Each pirate, starting with Captain Black, had to strip completely naked, hand his clothes to the women, and then get dressed again after they had gone...through them. One pirate refused to undress. The Guard Captain nodded at the nearest Guard, and he stepped up with his sword and ran him through. The women had to strip the body but they didn’t seem to mind the extra work, and after that they had the pirates toss him over the side.There were no more arguments after that. We weren’t going to kill. Am I pretty? Am I beautiful?" Yes, you are. Very pretty. Very beautiful." Then, watch."She stood and a couple of feet in front of me, gradually undressed. First, her soft, high necked sweater, then her slacks. She took a deep breath, and peeled off thick, warm tights. I could see the first evidence of her abuse; small, round, white scars on the tender skin of her inner thighs. A silk blouse was next, revealing more scars, some round, others straight lines. They were not glaringly obvious, but,. .. well, more than just a little...Realizing both Catalina and Bonnie were trolling for a rise out of him, he decided the best thing to do was to play as dumb about this as he really was. "I never heard of a comic character named Lum. I seem to recall there was a radio show by the name of Lum and Abner back in the thirties, but I don't know anything about it." Oh, no," Bonnie smiled. "Lum is a popular anime character. Boys just go wild over her." Anime? What's that?" Japanese cartoons,". It meant he had better security when monsters got a bit more aggressive. The head of the branch happened to be mostly retired; she was a mage that specialized in ice magic and had a moniker to match. In fact, most of the guild building, including the adventurers, was staffed by women. In their nation, Ircoet was mostly patriarchal, but females had a few freedoms most wouldn’t expect, even more so as Adventurers. Being just a twenty-minutes from guild premises, and the inn being the older.