The Nest
Deep beneath the Temple of Inala is a secret bunker, where some of the Yodhinalas' treasure and special items were stored. Currently it's been reclaimed by the once High Priestess, Mave, and her companions.

Tulani seems to be waiting for Alptraum as soon as he returns to the Nest. "Do you have the last navigational fix yet?" the Sphynx asks, followed by, "Are you busy tonight?"

"Yes, I do have the last one, and no, I am not. The mages have to tune a compass, that will take a day or two to do," Alptraum comments as he heads down the stairs and into the chamber. "And hello to you too, Tulani."

"Do you need to take a bath or anything?" Tulani asks next, with a big grin. "You aren't tired or anything are you?" She's holding something behind her back. Alptraum can hear a jingle when the cat moves.

Alptraum arches his brow some at the jingle; bats do have good hearing after all. "A bath wouldn't be remiss. Why? What are you plotting?" he asks.

"There's a dance competition at Inala's Paradise tonight," Tulani blurts, looking as excited as.. a girl her age probably looks when they're excited. Just with more feathers and teeth.

"Ooookay. And you're planning to enter it," Alptraum reasons out. "This involves me how, exactly?" he asks as he's already heading towards the bath chamber. "Want me to vote for you?"

"It's a couple's dance," Tulani says. "And of course I wouldn't try to rope you into it. The Barsunala doesn't do jigs!" she claims. "But Pierce would be purrrrfect, don't you think?" she suggests.. actually purring.

Alptraum covers his face. "That's just ... augh. Okay, what's in it for me? Any time I turn into that, you insist on leading me around on a leash," he complains, then laughs. "And I'm sure you have something weird for me to wear, too. I hear the jingling."

Tulani produces a velvet bag. "Oh, this just has your.. jewelry," she says. "But I do have a great dance outfit for you! Very gypsy. It's made of brightly colored scarves. And I'll wear one too!"

"Going to make me go in full chastity harness too?" Alptraum laughs and shakes his head. He gestures for her to follow, then disappears into the bathroom to prepare a quick bath.

Tulani trots along behind, and promises, "Not.. necessarily. The dancing is supposed to be erotic."

"So? Keeping one constrained like that is an arousing thing to some people here. Well, a lot of people here in this city. Only releasing them at the right time, or something," Alptraum admits as he strips while the tub fills. Hurray for plumbing, that. "And yes, I do know that dance," he agrees.

"So you can lead then? Because I don't know it," Tulani says, and sits on the edge of the tub. "So.. you get to do whatever you want with me.." she teases.

"Right, shaving razors and jelly, then," Alptraum teases. He tests the water and hops in. After gingerly sitting, he sighs out and leans back. "Ohhh yeah, a bath is always what is needed after the Temple of Gorphat," he mutters, then opens one eye. "Are you going to rent Pierce out afterward for cash?"

Even better than the warm, clean water is the lack of things moving around inside his body cavities.

"That's selling slaves," Alptraum points out. "Not sure about renting pleasure folk."

"You'll be too tired after the dancing probably anyway," Tulani says. "There's supposedly this really good Savanite-Skreek dance team."

"Well, it's probably rude to rent someone out in another person's whorehouse," Tulani says, swishing her tail over the water. "Don't want Bara pissed at me!"

"There is? Huh, that would be worth seeing, regardless," Alptraum admits, then dunks under the water to wet his head. After, it's on to the soap scrubbing.

"Well, I can't charge her," Tulani says, waving her hands. That causes more jingles because one of them is holding the bag o' bling still.

"Would you let her, though?" Alptraum asks, then dunks back under the water to rinse off.

"That depends on if you want to go with her or not," Tulani says. "I never got charged for.. uh.. stuff.."

Alptraum laughs as he climps out and grabs two towels. One he tosses over Tulanii's head. "Dry off my wings?" he requests, then goes about drying his front and legs. His wings spread out some and waggle.

"Hold still!" Tulani complains, trying to wipe down the leathery vanes. "So are you gonna do it?" she asks.

"A change of pierce you say?" Tulani teases. She has a damp towel now. Of course she's going to try and swat Alptraum's butt with it.

"Har har, only if I get more of those," Alptraum remarks semi-dryly. He checks himself over, then hmms. "Okay, putting those back in while a bat is probably easier," he admits.

"Well, the wing and ear ones anyway," Tulani says. "Pull up a stool and I'll doll you up!"

"Nope, all of them, and you get to do it!" Alptraum teases as he grabs a stool with his left foot. He pulls the stool right over and flops his but down on it. The position, well, he leans forward, wings slightly splayed for access.

The wing-rings are easiest, since membranes at the 'finger' tips aren't thick. Then Tulani prepares Alptraum's ears by licking the edges with her tongue to firm them up a bit. The various baubles for those aren't like the nondescript wing-rings.

And Alptraum probably elicits a few bites because he moves his ears around to just be annoying. Or put another way, make the cat play chase some! "C'mon, use those nimble piratey fingers! Arr!" he jokes.

"I'm not a pirate," Tulani protests. Then comes around to sit in Alptraum's lap to finish the ears. And so she access to his face of course for the next set.

"So, all my dreams of you dressing up like a sexy pirate are never to be?" Alptraum says and grins, fangily.

"Well, you do get to dress me for the dance, after I dress you," Tulani promises, and licks Alptraum's nose before snapping in the nose-ring. Then she's stretching out his lower lip for that ring.

The nose ring always makes him sneeze. The lip pull, well, he just uses the rest of his face to make funny faces at Tulani some. "Why do you need any clothing at all?"

"Because I'm almost all black except for my hair and wings and blaze," Tulani points out. "I need to be colorful!" she claims, before she starts to tease Alptraum's nipples to get them ready for their barbels.

Alptraum has to lean back for that! "We could have you shaved and tattooed," Alptraum jokes and grins toothily.

"Black skin," Tulani points out, and tugs on the left nipple to get that one 'slotted' first. At least she's learned to keep one of the sphere ends screwed on first.

"Ow," Alptraum comments, those always hurt a little going back in. "Skin can be bleached," he points out and grins. "But yes, we'll find you something since you're being difficult!"

"How am I being difficult?" Tulani asks, as she pinches the other nipple now. Maybe even gives a little twist.

"Refusing all my perfectly acceptable suggestions!" Alptraum jokes and sticks out his tongue after that little torment.

"I would need glowing fur paint or something," Tulani claims, and then dips down and get the other barbel in using her mouth and tongue. It.. takes a few tries. Probably not what she was going for in her head.

Probably not, but it does end up feeling nice. Alptraum is even petting the back of Tulani's neck some. "I do hope you realize I tease you because you are my friend, yes?" he comments. "Getting to bed you and do weird things is a bonus."

"Oh, so you're not going to propose then?" Tulani pouts. "I got you a ring.." she notes, grinning again as she tugs on the nose ring. "Navel time."

"Hey, you already own Pierce," Alptraum counters and flicks her nose playfully. He leans back again to make that easy.

So Tulani sliiides downward onto her knees, forcing Alptraum's legs's apart. Then she sticks her tongue into his navel and immediately regrets it, because that is where soap clings. Puts the piercing in with her fingers after that. Maybe there just isn't a way to do this sexily?

Alptraum laughs. "It might not always be erotic, but it is fun. If you can't laugh at yourself, you take yourself too seriously," he jokes and waggles his hips at her. "Just a little more to go."

"Actually a lot more," Tulani says. She has to lay out all of the pieces ahead of time: five rings. She needs everything.. well.. taut for this, so starts gently stroking with her fingers.

"Buh," Alptraum says as his eyes cross briefly. "I'd ask you to use your tongue instead, but it is a tad rough for a bat body," he admits ... distractedly. He's struggling to keep his breathing steady.

"So you don't want me to lick it then?" Tulani asks, just before teasing the tip with her raspy tongue.

The squirming was probably a mistake. It makes Tulani's claws pop out.. but she needs them for fine maneuvering. Getting the first ring through the tip is always tricky. Everything needs to be exposed and firm after all.

"Having fun?" Alptraum has to ask, trying to sound like it's not difficult for him at all, which is of course the exact opposite of what it is. "Seem if you had some work like this done, I could put it in on you..."

"My tip is a lot smaller than yours," Tulani claims, and then starts stretching out some scrotum, trying to find the holes the final four rings.

"Ow, off, eef," Alptraum remarks and squirms even more. "So? It would still be fun. We should do it," he prods playfully. "I'm sure the boutique would do it."

"Would they stop though?" Tulani asks, giving Alptraum a suspicious look. "I still think you're just looking for revenge. I don't even have sailors earrings." She finds a hole, and keeps it open with a claw as he gets the ring ready.

"Not just revenge, I do think it would be fun," Alptraum says with a big ol' grin. He plays a little with her ears, even if she has a dangerous hold of a tender area.

"Would I get to pick out the earring at least?" Tulani asks as she finds the next hole.

"Of course," Alptraum agrees. Baby steps; he'll corrupt her yet. "Now, about what to wear, hm. You pop out of most Eeee clothing, so probably topless.

"But with scarves!" Tulani says. "Mave has some big scarves. I think they might actually be Eeee wrap skirts but they work as scarves too. The dance will work best if there's something to removed during it, after all."

"Well, I did suggest shaving razors and jelly fir ... ow, careful!" Alptraum whines when claws get a little too pokey! "Ojay, okay, scarves!"

Tulani finally stands up and dusts off the knees of her pants. "There's a big box of scarves or scarf-like fabrics over here," she says, gesturing for Alptraum to get up and follow her.

"Strip down and I'll sort," Alptraum requests as he heads to the box and starts to dig through it Whites, silvers, and greens, three color tones; don't want to be too garish about it as he goes through one by one, humming.

"You aren't going to do it for me?" Tulani asks with a mock gasp of surprise, and starts to unlace her blouse.

"That comes later," Alptraum points out. "Unless you want me to claw your clothing apart right here" he mock-threatens.

"Nooooo, I like these clothes," Tulani says. She's wearing her 'usual' outfit of mostly leather that has been proof against storms and sunlight.

The suggestion does make her strip faster though, even it requires some extra wiggling for the pants.

