She had taken a half dozen or more long, brightly colored scarves and wrapped them around her lush curves. One was tied bandeau style around her breas...s, another was tied in a sash low on her hips, and the rest were tucked into the sash to form a skirt front and back. Her hips were quite exposed, and so was most everything else as she moved around the fire. She looked exotic, and quite erotic.After the boat touched shore and the rest of the women climbed out, Captain Jimmy got up and pulled it. I gave Tami's knee a squeeze, then stood and started making my way down the bleachers. Robbie had been sitting with Cody and some of his friends. She hugged me when we came together on the floor along with the rest of the team. We formed a line behind Mr. Reed.As the cheerleaders finished, Robbie and I stepped forward and did rock, paper, scissors, though we'd prearranged who would go first. Robbie's rock destroyed my scissors and she stepped up to the mic."Eight teams play tonight. The Rebels. Hebreathed in water. Struggled not to. It was in vain. In his panic, henearly didn't feel the hands grabbing him. Dragging him upwards. Thenthere was air. He tried to breathe, but something didn't allow it.Someone heaved him onto a boat and there turned him to the side. He threwup water and gulped for air. That was all he could do for a moment. Onlywhen he calmed down he heard the many voices around him chanting incelebration."A new Oracle was chosen. Blessed be the Oracle."Hands lifted him up.. The book explored relationships between, as the title hinted, gods and monsters. It proposed that more so than humans, monsters held a closer bond with gods as the many varied forms of monsters matched that of the gods. The author brushed aside arguments of the serene presence of the gods as a matter of perception, not of intrinsic nature. If a god wanted to scare humans, they could and often did.While it pleased Vix to read of such an open view of monsters, it put a nasty taste on his tongue.