Journey Through the Center of a Dragon

17 June 2014

03:42 Lucent slowly paces back and forth in his apartment, glancing at his clock every so often. It's late, even later than last night, and he's worried that his new friend found somewhere else to stay, or that he hated him now, or.... Thoughts tumbled through Lucent's head as he walked, deeply confused about how he felt.

03:56 Ruzeth finally comes home to Lucents apartment, easing it open to sneak into the apartment. He moves as quitely as he can, only to realize that the lights were still on and the stallion was looking quite worried. Ruzeth doesn't even acknowledge Lucent as he begins to make his way towards the shower.

03:58 Lucent 's ears perk up as he sees the door open, and relief washes over his face when Ruzeth slips inside. "Ruzeth!" The unicorn rushes up to the zebra but stops short instead of hugging him. His ears droop as the zebra doesn't acknowledge him at all. Walking alongside him, the stallion coughs and tries to make conversation. "So, um... how was your day?"

04:09 Ruzeth walks on past Lucent, opening up the bathroom door. He sets a bunch of jingly bits down next to the ground, shedding his bags. Soon the sounds of water can be heard streaming down as the Zebra begins to wash up. He's completly oblivios to teh unicorn it seems.

04:12 Lucent stops at the door to the bathroom, not following Ruzeth inside. "Um... Ruzeth?" he asks, getting worried again. "Are.. are you okay? I-I see you have bits now!" When there's no response, the stallion slumps, his ears drooping. He paces in a circle a few times and lays down in front of the doorway with a low whine, listening to the sounds of running water.

04:22 Ruzeth takes an excessivly long shower before finally leaving the bathroom. He knoces the doo ragainst Lucent as he opesn it, before looing down at the stallion. He only gives him a small glance before heading back over to the bed.He then, curls up in it, taking up as much room as possible and leaving little room for the unicorn to get in beside him.

04:25 < Lucent> /me grunts as the door hits him, scrambling to his hooves as Ruzeth walks past him. Trotting over to his zebra-filled bed, he looks at the zebra, ears folded down. "P-please, did I.. did I do something wrong?" he asks timidly, making no move to climb into bed with the the zebra.

04:25 Lucent grunts as the door hits him, scrambling to his hooves as Ruzeth walks past him. Trotting over to his zebra-filled bed, he looks at the zebra, ears folded down. "P-please, did I.. did I do something wrong?" he asks timidly, making no move to climb into bed with the the zebra.

04:35 Ruzeth looks at Lucent with a scowl as he lays on the bed. He continues to give the unicorn the silent treatment a continuation from the the morning. It was quite obvious that the zebra was still very upset for some reason. He makes himself even bigger as Lucent gets close to the bed and then eventually quite scowling, instead looking away from him.

04:40 Lucent shrinks down more as the zebra scowls at him, laying down on the floor with a sigh. "I-I'm sorry, Ruzeth... I don't know what you want..." He stretches out, dejected.

04:47 Ruzeth scoots to the side of the bed, peering down at Lucent, lightening up finally, just enough to speak. "And what exactly are you sorry for?" He asks, in a voice clearly looking for a specific answer and not just a general appology.

04:55 Lucent looks up and his ears perk up as he hears the zebra speak to him. "Well, I uh," he stammers. "I'm sorry for... y'know... this morning," he says, blushing and staring at the floor.

04:58 Ruzeth continues to frown at Lucent, but at lesat his scowl fades awa finally. "Which part of this morning would that be exactly?" He asks, really hoping that Lucent would be sensitive enough to know what was bothering him.

05:03 Lucent tilts his head a little bit and glances up at Ruzeth, his face hot. "Y-you know... the umm, stuff. Sorry if it made everything... weird..."

05:15 Ruzeth croses his hooves angrilly and stares down at Lucent. "That? You think that is whats got me bothered? I couldn't care one lick about that. Sure it was a little bit awkward., but nothing to get uspet about. It happens afterall. You and I both have experienced it. No! What I'm mad about is the fact that you pushed me away and treated me like you didn't want me to be seen around you this morning!"

05:21 Lucent recoils at Ruzeth's outburst, his ears flattening to his head. "Y-you don't? But..." The stallion trails off, realizing he'd been so wrapped up in his own worries about what Ruzeth thought about his 'accident' that he'd missed what the zebra really cared about. "Umm," he says, trying to figure out the right words. "L-like I said, that's not why..." He looks up at the young zebra and tries to smile. "I don't care if ponies, er, see us together, and I'll always stick up for you..."

05:25 Ruzeth continues to glare down at Lucent as he begins to explain his side. "Then why, when I mentioned how other ponies were staring at me, looking quite displeased to be looking down here, you pull away from me as well. I thought maybe if they 'd realize I belong if I had you as a friend here, but then I suddenly find myself stumbling, almost landing in the dirt."

05:30 Lucent stays silent for a bit, trying to resolve some inner conflict. He sighs, figuring that if the zebra really didn't care, then he may as well tell him. "I'm, I'm sorry... when you teased me this morning, I got caught up in worrying whether you thought I was.. um, you know... into you, or not..." The blushing unicorn can't maintain eye contact anymore and stares at the ground. "S-so I didn't want to let you, uh, lean on me."

05:50 Ruzeth blinks at Lucent a couple of times trying to make sense of this new information before letting out a laugh. "Wait, you were worried that I'd care about something silly like that? I mean, sure I'd like to know if you liked me like that or something but it's not like that'll make me feel uncomfortable Around you if you do." The zebra has some inkling that the unicorn might of ended up having some sort of dream to that effect, but wasn't Actually going to press him.

05:57 Lucent looks perplexed as the zebra bursts out laughing. "Wait... it won't? Not that I like you or anything. Um, I mean I do like you, just not like that," the unicorn says, stumbling as he tries to explain himself. He gets to his hooves, still blushing, and tries to give Ruzeth a neck hug. "B-but anyway, I'll always be your friend, Ruzeth," he says, trying to change the subject back to earlier. Suddenly he pulls back and stares at the ground. "I-If you let me, that is."

06:11 Ruzeth continues to laugh a good natured laugh a good natured laugh as Lucent gets quite flustered, having forgiven the pony for his earlier slight after this revelation. The zebra leans into the hug and whispers into Lucents ear, "I'm sure the zebra you dreamed about with gold rings in there mane happened to be some other female zebra, not me." He smirks as he says that. Once Lucent pulls away and looks down, Ruzeth rolls off the bed and grabs him in a big embrace, "Of course I will. Just, try not to leave me hanging again."

06:15 Lucent 's eyes widen at the zebra's teasing and he sputters. "N-no! What are you talking a- eep!" The stocky unicorn lets out an unfitting squeak when Ruzeth rolls off the bed and hugs him, stumbling back before he catches his balance. Sighing happily, he slips a foreleg behind Ruzeth and gives him a squeeze. "I won't, I promise," the stallion says, hoping that the zebra will forget and stop teasing him.

12:32 Ruzeth giggles madly at Lucent's embarrassed reaction, giving the stallion a gentle nuzzle. "Relax Lucent, I'm only teasing you. I trust that if you actually dreamt about me you'd let me know." He tightens the hug at Lucent's hug. "Thanks."

12:37 < Ruzeth> Normally I'd be asleep for another 45 minutes

13:29 Lucent pause and then nods, seeming unsure of himself. "Oh, um, right... yeah.." he says, feeling his face redden as he looked away. The unicorn can't help but smile when the zebra squeezes him tighter, though, and he gives the zebra's mane a ruffle. Turning towards the light switch, the stallion jerks his head towards his bed. "Let me just get the lights and I'll be right back."

13:41 < Lucent> Oh, wrong nick. lol.

14:03 Ruzeth holds Lucent tight as he moves to grab the lights, trying to pull him into bed instead. "Cmon, use your magic to do it, please?"

14:17 Lucent stops and stands in place, more out of politeness than anything as he could very likely overpower the smaller pony. "But... the switch is right there. It's so... /unnecessary/," he says, pointing a hoof at the light switch.

14:24 Ruzeth shakes his head at Lucent's insistence. "No, what's unnecessary is walking all the way over there when you've got such an ability. The bed is just right here." to demonstrate his point, he taps the top of the bed with a hoof

15:10 Lucent balks and tries to protest. "But, but... I..." he says, then sighs. Taking a deep breath, he concentrates, and his horn sparks before a warm amber glow envelops it. Ruzeth can feel the unicorn involuntarily shudder as he works. A similar light flickers around the switch; Lucent grunts and it suddenly flips off, plunging the room into darkness. The stallion immediately drops his spell and whirls around, diving into his bed and squirming under the covers, hiding under the blankets as though to shield himself from the rest of the world.

15:36 Ruzeth squees in delight as the familiar amber glow surrounds the light switch, eager to watch Lucent work his magic. Ruzeth gives him a squeeze as the unicorn shakes, trying to comfort him. The zebra follows him into bed, but with much less haste. He slips under the covers and nuzzles Lucent gently. "See that wasn't so bad..."

15:47 Lucent curls up tightly and whines, huddling under the covers and facing away from Ruzeth. "M-maybe," he says, shivering again. "I... I really don't like... that." The unicorn calms down a little bit when Ruzeth nuzzles him, but he stills seems shaken.

16:05 < Lucent> hiya, Saphling.

16:17 Ruzeth sighs sadly and cuddles up against Lucent some more. "Oh Cmon, it's so cool and you can't avoid your talent forever. It's written plainly on your flank." The little zebra then pats Lucent where he thinks his cutie mark is.

16:26 Lucent whimpers and curls up more, making Ruzeth miss his flank and pat his plot instead. The unicorn starts and stiffens, tensing up with a sharp intake of breath. Trying to ignore that, he forces himself to speak. "How do you know.. what that is.." he asks.

16:43 Ruzeth blushes as his hoof misses his target, giving a nervous chuckle. "O-oops I was trying to get your cutie mark. Anyways, I know that because I saw you shield the first day. You saved my life, remember?" the young zebra buries his snout in the stallions mane, nuzzling up against the base of Lucent's horn.

16:58 Lucent blinks. "Oh. Right." He chuckles sheepishly, only to freeze up again when the zebra brushes against his horn. "P-please don't touch that," he says, pulling away slightly to break the contact.

17:04 < Lucent> ... made helpless from pleasure with just some rubbing is a bit much for me)

17:06 Ruzeth (teethes on Lucent 's horn in response.)

17:08 Ruzeth pulls away with a giggle and rests his head in the pillow. "Awww but horns are so cool and I still haven't gotten a good chance to feel one, other than the one you poked into me this morning."

17:11 Lucent turns red and buries his head underneath a pillow, hiding his face from the zebra. "Don't feel either of them!" he says, muffled by the pillow. "They're--it's... sensitive!"

17:16 Ruzeth laughs loudly and drapes a hoof over the unicorn's withers. "Well... I didn't try to feel that one, I know it's sensitive. Could you please let me touch your horn? I'll be gentle."

17:21 Lucent squirms a little at the zebra's teasing and his touch. After a bit he pulls his head out from under the pillow and pops it on top of it, rolling to face Ruzeth. His cheeks were still pink from embarrassment, especially after the zebra's continued teasing. "Well... okay," he says grudgingly. "But no funny stuff..."

17:26 Ruzeth cocks his head curiously. "What type of funny stuff could I even pull?" he asks reaching his other hoof up to rub at the bony length, tracing over the spiral with the edge of his hoof.

17:31 Lucent tenses up as Ruzeth reaches for his horn, as though expecting it to hurt. When the zebra slowly rubs at it, he relaxes, sighing happily. The trace over the curling spiral makes him shiver, but it's bearable. "I... dunno," he says slowly, part of him enjoying the touches while other parts were screaming it was wrong. "Nothing.. more, though.."

17:44 Ruzeth decides that he's not getting a great feel for the texture with just his hoof. He withdraws the leg and presses his furry snout against the bony instead, feeling it out with his more sensitive snout. His fur tickle across the unicorn's horn.

17:49 Lucent was deciding that maybe that was enough feeling when Ruzeth took his hoof away. He wasn't sure why Ruzeth was moving, totally unprepared for the feeling of the soft nose on his horn. The unicorn gasps, his horn sparking and making the zebra's snout tingle. After a stunned moment, the stallion gathers his bearings and violently shoves Ruzeth away from him. Between his legs, his sheath was starting to fill out from the sensations, and he fervently hoped that the young zebra wouldn't notice.

17:59 Lucent was deciding that maybe that was enough feeling when Ruzeth took his hoof away. He wasn't sure why Ruzeth was moving, so he was caught by surprise when the zebra pressed his soft nose to his horn. "W-what..." he manages to get out, the ticklish fur stimulating him a lot more than the light hoof rubbing. The part of him that was enjoying it starts to make itself known, his sheath starting to fill out. His horn starts to feel warm, the zebra's snout tingling slightly. "Nn.. s-stop..."

18:12 Ruzeth murrs happily as he traces over the horn with snout, ignoring his friend's protests. Ruzeth doesn't notice the member poking out as Lucent was curled up on himself. The warm tingling on his snout was intriguing and for some reason the zebra was curious about how the horn tasted. He snakes his tongue out of his lips and gives it a long, probing lick.

18:19 Lucent gasps, his eyes opening wide. The unicorn's horn sparks, making the zebra's tongue tingle strongly. After a stunned moment, the stallion gathers his bearings. "Ruzeth!" he yells, and violently shoves the zebra away from him. Between his legs, his shaft was poking out of his sheath from the sensations, and he fervently hoped that the young zebra wouldn't notice.

18:32 Ruzeth is stunned as soon as Lucent's horn begins to spark and tingle his tongue, just stopping mid lick, tongue resting against the bone. Lucent recovers before the zebra does and and finds himself shoved hard. Had enough, in fact, that the zebra tumbles off the side of the bed, landing in a heap and dragging the sheets and blankets with him. He recovers after the impact, blushing in the dark. "s-s-sorry, I don't know what came over me there," he admits, nervousness in his voice.

18:56 Lucent lays there, shocked. He barely reacts as Ruzeth drags all the covers off the bed with him. Finally, he rolls onto his front and crawls over to the edge of the bed, peering down at Ruzeth in the near-darkness. Having his shaft sandwiched between the bed and his belly doesn't help it go away, some faint pleasure still radiating from his wet horn. After trying to figure out what to say, he shakes his head. "...Are you okay?" he asks.

20:09 Ruzeth squirms to pull himself freedom the mess of covers he was wrapped tight in. "I'm fine... I think. Can you get us the lights please?" He asks, finally poking his head out of the mess, though the rest of his body was still quit cacooned.

20:24 Lucent nods. "That's good." He shrinks down when the zebra asks for the lights, neither wanting to get out of bed with a partial erection flopping between his legs, nor to use his magic again. "Um... why?"

20:48 Ruzeth continuest to slowly work himself out fo the tangle, the darkness making the endeavor much more difficult that it had to be. "Because I'm stuck and it'll be much easier for me to get out with lights. Anyways we'll need to remake the bed as well."

21:21 Lucent waffles between getting up and turning on the lights, and having the zebra very likely notice his shaft, and using his magic to turn them on from the bed. Finally, he concentrates and lights his horn, flicking the switch on . The shy unicorn presses himself into the bed as hard as possible, trying to hide without any covers to hide under. "We, we don't need to remake the bed," he says quickly. "Just uh, toss the blankets back, and we'll... get something working. We can remake it in the morning."

00:19 Ruzeth looks a combination of relieved and embarassed as the lights flick on, using the newfound brightness to managed to work himself free from the mess of the blanket on the ground. The zebra gets to his feet, not yet having the opportunity to see Lucent because of how he was pressed, and noses at him. "Cmon, you gotta scoot over now so that I can get back up."

00:20 Lucent nods, grabbing one of the blankets and shuffling back to the other side of the bed. His face briefly makes an odd expression as he drags his shaft against the sheets. The unicorn starts trying to untangle the blanket, still refusing to stand up.

00:28 Ruzeth gives Lucent an add look as he goes about moving across the bed the hard way instead of just rolling. As he feels the tug of the blanket beneath his feet, he gets up and grabs the other corner to rest it on his side, leaving the sheet on the ground. Once hes satisfied he notices the sheet still there and picks it up, diving under the covers of the bed and leaning over Lucents back and bushy tail to drop the far corner in its propper place.

00:33 Lucent freezes up as the zebra dives under the covers and leans over his rump. The air under the blanket is musky and scented like Lucent, with a hint of the sweet smell of pre. The unicorn holds his back half still as he uses his forelegs to tuck in the front side of the sheet.

00:43 Ruzeth wrinkles his nose at the scent, thinking it smelled quite strong fo Lucent htere, but he couldn't quite place it.He turns around and makes his way over to the other sheet. As he does so, Ruzeths tail drapes all the way over Lucents butt, touching down ont the other side. His steady movement towards the bed drags the metal rings slowly over his fur as he tucks in the other lower corner.

