30.Dec.12, 05:42 AM
Rell squeaked in surprise when A’liran made a sudden movement and batted at the greenrider’s shoulder, offended at being ignored and startled at the same time. He moved to sit on R’nd’s other shoulder but hesitated when he remembered B’jin was on the other side and while they were civil with each other, B’jin didn’t seem to be a huge fan of him. Dejected, Rell gave a nuzzle to R’nd’s cheek and took off instead for the food again, settling in beside a tray that another delicious morsel was stolen from while everyone else played their games.
R’nd was appalled by D’hys’ suggestion and even more so by I’shan and Z’ia supporting it. It was clear the greenriders didn’t want that! Well, B’jin didn’t; R’nd wasn’t sure if A’liran was truly against the idea. He was always a confusing one. Regardless, they had signed up for strip poker, not something that involved sexual favours of any kind. Grey eyes went wide immediately after it clicked together what he had just thought. When had he become so prudish? No, that wasn’t entirely right. He had always been against using someone that didn’t want the attention and while he could be fairly wild and slept with most of the Katilans that were sexually active, R’nd had never been one for multiple partners at once or trading sex for favours. He was still himself – just slightly more protective of friends than usual.
“Seriously, guys? Is this what we’ve resorted to? And here I thought you men were all capable of scoring lovers without schemes and games,” R’nd drawled, tone purposely set to languid to show he wasn’t bristling but picking on them for coming across desperate. Although he had to concede, he was pretty sure D’hys’ entire existence was based on games and schemes so playing poker that night was nothing out of the ordinary for him.
What did rankle his fur, however, was the way D’hys sized B’jin up and aimed his comment at him after his lover won the hand. The icy bastard had better back down before they had to throw down! R’nd really hoped D’hys backed down and eased up on targeting B’jin since it was clear just by looking at them that the older rider would dominate in a fight. Why did he have to keep picking on men that actually knew how to fight and why did he keep thinking violence was going to help him in any way?
Wait, did D’hys just say he had slept with I’shan? When was that? Recently or before N’gelt factored into the picture? Exactly how wild had I’shan gone lately? There were too many questions and R’nd wasn’t sure he wanted any answers since he was a major part of the problem and would probably be the first one N’gelt blamed if he found out about I’shan’s new hobby to pass the lonely hours with. “We could always make a dinner made by I’shan the prize,” R’nd grumbled, far too annoyed about everything right then to be calm or well-spoken. It was probably clear where he stood on the greenrider abuse anyway and he knew D’hys at least had caught the glare sent his way with so much focus being put on B’jin and what they did in bed together. Everything was mind-blowing, thank you very much! They didn’t need dirty tricks to spice anything up.
Grumpy, R’nd grabbed his cards and briefly wondered if I’shan was stacking the deck against him. How did he keep getting such bad hands? Or, at least, hands he couldn’t figure out if they were good or not. This game sucked.
R’nd was appalled by D’hys’ suggestion and even more so by I’shan and Z’ia supporting it. It was clear the greenriders didn’t want that! Well, B’jin didn’t; R’nd wasn’t sure if A’liran was truly against the idea. He was always a confusing one. Regardless, they had signed up for strip poker, not something that involved sexual favours of any kind. Grey eyes went wide immediately after it clicked together what he had just thought. When had he become so prudish? No, that wasn’t entirely right. He had always been against using someone that didn’t want the attention and while he could be fairly wild and slept with most of the Katilans that were sexually active, R’nd had never been one for multiple partners at once or trading sex for favours. He was still himself – just slightly more protective of friends than usual.
“Seriously, guys? Is this what we’ve resorted to? And here I thought you men were all capable of scoring lovers without schemes and games,” R’nd drawled, tone purposely set to languid to show he wasn’t bristling but picking on them for coming across desperate. Although he had to concede, he was pretty sure D’hys’ entire existence was based on games and schemes so playing poker that night was nothing out of the ordinary for him.
What did rankle his fur, however, was the way D’hys sized B’jin up and aimed his comment at him after his lover won the hand. The icy bastard had better back down before they had to throw down! R’nd really hoped D’hys backed down and eased up on targeting B’jin since it was clear just by looking at them that the older rider would dominate in a fight. Why did he have to keep picking on men that actually knew how to fight and why did he keep thinking violence was going to help him in any way?
Wait, did D’hys just say he had slept with I’shan? When was that? Recently or before N’gelt factored into the picture? Exactly how wild had I’shan gone lately? There were too many questions and R’nd wasn’t sure he wanted any answers since he was a major part of the problem and would probably be the first one N’gelt blamed if he found out about I’shan’s new hobby to pass the lonely hours with. “We could always make a dinner made by I’shan the prize,” R’nd grumbled, far too annoyed about everything right then to be calm or well-spoken. It was probably clear where he stood on the greenrider abuse anyway and he knew D’hys at least had caught the glare sent his way with so much focus being put on B’jin and what they did in bed together. Everything was mind-blowing, thank you very much! They didn’t need dirty tricks to spice anything up.
Grumpy, R’nd grabbed his cards and briefly wondered if I’shan was stacking the deck against him. How did he keep getting such bad hands? Or, at least, hands he couldn’t figure out if they were good or not. This game sucked.