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[color=crimson]"My, this has been a fine meal, but I feel we should let our guests to retire to their room to freshen up some after the long journey here. Really I should have offered first, but the timing was so perfect..."[/color] Lorelai said, rising from the table as the maid's darted in, whisking away the remnants of their meal without complaint. Her expression was bubbly as she turned to their guest, extending her arm out in offering to lead the bard inside. Arm in arm she took Akiko up a flight of carpetted stairs that sank an inch with their every step and down well appointed halls dominated heavily by shades of red and a dulled gold accenting the many fabrics and tapestries. 

[color=crimson]"We don't have guest quarters, so you'll be lodging in the same wing as Eleonor and myself. We're actually just two doors down."[/color] The knight said, leading Akiko in to a lavish suite, it's opulence outweighed only by the over-riding philosophy of [i]comfort is king[/i]. Eleonor could not help in displaying her wealth as due her station, but she made certain her most cherished home was one of creature comforts. Lorelai wore a wistful smile as she eyed the sheets of Akiko's bed before her gaze turned to empty armor stand propped before the window. [color=crimson]"This was my room before I came to share Lady Eleonor's, actually. It will serve you well."[/color]

Akiko followed behind, cautious of the generosity of Lorelai all of a sudden. It was polarizing to see this commander turn from such a tough looking customer into this generous host to someone who was foreign to Akiko. It made her hesitant, though she did continue with the act for a little longer, if only to see where this would continue. What was even more surprising was at the end of the walk they had arrived in a fancy room, one that she wasn't expecting she'd ever stay in. It was quite literally a room fit for a queen, and it was staunchly decorated in the finest of luxuries available to... really, anyone.

[color=hotpink]"Wow... t-this is quite something. Certainly not something I've ever seen."[/color] Akiko was shocked. She was surprised that these two would offer such luxury to her. She didn't even know what Rivenwood was before today, but now she's in with the most powerful people in an entire region... though, for how long [color=hotpink]"Hold on... what do you mean by it will serve me well? By the sounds of that, I'd say you've taken a liking to a mere bard such as myself."[/color]

[color=crimson]"Th-Think nothing of it. I only meant this is a fine place to rest come the evening. We may take pride in offering our serving staff fine accomodations, but they wouldn't be appropriate for a guest."[/color] The knight stammered, turning away from Akiko as she absently scratched at her cheek. Her entire posture had shifted, making her seem so much smaller in comparison to the woman who had led the bard upstairs, even with the armor rattling against her frame. 

[color=crimson]"You're a very fine lady in your own right, but I have Eleonor and, well, I very much doubt one would have cause to want...this."[/color] Lorelai gestured to herself, calming her beating heart with a loud exhale and turning to Akiko with a strained smile. [color=crimson]"Was there anything you needed? The maids should have left everything fully stocked, but if there are any requests I'll bring them down personally."[/color]

[color=hotpink]"There's nothing I need, other than you not being so hard on yourself,"[/color] Akiko's face washed into a smirk as she sat down on the bed, watching Lorelai all the while. [color=hotpink]"Some bards are known for their loaded linguistics, and while it's true I might have swindled a few tavernkeeps in my time trying to come here, I am [i]very[/i] sincere when I do say you are quite attractive in your own right."[/color] She flopped back onto the bed, her hair sprawling out on it beside her as she kept looking. [color=hotpink]"So... I guess what I'm asking you personally, is to stop being wrong, and accept that you're radiating in your own way. A way different to... is Eleonor referring to Lady Asgard? I'm afraid I've never heard her first name."[/color]

As she waited for a small response, Akiko pulled out her Smitten Kitten card and fumbled around with it in her hands for a little bit. It was a little perplexing to her, she had to be honest, but she could... absorb it? Maybe she should try that. After all, who doesn't like a cute catgirl to talk to?

