After we had checked the remainder of the cave network for surviving goblins, we headed down to Lake Farren to clean our equipment and armour.

  On the way, Kiyui deactivated his communication spell. Agaroth pointed out that “When the spell’s active thas no need tae shout.” Kiyui smiled and nodded in agreement. Chloe turned to Agaroth and said “Well, you’re the one who always shouts.” Agaroth replied “A do nae shout. Ma voice has natural volume.”

  Chloe asked him “How do you know so much about his spells anyway?” “Cause a got the lad tae show me. I’m no just gonnae invite any old fuck to join our party am a?” Agaroth replied. “Besides, the travelling voice one is handy for ordering drinks when ya in the private room wi’ a mouth full a tit.” Phoenix winced in disgust.

  When we got to the lake, Chloe announced “Finally… that bastard’s blood has gone all down my back. I can feel it all over me.” She took all of her clothes off and jumped straight into the lake. I was stunned. Various things had happened that day that stunned me, but this was something that I was most definitely unprepared for. I was even more stunned when Asmodeus, Tilda & Agaroth all followed suit.

  They all jumped into the lake and began washing the blood off themselves. When we planned to go to the lake to clean up, I assumed they meant just scrubbing their external armour with water to get the thick of it off. I was beyond confused when Kiyui joined them in the water. He hadn’t even got any blood on him. I get that he used to be a prostitute and has absolutely no hang ups about his body… but still… to just get naked and dive in… why?

  It wasn’t long before they were all clean and just splashing about in the water. So, I busied myself with washing their armour by the water’s edge. Phoenix came over to assist me. Agaroth shouted “You two should get in… water’s lovely.” Phoenix responded “Not everybody has the desire to reveal themselves to others… and this armour requires cleaning. We shall remain here!” Agaroth shouted “suit yourselves” before he dived off to go splash the others.

  Phoenix put her hand on my back and said “Do not worry. Your skin makes you insecure. They don’t understand what it is like to be ashamed of your own skin… I do.” She removed her hand and started scrubbing Chloe’s chest plate in an attempt to remove the blood.

  I wondered what exactly had happened to Phoenix previously. She kept her skin well covered, but I had seen a burn scar on the left side of her neck when the wind blew her collar down a while ago. Was that why her left hand didn’t work? I wanted to ask her. But then it occurred to me that asking questions about her skin may lead her to ask questions about mine. So, I said nothing and we sat quietly and cleaned the armour together.

  I couldn’t help but look at the five of them as they splashed and had a laugh together. Asmodeus was floating peacefully on his back. Kiyui was on Agaroth’s shoulders and Tilda was on Chloe’s. Kiyui and Tilda had sticks from the surrounding woods and were having some kind of silly duel.

  I wasn’t used to seeing other people naked. I hadn’t actually seen any breasts since we went to the whore house to recruit Agaroth all those years ago. The five of them had such drastically different bodies.

  Asmodeus was pretty muscular. His body hair was trimmed and well maintained. Which I expected given his hair… or lack thereof. He had a muscular abdomen, similar to Chloe’s, although when it came to muscle, Chloe had everybody beaten.

  I had never seen a non-goblin penis before… and his was certainly way bigger than any I had seen previously. Goblins are not exactly known for being well endowed, what with being about 4ft, on average our genitals match our small stature. Asmodeus’ looked about twice as thick as mine and significantly longer. I know that nobody is ever going to see mine… because you know… goblin… people would freak out if they saw my skin. But still, his made me feel insecure. His entire body made me feel insecure if I’m honest. He was everything that I ever wished I could have been.

  Chloe was some kind of muscular god. Her arse looked rock solid… like, how is that even possible? There wasn’t even a hint of fat on her. Looking at her chest you could barely tell she was a woman because her breasts practically disappeared and merged with her impressive pectoral muscles. If it wasn’t for the nipples being larger than a man’s, it would be impossible to tell the difference. I mean obviously if you looked down, the lack of a penis would have given it away too.

  Her body hair was thinner and finer than the body hair that the men had. And she kept it well trimmed and maintained like Asmodeus. I wondered if perhaps it was part of some warrior ritual that I was unaware of, because Agaroth certainly did not appear to bother with any kind of maintenance in this area.

  I couldn’t really see her vagina due to the pubic hair. I found myself wondering what a vagina actually looked like up close. Obviously, I had seen vaginas back in the goblin nest when I was little… but that was very long ago and I never saw one… shall we say… parted. But I could hardly ask my friends to open their legs for me to have a proper look. So, that would be left to my imagination.

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  Agaroth… well… he was a hairy beast. He had a hairy chest, hairy arms, hairy back, hairy arse… I could barely even see his penis because of how much of a bush he had between his legs. Couldn’t see the tree for the forest… if you catch my drift. None of them seemed particularly bothered about being naked. But the rest all seemed to have a level of pride in their physical appearance.

