Cold Alleyways [private : Kakuma]

ooc: other BR members welcome if you pm me & Kakuma asking permission

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With the moon set high above, and the break of a new day of sun still a couple hours away would mean the air was chilled, and so was what appeared to be a balled up snake, seeking warmth that their body still had from the day before. A small fire in a trash can filled with wood was the only source of light illuminating a pale-skinned redhead with long hair and  tattered almost & revealing clothing.This woman would be Ellia, and it only illuminated her further as she huddled closer to the flames, nearly close enough to burn her.

Each breath that escaped her mouth formed a visible white cloud of cold, wrapped around her was a blanket, tattered and over-used as if it was her only source of a home for many years. The young Lamia would extend the tip of her red tail out, slithering it around the trash can to pull it closer to herself while she backed into the corner. Hey eyes were fading, as if her body was trying to tell her to hibernate for the winter, just because she was cold. The soft whimper she gave out as she brought a piece of bread to her mouth, the one thing she could afford with random tasks she could complete by store owners had given her just enough to buy food once in awhile. While she nibbled on the bread, her tail would retract back into the covers of the blankets, not to be seen other than a more than slight bulge in the cover, after all, she had hid 20+ feet of tail under a medium sized blanket.

Still yet, she did not curse the town she chose to live in, at least some citizens were nice. Most of fiore hated an outcast, yet this place didn't. She even remembered when a guild moved in. Too bad she only recently had acquired knowledge of her own magic, barely able to use the lowest level spells possible, and avoiding trying to become an active mage as she had no clue where to start.

Kakuma was out and about, not really doing anything of worth just wandering for the most part. She loved the city at night, it was peaceful and it made her feel good that she could keep all these people safe. She wanted to go out and see the bay but it was a bit on the cold side so she stayed away from the water, which landed her in the market district. A few shops where still open, mostly resturants and most were getting to close up. She loved all the smells that she could smell and planned to go into one. She stopped in the street and pulled at her little wallet, which she stores inbetween her breasts.

"Hmm... i have plenty."

Kakuma smiled and looked around to find one that tickled her fancy, while their were plenty of places she could eat, it was not what caught her attention. In on of the allys Kakuma could see some girl curled up under a blanket next to a small fire. Kakuma cocked her head and moved to the head of the ally, she looked at the girl as she clearly was somewhat cold. Kakuma frowned and walked up to her, her foot falls very quiet cause she never wore shoes.

"Excuse me... Um Can i join you?"

The woman's head niether shook nor nodded in response, an idle quiet inhaled breath of air, Ellia was doing more than simply breathing, she was tasting. The air was so frost cold that it filled her lungs, making her shiver slightly yet still allowed her to see who had spoken to her. The voice she did not recognize as one of familiarity, yet she sensed no ill presence within this one.

There would be a moment of silence before Ellia spoke up, her mind grazed over the thought of another. The scent of warmth from the individual lingered. Ellia could tell she was a warm-blooded human, which well when one thought about that exact statement, it would be obvious wouldn't it? Though one could never be too careful, had it been a human who had cold blood, it could mean the death of Ellia being the fact she was so cold to start with. Finally, after more than ample time had passed, Ellia began to open her mouth once more, this time to speak.

"O.. O-only if you don't m-m-mind snakes"

Her words felt slight meaning as she pulled the blanket from her lower half revealing a coiled up snake tail where her legs would have been, had she been a regular woman. The long coiled up red tail one could estimate was about twenty feet if not slightly longer, but the way it was coiled indicated she was in a bitter cold, and anyone with common reptilian knowledge knew why she was suffering from the cold so much.

"Feel free to leave if you don't like snakes..." Though despite her words, Ellia's gaze would never leave you, almost asking for the body heat you naturally produced, though one might want to make their decision quick, as she seemed to slightly start covering herself back up, as she was trying to outlast the cold of the night like she had for the past nearly ten years. It wouldn't be long till day break and the warm beautiful sun...oh yes that gorgeous ball of light and fluffy warmness would be arriving soon to lift Ellia up. Her amber eyes even seemed to glisten softly as if she was thinking way too hard about the warmth, almost in a way as if it was well, in this case it was, a survival thing.

Kakuma raised a eyebrow as the woman responded about "if she didn't mind snakes.". Kakuma was about ask what she meant when she pulled up the blanket and reveiled her tail. Kakuma kneeled down and poked it quickly, she found it neat. Kakuma stood back up and and found a spot to sit, she sat down and smiled at the girl.

"I have not seen you around before, I'm Kakuma."

