Celdine bounced giddily down the beaten path with her black trousers around her ankles and her bright yellow high-cut briefs on show. She was evidently enjoying the fresh air against her uncovered legs. It was early in the morning, so few people were about, but she and Aerisa took care to stay off the road. After all, the adventure was over if they got caught by other adventurers with their trousers pooled around their heels.
In contrast to Celdine's self-assuredness, Aerisa followed her tentatively, her face looking down towards the ground and her right arm over the elbow of her left. With the fabric of her slacks enwrapped around her legs just above her feet, she hobbled awkwardly as she remained fully dressed from the waist up in a butler's waistcoat and a bowtie. Below the waist, her white poli-dot high-cut panties were on full display, her dainty legs completely exposed to the elements, her sensual buttocks clad only in the thin fabric of her panties, the leg apertures leaving them slightly exposed, the hems winding around her bottom.
"T-This is… degrading…" Aerisa said in a hushed tone, her usually stoic demeanor faltering. "But I will do as I must. I will bear any disgrace for our Princess's sake."
"Oh, lighten up, Aeripeeza!" Celdine chuckled. "Doesn't the crisp morning air feel good against your bare thighs?"
"I feel a little chilly," Aerisa responded as she shivered, her eyes darting away and avoiding making eye contact. "How can prancing around in my undergarments feel good?"
"Hey, you know I've been doin' the same thing, right?" Celdine retorted with utmost confidence, her hands on her hips, her garish yellow knickers being the most radiant thing in eyesight besides her own beaming smile.
"But you move with such grace and confidence," Aerisa murmured as she fidgeted restlessly, constantly adjusting her knickers. "I'm ashamed of my body."
"C'mon, you got a great body!" Celdine said cheerfully. "Why try to hide it? You're a cute tomboy with cute undies!"
"I appreciate the compliment," Aerisa answered. "But please do not humor me."
"I ain't humoring you, kid! You rock those panties!"
Despite Aerisa's cheeks turning redder than a spanked bottom, a faint, meek smile started to form on her lips. This had been the most comfortable she had felt on this daring exploit so far. She always wondered how others thought she looked in her underwear.
"Thank you," she said innocently. "But why are you assisting me? I do not comprehend your motives."
"Simps. If Ellustry loses and is sent packin', her cute little pet Boldy will be mine for the takin'!"
"Why are you so fixated on that boy?"
"Because he's just the cutest, sweetest man! When I first saw him act all bashfully, I knew I just had to have him!"
"Is he really worthy of such praise?"
"Aeripey! If you gotta ask, ya'll never know."
"Our Princess seems especially interested in the young man, but why escapes me. This requires further investigation."
"Are you starting to take an interest in him, too?"
"D-Don't say such things! My curiosity in the boy is purely academic."
"Hmph! If you say so."
"Leaving the Princess with a youth in such a state of immodesty is not something I can countenance."
"Oh, don't be so uptight! Boldy ain't that kind've guy! Besides, you were enjoying the view of him in his tighty-whities as much as I was!"
"T-That is slanderous!" Aerisa squeaked, the blood rushing to her face reminiscent of a kettle boiling.
"He was clearly checking you out that fine butt of yours wrapped in cute strawberry undies! Remember the look on his face when he got an eyeful of your knickers?"
"S-Scandalous!"
"But even you gotta admit, the fresh air feels good against those legs of your suffocating underneath those slakcs, right? Nothing beats being in your knickers in the great outdoors!"
"It's something I've never experienced before, I admit." She said as she ran the palms of her hands down her unclothed thighs, feeling the smoothness of her own unblemished skin.
"You startin' to like it?"
"O-of course not!" Aerisa spurted in an absurdly high pitch despite her pathetic attempt to sound measured and assured.
"But don't you feel so liberated?"
"What's liberating about everyone seeing my undergarments?" Her voice volume turned up, evidently looking for assurance from Celdine.
"What's liberatin' about keepin' em' hidin' when ya look so good in them? Don't ya feel empowered showin' em' off just cos ya can?"
