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An hour's time found the pair walking along a quay at the entrance to the marina they'd seen from their room. "Do you remember the name of the boat?" Celeste asked as they looked over the rows of yachts tied up to the floating docks. "Pelendra's Day? Something like that." He shrugged. Celeste snapped her fingers. "Felendra Doy! That's got to be it." She grinned at the jackal's quizzical expression. "It's from an old story. It was supposed to be a rescue boat during the Vulpine Incursion 250 years back. I bet that's it." "Well even if they are here just walking up and down the docks is not the way to find them." "Which is why I'm taking us to the Harbor Master's Office, right over here." The cougar pointed and tugged him along then dashed ahead to hold the door open. "After you good sir." Fahd admired how the tight white shorts fit her backside as she ran and tipped his non-existent hat to Celeste as he walked past into the office. "Why thank you kind lady." The lobby of the pentagonal white wooden building was small but bathed in light from the many windows. They stepped up to the counter separating them from the open office space. "Can I help you?" enquired a skinny young jaguar as he peeked around a file cabinet. "We are looking for the boat of some friends." The jaguar nodded vigorously sending his mop of dirty blonde hair flying as he came over. He pulled up a screen on a mount just below the counter and tapped it a couple times. "Their name?" he asked Celeste. The pair "erred" as they glanced at each other sheepishly. "We didn't exactly get their names, but the boat is called the..." "Felendra Doy." Finished the cougar. "The Doy?" The jaguar's head shot up with a quizzical sparkle in his eyes. Celeste had to suppress a giggle. His name tag said Chip and it just seemed too appropriate. "Are they here?" "Oh I wish" he almost sighed. " I'm afraid you're in the wrong end of town. Sure, they tie up here every now and then but the Khalia'ines' keep her moored in the inner harbor. You know, the marina just up river from the fishing fleet. Across from Elias Acres. " "Uhm, I know where the fishing harbor is..." "We aren't really from around here" injected Fahd. "Could you give us the birth number? I'm sure we can find it." "Oh, uh, yeah sure. Just let me check the master data base. That's really a separate operation over there. So do you know the Khalia'ine's well?" "We just sort of ran into them last summer." Celeste thought it best to just bite her tongue. "Some people have all the luck. Here it is. Slip B3... uh, you do know security is pretty strict at that marina. You will need approval to get in." "Approval?" He nodded to Fahd. "They don't like just anyone walking their docks. I can send an entry request to the Khalia'ines' for you through their Security Office. What are your names?" "Fahqad'zir Hareshim." "Celeste Ohlam. But they don't know our names just our, uhm, faces." The jaguars' expression went blank a moment as he just blinked at them. "And you want to drop in on... Well, I guess I can send them your picture." "That should work" grinned Fahd as he put an arm about the cougar to draw her close. "OK." The teenaged feline muttered while working on the screen. Apparently adjusting a security camera image and sending it on. "Is there anything else I can help you folks with? If you need a mooring I can't actually sell you a spot until the Assistant Harbor Master gets back. This office is just an annex. But I could check openings and get you a quote." "No thanks. My ship is taken care of. Come on, looks like we have some walking ahead of us after all." Celeste gave the jaguar a wave as they slipped out the door. He was looking a bit starry eyed again. "Wow. Klek Khalia'ine."

Fahd smirked as they got their bearings outside and headed back to the nearby rail station. "What was that all about? Are those otters some sort of media celebrities?" "Not that I know about" answered Celeste as she reached for the Omnilink in her purse. "Should I check?" The jackal shook his head. "Give them their privacy. Sounds like they are paying for it. Our friend back there didn't act like they were famous axe murderers or anything. Must just be something local. Let them brag about it themselves if they want."

The station was only a short walk from the office and the posted map somehow managed to make the tangle of interconnecting transit systems running in and around Devolon understandable. In just a few minutes their train was whisking them toward a tunnel leading under the hill the central downtown district was built upon and to the inner harbor on the far side. "Why do you think the transit system doesn't wrap around to the other side of the harbor?" Celeste shrugged as she stood holding a hanging safety strap. "You mean beyond the fishing fleet and canneries? Well beside our friends' marina there isn't much over there anymore, other than the back side of the nature preserve. The industrial area's all been moved east alongside the shipping harbor. Sounds like the boat owners like their privacy. Anyway the water taxi should be fun. It isn't like we are in a hurry." "And if it breaks down half way you can just pull off your shorts and swim across." "Hey, this one piece is comfortable, Mr. "Look at me, I'm a tourist in a loud shirt"." His fingers fiddled with the khaki covering his legs almost to the knee. "At least I have pockets, and that looks a little tight" Fahd commented as he eyed the elastic closures straining to keep the slit along the front of the dark blue fabric closed down to the cougars' navel. "But it breathes so well". She grinned and ran fingers over fur bared by the large side cut-outs reaching all the way to the edges of her stomach. "Besides if I know you you'd just strip and dive in no matter what you were wearing." "Maybe." He grinned and stroked her hip, toying with the pair of buttons there. "And maybe we could give the whole boatload a show this time." She slapped his hand away playfully. "You're incorrigible." "With someone like you icorriging me, you better believe it."

