"Of course love. Fresh air and a walk under the stars sounds like a perfect way to wind down from such an eventful day." Vishanti replies, kissing her love's forehead.
Rajni nods and takes his hand.
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Derika practically purrs as she's kissed. Taking Vishanti's hand, she leads her out of the house and towards the beach.
Dillon wraps an arm around Rajni as they head back to her house. "Thanks for having dinner with me."
She smiles before yawning again, "I just like being with you, so it was my pleasure. I'm never too tired to spend time with you." She says, leaning into him a bit as they walk.
Wrapping an arm around her love's waist, she walks with her towards the beach. When they get a little ways from the house she turns her head to look at her, "So....what did you think about all that stuff he said?"
Sitting up on the roof with her sister, she wonders if Anyka even heard her, or if she is just hurting so much that she doesn't feel like talking. It's nearly impossible to tell how she's feeling by looking at her face, she always hid her feelings so well.
Taking a chance that she wouldn't be shoved off the roof, she scoots a little closer to Anyka. Not wanting to startle her if she's deep in thought she refrains from putting an arm around her and clears her throat, "Do you want to talk about it, or do you just want me to go away and leave you alone for now?"
Dillon opens the door to the tailor's shop for Rajni. "I'll see you tomorrow."
Wrapping her arms around him she gives him a squeeze before stretching up to give him a kiss. Pulling back she rubs her eyes while trying to stifle another yawn, "Okay love, I'll see you tomorrow. Thanks for walking me home."
Dillon gives Rajni another tender kiss. "Any time. Get some sleep."
She nods, "Okay, you too. Have a good night love." As he turns to walk away she closes the door and takes off her boots inside the door before wandering sleepily into the kitchen.
Elena is still playing with Kama when Rajni returns. "Mother and Auntie Priya went to go finish their work and Juhi went to bed."
She nods, "Okay, whatcha playin'?" She asks, sounding pretty sleepy herself.
"Carrom," Elena says. "You just go back and forth trying to knock your disks into the pockets. Kama's had a bit more practice than I have."
She yawns, "Hmmm...looks interesting. Maybe you guys can teach me sometime...when I've had more sleep. I think I'm gonna....go to bed too. You two have a nice night and I'll see you tomorrow." She says between yawns before trudging up the stairs to the room she shares with her little sister.
Getting up to the room she pets Shamara as she lays in the bed with the young girl before getting changed into her sleep wear. Being careful not to wake Juhi she crawls under her covers and quickly falls asleep.
Wrapping an arm around her love's waist, she walks with her towards the beach. When they get a little ways from the house she turns her head to look at her, "So....what did you think about all that stuff he said?"
"Your...father you mean?" Viahanti asks, looking into her love's eyes. "I believe him, his words rang true and there has been much disturbance in the stars, a sign of.......something powerful"
"Would neither even be acceptable as an answer? Or both?" the rogue asks quietly. "Part of me wants to be alone, and another part has never felt this alone in my life, I mean the three of us, and your parents, are all that's left. How am I even supposed to know how to feel about that?"
Getting a thoughtful and yet somewhat somber looking expression on her face she nods, "Yeah....that's pretty much what I thought you might say. It would explain a lot of the weirdness we've been through, and he really doesn't seem the type to lie." She's quiet for a few moments as they walk along the beach together. After a few minutes she leans in and gives Vishanti a kiss on the cheek while giving her waist a little squeeze, "While listening to what that old man and my father was saying was a little disturbing.....the part about the thing that destroys entire worlds and everything that's happened to me and us....while it feels a little crazy to think about, a large part of me feels like I'm glad that he took me to that other world because if he didn't....I never would have met you, and I don't think I could exist in a world where you don't. If that makes any sense at all. I'm really sad for the two that lost everything and everyone, but I'm kind of happy at the same time. It's weird...but I have this whole family that loves me, that I never even knew about before now. It's kind of amazing when you think about it isn't it?"
Blushing a bit she looks down, "I'm sorry...I don't mean to babble this way, everything just sort of caught me off guard though and I'm having so many different feelings, it's hard to sort through them all." She says before yawning slightly as she leans into her love as they walk.
"Would neither even be acceptable as an answer? Or both?" the rogue asks quietly. "Part of me wants to be alone, and another part has never felt this alone in my life, I mean the three of us, and your parents, are all that's left. How am I even supposed to know how to feel about that?"
Feeling the pain in her sister's voice she puts an arm around her now as they sit up on the roof together, "I wish I could tell you. Part of me aches for what we lost, and I don't know how to feel about a lot of it either. I'm sad for you and Chris, while feeling grateful that at least my family was spared, aznd a little weird about finding out I have a sister, but relieved at the same time that my parents had their reasons for doing whatg they did, and weren't just lying tuo me or keeping things from me for no good reason. I feel better knowing that that old orc was just full of crazy talk, because forf a little bit there I thought I was going nuts." Sighing she gives Anyka a little squeeze,"I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's okay if you don't know what you're feeling right now. Just know that I am here for you, and I will always be here for you...no matter what. You are my sister, I love you, and you never have to be alone if you don't want to be. It's also okay to need space though. I don't know Anyka....I can't tell you how to feel so this is really hard....I just hope you know that what I said is true and I'm here." She says, before remembering what she and Chris talked about earlier a blushing slightly. She shakes her head a bit trying to clear it, now was notg the time to be thinking of such things.
