She was slightly surprised when Seto barely even reacted to her opening the door, it was actually quite brave. Katarina loved it, this night was just turning more and more fun by the second! First, she had actually gone to one of her first ever parties. Second, she had kicked some fat pervert's ass. And now, she had been unknowingly stripped by a handsome man. Who was practically her husband by now, but not really? After all, they were basically having a honeymoon already. Heck, she was even semi-naked! When Seto talked about how she had 'Matured' because she hadn't stabbed him. She scowled, did he just basically imply that she was a kid? The audacity! She stopped gripped the knife tighter in a threatening manner as he continued on with his little 'Speach' explaining himself. It made perfect sense, he was either a good liar or was actually telling the truth. Katarina was hanging on the latter. Her face almost turned the same color as her hair when he pointed to her breasts, informing her that he could see everything while she was standing in the light. Quickly, she dropped the knife onto the ground and used one arm to cover her breasts, while she used the other to cover her other womanly area. She stuck out her tongue playfully. Trying her best to cool of her face, but only making it redder and redder. This was so embarrassing! Usually, in this situation, Katarina would of likely fully stripped and flaunted her curves. However, she didn't feel the need to around Seto. He seemed like a man who would likely just sigh and fall asleep, even with a beautiful naked woman in front of him. Heck, he'd probably do the same if she jumped into his arms. He was an interesting fellow, one that Katarina wanted to speak to some more. As he pointed out the obvious, about them not being married, but basically having a honeymoon. She adamantly refused to blush any further, she had already had these thoughts. She was prepared! What she couldn't help but blush about though, was when he said he'd be more than happy to spend the evening with her if she was happier. He couldn't be serious... Could he? He must be joking. Heck, even Katarina the arrogant wasn't willing to take things that far. She let out a breath when he confessed to not having any sexual interests at all. It seemed he was the complete opposite to her in that regard, as Katarina was interested in pretty much everyone. "And I'll consider you my darling husband no matter what as well, dear." She replied, deciding that fighting embarrassment with sarcasm was the best way to go. She stood in silence for a couple seconds, biting the side of her lips, never dropping her hands from where they were conveniently placed to prevent Seto from making and more embarrassing comments about seeing everything. She thought for a second, Seto had said that he wanted to get to know her better. She agreed, the redhead wanted to know her 'Husband' as well. She smiled. "Let me go get changed, It's pretty breezy in here." She said, despite none of the windows actually being open. After saying this, she quickly walked backward out of the door and down the corridor to the bedroom. Once in the room where she had woken up in, she searched through all the draws. Finding a basic white T-Shirt and some baggy jeans. After putting on the t-shirt, she embarrassingly noted that it was made for someone... Less-endowed than her, as evidenced by the fact that the T-Shirt had basically turned into an incredibly tight crop top. Just barely covering her breasts. She sighed, I guess that will have to do, she thought as she walked out of the bedroom and back into the lounge. Once in, she swiftly sat down on the couch right next to him. In fact, she was probably a little too close at the moment, but that didn't matter. Seto himself had said that he basically felt no sexual desires, so Katarina did this without a second thought. She rested her cheek on his shoulder, the top of her head against the side of his face. She closed her eyes, enjoying the closeness. "So, my dear husband, I saw you sitting opposite that beautiful woman in the party, did you get up too... Any naughty business? You don't need to lie, I won't get mad." she whispered, enjoying the warmth of the fire and being so close to him.
Holy Shit, he was alive...and not in the ground dead somehow, maybe she finally believed he wasn't like the ninety nine percent of men that just wanted to pound anything they could get their hands on although he still felt like she was going to castrate him when he wasn't looking but the knife was on the ground with Katarina probably forgetting about it after he told her he could have seen all the goods if he had wanted to. She did cover herself up using her hands to cover her womanly area's but when she stuck her tongue out, it was cute but I don't think she wanted to start a war with him, If she was going to be playful then two could play at that game but he already seemed to have won the first battle when she blushing....hard, It took a couple of seconds for her to finally surrender in silence before running off to the room, saying it was too cold. She must not have thought that one through when she said that since he closed the windows and lowered the blinds earlier so there wouldn't be any peepers otherwise there probably would have been a dozen or so corpses laying around the grounds. It took Katarina a few minutes, there really must not have been any decent clothes in the bedroom if it took her this long to change or maybe she was just really embarrassed of the clothes she found, either way when she did finally come out, she wasn't exactly wearing something that was modest, If she was trying to turn him on, it may have worked somewhat, it wasn't like he wasn't attracted to women, he just never showed interest until they made the first move out of respect of not looking like a common manwhore so when she took a seat next to him...really close and this time then she put her cheeks on his shoulder with her head against his, I think he was going to have admit defeat this time, taking a quick peek, that's ok right? it wasn't like she didn't want him to look but he wasn't trying to be a pervert. His attention went from her curves to her voice completely when she asked him about Lady Cecille. His jaw slightly dropped, he kinda forgot about her and the party for the most part after what transpired after their exit. He did wonder how she react when he told Katarina that she kissed him out of excitement, he wasn't sure who be more mind fucked, him when she did it or Katarina after hearing about it but there was only one way to find out. "hmm?.....oh, you mean the bride? yeah, I was talking to her in private when you were talking to that fat ass of a man to see if I could get any information out of his Felis daughter. She told me it was an arranged marriage since that fat lard made an alliance with House Drisner, a house turned traitor against the throne am assuming. He was making deals with bandits over something but she didn't know. She really mind fucked the crap out of me however when she kissed me out of excitement after I told her I'd help her escape so she could travel without that fat ass pric using her as leverage, I wasn't into the kiss, it just really surprised the crap out of me. We then went back to the ballroom for awhile, she was fine sitting it out while I had some white mine until you came out. It was unfortunate I really wanted to slow dance with you and treat you like a true noble." Seto was starting to be annoyed though, yes he was a very serious person but it wasn't like he was asexual or homosexual, he liked women, he just never gave romance or sexuality much thought considering there was so much to do to gain power, could a relationship work? Katarina made her point showing she was interested or she was just a major tease, something Seto took offensive too although he wouldn't say in a bad way per say. She made her intentions clear so it was about time he made his intentions clear. Seto wrapped his left arm around Katarina and slowly petted her arm with his hand, he had put on something of a smirk on his face with a tone that was something confusing that combined genuine, playfulness and a bit of sarcasm for good luck because why not? "You know when I told you I wasn't sexually interested, I didn't say I was Asexual or Homosexual, hell I didn't even say I wasn't interested in you, I just don't show sexual interest in anyone until they show sexual interest first and you, my fiery redhead have definitely shown it unless you were playing a prank on your husband, you wouldn't do that to ol Seto would you now puddin pie? Of course, I'd prefer romance and courtmenship then just passionate lovemaking although I'd be lying If I said I never thought about it. or never wanting to do it We got married yet I don't remember ever courting you, Maybe that should change."
