact he was still a bit far..
       and vanished when he saw lore about to turn. Lore saw no one
       before hearing.”lore get that hand out!” But far too late, a
       hand shot out to drag the man under as he came face to face with
       Casimir in its depths.
       A look of horror took before he saw another form snag Casimir,
       forcing him to dissipate before going up. He recognized Vai to
       pop his head up and swim over to get out and scramble away to a
       tree as he heard.”Casimir never dissapoints.” His head turned to
       see Maverick again to scream and got in the sun.”oh.. you can
       get away now.. but.. just wait till night falls..” said the man
       with the wider grin.
       ——
       When another hour passed with no sign of Lore, Griffin was
       unhappy and worried about the drow as he packed up the food he
       had made and everything else before tracking down where the man
       had gone. He was surprised when he found the drow looking into
       the shade of a tree in terror and saw another man, Griffing
       dropped his things and was quick to fly to get in front of his
       lover with his blade drawn.
       "The hell is going on? What did you do?" He questioned with
       worry, ready to fight whoever he had to.
       ——
       Lore saw griffin a bit later and saw him come between him and
       the man I the shadow. Maverick smiled and put his hand out. He
       frowned as the hand vanished.”curse this wretched state! I’ll
       have you my drow.. the fact you have more pisses me off- I’ll
       make you remember.” He snapped before he vanished as lore clung
       to griffin.”not all were as sweet and kind like you and the
       shifter and lute..” he said and sobbed audibly. “I thought
       people died from what I did- I should have expected those two
       insane men to be around too.” He said and began to sob.”he
       wasn’t a good man.. while your the only one that hasn’t died-
       Maverick for some reason was able to stay.. guess the demon
       didn’t like the treatment and took care of it.. maybe I’m being
       punished.. “ he sobbed as he held his legs.”I’m sorry griff..
       Maverick can fight.. he more of a noble though.. the other.. the
       fanatic though? He’s insane.. I just begged for my life said I’d
       do whatever and well.. demon took him too.. I’m sorry.” He said
       as he tried to collect himself from his state of shock.”if it’s
       the case of them being around.. they won’t kill me.. hurt me
       sure.. but it’s a feeling? … but I don’t want to lose you cause
       of me..” he said as he tried to collect himself.
       ——
       A heavy sigh left Griffin at the stranger's words. He had
       remembered Lute warning him there were a few bad apples in the
       bunch. His attention was quickly turned to Lore's panicked and
       sobbing state. The fae was shocked for a moment before he picked
       Lore up bridal style before finding a nice sunny spot to put the
       man and held him.
       "Shhhhh it's okay, we will figure this out. I won't let him
       touch you... he might be able to fight but I bet I can fight
       better. I'm not going anywhere. Might not have ended up like the
       others... but you are stuck with me." Griffin tried to reassure.
       It wasn't until he at least got the drow to somewhat calm down
       that he started the process of setting up camp and gave Lore a
       bowl of food to eat while he waited. "It is going to be okay.
       Try and focus on the good, if even some of them are still alive
       they can be separated from you. Means you could get Lute back
       fully." He said.
       ——
       Lore wiped his face a bit. Somehow hearing griffin wouldn’t
       leave him calmed him down. He gave a soft nod before he grabbed
       the bowl. His hands shook a bit. But it seemed hearing the idea
       of lute coming back got a shaky relief of a sigh.”gonna be
       tricky at night.. who knows if they’ll come out every night or
       not..” he said flushing he took a bite of the food, the regrets
       of the past weighing far on his shoulders than normal.
       —
       "Well,  I didn't make captain by just looking nice. I think I'm
       scrappy enough to get us through the night if those freaks show
       up... I know what it feels like to wish you could have done
       different... but... we have to live with the past... but... you
       don't have to do it alone, promise...." Griffin said as he stole
       a kiss from the drow before working on cleaning up breakfast.
       —
       Lore nodded a bit and felt the kiss. The day went on as lore
       completely avoided the shade.. and the water. As the sun was
       beginning to touch to becoming dark did lore feel his skin
       crawl.  His heart stopped as both Casimir and Maverick popped
       up.”said night time would be a thing.” Said Casimir- it affirmed
       they could talk to each other.”Still man- not cool!” Whined the
       fanatic- “I wasn’t trying to kill ya.” He said as he began to
       stride, his worn out boots digging in the sand as he got his
       weapon that would look similar to knuckles.. just blades on them
       like claws.
       “Was wanting to scare the shit out of ya.” He said his smile
       going wide with a crazy look in his eye.”you trapped me so only
       right I get to fuck that ass all I want.” He said as he took off
       to rush at the man as Maverick- being all the wiser held back.
       —
       The day went by with Griffin slowly becoming higher and higher
       on alert until darkness finally began to fall. The moment it was
       dark enough, two men appeared. One seeming far more crazed as he
       ran at Lore with seemingly claws. In a flash, the fae was in
       front of Lore, wings spread wide  in a protective stance as he
       intersepted the fanatic and caught the bladed brass knuckles
       with his sword and swiftly parried the man and disarmed him.
       "**Back**. **Off**." Griffin said darkly, ready to fericly
       protect Lore.
       ——
       “***make me fae boy*** “hissed the fanatic as he felt his weapon
       get flung off to grab his knife.”maybe I’ll just fuck you in
       front of him?” He said in a tone that dripped in venom as he hit
       the blade down to go for a headbutt.
       Maverick gave a sigh as he grabbed his rapier to flank as lore
       strummed a tune to create a fighter that blocked him.”how long
       can you hold out lore- your nothing.. without me.. “ lore heard.
       “This all can stop if you just..”he started to see the crazed
       fanatic driving the far a bit back. “Give up!” He said breaking
       through to make a grab for lore.
       ——
       The fight got heated very quickly, Lore having to Summon a spell
       warrior to help protect him. He dodged back to escape the coming
       headbutt, only to see the other man going for Lore, causing the
       fae to take the next hit coming from the fanatic to scoop Lore
       up and take off into the air.
       "Just hold on, I don't think either of them can fly..." He said
       before a smirk crossed his lips. With a more vigorous flapping
       of his wings, a blue glowing dust drifted down. An anisteic of
       sorts also known as sleeping powder. Before Griffin had become a
       captain, he had been a field medic and such tricks were common
       place on the battle field. It would only take one breath of the
       dust to know whoever inhaled it out for hours.