"A lady of the Princess's standing should not indulge in such…. Immoral behavior."
"Immoral?! What is immoral about a pair of panties? What's immoral about a woman's body? Are they gonna jump out and get you?"
"We have certain customs! Rules! Morals! They're the backbone of any civilized people! Showing your undergarments in public is shameless!"
"Yet, here you are, joinin' in! Don't you admit it's thrilling?"
"Well, I-" Despite her cheeks still being a little crimson, she was beginning to see why Celdine was having the time of her life. There was just something so liberating in not having to wear pants. She fiddled with the waistband of her polka-dot underwear, mulling whether she really was attractive in them.
"Wonder what ol' Princess White Panties is doin', all alone out in the jungle with Boldy in his tighty-whities. Bet she's prol' flashing her pantiens and flutterin' her eyelashes, sayin': 'Boldasarre, please admire my bare legs and ass in my white knickers', in a really sultry voice."
Suddenly, Aerisa heard footsteps — heading right for them! A group of rowdy adventurers were on a collision course with the two women. And their pants were down. And their underwear was on full display.
"Celdine, I must insist that we take cover in the nearby bushes."
The chatter of the adventurers sounded closer and closer. Time was running out.
"Why not just pull our pants up?"
"There's no need to be so wasteful with our allocated time when we could use our surroundings to conceal our state of… undress."
"What? Do Ellustry and Boldy have a little bird watchin' us 24/7 or somethin'? How could they ever know?" Cledine murmured incredulously as she rolled her eyes.
"Not adhering to the rules we agreed to would be dishonorable," Aerisa said. "Trust is paramount to the bond of elves. It is our most crucial unwritten rule. And trust is based on honesty. It is the basis of all morality. A society without morals in barbarism."
"Wow, what's wrong with you uptight elves?"
Suddenly, the chatter of boisterous adventurers and their footsteps could be heard approaching the two half-dressed women, who were almost in full view. The blood drained from Aerisa's face: they would be caught with their pants down, knickers on full display. Celdine seemed alarmingly calm and even oblivious that if this occurred, she'd never sink her claws into Boldasarre.
"Miss Goldenstar!" Aerisa said in a calm but panicked voice, her eyes shooting around desperately to try and find a hiding place. "The Adventurers are almost upon us! Get into the bush!"
With the efficiency and speed of a snake striking its prey, Aerisa hurled herself onto Celdine, seized her, and dragged her into a nearby shrub. The woody, leafy stems were scratchy against their uncovered legs, but it obscured them from the waist down. However, the garish yellow of Celdine's flashy yellow briefs was still visible.
"Not to be rude, Miss Goldenstar, but your undergarments stand out like a sore thumb."
"So sue me!" Celdine retorted. "I have extravagant taste!"
"Mornin' ladies!" The jolly Dwarven adventurer announced. "Fine day for a stroll. If only I could feel the breeze against me bare thighs!"
"Gah!" Aerisa gasped, utter horror smitten on her face, as if she was being eaten alive from the inside out by a gruesome parasite.
"Yeah, there's nothing quite like the fresh morning air against your skin!" The young female human adventurer said, dressed in a tunic and tight-fitting pants. "I just have the sudden urge to drop my trousers and prance around in my undies, and free my legs from these pants!"
"Blagh!" It sounded almost as if Aerisa coughed up blood.
"Like that Elven Princess Pants-Down?" Another adventure said.
"Yep!" The young woman retorted. "Just like this!"
The woman slid down her trousers and revealed her bare legs and white high-cut briefs. With her slacks bunched around her ankles, she wriggled her panty-clad buttocks in the air.
The mortification was written on Aerisa's face, clutching at her chest as if she had witnessed a heinous and gruesome crime. Her face was so red that you could have been forgiven if you had thought that she had been showered in blood after surviving a massacre.
"I-Improper!" She said in a muted but revolted tone.
On the other hand, Celdine looked at the young adventurer proudly as if to say, 'You have done well, young one, but you still have a long way to go.'
"Cut that out!" The elven mage accompanying them enunciated.
