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Pleasures of the Avian Steed

Their journey had been long and their quest had finally reached its apex, yet both Ithilwen and Lexi still had so much to do together in order to make the most out of their treasure.

Together, the canine and otter had been searching for the Staff of Taulix for the better part of six months. They researched old ruins, read ancient texts, consulted fellow adventurers, and even tried various forms of meditative prayer in hopes of finding the old gods and asking for help, a prayer that was answered in the form of Ceylon speaking on behalf of the goddess of transformation, the gryphon that shared Ceylon's name and was presumably where her pet got her moniker.

All of this led to them finally discovering the Staff of Taulix in the heart of the most wild and dangerous region of the Arrenthen jungles, wrapped in vines in a glade and planted in the ground like a sword of legend. They had to fight snake like monsters to get there, fend off insects when they arrived, and solve a series of puzzles in order to pluck it from the ground without also destroying the vine-rich jungles that surrounded it. Though this was quite the task, they were up for it and had succeeded.

The staff itself held great power, at least for a geomancer such as Ithilwen; her skills involved summoning vines, controlling plant life, and moving the rock and soil itself. She had impressive talent on her own, but the staff was said to amplify that power tenfold, hence its altar made of vines. Now that they had the staff, they were returning on wing to Ithilwen's homeland of Yelfrit so she could test it in a controlled environment. She wanted to use it on her home, to see if she could better outfit the house.

Lexi was far more comfortable flying than Ithilwen had expected, which was due to the fact that Lexi was an aerial engineer before she became an adventurer alongside Ithilwen. As an otter, it was just expected of her that she'd fear heights and prefer the comfort of water and soil. Those things were true, as she definitely felt comfortable on the ground and loved to swim, but she also loved to fly. To her, everything was a form of an adventure, so she approached all she could with reckless abandon.

That was why, when the two girls were passengers upon Ceylon's back, they both were able to rest and nap. Ithilwen was up front with her legs bent over the gryphon's shoulders and her head resting on the thick plumage at the back of his neck while Lexi was a bit farther back with her legs straddled around Ceylon's wings while she laid backward and rested her head on his haunches next to his saddle bags. It was quite impressive that the gryphon could carry them both as well as their cargo, but then again Ceylon had done plenty to show that he was capable of defying expectations in their journey.

The gryphon was known for possessing deep and powerful magics that could aid himself and any he traveled with on a whim. This all made sense to Ithilwen as it was revealed during the final tests taken during their quest to acquire the Staff of Taulix that Ceylon could be used as a conduit to speak with the gods themselves, which had to in some way be linked to his apparently never ending supply of magic power and innate spells. This was not something that could be tested, but Ithilwen was sure of it.

So the three of them were travelling southeast down the western coast of Yelfrit, stopping twice a day to eat and sleep before continuing. They couldn't talk much outside of these stops due to the wind whipping at their ears while high in the sky, so that's why they had decided to rest en route.

However, after two week's worth of flight, they were happy to see that they were nearly home. Their trip took them from Arrenthen to Tehgol, North to the coast of Chimme, across the strait to the vast fields of Denniontres, through Onycherem, and finally to the northwest border of Yelfrit, which was the largest nation in the world. Not only was it the largest, but it was almost entirely covered by forest and Ithilwen lived almost in the direct center of it, nestled in between the three great lakes and the rivers that connected them. Their trip involved more flight over Yelfrit than any other nation.

Yet still, they were stunningly close to home. Once they reached the southern end of the Kayden Mountains, they needed only to turn and go northeast beyond Great Waveharp Lake and Lake Zelet, where they would finally settle down and Ceylon would rest his wings. Luckily, the gryphon had been there before and Ithilwen didn't need to guide him there. That was why, as they laid down for a nap, they were shocked to wake hours later in the air near Ithilwen's village.

"Whoa." She said before yawning. "Lexi, it's time to get up. We're here." She reached back to pat the otter on her thighs amidst the flapping of Ceylon's wings. Her voice was eaten by the sound of the wind passing over them, but her patting still woke her travel companion.

"Huh? What?" Lexi mumbled as she sat up straight and tried to yawn only to have the air rush down her throat and make her cough. Once she stopped that, she glanced up to ask what was going on. "Why did you wake me up?" Her voice was swallowed up by the howling wind, but that didn't mean she wasn't understood, as Ithilwen could easily discern her inquiry based on context.

She snapped her fingers and pointed down at the vast forest below them, or more specifically pointed towards the quaint yet sizable village that managed to poke through the trees and dot the land. "We're here. This is my home. I-" She was about to dump some exposition on Lexi, but then realized that there would be very little chance the otter could hear her. Otters were not known for their hearing.