       He hoped it would affect the aperitions, he didn't want to have
       to fly *all night*. But he would do it if it meant keeping Lore
       safe.
       ——
       The crazed fanatic stumbled a bit forward to catch himself to
       swing his leg out to kick at the fae man, it seemed the guy was
       ampt on taking the prey as he saw the two go up as lore clung to
       the man as he held on.
       Maverick was the first to fall. He never really dealt with much
       battle to know how to defend himself this way as he often had
       guards..
       Casimir though was a different all together monster.”haha! You
       think that will work fae boy!” He called up as his one wing
       shown. He scrambled for his knuckle like weapon and cut himself
       as it formed a chain to circle around the fae’s leg.”fuck!” Lore
       screamed.
       “Fuck indeed! Maybe you two getting it on might save you!” He
       called out as he began to pull at the chain slowly bringing it
       down.. by the time they seemed close enough did the powder
       finally affect him.”no… good…” he mumbled as he fell back to
       vanish.
       ——
       A grunt of pain left Griffin when he felt the chain wrap around
       his knee, beginning to drag him down. The more Casimir and
       Griffin pulled against eachother, the tighter the chain got, the
       harder the fae flew. Just as he felt an unnatural give, just
       before the fanatic disappear, causing Griffin to shoot up high,
       though, his entire leg just above the knee, was gone.
       "Oh fuck..." He said in shock before quickly flying down,
       dropping Lore into the sand as he scrambled to tie his leg off
       and stop the bleeding, focusing on an intense healing spell to
       at least keep himself from bleeding out.
       He collapsed back into the sand with an exhausted pant. "Are...
       are you okay?" He asked Lore, more worried about the drow than
       himself.
       —
       Basredun had been watching the drow and the fae for the past few
       hours, debating on whether or not he should make himself known
       to them. He'd seen the beings that emerged from the in between,
       their bond to the drow keeping them tethered to the mortal
       realm. He held back at first; not wanting to interfere with what
       was supposed to happen.
       Having traveled back in time looking for his lover and would be
       mate, Bas was mindful of not changing too much of the timeline.
       It could have adverse effects to what was in the present day.
       It wasn't until the fight ended and demon had maimed the fae,
       poofing back into the in-between that Basredun emerged from his
       hiding place.
       "Allow me to assist you," he spoke in the common tongue, pulling
       his hood off his face so they could see his face. "You're likely
       to pass out from the shock shortly, and the spirits will be back
       at the first opportunity to attack you again. I've dealt with
       this before," he added, making no movement towards them, not
       wanting to startle them further.
       After saying this, he pulled his dagger and short blade out and
       set them in the ground to prove he meant them no harm or ill
       will. He was certain his sudden appearance would make Lore more
       than a little wary. He refrained from calling his staff, knowing
       that would freak Lore out even more.
       Most drow sorcerors were not the most trustworthy types.
       -
       Lore freaked the moment he saw the leg come off as he scrambled
       more to griffin as he seemed lost on what to do.. but thankfully
       it seemed griffin had his mind enough to help himself and be
       more worried about Lore.”me?!? I’m not the one with the leg
       gone!!” He shouted as he was worried this would happen. He heard
       a voice to flinch and see a stranger.
       He saw the blade to get in front of griffin as he saw it go
       down.
       To see another of his kind put him on edge.. and looked at
       griffin.”f..fine.. help him..” said lore. He clung to griffin
       liked his life depended on it to feel tears.
       —
       A soft chuckle left Griffin when Lore yelled at him. "I'll...
       survive...." He said sounding quite delirious at this point. He
       gave no fight or protest to being helped, as he soon passed out
       from the combination of bloodloss and shock.
       —-
       Once he'd gotten the go ahead from the freaked out traumatized
       drow, Bas moved to kneel in front of the fae and began one of
       his healing chants. It was a good hour worth of work to get the
       fae's body recovered from the trauma and replenish the blood
       he'd lost. Unfortunately there was no way he could regrow or
       reattach the leg that had come off.
       "He'll need to rest for awhile so his body can handle the loss.
       Now, let me figure out what went wrong with your bonded ones.
       They're stuck between the living world and the in-between. The
       longer that goes on, the worse it will be for you."
       ——
       Lore watched as the drown worked at griffin the healing process
       taking its time as he held the man’s hand. Once things seemed to
       stabilize did he hear bas speak again.
       Lore seemed to pale at what he was told.. after finding relief
       that griffin was okay. “For me.. how..?” He asked carefully.
       —
       #Post#: 1663--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Truth and song 
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 24, 2026, 3:21 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Bas considered Lore for a few moments, realizing that the bonds
       had been initiated by the demon needing to be fed. It was more
       than a little concerning to realize that Lore hadn't had any say
       in the matter, or had been tricked into it.
       "Essentially the demon wasn't just using you to feed, but get a
       hold of a mortal being to keep himself from being sent to  the
       abyss. The stronger his hold and the other one that fights gets
       on you, the chance they can take over your body rises. If it
       wasn't for the other ones that are fighting for you, you'd be
       just a shell for the demon," he explained as best as he could.
       "I'll need to break them free if you, but to do that, I'll have
       to pull them out into this world. You'll be free of them, but
       they will also gain freedom to walk the earth once more,"
       -
       Lore blinked as he listened his arms around griffin. The idea of
       maverick or casimir controlling his body got even more stressed
       look.  Course the idea of having lute and the other two kinder
       ones free was tempting but- the evil ones.. Casimir in
       particular would be someone he would have to get rid of
       somehow.. his face had gained a dark look before wiping off as
       he felt soft arms and saw blonde hair as the man could feel his
       apprehension.
       “I think.. you should try…” said lute as he was relieved to be
       out.”I’m sorry I couldn’t help…” his eyes went to the man that
       laid on the ground.. his leg now missing. “Plus there be more of
       us to take care of that fanatic and that possessive asshole.” He
       said to look at baserun. “I know you don’t trust the guy- but he
       did help griff..” he said as the Drow quietly
       relented.”o..okay.. just.. give me a minute.” He told the other
       Drow as he freed a hand to kiss lute deeply.”if anything
       happens.. know that my love won’t change.” Said lore, he felt
       the hand drift away as lute vanished.
