Summer! The season of hot winds and cold seeker. No matter where you are, to enjoy summer, you have to go to the beach. And our group was invited in one...


Chapter 51

Summer Special

Omake...


Blackfeather manor

Main office...


Traysek was sitting at the desk, reading a letter with a hard frown...

You are to come to the West.

I was told that humans love sand and water during this time.

Choose whoever you want.

Don't act like you didn't read this leater.

Ashar.

The Redguard blinked twice at that, "That...sounds more like a demand than an invitation," remarking with a sweat drop, "But the invitation is pretty clear, but...the bad news, is that we left all our swimming gear in Tamriel..." sighing with a headshake.

"Why not going to buy something from the city?" Sylla suggested.

He thought on that, "Hmm, maybe...but knowing the girls, they'll want something from the harpy's nest, but then again, Thelys might have something," standing up and stretching, "That said... go ahead and get the others gathered in the lounge, I'm pretty sure they'll want to get in on it,"

"Sure, I'll do it." Sylla smiled as she began to walk out, her smile turning a bit dark, "I do have a score to settle with a furball."

Traysek sighed deeply, "Just don't kill him, please," shaking his head at her retreat, 'Be a lot less obvious without that murder aura on you...'


Meanwhile in the halls


Theme: Scheming weasel - Royalty-free music

Inigo was currently checking corners, before sneaking around to the next, he continued to do this whenever he passed each hall, as if trying to avoid someone, 'Heheheheh~ long as I stick to the corners and peek, a certain tarnished won't surprise me...I need to stay hidden until she's cooled off and then-"

"Hey Inigo, whatcha doing?"

"AAAUUGGH!" He screamed out, turning around to find the nord confused, "Erik! don't do that, my friend!"

"Alright, geez...what's got you so worked up?" Erik asked with a hard frown, with his hands up.

"I'm...hiding at the moment...from a certain...gravity tarnished, someone leaked out I've been telling jokes again, and she's been on a hunt until she decided to call it off and go to the office," Inigo nervously chuckled.

Erik sighed deeply, "Until she leaves from it...gods Inigo, those jokes are gonna get you throttled one of these days,"

The khajiit gave an arrogant huff, "Hah! She has to catch me first," with a smirk.

"That's actually very easy for me, y'know." a voice sounded behind him as a certain glowing eye Tarnished was standing behind him.

*Music cuts*

Inigo broke into a cold sweat, blinking twice, "Until just now..."

"Ooooh tough break..." Erik winced, before giving Sylla a grin, "Top of the morning to you, Sylla! I see you've been hunting brojiit today," chuckling.

"I've been dying to have a new coat." Sylla ignited her Nightglaive, "That said, Traysek is waiting for you at the lounge, he asked me to gather you all."

"Is he? Alright, I'll go see what that is," Erik nodded, before giving a sweaty smile, "And about that "Coat" you're gonna have to do a lot of deep cleaning of fleas, he's got three colonies worth,"

Inigo backed away slowly with his hands up, "I've already met two of the mayors, they're warring too,"

Sylla giggled cutely before saying, "All I have to do is to rinse it real to the point where nothing is left... with Redmane fire..."

"Oh..." Inigo only responded with, before breaking into a run towards the office.

Erik chuckled, shaking his head, "And there he goes..." turning to Sylla, "I'll go ahead and join him in the office, Lucien and Klein are in the armory, as for the girls, you'll find them sparring in the field," heading to the office with a wave.

"Thanks, now... I have a pelt to collect." she then summoned her Funeral Steed and chased after Inigo.

"Relax my friend, Relaaaaax!" Inigo shouted from down the hallway, "They're just jokes!"

Erik winced, "Oof, he better hope he can get away, she seemed serious there..." with a sweatdrop while walking.

"You won't escape!" Sylla yelled as crashing was heard.


Later at the lounge...


After everyone had been gathered, Traysek walked in to find Inigo with smoke coming off him sitting down with smila e.

"What in oblivion happened to you...? are you okay?" He asked him with a furrowed brow.

"I'm fine, my friend, just um...I think I'm done with gravity jokes for a while," He wheezed out...

"Good call, that looks painful," Traysek nodded in agreement...

"It is..." The khajiit whispered, "She wasn't gentle at all..."

"I was~" Sylla smiled, "If you want to see what 'Not gentle' is, I can show you~"

"Hehehe...I'll pass, really..." Inigo said, with his hands up, shaking his head.

Yuri smirked at him, "I bet you do..." looking at the captain, "So why are we all here? I was busy giving Recorder a good one-two,"

"You wish...I had you down a couple of times, don't gloat!" Record spat back.

"Key word..."A couple" of times, to how many?" The Red-haired woman grinned.

Klein cleared his throat, "Look, not that we don't enjoy the competitive spirit here, but I think the boss had something to say, and I do want to hear it,"

"Thanks, Klein," Traysek thanked, "As why you've been gathered today, we've been invited to a summer party in the west, so as such, we're taking a day off!"

The crew cheered hearing that, Inigo stood up with renewed vigor with Lucien and Klein...

"Summer party?! and there's no work involved? finally!" Klein cheered.

"I can't wait to go diving, that'll be one of the things I do when I get over there, I gotta see what's underwater! and I've already got a rebreather!" The imperial added in, not hiding his excitement.

"Not to mention the food and games going around, I'm wondering what kind of games are played here," Inigo added in w a smile.

Erik appeared behind both Inigo and Lucien, placing gentle hands on their shoulders with his eyes shadowed...

"Boys...all those are nice and all, but I think we're all forgetting the Important thing of all..." looking up with seria ous expression, "Swimsuit galore..." a deviant flash gleaming in his right eye.

The Dark Knight, khajiit and, Imperial had images of so many women in bikinis having a good time, putting grins on their faces.

"Indeed Erik...Indeed~" Traysek agreed with a chuckle and a deviant gleam in the same eye.

"Should I report this to Celestine and the others?" Rela asked as Sylla was silently smiling, but the aura around her was really dark as she was looking toward Traysek.

The Redguard gulped, quickly clearing his throat, "Um, no, that won't be necessary," waving them down with a large sweat bead, "Anyways, we've been invited by Ashar there, so I'm sure we're bound to see plenty of people there,"

"Awesome! I'll go invite Dargo to come with me, he could use a break too and it gives me an excuse to go swimsuit shopping," Recorder smiled.

"I've got plenty to choose from, thinking about going in the jewel bikini, or the gold... Can't decide..." Yuriana went into thought.

"I'm sorry...the what-bikini?" Klein asked with an eyebrow raised.

Lucien sighed deeply, "Gods Yuri, if you're gonna wear that, at least wear nipple covers, that outfit doesn't hide them and children might also be there,"

Rela went in thought, "I wonder... am I invited to go with you?"

Traysek gave her smile, "Of course, this is your first omake with us, you're definitely not missing out on that,"

"That aside, who should we invite?" Sylla asked.

The Redguard went into thought, "Hmm, tough call, we could invite some of our other friends, I'm sure Greil, Gronik, Endra, even Celestine won't mind going, if I can get close enough to ask,"

"What about the maidenless holy knights? Think they'll show?" Erik asked with a frown.

"Gods, I hope not, he nearly soured the mood at the Christmas party..." Traysek said with a slight glare, "If he's smart he won't try it, but..."

"If he's smart..." Rela repeated.

"Right...and considering what's been happening in recent chapters with him, he's got this need to outdo me..." The Redguard sighed, "Honestly should I be concerned with that?"

"About that? What's to be worried about?" Sylla asked, "He's just a pathetic weak virgin for life that doesn't know how to wipe his own arse."

"True, but also now a defacto commander of bitch-less knights...but your right, and besides, it's not like he'd know about it anyway," Traysek shrugged, "The only thing we need to worry about is who's all got swimsuits and who doesn't,"

"Well I answered that, I'm checking at Thelys' shop for anything cute there," Recorder smiled.

"I can try to get something..." Sylla thought of something, "Or maybe have one custom-made..."

"I already have one," Rela stated as flames engulfed her. When they were extinguished, she was wearing black two pieces that had orange lines that made it look like its attached to magma.

The men of the crew whistled while the ladies were impressed...

"Okay okay~ I see you're already good to go, not bad there, Rela~" Traysek complimented with an impressed nod, "Not bad at all~"

"I'll say," Lucien began with, "It almost looks like you're wearing two pieces of obsidian with that magma orange, most impressive,"

"It's just the colors..." Rela pointed, "That was the one that was suggested for me..."

"That's why I said almost," Lucien slightly sweated.

Traysek nodded, "Either way, looks like some of us got a bit to preparing to do, before heading there, and getting to the city will be easier for us, we'll have plenty of time to browse,"

Klein grinned, "I already have swimwear, it's in my room, just...don't laugh when you see it..." the grin turning nervous...

"Oh? and what's on them? hearts? rainbows? C'mon man, it can't be that bad," Yuriana waved down.

"Golden holy knigh crosses..." The black knight corrected her with shadowed eyes.

The room went silent, Recorder blinking twice...

"No...no even with that, it can't be that bad...Right...? Right?" She asked, getting a sigh from him...

"One second..." Klein said, standing up, and heading to his room...


One minute later...


The entire room was in shock and horror, as they laid eyes on the holy pair of trunks that Klein had brought to them...Recorder gulping...

"Oh Shit...yeah, this might be bad..."

"I told you it was, but I don't exactly have gem money to go get more," The black knight sighed, shaking his head.

Traysek had a sympathetic smile, "You know what? I'll front the cost on yours with mine, alright? I don't mind doing it"

"Are you sure? I know money can be short with you guys," Klein asked with a concerned look.

"I have enough gem money not to worry about it, alright," The Redguard waved off casually, "We're going to a good store, which I happen to know the owner to, and...if you're gonna be hanging with us...it won't be in..." he squinted his eyes at the gold and white trunks, "Whatever the fuck... those are supposed to be..." getting agreeing nods.

"Honestly, I feel like crying over what you had to go through." Sylla sighed.

"Ah don't worry about it, I'm glad to be out, I can breathe and my sister's health has drastically improved since being under Lord Swain's care... Things happen for a reason" the black knight shrugged with a smile, "As for why I had trunks like that, the community church pool would hold events where nobles would show and mingle around, despite having the trunks, I never went swimming,"

Inigo picked up the shorts, feeling how heavy they were, "By the gods, I can see why...feel how heavy this is," moving out of the way,

Erik came up next, picked them up, frowned hard at the weight, and dropped them on the floor with a hard thump and metal clang.

"What the...? That is beyond unnecessary, all that gold is weighing them down, you'll drown trying to wear these, no way..."

Lucien stood over them, shaking his head, "How many karats does each cross have...?"

"Over 40 for each one," Klein answered with a sigh.

"And instead of investing all that gold in the future... they turned it into this..." Sylla's face showed only disgust, disappointment, and a blank stare at the trunks.

Klein stared at the swimming shorts with the same expression, "Trust me if you think that's bad...you should see what else they do with it all...it's a waste...golden pools, golden toilets, golden chariots, name it..."

"Well then that settles it," Traysek grinned, snapping his fingers and opening a portal, "One quick stop to Thelys', in the meantime for those already with swimming gear, do try to invite whoever you can,"

"Do you want me to contact Lord Swain?" Rela asked.

Traysek nodded, "By all means...assuming he already doesn't know,"

"Not everyone is as free-spirited as you..." Sylla sweat dropped.

"And not everyone takes bureaucratic business like it's nothing like you do..." Rela added with a blank expression.