After being quiet for a few minutes to give Anyka time to think and trying to distract her from noticing the look on her face she says, "Soooo....it's okay not to know how you feel right now, as long as you know it's okay to have whatever feelings your feeling. Okay? You're allowed to have feelings Anyka, and to express those feelings. I just....I don't want you to feel like you have to bottle them up inside of you, or shove them down. It's not good for you and it won't help you deal with what's happened any easier. Take it from someone who knows." She finishes a little more quietly while thinking about her fuzzy pirate again.
"And you have every right to those feelings my love," Vishanti replies holding her a little closer as they walk on the beach. "The fact that finding ourselves on a world with an undead plague, then here over a year later, is not even close to the oddest thing we've dealt with after today......who wouldn't feel a little overwhelmed?"
She nods before yawning again, "Yeah...man, I think the trip on top ofv everything else today just wore me out. I'm feeling pretty tired now."
Gashka just sits quietly with Anyka on the roof, her arm resting lightly around her sister's shoulders. Sometimes it helped just to have someone there that knew what the other was going through, and given that they grew up together, Gashka didn't need verbal confirmation from her sister to know that she was hurting. She just sits in silent support while looking up into the night sky. If Anyka wanted to be left alone, she would tell her. Otherwise she would sit out here with her until Anyka was ready to go back inside, or whatever else she wanted to do.
After walking down along the beach for about fifteen minutes or so with her love she sighs, "I love walking out here with you love, but it's getting pretty chilly and I think we should be getting back to the house." Stopping where they're at on the beach she takes Vishanti into her arms and kisses her tenderly before pulling back and gazing into her eyes, "I love you so much, I can't wait to be your wife."
Going back into the house, Jin puts their bag down on the couch before going to the kitchen to put the kettle on for the tea. Getting the little pouches of green tea that she brought from home she turns to Hitome, "Would you like anything in your tea, or just straight? I like a little honey in mine." She says, going to the cabinet to get it down.
Vishanti holds on to Derika, a bit breathless after a tender kiss that sets her heart aflutter. "It will be my greatest joy and honor to be your wife, and to have you as mine my love. As long as you're with me, wherever we end up is fine by me, you are my home." she says running a hand through Derika's hair. "Let's turn in for the night."
Smiling up into her eyes she says, "And you're mine, always always." Turning she keeps an arm around Vishanti and leans into her love as they head home for some rest.
After sitting up on the roof for a while, she sees Derika and Vishanti coming back to the house. "Huh...I guess it was too cold for them to stay away too long. What about you Anyka? Are you starting to feel cold or anything? I could fix us something hot to drink if you want." She says, in hopes of trying to talk her sister down off the roof before she ended up sick.
Looking up as they reach the house she sees her sister and her friend up on the roof and sighs. She still felt bad about getting a whole family while her sister's friends lost theirs. It was a lot for anyone to have to bear, but everything happens for a reason and maybe in time their pain would lessen as they found other things to live for. Smiling up at her love as she holds the door open for her she says, "Let's get upstairs love. There's a brand new comfy bed just waiting for us to try it out." She says with a yawn near the end.
"Should probably come inside I guess. It'd be pretty Damn stupid to survive all this $#!+ just to die of pneumonia."she says with a bitter laugh. "Something warm would be good. Thanks...for everything." she says drying her tears.
Feeling for her sister she wraps her arms around her in a hug before they go inside, "Absolutely...you know I'm here for you. We're sisters...it's what we do. You've kept me from losing my mind on several occasions....I...I know it's not the same, but you have family here too Anyka. My folks care about you too ya know? I just love you and I hate that I can't make this better...but a little rum in our tea might help." She says with a smirk as she pulls out the only thing she has left to remind her of her Pirate. Anyka recognizes the item immediately as the hip flask that Tikkle kept an emergency supply of rum in.
Getting back to the house, Derika and Vishanti enter just as they see Gashka and Anyka coming downstairs. Looking up at her sister she says, "You didn't have to come in just because we came home, the door was unlocked." She says, not knowing the real reason for the two coming inside.
She actually smiles while shaking her head, "It wasn't that silly, I know you know how to let yourself into a house. It was getting cold out there and I thought some tea might help Anyka and I feel better. Did you want me to make you guys some too?" She asks as they get to the bottom of the stairs.
Giving Vishanti's hand a squeeze she yawns while shaking her own head, "No thanks....we're already pretty tired. I think we're gonna call it a night and get some sleep. I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be a very busy day. Make sure you guys get some rest too okay? Don't stay up too late, everything will look better in the morning. Did everything go okay with your....our parents?" She asks, having to correct herself after being used to not having parents for so long, "Were you able to get them settled in alright and everything? Did you have a chance to talk to them?"