The inner bay sparked in the early afternoon sun. The tall buildings climbing their hilly base that formed the glass and steel spires of Devolon's skyline slowly receded as the hovercraft approached the dock at the far side. Much more than just a wide spot in the Bisong River, Celeste was glad they didn't have to swim for it. The most likely outcome of any such attempt in the cougar's estimation would end with her being swept the few miles out to sea. Only a few people departed with the couple. Boat owners by the look of it as only one turned right at the end of the pier, away from the guard shack marking the entrance to the marina. "Looking for the Khalia'ines?" If the blue uniformed tiger behind the security desk was hired to intimidate he was obviously good at his job. His powerful voice had boomed out before the door had even closed behind them. Fahd gave him a nod as they stepped up. He was used to dealing with all sorts of security at the numerous ports he visited. "Unless someone else was using their boat about nine months ago." "Well they don't really seem to know you. We get all sorts in here and NOBODY gets past that gate" the tiger's eyes flashed momentarily to the clear plasteel door barring a short hall obviously leading out to the marina "without positive identification. So if you aren't all really good buddies with 'em I'd suggest you turn around right now " Celeste looked about to huff but Fahd grinned and pointed his long chin toward the wall screen to their right. "Is that why our picture is flagged "Query on arrival"?" The tiger glared briefly but also turned to the picture and pushed an unseen button under the counter. The shot taken in the outer marina office pulsed a few times then shrunk to one corner to be replaced by the face of a familiar female otter. "These are the folks wanting to see you Mrs. K. Do you know them?" The otter looked slightly perplexed as she studied the view of the security office from her end. "I'm not sure... There is something familiar... Have we...?" "Last summer" interjected Celeste. "Off Henning Beach. We just wanted to stop by and thank you for the use of your anchor chain." The otter's expression was non-plussed but her mouth soon bent into a wide grin as recognition set in. "Of course, I remember . Let them in Hank. I think they'll be OK. See you both in a few." "OK Mrs. K. Their scans are reading clean. I'll send them through." The otter winked off the screen and the security door clicked as the tiger turned to the pair. "Berth B3. Head up river toward the bridge. Next to the last dock. You folks like a ride over?" The jackal gave Celeste an enquiring look. "Still glad you didn't wear shoes today?" She grinned and shook her head. "It isn't my feet that are hurting. But let's walk." "OK folks. Have a good day." The suddenly friendly tiger waved them out of the office.

As they approached the gangway leading to the rear of the Felendra Doy the pair could see an otter stretched out on the foredeck in a small white bikini. She was definitely not the Mrs. K on the security office screen but the one just emerging from the rear of the sailboats' cabin as Fahd led the way up the ramp was. The almost transparent yellow sundress the older otter was wearing made it clear that though she may have had a couple decades or more on the jackal and cougar she had in no way let herself go. "Permission to come aboard?" She smiled widely and came forward to offer a hand. "Of course of course. I hope Hank didn't give you too bad a time. He can come on a little strong. This is certainly an unexpected surprise. What brings you all the way out here? The bay isn't all that good for swimming." "Fahd is planet side for a visit this week and it just struck us this morning we should look you up and thank you for your hospitality while we are both in town. Besides it gave us an excuse to explore some of the city." "I wish you could have let us know beforehand. My husband has been off working at the park all morning. I really don't know when he'll be back." "We would have" grinned Fahd "but we didn't exactly exchange contact information last time. All we had was your boats' name to track you down." "And he doesn't even know what the Felendra Doy was." The jackal playfully nipped at the thumb Celeste was using to gesture his way. "You just try memorizing the history and cultures of every planet you visit in my line of work." "Well I'm Malaana Khalia'ine, Mr. Hareshim was it?" "Just call me Fahd, and this is Celeste. "It's a pleasure to meet both of you, face to face that is. Why don't we go in and sit down. And you" she pressed a finger into Fahds' chest "can tell me about your planet hopping." The younger otter was watching them from the bow as they moved to the cabin so Malaana held back to gesture to her. "You can come too." Their hostess offered drinks but they settle for a shared pitcher of ice water. Seating around the table in the galley was tight so Malanna scooted over against Celeste as she poured to make room. The younger otter had thrown a light shawl over her shoulders but it did nothing to cover the bounce of perky breasts in their tiny top as she wiggled into place across from the jackal. The thin white material looked like it would go transparent if it got so much as damp. "Ginger, this is Fahd and Celeste. Ginger is my niece visiting from the islands for a couple weeks. And before you ask about the name she is from my husbands' side of the family." "Aunt Mal!" She rolled her eyes but offered a paw for both the jackal and mountain lion to shake. "These are the two I told you about meeting when we were anchored in Henning Cove last summer." Ginger sat back and looked the pair over with a coy expression. "Oh, so you like swimming do you?" Celeste leaned against Fahd, giving him a nuzzle. "Among other things." The jackals' eyes widen slightly as he felt a webbed foot stroke his left shin. From the angle it had to be Ginger's. "I think they would feel right at home during Hana Hanauna 'Oli" commented Malaana. That got a genuine blush from Ginger. "I've already received two invitations from other university students." The elder otter reached over to take the youngers' hand. "Five months is plenty of time to decide. Klek invited me and proposed the same night. Boy was everyone surprised when we showed up married just a week later and claimed first swim." Celeste whispered to Fahd "It's an otter mating festival," but not quietly enough that the others didn't catch it. "Other species are welcome too" offered Malaana. "Some women specifically invite non-otters if they want to participate but not get pregnant. Kind of reminds me of you two. So nine months later and you are still together. Sounds serious." Ginger gave them a guilty glance before Celeste answered. "Actually we just met the day we went for that swim. This big lug has been off planet until yesterday. We've kept in contact but really we're still just friends." She winked and reached up to scritch the jackal under his chin. "With benefits." Relief visibly spread across Ginger's face but Malaana redirected the conversation before any really noticed. "So Fahd, what do you do that has you spending so much time in space?" "Oh I travel the lonely vacuum bringing joy to all the worlds. Actually I own a small independent cargo hauler. So I mostly go to remote places away from the main shipping lanes or deliver small high priority loads for customers who just don't want to entrust their property to the