The group was sent off with a basic lay of the land and some basic supplies, the rest they would need to cover up for themselves. So the group of five or six depending on how you saw it, decided to set out quite quickly.
They found out quite early and Srilla was not well equipped for travelling in the rocky parts and had to be helped out quite a lot. Something Vuldara made sure to do as often as she could, not allowing any of the guys to put their hands on her unless absolutely necessary.
Srilla did have quite a few tools with her to help extract plants and flowers of course, but her outfit was not the best suited to the land, which led to her outfit getting torn in several places many times.
Which led to Samuel having to cast the stitching spell on her clothes a few times, a simple trick that made clothing repair itself as best it could. Srilla gave him a small gentle smile every time he did, which caused Zalbas and Vazmarx feel envious.
But Samuel felt more worried about the intimidating presence of Vuldara every time he had to get close to Srilla. It exhausted him quite quickly to the point of him not caring much about Srilla anymore and felt like it was more of a chore to bring her along in the first place.
After they had spent about twelve hours inside the forest it was starting to get quite dark. So Vuldara made the call that they should set up camp, so far they had encountered no dangerous wildlife but the deeper they delved the higher the risk of that.
The group quickly found a large tree that hid a small half cave carved out. It would give the group some roof and a good place to hold out.
Zalbas found a big rock that was pretty square and he pushed it over, almost giving them what resembled a small table. Samuel being responsible for the map quickly took it out and scrolled it out.
Putting it on the stone he turned to Srilla, "So this Frilflower you wanted? I read that you haveto go quite far in to find it." Srilla was quick to walk over next to him and sit down and bend forward which made her chest promptly slap down on the stone table as she looked at the map.
Samuel had gotten used to ignoring it now, but the other two were completely entranced by it, he inwardly sighed - hoping for it all to be over soon, but for it to be over they needed this damn flower.
Srilla pointed on the map, "I think we are most likely to find it there. We don't need to stay for long, just get in and out, the flower itself is not that rare... just the areas they grow in are." She chuckled slightly to herself.
"Do you think there is any safe place nearby where one can wash up? I don't feel very clean after being out and about all day." She seemed to shake slightly just to emphasize it.
"It would be nice to clean up!" Vuldara agreed, Samuel was about to suggest his cleaning spells, but realized that the women probably wouldn't want that.
"Alright it should be done right about now!" Vazmarx exclaimed, he had been carving simple runes into the ground around their little camp and just like that a small magical dome surrounded the camp.
"Only we can come and go as we please for the next ten hours or so!" They all took a quick look outside and it looked like the dome blended in when looking at it, while inside one could see out perfectly like looking through glass.
Zalbas grunted, "Well I want to be a bit useful so I am going to quickly check if there is any nearby place to get clean!" Vuldara quickly got up.
"We shouldn't wander alone! I will go with him! Samuel make sure nothing bad happens alright?!" She looked at him sternly and Samuel gave her a good nod.
The moment they left, Vazmarx shrugged and started doing some simple patrols no more than a few steps away from their camp, it seemed like most of his interest in Srilla had gone away as well over the course of the day.
Samuel shrugged and started preparing some dinner, he made sure no one saw when he took out some supplies from his pocket dimension.
Coming well prepared was always a plus and he always wanted to be prepared after all. He had most of what he needed to make a nice meal so he started right away.
As Vazmarx turned his attention away after hearing what sounded like animals. Srilla quickly crawled close to Samuel who was preparing food.
She quickly took one of his arms and pressed it to her body right between her rack. "Hey... wanna have some fun?" She asked while putting on a blush and slightly opening her mouth while looking seductively right at Samuel.
Samuel smiled brightly at her. "Maybe when we are not out on a mission." His cold reply not matching his smile. Srilla looked dejected and let go, "Oh.. ok!" She tried her best to look hurt but Samuel quickly catched on to her mischiveous smile.
"Besides aren't you a really young Sun elf?" Samuel asked with raised eyebrows.
"In terms of being an elf yeah! I am only 92... But we are seen as adults somewhere around 80 alright?" Srilla sighed and leaned back to the rocky wall.
Soon enough Vuldara and Zalbas returned, "Good news there is a pretty safe place only a few minutes away, so if you want to wash up we can go there together!" Vuldara quickly spoke to Srilla who smiled in return.
Zalbas pointed out in what direction and explained how to get there. Samuel quickly got the food ready for every and once everyone had a separate bowl of nice food they all sat down.
"See I told you it would be a good thing to bring along his cooking majesty!" Vazmarx proudly exclaimed. Samuel looked at him in annoyance, "Seriously?"
"Well what?" Vazmarx laughed. "The best food combined with your skills on this test, it will be easy to breeze through." Vuldara and Zalbas both seemed to agree.
However a sudden loud growling from trees not far away made them all turn in that direction at the ready. "You said this barrier will keep us completely safe right?" Srilla was the first to say anything. Vazmarx turned to her and nodded. "You bet on it!"
"It is completely safe as long as more than half of the runes remain the same! For a set amount of time, unless I keep pouring in new magic to keep the spell active!"
After a minute more of nothing, the quiet returned and they all enjoyed their food. Samuel could swear he tasted something a bit different though, but shot away the thought of it just being him wanting to be done with it all.