The Redguard gave them both a smirk, "Guess that means I'm a different breed, don't it...?" with a chuckle, "Anyway, ready when you all are,"

"Well, I think that everyone's ready," Sylla stated while looking at the others.

"Good, this shouldn't take long, La Plume D'Or offers a discount, so don't be afraid to pick what you like, especially you Klein," The Redguard stated, "That said, let's get going~"


At La Plume D'Or...


The group had made it to the store, both Sylla and Klein looked around with amazement...

"Wow...I would've loved to shop here if I knew about it beforehand, too much to choose from," The dark knight nodded.

Traysek smiled, "Well, if you want custom designs, they can do that too, even switch the colors to suit your tastes,"

"Alright! Let's do this!" Sylla rushed to look around.

...

After a moment of everyone picking what they wanted to wear, they Thelys working the stall...

"Hey there, Thelys~ I see you're in a good mood," Traysek greeted with a wave.

"Considering that I'm getting more screen time, I do feel like a star." The Harpy answered, "How can I help you in this Omake?"

"Just a couple of swimsuits and gear, got a party in the west to go to," The Redguard smiled, "And it's from Ashar of all people, so, we getting seasonal with this occasion, and," pulling Klein close to him, "He wants a custom design on his trunks, I'll be willing to pay for it as well as Sylla's there,"

"Sure, just let me check with the boss lady for that," Thelys replied as she headed to the back.

"Take your time~" He waved, watching go...

Inigo thought about something, weaseling over to the Redguard in a huddle, "You know my friend, what if Celestine did come...? she did show up for the Christmas party with Swain last year, you never know," he whispered to Traysek.

"I did think on that a bit, considering her and I are on good terms that was gonna be the next move once we're out of here, but that depends on how busy she is and..." The Redguard paused with a sweat drop, "That jealous side of her, while very cute...worries me...it worries me a lot and given what's gonna be there... do I have to say more...?"

"Good point, but hear me out, my friend..." Inigo continued, "There could be a way to void all of that...in the form...of lotion rubbing..." hissing that last part in his ear.

Traysek's eyes went wide at the thought, before smirking, "You know...when you mention it like that...I do see the potential" nodding at the idea...

"Indeed," Inigo simply nodded to.

"Indeed," The Redguard repeated, both fist-bumping with gleams in their eyes...

"Ho~ what an interesting discussion~" Sylla was standing behind them, a dark aura around her, "Is my Nightrider Glaive long enough? I do have an idea to use it with a lotion~"

They both were sweating profusely, the Captain turning his head slightly...

"H-hey, chill out...I said I saw the "Potential" of it happening, and besides, you act like I wasn't gonna start with you first," Traysek defended with.

"If you keep seeing that 'potential'... You might have a long surprise this night... both of you..." Sylla continued smiling before walking away, still having a pitch-black aura around her.

They both watched her walk off, Inigo gulped as the Redguard cleared his throat...

"Let me rephrase...TWO jealous beings might be going as well..." Traysek uttered, getting a shaken nod from the Khajiit.


Meanwhile, at Fort Hroka...


Rey and his top knights including Marquel were viewing the entire scene by magic screen, fuming at what they had just witnessed...

"I really wanna put his fat ass in a ditch..." The musel boy said with a twitch in his eye.

"Why the hell aren't we invited?! We did nothing wrong!" Marquel protested.

"I mean... this is the Gnoll queen we're talking about, she never liked us much anyway, but why them...? didn't half of them slaughter her people?" One of the other knights added in.

Rey bitterly nodded, "Yeah, but I see someone intends to smooth that out...and now, he might have Celestine go if he invites Lord Swain...and if they're going Princess Prim might show up as well...in they'll be in bikinis...and given what that fur ball just said..."

Everyone shut up and a long silence was heard among them...

"We have to go there... no matter what..." Marquel said with a stern voice and a huge determination.

"Agreed lieutenant, we must assess the safety of our goddess!" Another knight chimed in, "We cannot let the greasy pirate be the ONE to put lotion on her delicate back...it must come from sacred hands!"

There was an uproar of agreeing clamoring, getting Rey to chuckle waving everyone down.

"Calm down everyone, calm down," He cooed, "But you're all right, This definitely will not stand...and as such, if we are not invited...but the thieves are..." before ripping off his armor into his golden holy trunks, a lion's roar going off, "Then we're crashing!" getting cheers, "Marquel, get plenty of sunscreen, tanning oil, towels and lotion...we've got a party to attend to...and a sword defender to show up!"

"Yeah!" Marquel got up and did the same, but with sunglasses, "Alright men! Time to gear up for this important battle! Let us march to our victory!"

"On to Victory!" The knights cheered, tearing off their armor as well, revealing the trunks under them.

Rey grinned, "I see you're all already prepared, Good~ now then, on to where it's held," turning back to the magic screen, "And we'll have our "Friends" to guide us," getting chuckles,


At the west

in an uncharted beach...


The group arrived in their beach wear to find a beautiful tropical Oasis, with water pouring down from the stone waterfalls, the rush water coming upon the sandy shores, and patches of grass also evident behind the coastline with the trees.

For the guys, Traysek wore a tropical shirt with his homeland's flowers all over it in many colors, and black and red lightning trunks, giving way to the tribal tattoos on his arms and legs, with his bone hawk amulet hanging proudly on his open shirt while donning sunglasses. Inigo wore a blue flowered shirt with ice-blue trunks. Lucien wore... a full diving suit with goggles, dwemer style... Erik was shirtless with a flower necklace and orange flame trunks, carrying the mead with Klein, who also wore a tropical shirt with skulls, matching the trunks with happy skulls over them.

For the ladies, Recorder wore a black widow bikini with sunglasses, Yuriana chose her comfy wench leather bikini, that look tight around he curves, Rela wore what she had on earlier from the office, And Sylla wore a black and purple lighting bikini, matching that of her old profession and that of her sorceries.

"Wow...This place is amazing..." The Redguard whistled, "And thought the oasis back home was impressive..."

"It's much bigger than the one on the moonpaths, my friend," Inigo complimented.

Klein looked around, "Still, it doesn't look like anyone's showed up, are we early?"

"Gotta be, we jumped portals, not take a long trip until we got back out this way," Lucien added.

Recorder took a deep breath, "Still~ this is a nice spot she chose, but I wonder where she is,"

"Good question," Yuriana frowned, looking around.

A giant octopus was launched from the waters and landed near them.

After being startled, they all looked down to find swirlies in its eyes...

Traysek blinked, pointing down, "That...was a giant octopus...who's now unconscious, alright then~" with a nod, "Think we got our answer with that," looking in the direction it came from.

Ashar emerged from the waters, wearing some sort of bra made of white leather and some sort of robe.

"Oh, you're already here." she looked at them.

The Redguard smiled, "Well well~ looks like you've been passing some time," giving the giant octopus a glance, "Good you to see you Ashar, wanna thank you for inviting us out and I gotta say," checking her swimsuit out, giving an approving nod, "Not bad, not bad~"

"So... what's that?" Sylla asked, poking the octopus.

"Food." Ashar replied, "I intended to also get a great blue fish and a red snake to get along with it... but you arrived earlier than anticipated."

Erik hummed, carrying the mead barrel "Ah, so we are here early, okay then, I'll just take this to the over to the campsite,"

"I hope you don't mind, we brought a few things," The Redguard explained, As the others sat large bags full of other drinks and food, "That's some really good mead from Ulak, who's mayor Invited here along with all our other friends, more food might be coming too, Jenelica seemed onboard,"

"Well, I'm going to see if I can't get something else." Ashar jumped back in the water.

"Alright, you do that, we'll get set up," The Redguard nodded, channeling the fabrication spell.

"So, who did we invite?" Rela asked.

Trayek thought on that while focusing on the spell, "Let's see, you contacted Swain, I sent out invites to Greil, Gronik, Heltia and her family, Endra and his through Thelys, a few members of the birds of prey, Niall and his family, we've never met his daughters, so that'll be something, Jenelica, who was...over the top happy about performing here, so we've got quite a bit of people coming, plus whoever they invited," casting the spell, summoning dozens of longue chairs for the beach.

"I Invited Dargo and his siblings for today, they were more than willing to come," Recorder added, picking her chair and relaxing.

Erik nodded, "Same I invited Zephyr...I'm surprised she accepted, she'll let me know when she's on the way,"

Yuriana thought about something, "I tried to invite Alexandros, but...he gave me a maybe before blushing and passing out," with a chuckle.

"The only ones we didn't invite were the people we didn't either like or know.." Inigo added.

"I hope that 'You-Know-Who' won't try to do something stupid..." Sylla sighed, helping with setting the parasols, "Even if it's an Omake, he'll get really hurt..."

Lucien sighed, shaking his head, "Indeed, but if we remember anything about that Christmas party...he wasn't invited either last year and STILL showed up,"

"Well, who cares if he does?" Klein frowned, "If he does show up, just ignore him, that's what I plan on doing,"

"Right... you weren't present." Sylla sighed, "If there's one thing for certain... it's that Ashar isn't the type who would keep quiet and ignore something like him..."

"She seemed to last year, but then again, there was a low growl coming from her the last time he got around her," Record thought back on.

Traysek summoned a bar stand, "And that'll be his problem, not ours, but I won't lie, I'm kinda hoping he does decide to do something stupid, it'll be a show for sure," he chuckled, "Hey Yuri! wanna act as the bartender?"

"Sure! thought you'd never ask, I'll bring the drinks and snacks over and get started," The Wench smiled, going over to the bar with the bag of drinks and unloading them.

"As for the rest of the heavier food, we'll wait on that, Ashar's still diving for more, and from the looks of it, she'll be there for a minute...hope she can breathe," The Redguard pointed, looking around, "All that's left is a stage..." walking to another clear opening, building up the spell and casting, summoning an entire stage with chairs, "That should do it for Jen's end of things," going to one of the lounge chairs, "And now we wait," relaxing back on the chair.

As soon as he laid back, a huge red snake was launched from the waters and fell near to the octopus.

He nearly jumped to find said giant snake lying next to the octopus, the group completely startled by it...

"So that's the giant snake she meant...damn he's huge," The Redguard gapped.

Inigo frowned going over to it, "But the question is...is it edible? it almost looks like one of the snakes from the dark forest,"

"I'm sure it is, even if it had venom, it'll be removed for sure," Lucien added, "Still it's a pretty snake, just big... big enough to eat us,"

Not too soon after, a rain of rather big fishes landed around the first two preys.

"That's... that's a lot..." Sylla commented.

"INCOMING!" Erik yelled, memeing the TFS2 soldier, as Everyone but Rela ran or hid for cover as the giant fishes were pouring down.

When it was done, the Gnoll Queen got out of the water and nodded to herself, "Could have done better... but this would suffice... I believe..."

The Rest of the crew peeked out of their hiding places, Traysek from behind a rock with a sweatbead...

"Yeah, I'm thinking so!" he said in agreement, as they all came back out.

"Need help chopping some of this up?" Record asked, approaching her.

"Considering that I'd be busy slaughtering these two, I would need someone to take care of these fishes..." After a moment, Ashar nodded to herself and turned to Recorder, "I accept your aid with the matter."

"Alrighty~! This won't take long!" She grinned, going over to the fish with a knife, getting started by rapidly slashing up one, dicing it to pieces, "One down and...many more to go..." twirling the blade in her hands.

