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Ain't it beautiful?

When we got close to
Finally we saw it right before we landed on it.
Mr. Butterfly and I grabbed our carryon bags and waited for what seemed like forever to get off the huge plane and made our way through the airport to baggage claim. We waited for our bags and snagged them off the carousel and made our way to customs and immigration. Once clearing that, we made our way to ground transportation to meet José.
Fortunately, he was holding a sign with our names on it, so we located him easily. He was young, cute and cheerful. José was going to be our translator, guide, technician, mountain climber, security guard and porter on this trip. We had to assemble a team of people who could assume multiple responsibilities to cover our needs. José could speak the language and knew his way around the country, so we sent him for training in mountain climbing and the technical aspects of botanical collection to fully utilize him on our team. We did the same with other members as well. Mr. Butterfly and I had also gone for some training in mountain climbing at certain points in our field experiences.
“Buenos días Señor y la Señora! I am José. I am pleased to meet you.”
“It is so nice to meet you José! You can call me Sue and this is Mr. Butterfly.” We all shook hands.
“My truck is just outside. Let me grab your bags and take you for a quick tour of
We followed him outside and there was an off-white Toyota Land Cruiser. We stowed our gear in the back, and we all sat up front on the bench seat. Off we went for our tour of
We saw the Plaza Grande,
The
The Presidential Palace,
La Compania de Jesus which has more than 1 ton of gold in leaf and other decoration used in the interior,
And a typical street scene.
Then we began to drive northeast towards Baeza and our base camp in the Mindo cloud forest. Some of the roads through the
Now that there was no conversation, José began to think of his teenage love, Trella. Her skin was as soft as cream, not like the Señora, the medico
It was another morning cappuccino at the Foundation for Understanding Nature in
“You want to grab a latte and go to the café?”
“Sure Sue!”
With that he stood and off we went towards the node, where the small coffee stand was. He bought his from the attendant, who had substituted a photo of Greta Garbo for her own on her photo ID without security noticing, and we found some seats in the airy atrium space.
“Gosh it has been so long since our trip to the
He said “I think so. My luggage is feeling ignored. It has never been this long since between trips before.”
“What do you think is going on?”
“I don’t know. We keep running into trouble when they send us out. That could be it.”
“Yeah, I guess. In the Amazon, we both had a spot of trouble, in
“I remember. But each time they send us out, we still come home with results. I mean in the Amazon, we came home with a possible cure for HIV, we did a great job in
“Yup! I don’t know what they are thinking. But, I think it has been long enough, and we should ask.”
“I agree!”
Just then, Dr. Gutekunde strode up and joined them. “Hey, how are my two favorite field scientists?”, he said, giving Mr. Butterfly a hard slap on the back.
“We were just wondering when we were going to see the field again.”, said Mr. Butterfly as he recovered from the slap. “And how are you Dr. Gutekunde? And how is our pet compound?”
“Ah, I am well thank you! Not to worry, you two will be back in the field before you know it! We have a special trip planned for both of you. But first and update on our compound. The scale up is going well and I don’t think the difficult synthesis step will be a problem. The safety studies were begun on time and should be completed in three months. No significant safety issues have been noted so far. Human protocols are written and we should be first in man by then. Try to think of name for it. So it is all good news for the compound.”
“That’s great Doc!”, I said.
Mr. Butterfly smiled and nodded. “Hmm. A name, I’ll have to think about that. ‘Mr. Butterfly’s HIV cure-all and lube’ How does that sound?”, he said jokingly.
“Very funny.” And I gave him a finger poke in the ribs.
“Ow!”, he said comically.
Dr. Gutekunde just smiled at our antics.
“Now,” he said, “for your next assignment. So, have you been studying up on new orchid species Dr. Fairview?”
“Why yes. Do you mean the ones in
“Hmm. Actually I was referring to the ones in
“Oh boy! I’m going to get to see Teagueia in their native habitat!”
“Yes, that’s true.”
“And me?”, said Mr. Butterfly.
“You my boy are going to get a look at the rare butterflies and moths of the cloud forests of the
“Oh boy!”, we said in unison.
* * *
Several days later, the trip was shaping up. Our flights were set with American Airlines from
So it was, that we would be in
Readers: Please help to come up with a name for the new compound from the Amazon. Please submit your name in the comments.
At the end of our five days in the field, we all gathered back at Ernst’s house. Ernst was there to greet us with a big smile and his bright shiny green eyes. He had already heard about Odji’s demise and had some news of his own. Apparently, Akbar had been executed by hanging while we were out in the field. We just shook our heads. Egyptian justice meted out. I would have been more than satisfied with a life sentence. But it wasn’t up to me. Roble looked pleased with this outcome. Ernst had hired the two harem workers that Roble and Mr. Butterfly had given testimony to help. He said they were hard workers.
We went into the house and over chrysanthemum tea discussed how we would deal with our finding more of the new species that were first discovered in
Mr. Butterfly and I were faced with the daunting task of packing for our flight back home tomorrow morning. This trip was certainly our longest ever. I began by organizing my things on the bed. Nuri came in and asked if he could do any last minute laundry before I left and I gave him a couple of things from the past five days in the field. I thanked him for being such a good guy and he left. Right behind him was Ernst. He came in and sat on the bed.