  To a point, I admire Agaroth and his complete lack of giving a shit. He was significantly less physically fit than everyone else, his body hair had clearly not been trimmed or maintained in any way… ever… his beard was just as scruffy and matted. Yet he was by far the most body confident out of everybody. And given that the rest of them were perfectly happy to just get fully naked in public for a swim, that is saying something. That level of self-confidence is a wonderous thing that I think more people should really have.

  Kiyui… well… where to start with him… obviously he was a feline. But… I always expected their entire bodies to be covered in fur. As I mentioned earlier… his smooth face threw me when I first saw him. But his naked body was even more bewildering. His arms and legs seemed to be fully coated in blonde fur… almost like long boots and gloves. He had a line of fur down either side of his torso connecting the fur on his arms to the fur on his legs. But the rest of his body was hairless. I don’t mean standard human body hair… I mean he had nothing… no chest hair, back hair, facial hair, or pubic hair. It was truly baffling to look at. The others didn’t seem to pass comment, so I said nothing, but I am still bewildered to this day by his weird fur pattern.

  He was so slight… if he inhaled deeply his ribs were clearly visible, even from a distance. In that moment, I understood what Chloe had said about him looking like the wind would break him. He really did have a quite a sweet, innocent look to his face. I hadn’t noticed that before, but I hadn’t really had much chance to look at him fully before we had set off on this quest. His bum was very pert and feminine and the tail poking out of the top was intriguing.

  His testicles didn’t seem to hang very low… they were oddly… compact. Maybe it was due to the cold temperature of the water, but Asmodeus’ seemed to be hanging normally… I couldn’t draw a comparison to Agaroth because I couldn’t see them due to all the hair.

  His penis was not exactly prominent. It wasn’t tiny by any means… it looked to be about the same size as mine. I like to think I’m about average for a goblin, but it isn’t like I get much in the way of opportunities to compare. So, I suppose it looked a bit smaller on him because he is about one foot taller than me. But in all honesty, I think it worked for him. He had such a cute and dainty body that having some abnormally massive penis swinging about between his legs would just look odd.

  He had a strange tattoo just above the base of his tail. A kind of black circle with four lines crossing through it. Agaroth referred to it as a tramp stamp, said it gives people something to look at when they are doing him from behind. It is not hard to understand why Agaroth was kicked out of his previous party as soon as they found another healer… honestly… I’m surprised Kiyui even agreed to come along with us, given the way Agaroth talks to him.

  Now, this may be the virgin in me talking… but… I really don’t understand the idea that anybody could be bored during the act of sex. I mean… the thought of actually having sex makes me almost explode… maybe that’s more the goblin in me talking. Even so, exactly how much sex must somebody have to get bored of it. Agaroth certainly didn’t seem to be bored of it, given how much time he spends at the whore house.

  I could however, very much understand why Kiyui would do well as a prostitute. Many men would pay handsomely simply because of the ears and tail. In addition, the sweet and innocent look would have certainly got may customers through the door.

  Then there was Tilda… lovely, sweet Tilda… she was as beautiful as I had always imagined. Her olive skin glistened in the water. She was physically fit… but not to the level of Chloe. Her body hair was thinner than Chloe’s although there were still patches of significant growth.

  Her breasts… oh my… her breasts were the most perfect things that I had ever seen. They certainly weren’t anywhere near the size of Big Bertha’s. Big Bertha could probably suffocate me with hers. Each of Tilda’s breasts looked to be a bit over a handful for me. I don’t exactly have big hands, so maybe a handful for your average human. I think there is something wonderful about being able to perfectly hold a breast in your hand. To hold it gently and rub your thumb around the nipple.

  My imagination is getting carried away again. From behind, her bum was just as amazing. The cheeks were just as pert as her breasts. They had a light bounce to them when she jumped up and down. I could have watched her all day, but unfortunately watching her for the brief amount of time that I did was already making my britches uncomfortably tight, so I tried to focus on cleaning the armour.

  I apologise for getting a tad side tracked there. I don’t really see naked people very often so seeing such a sight rather grabbed my attention. I envied every one of them. The idea of being able to just take my clothes off and splash about in a lake with my friends is just so foreign to me.

  I mean… I spent the entire first two years of my life completely naked. As a goblin I should be more comfortable with nudity really… but obviously as a goblin living in the human world whilst keeping my identity a secret… it rather skews what is normal. I know that my discomfort is probably due to the fact that if I did get naked, they would all probably kill me on the spot. Even if they didn’t, the idea that they would know what I am makes me ill. I hate what I am and what my skin reminds me of.

  I suddenly became very grateful to have Phoenix in the party. That makes it sound like I wasn’t grateful for her previously… I have always been grateful for her presence. She is a brilliant mage who is incredibly helpful in a fight. What I mean is that I was grateful for her presence for a reason that had not occurred to me before. She understands my hatred of my own skin. She may not know the true reason why I hate it, but she understands the feeling. And she is comfortable biting back at Agaroth when he brings stuff up about it. Having somebody with that kind of presence is very reassuring to me.