       “Okay.. so what do I do… now?” He asked.
       -
       Basredun could tell what he was suggesting freaked Lore out a
       great deal. There really was only a few ideas that came to mind
       dealing with the demon. If he bound it to himself, he could keep
       it in check better than Lore had. Not to mention he has Avariste
       to aid with it as well. He didn't actually say this idea out
       loud, not wanting the other drow to try and talk him out of it.
       His gaze softened at the interaction between the drow and the
       blonde elf. It was quite evident the two cared deeply for one
       another.
       "Just relax, it's mostly going to be on my shoulders, and
       Avariste. I'll summon my bonded servant and he'll help me break
       this possessive demon's hold on you. It's a rather involved
       magical ritual and will take me a bit to set up." Basredun
       replied and got up to press his magic amulet to alert Avariste.
       ***Avariste, I need your assistance, come to me,*** he spoke
       through his link to the shadow demon.
       Once his message was sent he began preparing for the ritual,
       setting up a circle of power, adding in binding and protective
       runes to the inside of the ring on the ground.
       It was luck that the ley lines around them were so strong. It
       would be quite helpful in binding the demon and limiting its
       abilities.
       -
       Lore still felt tense despite the reassurance..watching the man
       press the amulet and heard his words to a demon. He watched in
       fascination as bas’ shadow moved unnaturally, before it would
       seemingly pull up like someone was under a sheet.. it would form
       a man before it would- drop revealing a man who turned
       basredun’s way.
       The demon seemed to take in the work of his master and friends
       to help with what was left.”alright master.. mind telling me
       what we are dealing with?” He asked as he looked at the work
       done.
       -
       Basredun finished the incantation he'd been muttering and
       glanced up at Avariste's question. "Feels like it's a succubus.
       It was feeding off of the other drow's lovers and trapped them
       in an in-between realm when Lore tried to fight it off," he said
       explained.
       ***My plan is to bind it to me, and release the others from
       where they are being kept. I will need you to keep the two
       miscreant ones from hurting or getting away. I'll attempt to
       free the other three first so they can help, but as you know
       such plans don't always work,*** he added mentally, not wanting
       the succubus or the other bonded ones to hear his plans. It was
       likely they'd not be pleased with it.
       "Lore, I need you to join me in the circle. Avariste will guard
       your mate," he said next.
       Once they were inside, he called his staff and began the arcane
       chant, his eyes flashing; one bright yellow and the other pure
       white as the sigal runes began glowing a bright purple under
       their feet. A moment later they were surrounded by a magical
       ward that would keep the succubus from escaping.
       -
       Avariste listened to the man mentally to understand.  Avariste
       stood at the ready as he listened to the man speak to lore who
       clearly still looked apprehensive and nervous.
       Lore stepped his way inside careful of the set up.
       He listened to the man cast his magic as he felt his skin
       crawl.. the succubus had felt it, he doubled over feeling the
       wind knocked out of him.. or what felt like it as the tattoos
       seared. The pain of the separation was evident.. but as it did
       so the succubus was freed from the body of flesh to let out his
       own yell.
       **you dare break a pact?** his language fluttered out as
       Avariste made a face of his own. *quiet.. master bas is one to
       not a mere man..* said the demon before seeing a blonde elf
       appear, the five manifesting back for good.. their shadows
       showing their real selves. The shock wore off as casimir seeing
       the numbers- taking the ever loving hell off. Maverick though
       -went for lore to be knocked back by Avariste. The man was more
       important since the crazed one ran off.. wisely. Lunae had
       passed out, while the shifter Via, Avariste as his body collided
       with the man to subdue him,Basredun ignored the succubus' angry
       yell, flowing from one incantation to the next to bind the
       succubus' abilities so the creature couldn't use its seductive
       powers on him.
       His staff stone shone bright at the last word and flashed out,
       engulfing the succubus and tying its powers.
       "You broke the pact when you went beyond your limits and wrecked
       havoc on others not included in the pact," Basredun spoke in a
       calm strong voice.
       "I'll give you two options. You agree to a bond with me, or I
       can send you back to the abyss,"
       —
       The succubus, felt the chains wrap around it as the scuffle with
       Maverick took a turn, vai taken a cut to his chest as he flew
       back as Lute made a look. Avariste grappling the man to finally
       knocking him down. Given they were in the past- he wasn’t sure
       if the guy played a significant part.. so bounding seemed more
       of something to do. Lore laid on the ground as the bond had
       broken, his eyes closed. Given the stress of being unbound and
       free of the demon- left him in a very exhausted state.. as the
       chaos around him was finishing their work.
       —-
       The sounds of fighting drew Griffing back to the waking world, a
       groan leaving him as he tried to look around. A shot of
       adrenaline shooting through him at seeing who everyone was
       fighting and spotting the strangers. He was instantly trying to
       scramble to his feet, only to be reminded he was now one leg
       short, causing the exhausted fae to use his wings to get himself
       up and rush over to Lore. His arms wrapping protectively around
       his lover as he watched the fight.
       "What... what the hell is going on?" He questioned when the
       fighting finally stopped.
       —-
       When the succubus didn't give him any sort of an answer,
       Basredun made up his mind to let it suffer a similar fate as
       Lore's mates had.
       "Fine don't give me an answer, hope you like being locked up in
       limbo for awhile." Bas spoke in a cool tone.
       With one motion of his staff, a slit appeared in the air and
       opened behind the succubus. He forced the succubus in with an
       overpowering spell and sealed him away into a pocket of limbo he
       used to discipline or hold demonic creatures he came across.
       Luckily for the succubus, he'd be completely alone to dwell on
       his options free from distractions.
       Once that was done, Basredun moved join Avariste above Maverick
       and got on a collar that would keep the other from causing and
       further harm to Lore.
       "This collar will hit you with a thousand bolts of lightning if
       you even move towards Lore with evil intent,"
       He moved towards the now exhausted Lore and the fae that had
       been woken by the fight.
       "Lore is free of the demon and those that were inside him, to an
       extent. It'll take me a bit more work to undo the bonds
       completely. For now, they are tied to him. The one that ran off
       will have to be found. The rest, will need time to recover
       before I do more," he explained as best as he could.