"Wusss," Alptraum teases and sets aside a large pile of scarves. Either he's going to get creative, or Tulani is going to be a mummy. Or both!

"Alright," she says, holding her arms out to her sides. "Drape away! They need to survive getting to the club too."

Alptraum drapes one white, and one silver scarf, one on the left shoulder and the other on the right. The reason for two becomes clear when he threads one under her right arm from Her left shoulder, using it up lift up and support just one of her breasts; along with making it very perky even for her. He repeats the same with the other scarf on the opposite shoulder, making a two-part 'bra' for Tulani. A plue scarf comes next, and is wrapped around her neck, then up and around her head, tying back her hair into more of a mane-like look. He steps back, hmms, then grabs another ywo scarves and makes a 'two part' panty for Tulani; though that's being generous since it's spreading things for display. A third is added to cover and hide the spread ... and then around her waist goes a bright blue wide 'scarf' to act like a short dress. Talk about undressing in layers, that. Then he's coiling a few of the remaining scarves into colorful 'ropes' he winds around each of Tulani's legs, making it look like stockings with ridiculously wide 'holes' in it.

"I'm not actually as flexible as a Khatta," Tulani notes. "Because of the wings. Will I be tossed around a lot?" She also bounces on her feet a bit to see if she pops out of the scarf-hammocks or not.

"No, you're too fat for me to toss around too much," Alptraum remarks from behind her where he's tying scarfs to trail under her wings. "You weigh twice what I do!"

"Pierce is very buff though," Tulani counts, and whips her tail across Alptraum's belly. "Should I do the swinging and dipping then?"

"Ooof, drat, you remembered I'll be the cat. He could," Alptraum admits. "And I guess I best switch over to him for dressing, leashing, and all that, eh?"

Alptraum ties another rope-braind around her tail for that, then goes back to his stool to sit. Eyes closed and slow breathing. It's all about finding quiet and then falling into darkness. Thhen it's trying to find the savanite in the patterns he knows, and slowly overlay it upon himself, shift mass, increase density of bone and muscle ... and go mute.

More than mute - Pierce also has a forked tongue, courtesy of a certain Naga (and Tulani). He knows the transformation is complete when he feels someone running their fingers through his fur. "Sooo fluffy.." Tulani purrs.

Alptraum opens one slitted eye and now feels somewhat deaf. He snorts loudly at that comment, then paffs Tulani repeatedly with his now long tail. As much as he mock-complains, though, he likes tis body a lot. Something about being spotty and sexy appeals to him.

Pierce gets up, slowly. He even raises his arms and stretches upward as if waking from a long nap and making that thin runners-body ripple with muscle. He even looks over his shoulder at her and licks his own nose, with that forked tongue.

And Tulani can't help but give a little fondle to help him lift up higher on his toes. "So, how many bows can I use?" she asks. "I'll let you pick out the scarves though."

Alptraum signs to her to use as many as she wants, and scarves too! He wants to be surprised, so he even closes his eyes and purrs at her. If this Barsunala gig falls through, being Tualni's actual slave could be a fun time.

So Tulani chooses a black-lace scarf and uses it as an actual scarf around Pierce's neck, but hooks one end of it to his lip-ring. It's an odd look. She goes with blue for his left shoulder, and pink for that wrist. Then gold and white for the other shoulder and wrist.

Pierce's ears twitch and flick as things are applied. He can't see the colors, but he can feel the placement. The one attached to his lip ring really created a 'confused cat' look on his face, then he shrugs. He's grin-smiling throughout, so he must be enjoying it. His tail is continually brushing Tulani, even between her legs; so it's good he went layered there!

To finish off the arms, Tulani adds green scarves that just tuck in to the others an hang loose. She may be picking colors at random, because next is a garish thing. It's light, maybe even zolk, but in a purple and green tartan pattern. She seems to consider it for a long moment, then ties it in a big bow to the end of the that thick, probing tail.

Which Pierce flicks around to make tying a bow to it hard! He's even more bratty as a cat; big surprise, that!

"Don't make me use my claws," Tulani warns. She then reaches for the next scarf, a silver one with black trim, leans down to tie a bow around Pierce's... curiosity! "Hmmm, I could hang some through the rings.." she ponders out loud.

That makes Pierce snort out in amusement. That bowed tail flicks some more, amused with it all. Not when she's holding it, though; he's at least somewhat behaving ... probably to avoid claws.

A few more bright colors gets used, really drawing attention to that area, even if looking for too long at the clashing colors is risking an headache. "I should work on your back next," Tulani says, and makes a spin-around gesture.

This makes the cat arch his brow, but he manages to keep his eyes closed. So, he turns around to present his back to Tulani. "Go ahead," he signs over his shoulder.

The first part of dressing this side of Pierce apparently starts with a butt massage to help Tulani think. The she tries to drape a scarf over the root of his tail in a way that it stays in place. This... takes some experimenting, but ends up in a rather droopy bow. "Maybe you need a skirt too," she says, and starts looking for larger scarves. The biggest is blue with yellow stripes, so she uses that.. but it still ends up as more of a n apron that covers the front while exposing the back. It's good enough for now though, as Tulani moves on to making streamers for the former wing-rings that are not going down Pierce's back. "Something for your calves too.. hmmm..."

She actually ends up making something like pant legs that start at mid-thigh. This sort of clothing is not Tulani's strong suit - but she knows a lot of different types of knots at least.

"I have a feeling I'm going to look really odd," Pierce signs as his ears wiggle in amusement. "My butt is on display, clearly."

After a pause, another bow is added midway along the tail, and golden wrist-streamers tucked into the wrist wraps.

Pierce holds his arms straight out in case it helps when Tulani starts messing with the wrists again. HE's a nightmare of color; but the gypsies would have loved it.

"Well, can you move in all of that?" Tulani asks and bites her lip. She hasn't tried to dance yet.

Pierce shimmies about, waves his arms, rolls his hips, then even does a few high-kicks to test it. It's ... streamy, but it doesn't seem to be giving him any real problems in movement so far. "Seems fine," he signs and finally opens his eyes to see the color nightmare he has become. He covers his face briefly and sighs.

"What?" Tulani asks. "It will get attention! Colors do that! So more colors get more attention!"

Pierce rolls his eyes, and doesn't argue the point. "So, what was the comment about inspection? And am I going collared?" he signs, curious.

"No, Bara has a thing about slavery you know," Tulani says. "So I can leash you, but you can't have a collar. I'll have to use your.. nose ring.."

"The collar keeps people from looking too odd at me, though, just another slave," Pierce points out, "It actually has a use to make me seem less of a person and thus not important. But, I do understand your concerns. Nose it is."

"Unless it's one of those really fancy collars dripping with gemstones," Tulani says. It takes her some to locate the leash. She also finds a muzzle, but it's clearing for an Eeee. So the thin leash is attached to the nose ring. "Okay, I have a second leash," she says, holding it up. "I could wear a choker, or just.. have it around my wrist."

"Choker," Pierce signs. "It would go well with the color choices I made for you. I actually thought about it..." He grins.

So Tulani returns with a box of chokers, from thin to thick, with buttons and buckles and laces and clasps. "Sure are a lot of them," she notes. "I think a few have little rings that would work.."

Pierce looks through them and finds one that's simple and looks like the ring could just be decoration, more of a necklace charm, than for other things, and offers it up as a suggestion.

"I've never worn one before," Tulani says. "Put it on me?" she suggests, whiskers wiggling.

Pierce takes it and steps around behind Tulani. He slips the delicate choker around her neck and pulls it snug; testing how it fits, and so that it's firm around the cat's neck, but not actually choking here. Then he threads the double-ring 'buckle' it uses to set the length to just that point and adjusts it. He tests it a second time to make sure it isn't actually choking her and seems comfortable. He then pats her between her wings and steps away and then back around to face her.

Tulani feels over the choker. "It feels alright, but.. I feel like there should be a bell or something on it," she notes. "Maybe that's a lingering dragon thought though."

Pierce's ears wiggle, then he goes digging until he finds a bell intended for a nipple ring. He hooks it onto the choker instead and then flicks it.

"Well.. that seems undignified," Tulani says, then starts flicking the bell herself. "Shall we make our way to the club? I can't fly like this, and you probably can't run without losing half of your scarves. And I couldn't find any big long overcoats down here. I don't think Babelites tolerate coats for religious reasons."

"They prefer to be nude to coats," Pierce signs. "And yes, we should get going before I decide this is a bad idea." Granted, whenever has the cat ever decided that in time to prevent anything? Never, that's when. So, onward the grinning cat will go to his doom...

Inala's Paradise
The interior of this club is huge. It's as if all but the necessary support columns and trusses had been removed to create a single, circular chamber. There are no openings to the outside save the entrance, but there are stairs and elevated walks around the perimeter, revealing a second level of rooms. The walls are painted with fantastic cloudscapes and gardens and palaces, all reminiscent of the Paradise created by the great Dream Ritual of not so very long ago. Statues of Inala dot the varied landscape, possibly looted from the original temple itself.

When Pierce and Tulani arrive, there's already an exhibition going on the stage: the Gigis are back. The golden Khattas (and one tanned human) are performing a rather fast paced dance that primarily involves their hips and arms. They are all wearing dried grass skirts and nothing else save some flowers in their hair. The house band drummer is trying to keep up with a pair of bongo drums.

"They're becoming regulars, it seems," Pierce signs to Tulani and then waves towards the stage. He also wiggles his nose because, well, there's a ring, and a leash, and it feels weird. "Fun group, if a bit on the odd side ... and that's saying something for Babel."

"They aren't from Babel though," Tulani notes, adjusting her own leash a bit. "But I don't think they're part of the contest." She looks around for where the competitors are likely to be gathering. "I think I see Honey over to the side, she'll know where we need to be."

"They would win if they were," Pierce signs before he has to hurriedly follow, nose tugs hurt!

"They aren't a couple," Tulani points out, as she tries to get around the crowd of spectators. "Think I could dance like that?" she then asks.

"You don't already?" Pierce answers and then wiggles his ears, amused. "And you're right, they're a nuisance. That's what a group of cats is called, a nuisance." He's also trying to avoid the crowds (and the occasional groping).