"And while the knife-happy psycho does what she does best on those fish," Traysek sighed with a smile, "We went ahead and got things ready while you were in there...The best part, clean up is a finger snap away, all we're doing now is waiting for whoever," with a shrug, "And Yuri's mixing the drinks over there, she can make some strong stuff, we got snacks and juice too, just in case the guests bring kids,"

"I see..." Ashar nodded as a familiar armored crow landed near them.

The Crew looked upon the newcomer to Find Dargo and his siblings approaching them.

"Hey! Dargo! you made it!" The Redguard greeted with a grin.

"I tried to be here early... but I had to get new clothes..." Dargo replied as he was wearing an open orange shirt and blue trunks that had waves of water drawn on them.

His sibling on the other hand; the younger brother was wearing a black shirt and black trunks while the younger sister was wearing a pink one-piece that had flowers on it.

Traysek laughed, "Not to worry, you're not late, you're quite early, just got started cooking," nodding his head towards Recorder.

"Dargo! Hi~! you accepted my invitation, after all, I'm glad~" she grinned stopping midway of dicing.

"Y-Yes..." Dargo replied as he looked at Recorder, fire around him.

"That was fast," Sylla sweat-dropped at the scene in front of her.

"Yeah, she's got an...Effect on him," The Nord nervously chuckled, "And it's a hot one..."

Traysek gave him an Endra-style smirk, "You know if you're gonna start causing fires, the least you could do is compliment her bikini~"

"BOSS!" Recorder yelled with a red face, "But, how...does this look on me...?" she asked him, with a shy blush, giving him a full view.

Dargo got on his knees and said with pride as there was a picture of serenity behind him in the background, "My eyes saw everything in this world. I'm ready to die."

The entire group went silent at that, Recorder's face now bright like a tomato...

"Oh, G-geez...T-thank you..." She stammered out, checking out his attire, "I Like what you've got on too, the waves are very fitting for you~"

"Aww~ That's sweet~!" Yuriana commented from the bar, getting them both to twitch.

"Check that Yuri, that shit is 100 percent sugar!" Klein also commented.

Traysek gave them both a smirk, "Good enough~ Don't worry, if we need to later, I can generate small huts too~"

"No thank you!" Record quickly snapped.

"That said, is Endra on his way, my friend?" Inigo asked the kneeling elf.

"He said he'll be here as soon as he finishes his current mission," Dargo replied as he got up.

"Ah, I see, so we'll see him later," The Redguard nodded, "Good to know, I'll keep an eye out for him later,"

Erik thought on something, "What about Zephyr...? Did you see her on your way here?"

"She said that she'd get new swimsuits." Dargo replied, "The current one seemed to be pretty tight in the chest area."

Erik blinked twice at that with widened eyes, "Tight in the chest...? hmm..." going into thought...

"Well, the amount of time it'd take won't be important... maybe..." Dargo added, "It might be bigger than one might believe..."

He went completely silent at that, his mind moving to a scene with Zephyr trying her hardest to keep her swimsuit from popping off...

"E-Erik, how does this...look...?" She asked him with a shy expression, while both pieces of the swimsuit were stretching to the limit until the top completely popped off...

Now, while he was daydreaming this, Traysek waved a hand in front of his face.

"Erik...ERIK!" He yelled out, getting his attention.

"Huh? huh? What? what happened?" The Nord said, confused as chuckles from the men of the crew were heard.

The Redguard shook his head with a smirk, "Oh naw...yeah, I'll definitely have to get those huts for sure, gods," with a snicker, "I think you broke him Dargo..."

"That brother was gone...the worst bit is that we all saw that..." Lucien said with a sweatdrop.

"He just has to wait until she comes to fulfill his fantasies." Sylla chuckled.

Erik chuckled with an embarrassed blush, "Alright, alright, I got it, sheesh..." waving them down.

A large white dragon landed near them as Niall jumped from it, followed by Kolne, Jenelica, Prim, Alicia, and finally, the former queen of Feoh.

"Thanks for the lift up! Send that lass my regard!" Niall said with a laugh as the dragon disappeared with a cloud of white dust.

Traysek grinned, "Well well~ look who's arrived~" Going up to them, "Guys! Good to see you, welcome~" he greeted.

Niall laughed, wearing an orange Hawaiian shirt with red flowers on it and red trunks, "I had nothing to do, so I accepted! Besides, the old Swain said that he had something to do before coming here."

"I expected that one, that man stays busy," The Redguard smiled, "It's good to see you all, Kolne, Jen, even you Prim and Aurora..." he paused when he made eye contact, "Princess Alicia...your presence is...unexpected..." a smile slowly coming back, "But welcomed regardless~ I do hope you enjoy yourself," with a nod.

"If it wasn't for the source material things would have been different." Alicia pouted, "I hate that script during the battle of Feoh..."

"Aww don't feel bad..." Traysek said genuinely, "Today and only today, you won't be bashed for it...Can't call this a summer Omake if that's all we're gonna be doing and we'd lose our favorite bard in the process, and I've even got a stage,"

"Still, I still don't like how stupid and selfish I'm forced to act just to satisfy deranged people who want to see me broken." Alicia crossed her arms beneath her breasts as she was wearing white two pieces with red roses drawn on them.

Recorder sighed in agreement, "Trust me...Knowing how you've been done in other stories, I actually feel for you...I hope I wasn't too harsh..." with a sweat drop...

"Trust me... If I was in your place when meeting myself... I'd have the same reaction..." Alicia's eyebrow twitched as she took a script, "I'm a character that could have been used in so many ways... but I'm relayed as a punching bag..." A dark cloud was over her, "Master Esteban... give me the patience to survive this!" as comical tears began to fall from her eyes.

Traysek slightly chuckled, "Well...if it makes you feel better...Reynold's actually been filling that spot for you lately... including during the battle, you're actually in a better position than he is..."

"Ain't that the truth!" Klein, Erik, Inigo, and Lucien all said at once.

"I'm pretty sure that you'll have a redemption arc." Sylla assured, "You're only portrayed as naïve and a bit..."

"No need to sugarcoat it... I just hope that I can enjoy this omake to the fullest." Alicia smiled before looking around, "This place is sure good-looking."

Recorder smiled, "Isn't it? It's beautiful here! I could come back here again,"

"Well, if you all want Drinks, Yuri's tending the bar and the food's being prepped, you guys just got here on time," The Redguard grinned, pointing them out, "And Jen? I'm sure you want to get the stage set up, the guys will help with that,"

"Indeed, my friend!" Inigo added, "Just say what you want set up and we'll have it done!"

"This time is going to be a little different since it's summer... well, let's just get this ready!" said the former jester, wearing a light blue one-piece, "Let's be ready for one hell of a concert!"

There was cheer from the crew, Inigo and Klein went over to help with the stage set up...

A shadow crow landed, opening it's wings and letting quite a amount of people out; Swain, Celestine, Ophilyana, Del, Olga, Greil, Cloe, Gronik and his family, Dihya and her daughter, and the Lightbringers of Feoh and Ur.

Traysek smiled at the newcomer group, "Welcome~! all of you! Swain! I see you've been busy bringing the party with you!" he laughed.

"It's far more simpler and less time-consuming." Swain replied, wearing a black shirt and black shorts, "If only there was an official summer skin for me. Oh well, it's not like one will appear after this chapter."

Traysek nodded in approval, "It's a shame, you're actually killing it in that, it's a good look," he complimented, turning to Greil and Gronik, "And hello to you as well, Master G, Greil, glad you both made it today," with a smile.

"Never been in a place like this, even when I was still in Tamriel," Gronik commented, wearing a red shirt and yellow shorts.

"I have to agree~ Even the moonpaths of Elysweir didn't have it this nice," The Redguard agreed.

"The advancement of those Gnolls is something to behold." Greil nodded, wearing nothing but black shorts with red straps on them, "It must have taken her years to have them advance like this."

"Either that or this is just a guarded paradise, but it's definitely beautiful...and speaking of," Traysek paused, turning to the ladies, "Ladies~ Good to see you all as well, welcome~"

"It's thanks to you that we were able to be here," Celestine said with a smile, wearing a white two-piece that was a little tight on her chest, while Ophilyana was wearing a grey one-piece that was a little revealing on the sides.

Meanwhile, Olga went to a spot and laid a beach towel down before lying on it.

Traysek gave her a warm grin, "Ah, you're welcome~ I consider that a first victory today~" checking out her bikini, "My oh my~ That's not a bad Bikini, little tight, but I like it, looks good on you~" with a wink.

"So you compliment hers... but not mine..." Sylla asked, a dark aura around her, "We're going to have... such a long discussion after this..."

"It's not his fault that some people have bad taste," Celestine smiled at Sylla, also with a dark aura around her.

The Redguard had wide eyes looking back and forth at both, holding his hands up with a nervous smile, "Okay, No...NO...We are not doing this TO-DAY, Nope!" he interjected, with a laugh, turning to Sylla first, "For you Sylla, That was on me, I was sorta in a rush to get here, but, I really do like yours too, it's cute on you~ and the design's in the right places~" with a smirk, "That being said because I know there are no right answers...I'm not NOT gonna compliment hers either, okay? I find both bikinis very tasteful, there we go,"

"This won't do~" Celestine turned to Traysek, still smiling, "Which one of us is better?"

"Yes~ we need an answer~" Sylla added.

He had a large sweat bead, with a nervous chuckle, "Yeah, about that..." quickly going into thought 'Oh gods... they went there with it...I just said something about no right answers too and it didn't process...Dammit, they are determined to win this rivalry...!' with an eyebrow twitch, 'Option three was useless...I'll have to refer to help...!' cutting an eye at the other men...

Dargo quickly went to help Recorder, Swain turned and began to admire the scenery, Greil walked away not wanting to get involved, Gronik was genuinely busy with his daughter, and Niall was at the counter trying the ale there...

A tick mark appeared on his left cheek, eyebrow madly twitching '...Most of you did that on purpose, but fine...maybe my own guys...?' Cutting an eye around them...

Lucien quickly dashed leaving behind a wind trail and jumped in the water with his googles and snorkel, Klein threw him the duces sign and looked away, whistling, Inigo was chuckling and watching waving him away, Erik was already at the bar Niall and Yuriana...

'None of you...NONE OF YOU WERE A HELP AT ALL!' Another tick mark appeared on his other cheek, cleaning his throat, "You know what...? I'm having a real hard time making that choice, do you mind if I get to this later?" with a smile.

"It seems like it's hard for him," Sylla said... still smiling.

"I don't see how hard it is to compare a goddess to a stray~" Celestine stated.

"For some reason... I really want to redo the Radahn Festival..." Sylla said.

"I do welcome you to try~" Celestine tilted her head, "Maybe I'll put you back in your place~"

"I didn't know that you'd want to put me in his bed~ how thoughtful of you~" Sylla replied, the tension between the two getting thicker and thicker.

Traysek just closed his eyes, a deep sigh, 'Good lord...I've made it worse...'

At that moment, a tired Alexandros found the group.

"Finally!" he panted, "Even if I have the body of a horse... running is very tiring..."

Not too far, a group of people was approaching.

"I told you that following that Centaur was the right call!" Marquel exclaimed with joy, "Now to get in the best thing ever!"

Rey grinned "You were right on the money with that, he led us here!"

Yuriana went wide-eyed, "Alexandros?" leaving the bar, "Help yourselves for a bit," rushing to him, "Hey are you okay? Did they chase you here?"

"What are you talking about..." the Centaur replied too tired.

She gave him a sad smile, "Oh Alex, I'm happy to see you, I really am, but you also brought a pest problem with you," pointing behind him.

"Let me first take a breath... and a good gallon of water..." Alexandros stated, panting.

