Cyna nods. " He's dealt with them before so we'll let him handle it. We can deal with whatever comes should the need arise."
Ylrhea nods. "You're right. Let's try and get some sleep."
The gnome heads upstairs to her and Sādhanā's room. Noticing the single bed, she pulls out her bedroll and spread it out. Ylrhea slips into her sleep set, remembering Maggie and Ian. She looks to the magus.
"Did you want to talk or should we just keep quiet?" the gnome asks.
Sienna takes her fiancee's hand, smiling at the thought of the word 'fiancee'. "One bed and too small for both of us. You take it, love."
She kisses Cyna tenderly and sets out her bedding.
Cyna smiles. "I'd take you over a bed any day of the week."
She unrolls her things on the floor next to Sienna.
Sienna smiles and lays down, watching Cyna with an amorous look. "I really love you. And sorry if I say it too much...or not enough."
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Cyna lays on the floor and stretches out into a comfortable position, making a few popping sounds as she does.
She sighs and turns over to Sienna's gaze. She reaches out and brushes the sorceress's cheek lightly. "Say it as many times as you like, I can feel it. When I'm near you, when I think about you my heart goes crazy. I really love you, Sienna."
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Sienna kisses Cyna tenderly. "My heart beats like an orcish war drum when I look in your eyes. My palms get all sweaty and...it's like I'm younger...foolish and reckless because I want to be with you. Now, with everything being so strange...I feel like I need you more to make sense out of stuff."
While Tarja took up her usual place in the corner of the room, Drago laid in bed for what seemed like an eternity. He reached into his pouch and pulled out the item he had purchased earlier that day. Gently clasping it in his hand, the Dhampir thought of Elena. I cannot return to you soon enough my love. He thought as he put the item back and went to sleep.
"I don't know if I can help you understand the world, when I can't myself half the time. I do what I can, what I think is right and live day be day. Your embrace, your gaze..." Cyna leans forward with a soft kiss. "and your kiss they make me feel light as a feather, more alive than I've ever felt."
"Have you cast a spell on me?" Cyna laughs.
Sienna runs her fingers through Cyna's hair. "I don't want to understand the world, but I like to feel like I'm not slipping away. You being here with me keeps me anchored..."
She kisses Cyna again. "Not really my specialty, unless your heart's on fire right now. This is real and we are real."
The tiefling smiles and caresses the ranger's cheek. "I hate feeling like we have to hide in this town. It just reminds me of hiding my wings and fangs."
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Sādhanā changes into her own sleep set. "So Ian's quite taken with you."she says with a smile.
"Yeah, he is," Ylrhea says. "When I said good-bye, we talked about some things..."
"Really? Serieous stuff?"
The gnome nods. "He doesn't want to get committed too fast, but he feels like we have a connection. I just don't know...I mean, the sex was great, but I don't know him beyond that."
She pauses. "He wants to move to Valwick. Maybe move in together. I like the idea...then again I don't."
"Because you really like him, but you like your freedom too." Sādhanā says smiling at her friend. " He's a cleric of Erastil, not Adabar so I don't see him for being the stodgy type. I'm sure he got similar concepts of getting along with the environment that fall in line with the Green Circle's philosophy."
"Hiding from our enemies isn't the same as hiding from ourselves." Cyna says softly.
"Well, I'm not really Green Circle material...I'm a Desnan, through and through...but I've got you and Arista and Cyna and Sienna and Drago...I don't need to run away and wander, looking for myself. My place is with you, my family. I know Ian is a good guy and he might be the one for me," Ylrhea sighs. "I'm...scared. Scared about changing so much, scared about being alone...wondering if he'll change his mind."
Sienna sighs. "You know how I hate waiting..."
She smiles at Cyna again. "Of course, this is good...talking...holding each other."
"Sweetie there's only one way to avoid being alone. Taking a chance with someone. You've changed a lot but it's been an amazing change that's brought the real you to the surface, and that what's showing now and it looks like Ian very much likes what he sees, both inside and out." Sādhanā smiles supportively. "There's no rush, you take things at whatever pace works for you and you'll find your rhythm. I had to die before Clara and I realized we were falling in love with each other. Everybody has their own speed, just do what feels right and what feels good. You deserve to be happy."