The knight paused, feeling conflicted as the bard flattered her with that same sincerity Lorelai had been eating up all day. It seemed only polite to refuse such things as Akiko's obligation to say to her host, but a small voice inside her reveled in the praise and left her blushing while the Bard got comfy on the bed.  [color=crimson]"I, umm, Asgard is Lady Eleonor's official title. Her given name is Eleonor. Most people only know the former, and she is a special person to me as well, but Lady Eleonor is the one who I serve outside my official duties..."[/color]

She paused, looking now to Akiko and finding her twirling a curiously ornate card. Wanting a closer look she came to sit on the opposite side of the bed, leaning in to see what looked to be a cat girl of all things.  [color=crimson]"Some sort of tarot card?"[/color]

[color=hotpink]"... um... not exactly."[/color] Akiko answered before she thought about thing. Eleonor's memories had tomes in them, which seemed to contain some amount of magical energy within. Who's to say the card she was holding was different? [color=hotpink]"The people around here use tomes for magic, if I'm not entirely mistaken. This is somewhat like that, though it's slightly different... and I've never used this before, but there's a first time for anything, right?"[/color]

A moment of hesitation passed before Akiko brought the card down onto her chest, pressing it to her softly before trying to understand how to absorb cards. Did she just... think it? How does absorbing a card work...? Her questions would quickly be answered as the card shimmered in a pinkish glow, fading away quickly into nothingness before Akiko's head became adorned at the top with a pair of cat ears, appropriately scaled up to match the size of her head and face. A bit lower on her body, a long tail curled up over her legs and knees, staying still excluding an occasional flick to seemingly find a better position.

[color=hotpink]"... I-I'm going to be honest...."[/color] Akiko said before she looked at Lorelai again. [color=hotpink]"I thought that was going to hurt. A lot."[/color]

[center][hider=Aftermath][color=crimson]"A different form of magic? Hmm, it doesn't look elven either..."[/color] Lorelai quierried, running a finger along the Serei Card's edge before leaning back to take in Akiko's use of it. She shifted to lay on her side, captivated by the display of something wholly new and unseen in the Imperium. And much like Akiko, she didn't consider this a terrible idea that could ruin any possible mood if it left the bard in debilitating agony, but fortune smiled on them. Perhaps a bit too much, as Lorelai's mouth turned dry and she leaned closer.

She absently pried off her gauntlets and reached out, finding the velveteen ears of a housecat now perched atop Akiko's head. Ths sheer scale of them made for inviting triangles her entire hand could wrap around and rub, a sensory feast for the fingers. [color=crimson]"What astonishing magic..."[/color]

[color=hotpink]"Hey, uh... w-what're you doing?"[/color] Akiko asked as she felt a hand rub against her new extremities. It was weird, at first, but whether it was weird because she never had the ears before or weird because they were sensitive was beyond Akiko. She knew she was actually enjoying it, and quickly found herself trying to shift up into the hand rubbing her ears. [color=hotpink]"You're... really gentle with your hands. Again, I-I'm surprised."[/color]

[color=crimson]"Ah, umm, yeah. I've just....been good with..."[/color] Lorelai began, only to find the last word impossible to force out given the now strange circumstances. With how Akiko shifted into her touch Lorelai found herself hard pressed to stop, only managing to slip a hand away when she saw a tail curled around the bard's thigh and reached out, tenderly running her fingers alog the curve of her new limb. [color=crimson]"They feel-No, they are real. It's amazing. You'd never find a cat with such ears and tail so soft yet so large."[/color]

She shuddered at the caress of her tail, understanding why it wasn't a good spot to touch a cat on now more than ever, though she was definitely afraid of telling Lorelai what to do, lest the commander get mad. After all, she was pretty sure she didn't have any claws to fight back with, since she'd probably have felt those grow in too. With a slight exhale, she reached down to Lorelai's hand and slid it away from the tail, more or less onto her inner thigh before she blushed a bright red. [color=hotpink]"S-sorry... just... tails..."[/color]

[color=crimson]"Oh. Sorry, I shouldn't...This is..."[/color] The Knight tried, but kept failing to pull away and couldn't deny the heat blossoming in both of them as Akiko laid her hand along the bard's inner thigh. Lorelai hadn't thought she was genuine in her flirting but as they were now it wasn't something she could deny and it had the knight stirring beneath her armor. 

