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Ilaria's paw shot out in front of her, went limp, and her arm draped over her brother's bare chest. She found herself overall tensed up, her lungs pumping double-time. As her eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness of the room she realized that she was in Iolvin's room, and upon deeper revelation she found that she was in nothing but her her panties under his covers. Ari centered her thoughts on her current surroundings rather than the disaster that was her nightmare. She tried to match her breathing to the rise and fall of her twin's chest, placing her head on his shoulder to ride those motions. When she realized she was dampening his fur with her tears she whispered, "I'm... sorry but it's... Gods..."

"It's okay, Ottah." Robyn whispered in response from behind Ari, the otter just then realizing she'd been embraced by her squirrel the whole time. Robyn slowly pressed her muzzle forward and tenderly planted kiss after tender kiss on the back of Ari's neck. "I'm here for you. We're here."

Ari's tears suddenly heightened in flow as her thoughts and choked words turned to her lover. "R-Robyn... Gods..." she managed as she rolled onto her back.

Robyn immediately shifted to nuzzle the small of Ari's neck, occasionally giving her a smooch. "It's all over, Ilaria. You're safe now." Careful not to disturb Ari's bosom she pulled the covers up over the two of them. "I've been watching you all night and I'll keep it up until the sun comes up. I'll protect you, love."

"I don't... deserve that from you..." Ilaria tried to push Robyn away from her shoulder and added, "I know I'm not any good for you now, soiled and all... so you can sleep now..."

"Ari! Don't say that." The drowsy squirrel suddenly perked herself up and latched onto her lover's shoulder all the tighter. "You're still the same ridiculously cute otter I've grown up with... The same one I've fallen madly in love with..."

"You're just saying that," Ari sobbed all the harder. "Nobody wants a whore!"

"You are ~not~ a whore, Ottah." Robyn leaned in closer and pulled Ari's chin to look into her eyes. "So what if some guy screwed you? He was being a selfish prick and you were trying to be the same awesome fur you always are. Don't let his bad qualities rub off onto you just because he's fucked you twice."

"Twice? Gods... You know about ~that~ too?!"

"Shh... It's okay, love. Yoyo explained it all earlier to me." Robby let off of Ari's face, not wanting to make her feel too controlled, and cheerfully elaborated, "He was a sweetheart, really. He took you all the way here, gave you a bath... even listened to your rambling when you managed to pop awake."

Ari calmed to mumbles as she stared at the ceiling. "I don't... remember any of that..."

"I figure you shouldn't. My bet's you were in shock."

Ilaria eventually brought her gaze back to the setting at paw, her own near-nudeness driving her curiosity. "So why the fuck am I in his bed like this? Oh shit..." She brought her paws to her sides and realized that Robyn was similarly in her undergarments, while her arm near Yoyo recoiled after she got a pawful of his manhood. A bit of tremble returning to her voice she added, "And why are you too-- and Yoyo's--?!"

"He wanted you to be comfortable, love. You normally sleep like this and so does he, right?" Robyn scooted herself towards the end of the bed to give Ari some room to move if needed "He said you came to him the first time, so I thought you'd want to wake up with your brother there, but if you're uncomfortable you should do what you need to."

Ari almost whimpered at the coldness to her one side, her paw reaching out to stop Robyn from moving any further away. "No, it's alright..." She flipped onto her side to face the squirrel for a request. "I know it's awkward to hold me now that I'm... uh... Well could you indulge me and keep me company? I don't want to be left to myself."

Robyn lightly bopped Ilaria on her noggin. "Stop thinking you're worthless! I don't think any less of you, Ottah. In fact, I love you more if anything." Robyn reached over the edge of the bed into what sounded like her pants from the previous day, returning with her paws hidden beneath the blanket. "You want me to prove it to you?"

Ari's mind pondered all the possibilities of what was being hidden from her sight. Curiosity soon got the best of her, partially to solve the question of what was under the covers but mostly to determine exactly how Robyn chose to physically quantify her affection and their relationship. "I'm not sure... anything can replace what I think I've lost, Robyn."

"Aww, give me a chance. I got you a gift. And damnit, it's rude not to accept a gift."

Sighing at the grinning squirrel Ari slowly nodded her head twice and relented. "Fine... I can't say no to that..."

Robyn perked up and moved her paws closer to the gap between the two furs' faces. "I was thinking long and hard about this..." As her paws slid free of the covers a small box was unveiled to Ilaria. A small, blue jeweler's box coated in embossed velvet. "...and I thought it was about time I gave you this."

Ilaria's heart skipped a beat when she spotted the box. As she took it in her own paws she murmured a long, "No..." as her confused mind refused to believe what was happening. She looked back to Robyn with her sheepish smile, the girl nudging her onward with a nod. Trembling for a whole new set of reasons now, Ilaria slowly cracked open the trinket box and found... "A... A key?"

"Yep, a key!" Robyn brought a claw to the side of the painted-brass. "See? It's done up to look like a cute little otter just like you. The long bit's the tail and the mouth's the mounting hole. They even gave it the orange bits too." She picked up the key and placed it in Ari's paw, closing her fingers around it tightly. "Dingus over there let it slip that you were thinking of living alone with me, and it just seemed right. So I made you a key to my apartment and you're welcome to stay with me all you want, Ottah."

Ilaria looked at the key then slid her eyes to Robyn, a bewildered but saddened and hurt expression slathered across the otter's face. "So... a key... and uh..." Ari stopped her incoherent babbling and took a deep breath, though it didn't seem to help her disappointment much at all. "S-sorry, I just--"

"...expected more? Hmm... Well I thought a cute key was a good present." Robyn feigned disappointment herself, taking the jeweler's box into her paw again and staring at it. Reaching back behind herself with the other paw she frowned and proposed, "And the box wasn't a good touch? Well if you want more, uh... Oh, I guess you can have this little thing that came with that pretty box..." As she spoke Robyn pulled up her other paw, presenting a magnificent piece of brilliant platinum and aquamarine diamonds curled up into a helix of vines, the leaves holding the precious gems. "...if you'll promise to keep it."

Ilaria fumbled with her key until she simply couldn't focus enough to hold it anymore. Even as it dropped to the sheets she never broke her line of sight with the wonderful ring held in front of her. She gradually refocused past the trinket and let her eyes dive deeply into those of the fur holding. "R-Rob... Uh... Y-you, and me...?" Her tears welled up again, re-purposed for a more noble mission this time. As Robyn put down the box and began to brush the tears from her eyes Ilaria put a few fingers around the ring and simply nodded incessantly.

"Guess that one hit just the right spot, yeah?" Robyn moved in closer to snuggle her new fiance, finding herself suddenly unable to resist giving her a long, deep kiss. As her own tears of happiness started to mingle with her otter's she chuckled her way out of their locked lips. "I love you, Ilaria Rivet."

"Oh gods..." Ari blinked a few times and rubbed what she could from her eyes, even though her tear ducts were churning out far more than she could resist at the moment. "I l--" She sniffled as an intensely bright smile broke free and tried once again. "I love you too, Robyn Winchester."

