Looking around, not only was Sebastian looking at me curiously, but everyone else either had their head tilted to the side or had this particular look where their eyes were opened wide—making their eyebrows rise at the same time—as they were in full attention. In any case, I would be speaking out of my ass right now but with Nature's Butthole over there, I guess I won't be too far off the subject.
I started as I took a short breath, "If we have some time, we should start exploring those other levels or at least a short radius around this area. You see, cave systems usually don't work that way unless there's a mudslide of sorts or something similar."
JP interjected, "A mudslide inside a cave?"
I shrugged my shoulders, "Call it a cave collapsing unto itself, it doesn't matter, but it did follow a hole, tunnel, or a cave, sure, that led to that huge turd popping out like that. Twice. And yeah, we're not even sure that that's a cave... you know, initially. I thought it was at first but aside from calling it Nature's Butthole, Nature's Garbage Chute could also fit perfectly well..."
"Because?"
I looked at everyone else puzzledly but weirdly at JP, "You do know— I mean, you fucking know how buttholes and garbage chutes work, right?"
"..." he looked like he was this close to punching my throat.
"In simpler terms, they're an exit channel. And yeah, before you fucking freaks mention anal, there! I did it all for you, sheesh... Remember what I said about them possibly hiding inside a cave or a cave system instead of a home?
This could be proof or evidence of it but since mudslides and the like only travel downwards, the place we're looking for could be a few levels up or further up this steep path."
Isaac interjected, "So, we're close?"
I turned to Sebastian, "How long does it take to climb this mountain?"
"Hmm~ We did so before but it took us three— no, about four days in total. The Madam was with us, bless her heart, but if I was alone or with my colleagues, I'd say we'd reach the peak in two to three days. Nice view, I might add..."
Hearing that, there was a mix of reactions because, with the time we had left before departure, we should've at least spent some of the days we were here to reach the peak.
And even though we could probably do it right now, we weren't equipped to do such a thing, and watching out for traps and the like while looking out for an indented area or another cave entrance would most definitely slow us down.
On the other hand, I thought Sebastian would look disappointed from this failed(?) run but he didn't look disappointed at all.
He looked like he was deep in thought for a few seconds before he turned to us with a smile:
"My lords, it's still a little early but I think that this is a good stopping point. I believe we've done all that we can and doing more would be more wandering at areas that looked the same."
"Are you sure, Sebastian? We still have a few more hours."
"I do, my lord. I've ticked out more checkboxes from the list of things I have to do to accomplish my goals than I could imagine in these few days with you all. If I was alone, it would've taken me months to reach this point, and even though— Hmm~ You know what? I shouldn't talk about my affairs at this time.
But what I am about to promise on your last day—tomorrow, is a day of pampering for all the hard work you've done. Take it as a spa day of sorts."
'This guy really~ has a lot of secrets, doesn't he?'
But any normal guy would, they looked at me with reverie, hate, admiration, jealousy, and whatever the fuck was between those examples. I didn't even bother passing it off like it was nothing or like it was an achievement because that would just open a can of worms I tend to avoid.
I was in a weird situation where I was kinda suffering from success though I'd rather have this topic only mentioned in the "safe zone" as Cynthia coined before because there were different connotations—good and bad—that come out of it.
With that said, the drive back to Sal's estate was without any incident though everyone was itching to get into the shower.
I forgot to mention the face Nancy made when she got a whiff of us once we were all huddled up in my Raptor, and even if it was only for a few moments, we felt embarrassed because everyone wasn't only stinky from the sweat but also the forbidden particles that got onto us from taking care of the corpses.
But yeah, showering with a bunch of women in a cramped space would be trouble—even if it was in a good way—but this time, I would love to take my time soaking in a tub alone or just with Kaley by my side.
There was just this awful way the smell of shit and whatever the fuck it was stuck in our skin that a simple bar of soap and water couldn't easily fix.
Though funnily enough, everyone else from our "group" had their priorities in order so Kaley and I had the bathroom to ourselves as everyone else did their own thing from the other vacant rooms.
Kaley and I were just soaking in the tub with this fragrant bath bomb she tossed in while music was playing on my phone:
"Hey..."
"Hmm?"
"Alexa told me she'd try things out with Seb again..."
"For real? That's good—"
"Hold that thought. She mentioned it when I told them you wanted to just bathe with me but the thing is that she still wants to you know... do things with us. And get this... she said she wanted no sex with Seb for a good while first as we were still doing things with her..."
"But is Seb okay with that?"
"I don't know... She's gonna tell him later..."
"Kaley..."
"Hmm?"
"I do like to gossip a bit but I wanna relax now, don't you?"
"Ah— I was really caught off-guard from what she said but at least it's better now because they're talking— Ah, I did it again... Sorry..."
"Don't be, I still love hearing your voice though... Can we talk about something else? Like how useless all that makeup is to you because you already look good without them?"
"Pfft... Doofus... I do put a little at a time, okay? But sure, we can talk about something else but how about we do 'this' too?"