Thread: The world in the making (Notte X ArclightX)

RE The world in the making Nette X ArclightX Evangelina Pierce, daughter of the Tavern keeper, and known throughout the town as a healer or a witch was out at the lake. Having had to escape the suffocating life at the Tavern where everyone came to see her for one thing or another. If not for her healing skills, then for trying to get into her bed. Alas, though she knew the ancient ritualistic dance of the sexes coming together, she had never practiced it herself. Choosing to remain a virgin until being claimed as a bride or finding someone that stirred enough of her desires to even catch her interest. A furred head bumped into her back before the wolf ran its body against hers. She set her hand in his fur and smiled. Dailian, did you feel my unease and seek to comfort me? She kissed his head when he pawed at the ground. Thank you. Standing up she stretched the stiff muscles of her body and looked around to see if anyone was about. Finding that she was alone, she smiled and looked down at Dailian. Will you keep watch as a I go for a dip? When he laid down in agreement, she started to disrobe, setting her clothing on top of wooden railing after quickly washing it so that they would dry and be fresh. She stood up, tall, proud, and naked as the day she was born. The dark auburn of her hair glinted like flames front the fading sunlight and she took her first step into the cool water of the lake. Step after step she walked out until the water was above her waist and she could dive under to swim. Breaching the surface she took a deep breath of the fresh crisp air and it gave her a slight chill. As she moved out of the lake, the sun was nearly gone and she wondered how long she had been swimming for. Having been known to lose amounts of time as her mind wonders into a transient state. Dailian was still laying on the bank, just in a different spot and she knew that he must have scared off someone or something that had come to close to see her. Water slid down her skin in rivers as she emerged, her head, face, neck, shoulders, and then when her breasts greeted the chill air of the night her nipples pebbled and she shivered. When she got to the shore, she wrung out her hair and walked to her dried clean clothes. Quickly she dressed when Dailian stood up and growled at something hidden within the forest that surrounded her. Picking up her basket of herbs, fruits, and vegetables that she had collected earlier that day, she ran her hand over Dailian's head and walked forward towards the path that would lead her home. Her wolf trotting along beside her. Giving him a kiss on his head in parting, she went into the village where he could not follow and walked into the Tavern her home. For once the patrons were not as rowdy and seemed rather calm even when she was not there. That is when she looked up and saw the man playing an instrument. With the crowd calm, she slipped out of sight before they could see her, and she hoped that she made it without no one noticing her arrival. Walking into the kitchen, she saw her father and nodded as she put her hands to work making dinner for the hungry customers. The herbs were cleaned and dried, picked and cut up before stored away for later use. The vegetables and fruits were cleaned and readied as was the meat that her father had hanging. Before long the smell of good cooking wafted through the air as she made meat pies and fruit tarts. As they were finishing, she took them out and let them cool before she began to gather them and serve them out to the customers. Stopping at the playing traveler to give him his and a nod with a polite Thank you.