An unexpected turn of events - (attn Sari/Tyler)

[Tyler Durnham]

What Christophe had to say was rather enlightening. So, Sari had originally invited him to come up in the morning, though which morning was uncertain. Honestly, Tyler doubted it would have been this morning, as that would have meant the Frenchman would have been included in all the fun the woman had lined up for him today, and he’d gotten the distinct impression that it had been organised for him alone. Which, if that was the case, meant he’d originally been invited for Sunday morning. Which meant that sometime today, Sari had called him and asked him to come early.

If that was indeed what happened, well, it would be very interesting. The only reason he could see for that, with how well things had appeared to be going, was that things were actually going too well, and she had been worried about being alone with him for any longer. Which meant he was even closer to having her than he had thought. Now all he had to do was sit through dinner, play along with whatever she came up with tonight, and get Christophe out of the picture.

His plan, his reasoning behind bringing up the other guy’s girlfriend, did backfire on him however, when it was revealed his ‘competition’ was newly single. It wasn’t the end of Tyler’s plans, of course, he was certain he would have no trouble charming Sari first, but still, it potentially meant that the girl’s attention was divided, something he just could not have. He’d have to make sure the girl’s attention was solely fixed where it belonged. And besides, anyone who Sari had thrown a pie at honestly couldn’t be even competition for her affections.

“Dress up?” Tyler queried, starting to see that the worse was not behind him. Sari really seemed to be in her element here, bossing him around, making him jump through hoops. He couldn’t wait to finally get her into bed, see just how fiery she was. He wasn’t exactly thrilled at this particular hoop, playing dress ups, acting out an unknown scene, for the enjoyment, perhaps, of the tribe, didn’t sound like a fun Saturday night. But hopefully the results would be far worth it. “Actually, I had a couple of hours practice today, I’ve gotten fairly good at using a bow. But don’t worry, I’ll go easy on you.” he told Christophe with a laugh.

“Well, as a matter of fact, there are a few girls I could introduce you to around here, if you’re interested.” he offered. Keep the guy busy elsewhere, and that would leave Sari well and truly to him. He would have to remember to thank the girl later for the good idea. Then he followed both into a tent, and he couldn’t help but smirk at Sari’s next order. “You’re telling me to do that a lot lately.” he teased, before being ever so obedient and starting to do just that.

A play...well, a play couldn’t be too bad. They would probably just be given lines to read, or something like that, which wouldn’t be all too difficult. He could manage that. As long as it didn’t involve him dancing around again, he was sure no one wanted that. “Just a friend. Right.” Tyler agreed as he pulled off a shirt. “So, it’s standard practice for you to make out heavily, and often, with all your friends? Interesting.” He couldn’t help but getting that last part in, and he offered Sari a smirk, before turning to Christophe once more. “I have to say, though I think our lovely Sarissa’s enjoyed it more than me, it’s rather enjoyable, staying up here.”

Cold was exactly what he was, and he had to agree with the other guy’s assessment, Sari was most definitely stalling. “Yes, hand them over.” he laughed, running a hand through his hair. “I mean, if you wanted to get me half naked again, there are other ways of doing so. Though, this is pretty creative, I’ll give you that.” Tyler admitted with a grin. “So, can we get dressed? Sometime tonight would be good, thanks.”

[Sarissa Zouvelekis]

"I am sure she will speak to you. I mean it would be rude not to. Besides you are a nice guy. I am sure she will soon see that the gossip is just that, gossip." Sari said. "It means nothing, but unfortunately some people just listen to it. Just ask Tyler I am sure he hears a lot of gossip." She said smirking as she teased Tyler just a little.

"Perhaps I am stalling, but you are not seeing what I am seeing. Can you really blame me. I am just shocked neither of you asked me to leave." Sari said. "Well Tyler wouldn't, but I am shocked at you Christophe for not asking me to leave. You little devil." She said laughing as she patted his shoulder.

"Tyler I don't need to ask you to strip. You do it no matter what. Just put me in front of you and the clothes come off." She said to him giving him a look. Sari was about to say something when Tyler mentioned the making out. She turned to look at him. "is that jealousy I sense. Someone sounds awfully possessive. Perhaps I should make out with Christophe since you just talked about me and making out with my friends." She joked.

She eyed Tyler shaking her head playfully. She knew why he said it. There was no denying that. Something about it did sound possessive and Sari wondered if Tyler actually felt threatened by Christophe."Don't listen to him, Christophe. He feels threatened." Sari said joking, her voice playful.

