BASEMENT PIECE

Story by Alan Auch on SoFurry

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BASEMENT PIECE

"Yeah I'd say it's a good thing you called me fella," the duck said as he peered up at the corner of the room, "it looks pretty small now but come a good rainstorm and you're going to see it start flooding"

"Yeah, I really don't want a flood down here," Sedric replied awkwardly as he watched the duck in turn eyeing up the evidence of water seepage through the walls of his basement

"Don't get me wrong," the duck continued, turning his attention back to the dragon, "it's not as big a job as you'd think. We could start the job tomorrow, wouldn't be more'n two days." He had the cheeriest smile Sedric could ever remember seeing on a beak, and had done since he'd arrived in fact. Either Bob, or "Seaside" as he'd told the dragon to call him ("always been my nickname, sounded just right for the company t'boot"), was having the best day of his life, or he was just a very happy guy. Realising he was just standing there in a daze, the dragon shook himself back to life and nodded over-enthusiastically

"That sounds great Bob, er, Seaside... uh, can I ask something?"

"Sure can buddy," the duck replied as he was quickly scribbling down details in a notebook

"Do you always work wearing that outfit?"

The duck seemed confused only for a moment, then looked down and burst out laughing. "Oh! Yeah, actually, it started out just for advertising, and then, well it's a long story but I ended up sizing up a job while I was wearing it, kind of became my own mascot! People seemed to like it I guess"

The outfit was a long, knee-length yellow slicker with shiny chrome buckles, yellow knee-high boots and a sou' wester strapped securely under his chin. Sedric having a difficult time acting naturally around the duck because of it. "How about yourself?" Seaside replied, still amiable as ever as he gestured to the dragon's two-piece rainsuit and shiny black wellingtons, "you just worried about the basement flooding huh?"

Sedric blushed, brain fumbling for a response. "Yeah uh, well I guess I'm kind of an artist..." he said, trailing off as he realised his explanation didn't make a lick of sense. Seaside just laughed again and shook his head

"Aww, sorry, I don't know a thing about modern art buddy," he chuckled, tucking away the notebook. "You might wanna move that computer out of here overnight, just in case," he added, nodding to the PC Sedric used for recording. The dragon nodded, only half-aware of the suggestion. "Shouldn't rain, but still y' wouldn't want anything or anyone down here if it does!"

"Anyone...?" Sedric was momentarily thrown before realising the duck was nodding in the direction of the metal rings bolted high up on one wall, looking positively tickled. The dragon's blushing turned fiery at that. "Oh! Oh those are for hanging up..."

Seaside held off a moment or two as the dragon's sentence trailed to nothing before losing his composure and bursting out fully quacking with laughter. "Oh buddy!" he grinned, "you don't have to pretend on my account. I work in basements all the time, I've seen lotsa basements with chains and whips, stoner dens," he nodded to the small pink plastic bong badly hidden behind the PC's monitor, making Sedric blush all the worse, "all kindsa things. One guy, the whole basement was a countryside landscape with gnomes in it! Whole little green wonderland for his model gnomes!"

Sedric laughed despite himself, embarrassed but comfortable enough that he didn't think Seaside was laughing at him as the duck made one last sweep of the room. "Anyway, so long as y're not planning on chaining me up," the duck chuckled, making the dragon's cheeks burn their brightest yet and their owner very glad he had his back turned. "I'll leave you 'n' your pink pal," he said, looking over at the incriminating artefact with a wink

"Yeah, sorry about that," Sedric said, aching in the pit of his stomach from the dual embarrassment of leaving so much incriminating evidence around and wishing he'd hauled everything out of the basement properly before he'd called up for the duck's services. Seaside waved his concerns away with a shake of the head

"Don't need to apologise to me buddy, I smoked a bit of that myself now and then back when I was younger. Been a while since then, course"

"Oh, would you like some?" Sedric blurted out as if it were an offer of coffee or tea, immediately wanting the basement to collapse immediately and save him from further embarrassing himself. All this because he'd gone for the basement renovation company whose advert so specifically tickled his fancy. The duck's amusement didn't change at all, didn't betray any sign of being shocked or offended. He just planted his hands on his hips as he eyed the dragon with a grin

"Kinda informal asking a guy if he wants some pot, buddy," he chuckled

"Sorry"

"Hey don't worry, I was just wondering if I was gonna take you up on it or not"

"Huh?"