       ——
       Maverick felt the collar as Avariste restrained him.”evil
       intent- hardly- I’m claiming what’s-“ he started before he felt
       the volts in his body to collapse.
       Lute rushed over to check over both the men as he looked over.”
       Casimir.. is going to be hard- he’s unpredictable- and
       borderline suicidal- or least I’m convinced he is..” he said
       with a sigh.
       “Griff take a minute.. I know you’re hurting too..” he said
       fussing over them.
       ——
       Basredun couldn't help but smirk a bit as the collar did its job
       instantly, shocking Maverick enough to shut him up, and zap the
       last ounce of strength he had.
       "Oh..I should have mentioned, it hurts really badly,"
       Basredun shrugged a bit at  the blonde elf's thoughts on the
       fanatic. "I've dealt with far worse people and demons."
       Basredun moved to help check out Lore and Griff, giving them a
       healing boost before settling down to rest a bit himself. Even
       for him, magic came at a cost. "We'll need to move to a better
       spot in a little bit. Try and catch your breath and rest a bit.
       Avariste could teleport us if you're all okay with going through
       the shadow realm. It can be a bit shocking the first time,"
       ——
       Seeing Lute fully there, shadow and all had Griffing staring in
       shock, though he didn't resist as the man fussed over him.
       "What... what the hell is going on....?" He questioned as he
       took in the strangers around them.
       "I'll, I'll be fine, just a leg," he tried to reason as he
       looked around. His wings even buzzing in stress when Bas
       aproched to heal the both of them.
       "Shadow realm? Is it dangerous?" He asked.
       ——
       Seeing the shocked look on Griffin's face at being surrounded by
       the strange faces, Bas explained they were the other lovers that
       had been bound and forced into a half existence due to the
       combined work of the succubus and maverick.
       "They'll be stuck to Lore for awhile longer until I regain my
       strength and break the bond that ties them to him."
       He shot a look at Avariste when Griffin asked if the shadow
       Realm was dangerous. "Well it's not like walking through a field
       of daisies, but it won't be dangerous if we move quickly enough.
       I can put protective charms on everyone to be safer," he
       suggested. "Still will take me an hour at most to regain my
       strength though,"
       ——
       While it was clear in Griffin's eyes he didn't trust the
       stranger, he listened and understood the situation. "If...
       Lore... and Lute are good with it... I have no objections,
       though a protection charm beforehand to be safe isn't a bad
       idea. Not exactly in a fighting condition..." Griffin finally
       said before flinching at the ache of his missing leg.
       —-
       Lute gave his nod.”I’m fine with it.. just do it when you’re
       able to.” Said the blonde. “And figure out how to get that
       fanatic later.” He told him. “Griff easy.. you’re still in
       pain..” he said to give a gentle stroke of the  man’s  hair.
       —-
       Basredun gave a nod to the two, and went scrounging through his
       magical extended pouch before drawing out a bottle of clear
       liquid.
       "A mouthful of this will help take away the pain Griffin is
       experiencing," he said holding it out to Lute.
       After taking a short nap while Avariste kept an eye out, Bas
       stood and slowly put protective charms on each of the others.
       "Just keep a hold to each other," he told them and moved to tug
       the still knocked out Maverick over by his foot.
       Once all were ready and touching him and one another he gave a
       nod to Avariste.
       "Get us as close to Zuris's last location as you can. The sooner
       we find the others the better,"
       —-
       "I-I'm fine..." Griffin protested, though it was hard to resist
       the blonde as Lute stroked his hair. After taking the potion
       that Bas had given Lute for him, the fae was about as high as a
       kite. It wasn't hard to convince him to hold onto Lute and Lore.
       —-
       Lute took the potion to nod. “You are not- you lost a leg.” Said
       lute. He took enough to his own mouth to kiss griffin to force
       the man a little to take it. Once he knew he swallowed did he
       sit back. He felt the mild side affect to hold onto the two men,
       course the others held Maverick reluctantly with via holding
       onto lute, as well as the now awake lunae. The man looking  at
       griffin a bit with an eye peer.Once Bas was sure everyone was
       relatively well enough to transport, he put protective charms on
       each and gave Avariste the sign to teleport them.
       Travel through the shadow realm would prove a bit shocking to
       those unused to it. The whirling cold shadows around them, the
       shadow demons and creatures glowering at them as they traversed
       through the realm. And then they popped out in the middle of a
       desert, many leagues from where they'd began.
       "How is everyone feeling? We can afford a little time to rest,
       but we shouldn't wait too long. There are creatures out here
       that are even more dangerous,"
       ——
       It felt horrible being pulled through the shadow place. Only to
       pop out in just a different patch of desert. Griffin didn't
       care, just glad to be out of that horrible place. Soon, the fae
       was passed out again, waking up far more sober hours later.
       The quiet of the campsite gave him brief pause. Maybe it had all
       been a terrible dream? Then, he looked down to see his leg was
       in fact missing. Just looking at it made him light headed.
       "That's going to be a probldm...." He grumbled before he began
       to look around himself to try and spot Lore or even Lute. He
       wasn't sure if that part hadn't been a dream either.
       ——
       Feeling the pull to the darkness for lute was unnerving. The
       creatures making their noises and feeling a sense of danger that
       he hadn’t felt till the succubus trapped him. His eyes closed
       tightly before they would pop out.
       “I’m fine..” he said with a smile.”let the others rest.. and you
       as well basredun, and … thank you”  said the blonde.
       It was a bit before lore would wake up, stressed, lute managed
       to calm the man down and make him sleep more.. letting him cling
       to griffin.
       Via and lunae were sleeping elsewhere as it was exhausting.
       So when griffin woke up, lute was quick to care for the man- as
       he kept watch for the rest.. Maverick begrudgingly as well- as
       now he just looked to leave. The man a good ways away looking
       out at the desert.
       Lute gently pushed the man back down giving a rather soft
       look.”easy you still need the rest.”  He told the man softly as
       he got him laying down. Lore was attached to the man’s middle
       sleeping himself. “He’s been worried sick about you.. seemed
       this was the only way to make him sleep..” he said softly.
       ——
       Basredun gave a nod to Lute and retrieved his crystal ball from
       his magically extended pouch and asked it to show him where Grim
       and Yarick were.
