Saoirse's Adventures Pt 6
The hum of machinery vibrated through the floor, and the air was hot and stifling.
"All this to show me a janitor's closet?" yawned Saoirse.
Arthur had gotten up from their nap before Saoirse and proceeded to explore the sprawling courtyard. He'd nudged Saoirse awake insistently, and even retrieved her clothes for her. She'd parted from her cool patch of moss next to the stream to follow Arthur's black-feathered wings up the hill on the long side of the courtyard. His hoodie was still drying in the sun, and he wore a t-shirt bearing the letters "RKLOG" over his swim shorts and flip-flops. Arthur's curly dark hair hung loosely about his shoulders, still damp from washing in the stream that ran through the courtyard.
"Just because it has a mop doesn't mean it's automatically a janitor's closet," said Arthur. He handed his water bottle to Saoirse, who was already overheating, and she drank deeply from it. The door to the room had been unmarked and left unlocked. Around them, a maze of pipes snaked up the walls and out of sight, and large metal tanks lined the other side of the room. There was another door within, propped open by a chair. Saoirse's eyes acclimated to the low light with catlike efficiency, and she smelled the distinct odor of-
"Yech, old nicotine," Saoirse whispered to herself. An ashtray sat on the chair in the doorway, full of used cigarette butts. None of it smelled fresh, which Saoirse found encouraging. The door led further down into the building.
"This should be the living quarters," whispered Arthur as they padded out into an official-looking lobby. A bare front desk presided over chairs, couches, and dirty folding tables, all wedged up against the walls and the latter still covered in brightly striped party tablecloths.
Saoirse turned to Arthur, who was already clutching at his crotch. "Just a sec, I'm going to pee," he informed her.
"You need to go again?" yawned Saoirse.
Arthur shuffled over to the nearest couch, positioning himself right above what was clearly a piss stain-
"Wait," hissed Saoirse, yanking Arthur back by the waistband of his shorts.
"What is it?" whispered Arthur.
"I'm going to smell it," explained Saoirse dryly. "When I'm done you can hose it down."
A small drip of urine escaped him, but he nodded, putting on a brave face, and stepped back. In her tie-dye t-shirt and swim shorts, Saoirse mostly appeared to be a normal, skinny, light-skinned young human. She was half Renoige, though; catlike ears the same color as her pale yellow hair matched the color of her fluffy knee-length tail.
The urine stain was years old but had been well-preserved in the dry, dark space.
"The person who left this was..." Saoirse sniffed. "Male, possibly haman or anth, not well-hydrated, and consumed lots of artificial sugar." She let Arthur scoot up to the couch and pull down the front of his shorts while she patted down her pockets. "Damn it, I left my notepad back in the room."
Arthur let go with a small fart. "S-sorry," he grunted. "Can you really tell all that from an old pee stain?" His penis was smaller than Saoirse had ever seen it, though it was visibly growing in his hand as his flow pummeled into the couch cushion.
Saoirse realized she was staring and looked back up at Arthur's face. "Y-yeah. Sorry for uh..."
"No no, look all you like," said Arthur, stretching. "I have to drink lots of water for my pain meds to work, and I'm glad someone else can enjoy it with me."
Saoirse took a breath to deny that she was enjoying it and paused, blushing.
"What can you tell from my urine? I've always wanted to ask, but never got up the guts to do it," said Arthur.
Grateful for an excuse to watch Arthur relieving himself, Saoirse inhaled. She didn't need to bend down to smell it.
"You're very andyne and very male, you've been drinking a lot of water, there's a bitter edge that might be...dagger root?" Saoirse briefly glanced up at Arthur's face. His jade green eyes stood out against a brilliant red blush across his cheekbones as he nodded.
"There's something that's either artificial sugars or medication."
"For my wing," grunted Arthur. "I can smell it too and I don't like it." He shifted, his flow slowing for a split second. He was about half hard.
"And you're quite um...amorous, as you put it," said Saoirse. Her stomach did a little backflip that pressed on her bladder. She didn't need to go at the moment but she would soon, she thought, taking another drink from Arthur's water bottle.