Seaside grinned and walked past the dragon to the stairs, slapping him on the back as he went. "Sure why not? It's end of the working day for me anyway, I'll ring Kyle and tell him to close up the office. If you don't mind me sitting around your house, I could do with something a little wicked once in a while"

Sedric stood, mouth open for an unseemly amount of time as he listened to the duck chatting cheerfully on his mobile, before frantically grabbing the bong and scurrying upstairs after him

* * *

"That's hitting the spot," the duck laughed, eyes now bright pink and only made more obvious thanks to his snowy white feathers. He passed the bong back to the dragon who giggled and imbibed a little more smoke himself. "Haven't done this since I was in my twenties! Your stuff's nicer'n what I was smoking back then too! We only had really rough weed, not nice and smooth like this"

Sedric grinned proudly as smoke curled from his nostrils. "Thanks. I have a good supplier"

Seaside nodded, reclining on the dragon's couch and idly resting his rubber-booted feet on the table in front of him. "So when do you want me to take off my other clothes and just put my raingear back on?" Sedric's jaw hung open at that, and the duck burst out quacking again. "Awww buddy," he said as he regained himself, "you've been hiding that woody in your pants since I got here. Kinda figured you were gonna make a move when you asked me to get high with ya!"

The dragon fidgeted with the bong, struggling to get his brain into gear to reply as the duck kept on smiling, politely taking the smoking utensils from him and finishing off the last of their second bowlful of pot. "I don't mind," he said with a wink as smoke curled from his nostrils in imitation of the dragon, "I wasn't strictly thinking, 'hey I'm gonna get laid!' but if you wanna at least touch or anything I won't turn it down"

The duck's tone was as affable as ever, even when baked and flirty, which only confused the befuddled dragon more. "I uh, figured you weren't turned on by raincoats," he managed to babble

A warm chuckle. "Not my thing, nah, but hey, why not, right?"

"...I didn't think you were gay either..."

The duck quacked heartily again at that, setting the bong down between his wellies. "Well I've an ex-wife says I'm at least bisexual. But hey, maybe I just like getting seduced into it? Wanna try?" He winked again, deliberately resting one arm behind his head and the other perilously close to the now-apparent bulge under his slicker. Sedric licked his increasingly dry lips as he eyed it, and the duck quacked and laughed some more. "Okay, close your eyes," he said as he stood up, and Sedric obeyed, listening to the obvious racket of the duck disrobing and dressing up just for him. He couldn't quite believe it, but he wasn't going to fight it either. Feeling a little dizzy by now, unsure if it was the excitement or too much weed, he trembled as he listened to the duck walking up in front of him. "Okay buddy, open 'em again!"

Sedric found himself with the duck stood over him, hint of bare legs between raincoat and boots reassuring him that yes, Seaside was now going naked under that raincoat. His arms were folded behind his back and his crotch deliberately thrust in the dragon's face, looking down with an eyebrow now raised suggestively. "Like what ya see?" he asked with a wicked glee

"Oh shit yes," Sedric giggled, admiring the tented raincoat

"If you wanna see more you gotta ask for it," the duck replied in turn, "and really dirtily too"

"Oh," the dragon said, "then um, can I see your big hard cock sticking out your raincoat Seaside?"

The duck laughed again, quickly fumbling and pulling his organ free for the dragon to admire, thick and just a little on the long side. "Can I suck it?" Sedric asked eagerly as he inhaled its scent

More quacking from Seaside. "Ah, you're forward once you get outta your shell buddy! Gotta show me yours first," he said as he teased him, waving his prick just out of reach of the dragon's mouth. Sedric nodded obediently and shifted on the couch, pushing his slick yellow trousers down to his knees and tugging up the bottom of his jacket to make sure Seaside had a good view of his pecker. His new friend nodded approvingly. "See now that's a good reason to get my raincoat on," he beamed, "seeing that cock of yours like a bolt! Guys with fetishes are always a fun time, y'know?"

"Well it's not just the raincoat," Sedric replied with a blush, "you're a pretty hot guy. I um, kind of dig blue collar..."