whims of some of the larger shipping conglomerates. I also pick up some loads on speck if I think I can line up a buyer at the other end." "Smuggling?" Mrs. Khalia'ine gave the jackal a wary eye but he waved his hands in response. "Oh no! Nothing like that! I'm strictly on the up and up." "Isn't it dangerous out there on your own?" asked Ginger. "I've had my fair share of scrapes with both pirates and slavers. Sometimes on really long, out of the way runs I'll take on help. But I keep flying because space is in my blood. When you are out there, 50 light years from anyone it feels like the whole universe is yours. I suspect some day they will find my ship drifting with me still strapped into the command seat and a smile on my face." "Are there really slavers operating in this region again" asked Malaana with a worried expression. "So many rumors pop up and you never know whether to believe the official reports." Fahd's own usual bright expression turned grim. "Your Sahlar Alliance seems to be keeping them at bay in this quadrant. I doubt there are more than a handful of their agents active on Talnos. I just wish the Confederation would be more visibly aggressive in going after them. That type of scum need to be rounded up and tossed into a black hole." Celeste patted the jackal on the back but he shook her off. "My parents were both slaves. They gave up their lives getting me free of it. I can never forget that. The Shelien may just be an unarmed hauler but point me at a slaver ship and I'll happily dump my cargo into them at high-v and turn her to burn what's left from the sky with my engines. Our owner is long dead and I've turned what information I could about his connection over to so called authorities, but too many of them are probably compromised. Slavery is still big business is some places after all, and money from it can travel much farther. If what I gave them ever helped I'll probably never know since so much of the slave wars are carried out in secret. When I was younger, before I got my license, don't think there wasn't more than one long cold night I very seriously thought of becoming a mercenary just so I could go after them on my own. Not that I knew anything about that line of work. The fat old bastard kept his slaves well away from his own mercs just in case we learned how to put a knife in his back. Like that saved him. But he liked to travel with a retinue. I was a young pup and some of the crew on his yacht took a liking to me so I got something of an education in space faring without him even noticing. Enough to find a birth on a freighter despite my age once I was free. I've been flying ever since." He slumped back in his seat and wiped his brow. "Sorry to unload on you like that. Sometime when I think back... But no. You shouldn't have to worry about them around these parts. Pirates..." He shrugged. "Those can pop up anywhere. But they are not well organized around here as far as I've heard. They are just thugs your system patrols can take care of. If you are planning to travel within a couple dozen parsecs you should be as safe as you would be out walking in a strange city." "Have you ever been in space" he asked the otters? "To Mondor Station once" answered Ginger. "It was great!" "Klek and I have taken a couple cruises. Once around the system and one to Belizar and back. What about you Celeste?" The cougar looked a little sheepish. "Devolon is about the farthest I ever get from Hillsden. My family went to your Pa'alatekii Islands once but I was just a kitten at the time. I don't remember it well" "Oh you've got to come back sometime then" squealed Ginger. "If you like the ocean the beaches here are nothing! The coral, the surfing. Sunrise from the rim of one of the volcanoes. Hiding out in a lava tube in the middle of the jungle during a storm." Malaana gave Ginger a surprised look. "What were you doing in the jungle during a storm?" The young otter squirmed and tried to put an innocent face on over her embarrassment. "Out exploring with Kohiklii. Lightning can be soooo romantic... Please-don't-tell!!" Mrs. Khalia'ine gave the blushing otters' arm a pat. "Just between us girls then. And speaking of girls there is one yet to give account. What sort of adventurous life do you lead Celeste?" "A pretty boring one actually. I'm just a glorified shipping clerk for Korknee Pharmaceuticals in Hiilsden. Right now I live alone with my pet flutter ferrets, I practice Tai Chi and do some traveling when I can. Not a whole lot to tell really." Fahd gave her a hug. "She helped me arrange a 12 container shipment of medical supplies to the Beckham system while I was inbound. You're going to make a whole lot of miners happy when I deliver them in two weeks." "Oh but I hear there are some lovely swimming rivers in your area Celeste" interjected Malaana. "Well the otter population does seem to go up in the summer, but we are mostly an industrial town. Electronics, pharmaceuticals, transportation. I guess our tourist season is more in the winter. A lot of people come through on their way to ski country just north. We are close enough for them to stay in town and take a train to the slopes if they want. "Ooo, snow slides! Klek and I should go there some winter and..." The jackal's larger ears swiveled to a sound outside and he turned at the feeling of a slight list of the boat to port. "I'm back. Ready to go?" The elder male otter froze in the companionway at the sight of strangers around his table. "Klek. Remember that nice couple we watched cavorting around the Doy when we were anchored in Henning Cove last summer? This is Fahd and Celeste." Slowly he unfolded himself from the entry but by the time he had reached the table his smile was wide and his hand out in greeting. "Glad to see you, again." Fahd turned to shake the well dressed otters' hand. "You too. Malaana said something about you working in a park today. I thought maybe you were a ranger in the nature preserve, but I don't think you'd be tramping around a swamp in a business suit." The three otters looked at each other and broke out laughing. Malaana was the first to catch her breath. "Oh you really aren't from around here are you? Klek works at Elias Acres." She pointed to the badge on his lapel showing the otters' name bracketed by two cartoon human ears. "He designs all their water rides." "Not ALL the water rides." "Well practically!" "I have protégées..." "All of whom are still lost without you there." "Scream Stream is coming along pretty good. I was just checking the pump placements." Malaana eyed Klek who held up a finger. "I only had to move one." "Well there you have the great Klek Khalia'ine in the fur" gestured Malaana. "Ride designer extraordinaire." "More like in the flannel. Hold on." Klek shrugged out of his jacket and ducked past a curtain at the far end of the galley. His voice drifted out. "Let me just get changed and then we can take the Doy out for the afternoon." "But Klek..."Malaana implored the closed curtain. "Aren't you going to visit with our company?" A whiskered face peeked around the curtain's edge. "You folks have plans for the afternoon? You're welcome to come along. That OK with you Mal? Ginger?" He ducked back without waiting for an answer. Sounds of rustling clothes and banging cabinets drifted out. "Fine with me" grinned Ginger. Celeste called out "We, we'd be happy to." Turning to Malaana she asked "Is he always so... energetic?" "Oh heavens no. You should see him when he's in a hurry."