Lexi had never been to this village before, but that didn't mean she couldn't figure things out. The village was connected by both a series of rivers and trade routes that cut the forest in all directions, making it a sort of hub for the surrounding population centers. In fact, the closer she looked, the more she could make out a veritable delta of streams that sort of cut the heavily forested village into a series of a few dozen little islands, each with their own distinct markets and looks.

At least, that's what she thought she saw. Her eyes were not good for aerial hunts so she couldn't make out all the little details before her. Still, she couldn't help but be excited at the prospect of an entire village that existed between a series of interlocking rivers and streams. She hugged Ithilwen from behind as she squealed in delight, a sound that just barely pierced the howling wind.

"Time to land. Ceylon needs to rest." Ithilwen explained, leaning back to speak the words directly into Lexi's ear. They were close enough to each other that her voice was easy to hear even with the sound of wind whipping at the both of them.

Lexi nodded and Ithilwen tugged on Ceylon's feathers enough to guide him down towards the far end of the village. She lived on the outskirts between the population center and a bend in the river.

The village itself was considerably more interesting to see from close up. While they flew overhead, all they could see was the few patches where the trees parted and buildings had been erected for business and traveling merchants, but as they skimmed over the treetops it was clear that the village was far larger and more populated than it seemed. The homes were all built in and around trees, often connected to the trunks and lower branches and multiple stories tall each.

It was an entire village of what must have been ten thousand ciennic people - mostly canine and canine variants - all living in treehouses. That was exactly the kind of thing one would expect in Endra, since that was a land populated almost entirely by the feline race, the jysar. Lexi had only a few minutes to observe all of this as the trees and the houses in them whip by her. Ceylon had angled his wings and was going far faster than he was beforehand, and they'd be landing soon.

"Hold on." Ithilwen shouted as she grabbed Lexi's hands and forced the otter to squeeze her belly. Once she was sure of Lexi's grip, she tugged on Ceylon's shoulder feathers to have him quickly bank, flip in the air, and dive between the trees to end up hovering through a runway that must have been a hundred meters in a straight line. Ceylon angled down, then dipped to slow down before gently flapping and landing with the ginger touch only an avian could muster. He shook his head, stretched his wings, and lowered himself to his belly to let both passengers off, chest heaving with each deep breath.

Lexi blinked and brushed herself as she hopped off Ceylon. Ithilwen did the same, but reached back to start rooting through the bag to find the staff of Taulix. Upon pulling it out, the royal purple gem at the tip of it started throbbing with a light glow as the vines that made up the handle seemed to shift in place, giving the whole relic a living vibe, which was appropriate considering its use.

Ithilwen held it up and smiled. "Finally." Without waiting for Lexi to respond, she started walking down the pathway towards her home in the distance. They were about half way down the path between the road behind them and the destination before them.

Ceylon immediately got back to all fours and started following Ithilwen with Lexi in tow. All three of them padded forth in silence as Ithilwen's home slowly came into proper view. It was a simple house, one single story wrapped around the base of a tree with a shed off to one side and a nice little stream running through the glade, with the single tree that housed her home in the center.

"Everyone else has two or more story homes, why do you only have a ground floor?" Lexi asked, not realizing that what she was asking may have been offensive until after she asked it.

Fortunately, Ithilwen wasn't the type to be offended. "No real need for more than one layer. I spend nine out of ten months out adventuring and treasure hunting, and I don't trust anyone else to build it for me so I have to make everything on my own. Between never being here and not trusting anyone, I just saw now real reason to build a second level." She paused for a moment as she glanced sidelong at Lexi. "But I do have a basement. Does that count?"

"Not sure, to be honest. Does it?" Lexi asked, genuinely curious. She came from a land where few people climbed trees or mountains or flew or did anything that took them far beyond water level.

"Not really, no." Ithilwen laughed. "Pretty much everyone has a basement, at least the ones not directly living in the many islands of the delta. Best way to keep produce cool in order to help it last long. Also good for general storage. I have a basement, but it's hidden. I guess that makes it special, but it does mean it has great value to me as a storage locker."

This was interesting, so Lexi hopped forward so she was right between Ceylon and Ithilwen. "But what's the point of hiding it? I mean, if it's your storage locker, you presumably have hundreds of relics and artifacts and enchanted gems, and you're not here, I imagine that makes your home a hotbed for potential theft and burglary. If people know you're an adventurer, wouldn't the first thing they do be to look under every floorboard to check for a basement or treasure trove?"

"All good points, and yes! But my basement is hidden a bit better. Plus, I have a dragon who watches over the area while I'm away. His name is Tzerin, and he might be here when we arrive!" The two of them had finally made it to the front porch, where Ithilwen paused and took in a long deep breath to sample the scents of her home. There was a faint aroma of incense mixed with the gentle bouquet coming from a few choice flowers in the gardens on either side of her front door.