"Creative huh, so if I said there were no costumes, and I just wanted to see if you both would strip what would you say?" Sari stayed quiet for several moments , a serious look on her face. She just wanted to see what the guys would say. She couldn't help it. With Tyler's comment it was almost to easy to say it.

Once she got the reactions she busted out laughing. "Oh that was good. So good." Sari said. "Okay, so hunter and prey. Tyler you get the Indian Mask to your left. Christophe the animal mask to your right. Clothes wrack for you Tyler is right here. A nice traditional Indian male outfit. Move clothes then you had on before. Christophe you get the animal skin."

Sari pointed out, "Be thankful you are the prey, woman fall for guys who get hurt they just want to comfort them back to life." Sari said with a nice playful grin. man this was actually difficult. Balancing both guys, but it was kind of fun. for her anyway.

[christophe]

When Sarissa said something about making out with him Christophe’s eyes widened in surprise. He had to admit the concept was very appealing but then again it was pretty obvious she was just joking... more’s the pity. But Tyler felt threatened? By him? That came as surprise number two.

So he got an animal skin to wear. That was more than welcome as the evening air already held a chill that bit through to places chills had no right to go.

“Hurt?” He swallowed. “No one mentioned anything about getting hurt,” he protested. Sarissa winked and that alone told him she was still teasing. He relaxed... a little. There as still the worry that Tyler might be taking this a bit more seriously than either of them realised. After all, if he really DID feel threatened what better way to get any rival out of the way than by making sure he as injured? No, Christophe felt sure Tyler wouldn’t do anything like that.

He hoped! In spite of the enticing mental image of being nursed by any of the girls he’d already seen around the camp Christophe had no great desire to end up hurt in any shape, manner or form. That said, physical pain was far easier to take than its emotional counterpart but he knew he’d get over Lia dumping him in time. Maybe this weekend was just what he needed to kick start that off?

He donned the animal skin and mask, wondering if he looked as odd as he felt. Sarissa wasn’t laughing, though, so maybe he didn’t look so bad. By now Tyler and dressed in his own clothing and they were ready for the hunt.

Ï hope I at least get a head start,” Christophe commented on a short laugh. If it sounded a mildly nervous laugh then all things considered he could perhaps be forgiven.

[Tyler Durnham]

“I can’t comment on gossip. Because, regardless what you think, I don’t hear much of it.” Tyler pointedly told Sari, with a smirk on his face. “I try to be above such things. All I hear is flattery. It’s really much nicer that way.” Of course he heard gossip, more than he would prefer, but that couldn’t be helped, no with the circles he ran in.

He couldn’t help but laugh at Sarissa’s rather apt appraisal of him. He wasn’t shy when it came to near or full nudity. Really, he had no reason to be, in fact, if anything, he had the perfect reason to show off his body every chance he got. He looked great, and so he should, he put a lot of work into looking that way, and that effort was rather appreciated by the many women he occupied himself with. So of course he wouldn’t turn all shy or embarrassed now, and ask Sari to turn around. It was pointless.

Raising an eyebrow at the comment, the footballer shook his head, hoping that Sari really wouldn’t follow through on that at all this weekend. “No, it’s okay, you don’t need to go to that extent. Though, next time you go out with some of your female friends, please, invite me along, I insist.” he laughed. “And I’m not possessive, not by a long shot. I was just happily reminding you of things you seemed to have forgotten.”

He wasn’t exactly thrilled that she (rather wrongly) pointed out that he was threatened by Christophe. Of course he wasn’t, he could easily beat the guy for any woman’s affections any day. But he didn’t want him to think that he may have thought otherwise. Seriously, no one provided any real competition to Tyler.

He really wouldn’t have been surprised if it was all a ruse for Sari to make them strip, if really, there were no costumes. And so he started at her for a few moments until she laughed. “Tease.” Tyler chuckled, no wasting time in getting dressed as soon as she pointed out the clothes for him.

Once he was dressed, holding onto the mask, he almost wished that he’d gone the prey route instead. Christophe looked a little warmer than he did. But the most important thing was that he looked good, and judging from Sari’s expression when she looked at him, he most certainly did. “Don’t worry, like I said, I’ll go easy on you.” Tyler chuckled, as he looked from Christophe to Sari. “So, are you going to tell us now what we have to do, or just throw us straight into the deep end?”

[Sarissa Zouvelekis]

Would Sari make out with Christophe? If he wanted to yes she would. However, she was aware he just broke up with his girlfriend, so she was not about to go there. Besides Sari had a feeling Tyler's lips had already claimed her lips for the night. The night was still young, so much had yet to be seen. The rest of the conversation went rather interesting. As soon as both men were dressed Sari led them out.