She blushed when he wrapped his firm arms around her, blushing slightly further when he started patting her arm. The touch sent a shiver down her spine, but it felt very different from when the fat man had tried to touch her. Last time, it had been complete disgust, this time, it was delight. Her blush toned down when he started answering her question, she listened intently. She suddenly had the urge to slap him when he told her that he had kissed another woman. "I bet you enjoyed it," she spat, sounding menacing but the smile on her face said otherwise. She relaxed quickly though, she wasn't some kind of anime girl who liked to slap men for being, well... Men. When she liked someone, she made it pretty obvious. Heck, Seto probably thought the clothes she was wearing was an attempt to seduce him. But in all honesty, there had just been nothing else to wear. She wasn't attest to these clothes anymore though, as Seto had actually wrapped his arm around her! And it wasn't an act for all the security guards, it was how he truly felt. She almost choked when he told her that he wasn't into passionate love making, she wasn't either! Oh nooway. For a brief few moments, her real life personality shone through. She was shy, a constant blush on her face. She couldn't form a sentence without messing up and tripping over her words. She had thought about the extremes in a relationship before, but not that Seto had actually said it... Well, it was rather embarrassing to say the least. While his comment about love-making had caused the most visible reaction, Katarina's mind was also racing about the fact that Seto told her that he wasn't completely sexually disinterested, he just proffered for someone else to make the first move. Whoa, that meant that he and Katarina were vastly different in that regard. Katarina had usually made up her mind over whether or not she liked someone in about 5 minutes, which usually meant she was already hitting on them before they had even got a proper look at Katarina in all her glory. "L-l-love making! Oh no, I don't want to take things that far either!" She gushed, "Besides, 'Passionate love making' as you called it, isn't even all it's cooked up to be. It's temporary, rushed and starting a relationship off with it is a bad idea. Relationships - On the other hand - are much more long-lasting. If a couple truly love each other, relationships may never end." Katarina was basically speaking complete rubbish though, she had never even been in a relationship before. She was just basing this analogy of all the manga, video games and movies she had seen in the real world. She suddenly realised something "My dear, you still haven't given me a clear answer on whether or not you love me." She retracted from her place sitting next to him, getting off the sofa and standing directly in front of Seto, looking quite silly in her immodest outfit. She blushed, realising her current state of dress., "I'm going to be blunt, I like you, Seto, are your feelings the same?" She asked, absolutely refusing to blush this time around. She marvelled at how Seto had turned her from a fiesty woman, into a blushing, shy girl. She would still try to be feisty of cause, but it would probably be quite weaker than earlier. Looking more silly rather than the usual fire in her eyes while practically spitting venom at her adversaries.
Another shrug of his shoulders came when she teased him about enjoying that kiss from Lady Cecille, she hoped he was used to it by now because he be doing it a lot more of it in the future. The more they talked though, the more armor Seto seemed chunk off Katarina, he was beginning to see who was under that mask and their true nature when he brought up the subject of lovemaking. With all this blushing, that armor was definitely crumbling away with her mumbling coming out of her mouth, she couldn't put together what she wanted to say to him and it was quite cute. he had figured by her reaction that she probably had never been in a relationship or had sex which was fine to Seto, he didn't judge although he couldn't say the same for himself being older than most players on here. He had dated a few a women when he was younger before he became a professional driver and met his fiance of course if she was still alive, they probably would have had children by now. "Oh, pudding pie, your so adorable when you're all shy like, I like this you even better...when your more...natural." Then came the question he had been anticipating for awhile came out as Katarina stood in front of him in all her glory, he still couldn't figure out her if she really realized that she looked far too silly to be standing in front of him, if he was perverted, he would have gotten another free show. Seto laid on the couch almost emotionless with his body and face, he had to think, he already the answer he was going to give her but he wanted to think how he was going to do it then he just said "fuck it" to himself. Seto pushed himself off the couch using his arms, he walked over to the fire and hovered his hands over the fire to warm them until they were just the right warmth then the moment came the two were expecting. Standing by the fire, he gently put his large warm hands on her shoulders as if it was supposed to be a surprise then without hesitation, he swung her to face him only to meet his gaze. He looked into her eyes as if he was looking into her soul, he didn't even flinch once during this time. She wanted an answer? oh, he was going to give it towards her alright! although if she thought she was safe, she was mistaken...deeply. He wrapped his arms around Katarina around her back towards her waist and behind while bringing her close, only about an inch away but he didn't stop staring into her soul, he didn't want the effect to go away. Seto cracked out his seductive tone for the first time in a few years as he spoke "Oh, you want an answer my sweet beloved? I'll definitely give you one, one you never heard of or experienced before." He pulled her in and closed the gap before giving her a chance to speak her, he landed his lips on right on her's and didn't let go, not even for a second. Seto then pressed inwards, invading her mouth's inner sanctum, wanting her to know how a true kiss felt. He stayed in her sanctum for nearly a minute, playing hide and seek and tag before finally gently releasing her and leaving her holy sanctum. He was sure her mind be nothing, fazed on what just happen. Making an inch between them, He still continued to stare at her eyes as he began to speak towards in a low, soft but still serious enough tone, he wanted her to know he was serious. "Now I want you to listen carefully dear, I don't love you, we have just met and it takes time for "True Love" to blossom "BUT" I would certainly like to get the real you hiding under that mask and eventually fall in love with you then perhaps one day, we could get married and have little Katarina's running around. Of course before that though, I would want to hold you close and have more Cinderella like stories with you being my feisty noble wife that loves to ballroom dance." His tone then immediately changed with a grin of his face as he began to speak sarcastically. "AND kicking the shit of men like that fat ass of a lard that tried to touch my Katarina." Seto then reverted to being serious, he just wanted to say the one part sarcastically to put some humor in theirs. "That's of course if you want to be my Lady in the possible future....but I warn you now, I walk a path few can follow...and it leads to darkness and destruction....There is a glint of light through in the pitch of all that darkness......No matter your decision, we will still be friends and you still be my lady."