Kakuma held out on of her clawed hands, which was covered in soot from one of her mishaps in making on of her devices. Kakuma watched the girl shiver and wracked her mind, why would this girl be so cold? Kakuma took a breath and didn't find it to terribly cold, so their had to be another reason.

*hmm Snake... Often carnivoris with over lapping scales the protect them, snakes  often weigh more then they look... cold blooded... thats it..."

Kakuma smiled at the girl, she had a idea to get her out of the cold. Kakuma stood up and held out her hand to the girl.

"I'm about to get some food, would you be kind enough to join me?"

Kakuma smiled at the girl, holding her hand out until she took it, it was clear Kakuma would not take no.

At first Ellia wanted nothing more than to acquire this woman's body heat as her own in attempt to warm herself up. Even more so when the gentle touch of Kakuma's hand had poked at her scale covered tail, a natural withdrawl of the tail easily from the shock that someone would so casually touch her like that. Even more so Ellia took note of how quickly this 'Kakuma' woman had sat next to her and had introduced themselves. Did she not fear some half-snake woman? Was there other things to it?

Another breath of air caused a shock to Ellia's mind, the scent, she smelled... different than a human. Even focusing more on Kakuma's appearance, she noticed wolf like traits, the ears namely, which she twitched her own ears in response to. Then a hand was extended out to her, Ellia had not even realized she went to reach for Kakuma's hand so easily, her own hand feeling colder to the touch, as she had little to no body heat from the lack of the ability to produce her own. However what Ellia felt was the throbbing heat of Kakuma's hand, and immediately went into 'I want more warmth' mode, which involved her sliding quickly towards, and wrapping her tail closer to the Victim source of heat.

"I uh... I ate some bread already, I should be fine for food. Though I don't think many places would accept me like this", obviously shy and not too used to the idea of going into an actual resturaunt, besides she typically just ate scraps or hunted anyways. Lamia were decent hunters of wild animals after all.

However watching Kakuma stand up, Ellia was not going to take a 'loss of heat' as an answer either, so while she was reluctant, her want for warmth was more than a reason to grab Kakuma's arm, not just her hand, but rather cling to the arm for a source of heat. "Sorry... you're warm. I like warm". Though that was not the only reason she was okay with Kakuma's presence. The fact she was part animal in her own way, made Ellia very much more calmer, as she felt as if she was in the presence of someone who might have known the hardships of being different in this world. Even a magical world, not everyone sees you as okay, or alright when you were different after all.

"and fluffy" she would giggle, staring at Kakuma's wolf like ears, obviously intrigued by it, and without even knowing she was doing it, Ellia would be wrapping her tail closer and closer around Kakuma's leg that she was on the side of. Only noticing it if Kakuma were to move, which would cause Ellia to release the leg and slither along side her, keeping her height the same as Kakuma's.

Kakuma was a bit taken back by the girl's.... clingyness, Kakuma thought about it for a second and finding nothing wrong with it let it go. The part that did catch her of guard was the wrapping of her leg, Kakuma smiled and booped her on the nose.

"Come now i have to walk i can't just slither around like you and i haven't eaten today so lets go..."

Kakuma didn't mind sharing her wamth so much, she was glad to have someone to talk with that would not be all giddy over her. Kakuma looked at her companion and chuckled, Either she didn't know who Kakuma was or didn't care. It was nice and Kakuma would not squander it, she liked being normal sometimes, being some head honcho of a major guilds was no fun alot of the time.

"So im thinking we should go to that grill place it should be nice and warm."

Kakuma grinned and lead the way, she was gonna eat until she was stuffed. Kakuma wondered what kinda of foods Hoshi had on the grill today, Kakuma liked Hoshi... she didn't care that Kakuma was the GM of Black Rose. Kakuma was just another person to her and that made Kakuma happy. Kakuma led the way right up to the big red doors of the "Spicy hot Grill and bar." and pushed the door open.

"Can i have my usual table."

Kakuma spoke to a very old looking woman standing behind a desk, she looked up and rolled her eyes.

"You know we are about to close right?"

Kakuma smiled and patted the her companions hand.

"Please."

Kakuma smiled at the old lady, who simply sighed and motioned for them to follow. Kakuma smiled and pulled the snake lady along to their table. Kakuma sat down sat down and patted the spot next to her, she was still willing to share her body heat with the the snake lady. The old lady rolled her eyes again and set to menus on the table.

"I take it you want your normal drink?"

Kakuma nodded and the lady took off, Kakuma turned to the snake lady.