Robyn grinned back heartily and cooed, "So you believe me now? Feel any better?"

"A little bit..." Ari played as she nuzzled her fiance's snout with her own.

After a moment Robyn tilted her head free to look past Ilaria. "You can stop pretending you're still asleep now, Yoyo."

Ilaria tried to look herself but was immediately tackled from behind as Iolvin flipped and gave her a strong rearward hug. "Congrats, Lulu! You two will be perfect mates! I'm damn happy for you!"

Ari let Yoyo cross his arms under hers and hold her tightly, ignoring the fact that he was touching her breasts in light of his ecstatic mood. She did however have to bring to light the hardness poking her ass cheek with a cautionary, "Err... Yoyo? I know you're excited and all but... now's not the best..."

Iolvin loosened his grip and quirked his head, taking a few seconds to realize what his twin sister was talking about. When it finally hit him it was like a sack of bricks, the otter rolling onto his back again and revealing his issue with a tent in the covers but still managing to pull himself close to Ari all the same. "Ah, sorry sis. That's not me, that's... Well, you've dealt with morning wood before, I'm sure."

"Actually ~I've~ dealt with it, thank you very much. You Rivets have a bit too much energy sometimes, hehe." Robyn reached around her new fiance and took hold of Yoyo's erection to emphasize, "You taught me that yourself once, remember?"

Ilaria bopped Robyn's paw away and clasped her own around it and the ring. "Hey, no touching until I'm... ready with that sort of thing, even if you're just being cute. I still need a bit of time, I think." She then noticed a certain small detail as she locked her eyes on her and Robyn's paws. "Hey... Just a question: How exactly does this fit into your plan, Munchkin?"

As Ari held her right paw up, she tried pushing the ring over her fourth finger and emphasized the fact that her webbing blocked the trinket's path. Yet as Ari grinned with mock triumph Robyn smiled back twice as brightly. "I thought you'd say that. If it's not your cup of tea we can get a chain or something but I thought maybe you'd like to celebrate today by visiting that tattoo parlor again?" The last bit quirked into a pleading question as Robyn winced her eyes, playfully preparing to be smacked across the head.

"You can't scare me off, missy. You started this mess and I intend to see it finished properly." Ari nuzzled her mate-to-be again and murmured out, "I'll take a hit from a hole punch if it means I get to show this baby off the right way, Munchkin."

"Okay, but can I make a request now that we're gonna be together forever and all that?"

Ilaria smiled as she gave her squirrel's nose a soft nibble. "Ya' just have to keep pushing your luck, huh?"

"Well..." Robyn groaned and sighed, forcing out, "...could you maybe cool it on the 'Munchkin' thing? You know I'm nuts about my height, Ottah."

"Anything you say, Munchkin," Ari joked back with a giggle. "Really, I can try. But I'll need another cute name for you, pillow-tail."

"We'll have enough time to find one, rudder-butt." Robyn laughed in return, the two slowly losing themselves in their happiness.

"And while you two lovebirds act like complete idiots, I'll go start some coffee." Iolvin grunted in faux disgust as he left the two in bed and walked right out into the hallway stark naked.

"Uh, think you forgot something there lil' bro..."

"Hey, he's gonna be my brother too any day now," Robyn mentioned as she locked her eyes on Yoyo's swaying tail and muscled ass.

"Yeah, yeah..." Yoyo answered with a short wave behind himself. "Mom's not gonna be up for a few hours and the cold air'll do this damn thing some good."

After he left Ilaria rolled over to reveal a tent of her own, having snuck a good glimpse of her twin as he left as well. "Somehow I think warm and wet would do a better job. Just sayin'..."

"You two are incorrigible, I swear." Robyn sat up, allowing her 'pillow' tail to smother Ari with its new freedom.

"Ack! I get it! I get it!" Ari batted her paws at the squirrel and eventually sat up herself. "Enough dumbassery for the both of us up in this bed... I know you're tired if you've been up all night." Ilaria threw the sheets off herself and then trawled over Robyn to force her onto her back. "That was sweet of you, Robby. So, I'm gonna go squeak like a whelp with my mom for a bit, make you an ~awesome~ breakfast in bed, and then we can celebrate ~however~ you'd like afterwards. Think you can try and rest up for a bit while I'm gone?"

"Thinking of your sexy ass? Shoo, before I tackle that thing!" Robyn pressed upwards on her elbows and gave her fiance a smooch on the cheek. "Sounds like a plan though, Ottah."

Ari snatched up her key, grabbing the jeweler's box as well to place it on the nightstand and out of Robyn's way. "Perfect. Sleep tight, Miss Fluffy-tush"

A playfully appalled Robyn tucked all save her eyes under the covers and gladly quipped, "Good luck with the parents, soon-to-be Misses ~Ilaria Rivet~ Fluffy-tush."

Ilaria snickered out a light laugh as she left the room, checking back in for a moment before closing the door. She headed down the stairs and into the kitchen, spotting her twin's bare furred ass hovering around the coffee maker. She snuck up behind him slowly and tugged the base of his swaying tail. "Leaving nothing to the imagination, huh bro?" Noticing now that his huge little problem still hadn't been solved she pulled away and added, "Especially from the front. Mom's gonna go blind if she pops her head out, you know."

"Hey, little guy's been acting up like this last few days, Lulu. Can't help it." Iolvin finished fixing up the coffee and flipped the power switch on the machine. Nudging his snout to Ari's own hefty problem he commented, "You too, sis. Might want to grab your robe or something."

"Yoyo, there's a reason if you'd care to sniff around carefully." Ari picked up a drop of pre hanging from her brother's tip and led it to her mouth with a single finger. "That's more than morning wood, you know."

"More?" Yoyo tried to feign ignorance through his flushed, glowing cheeks but Ilaria stared right through it. "Okay, so I'm horny. I just didn't want to upset your mood with what Robyn did and all..."

Ari gripped Yoyo's balls lightly and then slid her paw down and off the end of his length as she started walking towards their parents' room. "Not quite what I meant, but still cute. No, you should know mom's been in heat for a few days."

"Wait, you're not going in there in just your panties are you?" Iolvin protested as he adjusted his now rock-solid erection to point into the open and not the counter. He looked down as his manhood slapped against his stomach and then checked out his sister in a similar situation, the pieces starting to come together slowly. "Woah, Lulu... Have you and mom...?"

"It's complicated. I mean, that might be the short answer I guess but..." Ilaria tried in vain to wrap her length under the side waistband of her panties and then paused outside the bedroom door. "Look, she was curious about me and wanted to take a close look. She deserves to know about her own daughter. If she ended up going further and started a similar relationship to our own, I won't judge her. Neither should you. I mean, she ~is~ in heat after all."

"So what... you two are fuck buddies too now?"

That comment nearly sent Ilaria trudging over and smacking Yoyo right in the head. "Don't you EVER say that. I'm not just some ditzy girl from college or whatever. I'm your sister, your ~twin~ sister. I only wanted to get closer to you and I was hoping you wanted the same." Ari tried the handle to the door, depressing it without opening the panel at all. "Same goes for mom. So you can treat us like family or like pieces of ass, your choice."

