"Shut up, you," Andy said, though she was grinning and blushing.

Belle grinned but fell silent for the time being. She'd have plenty of time to tease Andy later on.

Andy sighed and shook her head, still grinning, but didn't keep teasing Belle. Her day was interesting enough already, no need to add to it.

Belle chatted easily with Andy and Seth for the rest of the day until they found a place to camp for the night, just inside the tree line. Then she turned to Andy with a grin.

"So, strip poker or not?"

"Have at it," Andy said. "Maybe your guys can nudge Lucivar into playing."

Belle laughed a little and went to go tell her boys. Almost instantly, Thomas and Lucifer went over to go drag Lucivar into the game, both grinning evilly. Eclipse huffed.

"That didn't take long," Andy commented as she watched the two quasi-manhandle Lucivar into playing. She glanced at Sess, who raised an eyebrow at her. "Right, didn't think so."

"We'll just watch." Belle walked over to Andy as her Hiei rounded up Kurama and Andy's Hiei to get a fire going. Eclipse sat down and pulled Belle into his lap despite her squeaked protest.

Andy giggled a bit when Belle squeaked in protest, and then squeaked herself in surprise when Sess did the same and pulled her into his lap. She recovered from her surprise quickly and leaned back against him, content to watch the poker game from there.

Belle laughed a little as the poker game started and articles of clothing started disappearing. "This will be fun," she said to Andy, snuggling back into Eclipse's chest. He wrapped his arms around her possessively.

"I can tell," Andy replied. Sess already had his arms around her, so she didn't feel the need to move. Besides, he made a very comfortable seat.

Belle chuckled and watched the game progress with some interest. Especially after shirts started vanishing.

"They all seem to be evenly matched," Andy said. "At least, according to their states of undress." What would be really interesting was when they would be forced to start taking pants off, too.

"For the moment," Belle said, watching them. "I'm just waiting for someone to crack and refuse to take something off. And I bet it won't be Thomas."

"I'm thinking it won't be Lucivar, either," Andy said. "At least, I'm fairly sure. I could always be wrong."

Belle chuckled. "Well, we'll see I guess."

Algaliarept was the first to lose his pants and glared weakly at the others as he chucked them off to the side.

Andy could see the smug look on Lucivar's face, and she couldn't help but grin when the smug look vanished as he had to take off his own pants. Well, that's what happened when you get cocky...

Thomas shed his pants with a grin, having no qualms about that at all. He was having fun, even if he wasn't currently winning. Belle laughed a little at him.

"Look, he's practically sparkling," Andy said to Belle, giggling a bit. She couldn't help it.

Thomas turned and gave Andy a very unamused look. "I do not sparkle," he said with great dignity. "Besides, I'm much more handsome than any of those pretenders." He sniffed once before returning to the game.

Belle giggled a little at him, grinning at Andy.

"Sorry, couldn't resist that one," Andy replied. She made a mental note to drag them all to the Anita Blake territories. Running into a Jean-Claude would be interesting, if nothing else, even if none of the trainers caught anyone.

Belle laughed again, highly amused by them both, and shook her head as she settled down. She laughed again as Lucifer lost his pants with a curse.

Andy shrugged, grinning a bit. Her sense of humor had its moments, however few and far-between they were. She watched the poker game with a bit of interest. She knew Lucivar didn't have much more to lose, and neither did Thomas. She couldn't help it, she was a living, breathing female and they were attractive.

Thomas lost first and, with a good-natured grin, started to slide his boxers down just to see what the others would do. Belle watched with a bit more interest than strictly necessary, at least until Eclipse put his hand over her eyes with a low growl.

Andy turned a bit red and looked away before Sess could get jealous. She was under the distinct impression that Thomas had lost on purpose just to do that. It wouldn't have surprised her in the least.