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  "description_bbcode_parsed": "<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'>Blizzard owns races/classes/setting, all fiction, characters mine, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;Consider checking out my <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/BenRiote\" rel=\"nofollow\">Linktree</a> to see where else I&#039;m active, or if you&#039;re feeling generous I suppose!<br /><br />And hey, I wrote a book!&nbsp;&nbsp;Check it out <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2XYVYHC\" rel=\"nofollow\">HERE!</a><br /><br />Flipped the script a little on this one.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#039;ve made no secret that I quite enjoy some voyeurism from time to time.&nbsp;&nbsp;I also think fireweed&#039;s fun to implement from time to time, and I really enjoyed seeing Drenan loosen up for a little while.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#039;m curious to see if anyone&#039;s noticed (and if you haven&#039;t, I don&#039;t blame you.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was horribly inconsistent with this during the early parts), but Drenan doesn&#039;t really use contractions when he speaks.&nbsp;&nbsp;I purposely do this to give his voice a deep, slow-feeling sound to it, whereas Lyrah&#039;s voice is a bit higher-pitched and more bubbly.<br /><br />But that doesn&#039;t count when he&#039;s high as balls.<br /><br />And yeah... I hope this doesn&#039;t feel too rushed.&nbsp;&nbsp;I know Rask was just introduced, but I got really into writing this bit and the bits that follow, and I didn&#039;t really wanna pad things out with unnecessary bits.&nbsp;&nbsp;So yeah....<br /><br />Shit I feel like I have so much to say on this one.&nbsp;&nbsp;Happy Christmas Eve to all those who celebrate!&nbsp;&nbsp;Hope your Christmases go off without a hitch tomorrow!<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.postybirb.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Posted using PostyBirb</a></span>",
  "writing": "<127>\n\n\t“Awwwww, do we have to?” Lyrah whined.\n\n\tRask clicked his tongue.  “The swamp is no place for a lady, let alone one with a bun in the oven.  Do as your [i]father[/i] says.”\n\n\tA tinge of color crossed Lyrah’s cheeks before she happily hugged Rask a final time, then gestured for Drenan to help her to her hooves.  “Thank you for all the stories, Uncle.  Thank you so much for coming!  I didn’t know Daddy invited you.”\n\n\t“Of course he would,” Rask assured her and grinned.  “You can’t call it a party without me either!”\n\n\tThis caused Lyrah to perk up a bit further.  “Oh yeah!  By the way, uh… Shele suggested we do a little thingy tomorrow night.  She called it a bachelorette party.  I guess it’s something the druids do as a sort of ‘last hurrah’, and she said there’ll be a few other guests arriving early for it.”\n\n\tRask laughed.  “Before you ask: No thank you.  That’s very much a girl’s thing.”\n\n\tLyrah giggled.  “So she said.  I actually thought maybe you and Rask could do something like that yourselves?  She promised me it wasn’t anything crazy.”\n\n\tDrenan and Rask exchanged glances, though Rask’s turned into a devious smirk.  “Don’t worry about us, Ly-ly.  I’ll take care of your pops.”\n\n\t“Mmh,” was all Drenan said.\n\n* * * * *\n\n\tThe next night came all too quickly, but Lyrah was excited nonetheless.  Talla and Saratha arrived early that morning to join her, making them quite the motley group of four for such a new experience.  True to Shele’s word, the party wasn’t particularly eventful.  They played a few games, although Saratha’s awkwardness and occasional burst of confused anger put and end to them a bit early, much to everyone’s amusement.  They ultimately just sat around and talked for some time, until….\n\n\t“Is [i]that[/i] what your father’s up to?” Shele remarked, intrigued by Lyrah’s story about Rask.\n\n\tLyrah tipped her head to one side.  “Is that weird or something.”\n\n\t“A little bit,” she admitted.  “Not to be rude, but I was not aware Drenan had any close male friends at all.”\n\n\t“Yeah your dad’s kind of a loner, no offense,” Talla chirped.  “What do you think they’re up to?”\n\n\t“Naked warriors and copious amounts of ceremonial herbs?” Saratha suggested unironically.\n\n\tThe other three giggled.  “Dad’s not like that,” Lyrah assured her.