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Ulmuka and Needle had left the prom at the end of the last slow dance. The strix wasn't sleepy particularly and was a bit excited following the fun of the night. He was almost sorry they couldn't have danced more but he didn't seem very compatible with some of the music choices.

The strix had promised his date a stroll by the lake and their walk was full of smiles and chit-chat as he led her off the paved path and onto the dirt one, beaten in by years of students pounding feet, down towards the water. It was mostly still, but every once in a while rippling from the stirring creatures in it's murky depths.

Muka had been sharing stories from parties he'd gone to of his fathers, the ones with funny mishaps and dancing foibles. "And Stashe said, 'Now that's what they call.. JUICY.'" The conclusion to his current tale left him in giggles and he had to let go of her hand in order to hold his own belly. He wheezed a bit, coughing momentarily. He'd been making a concerted effort not to hack up anything in Needle's presence and so far he'd succeeded succesfully.

"So we are here.." He grinned, taking her hand once more and leading her slowly towards the edge of the water. The strix paused to crouch on the shore and remove his shoes.

Ulmuka wiggled his toes as they were freed from his shoes. The strix usually sacrificed comfort for style when it came to footwear and his taloned toes felt amazing to be freed from their restraint. He didn't mind much to get his suit wet but when Needle paused in apprehension, he did as well. It would be a shame to ruin the carefully tailored and custom dyed clothing.

He joined her by the water after having rolled up his pant legs. "Perhaps we can go in our undergarments?" The strix usually wore them and it hadn't dawned on him that she may not. His wings seemed to hitch high on his back when the tips touched the surface of the lake. "I can always shift... if my bare body would be hrrrmmm innapropriate?" He knew that sort of thing was not normal to most people.

"Hmmm.." Muka backed out of the cool water and just nodded with a smile. "I do not mind." In fact in the back of his brain his little animal instincts buzzed happily with the idea of seeing her bare female body. He had shorts on at least, under his prom clothes, and even if the silk would be ruined his sensitive parts would be covered.

"Do you need help?" With the zipper and fastenings on her dress. He wasn't sure if she had help getting into it but he assumed that she and her sister may have prepared together.

As he asked he worked slowly on his tie, trying not to tear the soft cloth with his talons. If he was trying not to ruin the suit, than he could take the extra time to do it right.

"Ah..hmmm alright." Ulmuka nodded. He'd had people help him dress before but people was a general term. The only one to ever dress or undress him was their butler back at home, an undead whose sole purpose in is unlife was to serve.

He lifted his chin to make it easier for her and chuckled a bit every time her fingers slid against his skin. He normally wasn't ticklish but the brushes where so featherlight that he couldn't help it.

Thankfully Needle had to get quite close so his long arms looped around her waist. He felt along her bare back until he found the low zipper on the gown and he hooked on a nail and pulled the fastening down.

Once her dress was unzipped he simply rested his hands on her waist until she was finished. He cooed at her hands on his chest, narrow and thin and dusted with unruly hair similar to that on his face. Despite enjoying the contact he knew that letting their curiosities get the better of them would be innapropriate out on school grounds for any to stumble across. The strix nodded when she finished and took a step back to pull the fabric off of his shoulders.

"Thank you." He chirped and smiled. Self consciousness teased him, clashing with his logic about the form of his body. He was thin except for the developed bulge on his waist, a round belly from his recent gorging. When his pants fell around his ankles he shivered from the breeze. His bare humanoid skin didn't often meet the wind and air. He had on simple black silk shorts and besides his large feet his long legs were skinny his knees knobbled.

Muka ruffled again in the breeze and giggled, heading for the water. When he got in to the waist he turned for her. "Join me!"

Muka, noticing she had more undressing to do than he thought, decided to do what he usually did in water. He turned side to side, dipping his wings in and flailing them briefly. The water sprayed in a circle around him. He dipped his head to the side again, dunking it briefly as a shake shook down his neck and spine to his wings once more and the water was flicked up and over and all around him.

By the time she entered the water he'd finished and he was soaked. His hair was spiked wetly, never drooping, and droplets ran down his grinning face. His wings he still held high, extended a bit so as to not be dunked in. He waded towards her, holding out his hand when she got close he took hers and guided her out a bit further into the lake.

The water rose until his wings couldn't avoid it anymore and they settled on his back tightly, chilling in the water. He shivered, made a noise, and it trembled his whole body. Ulmuka couldn't help noticing her partial nudity. His eyes slid across her chest, the reaction from the cold water obvious on her body, and the strix was sure he couldn't look away (curious okay?). He knew this was rude, hearing the familiar quip from ghouls around school 'my eyes are here, okaaaay?', and so Muka led them deep enough where the water covered the distracting parts.

It was just deep enough where their feet could touch the ground but also, with a bit of a knee bend they could bob comfortably in the water. The strix didn't know much about floating (though he bobbed pretty easily with his light bones) so he stayed stock still, just standing really, in the water.

"Hmmm.. I recall it being cool before as well. I suppose it is night now so that may have something to do with it." He kept her hand when she seemed to shiverand her sound of alarm grew a bit more obvious. He didn't move them any further. He also was about as deep as he was willing to go.

The strix's head turned when she asked about how deep it got. He looked at the flat expanse of water and the distance across. He was a creature of air, not water, but he could only assume that if the ground kept going down into the center, than it was much deeper than he was comfortable thinking about.

"I think it's very deep." He hooted thoughtfully, head turning back around on his body to face her. "More deep than I would be interested in!" Muka giggled, a bit uneasy at the thought. Thankfully another thought came in, about how the water was not as shocking anymore. His body seemed to be getting used to it. He tested pulling up his legs, bobbing oddly. It was almost like air but.... thicker. Just like flying, only constant motion would keep him up and so he spastically kicked a moment. Of course this was a lot of work! So he stopped and stood again.

"I am not sure if swimming is my forte!" The strix snickered.

"I do a bit of splashing!" Muka giggled, urging them only a few steps closer to shore. The water level went down on their chests but thankfully now he seemed to have control on his roving eyes.... for the most part. "But it'll get you very wet!"

She seemed to have taken a lot of care in getting her hair up and out of the way he didn't want to ruin that if she wasn't willing, though she did just offer to go to the bottom of the lake. It was an intriguing idea but what if it was very deep and she got lost. When she offered it, he didn't answer but instead squeezed her hand a bit, moved them closer to shore a tad.

"Hot springs are nice! I was in the class that found them!" Muka nodded. It had been a messy business but he was there!