Rub-a-dub-dub, two pirates in a tub! [Hemogloblin!]

[Rhindeer]

...Kota did noooot see that coming!

And so when she threw herself at him, he let out a rather undignified yelp and went down with a thud, given no warning and thus no chance to brace himself. He gasped, went to grab at her, but she pinned his arms down with surprising strength, and he only had a second to register alarm when--

OH.
MY.
GODDESS.

TEETH. Was that TEETH?! Was she BITING HIM?! He let out a shriek and flailed, thrashing beneath her, kicking at air, and fighting to wriggle his arms free as she savaged him like a dog, straight for the carotid! He screamed again when she snarled and shook her head, bucking to try to dislodge the beast! "MORGAN! MORGAN, NO!"

And then he was squirming and laughing hysterically, too freaked out to realize he wasn't laughing from hysterics, but because that was strangely ticklish.

[GoblinFae]

His thrashing about and squeals only served to excite her further in her tormenting. Unready to give up so easily, Morgan sucked hard on the soft flesh at her mercy before releasing it with a very wet pop, ensuring that he was fully slobbered on before sitting up over him. She licked her lips slowly while continuing to look down at Kota hungrily.

"Yum," the sailor purred with a dangerous smirk. "I wonder if the second bite is as delicious as the first," she continued to muse while slowly leaning forward over the younger man, her teeth bared to nip playfully at him again if she could.

[Rhindeer]

"AHHH!" Kota squealed, both laughing and crying and not really sure if he was crying because he was laughing. She was sucking on him! Sucking out his blood like a vampire! He wheezed, breathless with panic and laughter, and coughed when he wound up choking on his own saliva (he was super graceful like that!). Finally, finally she released him, and he flopped bonelessly and panted for breath, adrenaline running through his veins and blood rushing in his ears as his heart pounded.

It took a few moments of staring up at her, the fight or flight instincts still making it hard to think rationally, before he realized the obvious.

That hadn't really hurt. A little, but not badly, and then it had tickled. TICKLED. Morgan's lips were bloodless as she smirked down at him. And...

...And she'd basically just given him one hell of a hickey.

He stared up at her, face flushed from exertion--and then embarrassment at his own panic! Had he actually thought she'd...?

"H-hey!" He tugged at his arms and twisted, still trying to throw her off, and let out another yelping laugh when she nipped him. Damn her! Even if she wasn't trying to eat him, he was damned ticklish! "Stoppit!"

[GoblinFae]

Morgan smirked against the flesh of his neck, giving him one last nibble at the lobe of his ear before pulling away with a sharp tug. "What was that? Did you say something?" she asked innocently even as she pressed harder against his arms to keep him in place. She was not about to let her little toy free any sooner than she wanted. "Suddenly remembered the way back to your home now? Or shall I jog your memory some more?" Morgan flashed a toothy grin while loudly clicking her teeth.

[Rhindeer]

"Uhh, yeah! Yeah! That's exactly it! I remember now!" Kota said with a too-wide grin, face still flushed with embarrassment. He squirmed, uselessly testing her hold on him.

"Did you seriously give me a hickey? How bad is it?"

[GoblinFae]

Out of twisted glee, Morgan licked the hickey she had left on Kota before rolling off him and onto her feet once more. "It's perfect," she informed him with pure delight, her eyes dancing with unrestrained mirth. "Shall we be on our way then?"

[Rhindeer]

She...she licked him.

With a strangled sound, Kota scrambled to his feet as soon as she was off of him and wiped vigorously at the slobber on his neck as though trying to get rid of the mark she left on him, too. "Goddess, why would you do that?! Seriously! How bad is perfect?! I can't go into my village with a hickey! Bad enough if anyone sees me, worse if they see me with this!"

[GoblinFae]

"Because it annoys you," she chirped back. "Now hurry up! I'm hungry and you promised me food! You keep rubbing it like that and you'll make it worse you idiot. Quit being such a baby and serve your purpose already!" Morgan shoved him playfully in the shoulder, hoping to coax him into leading her onwards towards his village.

[Rhindeer]

Immediately, Kota snapped his hand away from his neck despite the urge to rub the hickey away like a stain. If only it worked that way! But before he could whine at her about it some more, she shoved him along, and he grunted and stumbled before he caught his footing.

"Yeesh! Be a little nicer, won'tcha? Geeentle! If I decided to run off and ditch you here, you'd be in trouble, you know," Kota groused, but he didn't disagree. Truth be told, for all his reluctance, he was hungry and tired and done with the jungle--and his clothes were getting all stiff and itchy from salt as they dried.

And he could only put off the inevitable for so long...

With a slow breath in, he squared his shoulders. "Alright. Let's do this," he said, and turned to lead them in the opposite direction. "And in the meantime, you better help me figure out how I'm gonna explain this!" he added, gesturing at the hickey.