\n\n\t“You’re not curious at all though?” Talla prodded.\n\n\t“I didn’t say [i]that[/i].”  All eyes were on Lyrah, and after looking at each of the trio in turn, she finally came to the conclusion they’d been hoping she’d reach.  “Buuuuuuuuuuut….”\n\n* * * * *\n\n\tEarlier that evening, Drenan made his way through the swamp to find Rask’s encampment once more.  “Greetings again, shadowed one,” Drenan rumbled half-jokingly.\n\n\tRask wore only a pair of casual leggings and sleeveless shirt, but stood when Drenan approached.  “So damn formal all the time.  You really haven’t changed.  Well, except for the daughter-fucking I guess,” he joked with a laugh.\n\n\tDrenan didn’t laugh with him.  “I did not expect you to be so… okay with it.  I-”\n\n\t“Nuh-uh,” Rask cut him off.  “If you really wanna talk, we’re doing it the right way.  Come.”  Drenan didn’t get to protest as Rask turned and began walking further into the swamp, fiddling with something Drenan couldn’t see.  The hunter sighed and followed his friend until Rask stopped at the edge of the swamp.  The canopy of trees gave way to the starry sky beyond, and just down a small slope was a pure pool of crystal clear water.  It was here that Rask took a seat at the top of the slope and patted for Drenan to sit next to him.\n\n\tDrenan slowly sat.  “Alright, what is this-“\n\n\tWhen he turned to look at Rask, the bull was holding a long pipe in his direction, packed with particularly pungent fireweed.  He knew the scent anywhere.  “Peace pipe,” Rask said plainly.  “Remember?”\n\n\tDrenan’s brow arched as he studied the pipe, then slowly took it.  “You kept it?”\n\n\t“It’s all I ever use,” he rumbled and offered Drenan a matchstick.\n\n\tThe soon-to-be-wed tauren accepted it slowly, then struck it.  After a short draw, a series of perfect smoke rings went floating off into the breeze while Drenan handed the pipe back.\n\n\tRask studied him intently as he took a draw himself.  He visibly watched Drenan’s broad shoulders soften, and a slight wisp of color tainted his eyes.  “Not even a sputter,” Rask observed.\n\n\t“Like riding a kodo,” Drenan returned softly, perhaps a bit higher-pitched than usual.  “I haven’t tasted that in many years.”\n\n\t“That’s parenthood,” Rask teased and handed the pipe back.  “But your special day’s coming up.  Might as well have another last hurrah, right?”\n\n\tDrenan half-giggled under the gentle influence of the fireweed.  “I don’t need it, but you’re satisfying a long-buried craving tonight.  Thank you, Rask.”\n\n\t“It’s the least I can do after all you did for me,” Rask echoed in earnest.\n\n\t“Are you still hung up on that?”\n\n\t“You saved my life.  How can I not be?”\n\n\t“It was [i]decades[/i] ago!”\n\n\t“Decades I wouldn’t have lived, thanks to you.  Decades of fighting, women, glory….”\n\n\t“Then how come you stopped writing?” Drenan said suddenly.\n\n\tRask hesitated and blew a gout of smoke from his bullish nose.  “Can’t you let that go?”\n\n\t“Are we being honest with each other right now?” Drenan returned gently.  “Isn’t this why we’re here?”\n\n\tThe black-furred tauren sighed.  “I thought I’d have a bit more courage with this stuff,” he admitted.  “Drenan, I… I’m sorry.  I got… jealous.”\n\n\tDrenan’s expression fell.  “If this is about Kinah-“\n\n\tRask held up a hand.  “No.  I made peace with the fact that she chose you a long time ago.  It broke my heart too when she passed, but I honored Lyrah in her memory for as long as I could stand to.  But with the goings-on in the world I got busy, and…”\n\n\t“… you wanted a family,” Drenan finished.\n\n\tRask didn’t respond.\n\n\t“Rask… [i]we[/i] are your family.”\n\n\tHe sighed.  “The older Lyrah got, the harder it got for me to be around you two.  It felt like I was stuck in the past.  I’ve never been able to make a relationship work anyway, so… why should even a chosen family be any different?  And she started to look a lot like Kinah.”\n\n\t“So you just gave up?  That’s not like you.”\n\n\t“I thought it’d be better for you both,” he admitted.  Rask shakily rose to his hooves, then suddenly flicked his belt buckle open.  “I need to cool off,” was all he said before dropping his leggings, yanking off his shirt, and leaping off the embankment to splash down into the clear pond.\n\n\tDrenan struggled to realize what had happened at first, but by the time his mind had caught up, he, too was naked and already in the water opposite of Rask.  “This takes me ba-“ he started, until he realized something wasn’t right.  Rask’s bare torso was visible above the water, and upon his toned right pectoral was a set of crisscrossed gouges that appeared to spider in all directions.  And they glowed a menacing dark purple.  “By the Earthmother.”\n\n\t“Yeah,” Rask said and took a long, deep inhale.  “I’m dying, Drenan.”\n",