They paused together before Ithilwen pulled out her key from her satchel and opened the door to reveal her home. It was a simple and quaint place, as it was just one open room with a tree at the back dividing the area between what looked like a kitchen and what Lexi presumed was Ithilwen's nest room due to the bed that was nestled in the corner and the dressers on either side. "So where's the basement, then? How do you get there?" Lexi asked as they stepped inside, leaving Ceylon at the door.

Ithilwen tapped at the staff like she was brandishing a weapon. "Well, that's the thing, isn't it? I am a geomancer, which means my specialty lies in manipulating the land and the plants therein. Watch this." She said as she walked up to the tree at the back of the room and laid her hand on its trunk. With a creak and the light sound of snapping, the bark peeled back like pages in a book to revel a hidden passage in the tree's trunk leading to a basement.

"Wow! That's pretty brilliant! How did you manage to do that? Got any other tricks?"

"Of course!" Lexi said with a smirk. "The cellar is surrounded on all sides with a thick, volcanic rock to discourage folks from digging, which I manipulated with magic to get into that shape. The only way in or out is through the tree trunk, which nobody would think to go through as the tree is very much so alive and clearly not hollowed out. If it was, the tree would die. How did I keep the tree alive, you ask? Well, when it grew to the perfect size, I modified it so that the roots went deep and plucked a great amount of nutrients from the soil, but wouldn't grow larger than this. Now, it's static in size and remains alive without growing, and the bark of the opening is thick enough that it doesn't sound hollow when knocked upon! Genius, right?"

This was in fact quite brilliant, but that didn't mean that Ceylon was particularly interested. As the two ladies were talking about the subtleties required to make her home security system out of rock and wood, Ceylon had pushed off the harness and saddlebags from his haunches and slipped away from the front door to properly explore the surrounding area.

The gryphon, though feral in nature, was quite the inquisitive one. He was still tired from the lengthy flight and had chosen to explore on foot rather than by wing as he walked the perimeter of the glade which Ithilwen called her home.

As he meandered, he found himself taking a mental note of the layout in its entirety, as he often did when encountering a new location; feral or not, he was an intelligent creature. He sniffed and nuzzled and clawed at the ground so he knew what sort of soil was where and whether the ground had gravel on it. Much of the lane leading from the road to the house was a soft dirt, which was nice for him and didn't hurt his talons. The rest of her property was lined by either a fine, well kept grass or dirt for the gardens, and the glade was a near perfect circle aside from the edge that was cut off by a stream.

It was that stream that drew in in the most. He was thirsty and the water looked pure enough to be enjoyable. The gryphon meandered over and leaned over to take a sip, happily slurping up the water to fill his belly before he collapsed onto his belly with a grin on his face. The journey was finally over, he knew that Ithilwen would be taking a month or so off, and now he could roam all he wanted.

Ceylon had long since earned his freedom. Though, he never lacked freedom, he often felt like he owed her for her companionship and would do just about anything to keep her happy, which meant the bird kept himself close to her side and never let her go wandering off on her own. She was his rider and he wouldn't allow her to be harmed. He was loyal, and his loyalty was greater than a canine.

But loyalty didn't stop him from sauntering upstream along the bank of the stream to explore the surrounding forest. It was midday, and the sun's light was piercing the canopy to illuminate the ferns and underbrush. The light also revealed another gryphon that was drinking from the stream.

Much like Ceylon, this gryphon was mostly white with splashes of golden brown in stripes and splotches all over his body. However, unlike Ceylon, he had four paws and no talons, meaning his avian and feline features were divided quite differently than a normal gryphon. He was also pausing to preen and tend to his feathers in between each few drinks. This made Ceylon quietly observe first, before making any moves. However, he couldn't stay back for long and crept forward to get closer.

When Ceylon got close enough, he lightly chirped to get the other gryphon's attention. The other gryphon raised his head and chirped back while his crown feathers raised up and splayed out, eager to see another gryphon. He chirped, he smiled, he shifted his weight from one side to the next before leaping over the narrow stream to meet up with Ceylon.

The two of them seemed quite happy to see each other, as they both plucked and chirped and preened at one another until the guest rubbed past Ceylon's shoulder and cradled at Ceylon's beak with his tail. This allowed Ceylon to see the other gryphon's rump, as it was clear he was presenting himself.

Ceylon sniffed at the air in between chirps to smell the faint arousal on this avian companion in order to determine what to do next. Ceylon had always been quite in tune with the wants and needs of his companions in the adventures he'd taken, especially with Ithilwen and Lexi, so it made sense that he was able to immediately discern that this other gryphon was eager to be mounted.

