#carmine esclados

[hadesisqueer]

How many queer characters are there in RWBY? I remember Blake, Yang, May, Pilot boy, Ilia. Is there anyone I missed?

In the whole franchise (show, books, anime), we got, CONFIRMED:

Yang Xiao Long (sapphic)

Blake Belladonna (bisexual)

Ilia Amitola (lesbian)

Coco Adel, from team CFVY (lesbian)

Scarlet David, Sun's teammate (gay)

Nolan Porfirio, Sun's NEW teammate (gay)

Saphron Cotta-Arc, Jaune's sister (sapphic)

Terra Cotta-Arc, Jaune's sister in law (sapphic)

May Marigold (transgender)

Carmine Esclados from After The Fall (sapphic)

Shion Zaiden from IQ (non-binary)

Curious Cat, Somewhat, several other characters from the Ever After (non-binary)

Then are those who are not confirmed but are implied, like Velvet. Even Cinder can be considered implied due to a joke from RWBY Chibi, but that could be just that, a joke lmao

[everyones-berry]

commissions by @powertaco and @swagmagussupreme

commissions open

[ryuto12]

My New V10 Predictions

Cause like it’s not if it’s when, this is VIZ we’re talkin about

Yang is going to hit Raven with enough backhanded comments to make absentee bird mom take damage

Coco is either going to insult the shit out of Emerald or just hardcore flirt with her

Carmine Esclados and her new employment found under a witch trying to end the world

And some point Yang and Raven have some really peaceful quiet moment where things are okay and Raven attempts to inquire about her and Blake, and Yang either basically tells her we’re to stick it or they actually have a small bonding moment

Qrow and Raven tag team fight scene

Anxious Nora hug, not a fast one. Not quite believing her eyes and being so scared seeing her found family again that it might be a dream

Weiss having some complicated feelings realizing Jacques is dead cause like, she hated him and he was pathetic but fuck he was still her father

Sun bouncing off the walls with the need to show Blake around since she showed him the cool spots in Menagerie so now it’s his turn

The Summer Maiden either fits in perfectly with Raven and Winter or is this glowing ball of sunshine next to the cold as her namesake specialist and deadbeat bandit filled with plot secrets

Ruby yoinks Raven and is like “yoooooo drop my tragic backstory”

Whitley character growth (if crwby gives him raggedy ass ripped jeans my prayers worked he deserves to finally break away from the perfect Schnee look like Winter and Weiss already did)

JNPR dorm scene

[brokentrafficknight]

Now have rusted knight Jaune be bullied by a cabal of redheads

So it turns out this show has a lotta redheads

[therealmofamorus]

Ask

Original au

College: Roomate au

So Jaune since there’s been a mix up with room and board what’s it like having to bunk with a girl as your roommate? Same question for Carmine.

“I used to share a room with my twin. Though, I seen her less dressed than Carmine.” Jaune replied with a bashful smile and a red cheeks.

X-xx-X

“I have one world to say about him. Fuck-able~!” Carmine said with a lustful expression as she thought about the cute blonde stud.

[thesoulbonder]

The Knights

Hey peeps!

Here are my designs for Carmine Esclados & Bertilak Celadon!

Ever since I saw Carmine’s official design I’ve wanted to redo it, because her original design is a crime against humanity and it’s one of the worst things I’ve ever seen

So I redid Carmine using her description in the book, and figured I’d do Bertilak, too, since the poor guy got literally nothing after the book was published

I really wanted to lean into both of their allusions to the Red Knights & the Green Knight respectively, so I gave them (specifically Carmine) a bunch of different armor pieces, and now they kinda match with their silver colors, albeit Bertilak’s is rusted

I also wanted to highlight them being described as total opposites outfit-wise, since Bertilak is described to not even look like a Huntsman because of his outfit, whereas Carmine is clocked as a Huntress with one glance from Coco

Anygay, that’s them <3

I guess I’ll do Team SSSNN next, but that’ll be after I finish reading Before the Dawn lol

Individual Designs under the cut <3

[howlingday]

Gillian: I don't care how blue his eyes are, or how his pants form well to his shape, or how built he is! I am not attracted to jaune arc!

Jax: ...

Carmine: ...

Theodore: ...

Jaune: (Clears his throat, Blushing)

Xanthe: And, once again, Ms. Asturias, no such allegations were made.