[color=crimson]"I shouldn't be taking advantage of my guest."[/color] She said, just barely managing a coherent sentence before she leaned in closer, pressing her face to the crown of  Akiko's head and inhaling deep while feline ears twitching against her cheeks. [color=crimson]"But if you asked, I would stay."[/color]

Akiko squinted at Lorelai before anything came out. [color=hotpink]"Stay? Just for a little while?"[/color] she was a little confused inside with her heart. At first this was a ruse, but something was inside her. Maybe her compliments weren't so... farfetched? Whatever the case was, Akiko's hand gently pressed against Lorelai's neck. Her ears flicked a small bit against Lorelai's cheeks before flattening out completely, making a flat line of contentment along her head.

[color=crimson]"Yes."[/color] She said, burying a small smile against the bard's hair before she leaned back out of reach. Sitting over the edge of the bed, her back to Akiko, Lorelai dutifully stripped off her armor and the fabrics beneath, laying them below out of sight as she exposed herself fully to the strange cat girl. Turning back around, the swell of her breasts dominated the feline's view of her as Lorelai sidled up beside Akiko. Her hand returned to her inner thigh, taking long, languid strokes to get a feel for the bard's body. [color=crimson]"It's only right you get to touch me after I helped myself to your ears and tail."[/color]

With a face as red as a fresh apple, Akiko looked up at Lorelai with a dopey grin before she realized that she was still a little overdressed for this situation. She raised a hand up to caress Lorelai's face before she whispered up to the naked knight. [color=hotpink]"You can continue all you want. Just give me a moment to slide out of this dress~."[/color] She backed down a little on the bed before unbuttoning the top of her dress and yanking it off in one clean pull, her nude body exposed to the knight's eyes, save for a small black pair of panties that covered her nethers. She laid back onto the bed again, looking up at Lorelai's large breasts before slowly raising her hand to squeeze one gently, waiting to see how Lorelai'd react to her doing so.

Whatever concerns had been hindering Akiko from her transformation must have passed, as the bard began moving with her natural ease once Lorelai had beared herself in full. The hand along her breast was smaller then Eleonor's yet no less gentle in its probing, an aspect that had smiling warmly down at the bard and lean into the touch with a husky moan. [color=crimson]"Is this your way of looking for milk~?"[/color]

[color=hotpink]"Mhm, you could say that."[/color] she timidly said, reaching up with her head to nuzzle against Lorelai's chest, gently pressing harder and harder before dropping a small kiss against the side of one. She purred gently before sliding her head towards the front of Lorelai's chest, planting her lips around a nipple before sucking on it lightly. Meanwhile, a single hand felt around a little bit before reaching around to stroke Lorelai's rear, feeling every curve and imperfection of the lovely knight she was beside.

A deep encompassing shudder ran from the base of her neck to the toes curling in the sheets, mermerized by how the bard could purr like a literal cat and have her entire body vibrate against Lorelai from it. She lowered herself further, pressing herself flush to the inquisitive feline whose hands so tenderly reached for her rear while her lips hungered for the milk of her breast. A task that was one Lorelai was intimately familiar with, naturally curling an arm to bolter Akiko's neck while her hand rose to idly rub her ears. [color=crimson]"You are a flattering lover, Akiko."[/color]

Akiko mumbled with excitement as she kept up her efforts with Lorelai's breasts. Her hand, however, found it's way towards Lorelai's stomach and slowly caressed it before sliding it a little further down. Her fingertips felt the moist haven below and were eager to get in, but Akiko herself showed a little restraint in advancing. For right now, she wanted to savor the moment she was in. She wasn't sure whether she'd ever have this tender moment with Lorelai again, and she was reveling in it.

Her restraint was met with a sweetness against her lips and the heavy moans of the knight whose chest churned with a carefully stoked desire. She resisted the urge to pin Akiko beneath her, content to arch and wiggle away as the need took her, letting the smaller bard still have the freedom to touch as she may. A freedom she used to stroke the knight's fertile crescent that was damp with arousal and leaving the grazing touch of the bard with a sticky residue. [color=crimson]"Good kitty."[/color]

[color=hotpink]"Meow~."[/color] she purred just after pulling off, before she latched back on and sucked a little more, before pulling off once again. She sat up and faced Lorelai before she crawled forward, pushing Lorelai down gently before reattaching onto the knight's tender nipple. HEr legs wrapped themselves around Lorelai's as a hand crept up, gently snaking its way into the beginning of Lorelai's womanhood, an area left tacky with desires and fluids. Even as she continued, the slightly smaller bard was still very slow and methodical, taking her sweet time with every soft motion and press.