"So what do I count as, since there's just one of me?" Tulani asks with a raised eyebrow. They finally come around to the side of the stage near the band, where Honey and several other people stand.

There's no time for Tulani to retort before Honey spots them. "Oooo! You must be dressed for the dance-off!" the bunny says, looking hopeful as she clutches her hands together beneath her chin.

Pierce salutes the lapi and nods. "Yep, Mistress here insisted. She's soooooo mean," he exaggerates in sign." He also sticks out his tongue.

"No, I just give you a number in the order you arrived, so you are team five," Honey replies and watches Pierce's signs. "You've got her on a leash too though," she points out. "But you won't be the only Savanite dancer tonight."

"No? But surely the best looking and most decorated one," Pierce signs while still grinning. "Who's the unlicky competition to deal with me?"

"Teams two and three," Honey says, and gestures to a cluster of dancers that were briefly hidden behind some Eeee. One team appears to be a female duo, wearing sparkly outfits with flared-out skirts. They look familiar as well. Especially next to the tall Savanite that looks like he's wearing formal evening attire, although the puffy shirt under the jacket is open in deep V. It has to be Stone Will and his sisters. Also with them is a Skreek girl that's wearing a slinky black dress that's slit up the sides to her waist. She also looks familiar from that last time Alptraum was dancing here. Was her name Revalie?

Pierce's eyes almost bug out and he nudges Tulani. "Those will be trouble. I know them all, and they're all ... tricky," he signs hidden to her. "The tall guy is a butler, and ... well, persuasive in some ways. The two savanite girls are sisters, and sisters of the butlet guy. The skreek is a skreek and very good at dancing."

"Are you saying we should have rehearsed something then?" Tulani whispers to Pierce, side-eyeing the competition. The other two couples are a pair of Eeees and a pair of Skreeks, but not recognizable.

"It wouldn't have hurt. Should we go say hello to them so you can get a feel for them?" Pierce signs to Tulani and glances to the group again.

"Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to be polite," Tulani admits, and heads towards them. "Shoot.. we need to come up with a name for us! Like.. Piercing Beauty or something!"

The girls notice the approaching pair first. They cover their muzzles shyly when they look at Pierce.

"What, not The Savage and the Siren?" Pierce joke-asks in sign. He then waves to the girls with a wiggle of his fingers, then sticks out his tongue and wiggles the tips at them too!

"I'm no Savage," Tulani claims, and watches the byplay. At the sight of the split tongue, the girls' eyes go wide and they give Pierce a good ogling up and down.

"I'm the savage," Pierce points out and then rolls his eyes. "Hello. Prepared to lose?" he signs to the savanite pair.

"No," the two sign simultaneously. "Can you really dance in that?" the one on the right then asks.

"Yes. The color-blind winged one dressed me like this," Pierce signs to the pair, then thumbs towards Tulani.

"There's nothing wrong with bright colors if you have a bright demeanor to go with them," Tulani claims.

The bongos finally stop, or the drummer passes out. Either way, there is applause and the Gigi troupe flounces past the other dancers. Honey then steps out into the vacated stage.

This makes Pierce ears wiggle. "What's up with the stiff one over there?" Pierce asks in sign and thumbs towards Stone-Will, then glances towards the stage. "Know him? He any good?"

The bat couple is talking to the band, and then give a signal to Honey, who says, "Our first dance contestants of the evening! Tik-Tok!" Even when she's trying to be loud, the Lapi's voice is soft. Luckily most of the audience members have very good hearing.

"He is alright," the first sister signs, while the other makes a sort of 'waving him off' gesture of dismissal.

"So, he's no threat?" Pierce asks in sign, then waves to the other male Savanite. "That true? You no threat? Not a good dancer?" He's grinning.

Stone-Will doesn't give much away in his expression as he sizes up Pierce and Tulani. "I am confident enough to enter a competition," he signs. "My partner is a very good dancer though."

"And confident enough to lose, it seems," Pierce counters, shrugs, and grins. "We plan on winning."

The music starts, something very Babelite with drums and cymbals and bells. The beat is rather staccato as the two Eeee dancers swing each other out onto the stage. Their costumes don't have streamers, but do have a lot of fringes that whip around.

"I'm called Pierce, for obvious reasons. This here is Tulani," Pierce signs and gestures towards Tulani. Then he shifts his attention back towards the stage to see what is going on.

The pair are holding hands and leaning away from each other, spinning around quite quickly. Then the woman makes a leap, and is soon upside down as the man holds her up with outstretched arms. They're still spinning, and leaning.. the man backwards and the woman above with her legs canted forward to keep the balance.

Pierce elbows Tulani for that joke. "Eh, seen better. Being airborne would make it more effective," he signs to Tulani.

"I'm pretty sure dancing means at least one person has to have their feet on the ground most of the time," Tulani notes.

They change things up, and the woman swings back down.. only to wrap her legs around the man's waist to continue the spin, still holding hands.

"Not in Babel," Pierce points out. He glances to the other savanites to see their reactions.

The sisters are watching with interest, as are the Skreek pair and Stone-Will and Revalie.

Pierce looks back to the stage, one ear flicking a bit. "They have the advantage of both being light," he notes to Tulani.

The Eeee dancers go through several more flip-shifts, going back to back, flipping over and continuing their hands while holding their feet together, and so on. Tulani's ear twitches as well. "You don't have to point out that I'm heavy," she whispers.

The dance does end before too long, since there's a lot of energy being spent. Both Eeee look a bit shaky if not dizzy when they take their bow - still holding hands. They've been in contact the whole time, by hand or foot.

"Not fat, so don't take it hat way. They can get away with fancier movements because of less momentum," Pierce signs. "They're focusing on their strengths, so should we."

"True. Time to practice would have helped, but ... we'll 'wing it' so to speak," Pierce signs, then shrugs a little.

Honey is talking to the band now on behalf of team two: the sisters. Then she heads out onto the stage. "Let's hear it again for Tik Tok!" she calls, trying to keep the crowd excited. "Our next dancers are twin sisters! Say hello to Sweet-Tea!"

"These two will be a challenge," Pierce signs to Tulani. "Probably our biggest competitors."

The sister seem to flutter onto the stage on their toes.. even more so than Savanites are usually on their toes. The music is almost all chimes and bells, but slower than the previous set. Although the strings add in some bass soon after. It's a ballet performance, with the two girls moving in perfect unison. And flashing their underwear a lot as well due to some of the moves being very horizontal.

"See what I mean? They can move in perfect unison," Pierce signs to Tulani. "IIt's a twin thing."

"The tarantella is about different kind of movement in unison though," Tulani says. "It wouldn't make sense for us to try and mirror one another like that."

Since this dance is less hectic than the previous, the girls are able to show off longer. There are points where one lifts the other up over their head.. while still on tip-toe.. that seem rather impressive though.

"Issat the Dance of the Sugar Creens?" Revalie asks Stone-Will, who just nods.

"No, it isn't. But my point is what they're doing in an impressive display of pure technical skill," Pierce signs, "Like that. Toe strength, leg strength. Grace. They're our biggest competitors on that alone I suspect."

"They certainly win the leg game," Tulani admits. "But.. I don't know how this thing is even judged." Her tail does tend to mimic the moves of the sisters tails as they dance, probably subconsciously.

"No clue, either. And I suppose it doesn't even matter really, other than our egos," Pierce signs while shaking his head a little.

The girls finish by facing each other, grasping hands, and sinking to their knees slowly as they bring their foreheads to rest together. There's a lot of applause that follows.

Pierce uses his fingers and forked tongue to whistle! Then he's clapping as well!

The girls get up and put on their shy act, before bowing and tip-toe-flurrying back to the waiting area. Where they immediately head for the table with glasses of water set out, joining the previous dancers in the need to cool off.

"They'd be frightening hunters or assassins," Pierce muses in sign to Tulani. "Can you imagine trying to counter synchronized movements like that?"

"No, but I could just fly away from them I'd hope," Tulani says. Revalie is talking to the band now, as Honey hurries out onto the stage. "Wow, wasn't that graceful?" she asks the audience, getting them to applaud again. "Reminds me of when I faced two Nagas moving in unison. That was a surprisingly fun encounter! But now it's time to welcome our next couple, Reval-ation!"

"When hunting a flyer, you always disable the wings first. Anyway, This will probably be ... interesting," Pierce signs to Tulani as his attention follows the rat, then to the stage.

Stone-Will offers his elbow to Revalie, and they saunter onto the stage. The band begins playing something like a waltz to start with, with Stone-Will taking the lead. He towers over the Skreek, which makes it look awkward.

"For the moment. It'll change up I'm sure. I know that one, and he's subtle and tricky," Pierce signs to Tulani. "He's good at hiding his motives. I'll explain why later; it's not a good place to talk about it."

Just as Pierce predicts, things change up. Stone-Will hoists Revalie up into the air in a sort of reverse-dip, since she's arching out like she's flying. Then the Savanite buries his muzzle into the Skreek's cleavage, and pulls out with a rose between his teeth. The music picks up, changing to a tango once the Skreek's feet are back on the ground again.

"See? He's quite the romantic too," Pierce signs. "The ladies here will probably swoon."

There's some applause at the switch up, and when the rose gets passed back and forth between the two - until it ends up held in the Skreek's tail. She turns her back to him and waggles it under his nose, and then he grabs onto her shoulders and rips her dress off! She's wearing glitter underneath, for the most part, and garters. The music shifts again into something with a faster tempo, and the bongos are out again.

"See??" Pierce signs and elbows Tulani. The sphynx is probably watching closely now, though. He rubs his forehead as he watches now. "No practice at all. How in the world are we going to accomplish anything?" he wonders.

As the Skreek is twirled around, she grabs onto Stone-Will's jacket, which of course comes right off. His 'shirt' is really just the ruffled bit that was visible, leaving his back, sides and arms completely bare. The rose is brushed down his chest before Revalie tries to dance away a bit more.

"We can tease one another just fine without practice," Tulani claims, crossing her arms and lashing her tail as she watches. "Plus, we have more pieces to shed from our costumes."

