An hour later, Dana was intimately familiar with the benefits of sharing a shower, and they were finally clean and ready to go back to the camp.
Dana had found her new nightgown sitting in a pile under the window, hastily discarded and thrown across the room. She picked it up and blushed as she realized that it would need an intense cleaning before it could be worn again. However, when she thought about wearing it again, it bonded with her, vanishing into her mental space as clean as the moment it was made and ready for its next use.
She would have to thank the spider for putting in so much work to make gifts that could be safely reused, no matter how much they were mistreated. The silk was nearly indestructible, and if you were bonded to it, it would always come back clean.
Dirt and stains were not brought into the mental space with a bonded item, though it wouldn't repair any damages they managed to do to the thin silk.
"Rae left your present by the hammock." Karl reminded her as a gentle smile came over Dana's face.
Dana leaned over to pick up the present and rolled her eyes when she felt Karl's hand on her backside. She had thought that the novelty would have worn off by now, but no. Karl was fairly certain that he would never get enough of that view.
[The present goes over armour.] Rae reminded them, bringing Karl's thoughts back on course and away from activities that would lead to needing another shower.
"Rae says it's fitted to go over your armour, the set you got from the traitors." Karl relayed.
Dana put on the armour, then took out the large box with a pink ribbon on it. It was beautiful, and the box had been stiffened with stronger spider silk to give it the semi-rigid texture of cardboard.
Rae had really improved her versatility with the silk once she had advanced to Royal Rank.
Inside the box was a black combat outfit, loose pants that tucked into calf high boots, with a waist scarf, a tunic style shirt and a long grey coat that split up the back with ties to attach the lower section to your legs for mobility. It also had a hood with a detachable face mask that would only leave the eyes and forehead visible.
The style was halfway between the Spellblades and the Assassin Clans that the Rogue Class teachers belonged to, and the more that Dana stared at it, the more that she loved it. She would be able to fight easily with a sword, reach any reagents or potions she needed for magical combat, and it was all Royal Rank silk, so most blades wouldn't easily cut through it.
The outfit bonded once she took it from the box, and Dana equipped it with the hood and mask up.
"Rae, it's beautiful." Dana gasped as she examined herself.
Karl untied the wide black sash at her waist and retied it over the coat so that everything was held close to her body and all the storage pockets were accessible without shifting her clothing.
"There we go. That's how Rae meant for it to look." He explained before stealing one more kiss.
"Now I really look like an Assassin." She noted, impressed with the improvement in functionality with the outfit rearranged.
[Tell her to put mana in the coat.]
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