She nods, "Yeah yeah...everything went fine. Some information is still kind of hard to deal with....but we'll get through it. We can't go back and change anything, so we just have to keep moving forward. Ummm....by the way, I told them I'd take them out to eat in the morning and then take them around to finish getting whatever they need....you know, since we didn't actually do any grocery shopping for them or anything and they don't have anything to make at their house. Would you and Vishanti like to go with us?"
She thinks for a little bit before shaking her head, "Nah...that's okay. I think you and Anyka should take them to do that stuff. I think I should stay here and cook breakfast for the others." She says pointing to where Chris works diligently in the kitchen, making the alchemist fire that they would use, "I have a feeling that's gonna take him a while, and he's probably not going to be waking up as early as you guys...so I'll just stay here and make sure he gets something hot to eat when he wakes up. We can all meet up here after you two are done showing your....our family around and making sure they have what they need. Then, we can all go see Barclay together and make sure we understand what he wants us to do should we run across any of those dark elves."
She looks a little surprised but nods, "Oh...okay. Well, that's nice of you. You know how to cook?"
She shrugs before yawning again, "Enough to probably not burn down the house." She says with a smile, "Well...you two get your tea so you can get to bed. We're headed that way ourselves now. Everything just sort of wore me out today." She says as Gashka and Anyka turn towards the kitchen and they head up the stairs towards their room, "Goodnight you two, make sure you tell Chris to get some rest at some point tonight. We'll see you tomorrow."
Just who is the older sister here? She thinks to herself before nodding, "Okay, goodnight." She says before heading into the kitchen with Anyka. Seeing Chris hard at work with his lab stuff spread out all over the table she asks while getting the water put on the stove for the tea, "So, how long do you think all that is going to take you Chris?"
"About four more hours," Chris answers, carefully measuring ingredients. "I know I got a late start..."
Renard wanders over to the longer couch, curls up and starts snoring.
She nods while waiting for the water to boil, "I know, I'm sorry I held things up with everything that happened. Just try and get some rest as soon as you're done. You'll at least be able to sleep in for a while since we're going to take my folks out to eat breakfast since they don't have anything to make food with in their house yet, and then we're gonna show them around so they can get the rest of whatever they need, and take them by to meet Barclay. Derika said she would stay here and cook for you guys, so whenever you get up she'll have something for you to eat." She says while getting the cups and tea down from the cupboard.
Chris nods, while bringing a vial to a boil. "I hope you have fun."
Yawning, Vishanti gives the pair a wave and heads to bed with Derika.
Finally in their room with the door closed and locked behind them, Derika strips out of her clothing and armor and puts on one of the nighties she had bought earlier to sleep in. Feeling the soft material against her skin makes her sigh a little as she pulls back the covers on the bed and climbs in. Letting out a little sigh of contentment as she sinks into the soft mattress she holds out her arms for her love. Once Vishanti climbs into the bed with her, she wraps her arms around her and snuggles up close.
Giving her a kiss on the cheek she closes her eyes, "Night night my my starlight, I love you."
She kind of shrugs while pouring the now hot water in the cups and lets the tea steep for a couple of minutes, "I'm sure it'll be fine. It's gonna take a while to get used to things though. I hope Papa finds work soon though so he doesn't drive mama crazy being home all the time. He always seemed to find things to do though." Taking out the tea bags from the cups, she adds a little honey before giving each cup a few liberal drops of rum from the flask she holds in her hand. She puts the flask away and turns towards her sister.
Taking one of the cups to Anyka she smiles, "Let's go have this up in the room so we don't bother Chris while he's working. Then we can get some sleep." She says as she heads upstairs with her cup of slightly altered tea.
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Taking a moment to appreciate the sight of her love ready for bed, the contrast of her strong sculpted body against the soft delicate fabric makes her breath catch, and momentarily regret being so tired. "I am a very lucky woman, getting to fall asleep in your arms every night." she says softly as she undresses, points along some of her tattoos glittering like tiny stars in the dim light.
As Derika kisses her goodnight she whispers back, as she drifts off "Goodnight my dragon."
"Sure," ANyka says quietly, grateful for her sister's comfort and care.
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Her love's voice being the last thing she hears before drifting off to sleep makes Derika's lips turn up in a soft smile. Her last thought before slipping into sleep, how lucky she was too for having Vishanti by her side.
Getting upstairs to the room they currently shared, Gashka closes the door behind them with her foot before sitting on her bed with tea, as Anyka sits on her bed with her tea as well. Sipping on her tea she lets the warmth and sweetness of it soothe her throat, while the rum helps her relax a little bit. As they sit there drinking their tea, Gashka thinks back to earlier in the day when Chris was talking to her and blushes. She never realized that he had felt that way about her before, probably because she was too wrapped up in Tinkle to notice....but....but Tinkle wasn't here anymore, and she would never see him again, just like Anyka would never get to see Jin or her mother again. It really was a lot to take in and her facial expression shifts slightly as she thinks about it.