Seaside grinned and patted him on the snout. "Go on and suck blue collar a bit, huh? I could do with it." Before he'd even closed his beak Sedric had opened his snout, swallowing the duck's rod so he could give him the blowjob he'd been gagging to offer the moment the bird entered his house. Seaside moaned in pleasure and thrust carefully deeper, hands stroking the dragon's ears and horns. "Oh buddy, that is good," he muttered, "think this is the first time I ever got a blowjob stoned..."

"Doesn't have to be the last," Sedric said with a sly smile as he momentarily released the duck's dick. Seaside snickered in turn, both of them locking their pink eyes on each other

"Hey fella," the duck said, "I bet you did wanna chain me up in your basement huh?"

"Well..." Sedric hesitated, "...maybe... I guess?"

"Promise to unlock me afterwards?"

"Of course!"

* * *

Some fumbling for the right equipment later, Sedric stood back to admire his handiwork. Seaside grinned back at him, arms now securely manacled above his head, raincoat hung open to show off his otherwise naked feathers. "Usually I get chained up," Sedric said a little bashfully. Seaside chuckled and nodded

"Bet it feels nice turning the tables though huh buddy? Go on," he goaded, "do just what you like to me"

The dragon looked over the duck, suddenly frozen by the wealth of possibilities. Almost on autopilot he stepped up to his captive and pressed his snout to his beak, kissing him passionately as he pushed his waterproof trousers down again to feel their cocks pressing against each other. "I'm romantic when I'm randy," he blushed as they parted

"Nothing wrong with being romantic," Seaside replied, nuzzling him in turn, "but I hope you're gonna do more than that"

"So much more," Sedric chuckled, hand sliding between them to fondle both their cocks in turn before he kissed the duck again and then went down to his knees. "You are such a hot working man stud," he muttered as he nuzzled the excited duck dick on offer

"God you artist types," Seaside replied, a mixture of laughter and pleasured moaning, "get it in your mouth and stop talking like that huh?"

Complying, the dragon savoured the duck's taste once more, humming and sucking keenly as Seaside gasped loudly, thrusting slowly into the willing snout. "Thanks for this buddy," he said as he did it, "talk about a good way of unwinding after work!" Sedric chuckled around the thick rod, massaging the duck's buttocks and playing with his tailfeathers mostly to keep his hands from his own cock. He didn't want to cum yet, he wanted to focus on blowing his chained friend. The duck's prick was so fat, and the dragon could scarcely believe he wasn't having a stoned dream but the writhing, hot body pushing back again and again into his snout definitely seemed real. The duck's filthy patter was different to his usual fuckbuddies too, full of eager encouragements rather than playing up to the dragon's taste for humiliation and verbal abuse. It made a refreshing change

"Ohh, this is feeling good buddy," the duck groaned, "don't think I'm gonna hold off too long. Mind if I do it on y'r snout?"

"Fuck yes," Sedric panted, pulling his head back and grabbing the duck's cock to begin masturbating him furiously. "Please, cum all over me!"

"Sure will!" Seaside groaned, "here goes!" And with that he cried out loudly with a sound that only a duck could make, nearly punching the dragon in the snout with his cock as he thrust forward in his hand, cum splattering his snout and glasses. Sedric could only laugh maniacally as he was hosed down in Seaside's cream, coyly tugging the duck's easing cock downwards to get a few last spurts onto the otherwise immaculate yellow slicker

"Ooooh, that felt good," the duck sighed woozily, staring up at the ceiling before looking down to show off his blissed expression. "How'd it feel for you?"

"Like I wouldn't mind doing it a few more times," the dragon replied with a grin, slowly stroking the duck's cock to milk the final drops from it. Seaside laughed and shook his head

"I'm not against it, uh, but you're gonna have to let me down at least for a minute. I could do with the little ducklings' room"

Sedric blushed hotly at that, eyes darting between Seaside's prick and its owner. "Well uh..." he began. Seaside cut him off with another bellylaugh

"Oh damn buddy, you're into that too?"

