Brae didn't really need a travelling companion, but he was nice to have around. He was handsome and a considerate lover, with a personality that, while not strictly pleasant, complimented hers. He was as happy as she with their arrangement, lacking the jealous nature of too many Warens she had met. Maybe he was even happier with it, which was probably what she liked least about him. A little jealousy might have been nice. He challenged her often, never holding back. Their arguments never lasted long, always ending with compromise and sex so passionate that she had been known to instigate them.
He left the temple after a day, saying only that the training bored him, and Brae wasn't sure if it was because he had been doing very well or very poorly. She wasn't certain, when she decided to stay behind, whether she would even see him again. Intrigued by the technique taught there to compel truth over falsehood, something she very much wanted to try on her companion, she stayed six days. Even knowing the chances of him sticking around so long were practically nil, she continued to work, to be sure of her skill when finally she had the chance at what the Master of the technique called 'moving his Pear'. After a week, she decided she had heard what she needed, ready to continue her quest with or without him.
The sun setting by the time she arrived in the small town that radiated out from the central gazebo, Brae could hear the town before and sign of life or light could be seen. Lively music carried out, the din of talking and laughter, the smell of cooking and booze, and much light spilled over her as she made her way around the last corner into the plaza. She smiled as she approached the pavilion; it was unlikely her companion would move on quickly through such a town, and even if he had, new possibilities seemed promising. Still, she searched as she entered the gazebo, scanning the crowd of jolly faces for his. They sat gathered around tables or stood about or danced barely clad to the throbbing music of drums and horns, the place was packed with revelers.
Trying to squeeze through the crowd, Brae brushed against a man who glanced at her with a grin, then turned to her, abandoning the partner he had just been writhing against. "Hey, beautiful," he said loudly. "I haven't seen you around here before."
"It must be because I haven't been here before," Brae replied, toying with her medallion. "I'm a warrior, just come from the temple. Tell me, is it like this every night, or is this a festival?"
"Something in the middle, I should think," he said. "You've never heard of us?"
"Maybe, but I'm not sure where I am. The scholars on the temple island didn't mention the town. Rather pointedly, now that I think of it."
"Ah, only the orchard, huh?" he asked with a good-natured grin. "Well, the town's called Lax, and we're deep in the Festival of the Chosen right now."
"Lax?" Brae repeated. "Then, yes, of course I've heard of you."
"Did you like what you heard?" he asked, getting closer. "Do you want to dance with me?"
"Perhaps later," Brae said.
The man shrugged, turning back to the woman he had danced with before to dance with her again, along with the man she had been dancing with since. "Of course it's Lax," Brae muttered. "No wonder he left so fast."
"Hey Beautiful," a man said as he came up to her. "First time in Lax?"
"Yes, it is."
"Welcome," he said. "I'm Taur."
"Brae," she replied. "Lovely town you have here. I'm going to have a look around."
"Sure," he agreed, moving on.
As Brae looked around, seven more men along with three women propositioned her, and she considered everyone, but was curious to find her companion. Finally she spotted him along the edge of the room, but hesitated approaching a moment, engaged as he was fondling another woman's ass as he kissed her. Brae shook her head; what else did she expect he'd be doing? He glanced up at her approach, grinning as he broke the kiss. "Baby, you're here! Can you believe this town?"
"I can't believe you didn't even tell me why you left after only a day at the temple."
He laughed, shrugging. "Well, I told the truth when I said that stuff was boring: I couldn't take it, but you seemed to be enjoying it. Come and join us. You have to meet..." He glanced at the woman on his lap, "What was your name again?"
"Coni," said the woman, eyeing Brae lustily. "You're so beautiful, I'd love to eat your pussy out while he fucks me."
"Hm," Brae said. "I think I'd rather find a cock or two for myself."
"Well, nothing saying you can't have your pussy eaten out first," her companion told her. "How many times have we talked about this?"
"The same as the number of times I told you that I have to choose the others."
"You always choose!"