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Talla chirped.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;What do you think they&rsquo;re up to?&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Naked warriors and copious amounts of ceremonial herbs?&rdquo; Saratha suggested unironically.<br /><br />\tThe other three giggled.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Dad&rsquo;s not like that,&rdquo; Lyrah assured her.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;You&rsquo;re not curious at all though?&rdquo; Talla prodded.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t say <em>that</em>.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;All eyes were on Lyrah, and after looking at each of the trio in turn, she finally came to the conclusion they&rsquo;d been hoping she&rsquo;d reach.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Buuuuuuuuuuut&hellip;.&rdquo;<br /><br />* * * * *<br /><br />\tEarlier that evening, Drenan made his way through the swamp to find Rask&rsquo;s encampment once more.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Greetings again, shadowed one,&rdquo; Drenan rumbled half-jokingly.<br /><br />\tRask wore only a pair of casual leggings and sleeveless shirt, but stood when Drenan approached.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;So damn formal all the time.&nbsp;&nbsp;You really haven&rsquo;t changed.&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, except for the daughter-fucking I guess,&rdquo; he joked with a laugh.<br /><br />\tDrenan didn&rsquo;t laugh with him.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I did not expect you to be so&hellip; okay with it.&nbsp;&nbsp;I-&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Nuh-uh,&rdquo; Rask cut him off.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;If you really wanna talk, we&rsquo;re doing it the right way.&nbsp;&nbsp;Come.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;Drenan didn&rsquo;t get to protest as Rask turned and began walking further into the swamp, fiddling with something Drenan couldn&rsquo;t see.&nbsp;&nbsp;The hunter sighed and followed his friend until Rask stopped at the edge of the swamp.&nbsp;&nbsp;The canopy of trees gave way to the starry sky beyond, and just down a small slope was a pure pool of crystal clear water.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was here that Rask took a seat at the top of the slope and patted for Drenan to sit next to him.<br /><br />\tDrenan slowly sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Alright, what is this-&ldquo;<br /><br />\tWhen he turned to look at Rask, the bull was holding a long pipe in his direction, packed with particularly pungent fireweed.&nbsp;&nbsp;He knew the scent anywhere.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Peace pipe,&rdquo; Rask said plainly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Remember?&rdquo;<br /><br />\tDrenan&rsquo;s brow arched as he studied the pipe, then slowly took it.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;You kept it?&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s all I ever use,&rdquo; he rumbled and offered Drenan a matchstick.<br /><br />\tThe soon-to-be-wed tauren accepted it slowly, then struck it.&nbsp;&nbsp;After a short draw, a series of perfect smoke rings went floating off into the breeze while Drenan handed the pipe back.<br /><br />\tRask studied him intently as he took a draw himself.&nbsp;&nbsp;He visibly watched Drenan&rsquo;s broad shoulders soften, and a slight wisp of color tainted his eyes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Not even a sputter,&rdquo; Rask observed.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Like riding a kodo,&rdquo; Drenan returned softly, perhaps a bit higher-pitched than usual.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t tasted that in many years.&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;That&rsquo;s parenthood,&rdquo; Rask teased and handed the pipe back.