An hour later everyone was passed out however, except for Srilla who uncorked a vial and held it under Samuels nose for a while which caused him to wake up.
He felt groggy and weird as if his entire body was on fire. Too occupied with Srilla taking his hands and pulling him up. "Come, I need someone to keep me safe if I clean!"
Samuel thought that it sounded like a great idea and followed her to make sure she was safe, after a while they arrived at a large pool of water that looked clear enough to be spring water.
Srilla quickly took off all her clothes and turned to Samuel who stood there dumbstruck. She quickly giggled and walked forward and started unbuttoning his clothes.
"Wait... wait a minute, what?" Samuel tried to shake off the feeling, but Srilla pushed him to the ground. "No need to wait honey!" She spoke as she brought his hands to her massive boobs.
It was almost like kneading a big slab of dough, if the dough could moan that is.
"I have been waiting all day for an opportunity like this... you just smell so intoxicating!" She smelled him and moaned.
Suddenly there was no sun elf sitting on him anymore, but instead two fox ears and a tail. Samuel realized he was drugged by something, he didn't understand when it had happened.
Srilla quickly bit and licked him everywhere, "Do you like it! Plants are great for increasing your lust!"
She took off his pants and started rubbing him up and down. Samuel was almost helpless, but as Srilla started descending on his shaft after positioning herself above, a spark of rage from within ocurred.
Samuel broke free from the drug like effect and quickly grabbed her shoulders and threw her off and pinned her on the ground from above, he could see fear overtake her eyes in an instant.
"But how?" Tears started forming in her eyes as she closed her eyes and Samuel wanted to bite his fangs into her... with a growl he brought his fangs closer to his neck but call it a reflection on the water cast by moonlight.
He saw that he had started transforming into a werewolf and quickly calmed down as he saw his own reflection. Srilla opened her eyes after a short while and was met by Samuels eyes piercing into hers.
"Why me?" His question stumped her.
"You just.. smelled so good, call it animal instinct...!" She shivered.
Samuel realized quickly that she was a shapeshifter, her eyes were still full of fear and worry as he stared into them. Samuel sighed and relaxed and the fear quickly dissapeared from the air.
Srilla started breathing again... and Samuel felt the werewolf inside him going crazy from instinct as well. "I-Im sor-" She couldn't finish the sentance before Samuel had stopped her by stealing a kiss.
It left her breathless and some of the fear returned. "If you wanted something this badly... all you had to do was ask a genuine question at the right place and time." Samuel said as he retreated himself.
"I-I-I Just...Naaah!" She moaned as Samuel took one of her nipples inside his mouth and started sucking. The night became filled with moans, especially when Samuel's wolf instincts took over.
Srilla felt something enter and lost herself to pleasure, the drug was still in effect in Samuel's system for many hours and Srilla got to taste it for all those many hours.
She fell asleep on his chest and a few hours later they both woke up and remembered what had transpired. Samuel was visibly angry but let it go after he made her promise to not do such a thing again.
Together they cleaned up and much to Srilla's surprise Samuel still went another round with her while they were in the water.
What awaited them back at the camp however, neither was prepared for. Vazmarx was completely knocked out and snoring like a baby thankfully with all his clothes still on.
But Vuldara and Zalbas were both naked laying next to eachother. Samuel slowly turned to Srilla who was visibly panicking, "But no... I only gave you the bottle? Didn't I?" She quickly searched her bag.
"Oh my!" She exclaimed as she looked at the bottle labels. She had completely mixed up her bottles, Vazmarx had been given a strong knockout drink while both the others had been given the same thing as Samuel.
"This will be a mess to explain when they wake up!" Samuel sighed. While Srilla seemed extremely upset, funnily enough it was Vazmarx who woke up first. He instantly turned to see Samuel and Srilla awake.
"Yeah, why not sure. Mix in a drink while we are distracted by loud animal noises... and then mess up what you give people! Great idea!" His voice oozed sarcasm as he replied to what he had been told.
He really forced himself not to draw his weapon and stab Srilla in that moment, "You must be really tough..." She exclaimed, "The one you got should keep a regular person out for at least a day!"
"You are just a lowly little fox aren't you?" Vazmarx retorted and showed his ten different tails. Foxkin was an interesting race of shapeshifters, the most common were the ones with only one tail. The more tails one had the more rare they were. Srilla almost seemed to panic when she realized he had ten tails versus her single one.
Vazmarx was about to go on another rant when Zalbas and Vuldara woke up. Vuldara realizing she was butt naked quickly panicked, even though Samuel had been nice enough to cover them up with a bit of cloth.
The rest of the morning that followed was filled with screaming, Zalbas and Vuldara at eachother and then in unison at Srilla who seemed to shrink until she became a small fox that hid behind Samuel.
While Samuel once again felt like he just wanted to go home. Zalbas and Vuldara ceased to speak to one another. Both Zalbas and Vuldara insisted that they would never do such acts with eachother and didn't even want to look at the other.
Srilla took the opportunity to whisper to Samuel that the way the drug works is that if one is really against making love with the other person then the drug would have almost no effect.
Which meant that the drug instead had brought out their true feelings for one another since none of them had objected.