"So um... whats your name?"

At first... Ellia didn't want to let go. The warmth, and the fact that Ellia was with someone that to her looked like another demi-human, but wolf like. This interested her to know someone like Kakuma existed. Fact was, Ellia didn't know of many that were like this, and if those she did know were far beyond her grasp of talking to. After all, Ellia for the past eight or so years knew nothing but being homeless, only getting scraps when possible. She only recently came to the town of Lavanitir.

"Grill place?"

Her obvious question showed she had no idea, but uncoiled from Kakuma, still nuzzling her arm to gather body heat from her. She in all rights was more than attached to the free body heat she was getting, and would be more intrigued by the fact food was involved. she herself did indeed need food, but didn't dare say anything and would just assume Kakuma realized that she had no means to pay. After all, she was...homeless.

"Y--you don't need to do this. we're just strangers"

She hated using people, and being used. At this point as she was being lead into the grill place the warmth of the building filled around her. The pale skin started to flesh out and look a lot better. Her amber eyes sparkled as she slithered into the building, keeping her height the same as Kakuma's the entire way to the table. However, even with all the warmth of the building Ellia refused to let go of Kakuma, the body warmth verse the warmth of the building to Ellia was just still too great.

Once the pair did take a seat though, Ellia whimpered a little as if the cold seat bothered her just slightly. It was cold compared to the room, as no one was sitting it in recently. Though getting adjusted in the seat was effortless as her tail would end up coiled under the table, all twenty two feet of it. Eventually, Ellia would scoot closer to Kakuma after she was asked her name

"My name is Ellia.. and Kakuma... please don't mind..."

Her statement was obvious as she would slither the end of her tail up Kakuma's leg and through up around her body, quickly coiling and wrapping Kakuma up like a snake getting ready to constrict a victim, the entire length of her tail quickly wrapped around Kakuma's body if allowed from feet to the chest level, leaving the arms around so they could still move them. The wrapping/constricting was not super tight, and would leave room to wiggle around and breath, but it was still tight enough to feel pressure as if hugged for warmth. Ellia was seeking warmth still at this point, and this gave her a grand opportunity. After all she didn't know how long the 'warmth' of Kakuma would be around.

"You seem very important for them to let you bring me in here. Who are you? I don't mean your name either"

Kakuma picked up her menu not really minding the girl really, she had plenty of money and didn't really care about how much she ordered. Money was a minor thing in the grand scale of things, Kakuma didn't care for material things much, but that didn't mean she didnt enjoy making new things. Kakuma looked up and down the menu trying to figure out what to eat, the girl next to her said something about not having to. Kakuma laughed and set her menu down, she turned to the girl and spoke.


"I know that we are strangers but i find myself intrested in why your living in the back of that ally." 

Kakuma yawned and picked up her menu again, she would most likely get what she had all the other times she came her, Ribs with BBQ sauce. Kakuma was about to ask the girl what she wanted when she told her to not to mind.

"Not to min... Eep!"

The coil caught her by surprise, But she recovers quickly. Kakuma frowns and wonders what Hoshi will think when she comes out, Kakuma chuckles silently to herself. The girl asked about who she was and Kakuma frowned, did she tell the girl who she was or did she enjoy the concept of anonymity for a bit longer. In the end Kakuma decide on Anonymity for a bit longer, she figured that the girl would be less fun when she found out that she was the Guild Master of Black Rose. 

"Just a Member of the Black Rose, i know the owner Hoshi so that old hag don't really have a choice but to let me in when i want." 

Kakuma felt a wet rag hit the back of her head, she turned around to see the old lady standing at on of the tables, glaring at her. Kakuma simply stuck her tongue out at her and turned back.

"You'll like Hoshi i think, she very kind and reminds me of you."

Kakuma smiled and thought about hoshi's odd skin, scaled and like a snakes, a side effect of her magic. Speaking of Hoshi, out walked the lizard like woman, stopping at their table.

"Do you ever come at normal times Kakuma?"

The lady look like she had just gotten woken up or something, her hair being quite a mess and she was wearing a nighty.

"I hate coming in during normal times."

Hoshi sighed and looked at Ellia, "A date?" Hoshi asked.

"Date?.... OH! uh no... i found her outside trying to keep warm."

Hoshi laughed and shook her head. "always the sucker for a pretty face aren't ya? Anyways what do you want?" Kakuma opened her mouth to speak but was cut off. "Not you Kakuma... I already know what you want." Kakuma just sat their blinking, which turned into a bit of pouting as she was backburnered for Ellia.

