The moment that I managed to slide down to join the others I was immediately met with a very needy Hyenakin that clung to my side with a grin, her tail swishing lazily behind her as she leaned close to me and whispered "Good job, Natalie~!"

I tried to ignore her only to fail when she decided that my silence only aroused her more, and that resulted in her giving me a smack on the rear before squeezing my cheek as she added "But now I really want to see you in close quarters combat..."

Apparently that idea was quite enticing to her since she licked her lips and rubbed herself against me like a cat, allowing me to feel her semi erect cock before she peeled herself off of me reluctantly when Bo’Katari gave her a look.

"Well, we’re in luck. They had journals and they apparently were quite frequent writers; most of this is just... gibberish or utterly useless, but there are nuggets of important information here. It’s buried beneath passages of their favored sex slaves, drug combinations and fervent belief in their own ’righteousness’, but... it is there."

The reptilian Professor was waving around a rather thick and clearly well used journal after she emerged from one of the tents, and her student - a grey haired, axe wielding frontliner - came out from another, carrying a similar journal as well as a few pouches filled with some kind of herb.

"Professor, I think this is the key ingredient for Chthonic Dreams, that drug that just hit most of the markets out in the rest of the world. It’s... unnatural."

Her voice was low and smooth, and as she handed the pouches over she added "There was a fair bit more in that tent, alongside some powders and vials of liquid. I uh... also noticed a large quantity of aphrodisiacs and stamina potions.", causing her cheeks to redden just a bit.

Flicking her tongue out and letting out a bemused grunt, the Professor nodded and studied the herbs - these grey and purple warped roots that had small silver leaves on them - for a few moments before she glanced over at me, asking "Are you able to identify this? Or verify if those stamina potions are safe?"

I stepped up to her and stared at the root, knowing what it was and where it came from but also completely aware that I shouldn’t know that just yet, while the idea of verifying the integrity of some potions was a tad worrying since I sort of knew what to look for.

"No, I’ve never seen them in my life. They sort of look like Volria Root, but they’re the wrong color and size. As for the potions... maybe? If we have the time and we want to stay here, sure, but otherwise we could just take them back and have Professor Jezebyra look at them."

Our purpose this time was just to explore around and learn whatever we could, so now that we had taken care of this small gathering we really should have been heading back... and yet both of the Professors seemed more intrigued with what we had found and were apparently not wanting to head back just yet.

"These journals could give us some good clues about what to do out here, and I wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving a half completed Ritual out here in the mountains. We need to destroy this before we go, and that takes time..."

Bo’Katari nodded and started to move the bodies towards one side of the camp, preparing to search through them as she said "Time which will likely take us to dusk, and moving through these mountains during dusk is already challenging enough. I think we should just take over the camp and learn what we can. Plus..."

She trailed off as she glanced at her fellow Professor, who smirked and nodded in agreement as she said "If you get those potions verified we could use them to stay awake all night long, so our safety isn’t an issue."

We all could tell she didn’t mean that we would be sitting around keeping watch, especially not when her wording was ambiguous on purpose for the potions, which had included aphrodisiacs amongst the stamina potions.

Probably more than just those as well, if these Cultists were ’worth their salt’ when it came to being hedonistically focused people... which they undoubtedly were since these journals were already telling us about their favorite positions with their favorite partners, some of whom were clearly unwilling participants... 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Letting out a sigh and following the grey haired student into the tent, I ignored Taji once more as she tried to follow us only for her to get whisked away in helping Bo’Katari and Kha’Miero in setting up the defenses, so I was alone with this peer of mine while the reptilian Professor continued searching the other tents.

"So... Natalie, right? I’ve heard a few rumors about you even in my grade..."

"I... never paid attention to them, so if I may ask... what are they..?"

Coughing quietly and watching as I began to sort through the chest with all of the potions, the grey haired student leaned against a nearby barrel and answered "That you uh... you have a taste for ’green’ and that you are a very good ’speaker’.", which made us both blush.

"I... actually have heard those ones, I think... any others, though..?"

"No, uh... not really... but I also have to admit that I didn’t think you’d be this cute..."

Both of us blushed some more at that, exchanging glances before I swiftly returned to my current task... though before I looked away from her I noticed that her pants had something straining against it, which was... well...

Biting my lips and pushing down on the horniness that was washing over me, I uncorked a few of the stamina potions and took a sniff, searching the smell for anything that was really out of the ordinary before I moved onto the more legitimate tests, like using mana to separate some of the ingredients or heating it up some and observing its coloration.