She gave him a sigh and smile, "Right over here, I'm tending the drinks, I'll get you something cold,"

"Thanks, horseboy!" one of the knights shouted from the background.

Like an infestation, the knights ransacked the entire resort, from occupying seats to harassing Recorder on why she was taking all day...

Underwater, Lucien took his time exploring the coral flooring, marveling at the bright colors...

'My word...so pretty~ but it also looks poisonous too, I'll take care not touch it, but...' pulls out a waterproof, 'Can't be any harm in taking pictures, good thing this waterproof,' clicking a shot of the coral flooring, before swimming around, taking photos of strange fish, certain giant snakes that were passive, and many more...

As he was having of his life, a pair of legs in those awful holy shorts, descended down to him, ruining his shot and getting one of an ass...

'Wait what? who is-?'

But before he could finish his thought, he found himself surrounded by Rey's men in goggles, one of them giving a mock sad face...

'Oh...oh by the nine...' he mentally shivered...

They soon rushed him and grabbed each limb, holding it and spin him around in a swim...

"Aaaaaaaaauuuuuuggggggghhhhh!" he screamed with the rebreather...

At that moment, flashes of light appeared in the water, and all the knights exited the deep like geysers.

"Those punks won't crash this party if I have a say on it," Gronik said as Kurenai had her blades ready.

"Time for some pest control," she stated with dead eyes as she flew, with her weapons in a striking position.

Now While the carnage was happening in the sky... Lucien had washed up on shore in a fetal position, completely traumatized...

"Never going in the water again, never going in the water again, never going in the water again..." he repeated, "I saw holy ass... never going in the water again..."

Meanwhile, some knights tried to approach Olga and Cloe but were intimidated by Greil.


One of the knights showed up to the bar, and took a seat, "Barmaiden, I request two drinks please, hold the ice,"

Yuriana narrowed her eyes, "Alright, but, Where's the money...?"

"How about good hope and faith...?" The knight shot back with, "You're already in the kitchen, the least a well-stacked heathen like you could do, is provide food and drink, and you already gave him a free one," pointing his thumb at Niall...

Yuriana bared her teeth, cracking her knuckles, "Why don't I give you a bloodied face instead, you misogynistic Fu-"

Niall deeply breathed, putting the cup down, "Don't lower yourself to his level... you're way better than this. Try to keep a smile, 'cause it would be the only nice thing he'd get for the next minute..." wind rumbling around him.

"Yeah, exactly, now get my drink," The knight said, unbeknownst to the wind picking up, "Chop chop~"

She glared at him for a minute, getting the "It's okay" nod from Erik, taking a deep breath and bringing her smile, trying hard not to strain it...

"Of course...Coming right up...Sir..." Yuri said with a happy smile, although her tone was different, before getting started on the drink.

"Yeah...yeah..." The knight nodded eagerly while watching her bend over before she came back with the finished tankard...

"Here you go," Sitting it on the table, "I hope you enjoy..."

The knight grinned, "I most certainly will, thank yo-" reaching for the tankard...

Before that he could grab it, two spectral Banished Knights appeared with one pouring the content of the tankard on his head.

The knight blinked twice with an appalled and insulted look on his face, while Yuriana snickered with a hand over her mouth and Erik was chuckling into his arm...

"Oh you two think that's funny...?" He growled at them, before turning around to find the banished knights there, "Who do you think you a-?"

"Lemme give ya some advice, little brat..." Niall began, "I'm not the kind of man who'd give in to anger easily... but one thing that I hate... it's belittling others, especially women..." The Banished Knights grabbed the knight by each shoulder, "You'd better see how I deal with people like you."

The Banished Knights took their weapons ready to do some plastic surgery on the knight they caught.

"What? Wait wait wait!" Getting dragged off by them, behind a tree, "Aaaaaauuuugggggggh!" he screamed, the sounds of heavy blows landing.

Yuriana chuckled, "You boys play nice now~" glancing at Niall, "Thank you...I was ready to rip him apart myself,"

"Heh, no worries." Niall chuckled, "You shouldn't waste your time on the likes of him," he then drank from his tankard, "Brats like him are too arrogant for their own good... If he was one of my boys, I'd rip him a new one for this kind of behavior..."

Meanwhile, there were a couple more, harassing the people on the stage, namely, Inigo, Klein and Jenelica...in the case of the khajiit, he had one of them in a headlock with Klein trying to calm the situation down...

"Inigo just let him go, he's not worth it," The former knight pleaded.

"I will when they agree to leave, thanks to this one, we have to reset everything!" Inigo growled, tightening the lock.

Jenelica, on the other hand, had a couple of them strapped on wooden pillars, and was grinning while playing with her daggers, "I wonder where I should strike~ do you have any suggestion~?"

"Not the knuts!" they both shriek, panicking on the wall.

Klein blinked twice with a sweat, "Really...Were you going for those...? By the goddess no, don't do that, there are kids here and I'm pretty sure they don't want to know a new meaning of the "cutworm" we don't need that kind of violence today,"

"Speak for yourself..." Inigo grumbled, with an annoyed expression.

Jenelica giggled, "As long as no one approaches my Alicia I-"

The former knight spotted a couple of them messing with "said" princess and her cousin, "I...um...hate to interrupt but...look over there," with a shaky pointing finger, "I think you spoke too soon...what are they doing anyway?" with a hard frown...

Jenelica kept smiling as she said, "You'd better turn your head, it won't be pretty to look at~" and she walked toward them with a smile and a dark purple aura.

"Ladies Alicia and Prim, those are rather fine swinsuits~" One of the knights complimented with a nod.

"Agreed, especially you Lady Prim, it compliments you well~" the second knight added in.

"Watch your tongue!" Alicia snapped, "Those lame pick-up lines are too easy to read between! We aren't interested in any of you, and we'll never be!"

"Oh come on now... it's not our fault the writers are villainizing us," The first knight defended.

"Yeah, we promise to be gentlemen~" The second knight bowed.

"The fact that you were ogling at our chest this entire time doesn't help your statement." Alicia gave them a cold stare, "You're just perverts who lie to others..."

"We're only here to do our jobs, ma'am," The first knight said with pride.

"And we intend to do it, to the utmost completion," the Second knight smiled.

two wooden poles emerged behind them as vines got them trapped on the poles.

The knights found themselves tied up, struggling to get loose...

"Who's doing this?!" The second knight yelled out.

"I don't know, but I'm not into BDSM! if this is that pirate lord, let us out!" The first knight panicked.

"Oh my~ it would that some boys want to talk with me~" it was Jenelica's voice creeping behind them, "Since you were asking for my attention, you got it~"

The knight recognized her and instantly paled...

"No not you! anyone but you!" The first knight cried.

The second knight looked like he was about to faint, "I want heirs, please don't take "Those" "

"But you approached my greatest treasure~ and I can't let that slide." she arrived behind them, her daggers at their throat, "I'm gonna make you regret setting your eyes on my Alicia."

Both knights started screaming like Patrick Star from spongebob...

Oboro was walking nearby before witnessing the scene and drew a curtain on the screen, she then turned to the audience and said, "Don't let your kids watch this!"


The Redguard sighed in relief, 'Thank the gods...' before narrowing his eyes on the group of knights, spotting an all too familiar silver hair, "Oh no...it's these pansies..." pinching the bridge of his nose, "By the gods..."

Is something wrong?" Rela asked.

"Yeah, our favorite tin can clique has caused an infestation," He groaned, pointing at them, "And the tin can leader is on his way here,"

"Oi fat ass, tin-can isn't gold!" Reynold spat when got to them, sizing him up, "Impressive swimming gear, you've even got tattoos, that's cute... but it doesn't hold a candle to these...!" showing off the golden shorts that emitted light.

The Redguard pinched his nose once again, "Oh hell no...Buddy really wore these in public! oooooh fuck no..." going into a giggling fit.

"What? Just because you don't have the finesse to afford these...doesn't mean I don't..." The holy knight smirked.

"Reynold, those shorts make you look "Sweet" sweeter than you already look!" Erik yelled from the background, getting some cackles and laughs.

"Yeah, seriously what are those...?" Inigo also asked, pointing at them.

"You appear to be under the mistaken impression that gaudy attire can compensate for those microscopic things you possess between your legs," Rela commented, causing some people to choke on their drinks.

Traysek snickered while Reynold shot her a scowl...

"Oh hehe-haha...Seriously? Everyone and their mother has used that joke up on me in the main story, get some new material," Rey rolled his eyes, averting his attention to Celestine, "Greetings~ Lady Celestine~ I see you're dressed for the occasion...impressive," with a nod, "And seeing that no lotion has been brought out yet, I don't have to worry,"

"What lotion?" The Redguard frowned hard, "And why does that come to your mind?"

"You know exactly what I mean, pervy pirate," The knight shot back, "We saw that whole Scene with you and Inigo earlier, you were both giddy at the idea of you rubbing lotion on her,"

"Oooooh, that...right... I almost forgot about," The former laughed, "Well, I mean...Yeah...? I THOUGHT about it...I won't lie to her," turning around to Celestine, "I won't lie to you, it did come up, given blue boy over there gave me the idea, but...Since that...Warning from the store Earlier came up...I may have to rub more than one back," cutting his eye at Sylla, who had dark aura out of her.

Celestine didn't look at him as she was more busy with Sylla.

"Hahaha! She ignored you! Yes!" Reynold laughed, "Now if she could do that for the next upcoming chapters,"

Traysek just stared, "I...I don't think you're getting why..."

"You're getting ignored too." Rela pointed, "In fact, I doubt that she'll acknowledge your existence."

Rey shrugged with a smug smile, "That's fine and all, I'm used to that, but the fact that pretty boy pirate, just got ignored...To me, that's better than sex"

"Which you've never had, so how do you know?" The Captain smirked.

The holy knight narrowed his eyes, "Fuck you...Take off the shirt and we'll talk,"

Ashar walked up, covered in blood, and narrowing her eyes to the chaos unfolding, "Did you invite them?"

"The Fuck...? No!" Traysek bluntly answered, "I don't even know why they came here...They along with the black dogs, weren't invited,"

Rey saw her in blood, breaking out into a cold sweat, "No no no no...He just... FORGOT to...he always forgets..." with a sweatdrop, nervously wave off with a grin.

"That was done purposely! He did not forget you!" Inigo shouted from the background.

"So... you came here uninvited..." Ashar narrowed her eyes further, this time on Rey, "Maybe I should deal with this... personally..." cracking her knuckles.

Rey stepped back, hands up, "Okay, but before you beat on me...Answer me this, how is this fair...? Three of his committed mass murder, and they're allowed here?" pointing them all out.

"The blood price has been paid, and they invited us back during the snow time... And, I know of your views... and how you fight..." she continued to walk, giving a menacing glare, "A Gnoll cub is more of a man than you ever be... and to add to all of what you've done, look at all the chaos that's happening because of you... do you really think that I'll let that slide?"

Rey had a nervous smile as her shadow covered him entirely, "Um...um...ah...S-Sword-Defender, I request assistance!"

The Redguard snickered, "Your request has been denied...and you called me fat earlier, take it, bitch"

"All those who intrude upon my lands... end up as lure to hunt water beasts..." Ashar growled as other Gnolls appeared, "Once you're done, we'll enjoy using you..."

Rey thought on that for a moment, "Now what do you mean by "use?" " With a hard frown.

"Oh...I had wondered if they were around," The Dragonborn nodded, "That said, I'm surprised I don't see Razzfang here, is he coming later or...?"

"A dead body doesn't need to know how it's going to be used..." Ashar replied coldly.