"Lulu... Sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I love you, I do. I think my instincts are simply taking over with mom's scent in the air." Yoyo curled his tail up between his legs to hide his manhood from his sister. "Have fun I guess. I won't tell Robyn."

Ari dropped her head and slowly lifted it to look back at her brother. "Okay, we're both reading things wrong I guess. I'm just going to tell them the good news, nothing more. I just forgot my robe is all. Not like they haven't seen me naked before though."

"Yeah, when you were half your size. Well just watch out for dad. I've heard them going at it with mom in heat before and he sounded almost... feral," warned Iolvin as he reached for a ceramic mug. "Oh, so am I getting a cup for Robyn while I'm at it?"

"I'll get it in a bit. She's sleeping for now so be careful of that." Ari pushed the door open a crack and gave a light knock asking, "You guys awake? Got a minute?"

"Ielunschra? We're not in--" Vasily tried but was interrupted.

Catherine spoke up over her husband in a ragged but cheerful tone. "Come on in, sweetie. Snuggle up under the covers like you used to, hee..."

That wasn't normal. Cathy wasn't one to squeal for no reason, and given her recent condition Ari could guess why she did now. "Sure I'm not intruding?" she tried again as she rounded the door frame.

"No, we're j-just w-waking up," Cathy whimpered out, her facade broken far sooner than she wanted.

"Gods..."

As Ilaria moved closer to her parents' bed she noticed the labored movements beneath the sheets. Attempting to put the carnal act they were performing aside for the moment she sat down beside her mother, accidentally stretching the sheets too thin and uncovering most of the elder otter in the process. Upon spotting her father's eyes moving to her chest, Ari laid down to let Cathy and in turn Vasily spoon her so that her own unmentionables were obscured from view.

"Ooh, that knot... You thinkin' of kn-knotting me, dear?" Cathy groaned and reached her paws downward, one pulling Vasily's knot against her straining orchid and the other coming to rest at the base of her daughter's length through her panties. "You've been so great these last few days. You deserve it. Knot me, baby."

"Mom... Please, not now."

"Fine, I'll take care of you in a-- Oh! YES, Puppy, ~YES~!"

Vasily suddenly started grinding and thrusting furiously, a fact Ilaria knew well because her mother grabbed her paw and brought it to the parents' moist juncture. Within seconds Ari felt her mother begin to quake and quiver, which in turn gave way to all resistance for Vasily. Ari felt and heard her father's knot squelch wetly into place, dragging two of her fingers with it. Caught between satin and stone Ari felt every jet and spasm of her father's manhood as he howled in triumph.

"W-Wow..." Ilaria mumbled as she felt both of her parents orgasm behind her.

Cathy raggedly whispered straight in her daughter's ear. "Wow's... just about right..." Reaching back around to dip her paw inside her daughter's now-damp panties she added, "You don't have to just watch, dear."

"Mom! I said I'm not--!" Ari pulled her paw free of her parent's copulation and used it to pull her mother's paw away from her groin. In a more subdued voice she retried, "I'm not here to fuck, alright? Are you guys done? And what's the story with Dad, anyway?"

"I think it's safe to say we're done, sweetie. And your father knows about our little romp the other day," Cathy moved her arms to hug her daughter once she got the hint that sex was off the table. "We don't hide anything, so sorry if you wanted it to be a secret."

"No... It's alright I guess." Ilaria curled her own arms around her mother's, her one paw still clasped tightly around her new ring. "So does he understand...? I mean..."

"That it brings us closer? He respects that, at least."

"Im right here, you two." Vasily spoke up now that he was starting to calm down. "And no, I don't understand it myself. But if it helps the two of you become closer I won't stop it, at least as long as you keep it a secret from the neighbors and all. I just never thought that privilege extended to me, though I can't really complain."

"And was I right? Our daughter's a beautiful young woman," Cathy cooed.

"Well, she does take after you." The husky reached over the two women in his bed and rested his paw on Ilaria's length softly, then pulled it away so as to not overstep his bounds. "I guess there's some of me in there too, huh?"

"Can you guys stop grabbing at me!?" Ilaria grumbled and rolled so she was more or less face-down on the bed.

"Ielunschra, baby girl... What's the matter?" Catherine queried in a more serious tone.

"I wanted to tell you guys something, but now I'm not sure I should. Not like this."

Vasily reached his paw forward again, this time resting it between his daughter's shoulder blades and giving her a comforting rub. "I'm sorry, Ielunschra. You know I'd never do anything to hurt your feelings."

"It's not that, dad. It's just..." Ari sighed into her mother's shared pillow and simply held her one paw next to her head, the ring gleaming in the soft light of the rising sun.

"Hmm?" Vasily leaned in closer and inquired, "What's that in your paw, honey?"

"That's-- Oh Gods! Ielunschra!" Catherine forcibly rolled her daughter over to face her, the one otter's beaming smile giving way to another. "When!? Last night!?"

"No, this morning. You should have seen the despicable little trick she pulled too," Ilaria cheered right back.

"Wait, I must be missing something." Vasily sighed as he tried to figure out the situation. "What exactly is going on?"

"Our baby girl's engaged, Vasily!" Cathy practically squeaked out in her excitement.

"Engaged?"

"Robyn popped the question just before I got here, heeee." Ilaria flipped onto her back and held the ring up at arm's length so it was in direct sunlight for all to see. "Beautiful, isn't it? I'm gonna go out later to get this baby on my paw proper. Right ring finger... That's how our people do it, right dad?"

"It is a nice ring, but maybe you should wear it on a necklace like you mother dear," Vasily commented as he reached for his wife's wedding ring as an excuse to give her a soft hug. "I'm honored you remembered how my side of the family did things though."

"Well, it's all you have left..." Knowing it was a sensitive subject for her father Ilaria diverted, "We're going out after Robyn gets up again so we can figure out a way to get it around my webbing. It should look nice. Well, after a few days to heal anyway."

"I bet. I can sort of see how that would work. Would have been nice to have a corkscrew ring myself in that sense." Cathy pulled a paw up to rest over her husband's and assured, "Not that this wasn't the best gift you've ever given me besides the kids, darling."

"Speaking of..." Cathy yipped as Vasily yanked himself free of his wife's nethers. "As much as I enjoy sating that heat of yours I do believe we'll need some coffee."

"Oh, uh... Don't. Yoyo's out there making some and-- Well, he's bare-assed." Looking to her almost drooling mother Ari additionally commanded, "And no, you can't peek in on him, heat or not."

"Aww. I just wanted to see if you two had matching junk."

Her daughter and husband just stared at her for a moment, Ilaria finally breaking the silence. "Creepy, mom. Grade-A creepy."

"What? I made two hot little muffins with this sexy oven of mine."

"Shower, now. Extra cold just for that," giggled Ilaria.

Vasily pulled himself out of bed and dragged Catherine along for the ride. "Come on, honey. We do need to clean up. That and we can get another round in before you seduce our ~other~ child." Looking back to his daughter as they hit the archway to the bathroom--making sure to keep his eyes on her face this time--Vasily paused dragging his wife and smiled. "Congratulations, baby girl."