Sedric nodded bashfully. Seaside laughed more softly in turn

"Well we can do that. Never let 'em say I wasn't up for trying new things. Uh... how do you do that? If there's even a proper way"

"Oh, just relax and go," Sedric replied slyly, leaning in to take the semi-erect duck meat in his mouth again. For a moment he just let himself daydream, riding the currents of THC and lust flowing through his head until he tasted the first bitter drops from the duck. Instinct's wish to recoil was easily suppressed as the dragon instead began swallowing for all he was worth, Seaside murmuring fascinatedly as he watched the show

"Kinkiest evening I ever had," the duck said as Sedric took all he could manage, again helping to shake free the last droplets of piss over his mac. The dragon just smirked as the duck gave a deep sigh of relief from emptying his bladder and then continued, "so what about you fella? You must need a little attention by now"

The dragon grinned up at him, lowering his head briefly to flick his tongue over Seaside's boots before climbing to his feet to face him directly. "Are you asking if it's my turn in the cuffs?"

"Only if y're offering to wear 'em"

"Only if you'll slap my nuts a little bit"

Seaside grinned and nodded. "Anything to help a fella out," he replied coyly, and Sedric fumbled for the key before unchaining his guest. Immediately Seaside pulled his arms down, rubbing his wrists and shoulders to ease the aches that had built up from being held captive. "Damn, that'll do a number on ya," he said, Sedric laughing and shaking his head as he handed him the keys

"It just takes a bit of regular practice," the dragon said as he lifted his arms up compliantly, Seaside quickly fitting the iron cuffs in place

"And I bet you get a lot of that," he said as he tucked the key safely away in his pocket. "Meanwhile, let's see what we can do for ya..."

The duck leaned in to kiss the dragon, hand insouciantly grabbing and stroking the exposed dragon pecker at the same time, Sedric melting to his touch and damn near cumming there and then. It seemed Seaside could tell, releasing the dragon's organ and grinning as he pulled back. "So you want your balls slapping then?"

Sedric nodded meekly, and the duck gave him a wicked smile before getting down in front of him. Hands tugged at the waistband of the dragon's pants until they were bunched around his knees, his cock free and easy and entirely at the duck's mercy. Eyes locked again, he whimpered softly as he felt feathery fingertips cupping, squeezing and tugging at his ballsack. With a barely suppressed snicker the duck let go and then gave a short, sharp tap out of nowhere

"Oh god!" Sedric squeaked as the pain shot through him. Seaside's snickering became full laughter again

"You wanted 'em slapping buddy"

"Mmm, y-yes," the dragon replied, a little winded. "Listen, just, I might beg for you to stop but don't, okay? At least not before I've had a few good taps"

Seaside just shook his head in amazement and amusement and the dragon yowled again as hand connected with tender flesh once more. "Call it ten? I don't just want to bruise your plums, bud!"

"Yeah, oh god yes that'll be good," Sedric panted and then yelped as he got his third slap. "Christ! Uh, oh god, Seaside..."

"Hey you said no stopping," the duck chuckled, giving the fourth. Sedric cried out and nodded frantically

"I know, I just... fuck... wanted to ask..."

"Mmmm?"

Sedric paused, gathering the words together. "Uh... have you ever done this before, um, with a customer?"

The duck glanced up quizzically. "Busted their balls?"

"No, just... just sex in general"

More laughter. A fifth slap to Sedric's hanging orbs and another cry of pain. "You're the first. It's not a job with a lot of groupies," he said as he temporarily cupped the dragon's balls and tugged them again, their owner whimpering and nodding. "Not complaining though." He let go and swung again, Sedric almost collapsing in his chains

"You're definitely sure this is okay?" the duck asked, eyes up again, "I'm not gonna damage you or anything am I?"

Sedric shook his head, wheezing a little. "Nah... dragons are pretty indestructible," he said with a smile. "Feels great once you're over the shock, especially when I'm good and high. And god you are hot on your knees Seaside"

"I bet you're gonna like me even more when I get to really playing with your pecker," the duck grinned. "Just like the website said, draining and pumping services are a speciality." Before Sedric could reply he was cut off by the seventh and eighth blows to his nuts in quick succession, leaving him speechless and whimpering as he felt Seaside's tongue flick over the head of his stiff cock, sampling the drops of draconic precum now forming. The licking became a full-on blowjob just for a moment before he found himself released and two more fierce blows were delivered, with a swipe to his cock sending it wobbling comically just for good measure. The cuffed male groaned and laughed a little, glad to see Seaside was beginning to find the pleasure in feeding his customer's masochistic streak

"Looks like someone's getting drippy," the duck snickered as he turned his attention wholly to Sedric's prick, fingers tracing and tickling it as the dragon hummed and nodded. "Can't let you go too early"