00:47 Lucent mrfs and squirms at the feeling of the cold metal rings being dragged through his fur. Rather than try to make conversation with Ruzeth while he was under the covers, the stallion just shuffles forward a little to get the tail off of his rump. In the process he lifts his belly off the bed, exposing his shaft again and making the scents much stronger.

00:55 Ruzeth bites his lip as the musky smell floods the tight space, not quite sure why it was sudenly much stronger than before. Hes kind of begining to wonder if the stallion had actually showered this evening or if he was dirty from his job still. Quickly he makes his way out from under there and gets comfortable. Nudging the unicorn again he says, "Alright, go ahead and turn out the lights, I wont even bug you if you decide to do it manually this time

01:02 Lucent shakes his head, lighting up his horn for the third time that evening and switching off the lights. The stallion shivers and rolls his back into Ruzeth, curling up next to the zebra like before. His shaft springs free and bobs in front of his chest, but with it under the covers and with his body between it and Ruzeth, the unicorn thinks he probably won't be found out.

01:11 Ruzeth nuzzles Lucent betweent he ears, pressing down on his mane. The zebra is careful not to lean in too far to brush up agains thtat strange horn. "Huh, thats like the third time you've used your magic this evening," Ruzeth notes, "I'm proud of you."He cuddles up against the unicorn, blissfully unaware about what's happening on the other side.

01:14 Lucent nods minutely, relaxing somewhat as his friend nuzzles him between the ears. "T-thanks," he says, trying and failing to get his shaft to retreat back into its home. The stallion's hair smells clean, like shampoo, so it's pretty clear that he did shower after he got home from work today.

01:21 Ruzeth closes his eyes as he curls up against his friend. In his mind, nothing was amiss. "So, when you say that your horn is sensitive, is it like easy to hurt? Or does touching it feel like somepony touching other bits to you?" THe zebra asks probingly, just kind of curious.

01:23 Lucent feels his face get hot as he blushes. "Um... t-the second one," he says, feeling his "other bits" twitch as he says that.

01:28 Ruzeth blushes back, pulling away from Lucents head as he's described the sensations. "Oh...umm...Sorry about that..Wait, that means that I basically licked your *Squeak*" Ruzeth now is the one to pull away from Lucent.

01:32 Lucent twists so he can turn his head towards Ruzeth, his face a deep red in the dark room. "Uh, well... not /quite/..." he says, trying to comfort the zebra. "It's.. um... different?" The unicorn's voice is a little squeaky as he tries to overcome his resistance to talking about the subject.

01:43 Ruzeth gives s sigh of relief, "I guess it would be awkeard if thew were that close to the same huh, since it does kind of stand erect all the time..." Ruzeth then just lets the subject drop, not really wanting to dwell on it himself.

01:46 Saphling (waits for Lucent to roll over and accidentally smack Ruzeth with his other bits)

01:48 Lucent nods quickly. "Y-yeah. But, um," he says, "please don't.... touch it... again." The unicorn misses the zebra's cuddles and scoots closer to him, pressing his back against him again. After the zebra scooted back, this means that the yellow stallion is now taking up most of the bed and is in danger of forcing Ruzeth off of it unless he climbed over him.

01:57 Ruzeth feels his tail haning off of the bed as Lucent scoots a little closer and sighs. "No, I wont, not unless you want me too." He decides he needs more room and says, "Coming over," Not giving Lucent any time to reacth before the zebra got up and stepped over, cuddling against Lucent, only to notice something very hard sticking into his back, causing him to meep and scooch away.

02:02 Lucent is so busy trying to figure out how to respond to the "unless you want me to" that all he can manage is a "W-wait!" before the zebra clambers over him, dropping and pressing his back into his hard shaft. The stallion also meeps and grabs a pillow to hide his bright red face, his shaft involuntarily twitching from the attention.

02:12 Ruzeth grabs the pillow he was laying on and shoves it between himself and Lucent. "Umm uhh I think I can magage without a pillow this evening..." He says, uneased by the stallions flagpole. "I did that with your horn right?" He asks, trying to determine if it was just physical stimulation or if maybe he needed to not sleep in the bed anymore.

02:16 Lucent nods, moving the pillow he's holding to his face up and down with him. "Yes," he says in a muffled, ashamed voice. "I-I'm sorry... I-I thought maybe... it would go away..."

02:21 Ruzeth lets out a long sigh and tries to get comfortable on the bed. "Oh, well um sorry about that...I didn't mean anything by it. Lets...lets just go to sleep and hopefully everything will be resolved by the morning.

02:30 Lucent sighs, feeling like he's driven the zebra away. "I'm r-really sorry..." The stallion finally feels composed enough to use the pillow as a pillow again, and tentatively reaches out his forelegs to give Ruzeth a hug.

02:32 Ruzeth leans into the hug slightly. "Oh, dont worry about it...it was my fault anyways. He keeps his lower half pulled away from Lucent, trying not to push against the pillow that was seperating his lower half from the unicorns.

02:33 Lucent sighs again, seeming unconvinced. "M-maybe I'll just sleep on the floor," he suggests. "Then you won't have to.... put up, with me."

02:35 Ruzeth turns and draws Lucent into a hug with his forehooves. "What? No! don't do that. Its fine. You're fine. Its not like its your fault anyways...I kinda licked your..."

02:38 Lucent meeps at the sudden hug, but leans into it and nuzzles the zebra's neck. "T-thanks," he says, sniffling. The stallion gives Ruzeth a tight squeeze. "It, it's okay... you didn't know...

02:40 Saphling (wonders when they're gonna realize they're pressing Lucent's other bits even firmer)

02:43 Ruzeth breakes the hug and tries to get comfortable sleeping without a pillow. He graons slightly but tries not to inform Lucent of his plight. "Ya well...lets just umm go to sleep now I think...Its been a long day and well, I'd say sweet dreams but...you know."

02:49 Lucent cocks an ear at the zebra's groan and thinks for a bit. The unicorn lifts his head, pushes his pillow out, then lifts Ruzeth off the bed a few inches and nudges his pillow underneath him with his nose. "H-here. You take mine." He curls to rest his head in the crook of the zebra's neck, now having no pillow himself.

02:54 Ruzeth blushes slightly as the soft pillow edges its way under his head, glad that his friend was willing to share. "Oh, thank Lucent." He says happily, closing his eyes to fall asleep. He meeps slightly and shifts areound to get comfortable as Lucent suddenly rests his head against his neck, the horn pressing gently up against his cheek.

02:58 Lucent sighs happily now. "Mmmm, no problem," he says, his eyes already having been closed. "See you in the morning...."

03:04 Ruzeth takes a couple deep breaths before falling into a steady rythmic breathing as the zebra sleep silently.

03:05 Lucent drifts off to sleep, sleepily feeling his shaft start to soften. He smiles at that.

02:33 Lucent snores soundly as the morning light peeks into the room, taking full advantage of not having to get up early by sleeping in. The pillow from last night remains leaned up against his crotch, obscuring whatever was there from view.

02:37 Ruzeth lies there, sleeping lightly as the sun streams out into the room. He was pressed tight against Lucent and the pillow, his sleep movements causing it to rub up against his friend.

02:40 Lucent nuzzles into Ruzeth's neck in his sleep, the unicorn's horn rubbing against the zebra's cheek. He gives the zebra a soft squeeze, the smell of his friend working its way into his head and combining with the movement against his sheath to give him another... pleasant dream.

02:46 Ruzeth shakes himself awake as he finally rouses, noticing Lucent's horn pressed against his cheek. Noticing his friend was still asleep the zebra decides to have a little fun. Pulling away he slips the pillow underneath Lucent's head before suddenly licking over the horn, trying to get that tingling sensation from the night before.

02:50 Lucent doesn't stir as Ruzeth slips the pillow under head head, but his breathing quickens when the zebra licks over his horn. The spiraling bone is fairly cool, but it feels warm against the zebra's tongue, a hint of that tingling sensation detectable. Underneath the other pillow, the stallion's shaft surges to its full length, pressed tight between his belly and the squished pillow.

02:52 Ruzeth drags his tongue over the magical instrument, tracing over each spiral with his tongue. The zebra really enjoys the sensations that flow from the horn into his mouth. Ever so gently he even begins to teeth on it.

02:57 Lucent lets out a small moan as as the zebra's warm tongue licks over each spiral of his horn. The warm feeling intensifies to a nice tingling as Ruzeth continues to pleasure the unicorn, his other horn throbbing and fully erect. When the zebra uses his teeth, too, Lucent's horn sparks like before, making Ruzeth's whole mouth tingle. The sleeping stallion bucks his hips, thrusting against the pillow and against the zebra on the other side, his rock-hard shaft obvious now if it wasn't before. His breathing is fast, the unicorn close to his climax from the dream he was having and the external stimulation.

02:58 < Ruzeth> (it's into a pillow :P)

03:02 Ruzeth gives a giggle as the stallion begins going at it, the zebra kind of wondering what his friend was dreaming of. Ruzeth pushes against the pillow to remain on the bed. The strange sparking as the zebra murring in delight, making him want more. He takes the horn even deeper into his muzzle, teeth clicking over every Ridge.

03:08 Lucent thrusts into the pillow again, and again, Ruzeth able to feel the stallion's shaft poking at him through the barrier. When he takes the whole horn into his muzzle, it sparks each time his teeth clack over a ridge, ending with one large spark at the end, leaving his mouth almost numb. The unicorn moans loudly and squeezes Ruzeth against him tightly. He thrusts into the zebra's belly one last time, twitching as he unloads his sticky seed onto the pillow.

03:12 Ruzeth 's eyes shoot open after that final spark, now fully awake. The young stallion meeps loudly as he's thrust against, very much feeling Lucent's shaft through the pillow. He blushes quite a bit and sheepishly pulls off the horn, though saliva drips off it onto the pillow as he realizes what he made his friend do and tries to wiggle out of his grasp.

03:14 Lucent finishes and goes limp, still asleep but only lightly now. He squeezes his forelegs, preventing the zebra from wiggling away. The pungent scent of cum wafts through the air, leaving no doubts about what Ruzeth just made Lucent do.

18:23 Ruzeth reaches a leg out to attempt to wipe up as much of the spit from the unicorn's horn, soaking it up with his fur to hide the evidence. The zebra has a mixed look on his face as a very distinct odor reaches his nostrils.

18:44 Lucent stirs as the zebra brushes against his horn again, blinking his eyes blearily. He stares at Ruzeth with a confused look, trying to figure out why there was a pillow under his head, the zebra was over there, and his belly and horn felt wet.

18:51 Ruzeth forces an innocent smile as the looks back into Lucent's eyes, desperately hoping the unicorn wouldn't work out what had happened. "Good morning Lucent," he says cheerily, "off to the forest today right?)

18:58 Lucent stares back at Ruzeth, still confused. Finally something clicks and his eyes go wide, the unicorn stiffening and letting out a tiny squeak. Holding the pillow to his belly with one of his legs, he rolls out of bed and hobbles as fast as he can towards the bathroom, not saying a word.

19:08 Ruzeth shrinks down as it seems like Lucent realized what had happened and blushes a bright red, folding his ears back. The zebra lays in bed as Lucent extracts himself, not saying a word to let the stallion keep some modicum of dignity. After the door clicks, he gets out of bed and begins to prepare.

19:35 Lucent shuts the door after him and drops the cum-soaked pillow on the floor, shaking his head. The only thing he'd noticed so far was that he'd made a mess, and he hadn't noticed Ruzeth's reaction at all. The stallion steps into the shower and turns on the water. While he waits for the water to warm up, he idly pokes at his cold horn, noticing it felt a little slimy. He starts to piece together what might have happened, but almost can't believe it.

19:39 Ruzeth packs up a lunch for the pair of them and throws a couple other items into his saddle bags as he waits for his friend to finish.

19:40 Lucent finishes showering and dries himself off, freshly cleaned. He opens the bathroom door a crack and pokes his head out, then lets it open the rest of the way and steps outside. The unicorn glances at Ruzeth and immediately looks down at the floor. "Hey, um... Ruzeth," he starts, scuffing a hoof against the ground. "Did you..."

19:46 Ruzeth looks over from his work as he hears the bathroom door creep open, but can't bring himself to meet his friend's gaze. "Did I...What?" He asks, though the embarrassment showed through in his voice, giving him away.

19:50 Lucent looks up when he hears the embarrassment in the zebra's voice, confirming his suspicions. He opens his mouth to say something, and after a bit ends up simply asking "...Why?"

19:55 Ruzeth blushes even redder at the question, squirming where he sat. He looks even further away and towards the ground. "Well Umm..." He starts, tail dancing along the ground, "I kinda liked the feeling it gave and... It seemed like you... Enjoyed it." He admits in a low whisper.

19:59 Lucent blushes too as he watches the young zebra squirm on the floor. He blinks at Ruzeth's response, a little taken aback. "Well, uh," he says, "I don't, I don't /want/ that, okay?"

20:04 Ruzeth nods a couple of times, staring at the ground, feeling a little ashamed. After a couple long moments he finally says. "Sorry... I won't do it again..."

20:08 Lucent nods and grunts an acknowledgment, happy to change the subject. He walks over and inspects the zebra's saddlebags, having forgotten about the planned trip to the forest. "What're these for?"

20:50 Ruzeth grins up at the stallion, glad that the subject had been dropped. "Oh Cmon Lucent," the zebra chides, don't tell me you forgot that we were going into the forest today so that I can find that last herb I need. Anyways, it'll be fun. "

21:12 Lucent blanches and his ears fold down. "The forest? Oh no. No way!" Now that the trip was much more immediate, the unicorn was getting cold hooves. "There's no way I'm going in there."

21:12 < Lucent> [SMASH CUT TO OUTSKIRTS OF FOREST]

21:12 Lucent stares into the shady depths of the forest and gulps. "I don't know how you talked me into this."

21:18 Ruzeth pats Lucent a single time on his flank with his hoof. "Oh Cmon, it'll be fun. I'm sure there are all sorts of cool things in here." He remarks excitedly. Ruzeth then wraps a leg around Lucent's withers and leads him past the treeline, keeping keeping his ears perked.

21:25 Lucent lets himself be dragged into the forest, an amusing sight since the unicorn was a fair bit taller than Ruzeth. "Okay, but once we find that herb, we should leave..." He looks around skittishly, trying to stay alert.

21:31 Ruzeth catches Lucent's nervous glances and smirks to himself, intending to have some fun later. The young zebra is exceptionally light on his feet as he moves through the forest, making nary a sound, as if he belonged there. "Oh don't worry about it s much. As long as it's not getting dark, there's no need to rush."

21:35 Lucent follows Ruzeth into the forest, the stocky pony making much more noise than the zebra. While he was no stranger to the outdoors, he didn't have much practice trying to be quiet. "But there could be anything in here... bears, other creatures..."

22:33 Ruzeth shrugs slightly and grins over at his friend. "Bears really aren't that big of a problem. What you've really gotta look for are the cats." Just then the zebra shoots a hoof out to stop Lucent. "Did you hear that?" he whispers before making a snarling sound as soon a Lucent turns away.

22:38 Lucent bumps into Ruzeth's hoof and looks at him, eyes wide. "C-cats?" He swivels his ears and slowly scans the surrounding forest to see if he could see anything, jumping in shock when the zebra snarls. The shaking unicorn stands in a wide stance and looks around wildly, trying to find the source of the noise.

22:45 Ruzeth bites his lip, trying to hold his laughter in as long as possible before he finally breaks into convulsions, collapsing onto the ground in laughter. "You should see your face..." He barely manages out.

22:49 Lucent blinks in confusion before he realizes what the zebra did. "Wha... Ruzeth! I nearly jumped out of my skin!" The stallion returns to a more normal stance and stomps at the ground in irritation. "That wasn't funny." He nudges the laughing zebra with a hoof. "Come on, you have to find those herbs," he says, looking around a bit nervously in case anything was attracted by the noise.

23:26 Ruzeth giggles even harder as Lucent reacts to figuring out what happened and doest manage to actually stifle it till a little bit after he's nudged. The zebra gets up off the ground, still letting out a chuckle or two. "Oh, quit being such a worry wort. Its all fine, but I suppose you're right, we should find them. I wish Tihan had told me exactly where they might be." The stallion puts a hoof to his snout to think before heading off in a seemingly random direction, leading them deeper into the forrest.

23:27 < Ruzeth> snout to think before heading off in a seemingly random direction, leading them deeper into the forrest.

23:42 Lucent grumbles as he follows Ruzeth deeper, still looking around worriedly. The forest is a nice change from the smell of the docks, he has to admit. "Well, what do they look like?" he asks, trying to make some conversation. After the morning's... incident, they'd been tending towards drifting into long stretches of silence.