Ilaria grinned back as her parents vanished behind a closed set of doors, giggles and gasps widening it to a full blown smile. "A good day..."

"You okay, sis?" Iolvin spoke up as he, Ilaria, and Robyn walked down the sidewalk for a stretch. Nudging her with his shoulder to drive home the point he pressed, "Haven't seen you actually carry that paw cannon of yours in years, and maybe the bow's a bit overkill. That guy bother you that much?"

"Hey, he was organized and with buddies. Fuck that; I'm carrying Myolnir and Gungnir." Ari reached back and tapped her paw on her rear holster where the former resided with a shrug of her shoulders. "Can't be too careful, right?"

"Well I just thought ~I~ was good enough," quipped Yoyo, who paused his gait and smiled at something ahead.

Ari turned to spot whatever caught his attention and smiled herself, the two Rustfelts, Ashe, and India heading their way from the other direction. Ari smiled as she waved them over enthusiastically. "Hey guys!"

Yoyo opened his arms and allowed Adrian to slide in for a hug. "Hey babe. Missed you last night."

"Me too. But it was sort of fun to have a night with the girls." Dee leaned in closer and whispered a moment. "Make sure you mention Ashe's makeup. We gave her a makeover and she's a bit unsure about it."

"No problem there. I noticed before you said anything," Ari butted in quietly. Turning her attention to the Arctic wolf in question, she tried to cheer her up without going overboard. "Lookin' good, Ashe. You do something with your hair?"

"Uh... I don't exactly recall..." Taking Indy's hint Ashe slowed to a stop only a few meters apart from the others. "Do I really appear attractive?"

"Well I think you're brilliant too, hon," Robyn spoke up to brighten the girl's mood.

"Well... Thank you, Robyn. Oh and you too, sister." Ashe leaned forward to give Indy a scritch on the back of her neck, revealing she was still adjusting to a sober lifestyle by wobbling and nearly losing her balance.

Elliot stepped forward and pulled Ashe up from behind, embracing her to keep her steady. "We need to get you to a chair before you bonk your head, missy." Glancing over to the others he queried, "Speaking of, why are we even out here?"

Robyn and Ari met eyes and shared giddy grins. "Hey, it's yours if ya' want it Ottah."

"Heeee..." squealed the otter while she snapped her smile over to the others. "Well, I'm getting a piercing. Got me some jewelry and I need somewhere to put it."

Watching as Yoyo shook his head with a knowing grin Dee asked, "So you brought us along to this place again for that? Doesn't sound right, not with Ashe needing that oxy stuff like she does..." He pushed away from Yoyo with widened eyes and groaned, "Wait, I'm not leaving here without another hole in me, am I?"

"Only if you want one. I recommend finishing the set, hehe." Ari decided to end the facade, a certain coyness still underlaying her voice however. Pulling her ring from her jeans and presenting it Ari enthusiastically informed, "I'm here for ~this baby~."

It took a few seconds for Adrian to examine the trinket and decipher the meaning attached to it, but once the gears started cranking in his head he gasped out, "Oh shit! Does that mean--?"

"Yep," Robyn confirmed with a nod.

"Oh, damn girl. That's a beauty." Ellie hugged Ashe tighter and smirked back at the two lovebirds. "Congrats on that, to both of you. You make a good pair."

"Sorry if this, uh... ruins the moment but..." Ashe wrapped her arms around Ellie's and tilted her head back to stare down the way they'd came, likely trying to make eye contact instead. "Well... what's happening here?"

Ellie pulled himself up on his tip-toes and gave the slightly-taller wolf a smooch on her temple. "Robyn and Ilaria are engaged, sweetie." He giggled, throwing in another kiss on the cheek this time. "Ilaria's just showing us her new ring."

"And you otters can't wear rings normally. Got it. Now that all makes some sense." Ashe rolled her head forward again and smiled back in the general vicinity of the engaged. "Congratulations."

"Thanks, sis." Ari started for the door. "So we gonna get this done? Not sure how long it'll take but I don't wanna hold you guys here."

"Yeah, we can go get some coffee or something and figure out our next plan after this," Robyn proposed to the group.

"Yeah, I'm not forgetting about you, Ashe. We're back on task after I get this out the way." Ilaria pulled the door and stepped inside, holding it open awkwardly with her shoulder for a moment until she realized she could fully utilize both her legs again. "Right, guess I need to unlearn a few things still," she mumbled to herself as she changed things up, using her real hindpaw to stop the door while balancing on her new prosthesis.

"Silly Lulu." Iolvin grinned and shook his head as he led Adrian into the shop.

As Robyn slipped in and went for the counter she cooed "Thanks, love," to her otter.

"It's clear, Ashe. Ilaria's got the door." Elliot followed the squirrel, turning around to await Ashe mid-room.

"Oh, okay..." Ashe mumbled as she pulled up on Indy's guide bar. The dog took the hint and guided her owner into the shop, her training leading her directly to the sales counter and around Ellie. "Eep! Sorry, I don't want to screw up her training." Ashe apologized as she bumped and passed Ellie, gliding a paw across the hem of his sun dress as she followed her puppy.

"Nah, do what you gotta. I'd rather not have her guiding you to trash or guy puppies or whatever."

Ari Stepped away from the door and followed Ashe's trail to the counter near the back. She saw a different fur watching the shop than the last time the group came, a male lynx with quite a pawful of metal and wood littering his face. "Hey, I'm here to see if I can get a ring on my finger," she informed as she held out the platinum band and splayed her webbed paw for the guy.

"Oh, that's... probably not going to be easy, not with that ring anyway." The lynx took the ring for a moment and then placed it back in Ari's paw, explaining his response. "Those bits--leaves, nice--well they don't work well with this sort of thing."

"Think you can do it anyway?" Ari hunched down to meet the guy at eye level and pleaded for her side. "It's my ~engagement ring~. I should at least try to wear it before I give up on the idea, right?"

The lynx huffed and took a moment to think things through. "I'll tell you what. I'll ring you up for a few hours with Claire. If things are looking good or you need more time, we'll ring up another check for the difference."

"So we'll try? Sweet." Ari beamed back at the guy and then to her new fiance.

"Yeah, so you go on back with your favorite squirrel while I settle the bill," Yoyo spoke up as he walked to the counter. "My treat. Consider it an engagement gift, Lulu."

"Yoyo, you oaf." Ilaria sighed as he yanked out his wallet, driving her only to complain further. "You don't have the spare cash, I know it. Your last photo shoot was over a month ago."

"And it isn't right for you to pay an ounce for your own ring, sis. I insist." Walking his claws through his wallet's contents until he had the amount on the register he then looked his sister right in the eyes. "You know what you mean to me, and I know you'd do the same. Don't worry about it. Now go on back there, Lulu."

"I'll pay you back somehow. You're too damn nice to--"

"Oh, it's you again!" said the leopardess that tended to everyone previously as she peeked out the curtain to the back room. "So how're those nipples doing, guys?"

"Ah, hey! I think we're just fine, actually. Thanks for asking," Ilaria grinned back.