The feeling of being drank from so greedily was a rush of sensations that had Lorelai's voice filling the roam with a constant melody of soft moans punctuated with the rustling of sheets and the creek of the frame. A steady warmth was trapped between their bodies left no need for covers to be drawn over them. [color=crimson]"Ak-Aki~"[/color]

The knight's voice rose sharply before she sank her teeth into a clenched fist, riding the maddening waves of the bard's slow march to release. It had reaching out with her free hand to grasp the feline's tail, stroking it in haste to spur some energy into the cat ravishing her in her own home.

[color=hotpink]"Mph!"[/color] Akiko grunted at the feeling of a hand on her tail, reaching down to it to smack Lorelai's hand away. She pulled off of the knight's tit for a moment, only to look up at her with a little annoyance in her eyes. [color=hotpink]"Not there... anywhere else is okay, but grabbing my tail isn't."[/color] She lowered her head back down to kiss Lorelai's chest once again, moving back towards her nipple to continue her quest for milk as her hand went just a little deeper into the knight's chambers, a pinky prodding against the castle's backdoor as if politely knocking to enter.

[color=crimson]"S-Sorry."[/color] The knight flushed, looking askance till Akiko got back to her task with aplumb, quashing the outward sign of joy as her fingers sank deeper into the knight's honey pot. In turn her hips rose to meet the bard, gyrating with a desperate need to be filled by whatever she could find. Lorelai reached out, pointedly ignoring the tail and drawing her hand around to Akiko's own wet embrace, rubbing her palm along the slit. [color=crimson]"I think I prefer this more anyway~ Mmm!"[/color]

A soft moan provoked Akiko to disconnect from Lorelai's chest before she looked at the knight with a smile on her face. [color=hotpink]"Cherish it for a second, Commander, because it's going to be out of reach before long,"[/color] the bard smirked as she wriggled her two fingers around inside of Lorelai's pussy, being a little rougher than she had been up to that point while she moaned at the soft sensation betwixt her thighs. Such a feeling caused her to actually ride against it, her hips rhytmically grinding against Lorelai's clutches.

[color=crimson]"I th-think....I w-Aah~"[/color]  The knight gave in to the plunged fingers with a heavy breath, the stress of the day pouring out between her legs in a wash of bitter-sweet cum that left nothing to the imagination. She was a pile of randomly firing nerves, taut like a drawn bow and limp as could be in a paradoxical state of bliss. So very brief, but it left her yearning for more of that same contentment she found beneath the feline bard. [color=crimson]"We're not going to get much sleep, are we?"[/color]

[color=hotpink]"I doubt it... though, this kitty is thirsty for something a little different than milk...~"[/color] Akiko smirked as she pushed Lorelai's hand away, crawling down to come face to face with the same caves she felt inside moments ago. Her fingers were out of it, and there was nothing touching it to cause ruckus. It was pure... though not for long. Akiko leaned forward as her nose touched whatever stubble Lorelai had, her lips gently wrapping around her clit as she began to suck it, just as if it was the same nipple she was latched onto moments before.

As she expected from a cat, Akiko's natural inclination to take the cream had her crawling beyond Lorelai's reach and drinking straight from the source. The knight balled her hands in the sheets and cried out with less and less reservation, feeding her feline fresher batches as often as she demanded. Being able to let go for the night and let an almost complete stranger have her way was making for a very happy Lorelai.

After a while of making Lorelai squirm back and forth, the catgirl crawled up to nuzzle against the knight's neck. She wasn't sure what had came over her, and but she wasn't worried, because it gave her the idea that maybe having a loyal knight like Lorelai at her side was exactly what she needed, and given her obession with the catgirl's features, maybe it wasn't too far off to say that it would be an easy time convincing her to come along for the journey, whether she was going to come with Black Pentacle as a whole or if it was just Akiko romping through the tower.

[color=hotpink]"Sleep well, knight. You've earned it..."[/color] Akiko whispered into Lorelai's ear before she nodded off herself, smiling all the while.[/hider][/center]