Success, the wrapping up of Kakuma was a success. This meant warmth~♥ In general this gave Ellia a lot of confidence and trust about Kakuma. Once she introduced herself though Ellia would smile. Black rose huh? She had heard of the many guilds but stayed out of their way, wait... guild that meant Kakuma was a mage! Right? Ellia wanted to tell Kakuma about what little magic she possessed, but at the same time she felt it was so weak that it wasn't even worth while.

Her thoughts were eventually cut off when a lizard woman walked into the area, how could Ellia not know there was another reptilian demi-human around? It was true she had wandered across Fiore for the past eight years but was she that oblivious? was that the reason she was treated better in Lavanitir city? Simply because this city already had those like her here? Ellia didn't know what to say, she instead moved her gaze down to the menu, a loss of words were never good. Being unable to figure out what to say gave Ellia the feeling of stupidity at the moment, she wanted to pipe up at say something yet couldn't.

She was totally oblivious to most of the conversation the two had until one had looked and asked her what she wanted to eat. Eat? Oh right... restaurant food. Ellia sighed, not even knowing what to order, then again she had no idea simply because of the fact she was scared to choose. Though she knew Kakuma wouldn't mind, she expressed this already. Placing the menu down delicately, Ellia tried to smile the best she could before answering.

"M-may I have the medium order of chicken, and some water please?" Despite how hungry she can be right now, her appetite itself was very low. Not for a bad reason either. He appetite was low simply because she was trying to process way too much right now. Today she learned of two beings that were different, yet looked at and treated normally. Was this what Lavanitir was? It made Ellia smile as her coils around Kakuma tightened only softly enough like a hug. It was her way of saying thank you.

Turning her head back to Kakuma she would put on her best smile. "Other than telling you my name, there is not much I can say. I've lived like that for the past ten years? Only recently slithered towards this town. My magic isn't good enough to be a mage so I try to work as a civilian but that.... never ends very well. I do hope that works as an answer about why you found me where you did."

Kakuma listened to the girl as she leaned back against the seat, Kakuma ran her hand across the girls lower half, feeling the muscels that it contained. Kakuma wondered why she had been treated so badly, Kakuma found her form wonderfully exotic. Kakuma listened to the girl as she spoke, simply basking in the warmth that their being so close caused.

"Oh you can use magic? Please show me?"

Kakuma smiled at the girl, she draped her arm around her and pulled her closer. Their food would arrive shortly after Kakuma spoke and Kakuma would start eating, thinking about what to do. She didn't want to let this girl go back to living in the ally's, she could invite her to join Black Rose but the magic power she sense from the girl was very small. Kakuma chewed her food and kept thinking, she could offer to train her and in doing so give her a place to stay at the same time, yes that is what she would do.

"Hey i can train you in magic if you want? I'm not sure if our magic's will align but i can at least teach you the basics and while i do you can stay with me."

Kakuma did have a private house that she rarely used, she didn't know the condition of it but it would easily fit the both of them. Kakuma looked at the girl again and decided something else.

"Well your pretty cute as well don't supose you want to call this a date?"

Show her the magic she possessed? Well, the only spell she did know of that had an incredibly quick use was her praise the sun technique. After all, trying to use her venom right here and now may end up in some sort of blacked out censored situation depending on how things followed. Her sand manipulation technique, and her requip spell was also out of the question. No sand around to manipulate, and no reason to dawn a weapon requip right at the moment either.

"I can show you one of my spells, the others I'd more be inclined to explain them to you since not all of them are designed to just be used willy-nilly. I call my magic the desert sun magic. It revolves around light, sand, and my well body, such as my venom. I can show you my light magic spell, since it doesn't do any harm. My sand spell is a manipulation of sorts, but no sand exists where we sit. Then I have my venom which... uh Biting you would be the only way to show you that one, but I rather not. Even if it has a rather 'warming' friendly touch to it for those I do not deem an enemy"

She would blush after hearing Kakuma's words calling this a date. Wait... did she also just call Ellia cute? This only made her blush more. Despite the fact she was cold blooded, the obvious reddening of her cheeks was possible. Her coils tightened around Kakuma in a very excited way when touched, almost making her want to constrict Kakuma out of enjoyment. Though she refrained from such, trying to keep composure as her hand was held out. It would not be long until a ball of holy light & warmth would raise from her hand and raise towards the ceiling before sticking in the air quickly radiating a warmth around them. Though the light was weak, almost as if Ellia had been using that technique to stay warm as long as possible. It wasn't the greatest, and would flicker out fairly quickly with a very tired Ellia in response.