Gillian: (Huffing, Blushing)

[marcmarcmomarc]

In honor of the announcement that RWBY has now found a home at Viz Media, I present “One Day More” sung by Ruby and Salem’s groups.

(In Shade Academy, Ruby Rose puts on her new Vacuo clothes and grabs Crescent Rose.)

RUBY: (SINGING) One day more Another day, another tough mission While global unity is coming to fruition This can still turn bad on a dime But we can stop it all in time One day more

(At Salem’s base, Mercury Black sits alone.)

MERCURY: I did not live until today How can I live when we are parted?

RUBY: One day more

(Emerald Sustrai and Mercury sing together, but distant.)

EMERALD AND MERCURY: Tomorrow you’ll be worlds away And yet, with you, my world has started

(Velvet Scarlatina also sings alone.)

VELVET: One more day that I have shown

EMERALD AND MERCURY: Will we ever meet again?

VELVET: One more day with her not seeing

EMERALD AND MERCURY: I just want to be with you

VELVET: What a life I might have known

EMERALD AND MERCURY: And I swear I will be true

VELVET: But she’s not even aware

(We cut between Ruby’s Solidarity gearing up and Raven Branwen contemplating.)

YANG: One more day before the storm

RAVEN: Do I follow where they go?

BLAKE: At the barricades of freedom

RAVEN: Shall I join my brother there?

WEISS: When our ranks begin to form

RAVEN: Do I stay or do I dare?

RUBY: Will you take your place with me?

RUBY’S SOLIDARITY: The time is now The day is here

RUBY: One day more…

(At her base, Salem addresses her inner circle.)

SALEM: One more day till mass destruction We will nip it in the bud We’ll be ready for these children They will wet themselves with blood

CINDER: One day more…

(The villains get giddy.)

TYRIAN: Watch them run amuck

CARMINE: Catch them as they fall

TYRIAN AND CARMINE: Never know your luck When there’s a free-for-all

JAX: Here a little dip

GILLIAN: There a little touch

JAX AND GILLIAN: Most of them are goners So they won’t miss much

(At the refugee camps, Rowena Sunnybrook’s section of Ruby’s Solidarity gear up.)

RUBY’S SOLIDARITY: One day to a new beginning Raise the flag of freedom high Every man will be a king And every girl will be a queen There’s a new world for the winning There’s a new world to be won Do you hear the people sing?

(In Shade, Raven joins the gang.)

RAVEN: My place is here I fight with you

(Qrow, Taiyang Xiao Long, Yang, and Ruby regard Raven thankfully for finally turning around.)

RUBY: One day more…

SALEM: We will join these people’s heroes We will follow where they go

EMERALD AND MERCURY: I did not live until today

TYRIAN AND CARMINE: Watch them run amuck Catch them as they fall

VELVET: One more day all on my own

SALEM: We will learn their little secrets We will know the things they know

EMERALD AND MERCURY: How can I live when we are parted?

JAX AND GILLIAN: Here are little dip There a little touch

RUBY: One day more…

SALEM: One more day till mass destruction We will nip it in the bud We’ll be ready for these children

TYRIAN AND CARMINE: Watch them run amuck Catch them as they fall Never know your luck when there’s a free-for-all

EMERALD AND MERCURY: Tomorrow you’ll be worlds away

VELVET: What a life I might have known

EMERALD AND MERCURY: And yet, with you, my world has started

RUBY: Tomorrow we’ll be far away

RUBY AND SALEM: Tomorrow is the judgement day

(Rowena and her section head to the city. Salem and her inner circle walk to a balcony, as do Ruby and her faction.)

