Lucky and the caravan were seen, with Alyssa and Falla looking ahead at a village while those inside the caravan were collapsed against the left wall together after a rather fast and bumpy ride. Daniel was pinned against the side of the cabin with Triska lying over his lap while her hands were digging into the floor as if to try to hold on for dear life, Specca was laying against the wall upside down next to the boy, with one hand holding her skirt up to keep herself decent while the other was holding her head as she seemed slightly dazed, Squeak was curled into a ball and propped up against the wall next to Triska, and Jovian and Jacqueline were piled on top of each other behind the group, both sisters having dull expressions on their faces as they slowly reached out for their masks.
“Is everyone… alright?” Daniel asked wearily.
“I think… I think so,” Specca said weakly before she rolled forward and collapsed onto the floor with a thump.
Triska slowly looked to Daniel then to the front of the ride as her vision gradually stopped spinning.
“Well I’ll be, turns out this large caravan can make a hairpin turn at breakneck speed in the time it takes me to scream ‘We can’t make that turn at this speed’!”
“You know,” Jovian mentioned as she and her sister sat up with their masks on again. “My sister was enjoying her slumber before we were thrown around back here.”
Jacqueline grumbled while holding a hand down between her legs.
“I was enjoying something ,” she muttered quietly.
Squeak dropped down onto the floor and slowly uncurled from her ball, squeaking something softly as she looked around with a dazed expression. She and Specca slowly sat up and looked to the front of the caravan as Alyssa was hopping around in her seat with an excited smile.
“There’s Eston, we’re here!” she cheered.
“Why did you nearly run us off a cliff getting here so fast anyway?” Falla barked out at her.
“Because the humans here in this village are going to help us find your missing sister, that’s why,” Alyssa replied as she eyed the village ahead of them, thinking about her upcoming night with Daniel more than the idea of finding Luna and Emily.
“Are you crazy?” Specca snapped with a flustered tone. “You nearly killed us all with that reckless driving.”
Alyssa looked back to her with a smirk and merely shrugged.
“Would you relax, I got us here in one piece didn’t I?”
With a loud crack the caravan suddenly jerked to the side and dropped down, the front left wheel snapping and breaking apart while Lucky neighed and stumbled about as the reins tugged him back slightly. The ride thumped down onto the dirt as Alyssa and Falla tumbled off the seat and down onto the ground, with the group inside the cabin lurching to the side again in surprise. Specca tumbled over landed on top of Triska over Daniel’s lap, the boy coughing as the two girls pinned him against the wall, while Squeak slid over and hit the wall with a surprised squeak. Jovian and Jacqueline tumbled over and collapsed against the wall with grunts while the ride rocked slightly before coming to a rest.
“What happened?” Triska mumbled from underneath Specca, the nixie trying to sit up before she froze in place with a stunned gasp as she felt Daniel’s hand resting on her rear. She looked to seeing the boy trying to sit upright while he was staring with wide eyes at what he had grabbed without noticing, his hand cupping Specca’s ass while his fingers were touching right below her tail. Specca felt her heart skip a beat before pounding steadily as she locked up completely, with Triska struggling to push the girl off of her with a grunt.
“Okay, Specca? Get off me already.”
Daniel quickly raised his hands up with a nervous smile while Specca blushed brightly, the two staring at each other as Triska kept trying to get free from being pinned down by the nixie.
“Um, sorry, I didn’t mean to touch you
Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Martin A. Lee, Bruce Shlain