Stone-Will is trying to lure his partner back by gyrating his hips, but his expression doesn't really match, as it seems too focused instead of lascivious. Clutching the rose, Revalie feigns, coyness, then twirls back into his arms. From there it moves into a faster variation of tango, with lots of dips and spins, and one toss up and catch. Other than Revalie being on display there isn't anything more titillating than subtle hints using the rose. That's not to diminish the effect the cheetah's bared back has, especially with how broad they are and tapered his body is.

"I'm surprised his pants are still on," Pierce admits in sign. "He's being too stiff, though, which plays into our favor," the cheetah adds as he tries to count the spots on Stone-Will's back.

"I can't even tell what dance style that is," Tulani admits. "I like that he wiggles his butt though."

"It's a mix of styles. I can identify them a little, but not well," Pierce admits, then rubs at his nose a little. "His sisters were better, though."

After a final flurry of spins and dips, there's another full-body rat toss, and Stone-Will falls to his knees as he catches-and-cradles Revalie, biting the flower part of the rose while she holds the stem in her teeth. Then he blows the petals into the air.

There is a lot of hooting from the Skreeks in the audience, as well as the usual applause and whistles.

It takes a moment for Stone-Will to get back up, and Revalie hurriedly collects their pull-away outfits. Once they return to the staging area, Honey heads out and makes a show of fanning herself with one hand. "Anyone else feeling a bit warm after that?" she asks the audience to get another round of applause. "Not that the Nagas are likely to complain! Our next couple has something a bit more folksy in store though, so get ready to clap along to Mr. and Mrs. Clogs!"

"Clogs? Seriously? Ugh," Pierce signs, "The Eeee will hate this one; looooooooud." He glances over towards the finished competitors to see if the sisters are ragging on their brother any.

So far the sisters are just content to drink and eat, since there's now a small buffet available. Revalie is getting herself into a regular skirt and top, while Stone-Will is breathing with his mouth open to help cool off. The crowd does begin to clap along to the Skreek couple that is tap-dancing instead of clog-dancing, even though they're wearing clogs to do it.

"So, how do you want to be introduced," Honey comes up and asks Tulani and Pierce.

"Oh good, I was worried it would be worse," Pierce signs to Tulani. The question catches him by surprise and his brow ends up furrowing. "The Hunter and Prey, Pierce suggests to Tulani. "The point being, which one of is the hunter and which is the prey."

"You both look like hunters to me," Honey teases. "Given your colors, you could be Night and Day, or.. hmm. I'm not very good at this. I just announce things."

"Midnight Rainbow?" Tulani offers weakly. "Are they any gypsy words that would work? What are dancers called in romani?"

"Well, I liked Hunter and Prey," Pierce sulks a bit, then considers Tulani's question. "Well, Midnight Tanzen is somewhat close to a gypsy version of that name that would be mostly understandable here."

"What about for Hunter and Prey?" Tulani asks. "Is there a sexy version of that?"

"Actually that sounds pretty nice," Tulani says after she sounds it out. "It's exotic, and sort of hints that we are exotic."

"I can hum what I remember," Tulani offers. "And.. do you have a rattler Naga? Violins too."

"Ideally something spritely and Sylvanian," Pierce signs, "Which may be asking a bit much of the musicians here. Do they know any Sylvanian music?"

"They might! I'll go get the bandleader," Honey says. Since the current dance is pretty simple music-wise, she managers to get the Eeee in charge, who blinks at Tulani and Pierce's attire.

"Folksy, gypsy style dance music," Pierce signs, but has no idea if the Eeee even understands him.

"We can manage that," the Eeee notes, stroking his chin. "Been awhile since we did anything like it. Any dance in particular?"

"A variation on several styles, but mostly the Tarantella," Pierce signs to the Eeee, since he seems to understand sign!

"Follow the dancers lead, but stay within the Tarantella structure," the Eeee interprets.

"Building speed, basically. Spritely. Lively. Flowing," Pierce signs off. "And it should work fine."

"It's got a bit of ballet style, but I think I can manage some of it at least," Tulani says, and lifts one of her legs high.

"And if not, I'll just break your legs," Pierce jokes to Tulani, and earwiggles.

"You'll be too busy slapping your own," Tulani claims, and then the tap-dancing stops. There's a lot a of applause, and the Skreeks dance their way off the stage. At least the band is used to 6-8 time now.

"Time to embarrass ourselves," Pierce signs and unhooks the leash from his nose as that would be a problem. He offers his arm to Tulani and signs, one-handed, "Shall we?"

Honey rushes out on stage. "I don't know how they did that with those shoes," she tells the crowd. "You don't usually get a dance the provides most of it's own music like that! And not for something from the other side of the world! Let's welcome Vanator si prada!"

The accordions and pretty exotic for Babel, but the tambourines are familiar at least. The tempo is still faster than usual for Ai however, and the colors actually seem to work with it a bit.

Pierce heads up on stage, with Tulani in toe. His head is held high, somewhat mimicking Stone-Will, as he leads Tulani to the center stage. There, he slips his arm free and turns his back to the Sphynx, and glares out at the audience in a challenge. Well, right up until the music stops and all the airs of being stern drop, and he turns to Tulani and the dance begins. Slow at first, as if just getting acquainted. Two people just meeting, a curiosity, then a moment of brief touch as Pierce slips by Tulani. A claw hooks into one of the ribbons and he tugs it, twirling her to face him while removing it at the same time. He draws it between his teeth, and grins.

Tulani looks shocked, but then grins and spins to flare out her own sashes. She manages to skip a bit as she does it, moving her arms to the music as well. It makes her very bouncy though. Then she moves forward again, and licks Pierce's nose to undo the scarf that was tucked into the nose ring.

Pierce gasps and clutches to his chest as if utterly shocked that she would do such a thing! He bounces back ... but then crouches down and slide-draws close. He wiggles his ears in time to the music as he rises up ... and one hand sneakily slips behind her to snag onto the rope-wrapped scarf on Tulani's tail. She likely doesn't even feel him untie it with deft fingers, then tries to slink off as if he just pick-pocketed it from her.

Tulani whips her now lightened tail around, and rolls her hips and moves her arms and hands in a slinky come-hither gesture. Will Pierce fall for it?

Pierce gestures questioningly to the audience as if asking their opinion! Soon the spotted shoulders just shrug. He tosses the removed scarf over his shoulder and sashays with swinging hips right over to Tulani; answering that call.

So the Sphynx rubs right up against the cheetah, and reaches around to give his rump a squeeze before sliding off one of the bows on it.

Pierce sniffs at this, while also flexing his rump for the audience to see. He reaches up to pat Tulani on the cheek, but the movement is a feint, as soon he's whisked away one of the sashes that was holding her hair and ears. He drapes it right over her nose.

The Sphynx blows it off, and runs her fingers up Pierce's ribs.. so can steal the ribbons from his nipples. Which she tosses to the crowd.

Pierce looks to the crowd and nods smugly, winks, then reaches up and undoes Tulani's left shoulder sash and whips it away; meaning her right breast is now completely on display! He dips his head and briefly licks the nipple, making sure the fork of his tongue is seen by the crowd. Then he's spinning away!

Tulani looks shocked, and covers the bared breast with her right hand, then chase-skips after Pierce, trying to catch his tail with her free hand! She does manage to keep the roll to her hips at least.

Pierce is caught! He turns around, spinning in close ... and removing her left breast sash once close! He slips a hand in behind her back and bends her backward until she's looking upside down at the audience! And her breasts are looking at the ceiling...

This gives Tulani her change though! Even as she's bent back, she brings one leg up to cover that she's going for Pierce's loin-cloth-scarf.

Pierce waggles his brows at the audience while he's got her like this. When he brings her back up, he keeps going and lifts her over his head to spin her around! Granted that means she goes up with his loincloth, leaving him somewhat bared down below! His head tilts and he looks confused, like he felt a breeze.

Tulani meanwhile waves the pilfered cloth around like she's just caught a bird! There are more ooos than laughs from the audience though.

Pierce spins Tulani back down and holds her infront of himself like a loincloth! For a second, anyway before he returns her to her feet. From there he shifts it to be a little more traditional in style, slinking in, tracing, teasing and rolling against her to the music ... then when the current music 'frame' ends, he dances away holding hey another one of her scarves. He seems to now be working on her waist, which is made of several layers to make for a slow reveal.

Tulani is lost in the rolling, and even does a bit of a slow belly-dance while Pierce is behind her.. and she's presumably grinding back against him. After the latest shedding of one of her skirt pieces, she turns around cat-butt at the audience before 'stalking' around in time to Pierce.

The dance is picking up speed, and it seems to become almost a challenge for who can de-sash the other quicker (and still in time to the music). There's also a lot of rubbing, draping of sashes, and teasing licks, nuzzles, and outright kisses. Plus the occasional swat on Tulani's backside (especially when she's presenting it to the audience!). It's definitely not a traditional Tarantella at all, it has the teasing and build up of luring, but it's also a bit silly and playful with how it goes about it.

At one point Tulani has to go down on her knees, in order to 'unlace' the little scarf-net from Pierce's pouch-rings. But she's able to do it with her teeth quickly enough that it isn't focusing too much attention on the area.

Pierce is giving the crowd a thumbs up, then winks. When that finally comes free, pierce slides over her back in a summersault, removing the remains of her own sashes in that area. He doesn't stop there, through and slips the ash around her belly and draws her back upright and hugs her from behind. He sashays to the music while holding onto her, making her sway to the music too.

At this point, Tulani doesn't try to cover up. This just means the battle moves to a new level. She grinds back against Pierce as she sways, and lowers her wings to make a sort of skirt but just on the sides (or that she's rubbing herself with her wings like another pair of hands). This frees up her actual hands to reach back over her shoulders to try and catch Pierce's nose-ring.

Pierce's ring is caught, which makes him chirp and end up leaning forward to follow those fingers in the ring. Now he can't get away from her; and it's into the final stages; neither of them have many sashes left ... and they're falling away one by one.

Tugging Pierce's head over her shoulder, Tulani is able to rub cheeks, cat-to-cat. "Are we gonna go out with a showstopper?" she whispers to him.

Pierce traces out the question 'Have anything specific in mind?' on her sides. Handy since it's nearly impossible to see, but hopefully she'll understand it anyway.