How he knew that Ceylon was willing was unsure, but that didn't stop him from presenting with a lifted tail and spread wings in a form of submission. He wished to be bred, so Ceylon obliged.

With a preen at the rump feathers and a gentle hop, Ceylon reared up and mounted the other gryphon, wrapping talons around his waist and nibbling at his shoulders. He stepped forth and bucked lightly, the motion peeling his sheath back to expose his barbed tip amidst a notable spurt of precum that splashed over the other gryphon's rump. They were both eagerly getting right into each other.

Of course, Ceylon was not one to just jump any other gryphon he found, so he didn't just plunge himself into the other's rump without teasing and testing the waters, first. Sure, the presentation had been made and the other avian had so willingly and eager lifted his tail to Ceylon, but that wasn't quite enough, at least not for him. As such, he leaned in and clenched his loins to spray another jet of his precum onto the gryph's backside, then eased himself forth until his barbed tip was lightly prodding at the eager pucker, plucking and tugging with every motion.

This made the guest gryphon arch his back and lean into Ceylon, forcing his flesh to slide over Ceylon's length with ease amidst a series of light contractions and muscular twitches. He wanted it, and it couldn't be more clear to either of them that he desired to be knotted.

With that message spoken loud and clear, Ceylon no longer held back. He buried his beak in the other gryphon's neck plumage as he bucked like a stallion, forcing his member to slip inside as deep as it could go, with the knot pressed up against the plump pucker. This wasn't enough, however, so Ceylon bucked again, this time forcing his knot to pop in and begin to swell. Within seconds he had formed a light tie, but he didn't stay inside for long as he quickly pulled back out with an audible squelch and a spurt of his own precum dribbling down the other gryphon's taint.

In and out he shifted, forcing his knot to pop through the avian's anal passage with ease. This was quite nice for Ceylon, as he wasn't used to having a partner that could be knot thrust into like that. Usually, once the knot popped in and began to swell, that was it. Not the case for this accommodating partner of his, so he happily kept at it. He bucked like a stallion and increased his vigor to gradually tenderize the rump which held him, but was distracted by the sound of bushes rustling nearby.

He offered one final thrust that left his knot locked inside the other when he turned and saw both Lexi and Ithilwen pushing through the underbrush.

"Ceylon, you really have to come-" Lexi started, only to stop mid sentence when she saw what Ceylon was doing. "Well, I guess he is coming, isn't he?" She joked to Ithilwen.

"Well, that looks like fun." Ithilwen said with a grin. Without taking time to think about anything, she leapt forth and immediately began petting at Ceylon's haunches, patting him and rubbing at his rump before sliding her hands up under his tail to lightly finger his pucker. She knew that even a Male Ceylon loved being penetrated, and as such he enjoyed the attention.

In fact, the attention made him tense up his loins and grunt lightly as his knot swelled and his member shot its first eruption of seed deep into the other gryphon, who in turn lowered his head and trilled gently as he pushed back and lightly grinded his rump end against Ceylon.

Lexi found herself eager to get involved as well, so she slid up between Ceylon and the other gryphon to stoke at the base of Ceylon's knot while also teasing the other gryphon's rump flesh, fingertips trailing around to cause it to shudder in delight and spurt out some mess onto her wrist. Though she had intended to be a bit more reserved, the musky aroma of gryphon seed on her fur urged her to lean in and lick it up before it got absorbed, where she happily gulped it down.

For a brief moment, all four of them had their fun, with Ceylon lightly grinding into the other gryphon's eager rump while Ithilwen worked on Ceylon and Lexi enjoyed the mess being made between the two avians, at least until another eruption of Ceylon's seed burst from the tight slit between knot and rump flesh to get all over her face followed by a deluge as Ceylon pulled out with an audible pop at the moment his knot slid out of the other gryphon.

Content, Ceylon hopped to the side and started licking himself as Lexi followed him and helped to clean his member. At the same time, Ithilwen stood up straight and buried her snout under the other gryphon's tail to give him a lick at his tender, softened rump flesh. He trilled in delight, and she reached up to finger and quickly fist his stretched booty hole before he arched his back and forced her out with a mighty clench followed by a fluid gush.

Still, Ithilwen pushed back in and balled her fist up to keep pounding at his most sensitive parts in order to maximize his pleasure. As her knuckles grinded at his anterior wall, his own member poked out and started blasting shot after shot of his seed into the dirt next to the stream; it was almost like she was squeezing the very sac within him that housed his essence and was directly coaxing it from him.

"What a wonderful gryphon! Think we should keep him?" Ithilwen asked Lexi as she gave a few more gentle thrusts into the wild beast's backside.