“Let me make this easy for you.”, he said. “I don’t want you to feel that you owe me anything for housing you these past two weeks. Please don’t feel that owe me anything as your host, most certainly not when it comes to who you sleep with tonight. If you want to sleep with Basim and not me, that is fine.”
I sighed. “Oh god, Ernst, I don’t know what to say.”
“You will have to say something eventually.”
“What can I say? But, thank you, you have made it easy for me. I had no idea how to broach this with you. Thanks for being so understanding.”
Then I walked to where he was sitting and gave him a big hug. The fact of the matter was that while I was with Basim for five days, we had gotten closer and I didn’t want to betray that by being with Ernst again. But how could I tell Ernst about it without pissing him off? When did trysts get so complicated anyhow?
* * *
Meanwhile in Mr. Butterfly’s room, Nuri had just left with his laundry and Roble came in and locked the door behind him. Mr. Butterfly looked up and said “Locking the door this time of day? What does that mean Roble?”
“This is what I am thinking. I have been brutally raped. My assailants have met with justice and are dead. I need you to make me whole again. I trust you to take me as a man takes a man and love me gently, the way it is supposed to be done.”
“If I understand you correctly, you mean you want me to top you?”
“Precisely. Please, if you will. That is what I would like you to do for me.”
“Are you sure you are healed enough?”
“Yes, I am sure. Please do this for me.”
“Um, that is so not a problem Roble.”
With that, the young explorer moved closer to his entomologist lover and kissed him full on the lips. Roble opened wide for it and their mouths locked as their hands began to feverishly undress each other. As their skin became bared, the breeze from the window felt wonderfully cool on their nakedness. Clothes dropped away exposing pectorals, obliques, abdominals, butts, and erections. Hands began grasping and groping while pleasured sighs escaped their mouths. Nipples were sucked and twisted. A condom was donned. Roble was gently laid on back on the bed with his legs in the air and the young explorer aimed his erection at Roble’s exposed brown pucker. Already lubed up, he gently pushed his way in and watching Roble’s face he could see that it wasn’t hurting so bad during the entry.
As a matter of fact, Roble was enjoying it quite a bit. Quickly, the young explorer kissed Roble while they made love. His erection slid easily in and out of Roble and it felt so good to the young explorer. Roble was also transported; his eyes were rolled back in his head. Then Roble began to speak.
“Oh god. Please fuck me harder, just a little bit harder now. It won’t hurt me. Harder please!!!”, he exhorted Mr. Butterfly, placing emphasis on the last please. So, the young explorer, who had been being careful, now threw caution to the wind and began to pound away at Roble’s fine specimen of an ass. He lost himself in what he was doing, lost himself to all sensation in his dick, in his groin. It was as if all of the feeling in his body was centered there. Damn! It felt so good!
He could hear Roble begin to moan with pleasure and he opened his eyes to look at the beautiful man lying underneath him.
“God, I’m not going to last much longer.”, Roble said.
Mr. Butterfly was too out of breath to reply as he neared his climax also. He could feel his semen rise out of his testicles and pour forth heatedly into the condom in spurts as he busted his nut. There was no feeling on the planet quite as pleasant. Roble must have been aware of it too, because he came shortly thereafter all over himself. The young explorer collapsed on top of Roble with his exertion.
Both men caught their breath and slid apart slightly to look into each other’s eyes.
“Thank you. I am whole again.” Then Roble bent forward a tiny bit and kissed the young explorer on the lips.
The young explorer replied “It was my pleasure.”, and he winked and then he smiled. Then they just hugged each other really tight.
* * *
That night, I slept with Basim and once again we had our gentle and orgasmic love making. I was on top this time. I could only get about two thirds of Basim’s huge erection into my pussy, but he was just that big. Fortunately, it was also enough for Basim’s pleasure. But all of the contact inside me drove me wild and I came multiple times. Fuck, that guy was such a turn on!
Basim was curious as to how I had excluded Ernst from my bed and I explained that Ernst had been the one who was understanding and mature and came forward to make the offer. Basim was surprised, but relieved. I was tremendously relieved myself. He held me for the last time that night. I was going to miss him really badly. Maybe I should consider settling down. Sigh. Nah.
* * *
The next morning, we said heartfelt our farewells to Ernst, Nuri, Roble, and Basim and thanked Ernst profusely for his hospitality. Then, Basim took us to the
Once on the plane, I turned to Mr. Butterfly and said “I don’t know about you, but I’m glad to be going home.”
“Me too.”
“I’m going to miss Basim though.”
“I’m going to miss Roble.”
We held hands across the armrest and had a little cry together and it felt really good.
Courage, strength, fortitude. Power not arrested in the act of judgement, but passing on to further action, sometimes obstinacy.
This is a card of courage and energy. It represents both the Lion's hot, roaring energy, and the Maiden's steadfast will. The innocent Maiden is unafraid, undaunted, and indomitable. In some cards she opens the lion's mouth, in others she shuts it. Either way, she proves that inner strength is more powerful than raw physical strength. That forces can be controlled and used to score a victory is very close to the message of the Chariot, which might be why, in some decks, it is Justice that is card 8 instead of Strength. With strength you can control not only the situation, but yourself. It is a card about anger and impulse management, about creative answers, leadership and maintaining one's personal honor. It can also stand for a steadfast friend.