"Message received..." Reynold gulped, taking off in a run.

"And there he goes...Can't say I wasn't expecting that," Traysek laughed, shaking his head.

"Uh-oh, we got a runner, we got a runner!" Erik added in, from the bar counter, "He's going for the finish line!"

Meanwhile, Zephyr landed near the group on her dragon, wearing a one-piece swimming suit that had two colors; green in the top and black in the bottom.

"What's going on?" she asked, walking to the others.

Erik spotted her approaching, getting up from the bar, "I'll catch you later Niall," going over to her, "Hey Zephyr~ You made it~" with a friendly smile.

"Had a hard time finding something that's my size." Zephyr pointed, "I got lucky with this one."

The Nord nodded, checking it out, "I can see that...I like it~, it reminds me of your armor, but it looks great on you~" he complimented.

"W-Well... I'm glad that you liked it..." Zephyr replied, shyly.

They stared for a second until he heard Rey yell out, making him groan, "Well, right now, our uninvited guest is getting chased down right now, and it looks like another is attempting stupidity..." spotting Marquel slowly approaching Recorder, smoothing his hair out, 'Oh dear gods...is he about to...?'

"Well, I never thought that I'd see such a flower within this filth." the Holy Knight grinned in a flirty way, "Y'know, I can pleasure you in so many ways~"

Recorder ignored him, whistling as she kept filleting the fish, spinning the knife in her palm.

"Playing hard to get, huh? I love it." Marquel refused to back away, "Why not go behind that tree and let me show you the real weapon of Holy Knights."

At this point, Recorder started snickering, stabbing the knife gently into a fish, "And what kind of weapon is that? huh? The Excalibur mini...? or is called the golden worm?" in a sweet tone.

Marquel was about to say something when a cold hand was set on his shoulder, "I want to talk..." Dargo glared at him with a dead cold stare.

"And uh..." Record began, leaning in his face with a dark smile, "He's my date for the party today~ I'm sure you boys got lots to talk about, after all, you did talk about showing me your "Holy weapon" Buh-bye ~" giving him a wave.

"N-No wait! WAIT!" Marquel tried to fight, but the Dark Elf easily pulled him away.

...

After a while, all the Holy Knights were beaten up, but they also were allowed to stay under a few conditions:

They weren't allowed to approach the group

If they wanted to eat, they should capture their own food

They weren't allowed to talk with the group.

In the meanwhile, both Endra and his family, and Heltia and her family joined with Ethan coming with Heltia. While the others were enjoying the meat of the octopus, sea serpent, and fish caught by Ashar, another group could only look with envy.

"This...isn't fair in the slightest..." Rey said with a black eye, his other eyebrow twitching, "What's even worse, I can smell that from here..."

"This is oppression..." Marquel pointed, burns and frozen on some parts, "Should we try to get some from them?"

Rey narrowed his good eye on the entire party, "Normally, I'd say yes but..." spotting the Gnolls keeping watch, "They're just daring us to try anything..."

"Meanwhile, look at that..." One of the knights added, pointing out How close Celestine and Sylla were on each side to Traysek while he hung out with Greil and the others, holding a plate, "If that's not illegal...it NEEDS to be..." with tears coming down.

"What should we do?!" Marquel cried, "How can we get to paradise?!"

Rey had a determined stare, "Don't worry, we're not out of this yet...they're just getting started, we just need a window, and it may come from some of our old friends," spotting Inigo chilling at the bar counter, happily eating, "We'll have to the fur ball's attention, he's the nicest out of them...he can be reasoned with,"

"How can we approach him?" Marquel asked.

"We'll have to wait until he's away from the General area for this to work, and seeing as he has no date like the rest of us, that gives me an idea..." The lead knight thought on...

Meanwhile, from the main group's side of the oasis, Lucien gave the knights a look of sympathy, still damp from his exploration underwater...

"You know...I feel almost sorry for them, they look super sad over there,"

"They brought this on themselves..." Rela pointed, "They act like shit they get treated like shit."

Traysek nodded in agreement, "Wise words to live by...They made their beds long ago..." taking a bite of the cooked snake.

"Is it normal for people of the east to behave like this when they aren't in their territory?" Ashar asked.

"It's just them," Recorder answered with a sigh, "Most of us come from the Eastern lands, we don't act like him or his gaudy Knights, I'm still baffled his whiny second really tried hitting on me, "Holy weapon" Right..."

"The 5-millimeter dagger?" Sylla asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, that one," Recorder nodded, getting some to choke and snicker.

Traysek had to catch his breath, "I got one even better: The golden particle!" causing an uproar of laughter.

"A particle is way bigger." Rela pointed.

At this point, nearly everyone was crying in laughter, before Yuriana shook her head, calming down.

"Okay, alright, we can't talk that down any lower than that, because that's going into the realm of non-existence and even there, do I have to say?" Laughing with them after.

"What are you talking about?" Ashar tilted her head, "Is it some sort of gold?"

Once the laughter calmed down, Recorder shook her head,

"No no, he came over hitting on me and was talking about-" leans forward and mutters the rest to her.

"Oh... that's what you're talking about." being hit with the realization, Ashar stated, "Does that mean that he's a female and not a male?"

Erik shrugged, "At that size, he could be," bluntly, "ANY of them..."

"I need to figure a way to talk to them if that's the case... I don't want to get the gender wrong." Ashar nodded to herself.

Traysek sighed, "That's hard to say, and I have much longer hair than he does, how does that work?"

"C'mon! Don't insult yourself like that." Endra grinned, "You shouldn't compare yourself to him."

"I'm not! but at the same, it's sad that Ashar can tell we're men, in place of that," The Redguard pointed out, getting a few nods in agreement...

"I think that for most people, a man is defined by his actions..." Sylla stated, "And when you take his actions into account..."

Everyone slowly nodded in agreement, a cringe evident in a few partygoers...

Meanwhile, Inigo was finishing the rest of his fish at the shoreline when two of the holy knights slowly approached.

"Hmm?" He turned around to find them, "Oh...what can I do for you guys?" with an eyebrow raised.

The holy knights looked at each other, before the one on the right, looked at him...

"Commander Reynold and Vice-commander Marquel wishes to speak with you and you only,"

Inigo frowned hard, before snickering, "Heheheh~ "Commander Reynold and Vice-commander Marquel?" are you serious? they've' hyped themselves up like that in Broken Fort's nest? Wow, you guys have it hard, don't you?"

"He figured you would be the more...reasonable one of your group, was he wrong?" the second knight frowned.

"In more ways than one, you wanted reasonable, you should've sought Lucien, but he's keeping to the group, and I don't think Yuri will give you guys the time, given how you were chasing her friend there,"

"We weren't-" The first knight was about to defend with, until he took a calming breath, "Look, we just need a few minutes of your time, I promise, we won't hurt you..."

The khajiit hummed at that, "I don't know, I was told to stay away from you guys, as you guys can't talk to us...Ashar's rules, and given that I've broken a few before, I'm not trying to be a repeat offender," he started off with, "But because I'm an adventurous kitty...Five minutes, that's all they've got...no longer than..." narrowing his eyes.

"Thank you, that's all we ask for, follow us," The second knight nodded.

Nearby, Lucien spotted from the corner of his eye Inigo going with the pair of knights, making him frown...

'Weird...where's he going with them...?' narrowing his eyes...


When the khajiit got there he found both Rey and a seemingly fuming Marquel waiting for him...

"So you've made yourself a commander...Am I supposed to be impressed? and," Inigo paused turning to Marquel, "What's his problem? he looks like he's about to explode,"

Rey waved him down, "Don't worry about it, he had too many jokes said about him today, that should tell you plenty.."

"Ah, the golden particle joke, that was funny, to be honest,"

"How can I consider it funny!" Marquel snapped.

"OF course you don't think it is, it was about all of you," The khajiit laughed.

"Yeah yeah, we get it, our dicks are small "Hehehaha..." That's not why we called you over..." Rey deadpanned, sighing, "Listen, we...need you to bring some food to us, not much but enough to enjoy,"

"Especially that octopus." Marquel began to drool.

Inigo had a hand on his chin, "Ooooh~ I get it now, because I'm nicest in the group, the most friendly, you think you can convince me to steal food for you, from our friends, is that it?"

"Come on, Inigo, you know how they're treating us right now, is subhuman...we're supposed to catch things out here? With what fishing poles?" Rey asked with a frown.

"I don't see how that's my problem," The khajiit frowned hard, "You're telling me right now, none of you know how to fish?"

"Why should a noble learn how to fish?" Marquel deadpanned.

"For this very reason..." Inigo deadpanned as well, "And with that statement, once again, I ask...why should I take that risk for any of you...? You're not willing to put forth any effort yourselves, but I have to?" with a deep frown, "You can't be serious, I'm not going to steal food like a rat for an army of them...if this is what you've called me for, good day~ and don't call for me again, I'm serious," he snarled in a low growl, turning to leave, "You and the rest of you, deserve to be here until you prove otherwise..." leaving them all there...

"What should we do...?" Marquel asked.

The Commander bit his lip, "Damn, I wasn't expecting him to have a backbone...that makes this difficult, but if we can't get his help..." glancing at Traysek, "I'll probably have to swallow my pride and ask on basic knowledge of catching fish...If we can catch him alone, Lady Celestine and Sylla seem to be stuck to him...that'll be hard..."

"What about that old man?" Marquel pointed at Ethan, who was enjoying a calm moment while fishing.

"That's Ethan, and He might still be upset with me after...our last encounter, long story...I might not be able to talk to him, but you might if you're good with words," Rey told him.

"Alright... I'll try..." Marquel tried to approach, but Baldur's growling and glare stopped him.

"Yeah...forgot to mention he hates holy knights...Might have to improvise there," Reynold nervously chuckled.

Marquel took one more step before the Gnolls glared at them.

The commander blinked twice at the way they shifted attention, 'Okay...I didn't notice they picked that quickly, dammit...okay, it doesn't seem like they're moving on it yet, he needs to stay friendly with his approach...' a sweat drop rolling down his cheek.

The Gnolls began growling as Ashar suddenly appeared behind Marquel.

"Where do you think you're going..." she glared coldly at him, "Do you wish to feel what it is to be punched by me... at full force..."

Marquel froze in place unable to move a single muscle.

Rey from afar was signaling him to abort, in a frantic motion, 'Get out of there...I miscalculated!'

Later, in the main group, they (By Ashar) decided to play a game where they had to destroy a watermelon, but blindfolded.

"We'd need two teams of two..." the Gnoll queen pointed.

The Group thought on this, the captain with a hard frown especially...

"Teams of two, huh? well given who's involved," Traysek started with, cutting an eye at the head of Marquel, "I wouldn't mind going, the thing is, who's going to be my partner?"

"I believe that I can be of assistance." Celestine took a step forward.

"Hol' up, Miss Perfect, I think that I can do a better job than you." Sylla took a wider step forward.

"Oh my, do you believe that you're better than a goddess?" Celestine asked, smiling.

"General Radahn would tell you how I fought him," Sylla replied, also smiling.

"A boss fight that's so easy as to summon helpers?" Celestine tilted her head.

"If you believe that you can survive his Meteor attack, be my guest." Sylla pointed.

"It's hard to be popular, huh?" Rela stated, standing next to Traysek.

The Redguard was pinching the bridge of his nose again, "Hard" isn't even the word when it comes to these two..." he sighed deeply, before giving Rela a tired smile, "Would like to be my partner in this instead?"

"I don't mind," Rela shrugged.