RUBY AND SALEM’S GROUPS: Tomorrow, we’ll discover What our Gods in Heaven have in store One more dawn One more day One Day More

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Starring the voices of:

Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose

Yuri Lowenthal as Mercury Black

Katie Newville as Emerald Sustrai

Caiti Ward as Velvet Scarlatina

Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long

Anna Hullum as Raven Branwen

Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna

Casey Lee Williams as Weiss Schnee

Jen Taylor as Salem

Jessica Nigri as Cinder Fall

Jessie James Grelle as Tyrian Callows

Carrie Keranen as Carmine Esclados

Matt Mercer as Jax Asturias

Jessica DiCicco as Gillian Asturias

Additional Voices (main members of the Remnant Alliance):

Dawn M. Bennett as Elm Ederne

Sena Bryer as May Marigold

Ashley Burns as Coco Adel

Burnie Burns as Taiyang Xiao Long

Mica Burton as Arslan Altan

Tiana Camacho as Glynda Goodwitch

Dani Chambers as Iris Marilla

Cam Clarke as Bartholomew Oobleck

Aaron Dismuke as Oscar Pine

Michele Everheart as Fiona Thyme

Dave Fennoy as Dr. Pietro Polendina

Gavin Free as Scarlet David

Caitlin Glass as Willow Schnee

Samantha Ireland as Nora Valkyrie

Michael Jones as Sun Wukong

Mick Lauer as Marrow Amin

Cherami Leigh as Ilia Amitola

Marissa Lenti as Joanna Greenleaf

Jason Liebrecht as Qrow Branwen

Miles Luna as Jaune Arc

Joe MacDonald as Yatsuhashi Daichi

Aaron Marquis as Nolan Porfirio

Elizabeth Maxwell as Winter Schnee

Max Mittelman as Fox Alistair

Josh Ornelas as Sage Ayana

Neath Oum as Lie Ren

Tara Platt as Kali Belladonna

Anairis Quiñones as Harriet Bree

Jon Risinger as Bolin Hori

Zeno Robinson as Nadir Shiko

Anthony Sardinha as Peter Port

Kerry Shawcross as Neptune Vasilias

Keith Silverstein as Professor Theodore

Melissa Sternenberg as Maria Calavera

J. Michael Tatum as Klein Sieben

Cristina Vee as Robyn Hill

Howard Wang as Whitley Schnee

Kent Williams as Ghira Belladonna

Erin Winn as Reese Chloris

Anne Yatco as Xanthe Rumpole

Additional Voices (Salem’s Faction):

Major Attaway as Hanlon Fifestone

Kira Buckland as Rosa Schwein

Ray Chase as Argento Pocoron

Emily Fajardo as Trifa

Rebecca Honig as Mina Lavender

Nick Landis as Yuma

Derek Mears as Corsac Albain

Mike Pollack as Marton

Laura Post as Beatriz "Lady Beat" Browning

Lucas Schuneman as Amoncio Glass

Stephanie Sheh as Umber Gorgoneion

Patrick Seitz as Vermillion Raddock

Roger Craig Smith as Sil

Kyle Taylor as Perry

Jeannie Tirado as Khaki

Maggie Tominey as Deery

Yong Yea as Bram Thornmane

Additional Voices (Rowena Sunnybrook’s section of the Remnant Alliance):

Orion Acaba as Harold Mulberry

César Altagracia as Crimson & Xiong Goons

AmaLee as Ivy Thickety

Yssa Badiola as Ciel Soleil & Branwen Tribe Bandits

Laura Bailey as Amethyst Arc

William Ball as Saber Rodentia

Brian Beacock as Roch Szalt

Laila Berzins as Starr Sanzang

Grace Bono as Nebula Violette

Matt Bragg as Branwen Tribe Bandits

Jen Brown as Red Haired Woman & Lisa Lavender

Reba Buhr as Lily’s Younger Sister

Billy B. Burson III as Branwen Tribe Bandits

Paige Campbell as Dew Gayl

Bruce Carey as Captain

Clifford Chapin as Shay D. Mann

Joy Charlotte as White Fang Troops

Chilled Chaos as White Fang Troops

Luci Christian as Lil’ Miss Malachite

Greg Chun as Green

Alfred Coleman as Merchant

Trevor Collins as Branwen Tribe Bandits

Gio Coutinho as White Fang Troops

Alfredo Diaz as Xiong Goons

Jeremy Dooley as Mantle Faunus Refugee 1 & Branwen Tribe Bandits

ElainaExe as White Fang Troops

Adam Ellis as Cardin Winchester

Dorothy Fahn as Slate

Melissa Fahn as Lily

Emily Fajardo as Branwen Tribe Bandits

Erin Fitzgerald as Rae Noire

Scott Frerichs as Mata

Flynt Flossy as Flynt Coal

Jim Foronda as Russet Ka

Sandy Fox as Ariadne Guimet

Grant George as Ivori

Christopher Guerrero as Dudley & Blacksmith

Claire Hogan as Octavia Ember

Victoria Holden as Mata’s Mother

Holly HollowTones as White Fang Troops

Matt Hullum as Xiong Goons

Chad James as Asher Mora

Xanthe Huynh as Claret Berbere

Willem W. Keetell as White Fang Troops

Chris Kokkinos as Fenix Nemean, Spider Bodyguard 2, Branwen Bandit 1, Crew Member 2