Watching the otters rig the sail then maneuver the yacht into the main channel and down the Bisong River left both Fahd and Celeste feeling like useless cogs aboard. They stayed in the tiller well with Klek to avoid being swept overboard by the boom while watching the skyline and receding canyon walls on the trip to the open ocean. He enthusiastically pointed out improvements made during a recent retrofit but most of them went right over the heads of the non-sailors. The sailboat passed the shipping harbor and turned north, toward the spaceport. Halfway there civilization suddenly faded away as they reached the coast of the D'neb Nature Preserve. They were paralleling the jungle about half a mile from shore when the sail was dropped as well as the anchor. "Ginger to point!" called out Klek, now dressed in flowery blue trunks. The young woman raced to the bow and leaned far out from the pulpit to look intently into the water. She stood poised like a five foot tall figurehead for several minutes with only her nose and tail twitching. "Akaana School!" She motioned with her hand, eyes never leaving the water. Klek came around the cabin house now carrying a pair of spear guns. Ginger pointed, following a shadow in the water few other species would have noticed. Her voice barely a whisper above the sea breaze. "They're circling. Should be back under the boat in a minute." Klek grinned and quickly shimmied out of his swim suit as Ginger did the same. He handed his niece one of guns and took her bikini, tossing it atop the cabin roof with his shorts. They both climbed over the netted lifeline to poise for just the right moment holding a stanchion, then dove almost silently into the water. Malaana stuck her head up from below. "Would either of you like to help?" The pair were startled out of their reverie by her voice. "Help?" "With what?" "Greens and sauce to go with the akaana of course. We should hurry." They entered the galley to find a variety of fruits and vegetables already spread out on the counter and an iron pot starting to steam on the stove. The pair were put to work immediately cutting, chopping and measuring ingredients into the sauce, all under their hostesses' careful smiling eye. "Their suits" Celeste managed to get in between instructions. "Why did they leave them aboard?" Malaana grinned and shook her head like it was the craziest question she had ever heard. "It's the way of the Islands. We don't get salt water in our clothes if we don't have too. Now hurry up, I think I hear them coming back aboard." Sure enough the two otters came through the cabin door a moment later each holding a fat fish and sharing a towel to clear the worst of the water from their fur. Both were still wearing just a smile. "Make room make room." Klek tossed the towel outside and pushed his way to the sink, taking Gingers' fish as he moved. "I'll have these cleaned and sliced in no time. Get the table set." The silence he was met with finely caused him to pause and take note of the crowded galley. "Right, we'll eat top side then."

A sandbag leveled the pot as the roof of the galley which acted as both dining table and seating. Shabu shabu was such a widespread cooking technique Fahd couldn't help wonder if it predated star flight. He noted that the otters barely got their sliced fish wet, if that. Largely even ignoring the separate dipping sauce that had been put out. Klek offered around a bottle of expensive looking white wine but the jackal declined. Long hours (and weeks) on watch alone had ingrained in him the need to keep a sober head at all times. While he knew plenty of spacefarers who drank, many to their own detriment, a corner of his mind couldn't help distaining it as a dirtsiders' distraction. Celeste sat across the open companionway from Malaana and was watching Ginger as they ate. "You said she was from Klek's side of the family but other than a little around the eyes I don't see that much resemblance." "Her mother is a river otter. Gives her that sleek build." "My little brother was stationed in the Klomarr when he was serving as Home Guard. Said Gingers' mother here introduced herself with a snowball to the back of his head." "And I can throw them better than either of these old fogies" grinned the younger Khalia'ine. "Just come by Hillsden in winter sometime and we'll see how good you are" offered the cougar. "We get plenty of snow."

The gentle swaying of the boat on the waves conspired with a full stomach to draw a yawn out of the jackal by the time the meal had ended. "Why don't you folks take it easy for a bit. Klek and I can clean up and then we can all go for a swim once the food has settled." "Good idea" answered Celeste as she stifled a yawn of her own. She moved with Fahd to the bow were they could stretch out to nap in the warm sun. They snuggled comfortably together and were just starting to drift off when a voice broke through the growing fog. "Mind if I join you?" Celeste just silted an eye and gave the jackal an agreeable nuzzle. He smiled and patted the deck on his right side in invitation to Ginger who quickly slipped into the spot leaving him pinned between two warm females. He smiled contentedly and was soon asleep.

Fahd awoke slowly to the feeling of Celeste's fingers running through his fur. He found she had unbuttoned his shirt and was slowly stroking his chest and stomach. He murmured appreciatively as he slowly took account of his position. Both his arms had slipped under the girls while they slept. His left lay against the cougars' shapely rear. The right... "Sorry." He attempted to move the digits cupped around Ginger's supple breast but the otter gripped his hand and pulled it back into place. "Mmm. Feels good." She murmured and stretched alongside him. He looked left only to find Celeste grinning. "I told you I'm not the jealous type. Besides it's good to see you enjoyed your nap." He followed her gaze down to his tented shorts. Ginger was turned away and couldn't see what they were talking about but her fingers were stroking the back of the paw on her chest. "Nice hands." From the far side of the deckhouse Malaana piped up. "Anyone ready for that swim? I've been stuck aboard all day." She was pulling the sundress over her head as Klek motioned them to come aft. He was rechecking the lowered rear recovery platform when his wife dove in. "Nice hands huh?" Klek gave Ginger a wink. "Really I just..." The otter grinned and waved off the befuddled jackal. "Who do you think suggested Ginger join you? Glad to see you are all getting on so well. Look, I promised her parents I'd see to it she had a good time while she was here. I have a good feeling about you so if you want to help her do that and everyone is agreeable, so much the better. Now out of those clothes you two and everybody into the water!" He leapt over the starboard lifeline, cannonballing into the water right next to a squealing Malaana. Celeste shimmied out of her shorts and pealed the swimsuit from her shoulders letting her full breasts swing free. "So much for being prepared." Fahd chuckled as he shed his shirt and tossed it where they had eaten lunch. When his hands moved to open his shorts however he found Ginger's already there. "Let me help." She pulled down the zipper and popped the button then knelt as she reached around to open the closure over his tail. Her hands stroked the jackals' ass as she slowly dragged the shorts down. The otter smiled up at him when she saw the red tip of his glans still poking from the end of the black sheath. "Because of me?" She looked up