So Tulani releases Pierce's ring, only twirl behind him. For a moment the cheetah is framed in white wings, then Tulani grabs onto his waist and starts to lift him up. It's not a quick thing, but it's steady! Until finally Pierce is perched sitting on her right shoulder.

Pierce is careful to be mostly still during this and once he's upon her shoulder, he drapes her tail around her neck. He grins widely, now completely naked as is she, and waves to the audience. He even does a little half-bow from there, then gestures down to Tulani with emphasis. "Tulani, everyone!" he signs, "Give her a cheer! Maybe a leer!"

Tulani does not bow, but does make her wings do something similar. There's lots of applause, whistles, hoots.. and someone through their underpants (or somebody else's) onto the stage. The music dies down and Tulani carries Pierce back to the staging area. Honey dashes past them, fanning herself with both hands this time. "What a way to end the dance competition, but really get the night started!" she claims, trying to keep the crowd worked up.

Pierce slides himself off once offstage and whews. "I had no idea where to really go with that ... so I just went with playful silly. We had serious, technical, and I knew we couldn't do those styles to any real success ... so ... I hope it wasn't awful," he admits in sign to Tulani; now both feeling rather exposed and embarrassed.

Stone-Will comes over with glasses of water in hand and a smirk on his face as he offers them.

"Do you share her?" Stone-Will signs while Tulani is distracted with her one drink of water.

"Share? I down own her or anything, we just work together," Pierce signs, confused a bit by the question. "Why, do you want her?"

"I suppose I want a three-some," Stone-Will signs. "I can probably get the Skreek to join in if you like."

"/A three-some? Well, you can ask her! I have no idea how she would react to that,/" Pierce admits in sign. "/You don't have to include me if it's really her you want. Or is it me you want and not so much her, hmm?" The last bit has the flair of a tease to it.

"It is the pair of you that entice me," Stone-Will claims. "Would you rather it be just you and me?"

That makes Pierce pause, then almost drops the glass. He fumbles with it, then puts it quickly on the table before he actually does drop it. "I ... well it would be different," he admits in sign. "But ... if it's the pair ... ask her! I don't know if she would or not." Feeling weird now, Pierce goes and taps on Tulani's shoulder, then gestures to the other savanite. "He wants to talk to you."

Tulani has wrapped her wings around herself after realizing they didn't bring a change of clothes with them. "Hmm?" she goes, looking at Stone-Will.

Instead of signing, Stone-Will simply takes Tulani's hand and kisses the back of it, then looks up at her and purrs.

"Oh.. OH," she says, and looks to Alptraum. Whom Stone-Will is holding his other hand out to.

Pierce just looks at Stone-Will for a bit. "Tulani, you innocent child, you have no idea," he thinks as he takes the offered hand.

Paradise Baths
The baths take up several pools, most of which are exposed to the main area of the club. Attendants make sure bathers have access to towels, waterproof cushions and alcohol. They will also provide bath supplies in the forms of brushes, soaps, lotions and shampoos along with grooming services on request - along with all of the other 'personal' services Inala's Paradise is known for.

At this point, Pierce has been reduced to just his chains and jewelry, and Tulani to even less. Stone-Will sill has his pants and dickie, which he makes a show of shimmying out of, with much tail action.

While this little show plays out, Tulani whispers to Pierce, "Do you know this.. rascal?"

Pierce signs to Tulani when the other Savanite is not looking, "Not as this, no I do not. Met him in another disguise. He's ... sorta pan-sexual. Why?"

Pierce gives Tulani a look. "No, he'll sleep with anything, men, women, other," he signs fast and rolls his eyes.

"Oh.." Tulani realizes, and gets an odd look in her eye, which probably isn't helped by biting her lower lip on side at the same time.

"What?" Pierce signs, then looks back to his fellow spotted friend and all his shimmying.

The shimmying ends, and Stone-Will is turned around and looking the pair up and down. He then comes up to Pierce and taps his nose-ring before looking to Tulani with a questioning look.

"Hmm?" the Sphynx goes, broken from her thoughts. "That? Yes, I got it for him."

Pierce gets an odd look now from the tap on his nose ring. He blinking soon after, then looking back at Tulani. "What?" he signs.

Instead of signing back, Stone-Will cups Pierce down below, and rattles his chains there as well. "Oh.. yeah.. that too," Tulani admits.

That makes Pierce go up on his own toes even further and counters by grabbing Stone Will similarly in revenge!

The other cheetah lets out a chirp, then gives a little squeeze in retaliation.

"What's going on here?" Tulani asks. Stone-Will narrows his eyes in challenge.. and then uses his other hand to squeeze one of Tulani's breasts, making the Sphynx's eyes go wide. He grins at Pierce.

Pierce squeezes the other one! HE can't sign, but he can smirk, and stick out his tongue.

Next comes dual-fondling from Stone-Will. With the chain in place, that could get uncomfortable for Pierce though.

That gets Pierce dancing around a bit. He has to let go of Tulani so he can focus on trying to distract Stone-Will and get him to let go! He also leans in and licks with that forked tongue, around the fellow spot's right nipple.

The tongue surprises Stone-Will, and when Tulani grabs both of them by the scruff of their necks it's also a surprise. "I think that's enough grabbing and groping," she says. "You boys need to be a little better behaved, especially if either you want the lock on Pierce removed."

This makes Pierce chirp! "I'm not sure he cares if I'm unlocked or not," he points out in sign while looking right at Stone Will.

"Well, do you want to be unlocked?" Tulani asks Pierce. She doesn't pay attention to Stone-Will signing, "I want to see what happens if he isn't."

"I don't know what would put me in bigger danger," Pierce admits in sign. Then to Stone-Will he adds, "What do you think would happen!? It keeps me from ... it makes me pleasure-giving only!"

"For her?" Stone-Will signs, tilting his chin towards Tulani (since he can't really move his neck while she has a grip on it).

"I still have a tongue," Pierce points out. "She ... just enjoys the control she has over me!"

"Within reason," Tulani claims. "After all, I know he'll eventually turn the tables on me."

"/You also know how it works. If I appear completely her servant ... people pay little attention to me, and lets me listen in on things,/" Pierce points out to the other Savanite. "/So we do keep up the slave/owner game for show./"

Stone-Will signs, "You are partners then." He grins and then signs, "So who do I have to seduce first?"

"Friends. I don't mind belonging to her ... usually," Pierce signs and giggles his ears. "And probably her first."

"I have the key," Tulani claims, and looks between them. "You could both try at the same time.." she suggests.

"You from behind, me from the front?" Pierce signs to Stone-Will. "You have more ... options in dealing with her than I do at the moment!"

"I do prefer that position," Stone-Will signs and then winks at Pierce. He apparently has never had to deal with wings before though, especially Tulani's wings!

"You're doomed," Pierce signs to Tulani, then reaches over to grope her with both hands, and winks to her.

"So, I just stay standing then?" Tulani asks, trying to watch Stone-Will without turning her head. She does start to purr though.

Pierce slips his hands down to her waist to free up her chest. His head dips and he tongueflicks each nipple teasingly as his answer to that. Each gets a teasing suckle too, as he starts to work slowly down.

Tulani isn't as tall as either cheetah since she isn't nearly as leggy. She does make some pleases noises though, and Stone-Will is coming in from behind along the side of her neck, and uses his hands on her breasts where Pierce left off.

Pierce is effectively giving Tulani a tongue bath as he has to slip slower to leave Tulani's chest to the other's hands. It's playful licking, really, all along her belly and upper hips. And purring, which probably makes her hips vibrate a little. His hands slip to her legs which slide around then and massage her thighs and rump some.

Stone-Will's thighs are right up against Tulani-rump, so there's contact as Pierce massages the area. "This is definitely new," Tulani says, her own voice purr-tinted. "I almost feel spoiled."

Pierce massages a little on Stone-Will too since he's right there after all. But soon he's shifted lower and is now licking Tulani's upper thighs and a little along her inner thighs. He's not touched the obvious place yet, though, just all around it to tease.

Tulani is starting to squirm a bit. "Don't bite so hard," she notes to Stone-Will, while her tail is curled around to rest on Pierce's shoulders. She hasn't brought her wings to bear yet, however.

'Oh just wait, Tulani ... he'll give you hard," Pierce thinks. Smirking, he finally curls his head down and chin up and kisses her right on Inala's gate. With tongue. Namely a two-part one that teasingly parts the gates by spreading, not just pushing in.

That gets a tail wrapped around Pierce's neck, but in an affectionate way. And now the wings come around to stroke his back. It's isn't clear if she's doing anything with her hands.. but there's not much attention she can give the man behind her.

Pierce purrs loudly, which means where he's kissing vibrates quite ... a lot. And soon, deeply as tongue begins to go exploding past that gate. It's good to stay busy, too, it keeps his own, ah, situation from bothering him too much. Things are snug, alas, but ... it goes with the territory.

Things are also musky. Most of it is Tulani of course, but there might be some from Stone-Will as well. It's a bit stronger when his tail whips up between Tulani's legs to brush Pierce's chin.

Pierce makes a grab for that tail with his hand! If he catches it, he'll tickle Tulani's thighs with it! He wiggles his head until His nose presses right on Inala's orb and vibrates from his purring.

Things conspire in Pierce's favor. Mainly that Tulani squeezes her thighs together from that focused purr, which traps Stone-Will's tail and makes it easy for Pierce to catch and wrangle as a brush.

Which Pierce does! And soon he's trying to tickle behind Tulani's knees with it!

This causes things to get a bit jumpier, but at least her thighs aren't pressed together. She tries tickling Pierce now with one wing.. and possibly Stone-Will with the other.

This makes Pierce have to let go of his tail! HE also turns his kiss into a playful bite on Inala's gate, complete with weird chirpy 'nom' kinds of sounds.

"Aaagh!" Tulani laughs and nearly falls backwards onto Stone-Will. "Maybe standing up isn't the best way to go about this!" she admits.

"It's the best way with two people, though," Pierce signs, "Unless you and Kitty there want to play a bit while I watch," He grins.

"I could lie back on one of you," Tulani suggests. "Who wants to get on their back?"

"I choose you to get on your back," Stone-Will signs over Tulani's shoulder at Pierce.

