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Sad but true... Roxanne thought, pondering Brillux's comment. Am I even cut out to be a mother?

Realizing the cleric was talking to her, Roxanne pulled herself from her thoughts. "Hmm? Oh yes, you're fine where you are." she answered, "Despite my size I've gotten used to it to a degree."

Roxanne arched an eyebrow as the cleric offered to rub her belly. Aren't clerics and their holy energy sort suppost to look down on "evil-doers" like herself? Still there was something odd about this one.

Now normally she wasn't one for touching, but Eric was busy driving and Brillux had lapsed into what she could only guess as an undead's version of a daydream so who was she to turn down such an offer.

"Aye that it does, especially at this size..." she replied, lightly thumping her massive belly. "As for the belly rub, I may have to take you up on that. As you might have guessed I can no longer reach all of my belly and there has been this itch near my belly button..." Pulling aside her robe, Roxanne revealed the pale orb of bare flesh that was her very pregnant middle to the cleric. The skin of her belly, while deprived of sunlight, was nearly flawless with the exception of her tortured belly button. Using ones imagination her belly looked like a full moon.

Cress looked at her belly and was a bit surprised to see how pale it was. Yet he scooted closer and began to massage it gently. Working his hands around her belly button he knew she probably thought he was nuts.

"You probably think I'm silly or odd. A Cleric wanting to help you. I know a lot of us give the whole 'darkness is evil' speech. Yet I've traveled a lot outside of my home. I've seen a lot of pain, from those who are dark and light. Everyone needs a hand from time to time, and I just want to be that hand." he said to her softly. Her navel felt odd and rough, so he got off the bench and kneeled before it.

"Ahh..you've got a rash it looks like. Maybe the robe you're wearing is causing it. You might need to change it..hold on I think I've got a herbal creme that might help.." digging through his bag he pulled out a small jar and gave it a sniff. Aloe, good it was the right one. Cress needed to learn to label the jars. Taking a blob he began to apply it to her belly button gently. She should feel a warm and cooling sensation after a while along with some of the pain vanishing.

Her belly looked like the moon. Cress stared at it for a second before standing and rubbing her front a little better. Whatever was inside of her was enjoying the massage and was playing with his hands. "My whatever is inside of you is a lively one." he said with surprise. "Anyway, I might need to apply the creme everyday until the rash heals. It's nothing to worry about, probably with your belly expanding and it pressing up against your garments caused it I wouldn't doubt." he stated now massageing the sides of her round stomach gently.

She looked so common back when she was mortal. "You look great in that disguise. I guerentee you'll have them eating out of the palm of your hands when you're through." he said tilting his glasses up. "Out of curiosity, do you plan on making any of them..your future humble servants?" he asked. They probably could at least use someone to scrub up around here, or at least someone for him to kick around and take his pain out on.

Everyone else was too powerful to do something like that. Perhaps she should have made her bust size a bit bigger, he mused to himself as he watched them bounce up when she blew. "Every man will melt in your lap my Mistress." he complimented bowing. "Of course they already do."

"I'm going to say that we're very close, Sheena." Said Eric, he could seen the visual signs and smells of a forest just up ahead. At least, he was pretty certain that he was on the right track with things. "I can stop here if you want to stretch your legs, erm, tail." He answered in an awkward tone. The sight of a lamia, having one in the carriage was still rather bit unsettling.

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"Why thank you Ryvus." She smiled innocently. She looked at herself in her crystal ball to make sure she still had that deceitful smile. Belandra fell back to his words about keeping any of them. "Hmm, I suppose the men would make good pets. My old ones are getting worn out."

It was about time Belandra put this plan of hers into motion. Pushing another small ball of magic into a mirror, she made herself a portal to the village they were staying in.

"The two of you play nice now. I'm going to pick up some things and then burn all the wizardy down. The two of you do something to plump them up for me while i'm out." She commanded the two males in her presence. Giving them their orders, she entered the portal. A hand reached back for her hat, having blown off her head as she did.

Roxanne had never thought of that. She was simply grateful that her robe was long enough to adjust to her growing belly. Her robe normally hung around her ankles but as her belly began to grow it slowly crawled up her legs, eating up what fabric it would get ahold of. With the fabric being displaced due to her huge middle, it now looked as though her robe was a skirt rather than the robe it had once been.

What was even more surprising than the cleric telling her she had a rash was the movement his touch invoked from within her womb. Up until that moment, her belly had been inactive, the opposite of Mina's, although she couldn't tell if what she was carrying was enjoying the Cleric's touch or hating it. It felt as thought they were trying to get him to stop, but there was no real telling.

Roxanne nodded as the cleric told her she would need the cream again in the following days. Nothing wrong with regularly scheduled belly rubs, she thought. Perhaps she'll be able to get Eric to apply the cream next time. Not that she didn't like the cleric, she was just more comfortable around the knight not to mention they already had a... thing going, should a brief belly rub turn into something more.

"Alright, I'll put it on again tomorrow. " she said, taking the jar of cream from the cleric and stashing it in her satchel.

They had finally arrived in the forest. Cress got the impression that the warlock didn't like him much, but those with dark powers usually didn't care for the light much. Standing he grabbed his staff and smiled at her.

"I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable." he apologized and made sure not to invade anymore of her personal space. Cress could tell when he wasn't wanted.

Opening the door he stepped out of the carriage and stretched. He took a deep breath and looked up at the evening sky. To be honest, he felt like an outsider to this group. He was happy for their help, but he couldn't help but feel if they were avoiding him a little.

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"Time to get off the pregnant wagon finally! Oi me bones are killin' me!" Brillux grumbles standing and stretching causing his bones to pop and crack louldy. Stepping off of the wagon he leaned up against it waiting for everyone to start moving.