questioningly. The now nude mountain lion wrapped her arms around Fahd from behind. Her hands ran down his chest and stomach until one could stroke his sheath as the other cupped his balls. "Because of both of us I think. Isn't that right lover?" She nuzzled his ear and he turned his head to kiss her. "That is definitely because of you" he answered as he felt the thick shaft starting to rise free. Ginger reminded him of her presence by licking a trail of pre just starting to run down from Fahd's tip. She winked up at him then backed away and over to the lifeline. "Bet that would go good with sea water." Leaning on the lifeline and raising her tail the otter shook her ass at the jackal and dove over. "Let's get her" laughed Celeste, pushing him toward the edge. They dove together with little of the grace Klek and Ginger had shown earlier. The water was deep and a little murky. The anchor chain fading away some 30 feet down. Still they could see the otters swimming about and swam after the nearest shape. It turned out to be Klek who let them get within a few feet before twisting and divining deeper. Celeste made to follow when something tickled her foot. She jerked it away and twisted, almost losing her breath, only to see Malaana scooting back toward the boat. The cougar surfaced for air and dove back down. What looked like the tip of an otter tail was poking out from behind the keel. She swam and reached for it only to have Ginger zoom away around the other side. She twisted and pushed off the keel to follow but the sleek swimmer had already taken a fresh breath at the surface and was disappearing into the murk below by the time she had cleared the hull. Off to her left she could see two shapes swimming side by side. Turning back the cougar circled the rear of the boat on the surface. She looked around the port side just in time to see a shape disappearing under water near the prow. Griping the recovery platform she pushed herself straight down and was thrown on her back when her feet caught on Fahd's shoulder as he tried swimming under her from behind. She kicked out attempting to right herself and jammed her foot into the twisting jackal's stomach. He curled up around it, losing his breath in a fountain of bubbles and dragging her deeper. She struggled, panicking and trying to get away. Suddenly she found herself being born aloft by two webbed hands that wrapped around her from behind gripping the undersides of her breasts. She broke the surface disoriented and gulping air. It was Klek she could tell from the bulge pressing against the root of her tail. He held tight as she caught her breath and her wits. Just in front of her she saw Fahd being helped by both Malaana and Ginger. Klek released his grip and swam around beside her. "Nothing hurt I think with you two, but you need to learn a few tips for safe swimming with otters. One. Never try to out swim an otter." "Two" said Malaana, slipping behind Fahd and pushing him until his chest touched Celestes' "Always know where your partner is." "And three" added Ginger as she wrapped an arm around each of the landlubbers and gave them both a kiss on the cheek. "Have fun." Her arms dropped down to pinch the jackal and cougar on the ass and used the grip to push herself below them and swim away. A glance around showed all three otters gone again. Fahd put his arms around Celeste and drew tighter against her. "If we pay attention to number two I think one and three will take care of themselves." Celeste grinned and reached down to grasp the back of Fahd's legs, spreading them apart and pushing herself against him so his sheath rubbed against her stomach. "I think we are pretty good at doing that." He wrapped his legs around her and swam using just his arms until he's backed himself against the recovery platform. Gripping it he rocked against her until his cock had slipped free again and was rubbing along her body. "You can be a tease when you want to, and I like that about you." Celeste reached under with one hand and drew his shaft more firmly against her. "Just who's the tease?" Grinning she took a deep breath and slid underwater. The jackal let out a groan as he felt her lips close around him. The cougar's tongue worked on the sensitive underside for about half a minute before she came up for air. "Ginger was right, it does go well with seawater." "Guess I know my seafood." The startled couple looked to the starboard side of the boat to see Ginger's smooth head bobbing in the waves not far away. "How long have you been there?" "And where are your aunt and uncle." "Long enough," she grinned. "And I suspect they are down on the bottom making love by now. One of the reasons Klek invited you along was probably so they could get a little time alone away from me. You can be very distracting after all." "And have you enjoyed being distracted?" asked Fahd. Ginger blushed and gave him a shy nod. Her voice going very small. "Yes. You are handsome and so, different. I've only ever seen otters doing it before." Celeste smiled at the otter. She had judged her to be about 20 but in this flustered state she looked much younger. Motioning with her head she said "Come on over here". Slowly she swam to the couple. "Since it was your recipe would you like to get a good taste?" asked Celeste. Ginger glanced at Fahd who grinned and nodded to her. Her eyes went wide and she let out a squeal before taking a deep breath and sinking below the water. Celeste had been stroking the jackal the whole time to make sure he stayed hard and the sight greeting her made the otters' heart pound harder. The cougar moved her hand out of the way when she felt Ginger's move in. The otter ran her fingers down the jackals' length and pulled herself to him so she could take him into her mouth. Above the surface Fahd moaned as he felt the small otter starting to bob on his cock. Celeste chuckled and snuggled up beside him. "Is she good?" Turning his head he kissed her. "Not as good as you, but... Yeah!" Below Ginger had started fondling the jackal's balls with one hand as her mouth was filled with his precum. Her other hand wrapped around the base of his shaft as she suddenly felt the urge to pop to the surface. "You have a knot!" They both just had to laugh. Celeste reached over and tapped a finger on the jackal's muzzle. "Canines do you know." "Well yeah. Of course. It's just... I mean I've never... I mean... Well..." The cougar reached out a comforting hand to the embarrassed and sputtering Ginger. "Calm down. It's all right. Are, um... Are you a virgin?" Ginger giggled and shook her head, somehow losing some of her embarrassment over the personal question. "Not at all, but I've only BEEN WITH otter boys. I was kind of hoping while I was in Devolon... Well you heard me talking with Mal about Hana Hanauna 'Oli." Fahd chuckled. "If you are thinking about inviting me I'm afraid I'm unlikely to be within 10 light years of Talnos during Hana Ha... , err, your Festival." Ginger grinned and shook her head. "Just call it Ha Ha 'Oli. But, no. I'm getting invited already. By otters. I'll have all summer to pick someone. But if I do... well Malaana and Klek were married in that time. I don't know what my, condition will be after next fall." "I hardly believe I'm saying this Ginger but, we just met. And I'm kind of taken for the week." Fahd winked at Celeste. Ginger looked down at the water. "I know. I've been a terrible flirt all day. I mean you certainly don't need a skinny little girl butting in between you and Celeste." The jackal let go of the platform with his left