01:57 Ruzeth shrugs at Lucent and looks around. "Well, I mean they're spirit flowers, pretty distinct little things. THey tend to grow in dark places around moist wooded areas. You can detect them because their flowers glow bright green." The zebra leads them to a place where the light is almost completly blocked by the dense foilage. In the distance he spots what appears to be the flowers. "Oh, one thing I forgot to mention, creatures of magic tend to feed on these. So...we should keep alert."

01:57 < Ruzeth> creatures of magic tend to feed on these. So...we should keep alert."

02:26 Lucent looks at the dark, dense thicket and slows down. "C-creatures of magic?" he asks. "It's awfully... dark, in there." The unicorn looks around warily, still jumpy.

02:33 Ruzeth nods at Lucent and gives him a nuzzle. "Ya, its quite dark...actually I think It might be best you if you would light us up, just so that we can see what's coming just a bit better."

02:35 Lucent tilts his head at Ruzeth, confused. "What?"

02:36 Ruzeth raises an eyebrow back at his companion. "You know, your light, like all unicorns can make? Just so that we can get a better look around."

02:38 Lucent blinks, having forgotten about that spell. "Oh! Um." He digs a hoof at the ground. "I haven't done that in... a long time." The unicorn's ears flatten a bit.

02:44 Ruzeth shrugs at him and takes a couple steps towards the plants. "Well...then I guess we could just go in the dark, with no light, so that anything could jump out and suprise us."

02:45 Lucent looks back into the darkness and sighs. As much as he didn't want to do the spell, he liked the idea of traipsing around in the dark even less. Though... "W-wait," the stallion says, "but wouldn't um, m-magical light attract more... stuff?"

02:47 Ruzeth stares deep into the darkness, hoping that his eyes will adjust to teh extremely dim light. "I mean...its possible that it would, though its possible that our scent will do the same. And then we wont have any warning. We might be ale to hear them I suppose."

02:51 Lucent stews over the options for a bit before sighing. "Okay," he says softly. "I'll try it." His face contorts with concentration as he tries to remember the spell, the top of his horn glimmering, then sparking, before finally it's wreathed in a warm amber glow. The unicorn stares cross-eyed up at his horn, as though surprised that it worked.

02:59 Ruzeth gets a little giddy giggle of glee as the light illuminates the clearing. Throwing his hooves around Lucent, he then actually notices the clearing letting out a squee of delgiht. "Oooh, there's alot more than spirit flowers here. I see whitening grass as well as number of other herbs that it'd be nice to collect." He picks a blade of whitening grass up in his hooves. "Hey Lucent, wanna see a zebra change his stripes?"

03:02 Lucent squeaks in surprise when the zebra hugs him, the light from his horn flickering wildly until he manages to get it stable again. "Whitening grass?" he says, sounding curious. "Wait... does that really...?"

03:09 Ruzeth nods at lucent and smiles, crushing up the blade in a hoof and smearing the paste ontho his fur. He works it into a couple of the stripes before then spitting on his hoof and wiping off what he can. Where the paste has been removed Lucent can see that the stripes lilghtened up quite a bit, even actually fading all the way to white in some sections. "I really shouldn't leave than on there...Its not great for the fur.."

03:14 Lucent nods, impressed. "Wow, that's cool," he says, walking over and leaning down to peer at the zebra's whitened fur. The warm glow around them lets him forget the dangerous forest they're in, at least for a bit. "So all these plants... herbs, have a use?"

03:20 Ruzeth wipes his hoof on the ground and then puts it up to stop Lucent from getting too close. "Watch out...I couldnt' get it all off without water and I'd hate for your nose to accidentally turn white." He says with a giggle. He then gestures at the clearing. "Well, not all of them, but thats a hell of alot of plants that do actually have some use."

03:23 Lucent looks around at all of the plants. "Wow. And you know what they are? That's... that's really impressive, Ruzeth." He smiles at the zebra, then shifts uncomfortably. "You should pick a bunch, because I'm not too keen on coming back... though so far, it's been all right."

03:29 Ruzeth sighs a bit sadly as Lucent says he doesn't want to come back at all. "Aww, but like, nothing at all has happened. What's wrong? Well... anyways I guess you better helm me get these all picked..."

03:31 Lucent fiddles with his hooves. "Well... I guess it's not /that/ bad... definitely a nice change of scenery from the docks." He nods to the zebra. "Sure. Which ones do you need? And, uh.... how do you pick them?"

03:35 Ruzeth leads Lucent around the clearing, showing him how to pick various herbs and explaining what they were good for as they go along. Everything seems to be going pretty well. Ruzeth then turns towards the final patch to pick. "Ahh, now to get us a couple of spirit flowers and we should be all set."

03:40 Lucent nods. While the two were working, the forest had gotten unusually quiet; the birds had stopped chirping, and insects had stopped buzzing. The unicorn had just bent down to pick some spirit flowers when there's a crash, and a loud growl rumbles through the clearing. He freezes up and the light from his horn flickers out, plunging the two of them into darkness with only the dim light from the spirit flowers left.

03:45 Ruzeth hardly notices the forest get quiet as they work, but the loud crash does cause him to jump and grab ahold of Lucent. While in the darkness he whispers to his friend. "Ok, grab a couple hoofuls, throw them into the bag and lets go, before whatever that is finds us." As he speaks he can hear the thudding of heavy hoofsteps heading their direction. Ruzeth quickly grabs some flowers.

04:11 Lucent leans his head to rub it against Ruzeth, both to reassure the young zebra and to work up his own courage. He grabs some of glowing flowers and tosses them into the zebra's saddlebags, then turns to run, pulling Ruzeth after him. In the darkness, though, he trips on a root almost immediately, tumbling to the ground. The crashes grow nearer, whatever it is moving closer to them.

04:21 Ruzeth chases after as he's dragged along, all the herbs in tow in his saddle bags. He feels lucents weight suddenlys shift onto him, causing the zebra to stumble and fall to the dirt as well. As he moves to get up a dimly yellow orange glowing creature that looked to be a hybrid between a bird and a dragon stepped into the clearing. What looked to be stars dotted its body and the Zebra gasps in recognision. "Thats an astris...Lucent get up, we need to go Now," Ruzeth whisper yells frantically.

04:21 < Ruzeth> Thats an astris...Lucent get up, we need to go Now," Ruzeth whisper yells frantically.

04:29 Lucent gasps to catch his breath from the fall, confused as to why the clearing is dimly lit now until he looks back to see the starry dragon. Mouth agape, he takes in the awesome sight, noting the eight-pointed star on its forehead and how you could almost look through it to a starry night sky. Shaking his head, he breaks out of his trance and starts to run again, slower this time as he picks his way through the clearing. Whimpering, the unicorn tries to charge up his light spell so he can see better, his horn sparking but not lighting up.

04:36 Ruzeth pulls on Lucent as he lays there until the stallion finally gets back up to his feet. The zebra helps to work his way through the clearing towards the streaks of daylight that can be seen just beyond a couple of trees. "Lucent this way," He shouts, though at that moment the beast lets out a screech and focuses its eye on them. As they reach the edge of daylight Ruzeth stops himself and Lucent as he spots a very distinct feild of blue flowers. "Oh no...those...thats poinson joke...umm...I think we need to go a differnt way."

04:36 < Ruzeth> blue flowers. "Oh no...those...thats poinson joke...umm...I think we need to go a differnt way."

04:40 Lucent runs after Ruzeth, skidding to a halt as the zebra stops just at the edge. "What? Why?" he asks frantically, wincing and shaking as another loud roar comes from behind him. "If we can't go that way let's go!" Trusting the zebra's warning, he turns and tries to make his way out a different direction, finally getting his horn lit up to make it easier. Though this only draws more of the draco's attention to them as they run partially back towards it.

04:45 Ruzeth looks around frantically for another way to escape. The side they'd come in on was on the opposite side of the dragon. A look of extreme fear showed across Ruzeth's face and he let out a whimper. "We need to somehow get past it..." The zebra observes with much worry. He comes to a stop and glances aroudn the space, trying to notice another way, though without much luck. The draco however, seems to have taken much itnterest in them and begins to lumber towards teh pair, beak hanging open with a hungry look in its eye.

04:45 < Ruzeth> seems to have taken much itnterest in them and begins to lumber towards teh pair, beak hanging open with a hungry look in its eye.

04:51 Lucent stops at Ruzeth's side, legs shaking in fear. "It-it's coming towards us," he whimpers, his horn flickering. "R-Ruzeth, what do we do...?" The fearful look on the zebra's face only makes Lucent more scared, and he presses himself against the younger pony for comfort.

04:54 Ruzeth presses himself back up against Lucent, shivering in turn and he lets out a few whimpers as the beast gets closer. "We're...we're just going to have to chance it...We...we gotta go through the blue flower...It'll be safer than trying to get past..." The zebra says, though he's too scared to actually move, entranced by the creature running towards them.

04:57 Lucent nods, willing to do whatever the zebra said. As the dragon lumbers towards them, he manages to wrench himself away and drags the zebra in a run back towards the poison joke. It doesn't look good, though, and the astral creature is gaining on them as they make up for their earlier backtracking.

05:02 Ruzeth snaps out of it as Lucent drags him away, breaking into a full gallop. They race through the clearing, but the creature picks up the pace, each stride covering much more ground than the ponies could make up. And then, just when it seemed like they would be free, only a couple paces away, the creature comes in range. It strikes out with its razor sharp beak to grab the pair of them.

05:07 Lucent has never been told not to look behind him when running away from something, and keeps glancing over his shoulder to see the dragon gaining on them. Just before they make it out, it catches up, roars, and strikes at them. Glancing back at the roar, Lucent's eyes widen. Fueled by desperation, he funnels his energy into his horn and materializes a glowing amber shield around them, just before the beak strikes. The force field flashes brightly as the dragon's sharp beak skitters off the surface, the unicorn wincing as the force pushes him back a few feet.

05:19 Ruzeth has no time to react as the sheild flickers to life infront of him. They're a bright flash, followed by a yelp as the zebra hits the magical wall full gallop. He's still slumped on the ground, realling from the impact when the sheild and the ponies within get tossed a few feet as the creature lashes out. Ruzeth holds Lucent tightly, quivering in fear as teh dragon bird lashes out again, this time grabbing the whole sphere and lifting it skywards. Below them, the pair could see a red fleshy tunnel.

05:19 < Ruzeth> lifting it skywards. Below them, the pair could see a red fleshy tunnel.

05:23 Lucent grits his teeth and prepares to make a break for it, but the dragon is too fast, lashing out again and grabbing them in its beak. As they're lifted off the ground, the parts of the shield that were blocked before shimmer into existence, leaving them surrounded in a sphere of force. Lucent and Ruzeth slowly drift down to the bottom, the unicorn's horn glowing brightly as he does the only thing he can think of and maintains the shield. The magical projection glows brightly where the astral beast is holding it. The stallion holds Ruzeth tightly in return, staring down into the depths of the beast and shaking in fear.

05:28 Ruzeth feels the sphere shift as the releases its grip and darts its head upwards, drawing the magical sheild and the ponies drapped within into the beasts throat. The muscles grip tight around it as they pulsate, drawing the pair down to the beasts stomach. The zebra begins to cry into the shoulder of the stallion. "I'm so sorry...I should of never dragged us out here...this is all my fault." he wails, dampening Lucent's fur.

05:35 Lucent stares in shock at the rippling red walls around them, the warm yellow light from the force field illuminating beast's throat as they pass through it, peristalsis rhythmically forcing them deeper. The bulge they made was clearly visible from outside as they traveled down the dragon's long neck and disappeared into its chest. The stallion automatically pats Ruzeth's back and hugs him, trying to comfort the younger zebra. Finally a muscular ring is visible beneath them, and they're squeezed into the stomach, splashing down in the slightly larger space. Rippled pink walls surround them, reminding them exactly where they are. Lucent hugs the zebra as tight as he can, tears forming in his own eyes and falling onto Ruzeth's shoulder. "No," he pants, "I'm sorry..." The unicorn grimaces as his horn sparks, his head beginning to hurt from maintaining his spell so long. "Not much longer... now..."

05:46 Ruzeth nuzzles against Lucent, holding him tight as he shakes. "But it was me who screwed up...not you Lucent. I got us into this mess." Their world goes pitch black as the sheild fades away finally. The putrid acidic scents of the stomach rushed in to displace the fresh air they'd brought with them and the dampness quite quikcly worked its way into their coat as the rippling walls coat them with hot slime. Ruzeth gags at the smell and feels himself vomiting into the stomach.

05:46 < Ruzeth> Ruzeth gags at the smell and feels himself vomiting into the stomach.

05:51 Lucent grunts as his horn flickers and then goes out, letting the walls close in around them. Hearing the zebra vomit is enough to make him lose his breakfast as well, coughing at the putrid air. "Sorry... I wasn't... stronger," he says weakly, hugging Ruzeth close in what he thinks will be their last moments.

05:56 Ruzeth instinctivly reaches for his saddlebag, searching for some of the herbs he'd gathered to cure their nausea. Working by feel, he pulls out something for stomach problems and takes a bit, hoofing some into Lucents mouth as well. "No...you were plenty strong. We'd have been torn apart already if not for you..." The zebra strokes at his partners mane, though the gears were now whirling in his head after he remembered that he had all those ingredients.

05:56 < Ruzeth> after he remembered that he had all those ingredients.

06:01 Lucent mrfs as he feels herbs shoved into his mouth, swallowing them and feeling his stomach settle, to his relief. "Y-yeah, but... this is almost worse," he says, sighing. "At least we get to spend our last moments together..."

06:10 Ruzeth brightens up suddenly as he recalls something he read in one of those books Inky loaned him. "Can we maybe get some light in our final moments at least? I want to be able to look into my friends eyes." The zebra says calmly, pulling Lucent into a tight hug and nuzzling against him.

06:14 Lucent sniffles, the acrid air burning his nostrils, and nods, willing to try. "O-Okay." The unicorn concentrates, his horn sparking once in a false start before he manages to get it to glow, wincing as his head starts to ache. In the warm light, he stares at Ruzeth, mane slicked down by slime, and tries to put on a smile.

06:22 Ruzeth breaks off the hug and takes a seat on the soft flesh as he digs through his bags. He pulls out a mortar and pestle and begins to mix a couple things together. "I'm just making something that will make this a little bit easier on us..." He says, not wanting to get his friends hopes up in case he has to dash them later. For water the young zebra uses some of the juices around them, working silently.

06:24 Lucent leans closer to provide better light and be closer to his friend. "Easier? ...how?" he asks, worried (or maybe not so worried, he reflects) that Ruzeth is mixing up some sort of lethal poison.

06:30 Ruzeth shakes his head at Lucents question, taking just a minute more to mix up the brew. "Lucent, I'm glad I met you...You're a good friend..." He says as he works on the potion.

06:32 Lucent whines softly, his horn starting to dim as he gets low on magic again. "M-me too, Ruzeth," he says, tears dripping down his muzzle.

06:35 Ruzeth lifts up the finished potion to his friend's muzzle as he goes to speak. "Drink this, and hopefully everything will be alright," he says, praying to the spirits taht the potion will work, and that Lucent will be able to keep them safe.

06:43 Lucent stares at the potion, and then at Ruzeth in the fading light, and shrugs, figuring that even if it is something bad... well, they're already doomed. He gulps it down, grimacing at the vile taste of stomach slime, but the herb he'd eaten earlier lets him keep it down. Finally his horn winks out again, plunging them into darkness. When nothing seems to happen, the stallion sighs and softly hugs his friend for what he thinks is the last time. "R-Ruzeth," he gasps, feeling the air growing thin, "I-I... I think I l--" The unicorn stops, suddenly feeling his energy surge and his headache vanish. He feels stronger now than ever before, and he hugs Ruzeth tightly, knowing he had to keep him close for what he was about to do. He focuses, and his horn is limned in amber light, and then limned again, a second, larger glow overlaying on top of the first. The shimmering glows light up the stomach enough for the two ponies to see each other, Lucent having a wild grin on his face as he works his magic. A nearly skintight shield snaps into being around the pair, covering both of them and their saddlebags. It cuts so close that some of the excess slime is even forced off. Fresh air greets their nostrils, Lucent's magic refreshing the air inside his spell.

06:51 Ruzeth lets out a cry of relief and hugs Lucent even tighter as the spell begins to envelop the group. "It worked! It worked. I just hope it lasts long enough for us to be safe..." The zebra nuzzles into his friend happily, feeling like they might make it out after all. The zebra tests lightly at the sheild, fiding it giveing way whenever he moved, though he had a feeling he had to stay touching Lucent at all times.

