The showers were of course, the most daunting part of signing on with the Builders Guild. Not the terrifying beasts or the nights out in the cold woods. He was just too shy and was not even remotely experienced. When he was living with his family in the Blue Hills, their tribe had scheduled rotations for bathing.

  He had unfortunately seen three sets of unwanted copution's. His mom and dad in their furs, a teenage couple out in the Blue Hills and that pair of men in the barracks the night before.

  He wasn't entirely sure about how the showers worked, but he needed to find out sometime, so he accumuted enough courage and decided that he didn't want to smell like old sweat. So he steeled himself, walking through the barracks looking down, he barely managed to avoid walking directly into a table where three women were chatting, eating sads and drinking wine.

  He finally got to the changing area, a fresh towel draped over his left shoulder. He paused, gathering the will

  "Hey Vicktor" said a breathy voice behind him.

  Turning, he saw the nude form of Ar. A small smile showing from his cute beak. Then Ar did a quick twirl. "First time seeing a naked bird? person? birdperson? Honestly probably is actually..."

  Tracing his eyes down the Avian he saw the man's wings join at his shoulders and descend gracefully down his back. The small feathers rustled gently as he spun. One small piece of down floated up and way from the cute guy. Most of Ar's feathers were concentrated around the head, wings, chest, and groin, with some longer feathers adorning the talons and cws on his hands and feet. The texture of the feathers looked so soft, he might be able to lose hours just petting the man's–

  He heard a chuckle from behind him as he heard Nora say "And they were roommates?!"

  He turned to see another naked apprentice, he was really hoping he didn't have to see Master Tosk nude although he was curious academically, the student-teacher dynamic was far to strange for that.

  Nora leaned to one side, all the weight resting on one paw as she eyed the both of them. Her tail wagging in a controlled pattern. The brown and gray pattern of her fur extended across her whole body except for a white patch that started at her neckline and extended to the middle of her chest. She looked perfectly comfortable without a shred of clothing, but she looked significantly more vulnerable when she wasn't carrying that giant warbow.

  "Why are you both here? I didn't tell anyone?"

  "You didn't notice us wave at you half an hour ago, you looked nervous as shit, so we decided to follow your cute arse to make sure you were okay." Nora smiled, brushing a strand of lose fur on her tail. "Plus you seemed super nervous about the showers and unfortunately, we both have a good sense of smell, and you reek of sweat, fear and pre-cum"

  "Hey, I wasn't going to mention that st one, "Ar said nervously, "He clearly isn't as open as people who grew up in Allium. He was in the Blue Hills until he was a pre-teen and then the academy for the rest, there's a non-insignificant chance that he hasn't even helped himself get off"

  "We could help you out with that" the catgirl smiled, revealing her sharp canines. Point down at a rather obvious protrusion in his robes. "Entirely up to you though, no coercion at all, but lets grab a shower room. I need regardless"

  They navigated a small series of tile rooms. They passed a few naked folk but most had a towel or something to hide their modesty. They continued for a few moments until they found one with an open door.

  "Get in virgin, we need to lock this door before anyone gets any ideas about their chances with us. Some of the mundane soldiers need extra reminders about privacy. Someone told them about the idea of a glory hole and now their smaller head is filled with grand ideas, it's really annoying more than threatening, just go to the brothels for that stuff"

  Ar went in first, then Vicktor, followed up by Nora, who locked the door as she shut it.

  "Isn't there a risk we could slip and fall, how can they get in here if the door is locked"

  "Oh right, this button here activates some engravings that Ar could bore you with, but basically it unlocks the door and lets a healer know to come and grab you. There isn't one always on duty here, but there's always someone close enough to help you"

  "Hey it's not boring, its actually a really interesting piece of engraving magic, each room needs to be keyed in a particur way to determine where the alert is coming from. Then it needs to alert the nearest few healers and physically unlock a door that was physically locked in the first pce. Its really not beginner stuff, I have a few idea's how it might work but the logic and tagging isn't super obvious."

  Nora rolled her eyes. Then feigned a swoon "Oh no! My genitalia is rapidly drying, this conversation is slowing turning into a desert, but all I wanted was dessert!"

  "Shower first, then Dessert or is lunch first?" Ar said, then rotated their owlish head unnaturally at Vicktor. "Care to join us Vicktor? You have gotten far too much look at us, and that's just unfair. You haven't said much"

  "I don't really think I'm up for that much right now, I do really need a shower and yeah, I probably need some release"

  "Well then, let's discuss what we are all up for this scene. I think no penetration and no kissing. Groping and fondling is fine" Nora said.

  She had definitely done this before.

  "Agreed" Ar said, raking his cws through the feathers on his chin.

  "Sorry, what do you mean by no penetration?" Vicktor was confused, lots of things could be penetration.

  "Oh right, I meant no genital to genital touching. I think hand and mouth is fine for me."

  "Same here" Ar.

  "I'm not okay with any mouth stuff right now, sorry." Vicktor said, feeling a little bad for having so many restrictions.

  "Oh okay, sure. No coercion like we said earlier. Scene rules apply, the rules in the scene don't change. You can always do less than you wanted or back out entirely, but never do more than was agreed."

  "Okay then" Vicktor smiled nervously. "Let's do this!"