She grinned timidly when he said that she was more natural. Sure, this side of her may be more natural and likable. But she played games for a reason... To escape from her shy reality, in the real world, something as basic as a small compliment about her could literally bring tears to her eyes with how shy she got about it. It was rather pathetic, being Katarina really allowed her to look back at her life, and see how awful she was at, well... Life. She watched him get up and stand next to the fire, he looked almost magical in the flickering flames. Alluring almost. He looked like he was on the verge of answering her question, metaphorical butterflies were ever present in her stomach, they felt like they were going to burst out and fill the whole room. She bit her lip, rubbing her wrist with her opposite hand while she waited. What happened next, was something which would probably be forever etched into her memory. Seto suddenly grabbed her shoulders, he then whirled her around, tugging her incredibly close, her chest pressed up tightly against his. Her eyes widened, she didn't know what was happening right now, her face had never been this close to a man's before. It was strange, the words he spoke, and the way he said them sent an excited shiver down her spine. What was that? Suddenly, before she could even respond to his words, he suddenly pressed his mouth against hers. Her eyes widened in shock, her mind quickly became blank. She was too caught up in the moment, her whole body was practically dancing with anticipation. Shivers being sent everywhere. When he pressed inward, Katarina acted purely on instinct, pushing her closer to him as well. Allowing him to invade her mouth, she had never experienced something so intimate before. She closed her eyes, lost in the moment, in the intimacy of the kiss. They stayed like that for what seemed like forever, each lost in their own little words and seemingly never breaking the moment. She wished this moment would last forever, her and Seto. His strong arms wrapped around her waist, their lips interlocking. When he broke the kiss, Katarina's eyes remained closed, still lost in the moment. She leaned forward slightly as if asking for more. But she quickly stopped, opening her eyes and maintaining the one-inch gap between their faces. Her breathing was deep, haggard. She looked completely out-of-it, her eyes looked beyond Seto. As if she was still lost in her own world, still locking lips with him. Her eyes suddenly snapped into focus when he muttered the words "I don't love you". Wait... What? She looked sad for a few seconds, but it quickly transformed into a mix between blushing and happiness when he continued on. "True love," she mumbled still somewhat fazed out "Little Katarina's. Yeah, I like the sound of that." She grinned, her cheeks were no longer flushed. She suddenly felt a lot more comfortable around him, as if the kiss had somehow broken the embarrassment. When he told her about how he was 'walking a dark path' Katarina couldn't care less. This man was the first person she had ever kissed, in her entire life. Heck, he could have been anyone for all she cared. She adored this man, whatever path he wanted to take, she was going to take as well. "I don't care, Seto, wherever you go, I will to follow you. " She laughed, wrapping her slender arms around his back, she shoved him onto the sofa. They landed next to each other, she smiled at him, her cheeks glowing a slight pink. "Hey, since were both practically 'Together' now, shall we sleep in the same bed?" Her smile widened, staring at him with her jade eyes. "Besides, I would hate for my dear husband to be sleeping on this sofa all by himself, It's not the most comfortable of sleeping places, and, well, there isn't any other beds in the cottage. I would know, I've already searched through all of them. No funny business in the bed though, you understand? That kiss was wonderful, but I'm not sure if I'm ready for anything more than that yet." She looked at him expectantly, her cheeks slightly red.
Well, that went even better than he was expecting, he had honestly didn't think she would have said yes so easily, in fact, it was more than that after he heard her grinned about having kids. Having kids now would be pretty premature of him to do due to his plans with the witch but he would need heirs to carry on his work. Being with a woman that so happy that she couldn't sit still didn't sit well for his brain, he didn't get much time to think she was pretty blunt on how she didn't care he was walking towards the path of destruction under the witch's guidance, he wonders how the two would react when they meet whenever that was. All those thoughts shattered when she shoved him onto the couch, so much for being able to think. this was going to take a bit to get used to. She barely gave him any space to breathe with her entire body on top of him then she went on to sleeping in the same bed, she was sure pushing this relationship fast, Seto assumed she must have become more comfortable around him after he kissed her, he could really tell she happy almost to the point of being giggly and excited about it. He had to gather a portion of her strength to shove Katarina off him, she wasn't that heavy but it still made it difficult for him to breath, after all, it wasn't like he was a giant or anything. He laid there for a couple of seconds taking in heavy doses of air before releasing then came the fun part she wasn't expecting to see next although it was a bit unoriginal now since he had already done it once. He stood up from the couch and swung around with a smirk on his face, he wrapped his hands around her back and near his hips, only this time, instead of his hand being on her hip, it was on her rear end and oh boy was he gripping it. He hadn't been looking for action tonight or for awhile but he was fine with setting for the next best thing. He stared at Katarina's angelic face as he carried her through the cottage, avoiding any collisions from any of the doorways and furniture that could cause pain to his little Katarina. "Am fine with that but am letting you know now though, I sleep nude all the time while in a house so you have to get used to it. I understand every girl wants their "first time" to be special...Are you just embarrassed or Shy? It's okay to feel that way. We can do it whenever you feel ready, hopefully, it's before one of us dies, If that ever happens." The two then poured into the bedroom with Seto dropping Katarina right in the middle of their king sized bed. He didn't really care if she was going to protest against it, this was something he did all the time and if they were going to be together, she was gonna have to get used to it one way or another. Taking down the straps from the inside using his left hand to unbutton while his right hand held up the vest in place, he pulled his arm through the sleeve to the other side before doing the same to the other side before lifting his white shirt over his head and throwing on the floor with the vest as well. He gently unbuttoned his belt as well before he gently slid it out of its place being held by its leather hooks. Finally came his pants and his boxers which slid off just like that. With his butt facing Katarina, he walked over towards the door and opened it before turning his head back towards Katarina before closing it. "I'll be right back. need something....to drink when it comes to bed."
