Kasila stood and walked over to the fox demon. She settled into the water without taking her towel off. She left about 10 feet of distance between them.
"Were you enjoying the show?" Aneka asked as she brings a leg out of the water and wiggled her toes.
"I didn't know he was here until I saw him. He didn't see me, so I hid."
"Shy, are you? I feel like you have some chemistry with him." Aneka prodded with her sultry voice.
"Do you think so? We were friends from childhood. I just don't really see him as more than a friend." Kasila admitted while pulling her knees up to her chest.
"Have you met Jikal before? He loves to meet beautiful women. If you do not have an eye for that hunk that was just here, maybe the hero will catch your interest." Aneka suggested.
"YES! I would love to meet him!" Kasila quickly jumped out of the water and her towel fell off in her excitement. She slowly grabbed the towel to keep it from floating away as she sat down with a sullen face. "Well, I would like to meet him but, he is always looking at other women. It's also not easy to get to talk to him when he is so busy."
"Well, I have good news." Aneka started. "I can put in a good word with him and get you an audience. The night before the attack on the demons. That is when you come to his tent. I will make sure he knows you are coming."
"Really? Do you mean it? Oh wow, This is so amazing!" Kasila sat up in excitement again.
"Well, I think I am going to head back now," Aneka mentioned as she stretched.
"So soon? We were only talking for a minute." Kasila protested.
"My kind warm up fast." The fox-demon stood up. Now that Kasila was closer, she could see the massive difference in breast size. Aneka was much larger. Kasila was not without some size but the difference still made her feel like less of a woman.
"By the way, that man earlier, Ehr... Feru?" Aneka queried while she picked up her towel.
"Fero." Kasila corrected her.
"Yes. I was using an ability to hide my presence when I arrived. He had no idea I was there until I spoke. Don't stay too long." Aneka smiled, turned, and left as she covered herself with a towel.
Kasila wondered why she told her that last bit of information. She then began wandering in her thoughts. 'Wait. If he didn't know she was there, does that mean he knew I was here the entire time? That must be why he knew it was me even though I hadn't said my name. I was fairly well hidden. Even his senses are sharper than most. That goofball.'
Kasila spent a short while longer in the springs.
As Kasila walked down the path wrapped in a towel, 6 other women were all headed toward the spring together.
"Hi Kasila! Did you just get out of the springs?! You sure you don't want to go back and hang out there?" One of the women ran up and spoke. Her name is Jenny.
Jenny was another childhood friend of Kasila. She and Fero never got along though. Her eyes were a brilliant green. She was shorter than anyone on the journey, and yet, she seemed to have the longest brown hair. Most people just assumed her height was why she had a mean streak with her assassination tactics and bladed fist weapons. Sensitive bits were not off the table when it came to combat with her. Men were more afraid of her than they are Hira. Due to her kind nature when talking to Kasila, there is a rumor that Jenny has eyes for her.
"Calm down. We all know you have a hard-on for her, Jenny. You don't need to flaunt it in front of us." Another woman named Litina commented.
Litina is the second tallest of this group of friends. She primarily uses a thin two-handed sword. She specializes in hit-and-run tactics. She has the most muscle of the girls on the trip. She has medium length brown color braided hair and brown eyes. Her skin is a beautiful mocha color and her face is covered in freckles.
"Don't let me cut you when you aren't looking, Litina!" Jenny threatened. She was obviously pissed at Litina's remark.
"Can we go already?" Two girls simultaneously asked.
"I want to get in the water." Said the black-haired girl.
"Me too." The white-haired girl agreed.
Rhia and Rhona are twins. Rhia has shoulder-length black hair while Rhona has butt-length white hair. Rhona also has a beauty mark under her left eye that Rhia does not. They specialize in sword and shield combos. They normally have a sword and shield each. They work so well together that they can have one sword and one shield between them and still be viable front-line protection. They both have red eyes.
"Ooops!" Cried out a blonde-haired woman. She had dropped her towel and bent over to pick it up. In doing so, she knocked Jenny over causing a cascade of the women to fall and reach out for something to grab. This left all but one of the women in front of Kasila without a towel.
"Watch what you're doing, bubble butt!" Jenny complained.
"Sorry. I dropped my towel. Why are you all on the ground? And naked?" The aforementioned 'Bubble butt' asked the group.
Stepha has a bubbly personality and body. The only woman taller than her in the entire caravan was Aneka. She has blue eyes and long platinum blonde hair. She usually has it up in a bun. Despite her clumsiness, she is the group's foremost archer. Her aim is second to none in the kingdom.
"Can you fools get out of the way? I have a bath to get to." A stern-looking woman ordered.
Viktoria is one of the commanding officers of the group. She is a one-hand sword specialist. Her dual-wielding is exceptional. Her one-hand skills, even more so. It is said that she defeated a demon that archers were unable to reach. Her speed and parries with one sword brought her to her goal and victory. Some simply call her Victory because she has not known defeat. She had slanted bangs and long neatly trimmed jet black hair that is usually pulled to one side. Her ghostly light blue eyes put fear into demons. She was composed and the only survivor of the lost towel disaster.
Viktoria began to walk over the fallen bodies on the ground. A rumble below the girls was heard.
"What... What is that?" Litina asked.
Viktoria lost her balance. Kasila began to move forward in an attempt to help her. The weight of this seventh human was too much for the ground to hold. It gave way below the group into a large empty cavern.