"I can only think of your mother, then.She will make a good queen..She loves the servants just as much or maybe even more than you do it seems.I see where you got your personality from." Alnilam chuckled. "Quite the formidable woman."

"I-I'll try to not be boring..I know I may seem al..You know, religious innocent type but I'm not, really, I don't have to be.I won't be oversexualized, but..Well, it's awful hard to find someone who's not religious within my race, our goddesses and gods are everything to us.." Vega said, blushing quite deeply still.

Mycroft nodded absently, and then swatted at a dragonfly, playfully, that was flying around him. "Don't you land on me..."

"I'm an atheist. I hope that doesn't bother you." Curry reached down and poked his side, amused. "I like innocent boys. It's fun to take that innocence away, playfully."

Alnilam held a finger out and the dragonfly went straight for it and landed quite gracefully, seeming quite happy to be sitting there. "Are you afraid of insects?"

"Not at all." Vega smiled. "That's your descision.Mine is to praise the goddesses for our recent spurt of luck, and for the return of our queen.." His cheeks and other features went deep pink again when Curry mentioned taking his innocence. "I hope we can find a private place when you take my innocence..Altair sleeps very close to me, so he no doubt would hear it..along with every other servant.."

"Not really. I just don't want 'em touching me. Then I get kind of scared." Mycroft twitched.

"I suppose we can. There are tons of guest rooms," Curry reminded him. "I don't think anyone would mind if we slipped out for a while to one of the rooms, as long as we cleaned up."

"A dragonfly can't harm you..They're quite the sacred creature in my race, actually.Along with cats." Alnilam said, smiling as the dragonfly lifted off his finger and flew off.

Vega blushed deeply. "We might get a room like that for our own anyway soon, with queen Bellatrix in charge.."

(note: I am not religious whatsoever, I'm agnostic(I believe there's some higher power but nothing very specific), but not religious at all really. it's just easier to say I'm agnostic, the only reason my dark elf characters are is because their magic is linked to their belief in their goddesses and gods(mostly goddesses) Not trying to start a religious debate, I hate those with every fibre of my being, just clearing something up.I have nothing against atheists or any religion the world can throw at me. except for shove a bible down your throat christians and those silly silly scientologists.)

((It's fine--I can't stand people who push stuff onto me, either. (My mother's side of the family. D: ) :D I'm an atheist.))

"I don't like bugs touching me...any bugs. It kinda creeps me out for some reason--I don't know why," Mycroft chuckled.

"Maybe." Curry leaned forward and nuzzled Vega, affectionately. "Are we going out to the lake or not?"

"Is it the ticklish feeling of their legs, maybe?" Alnilam said, looking back over to Myca. "That would be understandable."

"A-ah, yes we are, I'm sorry.." Vega said, beginning to walk again alongside Curry. "..I'm glad you like me..I was afraid you wouldn't..I've had a crush on you for a while but everyone always told me the stories about those you've loved and left..So I never really thought to act on it.."

"Maybe. I'm not sure--all I know is that it creeps me out...ah-hah..." Mycroft scratched his head, sheepishly.

"I sleep around. That's no secret--all the servants know that. So you have to tame me." Curry walked with him. He had to duck a few times to avoid branches.

"Things with more than a 'normal' amount of legs generally freak people out. it's just human nature.More than four legs on something is a bit unsettling to most." Alnilam said, laughing as another dragonfly came to land on him.

"..Maybe now would be a good time to mention that I've heard our race is naturally good in bed..and those with particularly high magical ability makes it even better.." Vega blushed deeply.

(This thing I'm about to do now? It's called sleep.)

((Okay! Night.))

"I don't like the feel of insects on my skin, but they're okay if they're not touching me," Mycroft chuckled. He instinctively shied away from the dragonfly.

"Is that so?" Curry sounded smug. He left that statement hanging there, on purpose.

"I don't mind it so much, but I was raised in the forest." Alnilam chuckled a bit. "So I'm more used to having them around..No glass on our windows, so insects always made their way in."

Vega blushed and nodded. "S-specifically my powers, that of healing, might also help.. That magic pulses throughout every vein in my body."

Mycroft made a face. "Urgh. Bugs. I really just don't want them to touch me. Hehe, they're kind of pretty when I just see them, and not touch them!"

Curry grinned, sweetly. "Mm-hm. Haha...that sounds good. It seems like we will have a lot of fun."

"You cannot fathom how many times I awoke covered in mosquito bites during the summer. Damned tiny vampires." Alnilam said, sighing. "Many itchy days and nights, until Father finally started covering the windows with cloth or magic barriers every night..'Be one with nature and nature will be one with you' he always said..Yeah, if you mean nature will consume part of my body every time I sleep!"

Vega blushed deeply, and his cheeks seemed to glow with that creamy white(oh god why did I choose that color) magic that flowed through his veins. "Ah-- I think we're almost to the lake..I can feel my brother's power.."