"Mmmm, please don't," Sedric replied, voice wavering. Seaside gave him a mischievous look and very carefully circled the head of the helpless dragon's prick with his tongue. His victim nearly bit through his lip at the sensation, the duck looking proud of himself as he went back to slowly stroking and tugging what was on offer. He was good with his hands, that was for sure, the dragon wrestling with all kinds of possible dirty quips and stuffing them all back down. Just because he liked to be teased over how much he liked to masturbate didn't mean Seaside did. "I'm so glad I called you up," he babbled instead. The duck laughed heartily again, flicking his tongue against the dragon's pole

"Yeah I bet you are. See, that advert does get me good business! Hey buddy, how'd you want to get your rocks off? I bet you'd looooove to get it all over my slicker huh?"

Sedric nodded, grinning goofily, then tentatively added: "Seaside, do you think I could... I mean like we did before..."

The duck looked at him, confused for a moment, then the penny dropped. "Oh! Oh, you wanna make a little rain on me huh?"

More nodding from the dragon, cheeks red. He was worried the duck might be put off by the thought but Seaside just chuckled instead

"Just on my raincoat, that okay? No offense fella, I was kinda impressed when you were drinking it but not for me, thanks!" The duck tugged Sedric's stiff prick downwards, spiking the dragon with discomfort. The cuffed male didn't complain though, mixed with all the other mental, physical and herbal stimulations he was getting it was a pleasure to feel, and he focused on trying to relax enough to ease his bladder. It took a while, not helped by Seaside's occasional tickling of his oversensitive cock, but finally they both heard the first droplets of dragon piss pattering on the duck's mac

"Whoo-ee!" the duck laughed, "what's a raincoat without a little rain? Not easy pissing through a hard-on, huh?"

"I've... had a lot of practise," Sedric gasped in response, watching the fluid trails forming on the folds of yellow PVC and trickling down to the duck's exposed knees

"Yeah I bet you have buddy," Seaside replied in a huskier tone. "Y're making a mess of my show clothes tonight, that's f' sure!"

"Sorry..."

"Hey quit apologising," the duck replied merrily, "maybe it's the weed but I am feeling like one sexy slick duck right now!" Sedric laughed in turn at that, cock twitching and spurting more piss as he drained his bladder slowly. Whatever his objections to having the dragon piss in his mouth, Seaside clearly wasn't too offput by the watersports otherwise. Maybe it was the weed or maybe it was being the object of such kinky fascination or maybe the duck was beginning to see the appeal of raincoats himself, but his cock was still rock hard jutting out of his mac

"Seaside," Sedric asked cautiously as his stream came to an end and the duck resumed masturbating him

"Aww man," the duck quacked heartily, "you're not gonna ask to take a dump on me as well are ya?"

Sedric blushed. The thought hadn't even entered his mind, but he decided to push it to one side. No need to introduce his new friend to that on top of everything else. "No," he said with a goofy smile, "um, I just wondered... would you jerk off on my boots?"

The duck laughed again and nodded, even flicking his tongue again against the dragon's glans despite the risk of stray drops of piss still present. "You want my raincoat and your boots good and sloppy huh?" he said as he grasped his own cock with his other hand. "Mind if I ask you a question buddy?"

"Sure"

"You_always_ do it in your raingear?"

More blushing, more nodding. "Yeah, uh, I'm more than just an artist," the dragon smiled. "Pretty much as long as I've owned my own house really... I just wear raingear most of the time... I'm not weirding you out am I?"

Seaside shook his head, eyes focused on the dragon's pecker. "Fella you being weird's got me some business and a blowjob, not to mention I'd forgotten how much I liked pot. Mmm, you just keep being weird huh?" He let go of the dragon's cock and leaned in to swallow it to the root, sucking for a moment before returning to masturbating him. "You be as weird as you like"

"Th-thank you," Sedric panted. "God, I'm pretty close Seaside. I want to cum on your mac so much!"

