Ch. 1- The Warrior and the Mage
#1 of Auggie and Martin
The rogue mage Meggido has defied the Guild and now seeks out artifacts from the ancient ruins to fulfill his own ends... it's up to Martin, an expert pyromancer, and his partner Auggie, to stop him. But will they ever stop getting distracted and catch up with him?
The tavern was full of trash, the barmaids trying desperately to clean up while the band of rowdy patrons continued to order plates of food and keg-fulls of drinks. Their coin was good, so the innkeeper refused to kick them out, but there was only one couple left that was not a part of the large party of wolves. They continued to eat in stony silence as the barmaid that was waiting on them came by. She was a young thing, perhaps twenty, and plumper than the other wait staff. Her sheep features complimented this well, however, and as she approached the dog and tiger halted their hushed conversation. Meanwhile, the rest of the bar was full of sea shanties and raucous debates. "Sorry for all of this. I'm glad that you stayed, it gives me a moment away from all of their pinching," she said with a world-weary grin. "I was wondering if you wanted some wine? I think it may be the only alcohol that they won't clean us out of by the end of the night." The dog was slender, almost feminine, especially when compared to the armored tiger that he was sitting with. He nodded and tilted his head to the side, returning her smile. "That sounds lovely, thank you." The tiger scratched his neck distractedly and shook his head. "No, but thank you. Hot tea, if you have any. I don't suppose they've ordered all of the meat in the house, have they?" The maid bowed her head and grinned. "Not yet. I'll bring some wine and meat to your table. Thank you again for dealing with all of this." The tiger leaned in towards her, his voice barely audible. "These wolves haven't given a hint as to where they came by all this money, have they?" She shook her head slightly, whispering back, "No, not yet. They just said that they 'got lucky.' Whatever that means." She was clearly curious about the unusual pair and what they were talking about.
The dog leaned across the table and tried to join the conversation. "Wait until they've had more to drink and get back to us, what do you say, beautiful?" He pressed some silver into her palm, adding on, "And go ahead and bring me the bottle." "They've had plenty to drink, believe me," she said as she stared into his face and started to blush. He leaned back into his seat with a smile, and the tiger waved her away like a servant. She walked back to the counter to gather up their meat and wine while they continued to sit and talk in barely audible tones. "Maybe they found a dragon cache, or pulled off a big guild job, or something like that," the tiger said as he continued to scratch his chin. The dog shook his head and rolled his eyes. "Guild job? They're not mages. And do they really look like they could take out a dragon? I don't know why you're so cautious about asking them about Meggido. They're exactly the type of furs that he would pay off to explore a ruin for him. If we're going to ask them anything, we should do it now, before they get too drunk." "I don't know, Martin... they just don't seem very cooperative." The tiger welcomed the sheep back with a small "Thank you, miss," as she set down the wine and some meat on the table. "Yes, thank you, my sweet little sheep," the dog smiled at her again and put his head in one paw as he poured the wine and took a small sip, swirling it around in the glass coolly. "I guess if they mention that they were hired by an old goat to do practically nothing, we'll know." He smiled and tucked the rest of the bottle of wine into his knapsack.
The sheep clearly heard this part, and when she next went over to a table, there was a small stir with an older wolf that was practically bursting out of his colorful vest. "What? Who told yer that? How dare you?! I lost a good man to the traps down that hole, yer know!" He drew a dagger out of his belt and waved it under her nose threateningly. "Ye'd better figure out a damn good way to apologize, little thing!" As the sheep gave a small shriek, the tiger frowned over at his companion. "This is what you get for flapping your big mouth. She went and repeated it." The dog just shrugged and gave a small smile. "Oh, no, how terrible, now we know for sure." He slurped down his wine and watched the scene at the other table with some interest. "If only we had a good reason to rough up the leader and question him. Oh well, that'll probably never happen." "Martin, were you just-? Manufacturing this whole- excuse for me to beat someone up? You're terrible." The tiger's mouth was halfway in between an outraged frown and a surprised gape, turning into a grimace. "I'm efficient. I know you can't help but rescue a damsel in distress. And I do so love watching you work." He took another loud slurp of his wine, staring over the glass at the barmaid. "Oo, look, it's getting good." The other maids were hiding behind the counter as the wolves obscured the scene from their sight. The old wolf had brushed his knife down the girls chest, and her breasts were threatening to become exposed with the buttons clattering to the floor as the dangerous edge scraped against her blouse. She was beginning to tear up and tried to back away, only to be blocked by other wolves behind her. "You insulted the boss, little girl... now you'll pay." "Please, I didn't mean it... I was just curious... Don't hurt me." Her voice turned from forceful to a silent squeak as the old wolf kept staring her down.