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;But your special day&rsquo;s coming up.&nbsp;&nbsp;Might as well have another last hurrah, right?&rdquo;<br /><br />\tDrenan half-giggled under the gentle influence of the fireweed.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t need it, but you&rsquo;re satisfying a long-buried craving tonight.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you, Rask.&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the least I can do after all you did for me,&rdquo; Rask echoed in earnest.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Are you still hung up on that?&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;You saved my life.&nbsp;&nbsp;How can I not be?&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;It was <em>decades</em> ago!&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Decades I wouldn&rsquo;t have lived, thanks to you.&nbsp;&nbsp;Decades of fighting, women, glory&hellip;.&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Then how come you stopped writing?&rdquo; Drenan said suddenly.<br /><br />\tRask hesitated and blew a gout of smoke from his bullish nose.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Can&rsquo;t you let that go?&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Are we being honest with each other right now?&rdquo; Drenan returned gently.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Isn&rsquo;t this why we&rsquo;re here?&rdquo;<br /><br />\tThe black-furred tauren sighed.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I thought I&rsquo;d have a bit more courage with this stuff,&rdquo; he admitted.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Drenan, I&hellip; I&rsquo;m sorry.&nbsp;&nbsp;I got&hellip; jealous.&rdquo;<br /><br />\tDrenan&rsquo;s expression fell.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;If this is about Kinah-&ldquo;<br /><br />\tRask held up a hand.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;No.&nbsp;&nbsp;I made peace with the fact that she chose you a long time ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;It broke my heart too when she passed, but I honored Lyrah in her memory for as long as I could stand to.&nbsp;&nbsp;But with the goings-on in the world I got busy, and&hellip;&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;&hellip; you wanted a family,&rdquo; Drenan finished.<br /><br />\tRask didn&rsquo;t respond.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Rask&hellip; <em>we</em> are your family.&rdquo;<br /><br />\tHe sighed.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;The older Lyrah got, the harder it got for me to be around you two.&nbsp;&nbsp;It felt like I was stuck in the past.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&rsquo;ve never been able to make a relationship work anyway, so&hellip; why should even a chosen family be any different?&nbsp;&nbsp;And she started to look a lot like Kinah.&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;So you just gave up?&nbsp;&nbsp;That&rsquo;s not like you.&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;I thought it&rsquo;d be better for you both,&rdquo; he admitted.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rask shakily rose to his hooves, then suddenly flicked his belt buckle open.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I need to cool off,&rdquo; was all he said before dropping his leggings, yanking off his shirt, and leaping off the embankment to splash down into the clear pond.<br /><br />\tDrenan struggled to realize what had happened at first, but by the time his mind had caught up, he, too was naked and already in the water opposite of Rask.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;This takes me ba-&ldquo; he started, until he realized something wasn&rsquo;t right.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rask&rsquo;s bare torso was visible above the water, and upon his toned right pectoral was a set of crisscrossed gouges that appeared to spider in all directions.&nbsp;&nbsp;And they glowed a menacing dark purple.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;By the Earthmother.&rdquo;<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Yeah,&rdquo; Rask said and took a long, deep inhale.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m dying, Drenan.&rdquo;<br /></span>",
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