"My back?!" Pierce signs, shocked. "Well, before that, uhm ... maybe she lays on you first?"

"Or she lays on hers, I tend to her and uhm, you on my back?" Pierce adds, looking confused and wary.

Pierce looks wary ... but he slips away from Tulani. He grabs some towels and such to make a nice fluffy bed-thing to lay on, then flops down on it and sprawls out like a cat! Purring and stretching, that is, on his back.

She even gets his nose ring her teeth and makes growling noises while.. well.. rubbing all up along his front.

This makes poor Pierce squirm uncomfortably for, well reasons. Mainly reasons that strain chains! He's also frizzing out, including his tail!

"So, do you want the keyyYYYEEEE!" Tulani starts to ask, but now Stone-Will is on her back.

"I did try to warn you!" Pierce thinks as weight doubles and he gasps out in shock! It at least helps him forget about strain elsewhere for the moment.

Except now Tulani's hips are being ground down against him.. over and over. Only the chest area is cushioned, but Tulani is squeaking with each squish.

Each push down makes poor Pierce chirp! And squirm! And ache! He should have warned her more, he supposes, but didn't expect this ti backfire so badly on him!

It doesn't help that Tulani is getting a bit drooly too, and he can't escape that. Not when she has her fingers interlocked with his own now.. but at least this means she's using her elbows for support to take some of the weight off of Pierce's chest. Easier to breath, but more bounce involved as a result.

It's getting worse in that Pierce finds this somehow arousing, and can't get aroused, and things are fighting. He growls a little and lifts his head to playfully bite at her neck some with what limited range he has. Being able to breathe helps being more active at least!

This lets him see Stone-Will, whose head is remarkably still while everything beyond is presumably bucking and bobbing. He also has a spare free hand to sign, "You can be in the middle next."

Pierce's ears flush at that comment. He also wonders, is Tulani actually enjoying this? She hasn't cried stop, at least.

It isn't clear, because she has her eyes closed. But there's definite dampness down below that has nothing to do with the steam from the baths. She's also biting her lip again. "Where does she keep the key?" Stone-Will signs next. Tulani is naked after all.

Pierce has to work a hand free to respond to that. "Necklace sometimes. Or in a pouch. Not sure where it is right now," he admits.

Tulani is keeping mum about it, since she can't see the conversation. But one freed hand is something she notices.. so bites into Pierce's shoulder like he was biting her neck.

This makes Pierce chirp in pain! Ow! Well, not that much of an ow. More of a surprised kind of ow.

Tulani's bite isn't as strong as the rest of her. But she's really doing something weird with her tongue for some reason. And panting in time with the 'bumps' from Stone-Will.

Pierce is really beginning to wonder what's going on with Tulani now! But, he can't help and squirm due to the bite, and the grinding. He even bites at her ears here and there, and licks them.

So Tulani stops biting and licks back, but leaves something stuck to Pierce's nose: the key. She must have been keeping it in her cheek the whole time.

Pierce blinkblinks at this. Since he has a hand free, he goes for his nose to get the key! Now, the trick will be getting between them to unlock things. Good thing he's used to pickpocketing and such or he wouldn't stand a chance of accomplishing that deft blind movement.

The problem is the timing, since.. well, things are bouncing a lot down there. Tulani does try to her knees under her though to give him some room.

Even with help, there are some painful, uh, squishes a few times in tender areas as two fingers hold the key, and the other tow find and position the lock. It's a miss, several near losses of the key, and a good few minutes before he gets the key in the lock and it clicks free, then it's zipping the chain out and well, things are free! There's some relief of pressure, whew.

That probably isn't the real reason Tulani gave it to him though, since she's beck to rubbing and grinding against him all on her own, with or without help from Stone-Will.

Pierce is sure it isn't because he's positioning so that on Tulani's next grind he ends up inside someplace warm instead of being sandwiched!

The next grind comes, and Tulani make a sound. It is definitely a feline sound, but there are undertones of a squawk to it as well. It isn't something Pierce has ever heard her produce before though.

"Never figured her for the double-entry type! Pierce thinks in surprise at that sound. But now at least he can grind back without causing himself even more pain. And given where he is, he's, er, quite deep while grinding. It's ... well, it makes him growl a little and gets him going on the action, grinding back hard and up.

There's no way to synchronize with Stone-Will - if Pierce even wanted to. There's definitely some 'boxing' happening between them though when they do sync up. Along with having to sort out their knees and legs.

Pierce gives up even trying and just follows what his urges say, along with any sort of cues from Tulani. He's also growl-purring loudly in one of her ears at this point. And panting.

There's a screeching sound from somewhere in Tulani's throat, and she gasps out, "Wait.. wait! Slow.. down.. Need a moment.."

It takes a moment for Stone-Will to slow as well. Tulani pants, and says, "Alright.. this may be too much for me.. so.. I need to lie down."

This worries Pierce. "Are you okay? Should we take a break for a bit to let you recover?" he signs to her.

"Just.. uh.. disengage for a moment while I sort myself out.." Tulani replies. Stone-Will does get off of her back at least.

Freed from the two felines, Tulani immediately.. just flops onto her back. "Ah.. one side not moving helps!" she says, and beckons to Pierce.

Pierce rubs his face then gives Tulani a look. He sniffs, loudly, then slowly crawls over to her, then on top of here. He flops there, like a limp noodle.

"Maybe I don't wanna," Pierce signs to her and sniffing loudly again. He looks away, though somehow manages to get back into position, which is to say, cat-in-cat action.

"You're just rrrrright for me," Tulani purrs, wrapping her legs around Pierce. "Unless you really liked sharing?"

"Do you?" Pierce signs, and starts up again, with slow, but very hard, hip-rolls. Boy, he looks smug, and possibly trying to see what sounds he can get her to make.

Tulani does mew a bit. "Not sure I like being the one who is shared as much as I thought," she admits, then her eyes go wide... just before someone nuzzles the back of Pierce's neck.

"Mrrp?" Pierce looks confused at the back of his neck. "Ut-oh," he thinks, and looks at Tulani with huge, worried, eyes!

After the nuzzle comes.. the tushy massage. Which is tricky, since Stone-Will has to move his hands in time to Pierce's hips. And avoid Tulani's legs as well.

This gets a lot of blinks out of Pierce. He's not exactly pulling away, just hip-rolling along. He also doesn't even realize when he's even flicked his tail a bit to the side; instinctual reaction? Maybe he thinks Tulani will save him?

Tulani actually has a really big grin, combined with biting her lower lip. She looks like she's just seen the cutest kitten ever. She's also wiggling her own hips a bit more now as well.

That's about when one of those hands moves from the tushy to fondling other adjacent areas, even if they're currently in motion.

That makes Pierce squeak-honk around Tulani's nose! Also to thrust in hard in surprise!

"Yeeerrow!" goes Tulani, and Pierce then gets squeezed by several hands at the same time, when Tulani grabs onto his rear as well.

This at least jars his jaws off of Tulani's nose. He sort of squawks too, eyes wide. It also makes him arch his back, which hikes his rump too.

That may have seemed like an invitation to Stone-Will, because he takes it. He times it so that he's thrusting just as Pierce is. Which makes Tulani squawk as well.

Pierce makes some strange sorts of noises, sort of a chitter while all bug-eyed! He pauses for a bit, looking shocked and then blinks slowly. Then he starts up slowly again, blinking. Then ends up purring? He looks so confused!

And Stone-Will purrs back, but also mirrors Pierce's moves.. when he draws back from Tulani, Stone-Will draws back from him. It puts Pierce in charge, in a bizarre sort of way.

Pierce experiments and finds a pace that seems to feel really good ... somehow. His head is arched down a little, lips drawn back, and hissing softly when he goes forward. He also dares to look at Tulani, to see how she's taking ... this.

So far the 'double impact' effect has her giggling and squirming happily. Her claws are out though, and each bump means Stone-Will is grinding them into Pierce's rump, when the winged cat isn't doing that herself.

It's probably part of why he's hissing now and then! He's also glaring at her in an accusatory sort of way. The purring, though, probably takes away some of that. He hasn't even realized it, but his tail has coiled around Stone-Will's waist.

Tulani actually has her eyes closed at the moment, so misses the glare. She's still biting her lip though, so who knows what she's thinking.

And just to make sure Pierce doesn't become too relaxed, Stone-Will bites his right ear.

The bite makes the cat honk. Sort of. Maybe it's a bleat? It's certainly odd, and soon he bucks back against Stone-Will for that!

Which makes Pierce grunt, and poor Tulani gets a hard push too! Then it becomes a bit of a hip-war between Pierce and Stone-Will. And some growling.

Tulani seems to reap the benefit from this, and has her tongue sticking out now (which means she's stopped biting her lip at least). "D-don't lose f-f-ocus, Pierce.." she urges, as if it's a tug of war or some other contest.

Pierce's free ear flattens out! Like he's some sort of toy! So he starts really 'fighting' both with Stone-Will and really pounding poor Tulani because of it. It might look like he's trying to buck the other cheetah off, but ... not with that tail wrapped around his waist and holding him right to him.

It's a bit painful at times.. and others a bit too stimulating. Especially when being the middle! Of course Tulani can take it - she's tough. Stone-Will may be getting edged out though, depending on if the goal is to the last one.. standing.

Pierce has a lot of experience with maintaining not, well, popping too soon. He's only concerned with syncing to Tulani, so he's trying to get her to that point and then beyond. Especially with the sort of circular rolling movements he does! It is admittedly a bit of a challenge not popping accidentally with the other cat on his back; sometimes he rubs thins, er ... it gets veeeeery close.

Stone-Will is making some growling noises as well, either because he can't quite wrangle Pierce down or because Tulani's feet keep managing to bounce into his face every so often. Tulani herself is clearly trying to hold out as well, for whatever reason, but there's that quiver that Pierce know to mean the Sphynx is about to finish.

Pierce, knowing how this plays out ... and who he has to go home with with, well ... so he takes one for the 'team' so to speak and pushes forward and grinds in several directions at one to trigger himself. Stone-Will may be smug to win over him but, Tulani could kill him! She wins! There's that last thrust from the cat-in-the-middle and he arches hard and starts chirping; and things go all 'explody' and fuzzy-feeling as he jumps off the waterfall!