"Aw, you're a curious little thing, aintcha? Well, maybe I'll let yer discover some brand new sensations tonight..." The wold slipped the point of the knife under her chin to barely graze it, and a thin trail of blood dripped down the side of the blade. It started to stain the white fluff on her chest as she began to sob pitifully. The sheep suddenly was falling backwards as Auggie pushed her hard into the group of wolves behind her, knocking them over like ninepins and sending her breasts flopping about out of her shirt as they fell into a pile. She quickly got up and scrambled back to join the rest of the maids. The tiger's arm snaked around the wolf's forearm, and with a small twist of his torso, a cracking sound was heard and he bent his elbow the wrong way. The knife was quickly forgotten and dropped to the ground as the wolf screamed in pain. The dog stood up and put on a small ring of flint, striking it against his steel scabbard and causing a trail of fire to get between the tiger and the brigands who were trying to close in on him. "Not so fast. Get any closer and get burned." The otter owner of the tavern shouted out, "Hey, no fire magic in here!" The sheep that had just started to hide behind the counter slapped him across the back of the head, saying, "Shut up! Don't you see that they were trying to save me?" He rubbed the back of his head, staying quiet. The tiger bared his teeth at the wolf leader and grabbed his other forearm with a strong paw. "Shall I give you a matching set of broken arms?" "Stars above, no! What d'yer want, what d'yer want, ye bloody stripecat?!"
Auggie didn't loosen his grip, but began to twist as he asked, "Did an old goat ask you to explore a ruin today?" His eyes narrowed as he looked for any hint of a lie. "Yes, yes he did, we went down the hole, lost that poor bastard Jaques to a trap down there. His name was Meggido, he said he was exploring ruins for the capital museum," the wolf blabbered all of the information as if he were being questioned by a guard, glancing nervously at Auggie's well-maintained armor and feeling the bones of his arm start to rub against each other. "We didn't find anything worth taking, now leggo already!" Auggie continued to apply pressure until he heard a slight popping noise that made the wolf shriek in terror louder than the girl had. "Did he say where he was going next?" "No, he just took off on the north trail, I swear it!" The wolf looked like he was on the verge of fainting when Auggie started to release the pressure. Martin looked disappointed by this and turned towards one of the older-looking wolves, threatening her with a smell of magic smoke, ready to burst into flame at his command with a spark. "Is this true?" "Aye, aye, it's all true, don't hurt the chief anymore!" Martin shook his head angrily and let the trail of magic vanish into the air. "I swear. You're just cowards. You're no fun to interrogate. You take all the fun out of it. Give me a religious zealot any day." Auggie dropped the scarred wolf, and he started to crumple to the floor, going into shock from the pain. "You're terrible, Martin. Let's head to the north path and see if we can pick up a trail."
As they started to walk away, the wolves crowded around their leader, offering him words of encouragement and helping him to stand again as the owner started to shuffle them out onto the street, saying that he was closing up for the night. The girl from the tavern rushed out after them, clinging on to the dogs arm and pulling at his mage's robes. "My heroes! Wait up! Don't you need provisions for your journey or anything?" The dog slipped out of her grip with ease and gave her a grin. "We can manage. Thank you most kindly, though. I'm glad that we could help you." "w-wait. Don't you wish for... y'know, a reward? For saving me?" she nervously tugged at her top, exposing her nipples subconsciously as Martin barked a laugh, though Auggie stared openly at this display. "I want to... help you in any way I can." "We can manage on our own, thank you very much. You should really get that shirt repaired." She blushed furiously at this, and started to bow and make her way back to her place of work, and they watched her go past the pack of wolves to make sure they didn't try anything. They were all too focused on splinting their leader's arm or patting him on the back, completely ignoring her. Martin turned to Auggie and narrowed his eyes. "Well, you seemed to like her, eh?" Auggie threw up his paws. "Are you really mad at me for looking? She was all over you. I should be- oh, nevermind. Come on, let's go."
The road that led to the old ruins was overgrown with foliage, mostly green, but some turning brown, marking the change in seasons. As the mage walked in front, he reported what he saw to his companion. "They all walked out this way, and they all walked back this way, as well," he said at the start of the journey. Halfway through, he pointed out a large scar in the softer part of the path where a stream ran through and said, "That must be where they were dragging their dead friend." Auggie simply smiled and nodded at these remarks, never really taking an interest in tracking, especially with only the light of a moon to guide him. He nearly ran into Martin when he stopped short, staring into the brush. "The ruin is near. They left the path and went that way, at least that's what it looks like." "Well, let's rest for the night and get an early start in the morning," Auggie said as he unhooked his large pack and started to take off his armor. "Oh. I figured you would want to investigate the place." Martin still undid his backpack, grabbing his wine and uncorking it with his teeth. "Do you figure that Meggido already looked it over thoroughly enough?" "That's right. If he didn't find anything, we won't either. We might as well take a rest for now," the tiger said as he started to prepare a small kettle, pouring water into it from a waterskin and dropping some tea leaves into it. "Hm. Here, let me get that," the dog said as he sat and drank some wine. He lit a small flame with his magic and soon it was steaming Auggie was grabbing a cup and some smoked meat. He stopped channeling his magic, and they sat close to each other to eat and drink.