Lexi turned from her kneeling position to nod her head as she nuzzled at Ithilwen with a grin.

But at that very moment, the gryphon stepped forward and clenched his rump end shut while leaving Ithilwen's reach. He swayed his tail and waggled his rump as his crest feathers twitched and shifted in place. He opened his beak to chirp at them, but spoke. "Actually, I'm not feral, but thank you ladies for your attention. Yours too, fellow gryph." He tipped his head to Ceylon before turning and continuing. "And my name is Zedrax, but you can call me Zed. For now, I must go! Again, thank you!" He then gave a sly wink before leaping over the stream and crashing into the brush on the shore. Moments later, as Ithilwen and Lexi stared at each other, he burst through the treetops into the sky.

"What just happened?" Ithilwen asked to a confused Lexi and distracted Ceylon.

"I think we just got whored out to a sly bird." She chuckled to herself and got to her feet, since Ceylon's interest had waned and the gryphon's member was almost entirely back within his sheath. "Not that I'm complaining or anything, but I do feel a little dirty."

Ithilwen stretched gently and twisted her body a bit to tense up. "Well, that's the nature of the life of an adventurer. You're going to get dirty no matter what you do, so you might as well get used to it. Hell, I've learned to use sluttiness to my advantage! You'd be shocked how many deals and discounts you get when you're rockin' a sweet pair of tits." Her language was crude, but was meant to mock the males who would use such language - a tactic she used to steal the power from those who would objectify her. "And hey, it's good to be able to enjoy yourself with anyone or anything."

Lexi brushed herself off and patted Ceylon on the shoulder. "I suppose you're right, but it still feels a little dirty to be tricked."

"You're not wrong, but there's no benefit to dwelling on it. You've learned your lesson, it's time to go back. Come on." Ithilwen then turned to Ceylon. "And you, ya big birdbrain, I got some cool stuff to show you. Let's go." She turned and returned to the thick vegetation patch that she and Lexi had come from when interrupting Ceylon and Zedrax, and the three of them quickly made their way back.

Given the nature of the thick underbrush, speaking en route was not the most conducive to a proper conversation, so they all kept quiet until returning to the glade. Once there, Ithilwen raised her hand to her newly formulated second story and interconnected rope bridges that had been added to her home, making the entire tree look much like the others in her village. The second floor and its added individual buildings all looked like they were made not of cleanly cut boards, but pristine shaped layers of flat vines, which actually made it look more rustic and natural than the first floor and the bridges.

"In the hour or so that you were gone, I theorized that the Staff of Taulix could not only summon plant life from the ground, but could also help me to shape it and twist it to my desires. In less than an hour, I was able to completely create new wood from the ground and shape it into what you see here." She knew Ceylon couldn't properly appreciate what she had done given his feral mind, but after having the gods speak to her through him when she acquired the Staff of Taulix, she had come to treat him like even more of an equal than she had before.

"If you look closely, there is a second floor for Lexi here, as well as three unique platforms each protected by a roof and connected to the second floor by walkways." Ithilwen continued. "And if you look closely, Ceylon, there's a nest made just for you on the roof of the second floor. If you sleep there, you should be able to see the stars and the skies. Custom built for you!"

This made Ceylon raise his ears and glance up. He was still a little too exhausted from the flight and his brief tryst with Zedrax, but that didn't stop him from chirping and smiling as he looked up. The idea of having a nest atop his rider's home was an idea that made him happy, but he still didn't want to fly or climb up, so he stayed in place while his tail swished out behind him.

Yet still, Ithilwen continued. "And, since I know you had one hell of a trip here and probably don't want to go expending any more energy getting up there, so lemme show you something!" She gave his wing a gentle tug and urged him to follow her to the back of the ground level floor. There, she showed a spiral staircase that wrapped around the back of the house and the trunk of the tree that protruded above to lead to the second story. It continued to wrap around the second story until it reached the top, but not before it branched of into three bridges. "See? You don't have to fly!"

All in all the entire home had expanded greatly. When they first arrived, the building was a small, single story home wrapped around the base of the tree with a flat roof and quaint gardens wrapped around it. Now, after Ithilwen had used the Staff of Taulix to greatly expand upon her home, the building had included a second story that had wrapped itself around the trunk half a story above the first that had a balcony wrapped around its circular form and a nest on top. From that balcony there was a five-step stairway that turned the roof of the first story into a deck, and series of three rope bridges, each one splaying out to a different platform with a roof over it nestled beyond in the three thickest and strongest branches of the tree. In total, five structures now attached to the tree, all constructed from vines and twisted boards aside from the balcony and rope bridges.

