Fendros laughed at Ahnasha's reaction. Thorough meant covering all tasks. [i]Speaking of...[/i] he thought to himself as he made his way up her other leg.

"Ahna, you've got a lot of stress pent up... here," he leaned closer to whisper to her, "... and here." His hands continued their work, "... maybe here..."

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Bursting out in a protracted, constricted exhale that turned into a loud, hearty laugh, Janius shook his head. "Then I'd have, -what?- Some beast with crab-claws giving me a massage over in the spring," Janius replied through his mirth, one hand in the air opening and closing its fingers like the pincer of a mud crab. "I think our fathers' apprehensions might be well founded in that regard!"

Now settled into a good tipsy mood, Janius took a little longer to settle down his laughter. "Yeah, I have a feeling that staring down a crowd of ladies that makes it their business to..." Janius moved one hand in a circular motion, trying to think, "well, to do whatever witches do. It won't exactly be a walk in the forest." Janius said, he brought his mug up to his lips, then stopped right before. "At least we won't have to worry about the gas." He said into his mug, before continuing his drink. "D'you know anything about witches, Lorag?"

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At first, Ariel was worried that Meesei had cast her light a little too wide for the skeletons to notice. But as one of them turned their heads and carried his alert to the others in his group somehow, it seemed as if Meesei had actually cast it in just the right spot to not garner an alarm. [i]Perfect![/i] Ariel quietly pushed a bolt of green magic that flowed through the air in a helical shape before making contact with one of the skeletons. The entire sentinel gave off a white sheen for but a moment, then froze in place while its companions walked on obliviously. Slowly, it began to fall backward. Ariel, realising her mistake, scrambled up behind the creature to catch it, but it didn't look like she would make it to it before the sentinel hit the ground with noise that would alert the others.