There is a mrrowl of pleasure from Tulani, and grunt of surprise(?) from Stone-Will. Maybe he had somehow forgotten that the Sphynx was also involved in things. He actually chirps, and nuzzles the back of Pierce's head while giving him a playful 'fluttering' of his hips to see if the other cheetah still wants to keep going.

Pierce's hips respond, by rolling back in kind. The tail also squeezes, along with other parts, in what is probably a yes. Or don't stop. Or ... I can't believe I'm enjoying this ... or.

Now that Tulani is technically out of the equation (even if Pierce might not technically be out of Tulani at that point) Stone-Will redoubles his efforts, and does so hugging against Pierce's back this time.

That makes Pierce see stars at times when things get really, er, aggressive. He's pushing back to try and spare Tulani some, but there's no way she's spared from all of it. He's also growling a little; maybe a challenge to the cat-on-back about 'who's in charge here'.

Cat-on-back has the bite advantage though.. in that he can bit Pierce's shoulder in either a show of passion or of dominance. And then Stone-Will makes a mistake! Since he's pressed against Pierce's back, and essentially trying to start a fire via friction, he catches one of his own nipples on one of the rings running down Pierce's back. This results in a muted scream of pain. Now he's caught in the ring somehow.

Pierce squawks too! Pulling that ring hurts him some too! Now he's trying to move with Stone-Will and wiggle the his nipple free without anything tearing.

This doesn't keep the other cheetah from pumping his hips though. Trying shake things loose isn't working well (but it probably hurts a lot more for Stone-Will than for Pierce). An extra set of hands may be needed.

Pierce tries to reach back and unhook things .. if he can manage! At least he knows where it is from the tugging. "What is with this guy?" he wonders, then sees stars stars again and growls.

"Are you.. alright?" Tulani has to ask, as she takes hold of the shoulder of the arm that Pierce is rummaging around with, so that he's not going to fall on her more than he already is.

Pierce has to quit rummaging to use that hand to sign (shakily) to Tulani, "His nipple is caught in one of my rings! No laughing!"

Tulani sucks in her lips, then reaches in with her own hand.. since she knows where everything is after all. Stone-Will squeaks when she tweaks the wrong nipple though before finding the caught one.

"I think I hate everyone. They're both going to tease me for this," Cat-in-the-middle laments in thought. He does at least stop moving to try to make things a little easier to unhook.

The unhooking is heralded with a renewed effort by Stone-Will.. just from a slightly different angle this time, raising himself up with his arms instead of hugging Pierce's back. At least there's no smell of blood, so the wring probably just snagged some fur. Probably.

Pierce goes back to growling. Also clenching to make things harder to move. Because ... cat. And because he can't be bitten with Stone-Will like that!

At least Stone-Will is.. smooth. No bumps or barbs to speak of. But now he's got that extra bit adrenaline from the brief moment of pain, and that puts him over the top finally. And noisily, for a Savanite. It's a weezing sort of sound, like the air being let out of something.

That's when Pierce gets a surprise and chirps! As the sensation from that triggers a second, shorter sort of pop! He's still inside Tulani, and it makes him grind into her too reflexively. His ears also splay out and he gets a weird sort-of goofy grin plastered across his face.

This prompts Tulani to kiss him on the forehead for some reason. "So.. did I miss out?" she asks him.

"No, I'm better equipped," Pierce points out in sign and smirks some. Along with ear-wiggling.

"You should know, you paid for the equipment," Pierce points out, then flicks her on the nose.

"Well, that's true," Tulani says. "So you're admitting it was a wise investment then?" she asks, cat-grinning again.

Pierce sniffs. "I suppose," he signs. "Though maybe I should prefer the cat on my back, over you."

"But I'm your favorite kitty," Tulani claims. Stone-Will is slowly extricating himself from Pierce.

And Pierce is pulling with his tail, trying to prevent that! Because ... eh, he's stubborn and still trying to stand up to the butler. "Are you? You're so mean to me, though!" Pierce points out.

That tail seems to be enough to keep Stone-Will in place for the moment. His arms shouldn't get tired too soon.

"For various definitions of 'care'," Pierce signs to Tulani. He lifts his hand up and signs to the cat-on-back. "Are you okay back there?"

The response is a gruff purr, since Stone-Will is using both arms to hold himself up.

"I guess you found me a boyfriend," Pierce signs to Tulani, then sticks out his tongue.

"I couldn't handle you both at the same time," Tulani corrects. "I have my limits.. and preferences," she claims.

"So, you're admitting I can handle more than you, then. That I'm the better cat?" Pierce teases.

"Hey, you technically only had to handle half of what I did, so we're even," Tulani claims with whiskers a-twitching.

"Riiiight. Well, I'll just ask Scourge to have tentacle fun with you later, then," Pierce signs and grins.

"What do you get out of it then?" Tulani asks with her eyes slightly narrowed in suspicion.

"You can always do better," Pierce counters. "Or it can be the Yodhgorphat instead."

"I'll take the tentacles then if it's either-or," Tulani relents. Every time she talks, Stone-Will makes a querulous note, since he can't understand her.

Pierce finally relaxes his tail if Stone-Will wants to get off him. "Anyway ..." he signs, "Sorry. Got a little carried away."

"Done this before?" Stone-Will signs after finally getting back onto his on butt and freeing up his arms.

Pierce shakes his head and then rolls off Tulani onto his back. He lays there, breathing. "Nope," he admits in sign.

"I smell kitty sweat," Revalie says from the nearby bathing pool.. where she has apparently washed out her glitter.

"I smell ... ," Pierce sniffs himself, "Weird. I smell like another male, and her." He peers at the pool, and ponders dragging himself over to it.

"I sense danger, but, I ... need cleaning," Pierce ponders. So, he drags himself over to the pool, looking pathetic, then sort of rolls into the water with a splash.

Pierce eyes the sneaky rat, and lifts his arms. "Don't do anything weird," he signs with one hand.

She quickly soaps up the stinkiest spots (and non-spots) presented without trying to tickle anything. Then she starts on his back, where he smells the strongest of Stone-Will. Tulani has entered the pool on her own as well, while Stone-Will remains dry.

The other cheetah's ears droop, but he does scoot over to the bath. He eyes the Skreek (his own dance partner) warily.

"Hey, you weren't ready to rinse yet!" Revalie complains during the ensuing splashing.

Stone-Will struggles frantically - could he actually be afraid of water (that isn't steam)?

Now that the other cat is also in the bath, he relents and lets Stone-Will at least surface up. "Relax!" he signs, "It won't hurt you."

Stone-Will still looks a bit panicked, taking deep breaths of air. "I know some cats aren't fond of water," Tulani points out. "But I've never seen that reaction before."

Pierce slides himself into Stone-Will's lap, while purring. He winks towards Tulani, then leans his head in and starts grooming all along Stone-Will's shoulders and neck to try and calm him down some. He also caresses the other spot's sides.

This does begin to calm Stone-Will down. Maybe he just prefers tongue-baths to water ones - which is a kink for any feline past childhood. "Oooooo," goes Revalie as she watches.

Pierce starts nibbling, up along the underside of Stone-Will's chin, then plants a kiss right on his lips, and introduces him to a forked tongue. Tulani must think he's lost his mind at this point, but he's curious to see how she reacts.

Still has that big stupid grin on her face while she watches, resting her elbows back on the edge of the pool. Maybe she's been hanging out with Mave too much.

Which makes someone wonder what she's been DOING with Mave! Pierce breaks the kiss, then licks Stone-Will right on the nose. "Now, is the water so bad?" he signs while his ears wiggle.

"Yes, it still is," Stone-Will signs back, but doesn't seem as tense and certainly not panicky now.

"Aww, poor kitty," Pierce signs to him, then goes right back to grooming him. He's also wiggling a lot in the other cat's lap.

This may be making Stone-Will nervous about getting tipped over, until Revalie wades over to support his back. She also has a silly grin.

"Hey, I let you ride my back, you don't trust me?" Pierce teases in sign on the other feline's chest. And right after that, he's sucking on one of Stone-Will's ears.

"No revenge?" Stone-Will signs back, trying not to flinch at his delicate ear being so close to teeth that may mean him ill. "This isn't how things usually end up."

"Only if you don't do that again sometime," Pierce signs and then winks to the other cat. "I liked it."

This makes the unsucked ear shoot up and twitch. "I only tried with bats before," Stone-Will admits. "The wing-cat got me worked up though."

"She's like that. Very evil. She likes getting me in all sorts of trouble. She even had this done to me," Pierce signs and guides one of Stone-Will's hands to feel his, er, bumpiness in the delicate areas. He also sticks his tongue out at Tulani.

Tulani waves back! Stone-Will's eyes go wide at the bumps. "So that is why she demanded you deal with her tender areas?" Stone-Will signs.

Pierce shrugs some. "Maybe. And trust me ... that huuuurt to have done," he signs, "But once healed, non-stop demand."

"It has me curious now," the other cheetah signs. "What's goin' on down dere?" Revalie asks, only seeing bits of the conversation, since Stone-Will's shoulders till block the Skreek's view.

"Nothing," Pierce signs, then leans forward so he can lick the skreek's nose. He also glares over at Tulani, whom seems completely unperturbed by anything.

Maybe she's still enjoying her afterglow. But behind is another new arrival.. a surprising one! Bara sheds her gown and joins them in the bath.

This makes Pierce arch his brow a little. "Hello," he signs to here, then slips his hands back to continue feeling up the other spotcat. He does wonder why she of all people joined them, though.

The elegant Eeee just sits down next to Tulani for now, and gives a slight nod in response to Pierce. Revalie hasn't noticed the new arrival.. she's actually trying to wash Stone-Will a bit from behind. The man's whiskers twitch, but it isn't clear if it's from the ministrations of Pierce or Revalie.

Pierce actually foes about washing the other spot-cat. He's quite diligent about it too. He particularly scrubs the bit that gave him quite the workout, and stretch out. "Hmm, maybe she has something for Tulani. She knows Tulani, I ... think?" he thinks.

Bara does lean in to whisper something to Tulani. Which Pierce can't hear clearly, thanks to smaller, fluff-filled ears. Bara is an expert whisperer apparently.