       After seeing they were all right he put it away and let himself
       sleep for a few hours. He woke early the next morning he checked
       in on his lover's and Zuris again before going to look over the
       other's that Lute was taking care of. Though he was antsy to get
       to Grim and Yarick he knew he couldn't just leave the others in
       the middle of the desert.
       "We'll give them a few more hours then I can use a transport
       charm to get us to an oasis. There are other people there
       already, but they'll be open to helping and accepting you if you
       want to join them,"
       He stretched out a bit then went through the supplies he and the
       others had and started cooking up breakfast for everyone.
       ——
       Having the blonde elf suddenly in front of him, pushing him to
       lay down had Griffin wide eyed. None of it was a dream. "Yall
       worry too much... I'll be fine. Got wings, what good are legs?"
       He said dismissively, not used to being fussed over in such a
       manner.
       "Least he is resting..." Griffin said with a sigh. "How... are
       you doing?" He questioned the elf, looking him over. The
       gorgeous man looked exhausted.
       ——
       Lute heard his chuckle and got a soft look.”It’s still traumatic
       for the body- when I tell you to rest you rest.” Said lute. His
       tired eyes gave a rather soft look.”alright,”I’m alright.. just
       been taking care of most- I’ll sleep shortly once bas wakes up.”
       He said- almost as if on cue .. he heard a voice. Bas speaking
       of what he was going to do and working on a meal.”sounds good-
       it’ll give them time to sleep.” Said the tired elf. Lunae and
       vai had settled as Maverick was out cold for some reason.
       “That smells good.. May eat before I sleep a little- if that’s
       fine?” He asked.
       ——
       Basredun couldn't help but glance over at Griffin, getting an
       idea of the possibility of making the man a fake leg to help him
       get around when he was too tired to fly. Eventually the faerie
       would need one
       "He's not wrong about resting. It'll be months, maybe even a
       year before you get used to your new reality," Bas told Griffin.
       "Glad it smells good. It'll be done soon enough," He told Lute.
       "You may have to share plates though. I only brought one with
       me, and Griffin and Lore had two,"
       He was soon plating the food and handing it around, before he
       took out a bowl to use for his own share.
       Once he'd finished he pulled out a sketchbook and began drawing
       up ideas for a fake leg that would work with spells and
       mechanics. He'd show them to Griffin later.
       ——
       With both Lute and the stranger insisting her rest, Griffin
       didn't try to get back up. "I said I'm fine, so I'm fine..." He
       said stubbornly, his stomach growling loudly at the smell and
       talk of food.
       "This... tribe we are going to... what are they like?" Griffin
       questioned, he felt the need to move around and pace but having
       Lore around his middle, and Lute insisting he lay down and rest,
       he felt rather helpless.
       It was hard to wrap his head around the idea his leg was gone
       when he wasn't looking at it. He could still *feel* it, as if he
       could wiggle his toes right now. It hurt horribley as well. He
       couldn't describe it. He needed something else to focus on.
       ——
       Lute began to eat as lore just continued to sleep. He placed the
       food near griffin and helped him sit up with lore on his lap a
       bit.
       He heard the question to look as bas.”I was curious too.. “ he
       said apprehensively.
       ——
       Hearing the questions about the tribe had Bas glancing up and
       noticing the look of discomfort on Griffin's face. He sighed and
       moved to grab some pain meds to give the man.
       "These will help with your pain, no arguing, just take them,"
       Then Bas started recalling what he knew about the start of the
       Oasis paradise before it had been named after Eden.
       "At the moment, the tribe I know hasn't been created. It's in
       the beginning stages right now. Mostly ravagers and those
       they've rescued from the fanatics and the pack factions. The
       ones in charge are fair minded and  kind ..as well as tough as
       nails. You'll get along well with them I'm sure,"
       —-
       It seemed the elf decided he should eat, helping Griffin up into
       a sitting position, even moving Lore into his lap. He flinched
       at the pressure of Lore on his legs but made no verbal
       complaint, even giving Basdrun a glare when the man insisted he
       take more medication.
       "You can't make me..." protested Griffin with a huff before he
       began to stuff his mouth with food so he wouldn't have to. For a
       field medic, he was very resistant to receiving help.
       Hearing about this tribe had Griffin frowning. "What do you mean
       beginning stages? That doesn't make any sense..." He voiced
       before taking another bite of food.
       ——
       Lute chuckled at the man’s stubbornness, once he saw the man
       swallow took the meds put some in his own mouth turned griffins
       head and kissed the man forcing his mouth open and making him
       take the medicine that way as he listened to bas’ story.
       “I’m curious of that too- like is it leading to something great?
       I mean I’ve heard of predictions of future sighters that claimed
       this world would end but… one place would remain safe and
       prosperous…” he mused.
       —-
       Basredun's eyebrow twitched at Griffin's protest. While he very
       well could make the fae take the medicine he was glad that Lute
       took over and mouth fed it to the fae.
       "Well...they haven't even started the tribe yet. It's in the
       beginning stages, merely an idea or concept in their minds. I
       only know what I know because the leaders told me about when
       they started sharing their ideas and began collaborating with
       each other. It will become something much greater than they
       initially think,"
       ——
       A sound of surprise left Griffin when Lute suddenly took his jaw
       and forced the fae to look at him before feeling the kiss. The
       medication before foced in his mouth and down his throat. A deep
       blush was on his cheeks realizing this was now the second time
       the blonde had made him take medication in such a way. He wasn't
       sure if he liked that, though he didn't exactly mind being
       kissed by the man.
       "Sounds like more than a prediction.... so... you are claiming
       to be from the future or something? Because I'm definitely sure
       that isn't a thing..." He grumbled, finishing off his food to
       lay back down as the drugs slowly took their intended affect.
       "Why come back and help random people?" He questioned.
       ——
       Basredun shook his head at the fae saying that traveling from
       the future wasn't a thing. "Actually it very much is a thing,
       though it wasn't my idea. It was more my idiot of a mate playing
       with things from further in the future that brought us all here.
       I'm just here trying to find my big idiot, my fae lover and take
       them both back," Bas huffed, though there was a bit of affection
       in his tone.
