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Five pieces of silver for something took all day. It wasn’t terrible pay, but it wasn’t gonna get me anywhere either. Maybe if I was a better shot I suppose it’d be easier, then I wouldn’t have had to chase that wounded fox down the gully to finish it. That wasn’t gonna happen overnight though. At least the farmer was happy, his chickens were safe, and I could get myself by for another day or two on this.

I slung my bow over my shoulder and began my walk back to town. The mid-afternoon sun was shining, and there was just a hint of sea breeze from the shore which was just a mile or two distant. I did my best to stay in the shade as I went, keeping cool, and delaying any additional sunburn hopefully.

After about an hour I crested over a final hill and the village of Mossyrock came into view. Just a small farming village in this generally peaceful valley. My temporary refuge as I passed through to some amazing adventures hopefully.

The watchman called to me as I neared the gate, “Finally made it back Jenni?” He asked in a bit of a snarky tone “You clear out those pests from Lyman’s field?”

I sighed, “It was a pair of foxes. I saw one of them near his coup and tracked them down. They’re amazingly fast!”

He laughed, “They are right? Likely more a job for a young man than a young lady, of course. Maybe you’d have more luck if you changed linens at the inn?”

That peeved me more than a bit, “Well I managed them just fine. Besides, not like any of the young men in town were taking care of it.”

“Aye you got a point there Lass,” He smiled and waved me through.

Town was quiet for the most part, still would be another hour or two until th,e farm hands were back from the fields. I booked another night of room and board at the town’s small inn and headed to a small home on the edge of town. There was a boy who lived there. I spotted him whittling away when I first got to town, and tasked him with making me some arrows. They weren’t the best by any means, but they were cheap, and he was excited to have a real job (besides his mother was happy I was keeping him busy).

A brief chat later I was a piece of silver lighter, but my quiver was full. He was getting better at this I observed, though I suspected his mother tied some of them, some of them looked much cleaner than the others.

Leaving their front yard I paused and basked in the dimming sunlight a moment. I looked up at the hills again. There was a smoke plume from the other side of the hill again. It was bigger now than it was this morning. There had been a couple of them over the last two weeks, and people here in town were becoming anxious. Rumors were spreading about armies or bandits, though they were little more at this point.

“Hey, take it easy!” I heard a woman’s voice whisper from between two houses as I walked back.

“I am, you need to relax!” a man’s voice snapped back.

“No, you’re n…mmff” The woman’s reply was muffled.

That sounded odd. A worried conscience urged me to investigate. I took a couple of hurried steps and peered down the small alley. There was a woman and a man there all right, the woman’s face was mostly hidden by a hooded tunic. She was on her knees against the wall of one of the homes, and the man’s hips were right in her face! If that wasn’t surprising enough, I noticed the man’s pants were down around his knees.

My jaw dropped and I stammered for a response, “H… hey!” I yelled awkwardly.

The man turned his head and looked at me. He wasn’t at all ashamed, and only grew a smirk. “Hello there beautiful, you want a turn too?”

I stammered a bit, “No… no I um…”

The man just rolled his eyes and went back to thrusting his hips at the woman’s face. I heard a grunt of defiance from her.

“Stop! You’re hurting her!” I yelled as I gathered my wits.

“Relax, it’s consensual.” The man dismissed my objection with barely a wondered. “Besides, I’m just… about…”

The man grabbed the woman’s head and pushed it tightly against his hips. He groaned roughly and sighed, white the woman made a gurgling muffled protest. For my part, I just watched dumbfounded. Did he just…?

After a moment, the man let her head go and the woman pulled away coughing and spitting on the ground. “Asshole!” she protested to the man.

“What? You said I could!” He replied.

“Not like that! I said gently!” The woman complained, wiping her mouth.

“Well, whatever, here’s your money. Let me know if you ever need more. I’m always willing to buy.” The man said as he pulled up his pants and bound them with his belt again. He dropped a couple of silver and copper coins in front of her on the ground as he turned to leave.

“You too beautiful, anytime you need some extra cash, let me know!” He winked at me as he brushed past me into the street, leaving me and the woman alone. She just stared at the ground, spit one more time and groaned a little.

“Are you okay?” I asked coming closer.

“Ugh, yes… I’ll live, I think.” She said looking up at me now. Her eyes were a bit tear stained and she was rubbing her throat. “Want to get his awful taste out of my mouth though,” she added, grabbing the few coins the man had dropped on the ground. “1.5 pieces of silver, we agreed on two that piece of sh…” she trailed off. “Never mind…”

“Sorry, he really seemed like quite the jerk. I was going to grab a bite to eat, if you wanted I could grab you a drink too?” I offered.

She nodded, “Thanks, really. I could use one. My name’s Ayala, by the way.”

“I’m Jenni, nice to meet you,” I replied, helping her to her feet. “Are you passing through town?”

“Kind of,” She said, and let down her hood, revealing her long pointed ears.

“I’m only half,” she said, obviously noticing me staring at her obvious elf-like ears. “I’m never really fully welcome either here or in the forest, so I go between them a lot.”

“Oh, I’m sorry,” I replied, “That must be difficult for you.”

Ayala just chuckled as we entered the diner at the inn and took our seats. “It really isn’t great, but I get by. By the way, I’ve never seen you here before.”

“No, I only got here a couple of weeks ago, and probably am not staying much longer.” I said, “I’m eager to be on the road again.”

“Where are you going?” Ayala asked.

“I don’t know really, just anywhere I can find a little adventure, maybe make some money, see something new.” I added trailing off a bit.

We talked a bit more through dinner as the sun set outside. The small diner began to become more and more rowdy as it filled up. The one waitress was busily running back and forth now, in a desperate struggle to keep up. Thankfully though, we’d already eaten, and could at least watch this growing chaos with a full stomach.

“I should check the poster board,” I said getting up, “see if there’s any work for tomorrow here. I had a hard time with today’s job, hopefully there’s something.”

“Mind if I look too?” Ayala asked.

“Sure,” I replied as we both walked over and browsed the postings. “You do a lot of odd jobs too?”

“Yeah, but I haven’t had much luck lately.” She added, “hence my entertaining that asshole in the alley.”

“Hmm, well it looks like the mayor is paying to scout those suspicious fires over the hill.” I mused coming across a new flyer.

“You want to do that?” Ayala asked.

“Oh I don’t know, I’m not really good at stealthing about.” I wondered aloud, “It’s good money though.”

“I’m pretty good at it,” Ayala added, “If you’re up for it, you want to go together? I bet we’d make a good team.”

I looked at her a bit surprised, “Well, okay sure. I’ll take the flyer, and we’ll stop by the mayor’s home tomorrow morning.”

Ayala nodded with approval. Tomorrow would mean a new adventure it seemed.

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Hi again horny friends and strangers, ?

So I wondered I’d follow a muse and try to write a longer fantasy saga. Just a small appetizer here, with background to test the waters. Let me know your thoughts, and if this is something you’d like to see more of.

Otherwise I hope you have a safe and sexy day! ?

NSFW: yes

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