"Sounds like something you'd say," the duck teased, pumping himself more rapidly to match the dragon on the edge. "Go on then fella, let's see how you shoot yer load"

And so Sedric lost it, moaning and relying on the chains digging into his wrists to keep him from slumping on the ground as ropes of sticky dragon cum joined the mess he'd already made all over the duck's raincoat. Its delighted wearer didn't last long himself, adding to the cries of pleasure as he came hard onto the formerly spotless black boots. And they stayed panting together for a moment, Seaside casually licking and suckling the last of Sedric's spunk from his satisfied cock before the dragon struggled back into position and the duck got up to stand with him

"Bet that felt good for ya huh?" Seaside said with a gleam in his bloodshot eye, Sedric nodding wordlessly in turn. The duck casually wiped his fingers through the mess on his coat and offered them to the dragon to lick clean suggestively. "Now Seddy," the duck continued, surprising the dragon by using his actual name for the first time in the hours he'd been there, "I don't feel like I'm done yet, and I was wondering, maybe you'd like t' get turned around in those chains and show me if y'r ass is as nice as y' cock?" Sedric nodded, grinning as widely as the duck who fished out the key to unlock him. "And maybe," he concluded, "when you've had your turn, I think I should get cuffed up again and you can have a go riding me, huh? Whaddaya say fella?"

"Anything for you, Seaside," the dragon smiled as he turned to face the wall. The cuffs were on him again, his hips thrust backwards as Seaside gripped his sides and he felt the duck's pole pushing up under his tail. "Treat me rough," were his last words before the duck complied, thrusting into him

* * *

"Just so y'know, I'm still going to charge the same for the job," Seaside said as they clustered together on Sedric's couch much later, "but I won't charge y'extra for it either," he finished with a chuckle. "Nice to have a few perks to the job now and again"

"Any... anytime," Sedric panted, eyes on the duck's hand teasing and stroking his cock. "Seaside uh, I'm about to cum again..."

The duck nodded. "Well go for it buddy, make a mess huh?"

The dragon didn't really have a choice in the matter, cocking his head back and moaning exhaustedly as his prick spat another load of cum over his messy rainjacket. "Getting a little weak there," Seaside teased as the dragon looked down at the pool of spunk

"It's the third time you've rubbed me off," he grinned, "I'm not inexhaustible"

Seaside smirked and licked his fingers. "Well, I'm not either. And I think my head's clean enough now so I should probably head home fella. But thanks again, been a pretty good evening!" He slapped Sedric heartily on the shoulder as he rose, and the dragon rose groggily with him to see him to the door, clothes draped shamelessly over his arm, still bareassed under his slicker. "We'll be here first thing tomorrow," the duck assured him, "nine o'clock sharp!"

"I shall make sure to get out of bed," Sedric replied with a coy smile as he closed the front door. He was knackered and still a little stoned, and an early bed seemed like a good idea

* * *

Sedric awoke in good time, still wearing the raingear he'd been fooling around with Seaside in. He always slept best when he'd had a little weed, he found. Sluggishly climbing out of bed, he stripped out of the suit, showered off the lingering sweat and cannabis smoke and changed into head-to-toe green raingear, two-piece suit and thighwaders. Before last night he might have planned on dressing in civilian gear when the actual work began. Now he was feeling much more confident about being himself. At the very least he knew he had the boss's tacit approval

It was whilst he was busy eating breakfast that the front door rang, the dragon habitually dashing to answer it. He was knocked back by the sight that greeted him

"Morning," Seaside said in his usual affable manner, stepping inside with a bag of tools swinging casually in his hand. Sedric was mostly surprised to find the duck still in the slick yellow outfit from last night, albeit with the hint of work clothes visible again. And then he caught sight of the other two workmen behind him, a rooster and a black-furred mouse in tough-looking rainsuits and boots of their own

"Uh, hi guys," Sedric said, unsure how to interpret what he was seeing. The mouse and rooster both gave him sly, knowing looks as Seaside guffawed in turn

"Sedric, these are Kyle," he nodded to the rooster, "and Jordan. Hope you don't mind, uh, I told 'em a few things, made a few suggestions." He winked at the dragon who nodded dumbly

"Don't worry," the rooster said, revealing a thick Irish accent, "we brought some of our own this time." As he spoke he pulled a small, distinctive plastic bag from his jacket pocket, Sedric eyeing it and nodding in turn. More laughter from Seaside

"Kyle, settle down huh? End of the day boys, eh Sedric?"

The dragon couldn't resist cracking a grin of his own now. Not one but three waterproof guys offering him a whale of a time? Hell, why not? "Sure thing fella," he replied. "Sure thing"