Taking a Dip [Open]

Ilara sighed, wiping the sweat from her brow. The forest was sweltering with heat, and the elf certainly needed a break from her travels. Continuing along the path, she heard a very pleasant sound-the rumble of waterfall. Making her way in the direction of the sound, she soon found it-along with the large, deep pool it emptied into. She smiled, setting down her pack and stripping off her clothes. She slipped into the cool water, sighing happily, unaware that she was not quite alone at the moment.


[[Looking for a male of a fantasy race, something like a dwarf or an orc.]]

The green orc slowly trudged through trees his eyes burning into the ground with anger. Axel was unlike his kind. He was an outcast. Unlike the other orcs he was smaller and almost more human like. They saw him as weak. But Axel was everything but we- He froze in mid walk eyes wide his mind shoving out all that anger. For there she was naked and beautiful. Axel dropped his ax with a thump and gasped. An elf of such graze and wonder. He was a respectable creature not as wild as orcs are stereotyped. But he wanted to take her to bed and make love to her with out a second thought.

Ilara's head whipped around at the sound of the thud. Her eyes grew wide as she saw an Orc just out through the trees. Panicking, she did the first thing she thought of, taking in a deep breath and holding it, diving beneath the water. She simply hoped the Orc would pass by, or that he hadn't taken any notice of her-though she had a feeling he did.

Axel smiled a bit as she ducked under the water and walked over kneeling down and staring at her through the cover of the liquid. He would say something but there was no point. The water would block most of the sounds so he waited for her to come up to get some more air.

She stayed down as long as she could, until her lungs were crying out for air. She broke the surface, taking in a breath, swimming backwards, and staring fearfully at the orc. "Please," She whispered, "I don't want any trouble..."

Axel gave a friendly laugh and shook his head. "Oh trouble is not what I have in mind." he replied, trying not to sound to creepy but it was hard. She was so beautiful.

She narrowed her eyes at the orc, despite his friendly laugh. "Then what do you have in mind?" She hissed, her suspicion clear.

He raised his hands in defense. "Sorry didn't meant to go their. But what do you expect. Your are beautiful but I will respect your boundaries." he replied with a small smiled and tried to pull his eyes from her.

"Then leave, and give me some privacy" She spat, "Or at least cover your eyes so I can dress."

He defiantly didn't want to leave so he put a hand over his eyes. "Ok, ok. Get dressed." he said with a charming grin for an orc. She was feisty. Then again he walked in on her naked and invaded her space.

She watched him for a moment after he covered his eyes, before she left the water, grabbing a towel from her pack to dry off quickly before she pulled on her clothing. "Alright," She said.

Axel removed his hands and gazed at her. "You are still very beautiful." he said with another grin. He was bad at charming girls obviously but the situation kind of made it hard.

She felt the hint of a blush rise to her cheeks at his compliment. "You're an odd orc," She said, picking up her pack and slinging it over her shoulders, intending on moving on soon. She'd never said anything about hanging around.

Axel stood and nodded. "Yea I'm an outcast because of it. My mother is part human so she dealt with the same thing." he replied.

She paused, looking at him closely as he mentioned being part human. "Yes, I can see it, now that you mention it," She said, "I meant more demeanor wise than looks..."

"Oh yea" he said with a nod. "I take that as a good thing I guess." and he rubbed the back of his head nervously.

"That's how I meant it," She said, "Most of your kind would've had me pinned to the ground by now...no offense intended, of course."

He just gave a shrug. "I don't like most of my kind." he replied and wanted to add that her had the urge to pin her to the ground but ignored it.

"What's your name, orc?" She asked him, warming up to the male a bit. It was rather lonely, traveling on her own, and he might make for good company.

"Axel, and you are?" he asked and relaxed a bit, glad that she was getting used to him.

"Ilara," She said, adding politely, "Pleasure to meet you, Axel. Where are you headed?"

Axel shrugged at her question. "No where in particular. Just away from where I was."

She gave a nod. "I was headed for the Naren Mountains," She told him, "I could use a bit of company, if you'd be interested." More than that, she could use protection, though she didn't know it. Rather dangerous creatures roamed the wilds between the forest they stood in and the Mountains.

He nodded and smiled. "I would love to accompany you." Axel replied and fetched his ax, placing it in a holder. "You will be safe with me."

She smiled and nodded. "I wouldn't doubt that for a second," She said, "Even if you are rather humanish, you're still much more frightening than I am." Continuing on her way, she stuck close to the Orc.