Mikaela Krantz as Sapphire & Aqua Arc

Anjali Kunapaneni as Cye Ayu

Ariel LaCroix as White Fang Troops

Skye Lafontaine as Olive Harper

Nick Landis as Xiong Goons & Branwen Tribe Bandits

Judy Alice Lee as Ruda Tilleroot

Mela Lee as Caroline Cordovin

Marissa Lenti as Oscar’s Aunt, Shovel Mom’s Kid, & Branwen Tribe Bandits

Stan Lewis as White Fang Troops

Erica Lindbeck as Jade Arc

William Lopez as Xiong Goons

Joel Mann as Drunk Mann

Mar Katoto as White Fang Troops

Jamie Marchi as Azure & Aqua Arc

Bryan Massey as Bertilak Celadon

Dustin Matthews as Drinking Buddy

Ryan Mitchum as August Caspian

Kyle McCarley as Sky Lark

Mike McFarland as Mayor

Lani Minella as Rowena Sunnybrook

Cassandra Lee Morris as Kandi Floss

Ray Narvaez Jr. as Branwen Tribe Bandits

Kim Newman as Higanbana Waitress

Richard Norman as Xiong Goons

Fiona Nova as Female Fox Faunus

Brooke Olson as Mantle Child

Colleen O’Shaughnessey as Thumbelina Peach

Bryce Papenbrook as Russel Thrush

Penny Parker as White Fang Troops

Jack Pattillo as Hei “Junior” Xiong

Paul St. Peter as Edward Caspian

Kyle Phillips as Nubuck Guards

Anairis Quiñones as Councilwoman Camilla

Geoff Ramsey as Xiong Goons & Branwen Tribe Bandits

Eden Riegel as Elektra Fury

Sam Riegel as Finn Asturias

Cindy Robinson as Ann Greene

Mallorie Rodak as Cinnabar Arc

Patrick Rodriguez as Shopkeep, Cyril Ian, & White Fang Troops

Kristi Rothrock as Zure Ayu

Andrew Russell as Kobalt

Ian Russell as Mossius Berbere

Alejandro Saab as Dove Bronzewing & Henry Marigold

Kerry Shawcross as Pyke Rite

Lindsay Sheppard as Saphron Cotta-Arc

Jamie Smith as Terra Cotta-Arc

Gus Sorola as Fiona’s Uncle & Xiong Goons

Laura Stahl as Roane Ashwood

Christine Stuckart as Grandmother & White Fang Troops

Jenn K. Tidwell as Carmella Lindt, Shovel Mom, Spider Bodyguard 1, Branwen Tribe Bandits, & White Fang Troops

Alexis Tipton as Bianca Prisma

Tom Fawkes as White Fang Troops

Maggie Tominey as Miltia & Melanie Malachite

Isaiah Torres as Xiong Goons

Meg Turney as Neon Katt

Red Van Buskirk as Fox Woman’s Kid

Natalie Van Sistine as Cerise Claire

Luis “Paco” Vazquez as White Fang Troops

Sarah Weems as Mantle Faunus Refugee 2

Kimberly Woods as Olive Gashley

Laura Yates as Arrastra Skye

Mylissa Zelechowski as Gwen Darcy

Molly Zhang as Mikado Lem

Yunhao Zhang as Crew Member 1

Derrek Ziegler as Matte Skye

[dragynkeep]

actually though talking about after the fall

behold our dark skinned queen!

[williamjesus1805]

Hey folks, all good? Well, I decided to post this because I felt I would forget about it. I'd never show this. Okay, a bit of context, I'm working on my final college project, needed to clean up my Google Drive cloud files. That's when I found pages of a comic I made in 2021. I was just starting college, had just finished "After Fall," a book focusing on Team CFYV. I'm a huge fan of Red Dead Redemption and had watched a movie called "Walk. Ride. Rodeo." about a girl, Amberley Snyder, who becomes paralyzed but continues participating in sports, specifically rodeo. I had a creative moment – why not create a story like that?