A drop of sweat rolled down her cheek as she leaned backwards. "S-sorry Kakuma... I used up too much magic during the night to keep myself warm. I can't use much magic right now". Sadly it was true, until day time or at least some rest, her magic reserves were low right now. Though if Kakuma wanted to try some other form of 'magic' she had, then that'd have to be reserved for later.

Though her blush never left, Ellia would lean into Kakuma, still keeping her tail coiled around. Her head relaxed on Kakuma's shoulder. She did find this stranger rather welcoming, but who was she? She smelt different than any human she knew of, and she was cute herself as well. A kind heart to ask such a thing, and Ellia couldn't do much besides agree to the idea.

"Sure, this can be a date." she replied, smiling a bit more before going back to the food, and began to cut into the steak, preparing small pieces for her to bite. "you've already done so much for me. I wont ask you to burden yourself by homing and training me... besides what would your guild master think?" Still not aware Kakuma IS the guildmaster, Ellia would start to eat her food, delicately pressing her fork into the meat, almost improper the way she held the fork, obviously not being taught very well, and brought it to her mouth to begin to chew.

Each bite of the steak, Ellia tasted the way it was cooked, and the various seasons used on it. Such delicacy, and tender love for the way it was cooked indicated the chef was really good at what they do.

Kakuma smiled as the girl's spell faltered, she took her hand. Kakuma shook her head and let the girl eat, Kakuma was happy the she had gotten a good response about the date thing but their were other things. Before either of them could finish Hoshi came out with her own meal and sat down.

"So who is this Kakuma... wait no i do know you, your that homeless girl that i have seen about."

Hoshi took a bite of her food and keep her eyes on Kakuma and Ellia. Kakuma cocked her head and wondered what was going on.

"your that girl who has been unable to hold a job due to your size right? cause your way beyond the size that most work places can do right?"

Kakuma looked at Ellia and wondered what the real reason for her inability to hold down a job. Kakuma didn't honestly care she was going to train her to be a mage so she didn't have to worry about civilian jobs. Kakuma thought again about mentioning that she was the Guild Master of Black Rose. Kakuma chuckled and decided that she didn't want to tell her, Kakuma looked at Hoshi, whom nodded. Kakuma was happy that Hoshi was smart enough to figure out what Kakuma was doing. Kakuma spoke up.

"I will be training her to use magic and for the time be housing her. Don't suppose you could give her a job?"

Hoshi simply blinked then burst out laughing, as if Kakuma had made a funny joke. Hoshi stopped laughing, she folded her hand in front of her, her face was serious.


"Well her size will again be a problem for anything on the floor... But i can give her a job washing dishes, How small can you make yourself when you coil up?"

At first, Ellia could only look down in shame when she noticed Kakuma had shook her head. so, her magic was that shitty huh? Then again, with less than a tenth of her magical pool left due to keeping a suitable warmth spell going most of the night left Ellia quite drained, it wasn't exactly an easy or fair thing to ask, and then get un-impressed by it. It in fact almost made Ellia want to prove her more potent magic by biting Kakuma on the spot to send a seducing warmth throughout her body.

Though knowing the situation, that would be nothing but a bad idea, and in fact some would call it down right suicidal, as she herself felt Kakuma's power right next to her. Such a thing would only get her tossed out rather fast. Best to reserve that little trick for later anyways.

Turning her head back to the food, Ellia's mood began to change as she noticed Hoshi come out and sit down with them. So much for a date, right? Though she didn't let it bother her too much, her coiling around Kakuma did loosen up more than one would expect, almost as if it was just a loose grip if anything at this point. Why did people have to be so nosey and ask why she was homeless? Did they not exactly understand who was lucky in this world? Ellia had tried to hold jobs, but the best she ever got was an odd-job here or there by those that could spare the money and did not have to worry about civilians. In fact Lavanitir port city was only a 'recent' place Ellia had come to stroll the streets of since she typically lived out in the vast landforms of Fiore.

Size was no matter, she could coil herself up easily like any snake and only take up about two or three times the size of an average human while still being comfortable, but why not address the issue she was a snake, the appearance most called demonic. Even her own experience in the past that kept her from settling down was she knew demon slayers existed, and their magic hurt her far greater than a normal mage. While she wasn't demonic, it was her cursed race that was beckoned by such. She herself was a very light-hearted individual though.

