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| "I hope the others are having better luck than us, Shabhira."

"I haven't seen anything likely either. We might as well head back early."

"Agreed." | | | "Wait!" Shabira whispered urgently to Kitty. "Did you hear that? Better put your cloak on Kitty. Sounds like something big coming this way!"

"Not until I absolutely have to. Blindness sucks, trust me! What about you?"

"I'm going to try a stink bomb first. But I've got more lethal methods if I need them. Don't worry about me... Shhhhh!" | | | Shabhira and Kitty both crouched behind a boulder while something continued to approach. As it got close, Shabhira palmed a vial and nodded to Kitty beside her, then leaped out and hurled the vial in the direction of the noise while Kitty stood up to look, ready for anything. The vial burst against a tree and a fine green mist exploded outward from it as if it had been under extreme pressure. | | | "Oh my god!" cried a familiar voice. "ACK! <SNORT!> What the hell IS this?!"

Shabhira shouted back, "Stop! Stand still or you'll regret it! Who are you?"

A shape stepped out from behind a tree, large and scaled. "I ALREADY regret it! My name is FarSeer and I'm unarmed. Who are you?"

"FarSeer!" cried Kitty. | | | "Kitty! Call off your friend! And PLEASE let me get a bath, like NOW!"

The wind shifted a bit and suddenly Kitty could smell a terribly pungent and obnoxious odor."

"FarSeer? I'm sorry, we thought you were a bear or something! Come on over."

But the big Argonian was already running past them. "Oh I can't stand this. Sorry Kitty, I've GOT to get this smell off me NOW!"

"WAIT!," Sabhira shouted to the stricken Argonian, but he was already gone.

FarSeer stripped off his clothes as he ran and jumped naked into the lake. | | | By then, Kitty had recovered and ran after him with Shabhira following. Once at the water's edge, Shabhira shouted to FarSeer, who was trying his best to rub the smell off himself.

"FarSeer, you have to get out! Water will only spread it around you, but it WILL attract Slaughterfish!"

As if on cue, the Argonian yelped at a nip on his butt and clambered out as fast as he could. | | | "What on earth IS this stuff?" he asked.

"Wow! You really STINK FarSeer!"

"No kidding!" he replied, but smiling at the little Khajiit.

"FarSeer, lay down and we'll put this ointment on. It will neutralize the smell, but you have to stay still." | | | "Yes, FarSeer. It needs to be on ALL of you. Don't be shy, I've seen Argonian males before. Yes, even there."

FarSeer sighed and turned over.

"Essence of Skunk?" Kitty guessed.

"Afraid not. It's worse than that, but you don't want to know. Really, you don't," Shabhira said, applying more ointment. Let's just finish getting this on him before it becomes permanent."

"PERMANENT?! Here, have at me!" exclaimed FarSeer, exposing all of himself. "Lady, that stuff is pure EVIL and you should be in jail for using it!"

"Watch yourself, lizard, I have your children in my hand!" giggled Shabhira. | | | "There. That should do it," Shabhira sat back admiring their work.

"Well great, but NOW what am I going to wear? My clothes are ruined."

"THAT is true. No way you're going to fit in anything Kitty or I brought either. Sorry but I think you're going to stay naked till we can find you something."

"What on earth are you doing up here anyway?" Kitty asked. "Ubergard said your cabin was way on the other side of the lake!" | | | "It is. I... I was looking for you to be honest."

"Me? But you had no idea when I'd be coming back this way. Or even IF I would."

"Yeah, I know. I kinda... have been waiting. A long time."

Kitty smiled sadly up at the scaley face. "I'm sorry FarSeer. But you know it could never work."

"I know, but I had to see you again. I couldn't let you go without talking to you first."

Shabhira looked from one to the other. "We'd best be getting back. We're going to be late. I'll lead the way and you can talk privately while we go back."

"Thanks Shabhira," Kitty said, not looking away from FarSeer. | |