[Tethers] Two Can Play 1/2

Title: Two Can Play
Universe: Tethers, Pre-canon
Characters: Rathi of the Cinders/Sinoun
Rated: M
Enticements: Sexual Content
Description: Rathi has more time than she knows what to do with, before she has to take the throne, and she’ll find her entertainment where she can – even if it comes at the hands of a mysterious auburn stranger.


Part One
Rathi loves the mortal plane.

She hadn’t realized, until she set foot up here, how lively and random and amazing it is. She thought she’d miss the warmth of her home, the familiarity and predictability of it.

Honestly, she hasn’t missed it once. Her father, yes. Her comfortable bed, yes. Her ready and available bathing room, most certainly.

Everything else?

Not one bit. There’s so much to see here. So much to do. So much to eat.

So much to drink.

Rathi has never tasted so many varieties of booze before. Ales and meads and liquors and strange concoctions made from strange creatures or strange plants. Some of it sweet but devastating, some of it bitter and light. She’s got a sterner constitution than most of the mortals, but one cup of fireberry mead knocks her on her ass faster than she can burp.

It’s amazing.

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