"Mosquitoes are attracted to me..." Mycroft agreed, smiling. "They bite me all the time...it's the only reason I don't like spending too much time outside, especially when it's humid and dark."

Curry snickered and walked a bit forward, peeking through the bushes. "Oh...hehe...take a gander at this." He could see the two of them, naked in the lake.

"It may be because you smell sweet..The scent your lifestyle leaves you with is quite attractive, if you don't mind me saying..Either that or the mosquito swarms around here have taken a liking to magical blood, after getting so much out fo me in the past, their further generations have been taught to go for the mana-filled people.." Alnilam laughed, as he relaxed upon the shore of the lake, noticing the feeling of Vega's power nearby.

Vega blushed deeply. "A-ah..T-they..Do you think they are together?Brother has only been here for a day, but.." He blushed deeper.

Mycroft sighed, frowning. "I don't want 'em biting me. They don't seem to come out in the morning all that much--it's all night, and sometimes in the early evening when it's all muggy out."

"Perhaps we should play matchmaker?" Curry purred, suggestively.

"Well unless you're a masochist, you shouldn't like them biting you..Summer nights are the worst, especially in the forest..When it rains, the moisture sticks, then heats up when the sun comes back you, which summons the mosquitos..I always get so tempted to freeze the blood they're carrying while they fly off so they drop to the ground, just out of spite..But I don't.They're too fast." Alnilam sighed, pinning his hair up to get it out of his way and looking into the forest. "We're being watched..Vega, I assume by the aura..Coming to tell us breakfast is ready I assume, but too shy to come up and tell us while you're nude..I also feel another being, nonmagical..But powerful..Curry, no doubt.."

Vega shook his head. "No no no...I don't think that'd be right to do..Besides, I believe that their destiny is to be together, they don't need help or it may mess with that. Ereya needs no help with her mission..Ooh..Sorry, religious."

(Ereya= Eros+Freya. Androgynous god of love and destiny. YAY MY NAMES ARE SO ORIGINAL)

Mycroft suddenly flushed a shade of brilliant red and ducked down further in the water, arms around himself. He hated being nude around other people. Absolutely hated it. With his rosy cheeks, he looked like an adorable, cherubic little angel.

"Ah. But you see...if your brother is being careful with him...nothing will ever happen. Mycroft's real oblivious when it comes to feelings of affection," Curry explained. "They might be there, but he'll never know unless he's full-on confronted about it."

(I forgot if I had let Curry know Alnilam's name..)

Alnilam chuckled. "You look cute with your cheeks like that..No need to be embarrassed, we're all male.."

"I don't know..He may seem quiet and subtle, but he does say what he means, unless he's speaking to, say, ex-king Betelgeuse, where he would have to watch his words.He has a way of surprising people.." Vega said, watching as his brother looked into the forest at him, which caused the little elf to duck behind the bushes.

((I don't think he did. I think he just told Myca.))

Mycroft fidgeted, cheeks still bright red. "I...it's still nudity! I'm not used to it...not in groups..." he reminded him, meekly. With his current embarrassment, he quite resembled a girl...more so than a man, at this point.

Curry nodded, slowly. "I just know that if any advances are made, they won't be Myca's. I can assure you of that much." Due to his large size, it was hard to miss Curry in the bushes.

"They can't see anything above your shoulders and chest unless they truly try.In my culture, we used bathhouses, built under gorgeous waterfalls..There was no shame among our men and women." Alnilam lightly smiled. "But I understand."

"Brother Archmage will make his move when he's ready, I assure you of that.He has a thing about perfect timing, and he's good at it." Vega smiled, proud of his adoptive older brother.

"I wouldn't put it past Curry to crane his neck just to check me out," Myca grumbled under his breath. He was curled up quite tightly in an attempt to hide every single detail of his body from the view of anyone who looked at him. Almost like he was trying to curl up into himself and never uncurl again.

Curry snickered. "I hope Myca doesn't have a heart attack or anything, eh? He tends not to do well in stressful situations, or uncomfortable ones. He shuts himself out, or gets quite skittish..."

Alnilam took a deep breath and stood up out of the water onto the shore shamelessly, walking over to the bushes and up at Curry. "Do you mind?You are making prince Myca nervous. We will be done in just a couple of minutes, so if you are here to bathe as well, go to another end of the shore or wait, alright?" He gently ruffled Vega's hair and walked back, slipping in and making an ice curtain between them and the two in the bushes.

Once he noticed that they were not being watched by unwelcome eyes anymore, Mycroft shifted a bit, slowly uncurling himself. He looked much more comfortable. He had always hated being nude in front of other people, and it was why, unlike most royals his age, he didn't have servants dress him in the morning. He breathed a soft sigh of relief.

"That's better..."

Curry frowned. "Well. There goes my fun..." He wrapped a big arm around Vega's shoulders. "What shall we do, now?"