Ellia did choose to ignore almost every remark or comment or question imposed to her until all questions were done. In fact, she simple slid her body lower as if depressed such a topic came up anyways. Why were strangers so nosey. Why did Kakuma have such a cute face and ask if it was a date, only to allow these questions to be imposed on her, and ask her own as if Ellia had not tried before.

Her mind was made up when the last bit of her coil'd tail slid away and off of Kakuma, showing how depressed Ellia actually was. Her mood had long shifted away from the more warmth seeking nature she had. Her eyes slightly watered as if not knowing how to respond, and only wanting to cry.

"Its not like I haven't tried... people don't like the snake half of my body, you're lucky and you just dont know it. Why do you even like me Kakuma, you're normal!", her mind was made up, and since she did have warmth it was nothing to slither from under the table and onto the floor, coiling up to prove size was no problem, but she still sulked a bit. "Size has never been an issue. or is there a secret motive behind that question of asking about my magic before hand, only to shake your head at it. Let me bite you Kakuma, and I'll show you my strongest magic I have. I have enough to no doubt cast that spell anyways"

Kakuma was caught a bit by suprise as Ellia uncoiled around her, Kakuma shruged figuring she was warm enough. Kakuma dug into her food, oblivious to the situation she had unwittingly caused. Hoshi on the other had realized immediatly what she had done. She frowned and waited for a answer, one she was all to familiar with as she had once felt the same way. 

"You idiot... you think your the only one?"

Hoshi's voice was full of anger and scorn, she stood up and crossed her arms. Kakuma blinked at looked between the two of them, not really sure if she should say something or not. In the end she decide that Hoshi could handle it. 

"I spent my entire childhood being beat up by bullys cause of the way i look, i don't want to hear anything about evil or anything stupid like that. I look like this and still managed to set this place up. Your in the one city that your race does not matter at all, sure holding a job might be hard cause of many things. But here, it should not be a big deal, Right Kakuma."

Kakuma was busy stuffing her face when Hoshi called on her for help, Kakuma sighed and nodded.

"It don't matter to me, this is my home and nobody would ever hold my race against me here. Not cause of any law but because people here are mostly like us, People that have for some reason not fit into society. You asked why i like you? It's cause you ARE different."

Kakuma took a sip of her drink and looked at Ellia.

"You said I'm normal right? thats where your wrong, I am far from normal."

Kakuma stood up and rolled over the lip of the chair, she moved into a large open area of the restaurant. Kakuma smiled at Ellia before changing her form. Kakuma spoke again, this time in the form of a 7 foot talk white wolf, her voice seemed to have a otherworldly touch to it now.

"I spent my childhood being the white wolf.... that half-breed... because my mother loved a god..." 

Kakuma chuckled and changed back into her human form, cracking her neck she swung over the chair and went back to her food. Hoshi huffed and picked up her plate, clearly getting ready to leave the two alone.

"Your not the only one who has a hard life... you would do well to remember that."

With that Hoshi stormed off, leaving Kakuma frowning.

"well i think its time to go..."

Kakuma picked up her plate and poked Ellia in the side.

"So you coming home or you gonna go back to that alleyway?"

At first Ellia winced, yeah she didn't mean any nasty words towards Hoshi, but she had no clue what this town was like. She simply assumed Hoshi was lucky, no... she was very lucky to be welcomed like this. Yet, realizing this town was more than normal, in fact the woman before her eyes quickly shifted to a wolf, and then back like it was nothing.

It made Ellia want to just leave right now anyways. Watching the events unfold over again in her mind. The thought of someone being bullied because they look different, then again Ellia didn't even remember her childhood, let alone her own parents. She remembers the wild, being young and hunting, learning to take down prey as a child, living in the deserts, waiting for some unsuspecting soon to be meal. Though as she grew older, she was always outcasted no matter where she went. It was only recently she visited Lavanitir port city.

At first, her only thought was it was a city that had some non-humans. Though she never did travel by day, let alone stay in the city. It was all too easier for her to scavenge around rather than bother anyone she saw that was not human. In fact why bother anyone at all, and Kakuma was near her insisting on bringing her home. Wait... home? Why would someone insist, oh wait, because she was different. So was that all? Because she looked different, was she an experimental play thing? Perhaps, but Ellia looked on the bright side, slithering at a quickened pace up to Kakuma's side, following her.

"I didn't know Kakuma... I'm not used to this, I've not been in this city long. All I know is dislike towards me. I'll follow you home. After all, I kind of ruined the date with my lack of knowledge... unless you wanna continue it when we get there hmm?" A coy wink given to Kakuma showing Ellia was trying to be playful as she hoped to wrap an arm around Kakuma for a hug.