06:58 Lucent grins and laughs, overcome with an oddly infectious happiness. "I don't know what you did, but it feels amazing!" He strokes the zebra's fur in his tight hug and nuzzles at him, before deciding to push himself a little bit more. Focusing again, his horn brightens with a third overglow, and the shield around them slowly starts to expand and harden, pushing back the rippled stomach walls and giving them some more breathing space. When the shield's big enough for them to sit comfortably, he stops, letting his horn fall back to just a normal glow. Staring at Ruzeth, the stallion smiles. "Thank you so, so much, Ruzeth!"

14:01 Ruzeth laughs in relief as well feeling pretty happy despite their current situation. It seems Lucent's happiness has spread, and almost felt palpable. Despite the sudden increase in space Ruzeth did not budge an inch away from his friend. "Thank you Lucent, we're a team. Also... What was that you were trying to say earlier? -"

14:19 Ruzeth laughs in relief as well feeling pretty happy despite their current situation. It seems Lucent's happiness has spread, and almost felt palpable. "Well its supposed to boost a ponies magic and we'll it seems to have worked. Just don't overexhert yourself before we get out." Despite the sudden increase in space Ruzeth did not budge an inch away from his friend. "Thank you Lucent, we're a team. Also... What was that you were trying to say earlier? -"

14:26 Lucent nods at the warning, still hugging the zebra close. When he's asked what he tried to say earlier, his face is tinged pink and he pulls away slightly. "O-oh, n-nothing," he lies, embarrassment rising in him.

14:37 Ruzeth scrunches his nose at Lucent's response. He couldn't see his friend's embarrassment under the dim light but yet somehow the zebra knew. Ruzeth had yet to realize that Lucent's feelings were now being protected into the ponies around him. "Oh Cmon, what's got you so embarrassed. You can trust me." The colt says in a comforting voice.

14:45 Lucent pulls away and lays against the wall of the sphere, hoping the zebra couldn't see his face. "I-I'm not embarrassed," he protests, though now it's even more obvious. A squeeze from the dragon's stomach shifts the unbalanced ball around, rolling the stallion onto his back and making Ruzeth in danger of falling on him.

15:01 Ruzeth shakes his head as Lucent lays down, the point of contact illuminating the stallion's face in amber light. "Its written on your fa-eep" the sudden shifting of the sphere leaves Ruzeth scrambling to keep his balance, but his slickened hooves and the smooth surface are no help. Ruzeth comes crashing down on his friend, their sopping fur making a squelching noise as the collide.

15:06 Lucent oofs as the young zebra lands on him, and he wraps his hooves around him again, deciding to just stop responding. He nuzzles at Ruzeth, smiling to himself. His embarrassment begins to be supplanted by love, platonic and otherwise.

15:29 Ruzeth tries to pull away from his friend immediately after the impact. "Sorry..." He whispers before feeling the hug. Ruzeth responds in kind, gently stroking over the other stallion's mane, cautiously avoiding his horn. "o-oh..." He says as the love invades his mind, having trouble differentiating his own feelings from Lucent's. The colt leans in and gives his friend a peck on the cheek.

15:33 Lucent keeps hugging the zebra, but stiffens slightly at the peck, his feelings tempered by revulsion and confusion. The stallion liked Ruzeth, but also felt that he shouldn't, and couldn't imagine any reaction other than rejection and the loss of their friendship should the zebra find out -- despite his earlier reassurances.

15:43 Ruzeth feels Lucent stiffen up and he gets worried. Then the feeling of revulsion and worry fill Ruzeth's mind, finally giving the zebra some inkling about what was going on. "Oh... You don't like that? I'll keep to myself then..." The zebra says, still not realizing that the feeling of love had not been his own.

15:52 Lucent isn't sure what to say, only managing to get a "Yyynnnn..." out of his mouth. His inner turmoil grows, having liked the peck and hating himself for it. The confused unicorn lays there, not understanding why Ruzeth even did that to him, or what he did this morning...

16:03 Ruzeth scrunches his face and gives the unicorn another peck at the the new wash of emotions and strokes his friend's ear. "Hey Lucent, your feelings are showing." He teases, giggling to himself.

16:05 Lucent eeps, radiating confusion and fear as he tries to deal with another peck and the zebra's words. "W-what?" he stammers, fearing the zebra had figured out how he felt about him.

16:14 Ruzeth pulls away from Lucent slightly, thinking he might of confused who had liked the kiss. "Oh... Nothing... It's just that, the potion seems to have an interesting side effect... I'm kind of feeling all your emotions..."

16:36 Lucent blinks. "U-um. Oh." He's relieved that it was that and not his feelings for the zebra, but still a bit concerned about what he might reveal. The unicorn tries to mask his emotions, but doesn't really have any idea how to do that. In any case he fails to hide his disappointment when Ruzeth pulls away.

16:42 Ruzeth feels a second wave of disappointment after he pulls away from Lucent and attributes it to his friend. The zebra raises an eyebrow at him in confusion. "Revulsion at the kiss... But extreme disappointment when I give you space... Lucent, what do you want from me?" he asks exasperated.

16:45 Lucent squeezes his eyes shut, ashamed that he's laid bare for the zebra to see like this. "I-I don't know," he squeaks. "W-why... why would you kiss me, anyway..." The unicorn sighs sadly, though there's a faint twinge of hope buried in it.

16:58 Ruzeth has a half smile on his face as he responds. "Because, I was feeling very affectionate... Though I'm not sure if it was my feeling or yours now... But I don't think it matters that much... I... I kinda like it..." He admits with a blush.

17:08 Lucent pauses and stares at Ruzeth, processing this information. Finally he works up the courage to reach up and pull the zebra close to him, pressing his head into his slimy chest. The stallion shudders, still feeling that this was wrong, but he doesn't let go.

17:14 Ruzeth sits there, waiting expectantly for Lucent to say or do something, getting more nervous with each passing second, especially since he wasn't feeling much emotion from his friend. Ruzeth sighs happily as he's drawn into the embrace, rubbing his head tenderly upon the stallion's chest. "No Lucent, love is never wrong, no matter the form. "

17:18 Lucent strokes a hoof through the zebra's mane. "But," he says, "but... you're a stallion." The unicorn sighs, still unsure about what he's doing. Feeling Ruzeth nuzzle into his chest, he smiles despite himself and gives the young zebra a tentative loving squeeze. Some of the love from before radiates from him as well.

17:35 Ruzeth purrs contentedly as Lucent strokes his mane, rings jingling together with each pass. "And if stallions weren't worthy of love then what are all those mares doing?" The zebra squeaks slightly at the hug, glad that just maybe Lucent was accepting it. Even if Ruzeth had been unsure of his own feelings before, he had a pretty good idea of them now."

20:11 Lucent stops stroking, just laying there with the smaller stallion on top of him. "That's, that's different," he says, sounding slightly unsure. "Since I'm... a stallion too." The unicorn's dislike is tempered by his contentment at being close to Ruzeth.

20:30 Ruzeth shakes his head at Lucent's words, knowing them not to be true. "Its not different... Or at least it doesn't have to be. The only difference is parts. Underneath were both still ponies. Around them they could see that their little bubble had become fully enveloped in stomach acid as the walls contract rhythmically.

20:36 Lucent grumbles quietly and shakes his head, and Ruzeth can feel that he's still conflicted about what they're doing. He stares up at the roof, shuddering at the sight of the rippled walls brushing against them. As the stomach starts to churn, the pair of ponies are shunted around in their sphere of safety, making for a rather jerky and turbulent experience.

20:44 Ruzeth clutches the stallion tightly as they get tossed around the sphere, trying not to get slammed inot each other from the movement. "Just think about it Lucent. I wont force you to do anything, but it feels like you want it as well. The movements of the sphere are quite eratic and at one point it even inverts the sphere on the pair.

20:57 Lucent cradles Ruzeth in his legs, the strong unicorn able to keep the zebra from moving too much relative to him. His connection to the shield absorbs some of the shock, though Ruzeth has no such benefit and gets dragged along by the unicorn's hug. Their slimy nethers grind together from the erratic movement, Lucent trying to avoid thinking about it but unable to completely suppress the faint tinges of arousal. When they flip over, the two of them drift to the ground instead of Ruzeth being smashed underneath the larger stallion. It's still not a light impact, though. Lucent oofs, laying on top of the zebra and very glad that they weren't exposed to the inhospitable conditions outside. "I'm so glad you made that potion," he gasps, trying to talk about anything other than their relationship.

21:08 Ruzeth bites his lip as the movements force bits to rub together, leaving the zebra feeling a little bit awkwards as he's thrown about the chamber attached to Lucent. The zebra grunts hard, having the wind knocked out of him as the full weight of both their bodies impacts his chest. The zebra gasps for air a couple times before finally saying. "Me Too...Oh speaking of which, I have a suprise when we make it out of here...however long that will be."

21:09 < Ruzeth> make it out of here...however long that will be."

21:16 Lucent nods and tilts his head. "A surprise?" He tries to hold his rear away from the zebra, only to have a muscular squeeze from the dragon knock them together again, mushing their sheathes against each other's. "W-what kind of surprise?" His faintly projected arousal combines with the zebra's own, only making it more awkward for the younger pony. A loud growl echoes through the chamber, drowning out the ambient sloshing and the dragon's heartbeat. The unicorn's ears flatten against his head, and he looks around wildly. "W-What was that?!"

21:26 Ruzeth smiles at Lucent wryly and boops his nose. "Oh, something I really hope you enjoy, but that's all you'll get from me." In reality, the zebra was just hoping not to get outright rejection of his plans. The zebra blushed even deeper moving his hooves down to attmept to keep the pair of them apart, given his current state of arousal, which he didn't want presently. The bouncing movements ocansionally cause Ruzeth's hooves to slip from their positions and brush up against Lucent's member. The loud growl leaves the zebra quivering. The beasts heart thumps even faster now and the stomach bounces with each step as it feels like the creature may be chasing after something.

21:26 < Ruzeth> Ruzeth's hooves to slip from their positions and brush up against Lucent's member. The loud growl leaves the zebra quivering. The beasts heart thumps even faster now and the stomach bounces with each step as it feels like the creature may be chasing after something.

21:36 Lucent sighs as Ruzeth won't tell him what hes planning. He grimaces as the bouncing repeatedly knocks them together, but doesn't let go, fearing that then it'd be worse. Every time Ruzeth's hooves brush against the stallion's member, a surge of pleasure feeds back into the zebra's head, forcing his arousal higher against his will. Suddenly the bouncing stops, and there's another loud roar followed by silence, and several sequential 'glunks'.

21:47 Ruzeth feels himself growing each time the pleasure radiates out from Lucent, eliciting a small whine from the zebra. Soon he finds himself sporting a rather engorged member just from the arousal radiating from his friend. He lets out a sigh of relief as the beast comes to a stop, though becomes a cry of terror as bloody bits of animal rain down on the pair. The zebra closed his eyes tight as the remains of some creature fill up the stomach around them. "L-lucent Can you make that thing not glow...please?" He whines, feeling distraught. On the plus side, the situation did pretty much instantly end the zebra's arousal.

21:47 < Ruzeth> the stomach around them. "L-lucent Can you make that thing not glow...please?" He whines, feeling distraught. On the plus side, the situation did pretty much instantly end the zebra's arousal.

21:54 Lucent looks up at the splashing and immediately regrets it, feeling queasy. The herb he'd eaten earlier helps him not throw up again, though. Rolling over, he pulls Ruzeth on top of him and presses the zebra's head into his chest, as though to shield him from the sight. "I-I don't think so," he says, radiating disgust but also shame as their retreating members rub against each other. The smell of their mixed arousal lingers in the small sphere.

22:05 Ruzeth graciously buries his head into the offered chest, whimpering in a mixture of fear and disgust, the new contents serving to remind him where they were. The zebra snuggles into Lucent, pressing as much of his body against the stallion as he could for comfort. "I hope that we get out soon..." He says feeling his own disgust on top of Lucents.

22:11 Lucent closes his eyes and presses his muzzle into Ruzeth's mane, nodding. "Me too." He hugs the zebra tight, a few murrs escaping as he feels the young stallion snuggling into him. Try as they might, they can't escape the organic squelching and churning noises coming from all around them as the dragon's stomach works on its new food. He does his best to block it out, focusing on the cute zebra on top of him. The stallion softly strokes Ruzeth's mane and back, trying to comfort him.

22:22 Ruzeth runs a hoof through lucents mane, behind his head, tickling at the unicorns ears. As much as the zebra wanted to mess with Lucents horn at the moment, he thought better of it, knowing that it might disrupt Lucent's concentration on the spell. The zebra lays there in silence against Lucent, allowing himself to be comforted by his friend.

22:46 Lucent lays against Ruzeth and sighs. A while passes, and the stomach they're trapped in quiets down, having finished with its job. There's a shift in the noise and a gradual pull as it starts to empty its contents through the lower sphincter, rousing Lucent from his half-doze. The stallion gently shakes Ruzeth. "Ruzeth, we're moving," he says excitedly. In a short bit their sphere is pulled against the muscular ring, stretching it out as it tries to let them through. Gradually they slow and then stop, the shield glimmering where the tight ring presses against it but not traveling any further.

22:50 Ruzeth rouses from his nap, somehow having managed to fall asleep despite the noise. "Wha-? Oh! We might actually make it out of this!" He shouts giddily. The zebra feels his heart sink as they come to a rest at the bottom of the stomach, unable to actually procede any further. "Umm...Lucent, I think we might need to get a bit more...comfortable..." He says, realizing they were to big to fit through presently.

22:59 Lucent nods and squeezes the zebra in a hug. The unicorn focuses, his horn wrapped in two layers of glow, and grits his teeth. Suddenly the shield drops to slightly more than half its original size, leaving its two occupants not much room to move around and jostling them as the curvature suddenly becomes much more severe. Lucent breathes out hard as he lets his horn return to its normal glow, though he smiles when the tight sphincter finally stretches over them and they slide into the duodenum with a wet slosh.

23:08 Ruzeth hugs Lucent tight as the shield squeezes in aroudn them, basically pressing the two ponies into each other, nethers perpetually touching. Ruzeth shifts about as much as he can, trying to get comfortable next to his friend. Ruzeth looks quite relieved as the tight glowing ball fills out into the long tube where they continue their journey. Ruzeth opens his mouth to speak, but an unfortunate jostle brings his open lips instead pressed up against the snout of Lucent.

23:08 < Ruzeth> his open lips instead pressed up against the snout of Lucent.

23:13 Lucent was also about to say something and instead gets a mouthful of zebra tongue. The stallion emits a wave of conflicting emotions, including longing and shame, and feels his member twitch inside his sheath. He starts to pull away to break the accidental kiss, but finds he actually can't, his head already pressed up against the shimmering amber wall.

23:19 Ruzeth squeaks as his tongue presses into the stallions mouth, accidetnally brushing up against his friends tongue. Ruzeth feels a mixture of embarrasment and enjoyment on top of the emotions eliceted by his friend as he feels himself start to get warm down below. Ruzeth holds the kiss there, intending to wait till Lucent pulled away as he found he was enjoying it, allowing the his tongue to trace around the inside of his friends mouth.

23:52 Lucent squirms in the bottom of the sphere, unable to do much else, inadvertently rubbing his bits against Ruzeth in the process. The stallion wants this, but he also doesn't think he should want it, conflicting desires battling themselves out inside his head. The longer the kiss is held, though, the more the wanting it side starts to win out. Lucent murrs into the zebra's mouth, his member twitching again and his arousal and lust starting to win out over his misgivings. He tentatively presses his tongue forward against Ruzeth's, blushing hotly with embarrassment.

23:58 Ruzeth gets a little worried as he feesl the flood of emotions battling around inside the head of his friend. The young zebra hoped he hadn't overstepped his bounds and is delighted when the unicorn finally pushes back into his mouth. Ruzeth murrs in delight, feeling equally embarrassed as the arousal within Lucent only serves to egg teh zebra on as his member slips free of its sheath and becomes sandwhiched between the pair. Absentmindedly, he begins to grind his hips against Lucents a little as the feelings of happyness and lust flood through him.

23:58 < Ruzeth> Absentmindedly, he begins to grind his hips against Lucents a little as the feelings of happyness and lust flood through him.

00:03 Lucent feels something hard prodding at his belly and blushes even more, knowing exactly what it is. He licks timidly at Ruzeth's mouth, shakily exhaling when the zebra starts to grind on him. His member starts to swell out inside his sheath, the tip poking out between their bellies. The stallion's arousal mounts, Ruzeth able to feel whenever he did something especially pleasurable for the unicorn, because it would trigger a lustful spike that came straight back to him.