[GoblinFae]

Morgan snorted as she prodded Kota onward with a finger to his back and sides. "Yeah, yeah, less talking, more walking," she barked in clear imitation of their former quartermaster. After a bit of walking she added, "I don't know why you need an excuse for it anyway. Could just always tell them you were attacked by a sea witch if you're that paranoid about it. Not like they're really going to notice it anyway."

[Rhindeer]

"A sea witch," Kota repeated, and looked over his shoulder at Morgan to give her a look, eyes sweeping up and down over her.

"What a fitting description!"

[GoblinFae]

Her own eyes sparkled with pleasure and mirth. "As if I would call myself anything less. Now I know I'm beautiful but you can cease your mental stripping for now Kota. Food is a far higher priority than sex." With a chuckle and a pat to his head she added, "if you're a good boy though maybe I'll reward you afterwards."

[Rhindeer]

...Mental...mental stripping?! Sex?! Reward him later?! WHAT?!

Kota sputtered, his face going several darker shades as the blood rushed to his face, and he opened and closed his mouth several times as he tried to form words, no doubt looking much like a fish out of water. He hadn't meant to give her a look like he was undressing her with his eyes, because that was the complete opposite of what he was doing! He was simply assessing her! And now he felt himself internally panicking because holy shit had he given her the wrong idea?!

He spun back around and fixed his hair after she pat it, swallowing hard. "U-uh...that's...that's quite alright! But thanks! Er. Here we go!"

And he started to march at a brisker pace like his tail was on fire.

[GoblinFae]

Morgan shook with silent laughter as she trailed at a some what more sedate pace behind Kota. She knew exactly what she had done to make him march so and she planned to continue to push as many of his buttons as she could until he finally lost it once and for all.

"And you're positive it's this way this time, correct? I would hate to punish you for causing trouble intentional or otherwise."

[Rhindeer]

"Positive!" Kota croaked out, the word "punish" now taking on a different meaning. In fact, now he was wondering about their little tickle fight on the ground. That hadn't been foreplay to her, had it?! The biting and licking and hickey hadn't been sexual in that instance, had it?! Oh dear. Ohhh dear.

This could get really awkward. Not only was Morgan an intimidating woman, but there was also the other issue! That was kind of a big one! And it wasn't like he could just talk about that.

"It's probably just a mile away! Give or take!"

[GoblinFae]

"How big is it anyway?" she quipped as she took in her surroundings once more. "The island that is. I'm sure I can find out the rest later." Morgan was having a ball winding Kota up. He just seemed to turn the most interesting shades of red and if he walked any stiffer she was sure she would find an iron rod in his innards to keep him that way. Briefly she wondered if it was a cultural embarrassment or if it was all Kota. She certainly hoped it was the latter.

[Rhindeer]

Kota had been about to snap that that was none of her business when she clarified. Kind of.

"It's big," he said without thinking, and then sank his face into his hand with a loud groan as his face burned hotter. Inima damn her! "The island is big! Uh. Not that I'm--"

It was a trap! What man wasn't defensive about his junk? But he also didn't want to disclose any information about that to her!

He threw his hands into the air in exasperation. "The island is very big! This main one is. Others are smaller. I've never measured or anything--" Goddess damn her, now everything sounded like an innuendo! "But...yes."

Just bury me.

[GoblinFae]

She stared at him with all the innocence of a child, blinking her wide eyes in confused surprise at his verbal fumbling. "If you've never measured than how can you be sure? I mean in my experience it's always an exaggeration of size until you truly get down eye to eye with nitty gritty details that usually lead to great disappointments."

Morgan sighed and shook her head in mock sadness as she took her place walking at Kota's elbow. "I mean if you've measured couldn't one of the so-called smaller islands be the same size or even larger than this one? It is after all, all a matter of um," she glanced down towards his waist with a slightly cocked brow before glancing up ahead of them again, "perspective, isn't it?"

[Rhindeer]

"YES WELL ANYWAY!" Kota interjected loudly, pointedly staring ahead of them. "Anyway, it's a big island and that's really all you need to know about it! Wow! Would you look at that scenery!"

Kota swept an arm out in a gesture that encompassed the jungle around them. "So pretty! Smell that fresh air! Do you like flowers? Because there's some pretty flowers over there--" He pointed out a clump of large, fuchsia blossoms that were shaped like stars. "Girls in my village like to wear those in their hair. Just gotta watch out for the spiders that hang around them! They love to trap the bugs that land in them. Highly venomous bastards."

[GoblinFae]

Morgan laughed outright at her companion's behavior, unable to control herself any longer. "You know Kota I do have to wonder how in the world did you manage to get that stick so far up your arse? Really it's quite impressive! I'm surprised you can even walk like that. Here," she declared, sweeping her arm out to pluck a flower up and stick it behind his ear before slinging her arm over his shoulders, "have a flower, relax a little. Who knows maybe your wee friend hasn't gotten his growth spurt yet. No shame in that. Lots of men have that issue."