hand to raise Ginger's chin. "You are Hardly a skinny little girl. You are an intelligent woman with an incredibly sexy body. Just the kind I love having flirt with me. Under any other circumstances..." "Really? I mean I thought..." She gave out a sigh. "It's just... My aunt and uncle are great and they've been showing me a really good time, but all their friends here are their age and married, and... Well before I go back and I'm surrounded by otters again... and before Ha Ha 'Oli... I was just kind of wanting... you know." Celeste spoke up. "When I was your age in school I did several things, just to see what they were like. I wouldn't do most of them again, but I'm glad I tried." She glanced at Fahd and taking Gingers hand put it back on the jackals' shaft. "I had some wonderful experiences. You should too." Gingers' eyes went wide as she looked between the two but grinned as she started stroking with her hand and moved closer to give Fahd a nuzzle. "I'd really like that." Fahd nuzzled her back and turned it into a kiss as his hand moved down the otters' supple body. "Sounds like the lioness has spoken." Her breast fit his hand perfectly and he proceeded to explore it much more directly than the accidental grope he had given during their nap. He squeezed and rubbed it tenderly then went to work teasing the nipple. Like the rest of Ginger it was smaller than Celeste's but quite hard and pointy when aroused. She moaned into his mouth while he made sure it was very aroused. Celeste was smiling as she watched them. "Salt water and good hands. You're calling it all right so far. Any more predictions?" Ginger pulled back from the kiss and looked down into the water between herself and the jackal, where her hand was still stroking his swollen cock. "Yea. I am going to get stretched SO tight. I think that is bigger than anyone I've tried before." "Too big?" Fahd asked with concern. "I don't want to hurt you." "Only one way to find out" she grinned up at him and threw her arms over his shoulders. The jackal gripped the platform behind him with both hands again as Ginger crawled up his body so they were eye to eye. Wrapping her legs around him she kissed him again while feeling his erection rub over her mound and slip back between her legs. "Let me help." Celeste dipped under and crawled down the couple's bodies until she was looking up at their soon to be union. Pushing Gingers' tail out of the way she took hold of Fahd's shaft and maneuvered the end until the pointed tip slid between the otters' well spread folds. Placing both hands on the healthy otter hips and pulling down the cougar pushed herself back to the surface. Ginger was moaning and gripping Fahd's shoulders with both webbed hands. "Just a couple inches and he is thick already." The otter started rocking herself up and down. Apparently driving herself very slowly down the canines' penis. "Oh... The end is pointed like an otters' but the shape is so much different." Celeste could tell from the expression on Fahds' face that he was trying hard not to thrust up into Gingers' apparently tight pussy. Comfortingly she rubbed the girl's back. "There's no rush. Take your time. Let yourself get use to him." "But he's right against my special spot." Ginger groaned and tightened her legs, pulling herself further down Fahd's fat cock. "It's even tighter, and the shaft is rubbing me." She flexed legs again. "How can the whole length rub so hard on the same spot? Oh you feel so good!" Celeste reached under to run a finger along Fahds' underside to find less than two inches exposed before she touched Ginger's tightly spread lips. The otters' legs squeezed the jackal again and that gap disappeared. The cougar could feel the last of the hard red canine flesh slide into the otter and pulled her finger away as it was pinched between pussy and sheath. "That's sooo deep." Ginger kissed Fahd hard as she wiggled with him completely embedded in her tight snach. Taking a deep breath through his nose the black jackal let go of the platform and wrapped his arms about Ginger before they slipped beneath the waves. Sliding his hands down the sleek otter's back he cupped her tight ass and lifted to pull half his length free. She tried to stop him by clamping down with her inner muscles but stretched as they were already this did little. They both had juices flowing and the lubrication alone was enough to let him pull out. She was not deprived of his fullness long however as he immediately began to thrust, fucking her hard and fast despite the tightness. She tried to squeal, blowing bubbles and then locking her heels behind his thighs as she attempted to pull back down and match his motions. The feeling of nearly his whole shaft rubbing the entire length of her stretched vagina was intense. And the balls now bouncing up against her ass as he squeezed it just drove her lust. She could feel his knot starting to form again and tried to pull back down on it when the jackal started to struggle. Sensing his need Ginger wrapped a hand around the back of Fahd's head and twisted her own to better lock lips with him. His eyes went wide and he loosed a billow of bubbles at the feeling of her plunging tongue but she held tight and blew air into his burning lungs then used her legs and tail to help him climb back to the surface. Fahd sputtered and gasped as he emerged with Ginger still clutching him tightly. "Are you all right?" both otter and mountain lion asked in unison. "Yeah. That's just a lot easier in zero-g where you can still breathe." With one arm wrapper around Ginger the jackal reached out the other hand and hauled himself back to the edge of the platform. "I see what Klek meant about not trying to keep up with otters." Celeste came over and nuzzled Fahd while making sure he was OK. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea." Ginger nodded but reached out rub her hand over Fahd's chest. "We could try it on the boat. That would be different for me too." Fahd nodded and only then realized he was still deep inside the otter. Grabbing her ass again he lifted and slid down, both their eyes half closing at the feeling. "Don't worry. It won't be gone long." He grinned and motioned with his head to the deck. Celeste managed to scramble onto recovery platform first to help the other two up. As they made their way forward a pair of heads was spotted bobbing in the distance. They all waved but Ginger also motioned her relatives back under water. "They can have their own fun." The cougar chuckled and adjusted the glasses she'd recovered from her pile of clothes then suggested Fahd lay back down where they had taken their nap. "You stay over there a minute" she motioned to Ginger then sunk to her knees beside the jackal. "I'll get him ready for you again, and have my own fun." She grinned up at Fahd. Slowly Celeste lowered her lips around him. He had softened and half slipped back into his sheath but didn't stay that way long. The feline's tongue came out to play along Fahd's swelling flesh as her fingers teased his sheath and scrotum. Celeste took delight in feeling the fullness of his balls as well as the fullness in her mouth as blood flooded back into the cock. Fahd stroked her wet hair and shoulder while she sucked up the pre starting to ooze from him again. Ginger was seated, leaning against one of the pulpit's supports, watching them intently. A paw slipped seemingly unnoticed between her legs as the otter squirmed and started to pant. Her own juices were welling up and dripping with the sea water onto the deck. She half moaned half