00:09 Ruzeth grinds a little bit harder against the unicorn, frotting their slickened stallionhoods agiasnt each other, murring in pleasure. Ruzeths own lust is amplified by the feelings flowing into him from Lucent leading him to grow even more bold. After a few more tender moments the zebra breaks the kiss and drags his tongue over Lucents snout and up his forehead until finally rubbing it slowly over his friends horn from base to tip. THe zebra strokes over his friends mane with his hooves.

00:09 < Ruzeth> THe zebra strokes over his friends mane with his hooves.

00:18 Lucent groans as Ruzeth grinds his turgid length against his tip, feeling himself lengthen and fill out from the stimulation. His own shaft is larger than Ruzeth's, eclipsing it and poking into the striped pony's chest even as he grinds his length against it. The arousal he'd been radiating is suddenly overpowered by a spike of fear as the zebra licks his glowing horn. The active horn makes Ruzeth's tongue tingle wildly, before the unicorn turns his head to the side, yelping "No!" and squeezing his eyes shut in concentration. The shield around them flickers between glowing brightly and nearly going out, but finally stabilizes about where it was before. Lucent opens his eyes and lets out a long sigh of relief. "D-, d-" he stammers, catching his breath, "don't touch that, while I'm casting, a spell..."

00:27 Ruzeth eeps loudly and pulls back as Lucent does, the wave of fear hitting the zebra just as hard, and then it deepens as the spell protecting them nearly flickers. "I-I wont again," he stutters out, shivering after what had just happened. Slowly feels the lust rise once again to replace the fear as his hooves reach down between the pair to stroke over bothe their tips.

00:30 Lucent nods, his tongue lolling out as Ruzeth presses their shafts together and rubs his hooves over their slick tips. His arousal returns in full force, and the stallion bucks his hips lightly, grinding his hard length against the zebra's and pressing it into his caressing hooves.

00:35 Ruzeth shifts backward some, managing to scrunch his body agains the back of the sphere enough that Lucent's length slips from the stallions chest to rest near the zebras mouth. Ruzeth takes a deep breath, feeling overwhelmed by lust between the pair of them, and takes the tip into his mouth, licking up the salty pre. The young stallion sucks and swallowns on the shaft, swirling hi stongue over the shaft.

00:41 Lucent watches the zebra pull back, confused as to what he's doing, then shuffles backwards in surprise as he sees him take the tip of his shaft into his mouth. Leaning against the wall of the sphere, he actually makes it easier for Ruzeth to suck on his length, making him not have to curl up so much. Any misgivings he had about what the zebra was doing are instantly washed away by the pleasurable feeling of the pony's tongue licking and rubbing over his tip, Lucent radiating his pleasure and arousal for the zebra to enjoy. He moans and bucks his hips involuntarily, trying to get his throbbing shaft deeper into Ruzeth's mouth.

00:49 Ruzeth takes the length in deeper as Lucent bucks against him, bobbing in time with the Unicorns thrusts. Each of the feelings Lucent enjoyed made Ruzeth desire him even further, making his own member ache as those lustful thoughts fill his mind. Ruzeth isnt the best at the task at hand, never having done it before and ocasionaly can't help but scrape his teeth over the sensitive organ. With a free hoof, Ruzeth strokes over himself to keep up his own excitement.

00:49 < Ruzeth> strokes over himself to keep up his own excitement.

00:53 Lucent is lost in the pleasure, bucking his hips mindlessly into the young zebra's mouth. Salty pre dribbles from his tip, which starts to flare out as the stallion nears his peak. While he occasionally winces as Ruzeth's teeth scrape his thick shaft, they're drowned out in the rest of the sensations. "R-Ruzeth," the unicorn gasps out, "I'm..."

01:02 Ruzeth pants hotly around the stallions member as he licks over it, lost in the sensations coming from his friends mind. He bobs faster as Lucent bucks, licking up all of the pre that his friend produced, murring at the flavor. The tip of his tongue rubs over Lucents sensitive tip as lucent begins to taste the natural flavors of the unicorn, having sucked all of the bitter stomach juices off of it.

01:11 Lucent whinnies in pleasure as Ruzeth's tongue dances over his cock, pushing him over the edge. A spurt of cum jets into the zebra's mouth, before the pleasure-addled stallion reaches over and shoves Ruzeth's head down on his twitching shaft, forcing the flared head into his throat as he continues to spill his seed into the zebra. The unicorn's orgasm and his love for the zebra was channeled right into Ruzeth's mind, hitting him with a barrage of sensations.

01:16 Ruzeth gladly forces Lucent stallionhood as far down his throat as he could nearly hilting the stallion as the stallions seed coated his throat and dribbled down onto Lucents balls. The young zebra murrs in delight as a deluge of emotion washes over him, leaving him in a state of bliss before he even gets to finish himself. Ruzeth fodles the stallions sack with his hooves, tracing the sensitive patch from them to Lucents tailhole. The zebra's scent fills the bubble as it leaks out its own fluids.

01:16 < Ruzeth> . The zebra's scent fills the bubble as it leaks out its own fluids.

01:21 Lucent arches his back, his throbbing shaft bulging out Ruzeth's throat and still spurting out his hot seed. Everything the zebra does to pleasure him, fondling his balls and tracing his skin, just prolongs his orgasm and returns the feelings to Ruzeth. Finally, the unicorn's twitching length runs dry, Lucent panting as the pleasant haze of afterglow rolls in. He sniffs the air and murrs, the scent of the zebra's dripping length wafting to his nose.

01:33 Ruzeth takes it all in, slurping around the throbbing cock as it finishes pumping the rest of his cum into the zebra, leaving Ruzeth panting. As Ruzeth felt the feelings flow into him, he just intensifies his carressings getting almost as much pleasure from his actions as Lucent was recieving. As he feels the stallions length begin to soften, Ruzeth pulls off and leans forward again to rub himself on Lucent, though as his length comes forward, the tip colides with Lucents body, sliding down to rest against Lucents pucker, to which the zebra gives a nervous chuckle.

01:33 < Ruzeth> the tip colides with Lucents body, sliding down to rest against Lucents pucker, to which the zebra gives a nervous chuckle.

01:36 Lucent lays back in a pleasant haze, but when he feels the slick tip prod at his tailhole he stiffens and clenches it tight, his reaction and emotions clearly showing that he doesn't want to be penetrated there.

01:40 Ruzeth pulls away with little hesitation, not actually sure that he wanted to do that either and on his second attempt, manages to slide himself up and over Lucents belly. The tip brushed agains the fur, leaving a trail of pre as the zebra rubbed his hips against lucents belly, before leaning forwards and grinding himself against Lucent.

01:44 Lucent isn't really sure what to do about the zebra's erection, and settles for wrapping his forelegs around Ruzeth in a soft hug. Some of the conflicting emotions surface again as he feels the young stallion grinding his shaft into his belly.

01:49 Ruzeth 's thrusts become hesitant as he feels Lucent's negative emotions seeping into him. Despite his current state of lust and the fact that his member ached for release, Ruzeth tried to still himself, though disapointment flashed across his face. The movement of the sphere prevented him from being completly still however.

01:53 Lucent feels Ruzeth go still and sees the look of disappointment on his face and realizes that his worries probably bled over to the zebra. "S-Sorry," he says, "I just... uh, I just don't know what to do." He wants to help, but isn't sure how far he's willing to go.

01:58 Ruzeth shakes his head, continuing to remain relitivly still even as his nethers seriously demanded attention. "N-no...if...if you don't feel comfortable doing anything we...dont have to..." Ruzeth says softly, though his voice sounds a little pained and sad.

02:03 Lucent 's ears droop when he hears Ruzeth being sad. "I.. well..." he says, taking a deep breath of the zebra's scent and sighing. "You... helped me, and I hate to see you sad." The unicorn emits a bit of gratitude and concern. "What do you want?" He's worried about what Ruzeth might ask for, but also slightly excited.

02:07 Ruzeth begins to grind his hips softly against Lucents belly and gives a faint smile at the stallions offer, but is still worried about actually requesting anything from him. "I...I dont know..." He admits, not quite sure waht he wanted either.

02:15 Lucent smiles back at Ruzeth. "S-sure you do. You know more about, um... this, than me..."

02:22 Ruzeth sighs and shakes his head. "I've...um...never done this before now...I only know of it..." The zebra slides a little further up Lucents body, his flared tip nearly brushing against Lucents muzzle. "Would you umm...like I did with you?" He asks, blushing brightly under the amber light.

02:26 Lucent looks and feels a little unsure, and blushes to match the zebra. "I... I um... okay," he says. "Should, uh, I... get on top, then?" Embarrassment flows through him as he stares at the zebra's flared cock, imagining having it in his mouth.

02:29 Ruzeth shrugs towards teh stallion a little unsure. "Umm? Maybe? Ya...I guess." The zebra says, leaning down to wrap his hooves around the unicorn and attempting to roll the pair over.

02:32 Lucent helps and rolls over, the sphere rotating around them as they settle in the new bottom. He glances outside briefly, watching the fuzzy villi of the intestine brush up against the shimmering walls as they slowly travel forwards. Then the shy stallion returns his attention to the needy length in front of him. "So... do I just..." he says, leaning in to give the slick tip a lick, tasting Ruzeth's pre.

02:40 Ruzeth shudders in pleasure as the stallions tongue tickes over the head, easing the zebra's worries a little bit. "Ooooh, that feels good," He hums out, arching up with his back to press himself into Lucents mouth.

02:46 Lucent contemplates the salty flavor, deciding it isn't so bad, before the zebra arches up his back, pressing his tip into Lucent's muzzle. He mrfs as the turgid length pokes into his mouth, and gives it a quick swirl with his tongue. There's only a little stomach slime on it, since it was protected inside the zebra's sheath, and once that's gone Ruzeth's flavor comes through, an exotic taste that Lucent had never had before. He lowers his muzzle, taking in more of the stallion's shaft, and sucks on it, swirling his tongue around it to get more of that taste.

02:57 Ruzeth murrs in pleasure, shivering as a warm tingling sensation travles up his spine. His tail jingles around as the zebra gives a couple more thrusts, staeadily increasining in speed as he begins to pant. He's releived and excited to feel that Lucent seems to be enjoying it or at least, is no longer so conflicted about the experience. Ruzeth stares happily at his freind, his hooves finding their way behind Lucent's head to assist him with the motions.

03:02 < Ruzeth> motions

03:06 Lucent is too busy servicing Ruzeth and trying to please him to worry about what he's doing, trying to keep up as the zebra starts to thrust faster. He also can't help but graze the hard shaft with his teeth occasionally. The unicorn stares at Ruzeth's striped belly as he works, lashing his tongue against the tip to collect the pre that keeps dribbling from the zebra's length. He mmphs when Ruzeth puts his hooves on his head, being pushed to take in more of the shaft than he was comfortable with.

03:10 Ruzeth is too wrapped up in blissful lust to notice Lucents discomfort with the new position, putting even more pressure on his friend to force much of his length down the stallions throat. The zebra moans out in pleausre as he feels the pressure mounting inside of him, his entire body aching for release. The teeth manage to delay Ruzeths finish as each time he's scraped it lowers him a little, keeping the little zebra just on edge.

03:14 Lucent gags as he's forced to hilt on the stallion, the herb keeping him from actually throwing up. He's forced to swallow around the length to take it in, his slick throat wrapping around the tip and rippling over the flare. The stallion swirls his tongue around the shaft frantically, trying to get Ruzeth to finish and let him go.

03:21 Ruzeth pants even harder as he's taken in to the hilt. The zebra's pleasure racked mind can't hold out under the intense stimulation of his length for very long and soon his entire body quivers as he begins to shoot his salty seed down the unicorns throat. Each thrust seeks to prolong the experience as the zebra's tongue lolls out.

03:26 Lucent gags again as Ruzeth starts to spurt his seed down his throat and he reflexively pulls away, overpowering the zebra's hooves. The stallion coughs as a few shots land in his mouth, the rest of them landing on his muzzle or chest as the twitching shaft slips free of his mouth. He grimaces as he feels the hot, sticky seed splash onto his fur.

03:31 Ruzeth thrusts out into dead air as his shaft comes free of the stallions mouth, squirting its load over himself and the stallion on top of him, though Ruzeth doesn't seem to mind so much as evidenced by the look of pleasure on his face. His mind was basking in the afterglow from his act, leaving him feeling a little tired. He stares up at Lucent lovingly, pulling his friend close for a cuddle, smearing his seed over the both of them.

03:34 Lucent groans, though not in pleasure. "Ugh... now we're gonna be sticky and smell like, like.... like cum." His afterglow had long since ended, and the regret was piling on hard. Grumbling, the stallion sighs. "I hope you enjoyed that..."

03:37 Ruzeth gives a small giggle at the other stallion and smears the cum even more into his fur. "I think you're forgetting that we're already covered in goop, or did you forget where we are?" The zebra's afterglow is cut short, however, as the feelings coming from lucent began to drag him down.

03:45 Lucent sighs and rolls onto his back, leaning against the smaller pony to rest. "Yeah, yeah...." He stares up at the tight passage they're slowly drifting through, watching the fuzzy folds pass by. "How much longer, do you think?" The unicorn doesn't mention anything about what they just did, but Ruzeth can feel that he's beating himself up about it.

03:55 Ruzeth holds Lucent tight, nuzzling against him to give his friend some comfort. "I don't know...but we havn't even entered the large intestine yet...It could be awhile." Lucent goes silent for a couple of seconds as he feels Lucents feelings of shame. "Look, you enjoyed it right? Stallions love each other all the time. Its alright." He then kisses Lucent on the back fo the head.

04:00 Lucent doesn't seem convinced, and Ruzeth's kiss only makes his negative feelings intensify. The stallion sighs again. "No, it's... it's unnatural," he says, frowning.

04:11 Ruzeth sighs in frustration throwing up his hooves. "Its not unatural to love or want love, and stallions can give it just as good as mares. We are not the first stallions to find comfort in each other..."

04:14 Lucent just gets grumpier and lets himself slide down to the bottom of the sphere, feeling irritated and annoyed at both Ruzeth and at himself. "Yeah, whatever," he manages, crossing his hooves and staring off into space.

04:18 Ruzeth crosses his hooves and gives up, the stallions negative emotions driving him to silence. He scoots beside Lucent in the sphere, most o f his body rising up on the walls so that he isnt on him anymore. The zebra just lays there, trying to block out the negative thoughts of the other.

04:31 Lucent lays there in silence, eventually scooching over so that he and Ruzeth could share the bottom without one of them being too high up. After a while, the zebra falls asleep again. Later still, he catches himself dozing off, and prods Ruzeth fearfully. "Ruuuoooooo," he starts, interrupted by a yawn. "Ruzeth, this heat... it's getting to me. I don't know what'll happen if I fall asleep..."

04:47 Ruzeth wakes up with a start as he's poked, taking a second to get his bearing and process the unicorn's comment. "huh?... Oh! Ya I can't imagine anything good coming of that..." He digs through his saddle bag once more and pulls out something. "Give this a try, it should keep you awake. Just Umm... Try not to get to emotional, it kind of amplifies them and you're projecting on m already

04:54 Lucent looks at the herb, a bit wary of consuming yet another strange plant, but shrugs and stuffs it into his mouth, chewing thoughtfully, then swallowing. "Thanks, Ruzeth."

13:28 Ruzeth waits a couple minutes to verify that the new herb took affect as it should have. The zebra then closes his eyes, satisfied, as he tries to block out the increase in emotions coming from his friend.

14:30 Lucent lays back and sighs, trying to get some rest even if he can't sleep. But he soon finds that impossible, tossing and turning in the curved sphere. Watching Ruzeth try to sleep while he can't only makes him grumpier, the unicorn not in a good mood at all.

15:00 Ruzeth keep his eyes closed as he lays there, feeling his friend squirm about, keeping him awake as well. The gloomy mood begins to set upon the zebra as well and he finally opens his eyes, sitting up a little. "Cmon Lucent, don't be such a grump"

15:10 Lucent sighs and opens his eyes, staring back at Ruzeth. "It's hot, we've been stuck here for hours, I'm tired, and we /can't move/," he complains. He doesn't mention it, but the zebra can guess from the shame he's radiating that what they did earlier is still bothering the unicorn quite a lot.

15:23 Ruzeth sighs a long sigh and pats Lucent a couple of times. "And yet all of those things are just ancillary to what is really bothering you. Look, if you're so sure that what we did was wrong, convince me. It felt so right."

15:40 Lucent rolls on his side, facing his back towards Ruzeth. "No, it's, it's... it's not /right/," he says, squeezing his eyes shut. "I barely know you, and it.... and..." He groans and slams a hoof against the wall, making an amber flash. "And it doesn't make any /sense/!" The unicorn's thoughts slip into a downward spiral of bitter self-loathing, and his horn flickers and dims as the negativity starts to affect his magic.