       "It's more making sure that things go how they are supposed to
       without my idiots interference. Though a small bit of aid here
       and there isn't going to change things too drastically. I may be
       a drow, but I'm nothing like those that created me. I'm powerful
       yes, but all I truly want is to have my mates and live a happy
       life together, for however long we get,"
       ——
       Lute gave a chuckle at what he heard. “Sounds like lore at times
       but- it’s how it is. But thank you for going out of your way to
       help us.” Said lute with a smile.
       “Think that is what everyone wishes for in the end.. get some
       sleep griffin.. we will move once you’ve rested more.” Insisted
       the elf as lore started to wake up. He wiped his eyes as he saw
       food in front of his face by lute and took the now cold food to
       begin eating a bit. He saw griffin looking comfortable. His gaze
       softened.”if you need anything let me know.” He said softly.
       #Post#: 1664--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Truth and song 
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 24, 2026, 3:27 pm
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       "All I've been doing is sleeping.. I... said I'm fine..."
       murmered Griffin before he heard Lore speak and gave the drow a
       slight grin. "I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me so
       much... how are you feeling?" He questioned, the drugs making
       him steadily more groggy and high until he fell asleep.
       —-
       Basredun smiled lightly at Lute. "I'm glad I was able to help
       free you and the others.
       Seeing how Lute was caring for Lore and Griffin made him think
       of how he did the same for Yarick and Grim and made him sighing
       slowly.
       After listening to them a bit longer he got up to check h is s
       crystal ball to see how close his men were. It was a relief to
       see they were well.
       It had him frowning a bit when he realized that Zuris wasn't
       with them. Where had he gone off to?
       He got slightly uneasy until about it until Zuris joined the two
       handing off plates of food. He was grateful his servant was
       there, otherwise Grim and Yarick would be trying to eat down one
       of Grim's of concoctions.
       After he'd let the others rest up and sleep for a few hours,
       Basredun packed up the campsite and woke the others.
       "Time to head out, the place we're going is only an hours walk
       from here. Unless you'd rather use the shadow travel again,"
       ——
       Lore smiled softly.”I’m alright.” He told him to watch him fall
       asleep.
       After a good meal, and a good nights rest did the group slowly
       wake up. Lunae got a look at the idea of shadow travel- “yeah
       I’d rather walk.” Said the pretty boy as the crow shifter Via
       silently just got his things straightened to smack Maverick up
       who made a glower.
       The group started their way to the camp, lore carrying griffin
       on his back. He felt for the man having lost his leg. Guilt was
       eating at him for the fact that he lost his leg trying to
       protect him. He knew deep down- he’d do everything to pay back
       griffin for such a sacrifice.
       ——
       "I quite understand, unless I have an emergency I try to not
       depend in it too much." Basredun said with understanding.
       He watched silently as the others got their things together and
       passed out the newly filled water skins.
       Then they were on their way. Luckily he was able to guide the
       group around any potential problems without too much difficulty.
       There was a short encounter with a scorpion monster, which took
       a bit of effort to kill.
       "Should take a rest for a bit," Bas groaned after the kill and
       settled in a rock and pulled out his notebook. "Griffin, Lore
       there's something I want to show you,"
       Once the two were next to him, he shared his idea of creating a
       fake leg for Griffin and shared his notes and drawings.
       —-
       The drugs did their job well of keeping Griffin knocked out,
       only waking when he felt someone picking him up. He nearly
       started struggling when he realized it was Lore. He buzzed his
       wings when fully on the man's back, holding on.
       "You know you don't have to carry me... I can fly..." the fae
       murmered flinching any tike he was adjusted on the drow's back.
       When danger appeared after a while, Griffin was swiftly in the
       air with Lore, swooping to grab Lute as well when the man nearly
       got hurt. The idea of a rest seemed fantastic to the fae.
       He put Lore and Lute down before fluttering over to Bas and
       sitting. He got a look of surprise when he saw the sketches of a
       fake leg. "This... would work like a real leg?" He questioned.
       —-
       Basredun nodded. "With the right spells I can make it work
       exactly like your lost limb. Could even make it feel like a real
       leg if you want. Speaking of, are you having trouble with
       phantom pains? I can help you with that." He offered.
       After a few more moments of talking about the materials he'd
       have to find he closed the notebook. "If the tribe has a
       craftsman, he or she can help me build this in a week or so.
       It'll take a bit of practice for you to get used to though,"
       ——
       Lute and lore having dealt with the danger were impressed with
       griffins wings carrying the two of them, once they got down to a
       level and saw the sketches gave smiles.
       They watched as the two talked their schematics of the leg as
       the two slowly growing bored started messing with each other
       seeing if they could distract griffin.. giving glances as they
       would steal kisses and flash skin to cover it up everytime bas
       would look over.
       ——
       At first, Griffin was fully invested in what Bas was explaining
       to him, until his peripheral vision caught Lute and Lore making
       out, the tow stopping every time Basdrun looked up. The pair
       even going as far as to flash him causing him to become *quite*
       turned on watching the two.
       He snapped back to Bas "yeah... it... still feels like it is
       there... I'll be fine... I don't need medice everything you have
       given me has knocked me out..." He complained before thr pair
       caught his attention again.
       "Have to say, if... we can get that leg built, that would be
       pretty amazing... though, hopefully the craftsman doesn't charge
       much..." He said no longer able to pull his eyes away from the
       drow and elf. The way their skin contrasted together when they
       kissed made him feel all kinds of needy.
       ——
       Even if Bas didn't actually see the two, his ears could hear the
       sound of them kissing so he knew what Lute and lore were up to.
       "Those potions were meant to make you rest and heal though. The
       spell I have in mind will block pain receptors still firing in
       your brain for what isn't there. As for cost, I'm betting I can
       barter some of my skills for their labor and time."
       Bas abruptly stood and shot a pointed look at Lute and lore.
       "Enough fooling around, if you have time to try and seduce
       Griffin we can get back to walking. The sooner I find my mates
       the better. And I have quite excellent hearing. You weren't as
       quiet as you thought you were,"
       ——
       Lute chuckled as lore blushed a bit. “Alright..” said lore as he
       got up. “Who said we were trying to be quiet?” Asked the Drow in
       a way of being a smart ass to feel the smack on his arm from
       lute.”sorry.. we just got a bit red. Your mates- what are they
       like?” Asked lute curiously.”also just curious honestly- why do
       you seem okay with me and lore being with each other?” He asked
       curiously.”most drow and elves would have killed one of us
       because of the fact.”