She let out a flustered squeak when he started squeezing her rear, lifting her up and carrying through the cottage. Her cheeks turned red, it seemed that Seto loved carrying her, as well as studying her. As he stared at her face, she stared at his. She was incredibly flustered currently, nothing could have prepared her for what had happened tonight. It had started out normal but had quickly turned into a night of many 'Firsts'. First time being carried, first time flirting. First kiss. She blushed at the memory, the kiss felt amazing. Was it true what the movies said? Was it true that 'Love always goes down after the first kiss'? She hoped that it wasn't true, Seto was her first kiss, nothing was going to prevent that. It seemed that the Seto and she had started a game of 'One-Upping' each other, and Seto was definitely winning by miles. The only win she had, was when she had managed to fluster him during the party when she had pulled him in very close. Unfortunately, the only reaction she had incited was a slight reddening of his cheeks. Katarina, however, had practically been glowing red the entire time the two had been in the cottage. That was when he told her that he slept naked. Her face - despite already being pretty blushed - somehow turned redder, her embarrassment clearly evident on her face. She thought she had one-upped Seto by demanding he sleep in the same bed, yet he had quickly turned it around and immediately made her embarrassed. "Naked... Um, wow, okay, err, yeah." She murmured, completely struggling to even form a basic sentence. He dropped her on the bed, Katarina landing rather awkwardly, sprawled out across the bedsheets. She quickly gulped when he started taking his clothes off, ripping her gaze away from his shirtless body, opting to stare at a wall instead. She started hyperventilating, there was a man about 3 meters way from her... And he was naked. She took a deep breath in, listening as he spoke. "Drink? Yeah... Sure, I don't mind." She stuttered, not looking at him while he spoke but her cheeks burning intensely nonetheless. She nestled herself underneath the blanket on top of the bed, taking off her clothes and chucking them to the other side of the room, of course, she kept her underwear on. The thought of sleeping naked next to a man while he was naked scared her. Scared wasn't the right word for it, she was just incredibly embarrassed. Seto had already seen pretty much all of her 'Goods', but if he was naked as well? Yeah, embarrassing. She pulled the blanket up to her face, closing her eyes. The blanket perfectly conformed to all her curves, laying on top of her and really accentuating her beauty. Her heart thumped in her chest, the nervousness causing adrenaline to course through her system. "I'm going to try and get to sleep, good night." She said, not entirely sure if Seto was in the room or not due to the fact that her eyes were closed. So, despite being incredibly nervous, Katarina still managed to get to sleep. It only taking about 5 minutes of having her eyes closed to let her fall asleep. A testament to how tired out she was, wearing those heels and that dress made everything in her life cost 10x more energy. She couldn't wait to wake up in the morning and try to find some better clothes. That T-Shirt she had been wearing was not suitable for going outside in.
Setp had already shut the door by the time Katarina had spoken her mind, he only heard mumbling so he did think of opening the door to the bedroom and ask her what she had said before but figured it wasn't anything important so he didn't give it any more thought as he wondered down the hallway with his feet stepping on the old creaky floorboards, making their usual sounds of being loose. Making his way into the kitchen, he saw a standard out, a counter, an island with four cabinets and a closet nearby. Walking up to the counter, Seto opened the first cabinet all the way on the end and showed...nothing. Moving to the next one, he opened the door..nothing. Seto was starting to get frustrated, was there nothing in this damn house? surely there must have been something in here. Seto angrily opened every cabinet above and under the counter revealing nothing but webs of spiders. His eyebrows making an unibrow out of frustration, he walked over to the closest and open its door...FINALLY, he found something.....which looked like a few bottles of white wine. This wasn't exactly what he wanted to drink for bed but he guessed it would have to make due even though he wasn't a big drinker. Fetching one of the bottles from one of the closest's shelves, he opened the bottle and took a whirl of the wine and whipping his face with his hand before walking back to the bedroom. He found Katarina already fast asleep under the covers when he entered the room, so much for wanting a drink he thought to himself as he opened the bed's covers and got in carefully, not to wake his angelic redhead from her slumber. Pulling the covers over his naked body, Seto took one last mouthful of the wine before putting it on the ground next to the bed before closing his eyes to...nothinginess. for a long time, Seto saw only darkness as he tried to sleep but after a long time which felt like hours to him, finally, his mind allowed him to drift his mind only to be brought up of nightmares of past situations. Late into the night, Seto began twirling to the left then to the right as he slept in the bed with Katarina, unable to stop himself as he began talking to himself. "the cars are heading into treacherous turn seven...oh and no. 93 Ryosuke Hiroka passes on the outside taking the lead with no. 47 Satoya Sasaski following closely behind...There on the straight away...and no. 93 Ryosuke Hiroka takes the checkered flag.....Satoya?...Satoya?....SATOYA! NOO!" With all that twirling, Seto found himself falling off the bed and hitting his head against the floor. He closed his eye's as he petted his head to make the pain go away slowly. Getting back up, he walked into the hallway, he opened a window to reveal it was already dawn "Shit, better get things going." By this point, Seto was normal although he wanted to know when he would stop thinking what had a few years ago, he knew what it meant but he couldn't change the past, no matter how much he wanted to. He knew whenever he logged out, he would have to visit her grave to pay respects and apologize, taking what she could have had with him so, so long ago. Walking back into the room, he got dressed besides his vest which he left on the ground and walked back into the room. Searching every room until the basement, he eventually found a bow and arrows. The bow was of low quality, made out of wood but it would suffice for hunting, after all, he wasn't going to war. Strapping the cache of arrow's to his back, he grabbed the Bow, unlocked the door and moved out into the forest, spending nearly two hours in the nearby forest hunting until eventually, he was able to bring down a whitetail doe. It was sad but it was either him and Katarina or the doe, the choice was obvious. Putting the dead carcass over his body, he walked a mile back to the home with the sun showing it was now early morning. Seto opened the door before walking in and making his way to the kitchen and laying the dead doe on the kitchen island with it' s head looking in te direction of the bedroom. Seto didn't waste any time as he found a butcher's knife and began cutting up the doe to make venison. In no time, he chopped up most of the stomach and carefully put the raw meat into the cooking pot at the cooking station. Realizing he hadn't started a fire over the cooking station, he ran into the living room and grabbed some firewood near the fireplace, throwing the firewood into the cooking station's fireplace, the venison began to cook as steam began to appear. Seto took a seat while he sighed, he figured he get some breakfast in before they would set off and with Katarina and the driver still asleep he thought? he had plenty of time.
