I woke up dusty and languid upon the bed. I barely remembered crawling to it and leaving the unconscious Bongani on the ground where he had collapsed. The room smelled thickly of hard sex. My ankle throbbed and ached. Looking down I could see it swelling so I pumped more magic into me to cool down the pain. Pushing myself up I looked at the disappointing clothes and reluctantly climbed inside them.
Rolling Bongani open I bent down and slapped him awake. His eyes were full of some emotion as he looked up at me. “Come on. Get dressed, we are going to explore.”
I watched with disappointment still that we had to hide our bodies again. It wasn’t natural for us to be so modest. I could not show the pride I had in my form like this. The way the pants crowded my cock against my pussy made me have to adjust. I grabbed Bongani’s hands and dragged him outside of the house.
With the dawn light I looked in the pouch my male had been able to procure with the betting he put on me. Three silvers. I scratched my head and looked at him, “Tell me more about this betting.”
“Th-th-they said three t-t-to one. With one s-s-silver we w-w-won three. Y-you were n-n-not favored.” He stammered and I pulled him against my side. My mind sludgly went through the math. It wasn’t something I was too familiar with.
“That’s… thirty coppers?” I could feel Bongani shrug. Of course he couldn’t understand the math behind it. “Well, I’m hungry and want a bath. Knowing this place it will probably cost this currency. Let’s look for where to do these things.”
Holding his hands I went towards the river that had been close to the town. I’m sure whatever place would take place for baths would be near the water. I stopped and gaped at a large building. It was twice as high as any of the homes around it and maybe four times as wide. I could see one large set of double doors and people slowly making their way inside. I could smell something in the air that made my nose wrinkle but I could see some people leaving with sheens of water and obviously missing the dirt that was caking me.
We moved closer and entered the line that slowly moved inside the place. I watched as men and women were stopped and shone two doors that went further into the place. At the entrance to each was gazellekin that took coins and let others inside. Dragging Bongani over I entered the line for the women and stood before the counter soon enough.
“Is this where people bathe?” I asked.
“One copper for entrance, young mistress. I see you don’t have soap, I can provide some for you for three coppers and a towel for two coppers.” I tilted my head back and forth.
“What is soap? And towels?” I could feel a slight amount of anger from the women behind me that wanted me to hurry up.
“Oh, you must be unfamiliar. Soap cleanses the skin and makes the demons of the water flee from you. And towels are to dry you after. I’ll provide a robe for you if you’d like your clothes cleaned as well. Just two coppers.”
“Do I keep the soap and towel?” I pressed.
“Yes, they are yours to keep.” Her eyes flicked over to Bongani, “Is your companion a eunuch?”
“I don’t know what that is?” I was starting to feel ashamed that I didn’t understand this place all that much.
“Does he have…” She flushed and leaned forward to whisper, “Are his balls intact?”
Tilting my head confused, “Of course, why would I rob him of his balls when I might want children?”
“Then he is not allowed with the women. I’m sorry but he will have to bathe with the men.” She pointed to the other line.
Frowning but knowing that I couldn’t always have things my way I placed a silver upon the desk, “I’ll have a towel and soap. I don’t need my clothes washed.” As she pushed four coppers back in my hand I scrunched up my face and did the math slowly in my head. I pushed three coins into Bongani’s hands. “Go with the men. Buy a soap for yourself. You can air dry.” He bowed his head and walked away from me.
The lady brought forth what looked like a small brown brick that smelled of tallow and a heavy spun piece of cloth that was more than enough to wrap around one’s waist. I watched Bongani in line and then went through the door into the room beyond.
There was a small room to get undressed with cubbies all along the wall. I watched as women got undressed and used their own little cubbies. Some of them placed them into the hands of servants that whisked them away into another room. Most of the women walked with towels wrapped around their chests and walked through another door.
I found a cubby and undressed and as I pulled off my underwear I could hear a gasp. I looked around and some poor gazellekin’s eyes were plastered on my swinging cock. “M-m-man!” She called.
A large buffalokin woman stepped out of the second room where the clothes went and looked at me strongly before she approached. “I’m going to ask you to leave. No men.”
“I’m no man, I can move my cock and you can see my pussy if you want,” I stated turning to her and thrusting my breasts out. The buffalokin blushed but nodded. I lifted a leg onto a bench and moved my cock as the woman looked at me with red cheeks and burning ears.
“Sorry to bother you,” She mumbled and left. “Just wrap your towel around your waist and others will leave you alone.”
Frowning once more I wrapped the towel around my waist hiding something I was proud of and grabbed the brick I was given. I stepped through the second door and looked around trying to get my bearings.
I watched as women sat with basins and used their own bricks, wet with water and rubbed a thin sheen of white foam along their skin and bodies. They pushed it up into their hair and soon enough they were coated in the stuff. I went and grabbed a basin like all the other women and walked down steps that led to a large square of water. Walls moved over what must have been the river for it still slowly flowed along and under the wall. I could see netting keeping fish out of the water. Like the others I filled the basin and then found one of the many benches that lined the walls and sat down.
The towels were to dry me so I took it off while sitting so the women around me wouldn’t see my cock and freak out once more. I set it beside me and then put the brick in the water and mimicked the other women in spreading the resulting foam across my body. It was slippery once it was wet and my hands slid pleasantly across my body. I rubbed and cupped my breasts and wondered how good this slippery feeling would be if I stroked my cock. Still I looked around and would for sure be thrown out.
Rubbing my scalp with the foam I could feel it thicken even more and unlike the others my foam was almost brown when I was done. I watched as the women would pour their basins and rinse away the soap. Swallowing I followed suit and dumped the basin over my body to rinse away the foam. It was brisk and bracing but soon enough there was no foam on me and I could feel that my skin was a little dryer than before but I could feel no dirt or grime on me much like bathing in the river when I was with the clan.
I used the towel to dry my wet hair and ears before I wrapped it around my waist. Most of the other women used them to cover their breasts and waist but I would leave my cock exposed if I did something like that. I moved as they did and approached a much shallower basin that only those that had cleaned their bodies were going into. They lounged, bare to the world with their towels sitting behind them on the stone. Cautiously I lowered myself into the water, where it would block the view of my body and set the damp towel down on the stone behind my head. I tucked my cock away and crossed my legs so that anyone that peeked wouldn’t see.
Some women swam back and forth in the water while most lounged. It was warmer than any river I had been in and I could feel the stones beneath me much warmer than they should be. I felt it creep into my muscles and begin to relax them. I leaned back and just sat there basking in the heat. My ankle felt better with every passing minute as I used healing magic to get rid of the injury.
“You’re the gladiator that fought yesterday,” Came a small voice.
I opened my eyes and looked beside me. A slight reptilian woman sat next to me. She had no breasts to speak of and her slit pupiled eyes gazed at me. Scaled lined her eyes and cheeks but soft flesh sat around her mouth. The more primal parts of her were around her shoulders but like most kin her chest was soft and lacked any nipples. “I am.”
“Can I have a moment of your time? Why do they call you ‘the savage’?” From her voice I could tell this woman was most likely near my age.
“Well, I guess I have time to talk. I’ll trade you questions.”
“Deal.”