Robyn faux grumbled at that comment. "Hey now. Not all of us heal that fast."

Ari shook her head, gave her brother a firm pat on the back, and headed towards the back. "Claire, right? Ilaria. I've got something apparently tricky as hell for you today."

"Really now?" Holding open the curtain for Ari and Robyn until they passed Claire guessed out loud. "It's not something kinky, is it? A pair of clit rings for the two of you?" Taking the order ticket from the front and shutting the curtain she gave it a look and whistled. "Oh, wow. I pegged you as a pinhead but I never expected a multi-hour job on the second go. So what can I get for ya'?"

Ilaria produced her ring once more and said, "Think you can get this little thing around my finger?"

"That's all? Here, lemme take a look at that thing." Claire took the band and examined it closer, her eyes nearly blasting out her skull when she realized what it was worth. "Holy crap. Those are real diamonds, aren't they?"

"Spot on, love. Good quality, too." Robyn sat in a seat to the side with a boasting smirk, her arms folded over each other.

Bringing the ring to Ari's paw to size it up Claire snickered. "You're a lucky girl, I'll give you that. Now let's see..." The ring moved up and down Ari's left ring finger a few times and the webbing received a few tugs before Claire was satisfied. "Okay, looks doable. Might be a little tight though with these little nubs. Can you sit and rest your paw on that surface?"

"Sure." Ilaria found her spot in a medical chair and placed her right paw on the table instead of her measured left. "I'm alright with a bit of pain if that makes it easier. Don't worry about being a bit rough."

"What, you want it on that paw? I thought you did the left then put the wedding ring on the right."

"It's a Ukrainian thing. Ring on the right, then a bracelet to seal the deal," explained Ari while the kitty prepped her tools.

"Ukrainian? Like 'wiped off the face of the planet' Ukraine?" Claire gave an inquiring raise of an eyebrow while she pulled out a loop knife and sterilized it.

Robyn frowned and confirmed that answer. "Right-o, that one. Her dad's from there, or what used to be there anyway."

Ari held her paw at an upward angle for Claire to wipe it down with a few chemicals. "And she's from New Zealand and can't live there anymore either. It's a shame, really."

"Oh, I'm sorry if I'm driving a knife deeper with that. Never meant to make anyone homesick." Claire picked up the knife and positioned it at the tip of Ari's finger. "Okay, this might look pretty bad but there's actually not much skin to go through here. Your fiance was smart to get a corkscrew for a ring, because I'm gonna twist it on and make cuts as needed. First we'll do just one to see if those leaves throw a wrench in things though. Cool?"

"Sure, I'll be fine. Do what needs doing," Ari nodded back.

Claire cut a tongued slit in Ilaria's webbing and lined up the ring's tip with it. After a bit of wiggling to find the best position, she fed the band through until it almost touched the opposite-side webbing. With a smile at how easily things were going, she lined up the knife again and repeated the process. Almost fifteen minutes went by as she threaded the rest of the ring through, but eventually Claire managed to fit Robyn's ring down the the base of Ilaria's finger.

"Perfect. That should do it." Claire smirked back confidently as she pulled back her knife and plopped it in a jar of cleaning solution.

"It's bleeding a tad much, yeah?" Robyn asked as she inspected the work.

"Oh, I'll hit it with something in a second that should stop that." Claire grabbed for a few sealed packets of alcohol and coagulant wipes. Ripping them open and then gingerly finishing up Ari's paw she detailed, "So here's how it works. I'm going to loop a tiny rubber band through the top of the ring and the bottom holes. That should hopefully keep it from moving too much while everything heals. Keep it clean and change the gauze for a few days." She pointed out a bunch of holes she'd made just to thread the trinket in place. "These will close up on their own and then you can snip that rubber band. Then voila, one ring on an otter paw."

Ari watched as said gauze bandages were taped down in place. "Damn, fine work. That guy up front said it would take hours."

"Well I'd have thought that too, because if I couldn't feed that ring like I did we'd have had to get quite inventive. Then again I also thought you'd bleed more than you did, and definitely not hazard-orange." Claire pulled out a packet of gauze and a roll of medical tape then placed them in Ari's lap so none of the table's mess would dirty them. As she pulled her paw back however she took her time, eyes fixed on the otter's crotch. "I'd, uh... I'd say that was fancy paint or something, uh... if I didn't see it myself. I still wanna know where I can get my own blood colored like that."

"Can't. It's more of an accidental thing, and more of a hassle than I think you'd want." Ilaria followed the leopard's eyes to her own crotch, revealing a rather firm bulge against the front of her jeans. "Oh of all times..." she muttered under her breath as she tried to adjust herself without directly touching the area, to no avail.

"I'm sure she'd let you see it if you just asked, love," Robyn suddenly proposed from the sidelines.

"Uh... No, I didn't..."

Looking back to Robyn, Ilaria spied a familiar hint of mischief in her eyes. "No need to be embarrassed, Claire. I'll show you if you like. And before you even ask it's not you; my mom's been in heat and driving me nuts."

"Though you are mighty cute, hon," commented Robyn.

Claire finished cleaning up after herself, her confidence from her great job stripped away. "It's not too much to ask? I mean, I'm just curious; I've never seen a trans-gendered woman down there before."

"Oh, it's not doctored. Trust me." Robyn grinned wider as she chimed in her two cents.

"I'm an intersex fur, Claire." Ari reached down with her free paw and tried to work the latch of her belt, giving up when her other paw instinctively moved to help and she was forced to stop. "Take off my pants and I'll show you. All the plumbing works more or less, so I figure you should see in case others like me ever drop by. I assume you do work, err... down ~there~ as well, from what you said earlier?"

claire placed her paws on Ari's belt but hesitated. "But what about your fiance? He'd be pissed if he found out, right?"

"You're speaking to ~her~ right now, love," Robyn smugly informed.

"Yeah, and she wants me to try new things. New furs, actually." Ari shyly admitted that fact, blood slowly pooling in her cheeks.

"Oh... ~OH~." Claire quirked her head to the side and then turned to look at Robyn for a moment. "I completely didn't pick up on that. I'm sorry, but you didn't seem the gay type."

"Well, I'm not certain that's the right word there but no worries." Robyn smiled back as Claire returned her attention to the bulging package before her.

Claire worked Ari's belt free and started fumbling with the button of her jeans. "Damn, you might be bigger than my boyfriend." She moved on to the zipper, her palms resting on the large bump she was after.

"Oh, you've got someone who's into fooling around with others too?" Ilaria asked as she adjusted her rump and tail.

"Yeah, the hunk out front? He's more... conservative. I never do this normally though so don't get any ideas." Claire pulled down the zipper carefully, her experience with the lynx showing in how diligently and easily she worked with Ari's scooting ass to pull down those jeans. From there she didn't even need to touch Ari's panties to be impressed, a large otter pop standing tall over the lip for all to see. "Wow. That's damn impressive, girl."

"Still impresses me anyway," giggled Robyn.

"So I've seen a lot of otters in this town and none of them had knots. That's not part of being, uh...?"