Katarina partially awoke when Seto somehow managed to fall out of bed, the crashing sound almost jarring her awake. It did succeed in bringing her out of the deeper stages of sleep though, as she was now in a lot more lighter sleep. Much more aware of her surroundings than she would have been normally, but still very much asleep. She woke up when the sound of the front door closing echoed through the house, she opened her eyes slowly, groggily patting the side of the bed to check for Seto. When she felt nothing but the silky feeling of the sheets, she awoke with a start, sitting up like a spring-loaded doll and frantically looking around the room for her 'Husband'. She noticed that the sheets were all disturbed as if someone had left the bed in a hurry and not bothered to correct it. She swung her bare legs over the side of the bed, pushing herself off with both of her hands, she walked around to the opposite side of the bed, checking the area where Seto had left his clothes the night prior. Her emerald eyes widened, had Seto pulled a 'Generic Romance film male lead' on her? I.E: Sleeping with the female lead, then ditching her and running away? Dread filled her face, there was no way that had happened. Seto was too nice to do that... Wasn't he? She vanquished the thoughts from her mind, he had probably just gone to get some fuel for the fire or go get some water. Yeah, that was it, there couldn't be any other possibility. She wouldn't allow it, Seto knew that messing with her would end with him probably dead in a ditch somewhere. Of course, that wouldn't happen if he actually broke up with her to her face with a valid reason, she wasn't clingy. But supposedly running away in the middle of the night? That wouldn't go unpunished. She stepped out of the bedroom, the entire cottage was eerily quiet. With the time being quite early in the morning, the only sound which could be heard was the occasional creak of a house. So, hoping that Seto would arrive back soon, Katarina went about her normal schedule. She poured herself a bath, marveling at the incredibly annoying and lengthy post of doing so within a medieval-based setting. After soaking in the water for about 15 minutes, she got out, drying herself completely off. Remarkably, she had found an old dresser in one of the spare rooms, the dresser was filled to the brim with incredibly large clothes, obviously designed for someone who was quite 'Large'. She marveled at the detail that went into this world, this level of detail had never been introduced into any type of game before. Seriously, what game showed incredibly precise signs about its past owners and history, if it wasn't part of the main questline or something? After all, this was just a small house in the middle of nowhere, it was likely that no one would've found this house ever. Yet it still would've hosted all this rich history. So, finding a plain white T-Shirt which was several sizes too large for her, Katarina put it on. The T-Shirt was baggy enough to reach down to about her mid-thigh area. It was like a mini dress! She wondered how big the previous owner of this T-Shirt was, probably too big if you asked Katarina. She stepped back into the bedroom, still in nothing but a baggy T-Shirt and pulled on her panties, followed by putting on some baggy black tracksuits. She looked around the bedroom, spotting a mirror she walked up to it and studied herself. She laughed, she looked quite comical. In a baggy white T-Shirt which reached down to her mid-thigh, baggy black tracksuits which dragged along the floor as she walked. Yeah, she looked like some kind of scrounger. She walked into the lounge, sitting on the sofa which she and Seto had sat on the night before. She opened up her menu by extending her palm and equipped her dagger. It appeared in her hand, the beautifully crafted thing. She looked at it, enjoying the sharp-looking blade, there was no doubt that it could kill a thing with ease. She sat on the sofa for the next hour, until she heard the sound of someone opening the door. Immediately, she hid behind the sofa, quietening her breath as she listened to the sound of boots walking along a wooden corridor. Quickly, she snuck a peak above the sofa, spotting Seto walk into the kitchen with a magnificent creature slung over his shoulder. She stayed there for a few minutes, listening to the sounds of Seto work. When she heard the sound of Seto walking into the lounge, probably getting some logs for the fire. She stood up, right at about the same time as Seto walked in through the door to the lounge. "Hey, dear, sorry for hiding, I'm a rogue, I need my practice." She grinned "Are we having that thing for breakfast? I'm pretty hungry, I could probably eat the whole thing to myself!" She laughed "But alas, I must keep this slim body, being overweight would probably be quite detrimental to my abilities." She clapped her hands, unusually chipper, probably due to how well she had slept "When are we eating? If you need any help around the kitchen, I'd be happy to help, you look like you've been hunting that thing for a while!" She looked at him, a smile on her face.
"HOLY SHIT" Seto muttered to himself as Kataraina popped out from behind the table, his inner seto screamed to himself in his mind "GOD DAMMIT WOMAN.....If she was trying to kill me then she was doing a good job already." Then his eyes looked to one of her hands holding a dagger, what was she going to kill him for going out hunting? or did she think he ran out on her, he really didn't want to think about it for very long, just the idea of that inflicted pain on his brain and he didn't want to a migraine over something so trivial and stupid. Which followed next was a long sigh of disappointment and face palm to the face after he heard what she said, needing the training to be a rogue. "Of course you do...ugh" He rose his head ant stared at Katarina's face so seriously that if facial emotions could kill, she would have died already. "......Please don't tell me you jumped to conclusions and thought I left you in the middle of the night or in the morning....It's not like I stole your virginity.....you know I can see that dagger right? " Seto resumed his work those two comments, knowing they would have to leave sometime in the afternoon, preferably before it got dark so they wouldn't wake the Duke. He started with the stomach considering that were most of the meat was on the doe. Using his butcher knife, Seto continued cutting away at the center of it's chest until eventually there was a nice sized opening in the doe revealing it's insides, anyone with a lesser stomach would probably vomit or at least lose their urge to eat for awhile but him, it was just another walk in the park, it didn't compare to see people getting killed by explosives or being put down by enemy fire. Working his way up, making the entry bigger eventually revealed the spine. He was about to take it out when he heard Katarina clapped her hands and asked when they were going to eat. Seto grew a little annoyed when she asked, he tried not to be but it was pretty obvious. Of course, if she wanted, there were small chunks of venison being cooked in the cooking station's pot but it would take ten or twenty minutes to be ready, she was going to have to be patient. "Is that so? No offense dear but I don't think your quite ready for butchering animals, anyone with a weak stomach would vomit at this." Seto then turned towards Kataraina with his butcher knife and pointed at the opening in the doe's chest made by the butcher's knife, showing flesh, bone and of course blood. Seto then turned around and began his work. "Of course If you can, that would provide good housewive training for the day you want little katarina's running around. am not sure if you can help otherwise, perhaps you can think of something while I chop this doe away. It's going to be thirty or forty minutes most likely before it's ready to make a meal out of. There are a few pieces of venison already cooking in the pot but that won't be enough to quench your stomach's hangar. They should be done in ten minutes probably." beginning again, he used a rag to hoist the spine out of the doe without his left-hand touching while with his right hand was holding the butcher's knife. Breaking up the spine to make it easier, Seto used all his strength and pulled a tugged a few times on the spine until it came out. Taking it out, he set the spine on the counter before making his way to the doe and continued cutting up the bright red meat. He did come across some ribs but since the spine was no longer attached to them, they came out with ease and it didn't take long for Seto to nearly chop the thing in half with the neck and the head being on the wasteful side he wasn't going to use. Removing all the meat from the stomach, he used a clean rag to pick and dump the chunks of meat into the cooking pot, causing a hot, sizzling noise when meat was laid on a pan, it was a nice noise until he realized he didn't haven't closed the pot's lid, causing the steam to rise and hitting his face. IT was way too hot for that. He pushed the steam out of his way with his hands as he picked up the lid from the other side of the table and put it on the pot, making the steam to disappear again. Having a free moment at last after being busy for three hours, Seto walked over towards Katarina and took a seat with his arms behind his head and his legs up on the counter.