Pierce does, but he also turns around and starts using his rump to rub that area and grip at it. Granted buttocks aren't nearly as good at this as hands are, but they're far more teasing.

Stone-Will chirps, since 'talking' in this position would mean an awful of stretching or twisting on someone's part. And while he might not be fully recharged, where there's a Stone-Will there's a way. So he's certainly ready to go. He probably isn't used to not being the one in the lead though.

Pierce seems content to just tease while he watches Tulani and Bara. He hasn't let the cat in or anything; so maybe he's seeing of Stone-Will decides to ... press the matter or not.

Stone-Will seems to be very twitchy, but hasn't grabbed at Pierce or anything - because apparently Revalie has been holding his harms behind his back to make sure things play out longer like this. Tulani smiles and nods to Bara, then whispers something back to her.. hiding her muzzle behind an upraised hand.

Pierce just frowns. And here he wanted to know what they were talking about. Humph! He even crosses his hands over his chest while he torments his fuzzy lap. At some point he seems to push it a little further, because they're some wiggling and shifting to 'line things up'. Then there's a slow push back and soon the two cats are joined again.

There's another squeak from Stone-Will, and Revalie telling him, "Take it from me, you don't always get to be on top." The butler begins to wiggle a bit though.

Pierce takes it slow, partially because it does hurt some, along with feeling good too. He's also still staring at Tulani and Bara as he sort of rock-wiggles in Stone-Will's lap. He lrans back to playfully bump the back of his neck against the spotcat's snoot, too.

Another chirp, and maybe a near-nip as well from Stone-Will. Revalie is also squeaking, so may be struggling to keep her arm-hold on the cheetah. Tulani and Bara have stopped whispering, and are back to watching the pair (or trio) again.

Pierce signs to them, "What?" He never quite stops moving, either, though he starts working muscle more and moving less; so lots of 'grippy-squeezy.

The soap and water make it feel a bit weird, but also a bit more exciting - he's the one taking Stone-Will this time, technically. Tulani just waves back as a hostess brings over drinks for her and Bara.

So, Pierce splashes at the pair! If they want to be annoying, so will he! It also makes him grip a bit tighter on the poor cat behind him too, so all movements tug a lot. If it didn't feel so nice, he wouldn't keep doing it; especially with an audience!

There's a squawk from Stone-Will at the tugging, and a bigger splash from behind him as he breaks free of Revalie's hold, and grabs onto Pierce's hips to try and gain some sort of control. Tulani uses her wing to fend off the splash, and just signs back, "We won."

Pierce thumbs up! Right before squeaking himself when Stone-Will tries to take control. Granted, Pierce doesn't mind, per se, but he does fight a little to give the other cat some challenge, after all. Plus, he really clenches!

Revalie gets back to her feet, sees her work with Stone-Will has been thwarted, and starts to make her way around towards Pierce. Stone-Will still isn't fully taking charge.. probably because Pierce isn't giving it up easy, or possibly because this is a very different experience for him now.

Ooo! Pierce makes grabs for Revalie! He could use a rat in his lap to help deal with his own, er, stiff issues. He also purrs back at Stone-Will, and eventually relents and lets the other cat think he has control.

Revalie laughs at being grabbed. She's not even that slippery. "I was gonna try grabbin' you first," she claims.

So with the traditional Skreek cackle, Revalie grabs at Pierce's knobby bit. Then ooos at the feeling of it.. which due to Stone-Will, is making it bob in and out of her still-soapy palms.

And this makes Pierce chirp now in surprise! It also makes him more active in Stone-Will's lap! Tulani ... will never let him live this down.

She seems to actually be toasting him! Stone-Will is very surprised though, and actually gets pull up from his seat at first before he can compensate. The reaction is definitely to Revalie's liking as well, so she turns and gets herself into position as well, snaking her tail around both of the cheetahs.

Pierce appears he'll be another cat-sandwich, but hey! He's not minding at all at the moment. He's purring and now trying to pull the rat down into his lap and into her!

It takes some maneuvering (due to the water being sloshed around, and thus over Revalie's back) but at least she's helping. So, thinks are warm and wet at both ends soon enough for Pierce, but now there's the extra challenge of the Skreek arriving late to the party. And Stone-Will has a new tactic for trying to slow down Pierce: nipping at one of the rings on his back, as if trying to catch it.

The nipping makes him squirm around for a while, but he can't really stop Stone-Will if the cat is persistent enough! There's nowhere he can go, after all. A chirp from the sandwiched cat, and he's now stretched on one side, and gripped on the other. He purrs, quite happy with this position, apparently. And now it's the tricky part of trying to synchronize movement.

Revalie is a lot more willing to sync up than Stone-Will is, who seems to deliberately sync up for a few moments before changing rhythm and seeing if Pierce tries to match him or not. A battle of wills.

Pierce is always trying to match up; he's not about to let Stone-Will completely take over or throw a wrench into things. He also starts gnawing playfully on Revalie's neck some. Rats are so dirty, and fun.

"Don't bite 'less ya mean it!" the Skreek taunts, and then starts bucking back in her own rhythm as well, as if trying to make herself felt all the way back to Stone-Will - who would probably just assume it's Pierce anyway.

Pierce bites down, and pulls! Not enough to break skin, but more than enough to really feel the teeth! He also growls. He also starts ignoring Stone-Will to focus on the rat, which probably annows the other spot.

Stone-Will chuffs at being (relatively) ignored, so redoubles his efforts. Revalie chuffs as well, but in a happier manner at the biting. Things get sloshier between her and Pierce (with a lot more suds as well).

Pierce growls around his bite and he's really going at the rat. Also the cat behind him. A thrust to one is the pull-back to the other, and there's a lot of clenching in clenchable areas. The cat is not going to last much longer, admittedly. He's already been at this a while!

Stone-Will is doing his best to try and get Pierce to pop first again. But then he lets a surprised growl and goes into sudden overdrive.

Which of course makes Pierce go into overdrive ... and not a few seconds later, there's a lot of knobby twitching and he's adding to the warmth inside the rat! He's also growling loudly as he bites down hard on her neck scruff! He may even be drawing a little blood.

Stone-Will lets out a whine is hot on Pierce's heels, but there's an odd note to the sound he makes. Revalie is cackling again. She finally pulls her tail back from around the cheetahs as well. "I win!" she declares.

Pierce wonders ... and bets the rat put her tail someplace inside the other cat to cause that! Never trust a rat. Just ask Nikky; she's infamous.

Stone-Will is definitely slumping, from the weight against Pierce's back. But Revalie is up and bouncing again, smooshing Pierce's face into her bosom.

Pierce bites that too! And even nurses briefly, and push-grinds up, and tries to make the rat pop! Rats are notorious for their control this way, though. Expert whores, rats. Everyone loves to bed them, not all admit it.

"Ooo, I like that!" Revalie coos, and is probably smirking at Stone-Will over Pierce's head as she says it. "Still got some pep in ya!"

So Revalie gropes back in response. Forcing Pierce into more of a sitting position means his weight (and the Skreek's) are being progressively borne by Stone-Will.

Pierce isn't giving up without a fight, darn it! He's trying to just pick the rat up and get off of Stone-Will! Of course, the other cat may stop this, but he tries!

Stone-Will isn't exactly resisting at this point, so it's easy for Pierce to stand up with the rat straddling his hips. There's some resistance before popping free, but that could be from water pressure or something.

Somehow, Pierce waddle-walks over, turns, and sits right in Tualni's lap! The cat isn't getting out of this one! And poor Stone-Will probably wants to escape now anyway.

"Hey, you nearly made me spill my drink," Tulani complains. Wet feathers aren't as effective at tickling though, so her retaliation falls flat.

Pierce bounces in her lap for that. Which of course makes the water slosh around. And the poor regal Eeee that joined them is probably sighing at the stupid-cat-antics.

Bara has moved a bit further away, but not so far that she isn't getting splashed. Revalie is laughing her head off though! "Bounce bounce bounce!" she commands. Indeed, the breast not pinned down by Pierce is pummeling him a bit.

Pierce has to wonder who the real boob is here. Oy. But he bears down and tries to run the rat to her peak now. He's not going to last much longer before he goes limp and drowns!

It's quite possible that Revalie has already gone through her peak, and is just trying to see how much more she can get away with. But when she grabs Pierce's ears and stops cackling it probably means she's actually close and thus conserving her breath.

Pierce switches breasts and really pushes up and grinds in, trying to make the rat pop! Grr! Why are all rats so frustrating! He doesn't know, and he's been one!

She's holding out! And pinching his ears, as well. Does she just really enjoy tormenting cats? Or is it something that built up from having to partner with Stone-Will for the dance contest (and being the one who ended up naked)? "Oooo.. radishes.. strawberries.. plums.." she seems to be chanting, as if trying to distract herself from finishing.

"RASPBERRIES!" Revalie yelps at the bite, and shudders and clenches. "Oooooooo!"

Pierce would mwahaha, but he can't. So, he squeezes the rat instead in different ways to make her make sounds for him instead. Heheheh.

Then comes.. the swearing. As only a Skreek can swear. It must mean she's really enjoyed it.. and is not pissed that it's over with. "You gotta train 'im better," she says to Tulani, who has been quiet through the bulk of this. Mainly to so it would end faster, probably. She's used to Skreeks, after all, so knows a bit how they think.

Pierce snorts, and in responce to that training comment calls forward into, and under, the water. While holding onto the rat.

Rats are better in the water than cheetahs, apparently. So Revalie doesn't struggle much (maybe she is worn out). But Pierce isn't exactly spry at the moment either.

Pierce eventually surfaces, gasping and wheezing like mad. He claws on the side of the pool and pulls himself up enough to rest his chin on it. He makes all sorts of pitiful cat sounds.

"So, we won the contest you know," Tulani tells him. "Are you really all worn out?"

"Well, it's our prize," Tulani says, and gives a little smile. "It's a night with Bara.."

Pierce' eyes go wide at that. "She'll kill us!" he signs, horrified! "She's Mave, only worse! She's ..." He slowly sinks down until just his nose and eyeballs are out of the water. He blows bubbles. Of course maybe they'll just play cards...