It truly was a magnificent feat made a breeze by the Staff of Taulix, but even Ithilwen was tired from its use and she was prepared to sleep for the day. Like Ceylon, she had to use a lot of effort while flying - despite the fact that her gryphon was doing most of the work - and hadn't properly slept in days. She needed to eat, she needed to rest, and she needed to introduce Lexi to her quarters on the second story. "But it seems I'm suddenly quite fatigued. I've had my fun, I've tested the Staff, and it's time to relax and get something to eat." She then led both Lexi and Ceylon up the spiral stair case.

The intention was of course to set something up for Lexi and go to bed so that they might catch up on sleep and be prepared to start the following day with high energy, but she stopped once she made it half way around the building's balcony and simply leaned over the bannister to look over the glade that housed her homestead. She had gardens, she had flowers, she had immaculately trimmed ferns lining the clearing, and she had a beautifully kept lawn, but this was the first time she'd been here in a year and she just wanted to take it all in.

"You okay?" Lexi asked before stepping up beside her partner. "I know it's been a long journey, but if you're that tired I can make my own bed, if that's a concern."

"It's fine. I'm fine." Ithilwen assured Lexi with a wag of the tail. "It's just really nice to finally be home. I know I've been travelling with you for months now, but I was adventuring in Epicelia for half a year before I met you in Farragouth, and this is the first time I've been home in-" She paused to do some calculations. "23 months now. Over a year in total. It has literally been a year since I was able to come home and add to my house and legacy. I have to say, it feels quite good to finally be back."

Lexi smiled and wagged her own slightly stumpier tail. "Yeah, I know the feeling. Problem is, I really don't have a place to call home anymore. Ever since joining the Feral Liberation Front, I've been scuttled across the land with maybe a single suitcase's worth of clothes and belongings, living in huts and barracks provided to me by the FLF. I haven't had a proper home for near five years now, so I have no place to return to when our time together has come to its end."

"What makes you say that?" Ithilwen asked as she turned to lean against the bannister, testing its strength in the process. "I just made you a house; you can live here with me."

"R-really? That's awfully generous of you." She tripped over her words a bit, but then was nuzzled from behind by Ceylon, which calmed her a bit. "Why would you just give me a home? I'm just your assistant. A friend, sure, but that's quite the gift."

With a gentle laugh and a roll of the eyes, Ithilwen turned once again so she was looking out over the glade with the buttery sunlight streaming through. "Not really. I mean, you saw how quickly the Staff of Taulix constructed the second floor and all the platforms; it really didn't cost me anything and you're a valuable partner. If you're going to be responsible for half the coin I make and half the relics I procure, then why wouldn't I give you half the spoils. And besides all that, I'm not here most of the time anymore. Maybe I want someone to be here when I'm not? Maybe we could use the staff to carve out your own glade and make your own house to your specifications? Only time will tell."

"I guess that makes sense, yeah." Lexi agreed with a shrug and a nod. "But honestly, I think I'd have preferred to think it was a big deal instead of casual; I almost had a memorable moment, there."

Ceylon stepped up between them and nuzzled at both of them as he waited on a pet and a stroke to his cheek. He got a gentle caress from each of the ladies before giving up and flopping down on his side, leg up and paws folded on his chest as he begged for a belly rub. His member was still lightly swollen in his sheath, but was completely hidden since he wasn't asking for that sort of attention. The gryphon just wanted to lighten the mood, which he had intuited to be going south.

Ithilwen laughed and got down to her knees next to him, gently rubbing at his belly while he leaned against the side of the house. Lexi did the same by rubbing her face into Ceylon's neck plumage and rustling up his feathers. Both of the ladies were being silly and goofy, playing with him like he was a puppy before getting gently nipped and clawed.

"So we're playing rough, are we?" Lexi said with a chuckle. "Then take this!" She pounced Ceylon and bit him on the shoulder through his feathers, pretending to tear at his flesh as she did so. In response, the gryphon pawed at her with talons out to claw at her chest and belly without ever actually doing any damage to her; instead, he only tickled and poked at the otter's body, playing rough!

Meanwhile, Ithilwen was getting rough with him as well by pouncing on top of him and resting her belly on his raised hind paws as she tickled and bit at his belly and flank. This was not uncommon for either of the ladies, as they both loved to play rough with their gryphon when not inundated with quest related duties, but this was slightly different because both were actively trying to not get sexual.

Their playful banter usually resulted in Ceylon getting hard and mounting one or both of them, but none were really in the mood to go that route since they were all quite tired, especially Ceylon himself. However, the gryphon had been trained to associate this sort of belly rub with sensual acts and he almost immediately began showing his ruby red cock tip out the end of his sheath.