"'Intersex' is fine, I guess. I'm not sure there's too many other ways to say that, actually. And no, my dad's a husky." Now much more manageable, Ilaria reached down with her one paw and worked her panties down her hips side by side. "But I'm showing you everything. Educational, remember?"

"Ooh, that's... not what I expected." The leopard spoke up as she leaned in closer to inspect Ari's flower. "There's no balls? And--oh, your cock's where your clit should be?"

"More or less. I think I've got balls inside me somewhere, actually."

"Wow, I thought you'd have two full sets. Oh, wait. That's hermaphrodites, right." Claire reached forward to touch the goods and test their builds but remembered last second that Ilaria wasn't here for that kind of service. "Sorry, I'm used to getting a feel for what I'm working with."

"You can touch. I don't mind if it helps you out," confirmed Ilaria.

"But-- I don't know. It doesn't feel right. You overpaid me for our time here and now you're doing me a huge favor? I need to make that right." As she sat back Claire reached for a box and presented it to Ilaria, revealing a slew of shiny studs and rings. "I'll tell you what. If you want a thing or two more I'll do them on the house. Wouldn't want that cute brother of yours' gift to go to waste."

"More?" Ari pinged, her eyes darting about the jewelry.

"Ooh, I fancy where this is heading." Robyn reached out and ran a paw from Ari's root to tip. "Maybe we should let her try something down here. It'd be better practice, plus I think it's kinky."

"What, my cock? I'm not sure. Isn't that supposed to hurt and all? And don't you have problems pissing?" Ilaria panicked.

"Oh, not really. Depends on where you're piercing." Still hesitant but using her permission anyway Claire worked a claw underneath Ari's foreskin and tapped on the underside of her tip explaining, "Most common kind is a Prince Albert. Every guy I know that's gotten work done on his junk has started there and swears by it. You see, there's not much tissue to go through since most of the ring slips through the urethra, and it makes sex a lot better for most. Gary's got one and he melts when I go down on him."

"So it's not that bad?" 'eep'ed Ari.

"Not much different than that nipple piercing," assured Claire.

Robyn brought a claw to Ari's forehead and pressed firmly with a smirk. "Do it, Ottah. Don't be a crybaby."

Ilaria huffed out a heavy sigh and gave the situation a thought. Putting a hole anywhere down there seemed permanent, and if she didn't like the way it felt she'd be left with a scar at the very least. Then again, Robyn was easily thrilled by the idea and Ari wanted to try and appeal to that side of her. "Sure, let's give it a try," she finally forfeited.

"Okay. Let's see..." Thumbing through the box Claire picked out the largest ring she had and placed it next to Ari's tip. "Yeah, that's the one. I never use these outside horses and bulls." Looking over to Robyn and examining her diminutive stature she asked, "How the hell do you get this thing in you? Oh, or do you two not even--?"

"Oh, no. She definitely ruts me silly. It is quite the tight fit though."

"Robby!"

"Oh, hush. You can't complain when you're rock hard, Ottah."

Claire broke out some more prep pads and rubbed around the slightly-pointed tip of Ari's manhood, staring perhaps too long as the stimulation brought her fully hard. "Well at least I don't have to peel back that foreskin to work now..." she commented, trying to lighten the air with a harmless joke. Trying the ring again she then went back for another box and pulled out a size larger. "Okay, ~this~ is the one. I don't know how some piercers insist they do this soft. Probably why I've seen some tight fittings though. Brass to match the other, right?"

"Yeah, brass. I'm glad you know your stuff. Only reason I'm letting you do this is because I trust you, you know," admitted Ilaria.

"That... means a lot. Thanks." Claire pulled out a needle from a sterile packet and brought it to the intended target, placing it near the slit of Ari's penis. "Okay, sit still for me and try not to jerk your cock around. It'll be just a little pinch and then I'll slip the ring through. Won't take but a few seconds. You ready?"

With a nod from the otter Claire pressed the needle through Ari's slit and then as far back as it would go. Then with a flick of her wrist the needle was through with little more than an ant bite worth of pain. Still, Ilaria jerked her cock a bit in reflex, which Claire responded to by letting everything slip out her paws. She then expertly grabbed the piercing site again, cradled the needle, lined up the brass ring, and looped it through. Once the open end of the ring was free she spun the clasp closed, securing the jewelry in place.

"See, not too bad," Claire grinned to her client as she reached for some gauze and whatnot to blot up a bit of blood.

"Ah!..." Ilaria twitched her length over and over as Claire cleaned off her tip, inadvertently wiggling and moving its new adornment. "Ooh, shit... I think I'm gonna cum if you keep touching that..."

"Really? That's quick," mentioned Robyn.

"Sorry, but it does feel pretty good huh?" Claire pulled her paws away, finished with her work and a bit surprised at the lack of further bleeding. "I guess it is a bit different, huh? Thats basically a big clit I guess."

Spying Ari right on the verge of blowing, her muscles tensing in time with her cock, Robyn cooed, "Why don't you finish her off, hon? Give her a warm place to let it all out, y'know?"

Ilaria wasn't protesting at this point, a pleading look on her face as Claire looked her over. Then she leaned forward and lined her mouth up with the tip. "I guess... I can clean her again." She opened her mouth and wrapped it around just the tip, not even needing to move to set off Ari's hair trigger.

"Sorry, I'm--!"

The simple tap of Claire's tongue on the underside of that ring was all it took, Ilaria grunting and gripping the arm rests of the chair as she reached her peak. Suddenly a blast of hot amber spunk shot against the roof of the leopard's mouth and deflected down her throat, causing the poor girl to gag and nearly back her head away. She held fast once the second and third gushes came forth, filling her mouth at a much more predictable rate. A few more trickling shots threatened to leak out the corners of Claire's lips as she bulged her cheeks at this point to contain the mess.

Realizing the girl was straining to hold in that load and wasn't even thinking of swallowing, Robyn moved over and pulled Ari's semi-hard cock from her muzzle. "Mind sharing?" she offered in a sultry voice, more as a gesture to help tackle the problem together than anything else.

Claire didn't hesitate, placing her pursed lips next to Robyn's. She was a bit surprised when the squirrel mashed her own against hers and began sucking lightly, siphoning out a little more than half of her fiance's jizz for herself. After a few hard gulps Claire gasped. "Th-Thanks..."

Savoring the taste for a few seconds Robyn swallowed her own helping of warm cream and huffed, "Good stuff. I take it you're not used to snogging girls?"

Seeing the leopard was confused Ilaria labored out a translation. "She means kissing, hon."

"Oh... No, I'm not normally into women," Claire confirmed adding, "or swallowing for that matter. You know you taste like nutmeg?"

"Eggnog I'm told," Ari answered as she looked knowingly to Robyn.

"Actually..." Claire tested that statement by licking a bit of dribble that spilled down the underside of Ari's still-flagging manhood. "Yeah, sort of. Gary's bitter, but I could drink this all day."

"Care to prove that?" Robyn licked her lips clean and whipped out her lip gloss for a refresher.

"Oh shush, Pillow," Ilaria groaned as her length started to become indecisive about wanting another go. She reached down under her base and pressed her left paw against her feminine petals, two digits slipping in easily with her earlier excitement having worked its magic down lower as well.

