[Flashback]The Snake and the Spider(Iskessah)

[Volinir Orchid]

Serpent people who spread havoc and pain. Delightful. He was starting to wonder if bringing her back to Kalinor was the best idea. Turning into a rattlesnake would mean kidnapping would be a chore. When she mentioned her homeland however, Volinir's features softened slightly. He could sympathize with being far away from home. Kalinor was on the other side of the world. Still, her fingers will still clasped tightly around his throat, and that lessened how much he could care about her feelings considerably. The fact that she was busy being bitter was, unfortunately for Iskessah, not lost on the Symenestra, and after a few ticks of silence, he decided to take the opportunity she had presented. With a sudden, violent lurch, Volinir threw his weight against the Dhani, hurling her onto her back and rolling onto her. His elbow dashed against her forearm, hopefully wrenching her grip on his neck loose, while his forehead raced towards her nose for good measure. Whether or not he succeeded in headbutting her, his hands darted towards her wrists, trying to seize them and slam them over her head before they could menace his poor Sym neck again.

[Iskessah]

Her reflections had indeed distracted her, which (she was convinced) was the only reason Volinir had managed to break her hold. She lay under him with an amused expression, not really being able to see him as much of a threat. She allowed him to get whatever grip on her he wished (though she tilted her head forward so that his attempt at a headbutt would only meet her equally hard skull), confident that she could break his hold any time she wanted to show him that he had no power over her. But fighting was so... tedious. She felt the need to engage him on...other levels. Not bothering to speak (they had wasted enough words), she smirked as she writhed slowly under him. His knee was still between her legs, so she rubbed against it in an attempt to increase her own arousal. She then traced his armored leg with her foot until her own knee was able to massage his loins. She smiled up at him through her eyelashes, waiting for his reaction.

[Volinir Orchid]

Volinir was now convinced that he had eaten bad peaches. First she was trying to kill him, and now she wanted to make love again? It was outright baffling, until he remembered what she had mentioned about pain and murder. Was it possible that the woman underneath him was turned on by violence? If so, Volinir thought with a smirk to mirror the Dhani's, then their interests matched up quite nicely. She wanted pain, and he wanted to gouge her eyes out. It was perfect! "I'm going to regret this..." he thought bemusedly to himself as he let go of Iskessah's wrists. His right hand glided down her arm, past her chest and stomach, before taking the place of his knee. The other grazed the curve of her neck, pausing over where his fangs had punched holes in her flesh. His index and middle fingers lingered there for two ticks, before suddenly driving the nails into the wound a moment before the same digits of his right did the same somewhere very different.

[Iskessah]

Poor, poor Volinir. He had badly misjudged Iskessah. Violence was one thing, but pain was something she did not tolerate, and unfortunately for him, that scant bit of rubbing and finger-play was hardly going to distract her from being clawed in an open wound. With a hiss of rage, she took a wild swing at his head. Taking advantage of his probable surprise, she threw him to the side and rolled on top of him, putting both hands on his shoulders and a knee on his chest to hold him down. A somewhat crazed grin accompanied an even more crazed whisper, "You're sso fond of biting, let'ss sssee how you like it!" She lunged at his neck to sink her human-shaped teeth deep into his flesh.

[Volinir Orchid]

It was around the time he was being hurled onto his back for a second time that the last vestiges of sympathy for Dhani in general was wiped from Volinir. While her pinning plan would have worked quite well on a human, she had made the exact same mistake twice, and put two forearms in easy biting range. It didn't help one bit that he had been told explicitly to clamp down if ever knocked down. As such, Volinir did what came naturally. He bit Iskessah again. The payload of venom wasn't quite as bad as last time, but it would still lower her superhuman strength to... Human strength, if nothing else. As soon as the poison started doing its work, Volinir shoved her off of him and scrambled to his feet, not bothering to fight back this time. "I... Am petching... SICK of this!" he snapped irritably, flinging the wardrobe open and digging what looked like a whip made of steel wire out from under the clothes. "First you want to petch, then you want to fight, then you want to petch again, then you want to fight again. It's maddening." Volinir was done playing. If Iskessah decided to keep attacking, he had no qualms about opening up a few dozen canyons in her torso. "One reason. Give me one petching reason I shouldn't call for help, or kill you right now." the Symenestra snarled, lash in hand.