The play as you may call it was not that long, only half an hour. The elder, or chief spoke the story all Christophe and Tyler had to do was act out the scenes. Some scenes had them running, others jumping, some fighting. But the last scene had them standing back to back to show the unity of hunter and prey. once it was over everyone clapped and yelled yay. Christophe and Tyler were told to go get dressed.

As soon as both boys were done Sari entered, "Tyler you already met the chief. Christophe this is the Chief." Sari introduced. The chief bowed his head Slightly and looked at both men, "My people thank you, for taking the honor we bestowed upon you to tell a story was all hold dear in out hearts. Mohini has spoken highly of both of you, so any friend of hers, is a friend to this tribe. Thank you Christophe for gracing us with your presence. Like Tyler here I hope you find us as welcoming and as friendly as you have been thus far. Now time to eat. Tyler it has been a pleasure to have you here. I do hope Mohini does not scare either of you away."

The chief left. sari smiled at both boys. "I must say I am impressed. usually he does not speak to new comers. Tyler can vouch for that, cause you are about to get the same treatment he did." Sari smirked and warned Christophe. She moved to leaned the way. Sari bumped Tyler, "For once its not you in the hot seat."

Dinner had gone the same way. The chief grilling Christophe with questions. Some embarrassing others not. On the other side a few girls engaged Tyler in flirty conversation. Sarissa was left just looking back and forth between both men she was sitting between. After dinner The trio retired to a near by camp fire set up, with a blaze already going. "How was dinner? You both were pretty occupied."

[christophe]

Dinner went well with Christophe spending its duration in deep conversation with the chief of the host tribe. Their mutual accents made it tricky at times but they managed to get by. Christophe emerged with a far greater knowledge of the tribal culture and the chief came out of it armed with a few phrases in colloquial French. All in all it proved to be a most satisfactory exchange.

He, Tyler and Sarissa wandered away from the main fire to s smaller one where they sat down together. “Dinner was great,” he replied to her question. Ï didn’t know so much of today’s life here lay in tradition and legend. The chief is a most interesting man and I hope to be able to talk with him some more in the future as there were a couple of things he told me that I would like to hear more about.” Christophe's deep love of anthropology was well know to Sarissa and he never grew tired of expanding his knowledge.

“Sarissa... “

“Hmm?”

“I didn’t expect to be coming here tonight and so.... I.... ahh... I didn’t reserve anywhere to sleep. I know I have my car but the back seat is far better used for a purpose other than sleeping,” he said with a wink. “Do either you or Tyler have a couch... or some floor space... If not I guess its the back seat for me!” Or he could sleep out under the stars... That was always an option but knowing his luck tonight it would rain!

[Sarissa Zouvelekis]

"I have a feeling this place might have a new frequent visitor..or two. Who knows." Sari said. "If you both remind me I can give you contacts numbers. Feel free to come out here without me. The tribe loves to share their vast amount of knowledge with outsiders. Only problem is they have like one phone so getting through might prove difficult, but a surprise visit is never unwelcome. They are always quick to accommodate."

Sari smiled and her leg lightly bumped Tyler's for a brief moment. She turned her attention back to Christophe as he spoke. "No way you are sleeping in your car. Please. i invtied you and I have made sure yuou have a place to sleep." She assured Christophe.

"The room Tyler and I are in has two double beds. I am sure Tyler will let you share his, although i think he is a bed hog, so if that happens feel free to jump into my bed." Sari said for a moment with a very serious tone and face. She busted out laughing as both boys gave her the same, "are you crazy" look. She could not help it.

"Oh my god, you both should have seen the look on your faces. i mean he and you and he..and then you..both looked so..." She was not making any sense through the laughs. Finally Sari calmed down and once again looked at both boys, "Was that not funny. Damn i thought it was." She smirked. She saw the look Tyler was giving her. She would pay and Sari had a feeling she would not mind it one bit. Poor Christophe just looked confused.

Sari sighed, "there is a pull out couch in the room we are staying in. Its not that bad to sleep on really. Or you can have the spare room right next to ours. Its like a hotel, we would share a door inside the room, but the room would be all yours. Your choice really. But I know I would not mind the company." Sari said as her foot tapped his.

Tyler was being oddly quiet and Sari pulled out her phone and typed him a quick message, "I look forward to your revenge." She sent the message to Tyler.