"Yeah, exactly right," Brae said, turning away.
"You just don't like her because I picked her! Brae, what the fuck?!"
Brae didn't glance back, now on the lookout for a suitable partner for the night. She began to move to the music, and the first person she met eyes with came to dance next to her, against her. Brae liked the feeling of her curvy body, the shaking of her hips, and liked it even more when a man stepped up on her other side. writhing between the two bodies in dance, she closed her eyes to imagine the cock, pressed to her thigh rigid and throbbing, entering her.
She turned slightly to the man, and whispered in his ear, "I'm new to Lax. Tell me, what's the proper etiquette? Is it okay to fuck me right here?"
"It's okay with me," he said. He ran his fingers gently down her arm, and took her hand, guiding it to his cock. He nodded toward another couple, only a few feet away, and she suddenly noticed that the woman's legs were around the man, her skirt hiked up to her waist as she rode her partner's dick.
Brae was hardly a prude, but she felt her face flush as she realised how many couples and groupings were fucking on the dance floor, against the walls, and on tables right next to where others were just sitting and eating. The man next to her laughed softly as he lifted her jaw from where it had been hanging slack and kissed her on the mouth.
"Too much?" he asked. "Where are you from?"
"Maz," Brae replied breathlessly. "We aren't known for being puritanical about sex either, but this is..." She took a deep breath and chuckled it out. "Too much, yes..." she felt faint from the excitement of so much bare and shiny flesh, the unrestrained swirling ecstasy.
"We could go somewhere more private, if you want," he purred. He backed off a little to study her face and frowned. "Or if you don't want, just tell me."
"No, it isn't that!" she assured him, "It's just all so overwhelming. I feel like I'm burning up."
The man grinned. "So you're one of those kind of Mazons."
"What kind of Mazon is that?" Brae asked indignantly.
"The kind that can set things on fire! I always thought that was super cool! Can you really...?"
"Oh, yes," she answered. "Do you want to go someplace quieter, and I can show you how hot I can get?"
The man glanced at the other woman, frowning to one side and she frowned back at them. "Can Zoey come too?"
"Of course," Brae said, taking Zoey's hand. "I really enjoyed dancing with you."
Zoey kissed her and Brae almost fell. She might have if she hadn't been leaning against the man; Zoey's lips were so full and soft, passionate yet gentle. "Your mouth is so hot," Zoey whispered.
Brae moaned, melting in the man's arms. "I need fresh air."
It took a few minutes to reach the edge, squeezing between the pulsing flesh of a hundred writhing bodies, she felt the panic of suffocation, but it was cooler beyond the gathering. Brae didn't go too far, breathing deep as she stood braced with one hand on the closest building.
"Are you okay?" asked the man.
"I'm sorry," Brae said. "You probably think I'm so... narrow-minded."
"Not at all," said Zoey. "Everybody has preferences, and respecting those of others is what this Lax is all about."
"There must be some things out of bounds..."
"Not where the people involved agree on it," said the man, smiling. "How far do you want to go?"
Brae stared at the man. He glanced behind her, so she did, too, and saw a number of people awaiting her answer. "What do you mean?"
"Well, I mean lots of things," he said. "First off, is this far enough away from the others, or do you not want an audience at all?"
"Uh..." Brae considered the question carefully, looking around at the eager faces, and the one that was scowling slightly at her; an honest reaction at last. She smiled when she saw that one. "What if I had an elaborate scenario?"
The man and Zoey chuckled. "Are you talking about role playing, or...?"
"I'm talking about commanding... let's say four men. They must do everything I say, except, of course, in the event they wish to leave rather than fulfill a command. I have a feeling that won't come up."
At least a dozen men grinned lustily, a few completely naked with hard dicks still wet. A few others apparently decided that the scenario didn't interest them.
"What about women?" suggested Zoey.
"You are welcome, of course, as an equal." She glanced at the man who had brought her outside. "Does that work for you?"
"So, so much," he assured her. "I also recommend Aldo over there."