"Thank you," he sighed in relief, "Sorry ladies, I got you both on the next games, don't worry" he waved off with a smile.

"Ho~ is that so~" they both got in his face, smiling with a dark aura around them.

"Separately, but yes...and I'm making that decision," Traysek said with a large sweatdrop.

"You're planning on collecting other girls... how sinful~" Celestine pointed.

"How many more are you after?" Sylla asked, "Three? Five? Ten?"

"Actually, I'm hoping it doesn't get any higher than this... two of you jealous entities are enough, I dread if any more partakes," He deadpanned.

"You can continue this later," Ashar interrupted, "Gonna need a second team."

Recorder stepped up, "Dargo and I will go, I love this game and I've never hit a holy melon before," glancing at Marquel.

Dargo glanced at the trapped knight, giving him a cold stare while drawing his sword, "Maybe I should try it too..."

"Give me a break!" Marquel whined.

Yuriana smirked, "Aww~ don't be that way hun~ You're getting what you want..."participation" don't worry, I'll heal you when they're done,"

"Anyways, here are the rules; one will be blindfolded, and the other must guide him," Ashar explained.

The two teams lined up near the field, Traysek and Rela going first, the latter tying a blindfold on the former while he held a stick...

"Right, before I forget, no use of magic," Ashar pointed, "Especially that yell that allows you to see everything that's alive..." giving a cold stare toward Traysek.

He twitched while blindfolded, lifting one side, "I wasn't going to use it... But how do you know about my aura whisper...?" frowning deeply.

She showed him a smartphone with the Wiki page up.

He clicked his tongue, "Godsdammit...Fair enough, fine," he concurred, flipping the blindfold back down, and getting ready.

She walked to him, grabbed him by the shoulders before spinning him with an impossible speed, and stopped him, "Good luck... and no cheating..."

"Uh-huh S-sure!" Traysek said, while dizzy shaking the stars away, "Okay, now where I'm going," taking a walk in a direction.

"Turn 139 degrees to your right and walk 15 steps," Rela answered.

He nodded and did just that, turning and walking those 15 steps silently...

"Good, he's at your feet." Rela pointed with a thumbs up.

Traysek stopped and frowned, "Uh...Do we lose if we hit him?" he asked.

"Not really..." Ashar shrugged.

"Oh~" He nodded and raised the club for a blow...

"Wait wait wait!" Marquel yelled as he was trying his best to get out of his predicament.

*Thwack!*

Reynold and the other knights looked away with a wince...

"Oooof...I know for a fact that was done on purpose...Damn you Rela," The lead knight growled from the sidelines.

"Good hit." Ashar commented, "Next group, you're up."

Traysek playfully pouted, "Aww~ No watermelon, but I did get tears...good enough~" peeking at the dazed knight with one eye, heading back to Rela...

Now it was Recorder and Dargo's turn, and despite reeling from that blow, Marquel's fear would increase even more now...

"So," Ashar turned to the couple, "Which one of you is going?"

Record thought on this, "Hmm, should I go? Or maybe let you take this one? You seem more eager than me,"

"It's the same for me." Dargo replied, "As long as you're happy, I'm happy."

"Aww~" She blushed, "Alright then, since the boss did go last time, I'll go blindfolded,"

"Sure thing." Dargo nodded.

Once she had the blindfold tied on her, She took to the stick and stood ready... And Ashar went and gave her the same kind of spin.

"Wooaooh...! that's how that feels," Record said dizzy, before dropping for a second, standing back up and shaking out the stars, "Alright Dargo, I'm counting on you, where to?" with a smile.

"Three steps to your left, turn right, and then walk ten steps." Dargo pointed.

"Okie-dokie~" She said in a happy tone, before going left three steps, turning right, and then making her ten steps...

"You're good to go for a swing." Dargo pointed as Marquel whined.

"Alrighty~! Will this be actual the watermelon? OR the TALKING Watermelon...? Time to find out!" Record grinned, lifting the club up for a swing.

"No no no! Wait wait wait!" Marquel cried.

*Smack!*

The knights once again winced from the blow and scream...

"Wooooow..." Rey said, shaking his head, "You brought your beef into this too, Dargo!?"

She lifted the blindfold to find Marquel bruised by the cheeks with tears, "Huh, No watermelon either, but the tears are just as tasty..." before leaning down to him with a menacing smile, "Soooo...ever going to do this again...?"

"Next game is..." Ashar looked at a piece of paper, "Tug of War..." she then looked at the knights, "Looks like we already have a team..."

"Huh" Rey frowned, "Looks we get to be a part of something less hostile, who's up for tug-of-war?" he asked the rest of his men.

"Please... avenge me..." Marquel said with a weak tone.

The knights saluted him, as the Commander gave him a nod...

"Don't worry Marquel, we intend to...Besides, we can outmuscle a few of them...A few...long as they pit us against the weaker ones, we might win this time..."

A large shadow covered them as they turned and saw Greil standing there.

"Let's have a fair game." he genuinely smiled.

They all broke out into cold sweat, Reynold giving the best smile he could muster while also madly sweating...

"O-oh...g-good luck to you too," He stammered out, 'S-shit...!'

Ashar gave Greil one of the two ends, and the other end to the knight.

"You can begin." she proclaimed.

Rey and the knights gripped the rope hard, "On three we pull, and if we can get him over the line...We win this bout, and Avenge our comrade!"

"For the lieutenant!" the knights shouted, as they all along with their commander gave their hardest pull...

Reynold and his knights pulled hard, struggling with bulging muscles and sweat, giving it their all...

"Keep going! we're doing it!" the lead knight shouted...

Except...Greil hasn't moved an inch...Earning some snickers from the crowd...

"Should... should I begin?" Greil asked, looking at the others.

"Someone should record this." Sylla tried to hold herself from laughing.

Recorder held up a recording stone, "Right ahead of you Sylla, this going to get so many views!"

"So...How much do you think they're moving him by...?" Lucien asked with a frown.

Traysek sighed deeply, "By 1... Millimeter..."

Rela looked down and said, "Not even one micrometer... he hasn't moved at all..."

"Oh, that is sad...At least we'd be able to get him to move a bit if we had to go next," Erik commented, watching them struggle.

Rey struggled to pull the rope, "By the goddess, is he even trying?"

"It doesn't look like it sir," The closest knight to him sweated...

Greil sat and began to ponder over various things.

"Maybe someone should go talk to him..." Rela suggested, "He seems lonely..."

"I would be too in his position..." Traysek commented, shaking his head in pity, "By the nine...It's like he's babysitting,"

"Greil!" Olga called, getting his attention, "Can you come here, I need your help with something."

The general nodded, going to her... forgetting about the rope.

"Now he's taking them for a walk, how cute." Sylla looked like she was about to explode.

Yuriana frowned, "Okay, but where's he going?"

"Olga called him over, probably to rub sunscreen or something," Klein added in, "Either way, they're losing and badly,"

Seeing them being dragged like they're nothing caused Rela to sweat drop, "It's like they're toys to him... saying that they're losing is such a weak word to what we're seeing."

"Honestly, it would've been more fair if they were pitted against me or Yuri, not that they'd win, but it wouldn't be as sad..." Traysek sighed shaking his head.

"While that's going, why not do a match of..." Ashar looked carefully at the piece of paper, "A match of Vol-Bolley."

Everyone was confused, Lucien frowning the hardest...

"W-wha? What did she say?" He asked with a sweat drop.

Recorder sighed with a patient smile, "I think she meant Volley ball, right?"

"That's what I said," Ashar replied.

"Riiiight," Record slowly nodded...

Traysek raised an eyebrow, "So...What are the rules to the game?"

"You make two teams and the goal is to make sure that the ball touches the enemy camp... I think..." Ashar replied.

"Nearly there, I'll add to that," Recorder offered, "Basically, there are two teams and one is supposed to get the ball over the net and if they can get to a score before the other team, they win the game, there's positioning and servers, they rotate periodically,"

"Ah, sounds simple enough...wonder why we don't have a game like that ourselves?" The Redguard thought on.

"Maybe because Todd Howard is a greedy bastard that doesn't care about the fun that could be added through his games with mods..." Ashar dead panned.

"Well that's what other modders are for, I mean I can speak for most of us when we say that's where we are," Lucien added, getting nods from the others.

"I'm the only Canon Character outta this group..." Erik sighed with a headshake.

"Anyway, fourth, fifth, and sixth wall-breaking aside," Traysek cut in with, "Thinking we're getting how the game's played, the only question is who's being pitted against who..."

"I vote a battle of the sexes, us women against you men!" Yuriana added with a grin.

"Ho~ that sounds interesting." Ashar nodded, "Maybe it can balance things."

Traysek nodded with a grin, "Alright then it's settled, I already know who I'm choosing as my guys," turning around and headed towards the guys...

"Alright, looks like he's gone scouting, who's going to be the captain of the ladies' team?" Record asked the ladies.

"I'll do it," Yuriana piped in, "I'm the strongest hitter next to him and if he's probably gonna choose Dargo too, I wonder if we can get more to join..." turning towards Sylla, "Hey, Sylla? Celestine? you guys in?"

Sylla pondered for a minute before saying, "Why not, could be fun."

Celestine smiled nervously as she replied, "Unfortunately, I'm not good with sports. But I'm sure that Ophilyana can do a good job at it."

Recorder nodded, "Okay, that's two more," spots Zephyr, "How about Zephy? She might be up for it?"

"Good point..." The Redhead nodded, going up to her "Hey Zephyr, you getting in on this?"

The Dark Elf thought about it for a moment before nodding.

"Alright, now we need one more, and it's between Heltia or Cloe," Yuriana nodded...

Recorder turned to the elf with Bruk'daz, "I'll try asking her first, she might be down for this," going up to her, "Hey Heltia~ down for a game? we need one more to play," with a smile.

The Dark Elf chieftain thought for a moment before grinning, "Why not inviting Keelia? She could use a bit of fun."

"Hmm, good idea, and it has been awhile since we hung out," Record thought, turning to the half-orc, "How about it Keelia? You in~?"

"Sure!" Keelia beamed as she joined them.

"Looks like we've got a full team, we're ready~" Recorder smiled.

Yuriana turned to where the guys were, "Looks like the guys are nearly done gathering their team, and...they're all heavy hitters," with a sweat drop...

"Hmph, it's not like they're stronger than the Fire Giant." Sylla pointed with a smirk, "As someone who died 5 times to him, you can count on me to use my experience to help."

"I hope it does, 'cause one of them already hits like one," Recorder nervously chuckled.

Meanwhile, Traysek's growing team consisted of, Inigo, Erik, Klein, and Dargo, and were now over with Endra and his family...

"So...You in Endra? We only need one more teammate~" The Redguard grinned.

"Heh, why not."Endra grinned, "Got nothing to lose."

Traysek chuckled with a handshake, "That's what I wanna hear! Okay, we've got our last guy,"

"The team has been assembled...wonder how the ladies will fare?" Erik asked with a frown.

Inigo peeped over at them, "Seems like they've got some hard hitters over there too, I'm counting Yuri and Sylla, along with Celestine's bodyguard,"

"Actually... she never fought in any of the chapters..." Dargo pointed.

"That doesn't mean she isn't strong, no one's seen me fight either," Klein shrugged, "Just something to point out,"

"Either way," Traysek cut in with, "We're ready, time to head to field!"

"Let's do this!" Endra grinned, fired up.

Now on the field, Both teams faced off against one another with Ashar as the referee, holding the ball...