The glisten of the sun reflecting off his shaft made both Lexi and Ithilwen pause at each other as if they were asking what to do next. They stared for only a moment before slowly turning to look at the gryphon. Ceylon appeared to be on the verge of a nap, as if he barely knew what he was exposing about himself or that he was just so casual he didn't care.

Ithilwen paused before slowly blinking and raising her gaze to Lexi. "One quick session before bed? I mean, it doesn't have to be too vigorous, does it?"

"You're in my head, babe!" Lexi agreed. "So, uh, who goes first?" She kept nuzzling at Ceylon but began slowly taking off her shirt and pants to toss them over the bannister to the ground below.

"I dunno, maybe we both have some fun at the same time?" Ithilwen suggested as she peeled her tunic off over her head and tossed it to the ground with Lexi's clothes. "Honestly, I think you're talking a bit too much. Just let him mate you and let's go to bed." She then slid down in between the gryphon's hind legs so that she was straddling him as a male would when mounting missionary style. There, she gave his pucker a bit of a rub with her hand to get his attention before slipping a finger in.

Ceylon pulled his head up, suddenly alert. His tail wagged from between Ithilwen's inner thighs as he chirped and gape grinned at them, his member slowly sliding out of its sheath as he did so.

Lexi saw this and crawled over his torso so that she was laying on his chest with ankles resting on his inner shoulders as she started kneading at either side of his sheath to pull it back while also gently extending her tongue to taste his glistening tip.

Both ladies took turns licking at his shaft while cheek to cheek, pausing only to offer each other a kiss that shared his fluids before returning to his member. Ithilwen lightly caressed his balls and rump hole while Lexi alternated between kneading at his sheath and massaging his inner thighs. Both were working so hard to please Ceylon that the gryphon stopped moving or putting any work in, for he knew that if he bucked or twitched, he'd knock his partners off his body and they might stop pleasuring him!

Ithilwen knew that was what was happening, so she slowly shifted backwards in order to focus more of her attention at the gryphon drake's pucker, where she went so far as to give it a wet, tongue-filled kiss before nibbling her way up his taint to nip at his fuzzy ball sack. Gentle, of course; she didn't want to hurt him but loved teasing at him while her one hand rubbed around his rim of anal flesh, working him up for her fist to slip inside.

Meanwhile, Lexi was grinding her groin against Ceylon's chest while also handling his shaft with both hands as she slowly eased forth and started gulping at it. As with every time, she had a bit of a hard time dealing with the barbs, but once she got a taste for his musk she couldn't help herself and just kept swallowing until she felt his knot pressed against her lips through the sheath. She didn't peel it back, not at first, but she did come to regret that decision mere seconds later as she was pushed away.

"Hey, my turn." Ithilwen said as she crawled back up between Ceylon's hind legs to push Lexi back, an action that forced Ceylon's barbed tip to gently scrape its way out her throat until it popped out of her maw and a combined flow of saliva and precum dribbled down his monolithic length.

For a very brief moment, both ladies were holding onto his shaft while staring at one another, like they were locked in some sort of combat pose and were competing over who got to swallow the gryphon's cock. While staring, both took turns giving a lick with their very different textured tongues, the blended sensation coaxing a series of gentle spurts of precum that the competed to catch in mid air.

Before long, however, Ithilwen won due to Lexi getting distracted. Ceylon had curled his neck down over his chest and nuzzled up under Lexi's tail, licking at her pert little folds and parting her lips with the crest of his beak. He kept his talons by his side, but still did all he could to use his beak to force her tail to the side in order to better gain access to her moist flesh within.

"Yeah, that's what I thought." Ithilwen joked as she crawled over Ceylon and straddled him, her foot paws on the wood as she squatted down on his member. She rubbed her flesh up and down his shaft with the sort of supple hip thrusts usually reserved for riding a stallion. Her fur was soaking up his lubricant, so she reached down and stood up at the same time, raising his member so that it was aimed straight up between her legs. She didn't want to waste his arousal, so she squatted back down directly on his cock, gasping lightly as she felt it enter her.

Lexi wanted to make some witty comeback to Ithilwen's playful barb, but was still distracted by the sensation of Ceylon's tentacle-like tongue lashing at her depths. She could feel it darting in and out, rubbing against the walls to tease her flesh, and even lapping at her folds or putting pressure on her clit in between each action. Despite him being feral, he knew how to please a woman. In fact, he was so good at it that she couldn't help but tense up the muscles in her legs to stand nearly straight up as her knees grew week, a bolt of pleasure coursing through her that made her bite her lip and flutter her eyes.