Robyn playfully grimaced and bopped Ari on the thigh. "What did you just call me, Ottah?" Then as quickly as she brought it up she dropped her point, watching her otter play with herself just moments after having an orgasm. "What, ready for another romp so soon?"

"No, I'm just..." Ari gasped as she wedged a third finger into her wet passage, yet strangely her erection started failing. "Well, I'm not quite satisfied down there."

"Hey, you do what you need. I hate going a whole day pent up." Claire sat back to watch with a now-noticeable blush across her face.

"Hold a moment. You don't feel things differently with both, do you?" questioned Robyn as she allowed her paw to slip beneath the lip of her own pants.

"Well... yeah. I thought you knew." Ari paused her pawing to look her squirrel directly in her baffled eyes. "Huh, I guess not."

Robyn huffed as her own fingers pressed inside her tiny pussy, signaling Ilaria that it was alright to continue. "I just assumed your cock took the role of a clit too. Ottah, if I've been--"

"It's okay, Robyn. The one usually helps the other so it's not a big deal. I just usually need something inside me to finish off my girl bits." Ari curled her fingers so her claws raked her g-spot and lightly pressed into her prostate, driving both of her sets of goods back to life. "I've learned to live with not having a magic button like you, sweetie."

"Wait, so you don't actually have anything like a clit at all? I mean, the right tissue's got to be there somewhere." Claire hesitated as she went to reach forward, but must have realized that she was well past that point by now. She pressed into the bottom of Ari's slowly re-inflating knot right where it rested over her petals. "There's no sweet spot anywhere in here? Nowhere that's a bit better than the rest?"

"Well, I think I can hit somewhere around there, deeper than you're pressing. Here..." Ari reached out with her slick paw and pulled Claire's lower, leading one of her fingers to press on her g-spot and, as it happened, right beneath where her cock attached to her groin. "Ooh... Feel that spongy area? That's where I usually need to focus."

"Ooh. Okay." Claire pressed from the other side as well, finding that the position was definitely the core of that beast of a penis. "Well you've got the same tissue as a clitoris, just no way of stimulating it directly. I think I can fix that, if you're up for something a lot more difficult that is."

Ilaria's tail started swishing in anticipation. "What do you mean by 'difficult' exactly?"

"Well, there's a type of of piercing we do--frenum ones--that are bars or rings through the skin of the underside here." The leopard explained while using her one paw to point things out. "What I'm thinking of doing is going deeper, carving a tunnel ~behind~ that and looping around your urethra. I won't lie; it's not going to be pleasant. But if I can get the placement right I think I can get a ring in there that runs right through your core and into that sweet spot of yours."

Robyn almost started drooling at the visual imagery running through her head. "So it's like an artificial clit?"

"And it should justify that huge bill too. I was expecting a challenge and this would be it for sure."

"Are you sure you can do it right?" Ilaria nervously asked. "I put a lot of trust in your work and I'll be damned if you're not my permanent piercer now... but if this is out of your range I'd rather not."

Claire started rubbing and gripping around Ari's knot, enticing a few moans as her cock started towards the sky. "I'm sure if I can get you hard for it I can feel my way around. I'll need you to tell me when I press into that g-spot of yours though or I might miss and it'll be for nothing." She pulled her other paw free and used it to pump higher up near the new Prince Albert, speeding things up immensely. "You wanted to help me get a feel for intersex furs, and this unique piercing would do the trick."

"Well... okay. Let's do it." Ari bit her lower lip and relaxed into the chair, her head leaning back to examine the ceiling. "I'm guessing you can't use anything to numb me right there?"

"Just the surface, but that's not what hurts. Sorry."

Robyn offered her free paw and clasped it with Ilaria's saying, "Just take it out on me, Ottah. Squeeze all you like. I'll be here for you."

"With your paw up your snatch. Perv," Ari quipped with a smile, going back to biting her lip and jerking her hips when a sterilizing pad started rubbing her knot.

"Ah, my bad. That was too cold, wasn't it?" Claire reached over and sifted through her padded box of jewelry, then found another and went through that one. "I'm going into my personal stash on this one. I think a large wishbone should do the trick." Producing a silver-colored U-shaped piece of metal with screw threads on the ends she clarified things. "It's an odd shape in there but this should work. It's titanium since it's going through deep tissue, but I can put brass balls on the ends-- Oh!" She went back into the first box and found what looked like a small, thick half of a flat brass ring with threads on both ends as well. "Actually, I can make it a full loop with some double-ended balls to hold them together if you'd rather one thing to play with instead of two."

Looking down to take a look at the parts while Claire held them in their assembled positions Ilaria said, "Yeah, that might be better. We can try and then go back if I want, right?"

"Absolutely. I'll just wash whatever we don't use."

"Ooh, so we get to try before we buy? That sounds fun," Robyn giggled.

"Well I'll get started if you don't have any objections," Claire informed, to which she met no resistance.

Ilaria went back to staring up at the ceiling tiles, counting the number of pits and craters to keep her mind off what was coming. She could feel something sharp dig into her sensitive skin, which wasn't too much worse than the other times in and upon itself. After it popped through however it was a whole different story. The cool jolt of electricity transmogrified into a searing, itching scrape as the needle wormed it's way deeper, Claire taking the time to feel for the path of least resistance as she went through. Ari's paw practically crushed every bone in Robyn's each and every time Claire pushed forward, but thankfully it wasn't the worst pain she'd ever felt. No, having your entire leg crushed took that award.

After an excruciating five minutes Claire paused her progress and looked up to Ilaria. "Okay, I think the hard part's done. Finally got around the important bits, but I need you to tell me when we get to that sweet spot. Can you do that or do we need to take a break?"

Ilaria hunched over for a better view and immediately regretted that decision. After a bit of labored groaning she calmed down and chose to look over at her fiance instead. "It still stings. Can we just get this over with?"

"Sure, your call." Claire prodded the needle deeper until there was slightly less resistance. "I think that's it. Anything?"

"Ah! No, not yet."

"Deeper it is. Let me know if it hurts too much. That's a bad sign."

As the needle went in a little further, a sharp, cold pang of sensation washed over Ilaria's lower half. "Woah, that was different."

Claire suddenly halted all movement, caution-laced panic seeping into her actions. "Different how? Crap, I might have gone too far. I knew this was a bad--"

"~Ooh!~" A tremble in Claire's paw sent shockwaves up and down Ari's spine, this time of raw pleasure rather than pain. Arching her back she gasped, "There! Oh gods, ~there~!"

"What? Shit... Right, give me a minute and I'll be done." The leopardess pressed inward ever so slightly and hooked the curved needle so it snagged a good portion of nerve endings, driving Ari to thrash about with a silly grin on her face. Then Claire started the return process, which was much faster now that she knew the internal build of the otter's penis. True to her word less than a minute later the needle was breaking through the other surface and the wishbone was subsequently fed through it's channel. "Gods, that was tense."

Watching her fiance loll her tongue and stare into nothingness Robyn quit her selfish pawing and leaned closer to Claire. "I've never seen her go mad like this. Hurry up the details, yeah mate?"