16:01 Ruzeth yelps and shivers against his friend fearful as their bubble of safety weakens. "L-Lucent careful!" He stutters, though the negative feelings were beginning to overwhelm the poor zebra as well. "Ya... Maybe you're right... It was a mistake..." He admits, feeling Lucent's shame and guilt, unable to fight it back.

16:29 Lucent blinks when Ruzeth cries out, squinting at the wavering barrier surrounding them and whining pitifully. Having his negativity endorsed only makes it worse, the large unicorn folding his ears against his head and starting to cry. "S-Sorry I'm a failure," he whispers. "You deserved better..."

16:31 Lucent 's horn dims further, looking like it's about to go out.

16:39 Ruzeth shakes his head and hugs Lucent, burying his face in the stallions fur as he begins to cry. "No, you've got it wrong. I'm the failure. I dragged you out to the forest despite your warning, I was to scared of poison joke to drag us through, and I'm the one who forced you into doing things you weren't comfortable with" the zebra laments. "You have kept us safe for hours when I'd of been doomed by myself. It's me who doesn't deserve you." Ruzeth begins to wail loudly in remorse and self loathing.

17:13 Lucent 's eyes widen in surprise when he feels the small zebra wrap his legs around him. The sight of the large unicorn being comforted by a little zebra would have been amusing, if anypony could have seen them. The stocky pony sniffles, perking up an ear to listen to Ruzeth's words. His tumultuous emotions begin to subside as Ruzeth cries into his back. "Only because of you," the stallion says, objecting to the zebra's praise. "Without your potion, we wouldn't even have made it this far." He pauses and sniffles again, his horn having stopped dimming and gotten a little brighter. "Ruzeth, since I left home... you're the first thing that I actually look forward to," he says quietly. His self-loathing is tempered by care for the zebra, and more platonic love.

18:50 Ruzeth pulls Lucent even harder against him harder continuing to dampen the stallions fur with his tears. "But you could of made that potion to, if you saw the right books. I'm not anything special. You deserve /so/ much more than me." Ruzeth's crying slows some as Lucent sends love his way, but the zebra still feels in a dark place

19:29 Lucent squeaks quietly as the zebra squeezes him. "B-But you knew about it, and I didn't," he protests. Feeling the young zebra crying into his fur made all the other things Lucent was worried about seem... irrelevant. He twists and rolls over to face the other pony, wrapping Ruzeth in a tight hug and pressing him to his chest. "Don't say that. You're special to /me/," he says, nuzzling at the zebra's mane. Ruzeth can tell he's truthful from the love and concern flowing from the unicorn. "Like a brother..." There's still twinges of self-deprecation in Lucent's mind, the unicorn not really believing he deserves much of anything.

19:42 Ruzeth sniffles a couple times as his tears slowly quit coming from his eyes. "But...but its only because you made me interested in magic in the first place..." Ruzeth is happy to have is friend hugging him again, and the comfort of his friends emotions help to wash away much of the dark feelings that had been put in place by Lucent. "If...if you want a brother...I guess I can be your brother..." He says, with a little bit of disapointment in his voice.

19:50 < Ruzeth> voice.

20:06 Lucent shakes his head softly. "Doesn't matter why; you saved us." The unicorn gives Ruzeth a gleeful squeeze when the zebra agrees, his horn flaring brightly as the shield around them returns to a healthy glow. "Thanks," he says softly, and non-verbally he responds with an outpouring of affection and brotherly love, though Ruzeth can pick out that not all of it is platonic.

20:13 Ruzeth sighs in contentment and leans against Lucent as the sheild glows much brighter. While the zebra notices the romantic love, he tries to force it out of his mind, knowing that Lucent would be uncomfortable if he mentioned it. Around them they pass trhough another sphincter, opening up into a larger tube, no longer covered with feathery villi.

20:19 Lucent strokes a hoof through the zebra's mane, listening to it jingle. "Like you said... we're a team," he says idly. Watching the scenery change, he gives Ruzeth a poke. "Hey... is that good? How much longer now, you think?" the stallion asks, pointing at the tube around them.

20:31 Ruzeth squeaks and jerks awake at Lucent's hoof. Blearily he rubs his eyes and looks around. The zebra thought back to what little he knew of anatomy and shrugs. "I think we're in the shortest part now... Should be much less than what we've gone through so far. Who knows how long we've been in here...I'm glad this shield keeps out the smells though."

20:35 Lucent pokes Ruzeth again, a little grumpy from being cooped up so long in the tight space. "I do. Some of us haven't been able to sleep, you know." He looks out at the pink flesh and sighs.

20:45 Ruzeth shoots Lucent an apologetic smile. "Right, but like I meant in terms of hours..." The zebra's stomach lets out a loud growl as it reminds him of the fact that they'd not eaten since lunch. "Ugh... I wish I'd remembered to pack some more food...Maybe we should of held off on eating lunch... "

20:50 Lucent is mollified by the zebra's smile, and shrugs. "I have no idea." He shares Ruzeth's pain with not eating, though, feeling an empty gnawing in the pit of his stomach. "Yeah... Do you have any water left?" He looks outside the sphere again, finding that they haven't seemed to have moved since they got to the larger tube. "Ugh, are we even moving?"

20:56 Ruzeth digs through his pack and pulls out the canteen, giving it a little shake. "N-no... I think we might be out..." He looks over their glistening fur and grimaces. "There might be enough on us to quench your thirst..." He suggests. The sweat off of both of them kept their fur damp and slimy.

21:01 Lucent makes a face. "No way! Not only is sweat gross, but we're covered in dragon gunk too." He sighs in irritation. "So much for 'shortest part' if we're moving this fast."

21:14 Ruzeth nods in agreement with the unicorn. "I only meant if you were /really / thirsty. I'm not there yet either... But if it comes to that..." The zebra frowns as another contraction seems to force them backwards. "Ugh I'm not sure we're making any forward progress..."

21:18 Lucent throws his hooves up in exasperation and slumps down in the bubble. "Great! Stuck who knows where inside the belly of a dragon, and we have no food or water."

21:25 Ruzeth leans against Lucent, worn out by the heat. "It... It'll be fine. It will take much longer than we'll be stuck here before hunger gets us, and while the water may not be all that palatable... It's still present. We won't be stuck here forever." Ruzeth says, trying to reassure his friend. "Besides all we /can/ do is wait."

21:37 Lucent drapes a foreleg around Ruzeth's shoulders. "Yeah, you're right," he says, then sighs. Some more minutes pass, and the slow contractions of the tube they're in seem not to move them at all. The unicorn groans. "There must be /something/ we can do!"

21:45 Ruzeth rolls his eyes at his friend. "Just be patient unless you think you can convince the astris it needs more fiber in its diet or can make this shield sprout legs..."

22:05 Lucent sighs, then looks contemplative. Ruzeth can feel a surge of excitement and apprehension before the unicorn speaks. "Remember when I first... made this?" the stallion says, tapping at the barrier. "It was a lot tighter... I might be able to make it go back to being like that."

22:09 Ruzeth scrunches his face and gives him an odd look. "Wait, you mean when it was form fitting and we were practically presses together? Why? It's cramped enough as it is."

22:10 Lucent keeps going, still excited. "Because then we could just walk out! Or climb out." He rubs his chin, musing. "I don't really know how that works, though... I've never made them like that before..."

22:18 Ruzeth begins to catch Lucent's contagious excitement. "Oh! Then we can get out of this tartarus much faster. Only... I'm pretty tired as it is. We'll have to go slow."

22:37 Lucent nods, taking Ruzeth's excitement as an agreement to the plan. "That's fine. Hold on..!" The unicorn focuses again, his horn glowing brightly as it's limned with another layer of magic. The bubble contracts, pressing the two of them together, almost painfully before it stops, refusing to shrink any further. Lucent grunts. "Maybe if I..." The shield flickers and then snaps around them like before, the two ponies able to feel the soft flesh under them through the thin barrier.

22:46 Ruzeth grunts as he's forced extremely tightly against his friend, leaving virtually no space in the magic sphere for them to move around. "kinda tight," he grumbles before yelping in fear as the bubble flickers. "Ugh gross. The floor feels /so/ nasty." The zebra grumbles before trying to find his footing to pull himself up the slimy folds.

22:56 Lucent pants as his horn returns to a regular glow. The unicorn grabs at Ruzeth and pulls him back down, holding him tight as he tries to get his footing. "C-careful, I think we have to stay in contact now," he says, making a face at the squishy feeling on his back.

23:03 Ruzeth hums and slides backwards along Lucent and noses him forward. "Alright then, I've got a plan." Ruzeth bites down hard on Lucent's tail, making a face at the myriad of disgusting flavors.

23:09 Lucent tilts his head as Ruzeth slides down his body, wincing sympathetically when he sees the zebra bite his tail. "O-okay, well, hold on," he says, rolling to his hooves. The unicorn struggles to stand on the slimy flesh, but finally manages it. "Ready?" he calls over his shoulder, making sure Ruzeth was upright.

23:16 Ruzeth looks more sure-footed than the unicorn due to both his lighter weight and his better balance. He goes to speak before suddenly realizing he has to hang on, instead replying with a nod, bracing himself for the nearly vertical journey.

23:30 Lucent looks back at the way forward, squinting in the dim light. He reaches up and pulls himself up over one of the folds jutting out into the tunnel, shuddering at the feeling of the slimy skin rubbing over his body. After a little struggling he pulls himself up and turns around to help Ruzeth.

02:05 Ruzeth puts his hooves up on the fold, trying to pulls himself up behind lucent. While he cant feel the slime itself, the squelching sounds their hooves make on the slippery soft flesh are enough to make his stomach queazy. The zebra lets out a little whimper as Lucent turns around, threatening to yank the tail out of his mouth and sever the contact.

02:32 Lucent quickly reaches down and pulls Ruzeth up, setting him down alongside him on the on the soft flesh. "You okay?" he asks, being sure to hold the zebra tightly so he could respond.

02:35 Ruzeth nods at the stallion, making sure to keep contact with his friend. "I'm fine, as long as you don't addicentally pull your tail away form my snout like you almost did."He leands down to grab his tain once mor, in preperation of moving on.

02:38 Lucent nods and climbs up to the next fold, this time waiting until Ruzeth pulls his head closer to turn and help him up. They proceed in this fashion until they're nearly at the top, Lucent panting from the effort.

02:42 Ruzeth follows along in turn, feeling extremely exhausted from the trip up. The undulating walls made the trek up very difficult as the ponies had to be careful tnot to slip and end up ssliding down towards the begining. The zebra was sweating quite a bit under the exhertion was feeling even more thirsty than before.

02:45 Lucent gives Ruzeth a reassuring hug. "It looks like... it turns... up there," he says, waving a hoof above them. "Just a little more... can you handle it?"

02:50 Ruzeth gives a weak nod towards his friend, hugging him back. "Y-ya I...I think I can." He pants out, finally getting the chance since he no longer having to hold the stallions tail in his mouth. The fold the pair currently resided on began to began to recede into the wall, leaving the pair scrambling for the next ridge.

02:55 Lucent quickly grabs onto the higher ridge, and is about to start pulling himself up when he realizes that he hasn't felt Ruzeth grab his tail. He feels his leg still against the zebra and pulls the smaller pony towards himself, wrapping his hindlegs around him as the floor recedes completely. The pair dangle from the fleshy ledge, Ruzeth's face pressed awkwardly into Lucent's crotch.

03:04 Ruzeth doesnt notice imediatly as the floor begins to give way as he was too distracted with his panting. It isn't until Lucent grabs him with his hind legs that Ruzeth feels the floor under him, squeaking loudly as he dangles over the ledge. "C-careful Lucent! That alot of ground to loose..." The Zebra doesmt mind hi slocation too much as hes just trying to keep from falling down and grabs tight to the unicorns hind legs.

03:10 Lucent groans as he strains to hold on to the slick flesh, only now realizing where Ruzeth's head ended up with a pang of embarrassment. With a mighty pull, he hefts himself up higher, getting his head over the edge and managing to get more a more secure grip. He pants hard, unable to get them any further for now. "I'm... trying..." he gasps.

03:13 Ruzeth holds onto lucent as tight was he can, bracing his rear hooves agins the wall in an attempt to take some of the weight off of his companion. "Cmon Lucent! You're almost there. We just gotta get on up there so that we're mostly safe from backtracking.

03:18 Lucent grunts an acknowledgment and after resting, starts to pull himself up again. Slowly but surely they make progress, Ruzeth's head eventually being dragged up onto the slimy ridge.

03:24 Ruzeth lets his hooves fall from Lucents legs to grab onto the side himself and pull his body up the rest of the way. Ruzeth looks up at the last ridge above them and says, "We gotta get up there now before we rest anymore." He grabs Lucents tail and nudges him forwards, stuggling with each step.

03:28 Lucent whines, wanting to rest after having just pulled up the weight of two ponies, but nods and gathers his strength. The stallion stands up and tries to get a grip on the next fold, finding it unusually slippery and having trouble getting a solid grip. Finally he manages to hold on and pull himself up, but stops halfway with his head hanging over it, completely exhausted.

03:32 Ruzeth nudges the stallion up with his snout, trying to push his friend up the ledge. His pushes arn't too much hel pthough as he's quite tired himself. Slowly but surely they manage to get each other up the final ledge. Ruzeth takes a couple steps away from the side and collapses.

03:39 Lucent plods over next to Ruzeth and collapses next to him. "Whew... we made it," he says, after catching his breath. "We'd never... have gotten up here... in that bubble." He pauses. "I wonder what that dumb dragon is doing..."

03:46 Ruzeth pants heavily a couple of times and turns to Lucent. "I...I dont' know. I just hope it isn't in the air when we make it out." As he lies there, then makes a face as a terrible thought crosses his mind. "L-lucent...I'm gonna have to do it. I...I just really need the water if were gonna make it out like this..." He pulls the Unicorn close and begins to suck on the damp fur. Gagging at the awful flavor but tolerating it for the much needed water.

03:49 Lucent blechs and pushes Ruzeth away. "No, don't... that'll probably just make you thirstier." He strokes Ruzeth's mane. "You said we're close, right? Let's just push for it..."

03:55 Ruzeth reaches a hoof out as hes shoved away but unfortunatly manages to break contact completly with Lucent as he falls away. The sheild drops from his body exposing the unicorn to the foul smell of the body cavity. Its fortunate for the young zebra that he hadn't had anything to eat in awhile because he begins to heave after taking just one wiff of the air.

04:01 Lucent 's eyes widen as he sees the amber glimmer vanish from around Ruzeth. He reaches out instinctively to hug the zebra against him, hoping that the shield will form around him again, but it doesn't, leaving the zebra helpless in the foul, unbreathable atmosphere. "Ruzeth!" he yells, concern radiating from him. "D-don't worry, I'll fix this! Somehow.."

04:07 Ruzeth continues to try and breath the foul air as he dry heaves even harder, panting in the unbreathable atmospere. Already he can feel himself getting quite light headed, hugging the unicorn so that the sheild would spread to him, though to little avail.

04:13 Lucent rolls over quickly, counting on the zebra to hold on. A little slime from the fleshy floor comes with it, though, smearing onto Ruzeth's fur. He stands up, carrying the zebra on his back, and focuses, his horn brightening and then flaring until there's an amber flash, the barrier reforming around the two of them. Lucent makes a face as he feels his hooves get slimy in the brief time the shield was gone, then he gags as the smell makes its way to his nose. "Ruzeth, are you alright?" he asks, looking over his shoulder at the zebra and radiating worry.

04:19 Ruzeth takes a few deep breaths as clean air reaches his nostrils, teh world coming back into dim light from his experience with nearly passing out. He feels even more weakened than he was just moments ago and still felt very parched. "I...I don't know if I can keep pressing on. Not without something to drink..." he says, laying limply on his friends back.

04:27 Lucent sighs. "Just hold on, okay? I'll get us out of here. You just rest for a bit," he says kindly. Lifting up a hoof to step over the next fold, he pauses. "You should hold on, though, if you can..."

04:30 Ruzeth wraps his hooves loosely around the stallion, hanging on as best as he could as his friend moved forward. "Th-thanks Lucent. I...I wish I could return the favor."

04:34 Lucent makes his way onwards, climbing over the expanding and contracting ridges. "You already have," he says. "I couldn't do this... spell, without you." He tries to ignore how there's gradually more and more... stuff in between the folds. After a while the glistening wall of the end of the section comes into view, and the unicorn sighs in relief.

04:41 Ruzeth holds on tight as they walk on out of there. Out of the corner of the zebra's eye he sees the increase in junk along the pathway. Ruzeth scrunches his nose quite a bit, grimacing and turning his head away, hoping Lucent wouldn't step in anything. Ruzeth finds he can't fight himself anymore, and leans down to lick up the salty fluids that covered his friends coat, hoping ot restore some energy.