She was busily being tended to by Ceylon, while at the same time Ithilwen was using her body to please the gryphon. With one easy squatting motion, she'd consumed his member to the knot - which was still buried deep in his sheath - which she was eagerly trying to take inside her as well. She was grinding and gyrating her hips against his, rolling her body and spine while lightly bouncing and pushing down on him with each hop.

Both of the women were struggling to not erupt in delight over him, as they both wanted to hold off a bit instead of making a mess on the new deck; at least, that's what they were using as an excuse. In reality, they were just too tired to have that mind blowing orgasm that they were used to. With the help of their mount, both were capable of some pretty impressive messes if the mood was right, but on this day they weren't fully into it, at least not at first.

Often times in their adventures, both Ithilwen and Lexi would seek the company of male suitors when not excavating ruins or following leads, but as time went on, they both found better comfort in the fur and feathers of Ceylon than any others. He was more loyal, kinder, and more willing to pleasure them while also demanding he also be pleasured. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement, and there seemed to me more affection and care in a feral gryphon than any biped they met. Between Ceylon and each other, they didn't need the companionship of others.

It didn't take much, however, to turn both Lexi and Ithilwen into the horny women that they knew they could be. Ceylon seemed to know exactly what buttons to push on either of them, and he seemed to be keen on the idea of making both of them squeal at the same time, so he grabbed Lexi by the hips and assaulted her most sensitive part from his place under her tail. He stiffened his tongue and lashed it against an engorged mass of sensitive flesh just inside her depths while angling his hips so grind his barbed tip up against that same spot inside Ithilwen.

Lexi found herself weakening at the knees and squatting down a bit while whimpering and gasping against his tongue while Ithilwen shuddered and slammed her hips down against his once more to feel him against her opening. Only this time, his expertly aimed caress had coaxed just enough of her natural fluids out and had relaxed her just enough that her lips expanded to swallow his knot with ease, replacing his sheath with the warmth of her flesh.

And that was it! Right then and there, Ceylon's knot swelled and expanded inside Ithilwen while he continued his tongue lashing upon Lexi's backside, but there wasn't much to keep him moving once he'd tied with his canine rider. Her body seemed a perfect fit for him, and his member quickly found its place in such a manner that it could no longer move, so he stopped thrusting or grinding.

That didn't stop Ithilwen, though. No, she kept going at him, tensing up her thighs and tugging at the knot before grinding down and gyrating to force his shaft to stir her loins, barbed tip plucking at her cervix every step of the way. The amplified sensations quickly brought her to that sought-after orgasm, and just like Lexi she bit her lip and shuddered as her knees gave in and she fell with all her might on the gryphon's groin, which forced the knot to slide that last bit into her, locking tighter.

She rested against Ceylon's inner thigh as she tried her best to take in a series of deep breaths, smiling and giggling as Ceylon continued to use his tongue on Lexi. The otter had been reluctant to concede to him, but found that she was too tired to hold back any longer - a nice change of pace from when they started and she was too tired to get into it.

A gushing mess of her fluids cascaded over his tongue and into his beak as she fell to her belly, straddling his chest and nuzzling into his belly near where his member was tugging on Ithilwen from within. She laughed and offered a few heavy breaths before squeezing her thighs together as if she were catching and holding the burst of pleasure within her by adding to the pressure.

Both ladies were relaxing and basking in the glow of their respective climax, but that didn't stop Ceylon from rolling onto all fours and stretching out, dumping Lexi on her side and flipping Ithilwen so she was hanging by the knot tugging at her flesh. He affectionately cradled Ithilwen with one front talon and started walking up the stairwell that wrapped around the second story before reaching the top where the natural looking bowl of a nest was waiting for him.

He sidled up against one of the nest walls and started plucking at his fluffy down to line its surface while he adjusted himself to ensure that he didn't squish Ithilwen underneath him. He was an interesting mix between callous and caring to them, utterly dedicated to their safety and pleasure one minute and completely distant from them the next.

The only real compensation for Ithilwen was that his knot was still throbbing inside her, pumping shots of gryphon seed deep into her womb while the six knot lobes swelled and pressed out against her walls to perpetuate her pleasure. She was so inundated with persistent orgasms that she didn't bother chastising Ceylon for his callous behaviour. Instead, she just curled up under his soft, fluffy belly and let sleep take her as Lexi made her way up the stairs after them.

Ceylon had plucked enough of his feathers to make a sort of bed for Lexi, so the otter sidled up next to him and allowed herself to snuggle and drift away into dreamland with them.

Together, the trio still had many adventures ahead of them, but for now all they wanted to do was relax and let slumber take them even though it was still the middle of he day. Lexi and Ithilwen were both overwhelmed by the pleasures of their avian steed, and that was enough for them. They needed no others, just the three of them.

Though other partners could be fun, of course.