[Iskessah]

Iskessah cried out when the fangs sank into her arm. She stared at the wound in horror as she felt her body weakening. She knew what came next. Before long, she would be crippled by agony, hardly able to think or defend herself, much less bare to exist. When she looked into the face of the furious Symenestra, her desperation was very real. He wanted a reason. A reason to let her live. The thing she had been struggling for so hard was now completely in the hands of someone who didn't like her very much. She was drawing a blank; she had nothing to offer that was worth anything to him. She was running out of time, and she could think of nothing to convince him to spare her the pain of his poison. "Pleassse," she whispered, not sure herself whether she was begging him for mercy or praying to Siku for salvation. "Pleassse." Tears of terror formed in her eyes and threatened to fall. "Pleassse...."

[Volinir Orchid]

"Oh you have got to be kidding me. She's crying. She's actually crying." Fortunately for Iskessah, Volinir discovered something about himself at that moment; he was a bleeding heart. Try as he might, he just couldn't stay furious at a weeping woman. "I... Fine." he finally stammered as he looked away and crossed his arms in front of him, a bit of color rushing to his face at his own softness. He wasn't letting go of the lash, though. It was with a great deal of apprehension that he started licking the wound site... Again... "You attack me one more time though, and I swear to all the Gods above and below, I will break every vow anyone has ever made to Viratas about bloodshed." After five chimes or so, he stopped and stood, whether or not the venom was actually neutralized. "Do you do this often?" Volinir asked, shaking his head to himself. Alvadas was less strange than this day.

[Iskessah]

Iskessah was surprised that her pleading had actually worked. As he neutralized his own poison, she had to fight the smirk forming on her face. That was it? A few tears and he relented? With that sort of weakness, she'd be able to manipulate him into nearly anything. At his threat though, she frowned again. Perhaps, for today at least, it would be wise not to test him. No, if she wanted to antagonize him further, she would have to make SURE she had the upper hand. And maybe remember to muzzle him next time. When he was finished, she flexed her arm with relief, feeling the strength returning. While he stood, she chose to remain on the floor, sitting in a casual pose that just happened to offer a clear view of what lay between her legs. "Do I do what often? Get poisssoned? No, I'd have to sssay that'sss a firssst." She tried to smile as if it were a joke between the two of them, but it was hard to pretend she didn't resent him. "If you mean do I often petch men for my own entertainment," she shrugged, "whenever I get a free day."

[Volinir Orchid]

Volinir rubbed his temples when she answered. "Wonderful... Just wonderful. So what, I looked like I'd be good in bed, so you followed me?" The Symenestra collapsed onto the bed, Iskessah's lewd display completely escaping his attention. "That's great. Well, while I'd love for you to stay and chat about sex and violence, I think it's best you left. I need to process today, and find an apothocharist to buy a headache cure from." And true to his word, he wouldn't say a thing until the Dhani left. Once he was sure he was alone, he buried his face in his pillow, muttering irritably to himself in Symenos until he fell asleep.

[Verilian]

. . Thread Award . . Volinir Orchid +1 Stealth +1 Climbing +1 Acrobatics +2 Rhetoric +2 Seduction +1 Lovemaking +2 Brawling +1 Intimidation +1 Interrogation Lores: Being Stalked, Stalking the Stalker, Sex with a Dhani, Waking with a Snake, Iskessah is a Dhani, The Strengths of the Dhani, Dhani Worship Siku, Iskessah is a Rattler Dhani, There are other types of Dhani, Iskessah's home lies to the west Iskessah Kosun +1 Stealth +1 Observation +1 Intelligence +1 Swimming +3 Seduction +1 Lovemaking +2 Brawling +1 Intimidation Lores: The Brain Addling Effects of the Cold, Taking a Plunge in Lake Ravok, Sex with a Symenestra, Being bit by a Symenestra, Volinir is a Symenestra, The Strengths and Weakness of a Symenestra, Symenestra Worship Viratas, Symenestra live in Kalinor, Kalinor is in the far west of Kalea, You Question My Logic? : If you have any questions on the XP, feel free to PM me. Also, enjoy your unofficial, recognized only by V, Lovemaking XP! Notes: Very entertaining read. Sexy, funny, violent.. all favorite things of mine. Good work, keep writing! Notice As per the request of the Founders, threads cannot be graded unless your CS is up to date. This means you need to add threads to your thread list when you make new threads, keep your skills up to date, ledger, living expenses, ect. If you aren't up to date, you'll get a PM from me before i grade your thread. If you are up to date, disregard this notice.