04:45 Lucent feels the zebra licking him and sighs, deciding it's not worth the energy to dissuade him. "Almost there--eep!" The unicorn takes his eyes off of the floor and slips in an especially slimy spot, collapsing in sludgy pool. "Blehhh..." He grimaces and dry heaves a few times as he thinks about what that must be, Ruzeth able to feel the just how revolted he is.

04:54 Ruzeth licks up even more of the juices as he lies there until he feels his friend stumble. Ruzeth looks down at the goop that and makres a face, stroking over Lucent a couple of times with a hoof. "DOnt worry about it...You're clean...you've still go the sheild," he reasures his friend. As Ruzeth licks up more of the foul fluids he steadily feels more invigorated, even if he'll regret it later and eases himself off on the opposite side of the sludge. "I..I think I'm good for a bit," he claims, not wanting to strain his friend.

04:54 < Ruzeth> of the sludge. "I..I think I'm good for a bit," he claims, not wanting to strain his friend.

04:57 Lucent calms down at the stroking, then shakes his head, not really minding carrying the smaller pony. "No, get back on," he says. "It'll be easier to stay in contact that way. Though... it looks like it goes down, after this..." He gets to his hooves, making sure to hold onto Ruzeth.

05:01 Ruzeth shakes his head and holds on to Lucent as he makes his way towards the edge. "At least let me walk that far," he says, walking along with the pony. As they reach the edge he looks down into the darkness. "Well...it may be a long way down...but it should be a soft landing considering the envirement...I say we just jump." He hugs Lucent tightly, ready to back down over the edge.

05:05 Lucent nods, and grimaces as he thinks about what's going to make it a soft landing. "All right. Let's... let's do it." He squeezes Ruzeth tight, not wanting them to get separated on the way down. After a few false starts he manages to shift their weight enough to slide over the edge, tumbling into the darkness.

05:15 Ruzeth closes his eyes tight as they fall through the air, holding his friend tight. After a few short seconds they they land with a squick as they land in something soft and not very fleshy. Opening his eyes, he looks around to see an unpleasant substance pressed around their sheild, a mixture of brown and white. They'd reached thier final destination.

05:17 Lucent opens his eyes once and then squeezes them shut again, not wanting to see that pressed right up against his face. "Yuck... Ruzeth, do you think we can hurry it up at all?"

05:21 Ruzeth shrugs over at his friend, trying hard not to think about the place they'd just arrived in. All he can do is shrug over at his companion. "Nothing that I know of...lets just hope that we're out of here soon...and that the creature isn't flying too high if it is."

05:26 Lucent keeps his eyes squeezed shut, until he feels them lurch and start to move slowly, then faster. "Ughh, grosss," he complains as they're forced through a tight ring and start to fall. The unicorn opens his eyes to find it hasn't gotten any brighter... and they're still falling. He squeezes Ruzeth tight and whines as he charges up his horn again, his head starting to ache from focusing so much magic.

05:33 Ruzeth holds onto Lucent tight as they began to move, finally being forced out of the beast and into the open air. Ruzeth looks around excitedly , only to find that his sheild was completly obstrucedted by the foul gunk covering it. As they fall down towards the ground, the zebra yells in fear, worried that they might be way too high up.

05:39 Lucent yells in fear along with Ruzeth, then in pain as his horn sparks and fizzles, reaching three stacked glows. Their shield explodes outward, flinging bird-dragon excrement into the night air just before they impact the ground. In the middle of their tumbling, Lucent ended up on the bottom at that moment, and suddenly slows down from the force transfer. Ruzeth finds that his friend is suddenly moving half as fast and smashes into him. There's a bright amber flash as they hit before the barrier gives way, leaving the two ponies to crash into the ground -- though fortunately at less dangerous speeds.

05:57 Ruzeth watches, amazed as the sheild is instantly cleaned off, grunting in pain as soon as they hit each other, followed by hitting the ground. "Owwww" The zebra whines before looking up and noticing the dragon bird once more. The other quite noticable fact is that the stars are visible, meaning the entire day had passed in there. Ruzeth quickly grabs his friend and ducks into the shadows.

06:02 Lucent stumbles after his friend, feeling bruised all over. He takes deep breaths of the fresh night air, almost crying with joy at the cool feeling on his fur. The stallion hugs his friend in joy. "We did it! We made it! Ruzeth, you're the best!" He's a little too loud to be comfortable, given that they're in the deep forest at night need to stay low.

06:06 Ruzeth puts a still slimy hoof to the stallions mouth and shushes him. "Quiet. I think we're still in the everfree and unless you want to attract something else, we should keep careful. The zebra perks up his hears at a familiar noise, the babbling of a creek and smiles tiredly. "Oooh, I think I hear some water. Maybe we freshen up and graze a bit before we start home," he suggests.

06:08 Lucent shuts up, turning away to spit out the disgusting slime. "Water? Yes, please..! Lead the way," he whispers. "Though I bet nothing will want to eat us with how we smell..."

06:12 Ruzeth shakes his head and begins to lead the pair over to the creek he hears. "Please. I'm sure plenty of creatures ot here smell worse than us and would still become lunch." As soon as they reach the water, the zebra hops right in, fouling it downstream with his efforts at cleaning himself.

06:15 Lucent peers at the stream, making sure he can tell which direction is upstream in the dim light, before sticking his muzzle in and greedily guzzling water. Once he's had his fill, he slips in as well, shivering as the cold water feels extra freezing after spending so long in the sweltering insides of a dragon.

06:20 Ruzeth splashes about in the Icy water, shaking as the icy water chills him to the bone. Within the wonderful stream he drinks up till he has a belly full of water, rubbing his hooves over his disgusting fur to clean off all the goop out of his fur. "Ahh thats much better," he sighs happily, his body begining to feel quite refreshed.

06:24 Lucent scrubs himself off, removing the layers of slime, sweat, and other... more intimate fluids from his fur. When he's finished he climbs out and shakes himself off, waiting for Ruzeth to take the lead on what to do.

06:27 Ruzeth 's first action upon exiting the stream and shaking himself dry is to begin grazing on the grass to the side of the stream. While the plants arn't the tastiest fare in the world, he's happy to have something to fill his hungry belly. "Mmmm, that hits the spot..." THe stallion murrs happily.

06:29 Lucent walks over leans town to take a tentative bite of the grass. "This stuff's safe to eat?" he asks as he chews.

06:29 < Lucent> * and leans down

06:31 Ruzeth shrugs at his partner, taking another bit of the grass. "I dont' know...but it looks like its /just/ grass, albiet a strange tastying one. I'm sure it'll be fine."

06:33 Lucent eyes it warily, then shrugs, too hungry to care. He takes a much bigger mouthful and chews happily, glad to eat something after over half a day without food.

06:35 Ruzeth spends several minutes eating before looking up at the stars. "Hmm...I always have to think when I look up at your night sky. The stars are shifted from where they are back home, still, I think we best head that direction." He says, sticking out a hoof. "Who knows exactly how far we are from home though. I just hope we don't have anymore unfortunate encounters. I wonder what time it is anyways...the moon looks like its far into setting now."

06:41 Lucent eats his fill, finishing a bit after Ruzeth. He looks up at the skies and shrugs; the stars were never really of much interest to him, though now he wished he knew some of them. "Well, we better get started," he says with a sigh, and starts to follow the zebra as he walks off towards where home supposedly lies. The unicorn finally isn't maintaining his spell anymore, but somehow it doesn't feel like he's freed up any mental resources. As they walk, he clears his throat and starts to say something. "Ruzeth... I had a lot of time to think in there, and... I wnnnguuhhhh," the unicorn says quietly, trailing off partway through and collapsing as the potion's aftermath kicks in. Something about releasing the spell must have triggered it.

06:45 Ruzeth yelps as the stallion falls over rushing over to Lucent and shakes him a couple time with his hoof. "Lucent! Lucent are you alright? What did you think about? Please be fine..." He manages to work himself under Lucent and picke up the stallion and slowly begins to carry him in the propper direction.

06:50 Lucent blinks blearily on the zebra's back. "What?" he says slowly. "I'm... fine, just... slow." He pauses, trying to remember what Ruzeth asked him. "Think about? ...I dunno," he says, having no idea what he was thinking about previously. It felt like his mind was covered in a thick fog. Staring at the dark shapes of trees passing by, he remembers what they're doing. "Maybe... maybe we ought to.. camp?" he suggests. "I don't... feel, so good."

07:00 Ruzeth shakes his head and continues moving forward. "No, we shouldnt' make camp. It'll be much harder to figure out our way back in the morning when the sun is out. Lets just keep heading this direction." As he walks a little bit further he continues to notice his friend out of it. "Lulu, what's wrong? you just seem so...distant."

07:02 Lucent shrugs, in no real condition to argue with the zebra. "Everything feels..." he says, trying to figure out the right way to explain it, "...foggy." Then he blinks. "...Lulu?"

07:05 Ruzeth makes slow progress as he heads on through the forrest, having difficulty carying a stallion on his back. "Oh...I think thats magical burn out setting in...The potion mentioned that that was a possible side effect." Ruzeth doesn't comment on Lucents inquiry.

07:07 Lucent nods slowly. "Makes sense." The stallion giggles, sounding a little dopey. "I saved us before... now... it's your turn... to do the heavy lifting," he says slowly. "To save us." Then he giggles again and rubs Ruzeth's side with his hooves. "L-literally."

07:16 Ruzeth rolls his eyes at the temporarily dumb unicorn. "Hey, quiet your giggles. I'll get us back home, don't you worry." Ruzeth treks on as much as possible till he finds a little aclove in a rock face. "Ugh...I'm a little too tired to move on Lucent...I think I probably ought to set up camp," he sighs exhausted. "Think you can help me out? I'll direct you."

07:17 Lucent tries to step off Ruzeth's back and slithers down into a heap. "Yeah," he says, "just... point me at the, uh... whatsits."

07:22 Ruzeth shakes himself off as Lucent removes himself and points over towards a tree. "If you could just break off some long branches about...oh...as tall as yourself and begin to lean them against that overhang there, I'll work on collecting stuff to keep us hidden." Ruzeth walks some distance into the forest, leaving Lucent by himself for a couple of minutes.

07:27 Lucent nods. "Alright, you got it..!" He gets to his hooves and sizes up the indicated tree. "As tall as me..." The unicorn forces his way into the branches, breaking off any forked ones that looked small enough. The wood is green, though, and it's slow going. After he slips while trying to climb higher to get to thinner branches, he notices a few dead ones on the ground too. Despite this, when Ruzeth returns, Lucent's branch collection is fairly meager.

07:33 Ruzeth returns back to camp, hauling a fair amount of moss and and leaves on his back. Ruzeth stops in his tracks as he looks at what Lucent has managed to collect so far. "Oh...hmmm I think you might need some help with that I guess...Why don't you go ahead and lean up what you've got over against the wall there." Ruzeth sets down his load and goes to work on that tree he'd pointed to, pulling off more branches so that they'd have enough for shelter.

07:36 Lucent sets the branches on his back. "Okay," he says sheepishly, Ruzeth still able to feel his embarrassment. The stallion lugs what he has over to the alcove and starts leaning it up against the wall, having no idea how to go about doing it. He spreads them out as much as he can to cover most of the opening, leaving it incredibly sparsely covered.

07:39 Ruzeth finishes up what he was doing and returns with his branches to see the poor job the unicorn had done of setting it up. "No no no. You gotta make sure that the branches are woven together, so that the moss has something to hold on too. We need to completly cover it so that we're not seen by other creatures." Ruzeth goes to work rearanging the branches and not giving anything for Lucent to do in the mean time.

07:41 Lucent shuffles backwards awkwardly and scuffs at the ground. "O-okay," he says, feeling bad for not being able to help the zebra out. He sighs and tries to crawl into the small alcove, somehow managing not to knock any of Ruzeth's work over in the process.

07:46 Ruzeth watches as Lucent srawls inside, sighing with relief as his friend gets out of the way. The stallion then begins to cover over the wall he'd made with the moss and grass he'd collected, managing to block out Lucent completly from view. "Ok good, just a couple last touches. The zebra rolls a log infront of where the branches were posted to keep them from dislodging in the night and then he produces an extremely foul smelling plant, which he wipes all over the covering mat. "That should keep us safe for the night anyways...If I were less exhausted, I'd fix us up a mattress as well, but not tonight." He says, and then lifts up a corner, crawling in next to Lucent.

07:46 < Ruzeth> which he wipes all over the covering mat. "That should keep us safe for the night anyways...If I were less exhausted, I'd fix us up a mattress as well, but not tonight." He says, and then lifts up a corner, crawling in next to Lucent.

07:49 Lucent lifts up two legs and pulls the zebra close to him, wrapping him in a soft hug. "Thanks, Ruzeth," he says, the zebra still able to feel his disappointment at being unable to help. It diminishes though, as the stallion grins. "Like... like you said earlier... we're a team," he says, nuzzling at the zebra's mane.

07:50 Ruzeth closes his eyes as he leans up against his friend, feeling quite tired from the day's events. "Did you ever *Yawn* figure out what you had been thinking about whilst we were trapped in there?" He askes curiously.

07:53 Lucent yawns too, closing his mouth on one of Ruzeth's ears and absentmindedly licking at it. "Nnnnnno," he says, letting the zebra's ear go without even really noticing that he'd been licking it. "All I know... is that it was big."

07:57 Ruzeth shivers, flicking his ear as its licked over. "Well, let me know if you do..." He then leans down as its released. The zebra finds his friends horn and gives it a long lick in retaliation.

08:01 Lucent barely shudders at all, and Ruzeth feels absolutely no tingling on his tongue as he teases the bony protrusion. The unicorn was as of recently coming out from under the effects of the herb he took earlier to keep him awake, and was fast becoming too tired to even protest the horn lick. It doesn't even register as a strong dislike on his emotions. The stocky stallion just squeezes Ruzeth closer to him, cuddling him for warmth on the cool night.

08:04 Ruzeth takes the tip of the horn into his mouth and cursl into a comfortable position, intending to sleep with that intiment part of his friend teased with all night. Ruzeth listens to his friends deep breathing, waiting for Lucent to fall asleep before he does so himself.

08:07 Lucent 's horn still gives Ruzeth no stimulation, even with the tip poking into his mouth and bumping his teeth. The stallion sleepily grabs Ruzeth and pulls him away, back into a hug. It's not long before the tired pony slips into sleep and his breathing steadies out, leaving him defenseless against anything the zebra might be planning.

08:09 Ruzeth frowns around the horn as it fails to tingle him, nor did it seem to be having much of an affect on his friend. He doesn't resist as he's pulled asway from it, merely cuddling against Lucent while he eased the unicorn to sleep. As his beathing slows, Lucent tries one more time, taking most of the stallions bony length into his mouth and teething on it gently.

08:12 Lucent 's horn gives a single spark as the zebra teethes on it and swirls his tongue around it, but then nothing else. The stimulus assault doesn't seem to be having entirely no effect on the stallion though, as he shivers against the zebra and the tip of his mottled member pokes out of his sheath.

08:13 Ruzeth sighs sadly at the lack of reaction and closes his eyes, yawning around the bone. He lays there, sucking on the horn as he slowly drifts off to sleep.

14:24 Ruzeth continues to sleep well into the morning with the stallion's horn in his mouth. The chilly causes the zebra to clutch tight to his friend for warmth. Outside the sun starts peak through the moss and outside the birds are twittering away.

14:35 Lucent experiences predictable results from sleeping with his horn in Ruzeth's mouth, and as the morning wears on begins to sport a throbbing erection. Hugging Ruzeth to him, he starts to thrust into his friend's fuzzy belly.

14:41 Ruzeth snores loudly around Lucent's bony horn, sucking and nibbling on it in his sleep. As the unicorn humps against the zebra's belly, Ruzeth hugs Lucent tight, pulling his length heard against his belly. The zebra also was sporting an engorged case of morning wood which pushed into Lucent's gut, the fur tickling over his head with each of the unicorn's thrusts.

14:56 Lucent keeps thrusting into Ruzeth, their shafts grinding against each other between their bellies. He moans in his sleep from the licking and sucking on his horn, quickly reaching his peak. The stallion squeezes the zebra against him, thrusting into his belly and holding him there, unloading his hot, sticky seed against their chests. As he recovers he blinks awake, eyes widening and face turning beet red as he realizes what just happened again.

15:05 Ruzeth begins to grind back against Lucent's belly, the fur tickling over him pleasurably. Ruzeth murrs in his sleep as he presses himself into Lucent's belly. He's not managed to finish yet as Lucent does, but the cum provides a much needed lubricant to heighten the stallion. Ruzeth is still going at it as Lucent realizes what happened.