First, my OC's name was Amberley Oakley, honoring Amberley Snyder and Annie Oakley. But then, I decided on the name Juliet Morgan. Julia, named after my niece whom I adore, and Morgan after Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption.

The story goes like this: Juliet is a vacuum bandit who never had a chance to shine in life. Despite having an unlocked aura, her face was never revealed. She learned to fend for herself, becoming a gunslinger for a criminal gang. One day, after accepting a job for Carmine Escalados, she was betrayed. Carmine tried to kill Juliet, thinking she succeeded, but Juliet survived, losing the use of her legs. What seemed like the end turned into a mystery because only after becoming paralyzed did she discover her semblance – Glyphs, the same as the Schnee family. Why? That's the mystery that motivates Juliet to try to start anew!

Unfortunately, I haven't finished a single chapter, only three pages. I even used Juliet as a mascot on a YouTube channel. I still think about continuing the story. What do you think? Anyway, thanks for the attention, big hug!

[desertpyre]

A character redesigned of Carmine Esclados from RWBY after the fall.

[hadesisqueer]

How many confirmed LGBTQ characters does RWBY have? So far I can think:

Blake Belladonna (bisexual)

May Marigold (transgender)

Shion Zaiden from IQ (non-binary)

Yang Xiao Long (sapphic, orientation not confirmed)

Saphron Cotta-Arc (sapphic, orientation not confirmed)

Terra Cotta-Arc (sapphic, orientation not confirmed)

Ilia Amitola (lesbian)

Coco Adel (lesbian)

Scarlet David (gay)

Nolan Porfirio (mlm)

Carmine Esclados (lesbian-coded)

Little (non-binary)

Then there are characters that are implied to be LGBT either in canon content or side content like RWBY Chibi (see: Velvet in the novels when it was teased but not confirmed that she used to have a crush on Coco back at Pharos Academy, and when in Chibi they went on a date—or Cinder implying that she hasn't tried but wouldn't mind dating women but then again that's just Chibi so it doesn't count lmao. And more, I guess. Headcanons and vibes exist).

[bridgyrose]

more baby summer maiden

Cinder frowned as she watched a few portals open at the outskirts of Vacuo, her grimm claws running through the baby maiden’s hair. She watched as Ruby and her friends brought refugees from Atlas into Vacuo, trying to rethink her own plan to take Vacuo over for Salem. Atlas falling, Ruby and her friends coming around, none of this had been part of the original plan and now she had to rethink everything. 

“Jax and Gillian are ready to move forward as planned,” Carmine said as she walked up behind Cinder. “Are you sure we’re ready for this?” 

“We have to be, though there’s a small change of plans we’ll need to make.” 

“And what’s that?” 

Cinder started to make her way back into the tavern she had started to call home, holding the summer maiden close to her chest. “A few changes. First, someone is going to have to deal with a few brats that have been a thorn in my side. Second, I’ll need a distraction to keep Theodore from keeping the relic close to him. Thanks to Jax keeping Rumpole under our control, we at least know where the vault is and how to slip in. Third-” 

“And what exactly is so important about this relic that you need to get it?” Carmine asked with a huff. “Sounds like a lot of trouble for something we arent going to use.” 

“I never said we werent going to use it, I said that you wont. Either way, it’ll be the weapon we use to ensure our victory and to make Vacuo ours.” 

“And by ours you mean yours?” 

“By ours I mean us. You, me, Jax, Gillian…” Cinder sat down and sighed as she laid the baby maiden next to her to rest. With her flesh hand, she slowly pulled the collar of her shirt down to show a few scars around her neck. “I know what its like to be shoved down and pushed aside, to see what could’ve been, only for it to have been taken away. Jax and Gillian will bring the old Vacuo kingdom ways back into the light to remind everyone what they have forgotten. You and Bertilak will be their enforcers while I will make sure my employer sees how useful you all are. And once she has the relic, your kingdom will be left alone.” 

Carmine nodded and sat down across from Cinder, eyes locked to hers. “So we take care of the brats that showed up, make sure you get the relic… and that’s it?” 

“Almost. The last thing I’ll need you to do is make sure that no one from Atlas survives.” 