"Thank you for everything. You've given me hope for this world", her voice sounded very genuine given the fact she was in tears right now, still trying to take all of the new information in.

Kakuma was pleased that Ellia had come to her senses quickly, she smiled and waved to Hoshi then lead the way out of the restaurant. They would have a ways to walk but Kakuma was ok with that. She simply lead the way, leaning against the snake as she did. Kakuma had not noticed until a few minutes ago but Ellia could really use a bath, she wondered if she could con her without saying it outright. 

"Well I need a bath... Join me?"

Kakuma gave a coy smile and just looked into the sky, what would come of teaching this girl magic? Kakuma didn't care honestly, it was time to move on with her life, but would Ellia be the one or would she leave her as well? Only time would tell but Kakuma was willing to give it a shot. Kakuma finally saw it, her private home, one provided to her by her guild. She had rarely used it cause it was quite a ways away from the guild. Kakuma let go and dug out the key, she ran up to the door and open it. Kakuma hit the light switch and spun around. 

"Welcome home honey!"

Kakuma smiled like she was a wife whos husband had just returned, Kakuma motined for her to come in and lead the way to the bathroom. Kakuma really did need a bath, once she reached the bathroom she started filling the main bath with warm water. Kakuma took off to her bedroom and retrieved some spare clothing, which she ran back with. Kakuma set the clothing down and ran up to Ellia.

"Well then i guess we better get rid of those ratty old clothes."

Kakuma grabbed the rags that Ellia wore and ripped them off her body, Kakuma then pushed Ellia into the bath, giggling all the time she did. It only took a few second for her own clothing to end up on the floor, where she followed Ellia into the bath.

After being lead out of the restaurant, the cold wisp of air shot past Ellia, whom found the bitter cold not as bad as before. The warmth of her meal she had eaten, and Kakuma's body temperature made it easier to deal with. Though it still made her slightly slower than normal, and she could not express her full speed in the cold, however luckily she didn't need to at the pace they were going anyways.

Being lead through the streets, Ellia leaned into Kakuma just as much as Kakuma was leaning into her. Keeping a soft smile on her face was no challenge at this moment, able to enjoy the star lit walk for awhile. Even after Kakuma had asked Ellia if she would join her in the bath, Ellia whom was still smiling at this point nodded in agreement before speaking up.

"Well thats a surprising question, but sure I can" she smiled softly, knowing full well Kakuma's scent was not that bad, in fact it was not bad at all. While being fully aware of her own scent. Kakuma was nice for what she had done, so Ellia would not challenge it or say anything about it. Though it made her wonder how big the bath actually was, had it already been made for a larger person? Who knows, but Ellia hardly doubted the fact that Kakuma would have asked her without first realizing the size of Ellia's body.

Finally they arrived to Kakuma's house, and to Ellia's surprise, when the light was flicked on, Kakuma had spun around and said 'welcome home honey'. Even Ellia could not resist a blush, then again she didn't even try to before she smiled. "Honey huh? Okay darling~" Playing the same game as Kakuma at this point, Ellia slithered forward with a smile. Eventually being lead to the bathroom. The entire home was chilled as if not always in use, but Ellia did notice it begin to warm up quickly. Even the water being drawn tempted Ellia so much.

The bath was huge! looking at it, Ellia noticed that it must have been designed for Kakuma's larger furry wolf form, and possibly another person if they so desired. How many people did Kakuma bring home anyways? It made Ellia curious but not curious enough to worry about it, so instead she waited until Kakuma's arrival, which was less than a minute at best as Ellia only had time to admire the bathroom before suddenly Kakuma's words reached her about her clothing. Which was torn right off of her rather violently before she was pushed backwards towards the pool. She could have stopped herself, but let the fall happen, as for one it let her actually use the water as a cover up.

Her large snake tail began to follow her as well stopping just short before half of it was under water., quickly raising the water level. Ellia would emerge from under the water with one arm crossed over her breasts. "K-Kakuma you don't just go ripping someone's clothing off and----"

She cut her own sentence as she watched Kakuma get undressed and followed into the bath. Ellia's tail quickly slithered more into the rather large bath, quickly wrapping closer to Kakuma rather quickly. "in this case I don't mind" she spoke staring into Kakuma's eyes, actually feeling loved for once, and would position herself closer to Kakuma while letting both arms fall to her side exposing herself. After all that was the point of a bath.

