They sure do and she is not not touching things.  But items!  What are her items!

She haaaaas.... A leather tool satchel quite similar to Nicole's!

And a tablet game console with a similar design format to a Nintendo Switch!

Well then she will be Playing Videogames Now thankyouverymuch.

Sparkly lights and pretty noises!

Nicole wakes up after a little bit of this.

"...Mrrh. Wha...?"

There is a girl there!  She is Staring Intently at a videogame!  She is wearing headphones!  And also clothes!  Her tail is swishing back and forth intently and it may or may not be on fire?

...Video games from the aether, what a world.

Acceptable distraction.

"Dun go anywhere 'kay...?"

Back to sleep.

Huh?  Somebody said something?

She makes a little distracted head movement, but the game catches her attention again quite quickly.

Sleeeeep

Okay. More awake now. She peers curiously at the console screen and gives Alicia a good look over. She has an urge to brush her fellow kitsune's tail, but that might disturb the current harmless video game activity...

On the screen is a pixellated wizard dashing about and fighting blobby creatures as they clear out a maze - though, if she's trying to get in close enough to see that, the tail is probably going to thwap into her.  It doesn't appear to be on fire on fire right now, at least?  Which is good?

Incidental tail whacks are normal around other kitsunes.

Not what she expected but quite fine. Good, even! 

So why complicated feelings. 

Bah. You know what she will go fuss with firewood and light the campfire again and set some sausage and eggs sizzling and place a mini-loaf of raisin bread conveniently near Alicia in case of munchies.

Eventually the smell of food percolates through her sensorium enough that when she finishes the level she's on she surfaces from Videogames Trance to actually notice that yes she does need food.

The raisin bread does not survive the experience.

Oh hey Nicole's awake she should glomp Nicole.  "Hi!"

She has plated the latest round of cooking, so this doesn't cause any problems.

Hug! This was expected.

"Good morning. Your awakening came with a potent distraction, I see."

"Mhm I have video games!  And I think I can get this into, like, general-purpose computing too?  Fucking software keyboard but that's better than nothing and all that."

She smells really nice.  And feels really warm.  And is not disenglomping.

"Little bit jealous, especially if magic hardware can be bootstrapped into making more somehow..."

Nicole runs a hand through Alicia's tail.

"How are you feeling so far?"

If she wanted a coherent response instead of a suddenly-melty pile of kitsune in her lap, touching the tail was probably unwise...  But maybe she didn't want a coherent response?  Prettyplease don't want a coherent response?

"...I think I suddenly see the appeal of this."

Brushy brushy brushy. One arm maintaining the glomp, one hand digging firmly into Alicia's tail in nice long firm strokes, and watching her expression.

Yay!

Her face: blissful.

Her tail: only not-wagging with tremendous effort.

Her hands: attempting to nudge Nicole's 'spare' hand into giving her scritches pleeeeeease?

Yes yes fine. Plenty of scratching. Ears and tail both.

"It's a lot, isn't it? But this is fine."

Sorry, were you saying something?

Oh.  Oh, yes, it is a lot, but it's a good a lot.  Nodnodnod.

Though something deep within her instincts wants more.

Unfortunately she's going to have to articulate that before it happens.

Author's note: The sex scene starts around here. Skip link: https://glowfic.com/replies/2475829#reply-2475829

Will a needy whine as her hips involuntarily roll into the nearest suitable surface suffice?  Words are so hard right now.  Hehe.  Hard...

She fumbles for her tablet and manages to type it out instead, that layer of abstraction allowing her to hold out just barely enough rational thought to, well, use words to communicate things.

Think the horny's starting to hit me.  We should have sex about it.

"Mmm... Give me just a minute to work up to it, okay?"

Brushy brushy brushy...

Come on, this is fine. Completely fine and good. Bring back that excitement! That anticipation! Remember the Red Dream, channel that recklessness...

...She grips and gently pulls at Alicia's tail right at the base, riiiight at the sweet spot she is familiar with on herself. From her reaction, Nicole is pretty sure it's shared. She giggles. And reaches a hand down to start tugging at clothes.

She would also like to get her clothes off, especially once Nicole finds that spot and she finds it in her to say "Ohfuck~!"  Though a sidelong thought and a flick of her tail leaves a couple motes of foxfire warming the area, before that gets too far.  (She may, herself, run rather hot as of now, but that means she feels the chill of the mountain more strongly.)

"Heeee. I know that spot. It's nice, huh?"

Her robes are staying on, for now. Because she starts delivering kisses. Starting at the mouth and working steadily downward.