15:12 Lucent whines as he feels the zebra thrusting into his cum-coated belly. The stallion tries to pull away, but he's pressed up against the back of the alcove and is in a difficult position to get any grip. He feels Ruzeth still sucking on his horn and groans, shoving his head off the bony member. "R-Ruzeth," he says, trying to wake the zebra.

15:20 Ruzeth whines and bites down on the horn as he's shoved off, teeth clicking over every ridge till he slides off. The young zebra gives a couple more eager thrusts before he spurts out over the both of them, adding his must to the air. He moans in pleasure as he falls by the wayside, a dumb happy smile on his face .

15:22 Lucent grimaces and shudders violently as the zebra's teeth clack over the ridges on his horn, leaving him shaking and breathless as Ruzeth unloads over both of them. After the unicorn recovers he shoves the zebra, not bothering to be gentle in his attempts to wake him up. "Ruzeth!"

15:33 Ruzeth collides with the stick wall on the opposite side of him and wakes up full of adrenaline. He hops to his feet, looking around frantically for the danger. "Wha- what's going on, Luc-" the zebra goes silent as he takes a wiff of the air. "Oh... Um what happened?" he asks blushing.

15:35 Lucent points wordlessly at the softening member flopping around between Ruzeth's legs and the sticky smear of cum on his chest and belly. The unicorn's flaccid shaft had yet to retreat into his sheath, and was still in full view.

15:53 Ruzeth looks down at his both sticky patch and that of the other stallion's. "Lucent... You should really avoid doing things like that when we're out here. Certain smells attract things..." Ruzeth said with a grimace. Even worse they were not near any water as far as Ruzeth was aware and he wasn't going to waste what he carried on getting clean. "Well, I suppose we'll have to hope we dry off quickly and the smell dissipates." He shoves over the shelter to reveal daylight.

15:55 < Ruzeth> Shelter to reveal daylight.

16:01 Lucent stares at Ruzeth incredulously. "Y-you were sucking on my horn again!" he yells, angry at the zebra. The unicorn rolls to his hooves and stomps over to Ruzeth. "And half of this is /yours/," he says, reaching under the zebra's belly to bat at his dangling shaft.

16:08 Ruzeth stares back at him confused. He'd forgotten about the compromising position he'd fallen asleep in. "How could I have been sucking on your horn. Until you pushed me awake that is." Ruzeth sighs as Lucent continues to be angry at him, shuddering slightly at the touch. "Well... That still leaves your half. I'm not entirely to blame. Anyways, how do you know you didn't force your horn there in your sleep."

16:26 Lucent shrugs and sighs in irritation. "I don't know, but you were sucking at it in your sleep!" He lowers his glistening horn in front of Ruzeth's face. "See?!"

16:35 Ruzeth raises his foreleg and blushes his fur against it to try and dry it up. "If you don't know you didn't cause it in your sleep, you can't really blame me..." He argues calmly. Turning away, he motions for Lucent. "anyways, Cmon lets go."

16:38 Lucent yanks his horn away when Ruzeth brushes his fur against it. "S-stop it," he says, still unhappy with the zebra. The stallion grudgingly follows after Ruzeth, but after a bit he stops and points at him accusingly. "No, I remember now! You started when we were falling asleep!"

16:47 Ruzeth opens his mouth to protest the accusation, only to have the memory flood back to him. "Oh! Oh... I... I did didn't I... I'm sorry Lucent... I didn't mean... I was to tired and wasn't thinking..." He takes a seat and looks at the ground shamefully.

16:53 Lucent gives Ruzeth a baleful stare for a while as the zebra apologizes, before he sighs and slowly walks over and sits down next to him. "It's... well... it's not okay, but thanks for apologizing," he says slowly. "I... I know you wouldn't do that on purpose." The stallion drapes a foreleg over the zebra's shoulders.

17:04 Ruzeth leans into the stallion's leg, sighing a bit. "Ugh being stuck in the wild with you is starting to get to me... I can't put you out of my mind..." Ruzeth wraps his hooves completely around Lucent in a hug.

17:06 Lucent leans away, making a face as their sticky fur squelches together. "Come on, let's go," he says, not wanting to acknowledge the implications of what Ruzeth said. "Let's get home and shower, or find another creek. Plus," he looks around warily, "we're still in the middle of the forest..."

17:11 Ruzeth gets to his feet as Lucent pulls away. Their fur tugs at each other as they come apart. "Ya.. You're right. We need to get moving. Hopefully we come across a road soon enough, and without trouble." As soon as Ruzeth finishes that thought, the sound of snapping branches echoes from nearby.

17:14 Lucent 's ears perk up fearfully and he huddles close to Ruzeth, eyes darting around the forest. The unicorn's face contorts in concentration, but nothing seems to happen. A single yellow spark flies out of his horn, and he sighs. "N-now what?" he whispers, shaking.

17:23 Ruzeth grabs Lucent and pulls him into a low ditch quickly, holding the stallion down against the ground. As they lie there a shadow passes over them and then fades as the creature moves on. The dirt on the ground renders their fur no longer sticky.

17:27 Lucent meeps quietly and sucks low, covering his head with his hooves. The unicorn lays in the dirt even after the shadow passes, waiting for Ruzeth to tell him when it's safe to get up.

17:33 Ruzeth waits a little bit after the noise disappears and then looks up, looking around to see that the creature seems to have gone. "Ugh, well it looks like it all passed at least." Ruzeth touches his dirt encrusted patch and grimaces. "That's not gonna clean out easily..."

17:36 Lucent looks up, his ears still flattened with fright. "I-it's gone?" he stammers. The unicorn examines the dirt stuck to his fur and shrugs. "Better than before, really..."

22:20 Ruzeth nods to Lucent and helps his friend up. "Yep, good thing we were alerted to its presence. Let's get a move on before anything else happens." The zebra began heading out due East, leading the pair hopefully home.

01:52 Lucent brushes himself off as he stands and follows after Ruzeth, the tired unicorn wishing he'd gotten more sleep. Trying to use magic had given him a headache, so he stays quiet as they walk.

00:43 Ruzeth leads the pair through the forest with very few more accidents until finally, just an hour or so before sundown, the pair stumble out of the forest and accross the path that will take them home. With a smile Ruzeth turns to his companion and chuckles. "See? I told you I'd get us out of there safely. Now we've just gotta follow this north till we reach Seaddle. Probably not too far now."

01:30 Lucent trudges out after Ruzeth and manages a tired, but sincere smile. He steps closer and nuzzles the zebra, not caring that they're both dirty and sweaty after having walked all day. "You did," he says.

01:36 Ruzeth gives his friend a quick hug back and takes a seat by the side of the road. "I hope that we make it back for your work tomorrow. You don't think today is Monday do you? How long were we in there?" Ruzeth looks down the path and folds his ears. "I hope we don't have much to go back..."

01:46 Lucent sits down next to Ruzeth and yawns. He nods at the comment about work. "I don't think it's Monday; we weren't in there /that/ long," he says. The unicorn looks up the road and sighs. "Well, gotta keep going.

01:53 Ruzeth sits ther for a couple seconds in silence, looking absolutley beat. Finally he gets up with a nod and begins to make their way back towards the town.

01:55 Lucent gets back to his hooves and plods onwards. The unicorn was tired more from lack of sleep than too much walking, and soon began to pull ahead of the zebra.

02:03 Ruzeth speeds up a bit to catch up with his friend, as eager to get home as Lucent was. "Hold up there! We'll be home soon enough. No need to rush."

02:16 Lucent turns his head and eyes Ruzeth. "I'm not walking any faster than before..."

02:19 Ruzeth pants heavily as he tries to keep up. "Well it feels like you are...I'm having a bit of trouble moving that fast..."

02:30 Lucent slows and stops. "I could carry you," he says simply. "I've carried heavier for longer."

02:34 Ruzeth shakes his head, taking a second to catch up to Lucent. His little legs were moving at a quicker pace that those of the Unicorn to try and keep up. "No...We're both worn out. I couldn't ask that of you..."

02:38 Lucent snorts and shakes his head. "Well you're not, I am." The stallion crouches down. "I need sleep, not rest. If I get tired, you can walk again."

02:45 Ruzeth looks a little uncomfortable with the suggestion, but after sitting there for a second he finaly acqueises. "Fine...I guess but you better let me know the instant you get tired." Ruzeth slowly hops up onto Lucents back.

02:47 Lucent stands back up and waits for Ruzeth to get settled. "Fine." The stocky unicorn plods off into the dimming light, barely slowed by Ruzeth's weight.

02:49 Ruzeth scoots around on Lucents back until he found a spot that would be fine enough and then hold on tight, resting his head between Lucents ears.

02:59 Ruzeth rides Lucent all the way back to the place. It seems they were quite a ways down the road and it took them nearly an hour of walking the trail to make it back to Lucents apartment. The Pair gets home in the mid evening, with Ruzeth pretty exhausted despite his ride. As they walk in, the young zebra says, "Umm we're both pretty disgusting...perhaps we ought to help each other out in the shower tonight."

03:03 Lucent stares at the stripped bed and groans. "Yeah, fine," he says, wanting to get clean and into bed as fast as possible. The unicorn pushes open the door to the bathroom and climbs into his sparsely-equipped shower. He stares at the knobs and blinks, as though momentarily forgetting how they worked.

03:10 Ruzeth climbs in behind Lucent, his snout practically burried in the stallions tail duie to the cramped quarters. He waints a couple of seconds for the water to come to life before tapping Lucent on the back. "Uhh Lucent? You gonna get the water?"

03:13 Lucent starts, the tapping breaking him out of his doze. "Right, right," he says, turning on the water. The unicorn yawns as he waits for it to warm up. "Never thought I'd appreciate a shower so much..."

03:22 Ruzeth murrs happily as the water begins to flow over him, not caring that the water had yet to heat up. In the cold water, he begins to rub his hooves over the stallions body, trying to wrk the sweat and grime out of his coat."Ya, the water is so lovely."

03:29 Lucent yelps in surprise at the cold water, having forgotten not to turn on the shower until after it was warm. He shivers involuntarily, getting the brunt of the cold shower. "Y-yeah it's n-nice," he chatters. "Nice to be c-clean..." The unicorn shivers again.

03:39 Ruzeth nods happily, the hold water quickly taking away the heat from their excercise from earlier. After getting Lucent decently soaked as the water heats up he begoins to lather up soap into the unicorns coat. "So did you ever figure out what it was you wanted to say before we fell asleep last night?"

03:46 Lucent stands and relaxes in the warm water as Ruzeth cleans him. "...Huh?" he says. "What're you talking about...?""You wanted to say something to me and then you forgot in your haze.""Speaking of which, how are you doing?"

03:50 Lucent blinks. "Oh... no, sorry." He groans and holds a hoof to his head. "I don't think that potion has entirely worn off yet..."

03:53 Ruzeth reaches up and begins to shampoo Lucents mane, taking extra care to discreetly rub up agains the stallions horn with his hooves. "Oh...Well I suppose its a good thing you do manual labor then. Just...please don't have anymore accidents that would nessesitate magic..."

03:58 Lucent doesn't react to the horn rub, his tiredness and the numbness from the potion's aftereffects counteracting most of the feeling. "Any /more/?" he asks. "I try to avoid all kinds of accidents..."

04:06 Ruzeth shakes his head both in irritation at his friends lack of feeling in his horn and at his dismissal of what's happened so far. "Ive been with you what, 5 days? Already weve been involved in 2 accidents involving magic. I just dont want you to get hurt."

04:10 Lucent hmphs, sounding a bit grumpy. "I'll be fine." He shakes the zebra's hooves off his head and tries to back around him. "I'm clean, let me get you now."

04:13 Ruzeth nods and turns around to allow Lucent access to his back. The young zebra winces a little as Lucent rubs the cum soaked fur off of him, the dried fluid sticking awfully and pulling at his fur. "Alright, I trust that you will be."

04:16 Lucent grabs some soap and works it into Ruzeth's striped fur. He tries to be gentle, but in his condition isn't very successful, rubbing the zebra's sides and belly rather roughly.

04:21 Ruzeth grits his and bears it as the unicorn rubs rather harshly into his body. Slowly and steadily the zebra comes clean, the soap working itno his fur and rubbing off the grime. "Ugh...we got quite dirty out there didnt we..."

04:24 Lucent nods and grunts an affirmative, then shifts to working on the zebra's mane. Having no idea how to properly wash it, he ends up making kind of a mess of it. "Uh... I can't really get your mane, Ruzeth..."

04:28 Ruzeth sighs and pulls away as he feels Lucent getting it all tangled about. "Please be careful. You have no idea how difficult it is to get those rings back on if they fall off." Ruzeth leans his head down and begisn to work on his own mane.

04:35 Lucent sighs and starts to work on the zebra's tail, or at least the part above the ring at the bottom. "Sorry." He sighs again. "Should we put the.. dirty sheets back on, or..?"

04:38 Ruzeth grimaces at the question. "Oh...ummm...you dont have a second pair of sheets by chance?" He asks hopefully. "I mean...we probably ought to use them if you dont...just in case." The zebra makes a face.

04:43 Lucent snorts. "Just in case you decide my horn is a pacifier? No thanks." He pulls away, leaving the zebra's tail unfinished, and turns around. "...And no, they're my only sheets."

04:45 Ruzeth curls his tail underneath himself and sits down so that he can finish cleaning the last bit of it. "Its more of a incase you decide to enjoy my fir a littl e bit too much again like you did the other night."

04:49 Lucent doesn't say anything, but it's pretty clear that he is not happy. The stallion turns off the water and shakes himself off. Then he steps out and stomps away, leaving Ruzeth to finish cleaning by himself.

04:51 Ruzeth folds his ears down as Lucent gets upset and finishes up quickly. "Look Lucent, its alright. You and I both enjoyed it and its just something that happens," he explains, shaking and then stepping out fo the shower to towel himself off.

04:54 Lucent continues ignoring Ruzeth, stomping out to the bed and throwing the sheets back on in a rough approximation of how they're supposed to go. He flops down heavily, grabbing the one remaining pillow for himself.

04:57 Ruzeth follows quickly after the still wet unicorn. "Look, Lucent. I'm sorry. I didn't mean any harm by it." The zebra grabs the more icky pillow and flips it over, laying his head down on the clean side as he climbs into bed. Hes pretty much pressed up agains the unicorn, who haphaazardly through himself into the bed and so was taking up much of it.

05:00 Lucent feels around for the blanket, and pulls it over the two of them --- but mostly over himself, shrouding himself in it and trying to hide from the world. "Okay, just-- don't," he says somewhat cryptically. The unicorn curls up, giving Ruzeth a little more space.

05:03 Ruzeth nods silently and closes his eyes, waiting for the stallion to shut off the lights so that they coudl go to bed. Ruzeth snuggles even more against Lucent as not to fall off as his tail hangs over the edge.

05:12 Lucent just covers his head with the blanket, not bothering to turn off the light. He grumbles as the zebra snuggles up to him, grudgingly scooting closer to the wall.

05:15 Ruzeth nudges Lucent a couple of times with a hoof. "Could you umm...get that..." The zebra trails off as he suddenly realizes that Lucents magic was still foggy. "Oh nevermind, I'll just do it manually..." He says, climbing out of bed once more.

05:17 Lucent grunts in response, taking the opportunity to tuck the blanket under him so that Ruzeth can't snuggle against his fur when he gets back.

05:18 Ruzeth flips off the light and heads back, slowly sliding into bed only to discover his friend did not seem intent on sharing the blanket. "Lucent...its kinda cold...would you mind?"

05:20 Lucent starts to thank Ruzeth for getting the light, but it turns into a loud sigh when the zebra asks for the blanket. "...Fine," he says, rolling a bit to free up the edge on Ruzeth's side.

05:24 Ruzeth choses to ignore the irritation in in lucents voice as he slides under the covers and presses up against his friend in the small bed. "Thanks Lucent...sleep well."

05:26 Lucent sighs again, and Ruzeth can feel him almost slump more, despite already laying down. "Sleep well, Ruzeth," he says in monotone.

05:29 Ruzeth frowns and reaches a hoof aroudn to hug his friend. "Cmon, whats wrong?

05:34 Lucent squirms and grumbles as he feels Ruzeth's foreleg drape over his side. "I just want to sleep..."

05:35 Ruzeth takes a deep breath and sighs, closing his eyes and trying to ignroe the crusty sheets. "Alright...nini then. Remember, you can talk to me about any-yawn-thing..."

05:37 Lucent doesn't respond, trying to get rest before he has to get up in the morning.

05:39 Ruzeth lays there in silence, hugging and cuddling against his friend as he falls asleep.