"The most important rule is..." she paused a little, building the suspense, "Don't hurt each other. Bonus points if you shoot a bug."

"Bug huh?" Klein said as they all turned their heads to Rey and his group, still struggling to pull Greil, "This...This is sad, this makes me glad I left..."

Traysek frowned, "They're still struggling with that damn rope...? The big guy is already neck deep in giving Olga a massage, he's not even paying attention..."

"I think that an ant can do a better job..." Dargo dryly commented.

Rey shot them a dirty look, "No! No bonus points! Just play your damned game!" going back to pulling on the rope...

"I think I know where I'm aiming for my "bonus points"" Yuriana said with a narrowed-eyed stare, as everyone went back to the game.

Ashar stared coldly at the knights, "You know what... scratch that the bonus points are gonna be tripled if you hit a certain bug..."

Both teams' eyes glowed as they stared at the specific knight, prompting him to shut up immediately...

"Play fair... and hit hard." Ashar then threw the ball up in the sky.

When the ball was landing on the girl's side, Yuriana went first with a hard serve, sending it over the net.

"Incoming!" Erik shouted, going for a dive, knocking the ball up, before Inigo sent it back over.

Sylla used her gravity powers to get Recorder in the right placement to intercept the ball.

"I got it!" Traysek shouted, jumping up and spiking the ball back in an odd spin...

Ophilyana spun with cold winds around her, countering the spin of the ball, and sent it toward a group of knights

Rey spotted the ball flying towards them, "Everyone Duck!" he yelled out, causing most of them to do so except for one who was unlucky enough to respond too late, the ball flying low...

*SHMACK!* it echoed, following the hit knight going to his knees, holding...his family jewels...

"Ooooooh! Right into the roundtables!" Lucien announced with a microphone at the table, next to Rela, "He's gonna be feeling that one tomorrow, using the bathroom has become a trial!"

Rela nodded, "Such a magnificent display of skill awarded both teams with 10 points each. A shame that they couldn't get the golden points generator..."

At this point, the men's team was in chuckles...

"Nice shot!" Traysek complimented, using telekinesis to get the ball back, "But since you've stepped it up," he waved his hand over the ball three times, causing it to be surrounded in wind magic, "Bout time we did the same," passing the ball back, "Dargo, serve em' up!"

The Dark Elf nodded before jumping high, surrounded by a cold aura, and launched the ball withe such speed that no one could react.

The ball quickly zipped into the ground with force, a whistle going off...

"And that's a point for the guys!" Lucien announced.

"Umu good speed." Rela nodded.

Recorder winced at the dent the ball left in the ground, "Okay, but who was gonna stop that...?" going over to grab it.

"Damn, they pulling out some tricks," Yuriana said, bitting her lip, "Sylla we're gonna need you to stop that shot next time," passing her the ball.

"Let's see if they can stop this..." Sylla growled as she jumped, throwing the ball, enveloped in an unstoppable gravity field.

Inigo tried to go for it, getting repelled back as Traysek dove at it with lighting on his arms, reflecting it back over.

Sylla smirked as the ball rocketed back to their field, marking a point.

The whistle goes off once more...

"Point for the ladies!" Lucien announced, "But how did the ball go instantly back if it was sent over with that kind of force?"

Rela thought on it before saying, "Some kind of reverse polarity; If the field around the ball was a plus, then the girls' field is a minus..."

Traysek whistled, "Okay, not bad, not bad..." turning to Endra, passing the ball to Endra, "Sunlight time~"

Endra smiled as the ball disappeared from his hand, appearing at Yuri's feet.

The girls were looking around, until said redhead looked down, sighing...

"Oh shit..." Yuri swore with a sweatdrop, as the whistle went off.

"Point! for the guys!" Lucien announced, "In a complete blink the ball was already at her, that's the solar archer for you!"

Rela nodded, "It was a good teleportation."

Recorder bit her lip, "Teleporting the ball...? Okay, that's clever...I'll admit,"

"Cheap I'll say, but don't worry," Yuri smirked, charging the ball with blue light, "We'll see how they fare against the dizzying winds," passing the ball to Ophilyana, "You serve and give it good~"

Ophilyana mumbled something, as some sort of wind appeared briefly around the ball and threw it up before jumping and delivering a normal attempt.

Inigo ran up, attempting to spike the ball, "I don't think so!"

But the ball evaded him before marking a point... and then flew with a godly speed toward a certain knight.

Rey barely had time to dodge, as one of his knights pushed him out of the way, taking the force of the ball instead...

When he saw him go down, he knelt to his man, "Hey, HEY! why did you get in the way of that? that was meant for me!"

"I...Knew that...S-sir...Not...gonna...let them...have their way..." the knight uttered, passing out after..

"No! Dammit!" He growled, glaring at the ball floating back toward Traysek...

A whistle went off...

"Double points for the ladies! looks like they've stepped their game up!" Lucien cheered, "How will the guys turn the tables?"

Rela nodded and said, "That aim earned them 15 bonus points. A shame that it wasn't tripled..."

"Damn, we're fifteen points behind, gotta get up there, even if..." Klein paused, turning to the knights, "Some bodily harm is involved..."

"Klein! you used to be one of us man! why are you doing this?!"

The former holy knight shrugged, "What? We need to win and you guys are free points, we're not passing that up, no way!"

"In that case a triple serve, I propose a double comet," Traysek smirked, turning to Endra and Dargo.

"How hard do you want it to hit?" Endra asked with a sweet smile.

"Oh just hard enough to give it a bit of light power, Dargo give it a good chill, as for me," The Redguard grinned, charging strange lightning in fingers, "I'll handle that last bit,"

Rey gulped, "W-wait, he's not seriously thinking about...?"

The game Resumed with Traysek tossing the ball back to Endra first...

While Endra did as he was told, Sylla turned to Yuri, "We need to do something. We can't let our advantage go to dust like that..."

"We'll have to counter that shot, I'm hoping it doesn't bounce or worse, duplicate..." Yuriana sweated, "Give it your best winds Ophilyana, Sylla be ready for the last hit, I saw the lightning in his hands, and since it looked like Dargo's adding in, Keelia backed up Sylla, that ice magic of his is no joke..."

Sylla's eye glowed as the field did the same thing, followed by winds generated by Ophilyana.

Once the ball had been charged with Dargo's dense frost, he served the ball upward, giving Traysek much-needed room to spike the ball with a powerful blow, turning the ice ball into a magnetic comet, soaring towards the other goal in a beautiful light in ripple...

Keelia amplified the effects of the two barriers using her magic, causing some sort of dangerously intense friction going on as both Sylla and Ophilyana kept reinforcing the barriers with their own magic.

The comet ball clashed against the barrier, growing in size before it exploded, the second ball heading towards the knights...

Rey went wide-eyed, "Oh you've gotta be kidding-!"

*KA-BOOM!* The explosion rang, of ice light and electricity, leaving all the knights including Rey, laid out this time...

Ashar blew the whistle, "Reduction of points because you endangered the other team."

"Ooooh! excellent shot! but wasted, the girls are lucky! the game would've been over otherwise!" Lucien announced.

"It is over... as the ball didn't survive..." Rela said with a solemn tone.

"And with that, the winner is the girl's team for the most points!" Lucien cheered, getting the crowd to applause.

The guy's team were all cringing at the damage, whilst Traysek sighed with a headshake.

"Aww~ we were getting into this," The Redguard chuckled, turning to the girls, "Good game ladies!~ sorry we got wild with that shot, we were hoping it would've bounced and gone to them," motioning his head towards the downed knights.

"By shooting a meteor at us?" Sylla raised an eyebrow, unamused.

"It was supposed to be a bouncing double Comet, we knew you guys had some kind of wall up, you used it last time to send our ball instantly back, we were just playing off that," Inigo added in.

"For it to work I'd need to imbue the ball with a gravitational sign first." Sylla retorted, "You really are a muscle head, huh?"

"Okay, No, You can't get mad for us stepping up our game, when you were the first ones casting magic," Klein deadpanned.

"And how did you mark your first point..." Zephyr narrowed her eyes, "Remind everyone here..."

"Endra's flashshot, we know..." The former knight, answered without a beat, "That was a response to the polarizing reverse shot you all did beforehand"

"Seriously, it's not like y'all didn't win either way," Traysek said with an eye-roll, "You had tricks, and so did we, do we really need to argue about who's was more bullshit...?" unamused with an eyebrow raised.

"True... it doesn't have any sort of sense for us to argue over that..." Sylla thought before turning to Klein, "And she was talking about Dargo..." she sighed, "Anyways, I'm going to enjoy the sun now."

Yuriana watched her walk off with a headshake, going over to Traysek with a handshake, "Good game, guys~ your last shot was awesome!"

"Thanks~! you ladies, weren't so bad either~" The Redguard laughed, completing the handshake, "But we got y'all next game, you can count on that!"

"From now on, no more offensive magic." Ashar pointed, "I don't want this to be chaotic. Do. You. Hear. Me." staring at the boys the most.

The non-magic users turned to the actual magic users...

"Of course, we'll play nicer," Traysek assured first...

She then turned to the girls.

Most of the girls nodded, Yuriana sighing...

"Yeah, we'll play nice too, most of us..." She said, turning her head to Sylla...

After that various games were played... without magic and under the sharp eyes and ears of Ashar... but despite that, it was fun, from the three-legged races to other many games...

However like all good things, it would come to an end, just as the sun had started setting, the knights have recovered from the injuries...Including Marquel who was over with Rey who had a bandage on his head once again...

"Hey Marquel, I see you're back up, how's your head?" He asked him.

"I hear so much ringing... and see double..." Marquel replied.

"That...sounds like you've got a concussion, and given how hard they were hitting you, I can see that..." Rey sighed, "The right side of my face is still sore, to make matters worse..." shifting his focus to Traysek talking to Celestine, "We haven't gotten any closer to putting the brakes on that...Master Claudia is going to kill me...I already know she's viewing this..."

"Not just you..." Marquel sighed, "I'm sure that I'll get as much as you."

Rey shook his head with a sigh, "At least they're just talking and this isn't a canon chapter...it's not like anything crazy's going to happen past this point," concluding, "Perhaps...Perhaps we overthought on a few things, maybe we had nothing to worry about," frowning as he watched Sylla walk up to the Redguard.

Marquel narrowed his eyes, "Why is he so... hateable..." watching the two women glaring at each other while smiling.

Rey sighed, "Honestly, maybe it's because he beat us up at during the battle of Feoh or the fact that he's got it better than we do..."

"To be fair, commander, I'm surprised you're having this much trouble compared to him," One of his knights added, "From what I've seen, your face only has a scar over the eyebrow, but it's clean...Yours even more so, Vice-commander...His...half of his face is cut up, I'd figured she'd be more repulsed by him than even Volt..."

"Let's go for one last try..." Marquel said, courage, conviction, and pride in his posture, "We will show them who's better."

The lead knight smiled, "You're right, and since the Gnoll Queen's busy, gives us enough time to mosey over there, and if I can look good in front of celestine, maybe then..." thinking on Prim, "Maybe then I can have another chance..."

"Well whatever your planning, you'll need to be quick, I just saw furball hand him a bottle and from the looks of it, it could be either beach oil or lotion," One of the knights pointed, watching Traysek berate the khajiit who just laughed and ran.

Rey went wide-eyed, "Oh no...Quick...get the quick tanner, we've got a pirate to show up..." narrowing his eyes...

Meanwhile, on the main beach, Traysek shook his head at Inigo...