squealed when she saw Celeste draw her mouth up, still connected to the tip of Fahd's cock my a wet string, and give her a wink before lowering into place once again. The cougar ran one hand up the black furred chest, keeping Fahd from squirming too much. The other planting itself firmly on the deck for support as she bobbed along the red length. Pulling up she nibbled on just the tip, being sure her head was angled so as to give Ginger a good look before sinking all the way to the jackal's base. She swallowed, letting Fahd feel that his glans where lodged in the lioness' throat. Then up she slipped again until that was all that was in her mouth. She held him there, her paw coming off the deck to stroke the shaft, squeezing more pre up into her hungry maw. Fahd's knot was just starting to show again when Celeste sat up. She smiled at Fahd and gestured him to stay in place before standing and stepping over to Ginger. The young otter tore her gaze from the throbbing member but looked up questioningly and stood when the cougar offered both hands to help her up. She chirped in surprise however as the golden cat pulled her into a hard kiss and her eyes went wide at the taste of jackal pre being transferred into her mouth. The stunned girl was easy to turn and maneuver backwards over the reclining canine. She sunk to her knees at Celeste's guidance and felt the cougar reach down to again guide Fahd's penis to her dripping slit. She moaned around a mouthful of jackal juice and feline tongue while that incredibly slick pointed head spread her tight passage again and Fahd's large hands gripped her hips to draw her slowly down all the way around his shaft. The cat drew back slowly. Their mouths connected for a moment by saliva and pre. Then she smiled and licked her lips clean. "Move." Ginger nodded and closed her eyes. Slowly she rose, feeling the walls of her passage tugged by that oh so thick canine cock. That oh so wonderfully thick cock. She stopped only when the rim of his glans caught inside the tight muscles at her opening. "Aah." Reversing direction she sank down again. Savoring the feeling of the long slick slide. And when she bottomed out... Yes his knot really was forming. She ground her clit against it before rising again, slowly. It was so different from the mad ecstatic rush of otter lovemaking she was used to. But it felt right with the jackal somehow. She reached back as she lowered herself again. Wanting to feel him with her hands. His paws caught hers. Supporting her as she leaned back. The new angle making Fahd's shaft rub even harder against her g-spot. Ginger gasped as his growing knot stretched her already tight lips even more. "Hmm. Looks like someone is really getting stuffed." Celeste's finger touched Ginger's swollen clit. Stroking upward to draw the taught flesh of her hood away and really make the sensitive tip stand out like an even smaller version of one of her hard nipples. Gasping the otter pulled back, sliding up the fat shaft and exposing it also to the cougar's touch. Gulping she lowered herself down again only to find the feline digit still waiting for her. The feeling made her muscles contact around him, pushing her off the knot and back up the turgid length. This time she drove herself down purposefully to grind against that finger, no now two fingers, and get Fahd's knot back in her. Her stomach contracted at the feeling of just how deep he was reaching in her. Ginger thought she could feel the sharp tip slipping over and past her cervical bulge to lodge against the back of her tunnel instead. She pushed herself back up, trying to move faster. The sensations making it harder to concentrate. There seemed to be motion beside her. Celeste shifting around to the right. A thumb coming into play on her clitty as well. Rubbing it as she rode Fahd harder. And then a feline tongue licked the otter's nipple. She threw herself upright and ground down hard on that seemingly impossible knot that somehow buried itself in her body when the jackal thrust his hips. It dragged her back down with him, her tugging useless to free it as it swelled completely inside her. And then he was cumming. Pumping her full of more sperm than she thought anyone could hold. Hard blasts that set her yipping on top of his howl. And Celeste's fingers helping drive her through one orgasm and into the next. Ginger felt herself starting to fade and fell back unto Fahd's chest, jamming the base of her thick tail painfully before she could move it out of the way. The jackal was breathing almost as hard as she was but still wrapped comforting arms around her. She reached down to feel herself. Their union was wet but incredibly nothing seemed to be leaking out. The lump of his full knot inside her told why. Reaching higher she thought she could feel the shaft inside her belly along with a pool of trapped cum. The small otter relaxed back against the large canine, savoring the moment. Enjoying the feeling of him still inside her. Arching a little when his hands started to caress her breasts. Celeste sat next to them smiling. "Feels good in there, doesn't it?" Ginger nodded and grinned back. "Unbelievable." The mountain lion had to stifle a laugh at the otter's reaction when Fahd's fingers moved to the pointed little nipples. "He can be insatiable, can't he?" She patted Ginger's knee and stood. "You two relax, I'm thirsty." Celeste came back a few minutes later with a sports bottle she had dug out of the galley to find Ginger still squirming on top of Fahd as his fingers teased her. Tapping him on the forehead she offered the jackal a sip of ice water. "Better leave some of that for me later lover boy. I think our hosts want to weigh anchor soon." "What makes you think so?" he asked as the water was passed to ginger. "They said so." Celeste grinned and nodded aft. Ginger sputtered the water and gave Celeste an embarrassed grin before looking down to where Fahd still filled her. Twisting her lithe body the otter gave him a kiss. "Thank you. This was great, but how do we get apart?" Celeste gave them both an evil grin. "Like this." Ginger shrieked and they both scrambled to get away when cold water was dribbled on their union. It worked however. Fahd's knot collapsed enough for the otter to pull free. Fahd rested against the deck house panting while Ginger caught her breath as she sat up near the edge of the deck. "What a dirty trick." Their glairs at Celeste didn't last long against the innocent face she gave them, fluttering eyelashes through her large glasses. A moment later they were all laughing uncontrollably. Ginger had almost caught her breath went the sight of the large milky pool of fluids growing between her splayed legs set her off again. "Good times for all I see" intoned Klek as he came around the deck house. He saw his niece roll to her knees and get up grinning, giving him a nod. "A great time." Following her glance to the puddle the elder otter grinned back. "Looks like you have a deck to swab tonight young lady." Winking he added "With your tongue." She wiggled and licked her lips. "We should really be getting on soon, but you still have time for one more quick dip to rinse off." He looked at Fahd and the matted fur of the jackal's crotch then back to the liquid dripping down the inside of Gingers thighs. She smiled and stepped over the lifeline. "I'll be back to help in a minute." Celeste took off her glasses and walked to Fahd as the otter slipped back under the waves. "Come on, let's not let this dry." She rubbed his messy sheath again and led him over the side.