When Seto managed to hit the nail bang on the head about how she had jumped to conclusions, she partially blushed. "I'm kind of new to this whole 'Relationship' thing so I apologize if I get a few things messed up." she bit her lip, slightly embarrassed that she had just admitted to Seto her obvious lack of "Male Company" in her past. She looked at the dagger when he told her that he could see it, she wasn't trying to hide it or anything after all. She brought it up "Yeah, I bought this from a woman a few days ago, It's nice, isn't it?" She grinned, blissfully unaware of Seto's scary stare. She grinned, keeping her hand which was holding the blade safely by her side. She couldn't be scaring her partner away after their first night together! That wasn't needed! She watched with morbid fascination as he worked his way around the carcass, he worked like a machine. Carefully disemboweling it, working its spine out of its body. It was all quite mesmerizing. Katarina did NOT have a weak stomach, perhaps her real life counterpart would be puking right now, but this wasn't real life. As such, Katarina was just fine watching him. She scoffed when Seto insinuated that she had a weak stomach, "I am NOT weak-stomached, that you very much." She huffed, grinning indignantly. "I may be fine with working on that animal, but I know very little about how to cook. I'd probably manage to set fire to the cottage." She rubbed the back of her head nervously, "Besides, housewives don't need to cook, right?" She grinned, falling back onto the sofa. Deciding that Seto could probably do without the bumbling idiot known only as Katarina disturbing him while he worked. She stayed relaxed on the sofa for a while, having put the dagger away (For now) she had her hands crossed behind her head. She closed her eyes, listening intently to the sounds of boiling water coming from the kitchen. The sound was oddly relaxing, it gave her something to "Grip" on too. She stayed there for quite a while, hoping that Seto wouldn't get angry at her for not helping. She heard Seto plop himself down on a seat. She opened an eye, looking at him with a smile. While looking, she had flashbacks to the night before. The intimate kiss they had shared, how nice it had felt. She longed for that feeling again, she looked at Seto's lips, discreetly licking her own. It wouldn't be proper of herself to just kiss him, wouldn't it? Besides, Seto had been out for who knew how long, he probably didn't feel up to the task yet. She decided that a little bit of small talk would suffice, Seto probably wasn't up to the task of talking that much yet. "Darling, I've told you that I'm a rogue, what route have you taken? Presumably, something which uses your beautifully toned upper body?" She said, eying his torso with an almost lecherous stare.
Sitting in the chair relaxing, Seto began thinking of last night, the nightmare he had, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shrug the nightmare off, it was like it was cemented into his very being. Even with a united nature now and became stronger for it, he still had to use his will just to hold the nightmare back and to make sure he wouldn't go insane. He didn't understand, it happened it a few years ago so why was it still bothering him so much when he believed he had moved on but he knew deep down he was just telling himself that to make himself feel better. Those sudden thoughts disappeared when he came back to reality as he heard Katarina's voice, well at least in his mind asking him questions he still hadn't answered. Awaking back to reality, he gently put his left hand on his forehead before pushing his air up, sighing slightly before looking at Katarina. "What done is done, as long as you don't it again without logical evidence then all is well with us." Looking back towards the window, he closed his eyes shut hoping to get few z's in before breakfast. This time it was different however, it was dark but it was different then his usual dreams as if it was the same as that one time he slept in an inn. The Darkness changed from an endless abyss to taking the form of a vortex of a void only near moments later with a person again appearing at the end. Seto felt like a rag doll as he was thrown through the void portal and into a grotto. Waking up in a grotto with the ground entirely hidden by water, with his legs killing him, Seto pushed himself up, putting his hands on his knee's and using his arm's muscles to push himself up. Standing up he saw the figure from before, upon closer inspection, it was a woman...."Lady Merkaba?" Seto muttered it out loud as he continued his nap. He couldn't believe it was Lady Merkaba, only then did Seto finally realize it was a vision. She was delivering him a message of the sort, she was usually crptic although to most people who could pry into's one's mind, it was simply sounded like a crazy person speaking mumble jumbo. "Seto....Return to the place of power...use the weakness of a fool to illuminize the empower of another and take what is just yours." This ultimately confused him at first what she meant by the place of power and the using of the fools? He hadn't been in a place of power for quite some time since that fateful meeting, could she meant something recently? she must of, nothing else made sense, it wasn't she sent these visions out towards him for no reason or just to screw with him or she be getting impaled by his Otachi later when the next time he see her. It started to get really hot....really hot! to the point Seto was ready to jump out of his clothes then losing the ability breath. Seto immediately awoke from his nap, seeing steam seeping everywhere from the pot's lid. Nearly falling over himself, he raced over to the cooking station and lifted the lid off the pot, causing the steam to escape to the ceiling then out the window near the kitchen he opened from earlier. Peeping over the pot revealed some nice juicy venison ready to eat, he couldn't want to eat some of that after all that doe gave him a run for his money. He walked over to one of the cabinets, opened the door, took two plates and utensils before dumping them into a wooden bucket of water. Grabbing a wet rag from the other bucket he was using for the rags, he moved his left hand to thoroughly rinse the two plates off before putting on the table. Looking at the table, was the doe's head, well they couldn't have that thing there when they were eating or else he might lose the will to eat. Putting a firm grip on the neck with his right hand, he walked the head over to the window and chucked it out the window, landing about ten feet away, hopefully, an animal would snatch it up too long. Turning his attention back to Katarina and the pot, Seto grabbed his fork and impaled a dozen pieces of venison and slid them off onto a plate he pushed towards her on the table before doing the same for himself afterward. He pushed his chair towards the window next to the window before taking a seat today. he had just remembered Katarina's last remarks, he had forgotten since he was so focused on preparing breakfast. It was about time for her to learn the truth if she could even handle it. He glared out into the window towards the forest nearby before speaking his usual tone. "I'd hate to break it to you dear but a true housewive needs to be and proficient in cleaning, cooking and taking care of children while men serve and die for the crown, hunt and do heavy labor. It would be wise to remember in the upcoming days where one day you want a little Katarina, there's no way around, unfortunately. " Seto then hesitated before bringing his hand up to open his menu, he used his finger to swipe through the setting, stats then to inventory and pushed weaponry, bringing up what he had on hand with him, he clicked on what he was using, his Odachi Grabbing its saya, he laid on the counter before gripping the hilt of his Odachi as it floated in the mid-air, as soon as he gripped the hilt, the blade smashed into the floor board and impaled itself into the floor. Using his all the might he could gather in his right hand, he ripped out the four feet long blade from out of the floorboards and gently laying it against the corner next to the window. "Come...Sit on my lap, Since you wish to be with me, it is time you learned the truth however once I tell you the truth, you will have stick by your decision to follow me no matter where I go, even into hell itself, you will be forced to walk the same path as I and once you walk down it, there is no return.....It is for your safety....Going against it will result in you dying one day. This is manitory if you wish to be with me otherwise you must walk away and find someone else. I will not hold it against you If you don't want to........There are always some things you are better off not knowing.....If you wish to continue to walk beside me, then sit on my lap or....forget what has transpired in your recent memory......remember this is for your own good whether you understand completely or not......I won't drag someone with me If they do not wish to."