       Lore paused and went quiet. He did wonder about it but given the
       drow helped them never bothered to touch the subject.
       —-
       A blush came to Griffin's cheeks at the exchange between the
       men, using his wings to lift him. "Let's get moving then, sooner
       we get there the sooner you get your mates... " He said, though
       his mind was filled with thoughts of doing things to Lore and
       Lute.
       —-
       Basredun got an amused look at the sass. "I may be a bit too
       impatient and worried about being away from them. The last time
       Grim wandered off, he nearly died,"
       "Grim is a very tall, tattooed hunk, and Yarick is a gorgeous
       fae warrior. Grim's more of the curious daring type and Yarick's
       more of a disciplined fierce fighter," he replied with a bit of
       a smile.
       The last question had Bas rolling his eyes. "I don't really give
       a crap about all the drow laws and rules. Since living in the
       surface I have chosen my own rules to follow. The whole
       brainwashing the matriarchal society tried to do to us, never
       really stuck to me. Love whomever you want to love. That's what
       I've done, who am I to judge you?"
       He gave a nod to Griffin and led the group off. The closer they
       got to the oasis the amulet he wore got brighter. Soon it was
       blazing bright and hot against his skin when they came upon the
       tent outside the ravagers' encampment.
       He could hear sounds coming from inside and let out a soft sigh.
       It seemed that Yarick and Grim had finally decided to take
       things to the next step.
       "Zuris," he hissed into the amulet. "Please come here now,"
       Zuris appeared a moment later, but in his human teenage form
       looking immensely relieved.
       "Would you please show these men to the camp and help them get
       settled and introduced to the leaders? I'm going to go spend
       some time with Grim and Yarick now,"
       "Yes..yes of course master Basredun," Zuris replied with a quick
       bow and ushered the group off towards the camp.
       —-
       Lute carried the fae with him as they went inside giving lore a
       necessary break. But as they did so the group about paled at the
       sight of Casimir that was busy with nefertiti to walk away.”he’s
       here?!?” Lore asked as he shrunk away from the memory of how the
       man was.. seeing him act docile was strange as he got a kid to
       stop picking on another before making his way to atreaus to go
       hunt.
       ——
       By the time they arrived at the oasis, Griffin was exhausted and
       ready to get some sleep, letting Lute pull him along before he
       leard Lore's frightened words causing Griffin to snap back into
       his protective mindset and go to attack Casimir.
       Seeing the one legged fae coming at her lover with a sword,
       Nefertiti pulled him out of the way, hissing protectively before
       the fae was restrained.
       The enraged fae yelling ininteliganblely as he tried to attack
       the fanatic.
       ——
       Zuris had no idea that Casimir had been the one responsible for
       maiming and ruining Griffin's life. So he was quite stunned at
       the fae getting so irate and going after Cas with murderous
       intentions.
       He moved to help the others restrain the angry fae. "Nefertiti
       get Cas out of here!" He cried as he backed towards one of the
       empty tents reserved for guests.
       From what he'd heard Griffin yelling he figured out what had
       gone down and felt terrible for the fae. "do you want me to get
       a healer to check him out? Is there anything else I can get you?
       Are you hungry? Thirsty?"
       ——
       Casimir felt the pull of his lover and saw the fae fly in to
       only be restrained by Zuris. Several seemed to be that confused
       Lore as end got involved.”chill- “ she said.”I wanted him dead
       too but fate dictates that he’s my friend now.” She said to
       knock the blade that swung wildly from griffin’s hand.
       “Seems you owe him a lot too!” Said the red head with a frown as
       Casimir sighed. He looked at the flailing fae.”I’m sorry I took
       your leg- I’m working to changing.. you don’t have to forgive
       me…” he said before he would take neffy’s hand to walk off. End
       just shook her head.”you two seem sane enough.” She said to walk
       to the elf and drow.”take your lover and calm him down- “ she
       said to hand them a pouch she had of alcohol and some hot food.
       “Believe you can talk to einar about a tent- he’s the big ol
       softie over there.” She said motioning to a large man. Lute
       blinked as he wondered if staying would really be best. Lore
       putting his hand on the man’s arm.”At least we found him- and we
       know he’s under a form of control?.. right now.. let’s help
       griffin…” he said softly.
       —-fin—
       The flailing from Griffin paused when he heard Casimir
       apologize. A scandalized look in the fae's eyes at the mention
       of trying to change before the fanatic was pulled away by the
       feline woman.
       Griffin began to pull against those restraining him again as he
       watched Casimir's retreating form. It wasn't until the fanatic
       was out of sight. Corse, no one holding him back let go until
       Lore and Lute had a good hold of him.
       Even still, he was quite irractic still partly stuck in a ptsd
       episode.
       ---fin---
       Lore got a hold of one arm and lure of the other, they managed
       to the tent for lore to kiss the fae deeply in an attempt to
       calm him down.”hey see we are safe..” he said softy as lute
       rubbed his hands over the man’s chest.”very…” he murmured as
       they ran their fingers over places as soothingly as they could.
       They were attempting to sooth griffin from the sight of the
       fanatic that took his leg. He wondered why they’d let such a man
       in. “Maybe I can talk to those the tribe leader- he’s
       dangerous..”lore murmured softly.
       Lute said back to his lover.”Via is looking into it, let’s just
       try to get him settled.” He said as his hands continued to work
       on the man to massage the man.
       —fin—
       It took a bit for a tent to be set up for the trio but the
       moment it was ready Lore and Lute were dragging the fae inside.
       The deep kiss dragging Griffin back down to reality partly,
       claiming they were safe as Lute's hands roamed his chest and
       teased the sensitive spots getting a groan out of the fae. It
       appeared the soothing was working as he slowly relaxed against
       Lute at the attention he was getting until Lore mentioned
       talking to the leader of how dangerous the man was making him
       tense again.
       "Need to just kill the monster," he growled, his eyes still
       glazed over telling he wasn't entirely himself.
       ——
       Lute shushed lute.”listen he’s not here..” he told
       griffin.”focus on me hm?… I want you..” he coaxed trying to
       bring him fully around back. Lore continued his own comforting
       touches as he helped get the man’s top off.”he’s right.. want to
       let that anger out with some fun?” Purred lore.