“It wont be hard to convince everyone of that.” Carmine leaned back and thumbed her sai. “Anything we need to worry about?” 

Cinder shook her head. “Give Jax and Gillian the signal once the refugees are at the main gate to the city. They’ll be exhausted and with the grimm that are sure to come along with them, your men should be able to make short work of the huntsmen here.” 

“We’ll be ready.” 

Cinder smiled a bit as she watched Carmine walk off. Her attention went back to the child and her smile dropped as she rubbed the girl’s back. “And soon, you wont have to worry about a world where you’re being used. All we have to do is let Salem win and you’ll be free.”

[ryuto12]

End Credit Predictions

With less than twelve hours left, here goes my predictions for the end credits this season. Really hoping we actually get some unlike in 7.

This has three sections, one for where there's no timeskip on Remnant and one where their are varying timeskip ideas, and the last that could really take place anytime

No Timeskip:

Welcome to Shade Academy, where your safe and protected but somewhere off in the desert your friends and family and left fighting for their lives and the citizens of a fallen kingdom, all while thinking the five of you died.

Welcome to where the portal once remained, RWBYJ comes out exactly where the portal opened, and begins fighting alongside the others who are very confused but happy they're alive.

Welcome to Patch, where a very confused sunny father tries to water his sunflowers only to see five kids fall from the sky and crush them. Two of the kids are his daughters... Oh shit.

Welcome to Branwen camp where Raven is blackout drunk and the rest of her crew is very fucking confused as to why five kids just fell out of the sky and isn't that one girl Raven's daughter? Is that other brat the Schnee they kidnapped? Is the kid the girl from the broadcast? Is the Faunus the girl who led the Menagerie forces at Haven? Who the hell is the boy?

Timeskip:

"And it is here we remember Weiss Schnee, a friend, a daughter, a sister, a hero, a huntress-- and ayo what the fuck? Is that her over there?" The show up at their own damn funerals.

The war is over, Salem is dead. Very unlikely but fuck if it wouldn't shake up the whole story.

It's been thirty years, the war is still going strong. Many of our favorite characters are dead, JNORE are all about the same age, RWBY are still young and ready to finish what they started.

It's been over a hundred years, the world immortalized them as villains and failures, their back to take back their legacy and save the world.

Drop in on Willow and Klein getting married.

Its been a few months, they drop in back at Beacon to see Salem waging her battle for the Crown, having already taken the sword. Aka we skip the Vacuo arc.

Ren and Nora are sitting, crying at Jaune's grave, the bitch falls from the sky and dogpiles both of them in the deepest hug and they don't even know what's happening. He's waited decades for this.

Drop in on Nora opening the Vault (I am a firm Summer Maiden Nora believer)

Anytime:

Summer. Just Summer wordlessly standing, eyes shut or with her back to us, leaving us unable to see if she has those dark rings like the hound had around her eyes, Salem's ominous voice sounding over it before it cuts to blackness.

Something escapes from the Ever After.

Penny's body, which was bound to fall into the Ever After, is found by the Blacksmith or Jabberwalker.

Raven Branwen. Just some Raven getting ready to go back into the fight with Salem.

TRQ, reunited and ready to find out exactly what happened to Summer, and to end the everlasting war because it'd taken too much from them. Friends, lovers, nieces, children... Salem has to go.

It was all an act, Emerald was never on their side, she was faking it and now she betrays them. (I sincerely hope not cause Emerald's in my top 5)

Nora, back turned to the camera as we distantly hear battle noises, as we see a pink aura radiate from around where her eyes would be. (Still a firm Summer Maiden Nora theorist)

Rumple and/or Theo ready to change some lives and fuck with the plot.

Carmine Esclados, from within her jail cell realizing that the Crown was a shitty employer, but this Salem chick might work out.

[garden-forgotten]

RWBY: Amity Arena Screenshots → Carmine Esclados

[therealmofamorus]

[Ask, Original Crossover] Since Carmine has the last part that Anton needs for one of his machines, how does he plan on convincing her to give it to him?

“I saw her my other bro who had been there for me in helping making deals with ladies like Carmine.” Anton responded with a boisterous expression as he whipped out his cock and slammed it on the wooden table cracking it and causing the vivacious woman to stared at it in shock.