OOC: Sorry for the late reply >.< I've been a little busy, won't happen again :P So she had to learn how to cook? That was annoying, cooking had never really been her strongest suite. The most she ever cooked for herself was some basic pasta or a slice of toast. After all, she was long past the stage in her life where he mind was easily malleable and ready to accept anything, learning stuff was difficult at her age. But for Seto? Yeah, she would at least give it a try. She watched with excited eyes as he served the meat, it looked delicious. The hot steam piping of it, the juices which were flowing out of the chunks. She was starving hungry, she hadn't eaten anything in... How long? Well, she hadn't eaten anything last night, so that meant she hadn't eaten in about 15 hours. Yikes, no wonder she was almost salivating at the sight of the meat. She grabbed a fork, getting ready to devour everything on the plate in one fell swoop. She raised the fork and was about to plunge it deep into the meat, but was interrupted when Seto started speaking to her. He told her to... Sit on his lap? A crimson tint appeared on her face for a split second, cooling off quickly though. What he was saying sounded serious, now was not the correct time to be getting caught in her shyness. She started making her way around the table as he spoke, she looked intrigued as he spoke. But she looked miffed when he mentioned her just walking away, she had already slept with him for christ's sake. Granted, they hadn't done anything 'Dirty' while sleeping together, but they had still shared that intimate moment. Katarina wanted to see this through to the end, whether that end was having an incredibly fun time, or dying miserably in a dark dungeon somewhere. She delicately sat down on his lap around the same time he finished speaking, she looked at him, determination dead-set in her features. "Dear, I thought you knew me right now. Do you think I'm the kind of woman to stop something when I'm half way through it? If you do, well I must tell you... I'm not, I will always see something through to the end. Especially with someone important to me, like you, Seto." she said, almost blushing at the prospect of sitting on his lap but suppressing it.
OOC: No sweet, you don't need to panic over posting With Katarina sitting on his lap all determined and saying her peace, he simply looked away at the windows before closing his eyes and folding his hand together on her lap, he sighed slightly although not in a disappointing way, quite the opposite in fact. "hmph.....very well then.....listen close now." He opened his eyes and gazed upon his Odachi, admiring its craftsmanship he stared at the purple silk wrapped around the saya, it remembered him of a certain death as purple represented death to him. Seto entire demeanor changed almost completely, becoming cold and dark with a deep tone, it was time to show the truth. "From now on, to the common insects, you be now known as Lady Katarine but during such festivities with the nobles whom I will crush beneath my feet, you will be Lady Kurama, married to me, Seto Kurama, adoptive son of Lord Katsou and the last survivor of House Kurama and yes....this is very real, I don't make things up unless they fulfill my goals." Using his left hand, he opened the menu and swiped to his inventory, opening his inventory, he spawned a large, brown colored, thick covered book over the table. He grabbed it and placed the ancient book on the table before spawning a Crest with a white wolf in the middle with katana looking swords crossing it each with a nameplate below whom he also had placed on the table. Both items were of considerable age and it showed, the book was old, looked to be few hundred years old, it had minor damage to one edge where it looked it had been burned at one point, inside the several hundred pages which considering the amount of time Seto was in, there was no possible way he could have written the book. There were numerous pages earlier in the book that turned beige with the ink disappearing, making it near impossible to read, not to mention the book smelled like it had been in a fire. The Crest, on the other hand, was much better in condition while most of the damage minor besides some of the paint chipped away but it as well smelled it like it was in a fire, The Crest was small to be held in a hand and could fit on one's shoulder if wanted. It wasn't anything special however besides the small red rubies in the wolve's eye sockets which still glowed red. It was possible Seto could have made such an object in his short time he had been here, however, considering his smithing skill was still 0, it would have taken a considable time to craft and with limited time, he didn't have the luxury to wait for such an object. "Take those items, for example, they are the only things that remain of the old, dead House Kurama, A once-thriving Japanese like noble house in the beta of this world, For unknown reasons the noble house was destroyed and when they were brought into the normal game, the only thing that remained was a burned down, destroyed keep with only those two things surviving. During the beta, Lord Katsou, the last Lord of House Kurama unofficially adopted me as one of his own before it was destroyed. Since I was technically not a blood member nor officially recognized as a legitimate son, I was a bastard son so I was never inscribed into that book.......When your ready if...you don't believe me then read that book, it will satisfy your quench for knowledge of the truth, it will explain the family's family tree, it's customs and origins. If you are to be the Head Lady of the Reborn House Kurama, then inscribe the text of that book into your very being. Anyone who knows our history and carries our crest will automatically be acknowledged as a member of House Kurama, how else do you think I met the Duke and was given this mission? I had intently planned to scope the nobility for future competition before eliminating them, one must tread carefully in the courts of nobility, you shouldn't forget that." He lifted his hand rubbed his chin as he entered some heavy thoughts for he had just told her his backstory and half of his plans for this world. There was no turning back now for her, he wouldn't have it and if she tried, he might be forced to kill her, luckily he didn't believe she would run. Really the only thing that really amazed him was that he nearly held Katarina's heart in his hand and he didn't even have to work for it, It wasn't a bad thing and he didn't consider himself a player or a pervert but he didn't think he had done anything out of the ordinary to gain her affection. He wondered if she had bad experiences with men before? Seto had one thing left to tell her and his demeanor became even darker, almost vile like this time which was sure to have Katarina question him. "Hmph....that's only half the tale my wive, now you learn the truth within the truth" With the snap of his fingers, an ebony mist-like aura appeared and engulfed Seto like raging fire before it completely disappearing, displaying someone or something else entirely to anyone else. Seto then appeared in ebony plated armor with spiked shoulders hen with an ancient Chinese/Japanese