Martin leaned his head onto Auggie's shoulder and the tiger gave a small smile. He had almost finished eating, while Martin was still methodically alternating between eating his meat and taking swigs of wine. The dog, his brown and white fur shining in the moonlight, looked up into the face of the tiger. "We're more than partners, right, Auggie?" The rest of his words were slightly slurred, but the tiger's name was sounded out clear and sweetly. Auggie seemed rather taken aback by his question. "You're getting drunk, aren't you?" The dog leaned his head back onto the tiger's shoulder and sighed. "Yeah." The tiger put his arm around him and leaned his own head onto the top of his companion. "Of course you're more than just a partner. We, y'know, we've been through a lot looking for that old goat." Martin sighed again and said, "So you wouldn't, for instance, leave me alone for a night if some barmaid with a fertile figure wanted to reward you for saving her?" He nervously chewed the last of his rations while waiting for an answer. Auggie smiled and gripped his companion closer than before. "No. You wouldn't leave me alone for a night, would you?" Martin took one last swig of wine before setting the bottle down with a loud, hollow clink. "No." The tiger warrior let go of his adventuring partner as he took his last sip of tea and set down his cup carefully. "I care about you, Martin." "I care about you, too. I was wondering... if we caught this guy, would you... I dunno, would we go back to the guild and just go our separate ways?" Auggie immediately barked out, "No!" as if he were scared of the thought, and his arm was back around the shoulders of his companion quickly.
They each looked into the other's face for a moment before they cautiously started to kiss each other. At first it was a tender pressing of muzzles, before their faces parted and Martin gave a small nervous giggle as he looked down. "Sorry, I just...." Auggie put a strong hand on his partner's chin and directed his face up again. "Don't be sorry." They kissed again, this time more deeply. Auggie dared to push his tongue into his partners mouth to taste the sweet wine flavor, while the dog whimpered and hummed a moan. As they continued to kiss, Martin started to massage his companion's leg, feeling his heavy muscles under his coarse linens. Auggie gasped at the touch, and drew away a bit instinctively. He put his own paw onto the center of Martin's chest, asking softly, "When this is done, will you stay partners with me for whatever adventure you go on next?" "Yes, yes, we'll stay together, I want to, of course," Martin said while leaning back into his partner for another kiss, grabbing onto his arm as he drunkenly lost balance and readjusted to lick at his neck. "I want to stay with you, isn't it obvious?" Auggie was breathing heavily and grabbing onto his partner's chest fur as he pushed him back and started to return the attention to the dog's neck, licking it gently and then giving nibbles to it to hear the surprised squeaks out of him. Meanwhile, Martin was busy groping around the tiger's legs, feeling them up and down while the pants started to adjust to accommodate the growing erection. He excitedly got onto his knees and kissed the tiger deeply again, while his partner took advantage of this new position to give the dog's tail a small pat and grope at his rear.
Martin shook his tail end slightly, settling into the tiger's paw as he massaged Auggie's chest and trailed his own paw down past his belly to reach inside of the tiger's pants. Auggie gasped at this intrusion as the dog's paw cupped his balls and gave his shaft gentle pets, leaning into the kiss harder and questing into his partner's mouth with his tongue again. "That feels so good... it's so sensitive," Auggie said in a hoarse whisper as he continued to grope the dog's ass harder than ever with one paw, gently flicking his partner's nipple with the other. "Me too," the dog gasped out drunkenly while shifting so that he was playing with the tiger's balls in one paw and stroking his shaft with the other. "Hey, wait a minute," Auggie gasped out. Martin stopped, disappointed and looking dejected as the tiger stood and turned his back to him, obviously worried that he had done something that made him want to stop. Auggie reached into his bag and laid out his bedroll under a tree, and then quickly came back to the dog, his erection still obvious. The tiger grabbed Martin at both shoulders, lifting up his outer cloak and throwing it aside and guiding him into laying down on the soft, thick cloth. Martin cheered up considerably at this, pulling the tiger's tail playfully and then grabbing onto his hindquarters to guide his crotch up into his face. Auggie gasped and his muscles started to go loose as Martin pulled down his linen pants and revealed his member to the cold night air. The dog's long tongue flicked in and out as he licked at the tiger's balls dangling above him, grabbing at his muscular ass all the while with both paws. Auggie leaned back and finally started to grope his partner's package in return, feeling the hard prick that was waiting under his puffy mage's pants. He grabbed onto it forcefully, stroking it up and down through his clothes as his partner sucked softly on his balls one at a time.