       —fin—
       ——
       The soothing words and touching, mixed claims of desire had
       Griffin slowly relaxing and coming back to himself as his shirt
       was stolen away. The suggestion of letting his anger out another
       way had a slight smirk coming to his lips.
       "Yeah, that might help take my mind off... things..." He
       murmered as he moved to pull Lute into a kiss, though, he hadn't
       realized it would throw him off balance, causing the fae to
       table a tumble onto the ground, pulling the two men with him,
       his wings disappearing in way of protecting them in the fall.
       "Fuck.... I'm... I'm sorry..." He apologized with a deepening
       frown.
       ---fin---
       Lute heard the man before the hot kiss, lore puffed a bit as he
       was against them being the added problem to fall on top of
       griffin.”are you hurt?” Asked lore fussing a bit.
       Lute chuckled.” We are fine but your back is not.. but that is
       okay.. let’s enjoy each other hm?” Said lute to straddle the man
       as lore seemed to get a look.”don’t start.. let’s get him
       ready.. make a griffin sandwich.. him in the middle?.. or..”
       lute asked leaning it.”you want one of us in the middle?” He
       purred.. his hand wandering down griffins form.
       —fin—
       "I'm fine," Griffin assured, but given it was his go to, the
       word was beginning to become meaningless. His cheeks reddened
       when Lute straddled his lap before suggesting the two men have
       him between them. His eyes going wide when the man offered him
       or Lore being in the middle.
       "You, you mean both of you... inside... at the same time?" He
       questioned going darker and darker in his blushing. "I um...
       wouldn't be apposed to trying that, though, if one of you is in
       the middle... I'll have to be on my back..." He said looking
       away from the two sexy men feeling ashamed of his missing limb
       in that moment. He had a lot of feelings over it but it affixing
       him even now hit rather hard.
       —
       “Middle for you it is.. your face said so.” Said lute. He
       focused on making the man more comfortable and confident..
       seeing him deflate on the idea of him being on his back- made
       his mind up for him.
       He stripped the fae the rest of the way- his eyes looking over
       him.”isn’t he just delectable lore?” He asked the drow.”mmhmm..
       can’t wait to make a moaning mess of him.” Retorted lore to his
       elf lover.
       Lore dipped as he soaked his fingers. His tongue also helping
       getting the man’s hole wet and ready.. his fingers taking time
       to stretch griffin. Lute went to kiss griffin, his hands roaming
       a little at the man’s form.. hoping to least let him know he was
       still quite attractive- part of him felt the man was feeling
       embarrassed about the missing leg.. he knew the leg would be
       built in time- it was just them wanting to help the man feel
       better and desired.
       —fin—-
       The two continued their work till he felt him ready. Lute
       situated the man between them as he slowly filled first , he
       gave a little thrusting- slowly as lore stroked himself giving a
       look.”you want him inside too? You seemed too…” he said softly
       to bite the man’s ear, with a bit of teasing, and bringing the
       man to the brink- would finally let lore fill the man as well.
       It was an odd sensation of the tightness of the man’s ass and
       running against each other. The two carefully began to move in
       synch, matching their paces as he did so.
       —-
       Soon, Griffin was more than ready to be filled with all the
       attention the drow was giving him, moaning out hotly as Lute
       finally filled him. The sight of Lore stroking himself at the
       sight sent thrills through the fae as he moaned out at the
       thrusts.
       "Yes, I want you both inside me," Griff moaned out at the soft
       words the elf spoke teasing his ear as he was brought right to
       the edge.
       His eyes widened as his arms wrapped tightly around Lute as he
       felt Lore pushing deep inside getting a gasp out of the fae
       having never felt so full.
       Then, they started to move, *together*. Griffin was entirely
       unraveled at the treatment becoming a mess of moans as his body
       relaxed at the intense sensation, soon spilling all over the elf
       in front of him.
       ——
       Lute made his smirk at the spill.”my.. my, and we aren’t even
       done..” he purred as their movements continued. They would work
       griffin to a frenzy.
       After a bit the two would cum hard as they held the man closely.
       —-
       A much deeper blush crossed Griffin's cheeks when Lute purred
       those words before the pair really let him have it. He was an
       absolute mess of moans and need with the two plowing into him,
       making him cum another few times before he felt the two filling
       him with their seed.
       "Holy shit you two are incredible..." He panted out, his body
       giving occasional trimbles at the sensations going on inside of
       him.
       ——-
       “You are incredible.” Said lute.”you’ve done so much for us- and
       well.. given things would you mind staying with us?” Asked the
       elf. His ears shifted in a way in thought. “Thinking we can live
       the way we truly wish to now- and rely on each other.. maybe
       even travel…” he blushed a bit.
       Lore made a soft look of his own toward lute feeling the same
       way.”I know the circumstances of how we met were messed up.. but
       I hope that you would want to continue to be with me… I’ll make
       up what I did and we can be together..” he said his hand running
       down griffins chest. Now that things had calmed down he was able
       to confess how he felt.
       ——
       The gentle attention Griffin was getting from the pair had truly
       calmed the fae as he enjoyed his lovers company. Hearing Lute
       request he stay had Griffin getting a shocked expression before
       he heard Lore chime in, promising to make up for what he had
       done. Hearing his desire to still be together had him blushing.
       "You... you both want that?" He asked clearly in disbelief and
       shock. He had expected for Lore to grow bored of him now that he
       had Lute back but that didn't seem to be the case. The fae's
       heart was racing in his chest.
       ——
       Lute nodded.”of course- mean you went out of your way to help
       all of us- and you believed me to exist. You could have thought
       me of something else- but you took your time .”
       Lore looked to the side a little.”and honestly- not everything
       in the beginning was a lie- I did enjoy teaching you the magic
       arts, and seeing you so thrilled and wanting to learn got me
       attracted.” Said lore.”and more so at the fact you gave up a leg
       for me..” he said quietly. Lute looked at lore- he knew the man
       felt guilty- but the words that spilled were also in awe.”you
       claimed yourself a coward- and you hardly were.. you could of
       left me with those men- I would of died and been the end of me..
       “ said lore.
       “So.. so you want to continue to learn?” He asked blushing a
       bit.”I enjoyed teaching you
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