looking great helmet with an ebony samurai like metal mask covering his face. on his back was a long black cloak. As he stared at Katarina, he brought his face incredibly close towards her, possibly to intimidate her although that wasn't her objective, he wanted to see much she could take before, if she would, have a break down. "I am a Fiend Knight of the East, A samurai sworn to the darkness created by the dark gods. I swear my allegiance to the darkness reincarnated in the form of the Order of the Black Star led by Lady Merkaba, the Everchosen of Darkness........We will destroy this pitiful world and recreate anew.....in the ashes of destruction, death, and famine... the rebirth of the world will bring a new glorious world in the names of the dark gods.....And you Katarina are now part of that dream, that prophecy which WILL be made manifest. To make sure this world is created, I will rebuild House Kurama to its former glory and expand it into a mighty empire....For that, I will need many allies and many heirs to rule mine and by extension you.............You will take this information to your grave, do you understand?.......If it's required you will destroy what is required whether be burning down entire villages or cities to the killings of holy heroes......You have no choice now........Lady of the court." For reasons known only to himself, Seto removed his mask, closed the distance between the two and pressed his lips against her, making sure to invade her keep all the way like he did last night but this time he didn't stop, no instead he kept at it for nearly a minute before releasing himself from her lips with the sharing drool from their tongues. "You are my woman now Lady Katarina....no exceptions." He told her that in dark, vile tone before he assumed kissing her and invading her mouth, making sure to use his left hand to squeeze her behind and slowly made his way down, gentle like. This transpired for a few minutes until Seto finally pulled away. He looked away from Katarina as the ebony mist-like aura reappeared again engulfing Seto but this time after the aura fainted, the Fiend Knight's armor was gone, disappeared as if it didn't exist and Seto was wearing his slightly dirty formal clothes he had been wearing from the day prior. When he turned his head back in Katarina's direction, it was as if it was a different person altogether with Seto having an innocent looking expression on his face. His regular tone returned as well, serious of course but also friendly as well for someone who was as serious as Seto. He gently touched her smooth hands fold their hands together as he gazed into her eyes. "I am....sorry you had seen that........but...that was the truth within the truth and now you know my dear beloved, the path I walk.....which is a difficult one.....Since you seen the truth now, you are now on a similar path to mine and you cannot leave it.....I am sorry my dear."
Katarina blinked with surprise as Seto's whole demeanour turned suddenly more serious. Explaining to her about how she was going to become formally known as his lady. This somewhat excited her, he was practically calling her wife. Sure, he called her "My wife" and "Darling" a lot, but it was always in a sarcastic manner. This time, he was much more serious. Conviction evident in his tone. She eyed the book and crest Seto had placed on the table with an interested stare. She had never seen anything so old before, it was fascinating. Seto's backstory and the items themselves were intriguing. Katarina was not normally a person to be interested in trivial things such as these, but it was Seto who was speaking. So of course her interests were correctly placed. Katarina tensed up when an almost sinister aura started radiating of Seto, it felt vile, scary almost. Had Katarina been a weaker woman, she would of definitely ran away to the hills. But she persisted, she had a very one-track mind. Once she decided on something, she always went through to the end. Whether that end was a good one or a bad one. Seto was suddenly shrouded in dark-like mist, his handsome face disappeared, only for it to be visible again. Yet... It was no longer his face, but an ebony armour which was staring back at her. Her eyes widened in shock, but they quickly settled. This was Seto after all, Katarina felt safe around him. Even if his face was covered, it didn't detract from who he was. At least, she hoped this was true. What he said was scary, any other person would have likely buckled under such words, Katarina though, she held strong. Nodding whenever he directly addressed her to show that she understood perfectly what he was saying. She knew the repercussions of her actions, and she accepted them. She wanted to be with Seto for as long as possible, something like this wasn't going to deter her. Katarina had already kissed this man once, she absolutely refused to be taken by surprise again. So, when he kissed her, his tongue entering her mouth, Katarina did the same. They were sharing a part of each other during this, it felt heavenly. Katarina didn't want it to end, she was actually enjoying it this time. Without the surprise, Katarina had actually been given a chance to prepare herself, making the experience that much more enjoyable. He retracted, their shared drool connecting their mouths. His whispers sent a shiver down her spine, but not the bad kind. What he said, she loved. The fact that she was his lady, she adored. There was no way she was going to let this moment end, she was HIS lady, no one else's. He lent in for a kiss again, Katarina greedily accepted. Pressing her lips against his, enjoying the way he grabbed and squeezed her. She wanted to find some way of making Seto feel the same way she did, but Katarina was still an amateur at all of this. So she settled on what she knew, kissing him. He pulled away, the armour disappearing from his form. He took on a more kinder aura as he spoke to her, apologising for some reason. Katarina didn't think he needed to apologise, she was the one who accepted after all. Seto hadn't forced her in the slightest. Plus, those kisses were heavenly. "Don't worry dear, I made the choice, you made it quite clear what I was getting in to. Please don't apologise." She looked at him, her jade eyes staring at his eyes. She was about to lean in for one more kiss, but a knock on the door interrupted her. From the outside of the door, she heard a voice, slightly muffled but still audible. It was the voice of the carriage driver and he was telling them that it was time to leave. Katarina sighed, getting off of Seto and looking through the cupboards, finding a basket. She took out the basket and laid the interior with a plain white piece of cloth and looked through the cupboards once more. Surprisingly, she found a packet of wooden skewers in one of them. Funny how the world seemed to supply stuff when you needed it. She went up to the table and skewered all the venison on different skewers. Making a kebab, she then placed them in the basket, layering them all. She picked up the basket, looking at Seto with a smile. "Can't be leaving this delicious food behind, can we?" She winked at him. "I guess we should go report to the duke, are you ready to leave?"