Then Sari typed a message to Christophe, "Thanks for coming out on short notice. I owe you." She sent that message as well. Sari could have said the words out loud, but it might have made people feel awkward so she left it at this. Sari had not thought this through. She had two gorgeous men here. One she was obviously had something going on with and another who she was trying not to have feel like the third wheel. It was hard. She just hoped she was doing a good job. "Ready to call it a night. Come on Christophe I will show you the room."


Sari stood and grabbed the pail of water to put out the fire. Then she began leading Christophe back to the room, but stopped and turned. "Tyler you coming?"

[Tyler Durnham]

The play hadn’t been anywhere near as bad as Sari had led them to believe. Just a bit of prancing about really, a bit of running and jumping, and hopefully not a lot of looking stupid. Then soon it was over and done with, and judging from what seemed to be genuine reactions, he and Christophe didn’t perform too badly at all, not that it had been a difficult task entrusted to them, but still. He took pride in everything he did, after all, which was probably why at least partially, women so enjoyed being with him.

The Chief seemed rather pleased with them too, the man soon made clear, Tyler not having realised how big of an honour it was meant to have been, the two of them being chosen for it. Something Sari seemed to have left out. And so, knowing that now, he wasn’t entirely surprised the honour was bestowed upon him, as the elder had put it, he had been making quite an impression since his arrival here. He was slightly put out that Christophe, who just arrived, was granted the same privilege too, though he didn’t show this.

“And believe me, I’m grateful for that.” he grinned at her comment about him being saved from the hot seat. “And let’s just see if you scare me away.” He was laughing still as they made their way to the table for dinner, the footballer soon finding his attention stolen by a few of the tribe’s rather pretty girls. And, being the nice guy he is, he indulged them, flirting with them as much as possible during the meal, though when he could, he returned his attention back to Sari.

“Dinner....well, it was rather enjoyable.” Tyler commented with a slight smirk, knowing that Sari would have already realised his thoughts on this. He then let Christophe fill her in on his own thoughts, while he himself watched the fire, stretching his legs out in front of it, occasionally letting his hand graze the girl’s thigh.

But then came mention of sleeping arrangements, and he snapped back to attention, this being a particular area of interest of his. Like the other guy, he stared blankly as Sari for her first suggestion, automatically coming up with a dozen reasons why the two of them sharing a bed was a very bad idea. And he would have been more than happy to explain them all in great detail too, if she hadn’t soon made clear that it was a joke. Thank god for that.

“No, it wasn’t funny.” Tyler warned, a smirk on his face. The other options were a big improvement, though there was only one he would really be happy with. Sure, having Christophe on a pull out couch would keep them from sharing a bed, but it also seemed likely to keep him from sharing a bed with Sari, and that would far from impress him. He hoped the guy had enough sense to see where he wasn’t wanted and choose the other room.

Hearing the rather familiar message tone on his phone, he checked it, hiding his smile as he realised it was from Sari. So that’s what she had been doing with her phone before. He quickly sent one back, “Trust me beautiful, you will love it. Tonight.”, before tucking the phone back into his pocket.

Nodding, Tyler gave both of them, though Sari in particular, a grin before hopping to his feet. “I’m coming.” he agreed, jogging a few steps to catch up, before falling into formation by her side.

Tag for wrap?

[christophe]

Christophe had to agree with Tyler in that Sarissa's comment had definitely not been funny! Ok, it was as soon as he relaised she'd been joking and he threw her a pained smile in response. He quickly thought over his options... The foot tapping incident was very much to the fore. Had she been trying to tell him to take the couch? It felt that way to him... If Sarissa had been attmpting to tell him to take the spare room surely the tap would have been more of a kick... wouldn't it?

He couldn't shake the feeling that this was what she wanted though... added to the fact that she'd sent that text a few moments ago, thanking him for coming down like this. 'I owe you'... She was grateful her was there and he sensed there wqas more to this than he first thought.

He glanced at Tyler and could tell which way he wanted the decision to go! Didn't that make it all the more fun to opt for the couch, knowing it would piss off Tyler? Sure, he liked the guy but... He grinned. "The couch it is then... and thanks, Sarissa. I hope you don't snore!" If he'd made the rong choice he'd find out as soon as he and Sarissa were alone. He could easily take the spare bedroom then and give the pair their privacy.

He wandered after Sarissa, not at all sure his decision would go down all that well with Tyler but... it was only one night... right?

(wrapped then and thanks guys!)

[Sarissa Zouvelekis]

I am going to call this wrapped so i can do the morning thread...btw Christophe slept on the couch,