Ylrhea stares at the ceiling. "I fought hard to get to this point and it's so new and...I don't know what to do. A few days ago, it was 'Stop being the victim and look for happiness, Ylrhea', now I'm not the victim and I'm happy. Ian makes me happy and beautiful and so not what I was when I was in the caves."
Ylrhea turns back to face the magus. "I know what you're saying about taking time, but this hit me so suddenly. I can barely react and, since Ian's not here, I can't just go with the flow. It's scary because I have time to think about it..."
"mhmm. It's nice and peaceful." Cyna says drawing closer to her love.
" And the Kissing. Have I told you that your a great kisser?"
"I am? I always thought it was you giving the wonderful kisses," Sienna giggles, biting her lip playfully.
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"I don't think I'll be able to sleep without knowing which of us is the better kisser! What should I do?" Cyna asks acting distraught.
"A test of skill then!" Sienna declares, holding up one finger. "Or we could call it a tie."
"Don't over think it....yeah I know, coming from me that's pretty funny, but it's true. At some point you just abandon yourself to it and go where your heart tells you. Think about this, when we get back, what's the first thing you'll want to do?"
"Back to Valwick?"
"No when we pass back after the tower."
"Oh. In either case, I haven't thought that far. I'm thinking about the tower...Vencious...I'm not certain I'll make it back. I told Ian that. He said I had a good family. Still..." the gnome hesitates. "There's no guarantee."
" No...but it's easier to keep going forward if you can think about what's coming after. When we've had our hardest fights, I focus on the fact that whatever I'm facing is the only thing between me and having Clara in my arms again. And at that point. There's pretty much nothing I won't find a way to kill to make it back home. The best way to achieve a goal is to be focusing on the thing behind it. I've seen how deadly you are when you get the drop on somebody. In that moment, are you aiming for a spot on your target's back, their kidney, to the other side of it and everything else is just in the way?" Sādhanā asks.
Cyna gives her fiancee a brief but passionate good night kiss. "I think we can settle with a tie."
Sienna nods and yawns after returning the passionate kiss. "We can settle it someday...after the tower...after we go home..."
Cyna smiles and caresses her ring. "Maybe on our wedding night."
"I just think about dropping my opponent as fast as possible, so it's knife-in-knife-out," Ylrhea says. "There isn't anything else to it. I don't even think about walking away from the fight or what I'll have for dinner that night. It's just moment by moment..."
She sighs. "I'm sorry if I'm being depressing, but it's been a while since I could think about the next day as if it were real. I don't know if I feel that strongly about Ian that I can change the way I think so fast. I'll shut up now and let you get some sleep."
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Sienna closes her eyes. "That'd be a fine day. Challenge accepted. I love you, Cyna."
She falls asleep almost instantly, her arms around the ranger.
"It's ok hon, you've done a ton of growing, and you'll continue to grow. If Ian's the one for you he'll let things move at the pace that works for you. If not, well at least you see yourself as beautiful and sexy again, and got to scratch a much needed itch in the process." Sādhanā says with a mischievous grin.
"You were there for me when I needed to talk and I'm always here for you. Don't ever think you're a bother."
Ylrhea chuckles. "Yeah...I wish I could hope for the best and expect the worst, but I've been in that tower before and he's not going to find a use for me this time..."
"No...he'll be too busy dying the most painful death Arista and I can come up with."
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Ylrhea yawns. "That's probably the last wall in my way. Maybe after it's done...I can think about living the life I want to and hanging up my daggers...Maybe I can think about Ian...Good night, Sādhanā."
The gnome rolls over and covers herself with the warm blanket.
"Goodnight Ylrhea, sleep well, just remember I'm here if you need me." Sādhanā says slipping under the blanket and kissing her ring before closing her eyes.
The familiar feeling of love sweeps over Sādhanā as she falls asleep. The party hears nothing throughout the night and awakens refreshed, save for Arista, who feels a little discomfort but much better than yesterday morning.
Ylrhea is not in the room when you fully become aware.
Drago's eyes snapped open, "Elena?" He asked while sitting up.
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Waking from her slumber she sits up in the bed, "Esme....what are you doing here?"
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