"So what hotel are you staying in?" asked Klek. They were starting the return voyage now. The boat having been sailed farther out to sea in order to take advantage of shifting winds. All aboard were dressed once again. Fahd and Celeste having each taken the offer to rinse the worst of the salt from their fur in the small freshwater shower below deck. They were sitting across from the otter in the tiller well again. "Corvic Regency Towers" answered Celeste. "I wanted to get us a good view of the ocean." "Well then I should probably drop you folks off at Briggs Marina. It's going to be slow going working back up the Bisong tonight. You should be able to get home easily from there, and there are good restaurants on the way." "I can't thank you enough for your hospitality." "Piff" spat the otter. "It was glorious having you two aboard today. I know Ginger was especially pleased. No, any time you or Celeste are in town feel free to call. I'll give you our contact information when we tie up. You were lucky finding us on the Doy today. Maybe next time I can show you the house." "I'd like that" smiled Celeste. "You folks are hanging around all week? What are you up to next?" "We were actually thinking of going to Elias Acres tomorrow. I haven't been there in a few years and Fahd has never been." "Well what could be more perfect! Listen, you can be my guests. I'll put in a call and have a couple of free tickets waiting for you at Will Call in the morning. Gold Dining Pass and all. I'm likely to be pretty busy tomorrow but if I can slip away for lunch I'll let you know." Celeste leaned forward and gave Klek a hug. "Thank you!" The otter chuckled. "I should be giving more tickets away if it gets me hugs from such pretty girls."

They tied up not far from the office where they had first gotten directions that morning. On her way to get out her Omnilink for Kek Ginger caught up with Celeste. "Thank you for letting Fahd... you know." She blushed and Celeste gave the otter a hug. "We all had fun, and I know how it can get some times. Feeling better now?" The otter shifted, rubbing her thighs together and glancing around to see if anyone was in earshot before whispering. "Something like that normally wears me out, but now that I've had time to think about it, well... I think I'm hornier than ever." She blushed as the cougar nuzzled her and whispers back "I know how you feel. If you need to disappear into the head for a few minutes I won't tell anyone." She left with a grin to go find Klek. Ginger sighed and wandered onto deck only to find Fahd waiting by the gangway. She wrapped her arms around him. "Thanks again for this afternoon. You don't know how badly I'd been needing that." He hugged her back and gave her a kiss. "Glad to show you a good time. I'm just sorry I won't be back for Ha Ha 'Oli." "Me too" she answered and kissed him back. "I'll miss you." "Keep in contact and let me know how it goes." She nodded and stepped back as Celeste approached followed by both Klek and Malaana. "OK we'll all keep in touch" said Malaana as she put an arm around both the jackal and mountain lion. "You two enjoy the rest of your vacation. And be sure you get a good spot for the Fireworks tomorrow. It's a great show this year." They assured her they would and headed off, but Celeste paused once they were on the dock. "Hold on" she asked Fahd and stood on her toes to whisper to him. He nodded and headed for land. Turning back to the boat she called "Malaana. Would you mind if Ginger comes ashore for a few minutes? I'd like to show her something." She saw them confer and Ginger ducked into the cabin. "Will it take long?" Mrs. Khalia'ine called back. "Ten or Fifteen minutes maybe." "Go ahead" Klek told his niece who had tied a sarong around her waist. "We'll be ready to cast off when you get back." She followed Celeste toward the Harbor Master's Office getting no real answers to her questions of where they were going. Fahd was standing in the doorway smiling and motioning them in. An otter just a little younger than Klek was seated behind the counter this time wearing a blue nautical uniform. He was busy going over some sort of reports and didn't look up. The jaguar who had helped them that morning did. He was standing at a desk putting things into a backpack. "Hi. Your boyfriend caught me just in time. I was filling in for someone. Normally I'd be home by now." "That's OK" answered Celeste. "We won't keep you long. I just wanted to thank you for finding the Felendra Doy." "Oh. That's alright. It's what I do here. Help people. But if you have any more questions the Harbor Master is here." He nodded to the otter who glanced up then looked back at his screen. "Actually I did have a question." Celeste was leaning on the far end of the counter from the otter, smiling at the other feline and getting his attention with her cleavage. "How old are you." The jaguar seemed a bit taken aback. "Uh, nineteen. Why..." Still smiling the cougar straightened and motioned Ginger forward from behind her. Coming up she also gave the jaguar a smile. "You were so interested in the Khalia'ines this morning I thought you might like to meet one. Chip, this is Ginger. Klek Khalia'ine's niece. Ginger, Chip here told us how to find our way to you earlier today. Like he said he can be Very helpful." Ginger reached across the counter to offer her paw. "Helpful and cute? It's nice to meet you Chip." Shyly he came forward looking at her hand like it might bite before shaking it. "Nice... nice meeting you too. Ginger." It didn't escape the notice of either woman that his eyes where having a hard time coming up higher than Ginger's skimpy bikini top. "Why don't I leave you two here to get acquainted." Celeste patted Ginger lightly on the back and whispered "Don't forget your aunt and uncle expect you back sometime." Silently she moved off to join Fahd. "So you're really related to Klek Khalia'ine? Wow..." was the last they heard before slipping out the door. Malaana was watching from the deck of the Doy so they gave her a wave and pointed to the office before starting the walk back toward their hotel. "What do you want to bet he's a virgin?" grinned Celeste. "What do you want to bet he's not by the end of the week?" retorted Fahd. "How about end of the night?" Laughing they hugged each other and walked into the gathering twilight.