"Gladly," commented Claire as she pulled out the needle and caused Ilaria to jerk her hips in sudden orgasm. She quickly lined up the brass hoop and wrenched the bearings secure. "She's trembling. That must have been pretty nice at the end, huh?"

Robyn already knew how things went and grabbed some packets of wipes for cleanup. "You're tellin' me. Here, get her washed up and I'll bring her to." She diverted her attention back to her otter, rubbing her cheek with the back of her paw. "You still in there, Ottah?"

"Pillow..."

"Gods, not that again," grumbled Robyn. She picked up her voice and gave Ari another try, this time with a pinch. "Back to Earth, Ottah. I know that felt amazing but you can't go sex-mad on me."

"Ow! Alright, alright!" Ilaria sat up and turned to Robyn, twitching as her new adornment was rubbed with a chemical swab. "That didn't last long but ~damn~ did it do the trick. ~Ooh~, careful down there. I'm still coming down from that one, girl."

"Sorry! Just finishing up as fast as I can." The kitty soon sat back and stretched her arms with a sigh of exhaustion. "All done down there. Same goes as the others, keep it all clean and if there's discomfort then quit what you're doing. Well unless you're just laying around, in which case come back because something's probably wrong."

"So, was that a good enough challenge?"

Robyn made a silly face mocking Ilaria. "Was it good for you too?"

"Oh shush!"

"Hey, it was a learning experience. For that I'm grateful." Claire stood up with her tools and brought them over to her station table. "If you ever need anything else and I'm not here mention your name. You deserve a discount so I'll inform the other guys."

"Much obliged. Always glad to help someone in need." Ilaria eased herself forward and slid into her clothing. "Mind if I extend that courtesy to my wife-to-be as well? I'm sure she's got plans with this place in her future."

"Go right ahead, sure. She could have called it quits earlier and I'm happy she didn't."

"Hold on. You're just planning your own ideas for me, yeah Ottah? One nipple not enough?"

"Heeee..." Ilaria reached up and flicked Robyn's nipple bar through her shirt. "Maybe. They apparently offer a ~variety~ of services here, Pillow."

"Gods, it's stuck"

"Maybe later tonight if you like, sweetie." A silly smile stretched over Ari's muzzle as her joke hit home in Robyn's head. "Sorry, couldn't resist. Pillow not good either?"

"It's... just new, really. I'll admit it's kind of catchy."

"And cute, Pillow-tail."

Claire took a few steps over and offered a now ungloved paw. "Well if I'm gonna tell the others I guess I should ask your ~real~ names first. Never did get 'em, and I'd like something to call my new friends."

"Ilaria Rivet." answered the otter as she took that paw for a shake. "Silly, I could have sworn I gave you my name earlier."

"Oh, sorry. I hear so many all week that I sort of learned to filter them out. Downside of working retail services I guess."

Robyn wrapped one arm around Ari's waist and presented the other paw for a similar shake. "Well I'm glad to hear we made the white list. Robyn Winchester, by the by."

"It was great, guys. Here, don't forget that stuff I gave you. The two below should be fine but your paw needs to be wrapped since you use it all day." Leading the two towards the front Claire pulled the curtain and smiled back at them. "You do make a nice couple, you know."

"Thanks." Ilaria and Robyn walked out to gather the others but Ari paused to look back. "Good luck if you ever have to try that last one again. I'll see you later, Claire."

"She was cheery considering what went down back there," commented Robyn as she broke away to sneak up on Adrian.

"Yeah, she's fun alr--"

Suddenly Sprite fluttered onto Ari's shoulder and beamed a message to her phone, one she repeated once the otter had formed her nanite glasses. <Mistress, we have been monitoring two suspicious persons in the vicinity. Shall we continue or report our findings?>

"Hey, sis. Looks like it went well." Iolvin slipped up to her side, leaned in close to her ear, and lowered his voice. "More than well by the way it ~felt~. Did you know you could sent out sensations to me or was that a mistake?"

"Not-- Wait, I did that? No, we'll talk about that later." Ilaria turned her head to Sprite. "Little girl here's found some weird furs or something so let me see what she's come up with."

"You mean the two dragon-things over by the massagers? Never seen dragons like that with fur before." Yoyo pointed them out with a nudge of his snout. "Actually I haven't seen many dragons around here at all. Might be why she's curious."

"Drakes..." Ilaria looked over the two furs with a bit more than curiosity on her mind. Both looked extremely similar aside from their differing sexes, likely meaning they were brother and sister. And true to his word, Yoyo was right about the fur; tufts of white fluff shot out from the seams of smooth and scaly areas of their hides as well as down their spines and tails. Yet the visuals were not what piqued Ari's interest--the fact that they were reptiles did. "Sprite, those are the ones that broke into the lab the other day aren't they?"

<Correct, Mistress. They followed us to this building ever since transferring from our vehicles. Approximately two minutes after Mistress parted for her procedure they entered the premises. Neither has made a purchase or closely examined any merchandise.>

Ari looked over to the fluff-drakes and then back to the translucent fairy on her shoulder. "Hold tight. We're getting out of here in a hurry." Back to Yoyo, she leaned close to his ear so she wouldn't need to raise her voice suspiciously. "I need you to get the others back to their car. Tell them to meet us at Robyn's place and then get in your own car and go there too."

"Woah... What's going on, Lulu? You're not losing it, are ya'?"

"Yoyo, please just do it. Those guys are tracking us just like that fucking liger and I don't think they know where Robyn lives." She looked over to Robyn as she poked Dee in his side, scaring the living daylights out of the poor guy. "We need to finish what we're doing, tonight. That means we need to plan things out somewhere safe. Got it?"

"And then what? They won't just go away, right?"

"No, but our power supply will." Ari tapped her dimly-lit chestpiece with a dull clack of her claws. "We can take care of them later. Once we get rid of all evidence of what we're doing, we can go to the cops or something. We'll figure something out."

"Okay." Iolvin looked over to the commotion Robyn had caused and used it to justify heading over that way. "I'll send Robyn your way too. Careful with the weapons, alright? Don't need to be bringing you to the hospital again."

"Don't remind me. It was bad enough the one time." Ilaria casually made her way to the front door, giving a friendly wave to Gary as she exited. When nobody followed her out, she walked to the street corner closest to Robyn's car and waited for her, one paw on Myolnir's hilt. "Come on, squirrely. Nice and calm."

Robyn was the first to leave the shop, a hint of worry on her face. Once she was clear of the bay windows she immediately bolted for her fiance. "Yoyo told me something's wrong and it's with those scalies. Tell me--"

"Shh..." Ari took Robyn by the wrist and darted across the street, thankfully meeting little resistance from her companion. "Get in the car and drive to your place. Fast."

"~Our~ place."

"What?"

Robyn pulled out her keys and headed for the driver's door of her saloon. "It's our home now, Ottah. So let's go home, yeah?"

Ilaria pulled open her door after the locks turned over and sat down next to her fiance, her new otter-themed key held up with a smile. "Yeah, ~our~ home."