"Sorry!" The young lady declared, yanking up her pants.
"Don't you know the humans have been cracking down on this trend?" The mage stated. "Don't draw attention to yourself, or you may find yourself arrested."
"But, I just wanted to have some fun! My panties won't anyone!"
"Well, they hurt people's sensibilities," the mage articulated. "Many people find it disrespectful, and people don't take kindly to women who are exhibitionists. You are also objectifying yourself and making yourself a slave to the male gaze."
"Oh, get over yerself, ya uptight elf!" The dwarf replied. "It's just underwear! Aren't you wearin' any?"
"This conversation is over." The mage said. "It is not I you should worry about, but those with all the power."
"Aww, but I wanna run around in my undies!" The young lady said. "I wish I had killer thighs like Princess Ellustrya! And I want to know where she gets her famous white knickers!"
"Do not emulate those uncultured Dark Elves," the elven mage said. "This whole trend they've started is turning the world upside down."
Aerisa gripped her fists in furor. Did this light elf say this about her people before her face? Did she not notice that she was there?
The young girl adventurer noticed a flash of yellow from Celdine's garish briefs through the bush.
"Hey, are you wearing yellow knickers?" The girl said.
"Tha-" Aerisa put her hand over Celdine's mouth to shut her up.
"I'm afraid you're mistaken," Aerisa said respectfully and formally. "That's just the sunlight gleaming through the leaves!"
The dwarf and the elven mage looked at each other incredulously.
"Why are you standing in a bush, anyway?" The elf asked.
"We are currently doing some botanical checkups," Aerisa said. "There is nothing suspicious going on here."
"Yeah! Just the good ol' sun shining on our 'botanicals'." Celdine added.
"You're the Dark Elf Royal Family's attendant, aren't you?" The elf asked. "In that case, I hope you're decent below the waist."
"Take back what you said."
"What?!"
"Take back what you said about my people!"
"I have no time for this nonsense." the light elf snorted. "I bid you farewell and the best of luck on your exploits, whatever they may be."
As the party left, Celdine and Aerisa checked if the coast was clear and emerged from the bush with their trousers wrapped around their heels and knickers out.
"Were we just busted?" Celdine asked with a naughty smirk.
"They have no hard proof on us," Aerisa answered her. "However, your glowing yellow undergarments are a questionable wardrobe choice, if I must say so."
"Ellustry's undies are brighter than mine! And anyway, you came up with the stipulation that we can't be caught with our pants down!"
The two pantsless adventurers continued their enterprise to find the coveted golden egg of the Aviansaur. But little did they know that they were being followed.
As the duo traversed rocky terrain with their pants down, they came across an alcove where they decided to take their rest period. It wasn't long until they heard footsteps approaching.
"Miss Goldenstar, someone is approaching!" Aerisa warned, "Pants up!"
The two of them hurriedly yanked up their pants, concealing their bare legs and the thin fabric of their underwear.
"Who's there?!" Aerisa said.
"Hi!" Said a familiar voice. The duo were astonished to find out who it was.
"It's the girl adventurer from before!" Celdine said.
"You two had your pants down in that bush, didn't you?" The girl said.
"And what proof do you have of this slander?" Aerisa demanded.
"Yeah! Are trousers were totally around our ankles! And I was wearing yellow!"
"Celdine!" Aerisa yelped, mortified.
"Never mind her," Celdine inquired. "She's wearing really embarrassing polka dot undies!"
Celdine then dropped her pants, exposing her yellow knickers once again.
"Oh, such pretty panties!" The girl said.
"Could you please not tell anyone about this?" Aerisa pleaded.
"Of course! But only on one condition: I get to come with you with my pants down too!"
"Oh no!" Aerisa exclaimed.
"What's your name?" Celdine asked.
"Tamesis," the girl answered.
"Well Tamesis, welcome to the panty revolution!"
"Hell yeah!"
And so the trousers descended, knickers visible for all the world to see. The party of three women continued their adventure in their panties. They would brave whatever adversity awaited them. In their knickers.