"Gods Inigo..." he growled under his breath, before looking at the bottle in his hand...' Great, and he's left me with this...and since Jen's performance is around the corner, I've gotta do something about these jealous entities...' cutting a nervous eye at them both...

"You have some nerves to stand here." Celestine pointed, smiling, "Do you mind playing in the dirt using your feeble magic?"

"Feeble magic, huh?" Sylla smiled back, "Let's see how feeble it is... with you squished like a bug in space."

"All I see is talk." Celestine stated, "Maybe you need to grow a little."

"How about I show you what a real member of the Night Cavalry can do when fully out..." Sylla smiled back, lighting striking between the two.

The Redguard sighed deeply, "Alright alright, I may have a more peaceful solution to... all of this...It's clear you two are beefing even after all of today, since Jen's about to perform, I don't want to have to pry you two off each other,"

They both cut him a stare that says 'You'd better NOT say that we're on the same level.'

"Given the fact that Inigo just handed this to me and ran off, it's come down to this it seems," Traysek sighed, before turning and quickly flipping Inigo the bird.

"So... who's the first?" Celestine asked.

He waved her down with a smirk, "I'm getting there, I'm getting there...And if I pick you over her, we live at the same house, I'll never be safe again...and I don't want to risk the beach if pick her over you...so here's the thing," giving them both a tired knowing smile, "If you two agree to get off this rivalry for Jen's performance and after...I'll give you both a worthwhile massage...at the same time, what do you say?" looking between them.

"Do you really believe that I'll accept to be placed at the same level as this nobody?" Celestine asked, a really dark smile on her face.

"If you think that a spoiled brat who never fought is the same as me, you need to learn a thing or two." Sylla also had a smile as dark as Celestine's.

As it was about to escalade, Rela appeared behind them and knocked out both women with a chop.

"You can breathe now," said the Dark Elf as Ophilyana carried both unconscious women.

Traysek sighed deeply, "Even with that deal...they just couldn't compromise...Gods have mercy..." shaking his head at Ophilyana dragging them off, turning a soft smile to Rela, "Thank you though, Rela, been having fun today? you seem like it,"

"Umu... I enjoyed seeing them suffer." Rela nodded with a blank expression.

The Redguard chuckled at that, turning around to the knight's part of the island, "That's always nice, isn't it? in a way, sorta glad they showed up, despite them laughing at me currently...They made for good entertainment,"

"Aww! No back rub, Sword-defender?" One of the knights laughed.

"Damn! All that game and no results! I bet you feel pretty stupid, don't you?" Another laughed out...

"Don't you worry! Our commander will succeed where you failed!"

"Sorta..." Traysek blinked twice, sighing, "They were sorta good for the entertainment..."

Rela looked at Ophilyana, who was sitting and watching over the women, and said, "I'm ready to bet that they won't even get to them..."

He waved that down, "Oh I didn't care about that, even if they were up, they wouldn't get anywhere there...But it does answer whether or not, they were here to cockblock me...however," looking ahead towards the rest of the party, watching everyone have a good, "I came for THIS...everyone's having a good time, look at em..." smiling at scene, "No war planning, no corrupt nobles to worry about, no enemy army to be concerned about... No potential outside danger...Everyone's happy here...That's more than enough for me,"

"I wonder... if I'll be able to feel happiness that way one day..." Rela mumbled out loud.

Traysek cut an eye back, "I'm sure you will...The Chances go up even more with you hanging out with us troublemakers now," with a gentle chuckle, "And... I can see even after this war comes to pass...I have no doubts you'll find that happiness one day, but when you do...Cling on to it, don't look back...and don't let go," with a genuine smile.

Rela looked up to him before looking down and nodding.

It was then they heard the crowd gathering towards the stage...

"Looks like they're getting started," He commented, "Coming...?"

She looked at him and nodded.

"Alright, let's go," He nodded, "And after that tension earlier, I could go for a cold Ale while we're at,"

"Maybe... maybe that I should get you one..." Rela mumbled.

"Hmm?" He rose an eyebrow, "Did you say something?"

"N-Nothing," Rela replied as she went to Yuri to get one.

He kept the raised eyebrow, before cracking a small smile and shrugging, heading over to audience seats...

"Alright, folks! this time, I'm gonna sing a song of my creation!" Jenelica proclaimed as people were clapping their hands.

Before it got started, Rela showed up to a seat next to Traysek's and handed him the ale...

"Oh! Thank you" he smiled, directing his attention to the stage.

After clearing her throat, she began using her lute.

In the days of old, when the sun hung high
And the fields were ripe with grain
The people gathered in the meadow
To celebrate the summer's reign

The birds sang sweetly in the trees
And the flowers bloomed with grace
As the villagers danced and feasted
In this enchanted place

The mead flowed freely, the music played
As laughter filled the air
And all were filled with joy and mirth
With not a worry or care

In the middle of the meadow
There stood a grand oak tree
Its branches swaying in the breeze
A symbol of summer's glee

The children ran and played about
Their faces shining bright
As they chased each other through the grass
In the golden, warm sunlight

The elders sat and reminisced
Of summers long ago
When they were young and carefree
And life moved slow

As the day turned into night
The stars began to appear
The fire crackled and the music played
And all felt the summer's cheer

And as the last notes of the song
Echoed through the night
The people gathered 'round the fire
Their hearts filled with delight

For in this moment, they were one
Bound by the summer's grace
And they knew that they would always
Hold this memory in their embrace

So raise a glass to summer
And all its joys and mirth
For it brings us together
In this enchanted, sacred earth.

When it was over the audience applauded and cheered loudly, even the holy knights who were away were applauding, save for one who was sarcastically clapping...

"If they only knew the person behind that voice..." Rey deadpanned, ending his sarcastic clapping...

"WE KNOW!" they screamed at him.

'I'm surprised they could hear me from over there...' he thought with a sweatdrop.

Traysek shook his head, "Good grief," taking a sip of the ale.

"Did you enjoy this day?" Rela asked.

He nodded, "I did, it was a good day today, I wouldn't mind coming back here again," with a smile.

"Same my friend, same here," Inigo chimed in.

"One of the very few times we could kick back and enjoy it for once," Erik commented...

Recorder nodded, turning to Ashar, "I gotta say, Ashar, you know how to throw good parties, this was pretty fun!"

"I only did what I learned from those who work for Gnolls in my city." Ashar replied, "Besides, it's not every chapter that we can relax without troubles coming to us..."

"Tell us about it," Yuriana added to it, "After this, it's back to the drawing board...it was nice while it lasted though,"

Lucien nodded, "That said, despite us having a good day, the only question remains,"

"And think we all know this one..." Klein completed it for him...

"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THEM?" The guild asked, looking at the holy knights.

Rey started to sweat, "H-hey HEY! We're on omake time remember?"

"Honestly... I don't want them to remember this place..." Ashar mumbled, "If only there was a way to erase their memory..."

Traysek had a hand on his chin, "Well, we have yet to launch fireworks, and I may have a few ideas," devilishly chuckling...

"Y-yeah? w-what?"

He responded with a grin...

...

Now the holy knights were all tied to rockets, Rey panicking on his...

"This is insane! you people have lost it!" He whined...

"But how will this help with them forgetting that they came here?" Ashar asked, not caring about the safety of the knights.

"I can answer that, the rockets are packed with the same memory removal effect as the hammer Udemi used during the Christmas party," Lucien explained.

Traysek laughed, "The power of the omake!" in a dramatic fashion, getting some laughs.

"This is unreal... Lady Prim! Lord Swain! you both can't be okay with this, can you?" Rey pleaded.

Swain sighed, "This is bad..." he looked conflicted and worried.

At that moment, Traysek had appeared behind his shoulder like a gremlin, eyes aglow, "Aaaaaadviiiisooooooor~!" he reminded in a whisper.

"What kind of house should I build if I bought a piece of land here." Swain looked at the scenery, not caring about the knights, "This needs further investigation."

"NOOOOOOOOO!" He cried high-pitch, as Traysek slowly turned his head to them, warping back there torch in hand, "L-lady Prim! Please!"

"He had you on his lap...in a trash jewel bikini," Klein told her and Alicia with a serious expression...

"Fuck you Klein!" another knight yelled, "Damned traitor!"

"That damn bug..." Alicia was trembling with anger, "How dare he imagine Prim like this!"

"To think of me like that." Prim sobbed, "He only sees me as an object! Waaaaah!"

Rey was stammering his words, "N-no no I don't! all that taken out of context!"

"Like the boss and Greil kneeling to you...?" Recorder added in with a smile, making the audience gasp in shock and horror.

"I knew that I read it right..." Ashar said with a disgusted look while holding the script of the previous chapters.

He nervously laughed, "Haaaa..hah, okay, fine, that...I'll admit was stretching it, but who doesn't have dreams? and it's not like they were naked and kneeling!"

Nearly everyone stared at him with dead eyes.

"There's no way I'm feeling bad now... no matter what..." Ashar pointed.

Rey paled at that and the expression around him, hearing a chuckle...

"Bloody shame that, it really is~" Traysek smirked, "But if there's any consolation out of this, you get be our send-off, isn't that grand?" with a happy smile.

"No! No, it's not!" He retorted back with.

"That said, since I know you won't remember, this "Idea" of yours," The Redguard started with, leaning into his face, eyes dead and cold, "It will be a cold day...in TWO HELLS!" igniting the rocket he was on, by touching it with fire magic, turning to the readers...

"That said, everyone who made it here, thank you for attending the summer omake of 2024 our very first and we hope you all continue to stay with us!"Giving a bow.

"Help me! Help-!" the rocket then shot high up into the sky, exploding in fireworks...

"Aaaaaaaagh!"

Ashar breathed dragon fire that ignited the rest of the rockets.

When the knights lifted off with a scream, the fireworks exploded in beautiful lights in a cascade, everyone watching in Awe...

"Wow, you picked up some good fireworks..." Erik commented, "Where'd you get them?"

"From a store called: RedCat, they excel at making fireworks, it's around the molten district in the city, I'm sure you're familiar, Greil," Traysek grinned.

"Indeed, their store is an association of a Felinefolf and a Kitsune," Greil replied.

"Gods, I wonder if they're still in one piece," The Nord sweated.

"Eh, it's non-canon, they're fine..." Yuriana shrugged, as they continued to watch the light cascade...


Epilogue

Fort Hroka...


Back at the fort, the firework explosion had sent them all crashing back into the fort, unconscious...


End of chapter - Omake...


Hey everyone, King T here... Just wanted to thank you all for enjoying our summer-themed special... I know it's been a while since I've put a chapter up, but we wanted to take our time with this one...Admittedly afterward, I took a bit of extra time to enjoy the Elden Ring DLC, as I'm sure many of you have... And after defeating the final boss of it...My thoughts...?

Eh...Meh...Kinda lackluster tbh... I didn't really care for the whole Miquella and Rahdan consortship, that's not what killed it for me... it was more or less, the fact that it just feels...Off and Disconnected from the rest of the story... I mean, you can't even tell Gideon or anyone else about the lands of Shadow...to know that every NPC from there is also dead and these were some interesting characters... kinda leaves a hollow hole in my chest... I'm sure many of you, enjoyed it...to the fullest, I still have yet to hunt Commander Caius and Bale along with the other mini-bosses but, that last boss...IDK, I'm sure they'll have more DLCs in the future...We did get a crown (Spoiler warning) at the end of it...I'm sure there'll be two more... I hope...

Anyway, if you have your own thoughts about how the DLC went for you or if you like the chapter, please leave a review and I'll try to get back to you...

Until then, May the gods...Watch over your stories, my friends :)