Soon they were both gasping and moaning while fondling each other, and Auggie moved down to kiss Martin again, assuming more of a mounting position. He exposed the canine's dick by pulling his pants down to his boots in one swift motion, then started to rub his own shaft onto that of his partner, grabbing them both in one strong paw. "Auggie... that's..." Martin moaned, losing the words that were trying to form, grabbing the tiger's top and pulling it over his head before kissing him again. Auggie's cock had started to leak out fluid, and the lubrication was enough to keep them sliding against each other easily. Martin reached up and grabbed at his partner's hardened chest and pinched his nipples, eliciting a moan from the tiger and causing him to throw open Martin's shirt to play with his exposed nipples, as well. He was distracted again by grabbing both of their members in one paw and slowly humping against him, then he was dropping his paw lower to fondle at the dog's balls. Auggie's breath came in shallow gasps as he reached behind the dog's balls and gently pressed into his taint, feeling inside of him. Martin only moaned louder at this, shuddering and grabbing onto the tiger's striped back, scoring him lightly with his claws. Auggie smiled broadly at this, reaching even further back and giving his tailhole the barest tease with a single digit. Even this light touch in such a sensitive spot was enough to make Martin yelp out, making Auggie break out into a low, cruel laugh. "Hohohoho. Your body is so amazing, Martin." "You're so big. And you tease me so much," Martin whined up at his companion, kissing him and grabbing onto his dick with both hands. "Whoa, wait, not so hard." Auggie shuddered and had to use both hands to steady himself, dropping to all fours. "I'm close...."
Martin grinned at this and snaked his way down to suck on his partner's head while he continued to stroke his shaft with his paw. He noisily slurped at the fluid-leaking tip and popped it in and out of his mouth with as much suction as he could muster, making the forest echo with the wet sounds. "Tell me when, um, warn me when you're going to shoot, alright?" He slurred out before going back to sucking on the tiger's dick, and Auggie nodded wordlessly. Suddenly, he was grabbing onto the back of his head with a paw and humping his mouth, the clear fluid coming more in a stream than a dribble. Martin tried not to swallow too much, adjusting to the humping motion by bobbing his head in time. Auggie pulled his dick out of Martin's mouth and started to stroke it with his own paw, saying, "I'm gonna come, it's happening-" and then, before Martin could gather his thoughts to react, a jet of semen had landed in his hair, and then on his face, and then on his chin. He held his paw out to catch the last few spurts, although it was clearly too late to save his fur from getting dirty. Auggie gave a short roar as he finished his orgasm, and then gently wiped away all he could from the dog's face and chin, licking his paw clean afterwards. "Oh, you, uh, you like jizz, huh?" Martin said as he picked the slime out of his bangs. "Yeah, I love it," Auggie said, and then, almost as if to prove his point, turned his whole body around and started to suck on the canine's cock. "I would love it if you came in my mouth, you don't have to warn me," he said as he guided Martin's paw down to encourage him to jerk himself off. Martin happily obliged, stroking his dick so fast that he sometimes hit Auggie in the chin, causing the tiger to reel back temporarily from sucking on his head, only to go back with even more force after recovering.
Martin leaned his head back and gave a slow, "Oh, yeah..." before cumming, himself, in a few bursts that made his ass clench up and lifted him off the ground. Auggie stayed true to his word and didn't let a drop escape his mouth, swallowing the little jets of slime that came out of his partner's head and sending them straight down his throat. Auggie didn't stop his sucking immediately, making Martin shudder even more as the tiger's tongue played over his head. "Hey, ok, stop," Martin giggled as his legs came up to push his partner away. Auggie just kept smiling, leaning down to lie next to the dog. "That tasted wonderful, thank you." "You're wonderful. I don't know why we waited so long to do this," Martin was fighting the urge to fall asleep after having such a forceful orgasm, and it didn't help that Auggie was wrapping him up in his arms in a snuggle. Auggie just kissed him gently, laying the dog's head down onto his shoulder and holding him tight. "You're an amazing man, Martin." Martin hummed and escaped the snuggle to pull his pants up, thoughtfully handing Auggie his pants so that he could put them back on, as well. He started to dive into the cuddles again, but Auggie was standing and grabbing the smaller bedroll from his pack to use as a blanket. "Okay, more cuddles now," he grinned as Martin clung onto him and he wrapped his arms around the canine again. Martin was soon snoring gently. Auggie intended to stay up for a while to keep watch, but the feeling of his lover, warm against his body, made him far too relaxed and happy. He was soon snoring as well, and even though they planned to get an early start in the morning, they ended up staying fast asleep until well after the sun had risen.