"I can actually feel my energy returning fast enough due to all this warmth to do this" she snickered after speaking, forcing energy through her palm into a shape of a ball before lifting it off towards the ceiling and stuck it there. The warm light illuminated the room no more than the lights already did, but instead a relaxing healing effect would take place as well. This time it would not flutter out quickly at all. It was unstable, it flickered quite often but not flicker out. It showed she still had things to learn, things to show how her magic once trained a little bit would show her actual prowess with the technique. Then again she had other magic too, but to show them now was just too hard.

Not wasting any more time, Ellia had the tip of her tail slither up Kakuma's leg, slowly and would continue up to around her stomach, wrapping around gently enough to give room to move, but close enough to show her intentions of bringing Kakuma closer. A coy grin on Ellia's face as she did move closer, letting her tail fall back into the water. "So how would you like me to help you hm? I can use my snake body in all sorts of ways for a pleasurable bath experience"

Kakuma yawned and looked at the snake woman, "I would prefer you scrub yourself down honestly." Kakuma didn't want to seem rude or anything but her nose was quite sensitive. Kakuma sighed and sunk into the water, sadly anyone other than her could now smell the pungent scent of wet dog. It was something that Kakuma knew would happen but didn't really care about, "hey behind you is a switch that turns on a fan... the smell is well sadly something that comes with being a wolf..." Kakuma stood up and moved over to the the shower stall and turned it on, she picked up the shampoo and started in on her hair. She scrubbed her scalp and then washed the soap out. She shook her head trying to get as much of the water off of her head as she could then set about in cleaning her tail. She pulled out a brush and started combing her tail out of all the knots in it, she sighed as she pulled on out a really big one.

"I really should bathe more often... these knots are stupid..." Kakuma sighed again and put the brush aside and stood up. "I'm going to head back to the guild hall i have to check in, I'll leave a key on the stand next to the door. Their is a room down the hall with a blue door thats your room, I'll leave a bit of jewel behind so you can get some clothing, Ill be home in about a hour and we can start training tommorow morning." Kakuma smiled and pulled headed off to her unused room, she had a few dresses there that Sophie had put there. Kakuma was suprised to find the room was stocked with quite a few things that she didn't expect. Their was a lot of supplys for item creating her inventions.

"huh... sophie... i misjudged you." Kakuma got dressed and headed out, leaving the Ellia to clean up and check out her new home.

Coy, but effective. Ellia got the hint the moment Kakuma mentioned the smell of a wet wolf. Did she honestly expect someone with such a keen taste that simply breathing through the mouth a little caused an overwhelm of scents to flood Ellia's tongue. It was coy how Kakuma pawned the smell off on her own, but Ellia knew well enough the truth. A smile on her face appeared as if to simply accept Kakuma's words.

Though to not waste any time herself, Ellia would look like she was fidgeting underwater, her tail swirling around, but in reality she was rubbing a wash cloth that was meant for her all down her tail since the tip of her tail doubled nicely as something that can grip things. Afterwards, moving to her own hair and body. The length of her body easily outmatching Kakuma meant her baths would be a lot longer. It took no time at all for her to notice Kakuma leaving. A blush on Ellia's face watching the woman leave, stopping entirely to stare, and listen to her words.

"Understood. Thank you Kakuma" she responded before returning to bathing. It only took a bit longer to finish up, but by then Kakuma was long gone. Once done, Ellia would spend a lot of the time was was given to go to the store on cleaning the bathroom up, making sure it was the way it appeared before either had even gotten in at all. "wonder if she realizes she kind of ripped off my only clothes, how am I to do to the store like this", though it just occured to her the clothes Kakuma had went and fetched before they took a bath were still there. "works for me" she giggled, putting them on before ensuring her entire body was dry before heading out. After all cold + wet only made the coldness worse, but she knew this time it had to be endured quickly.

The trip was fairly quick, and returning back with some clothes suited for her, she kept the spending to a minimum, even though she was given jewel to spend, Ellia didn't wish to spend it all on one thing, and was able to get a few sets of clothing. Though hey, what ever works. Unfortunately though the coldness did take a tole on her body, causing most of it to go numb and re-entering the house full of warmth helped. Especially since just opening the door the heaters still being on was an amazing feeling. She felt great from the warmth flooding her body, and more so the new clothes she was now wearing. By now though she didn't wish to explore, but instead coiled up on the couch, waiting for Kakuma's return, now that she was full, warm, bathed, and looking actually presentable. Though one would find... by the time Kakuma returned, Ellia was fast asleep curled up.

-Declaring the thread's end(and me knowing of & Joining BR) here since you've had some trouble irl-