After seeing that Arista had everything in hand, Drago felt that it might be a good idea to see how Toni was doing. Making his way to where Toni and Rikali, he passed Orias, "Are they awake?"
Orias nods at Drago.
She looks at Sadhana a mixture of concern and relief on her face. "Ah well, I see you're standing upright. How do you feel besides the obvious of course? Are you feeling any chills, the need to leave puddles of blood on the floor....." Her eyes go wide for a minute a d she grasps Sadhana's arms, "Please tell me there's not a puddle of blood somewhere....there isn't right?" She closes her eyes and covers her mouth while she tries to stifle a small cough.
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"No...no puddles of blood, though last night there were flecks of it when I coughed last night. I feel a bit better today but I don't think I've got it quite beaten yet." she says as a thankflly dryer cough takes it's cue.
"How about you and Ylrhea?" she asks.
She bites her lower lip and looks down a bit, not wanting to meet the magus's eyes. "I'm about the same....but, Ylrhea was worse....way worse. There was a puddle of blood and she looked really really bad, but it's okay she's pretty much okay now, but we really have to get to siphas."
Arista then goes through and explains all about the uber Daemonic Wasting Disease and how she found Ylrhea that morning and pretty much everything that happened up to her running into Sadhana in the hall.
"Then I came out here and ran into you and that's everything."
Drago knocked on the door, "Toni, Rikali, can I come in?"
At the mention of Ylrhea cauging up a puddle of blood, alarm fills Sādhanā's eyes, only alleviating when Arista assures her of the healing she'd managed. "Why do the things we fight have to be so damn filthy?" she sighs. "I feel better than last night but still kinda crappy, I think we all need a bit more healing so yeah we really need to get to Siphas as soon as humanly possible.
Toni opens the door and looks at Drago. "Sure, what's up?"
With a hand on his regular blade, Drago asked, "Care for another quick sword lesson before he leave?"
Toni grabs her short sword. "Yeah, I could use another lesson."
She excitedly follows Drago.
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After walking outside, Drago turned and drew his non-mystical blade. "Alright, since you have switched blades, I think it best if you show me what you've got." Taking a fighting stance, he smiled, "Now, come at me, Heir of the First House."
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"Consider it brought," Toni says, getting into a fighting stance.
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Sienna rolls over in bed and smiles at Cyna. "Morning, cutie."
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"G'morning hot stuff." Cyna replies with a yawn. "Breakfast?"
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Sienna nods. "Definitely. I think I might be able to manage a horse or two today, just not literally."
She gives Cyna a quick peck before getting out of the bed and getting dressed.
She shudders slightly, "Yeah....we always end up fighting such icky creatures. And why in the Hells do they always have to bite me?" It comes out with a slightly whiny sound to it, but she laughs a little and then coughs.
"I'm sure people are gonna be hungry. I know his kitchen pretty well, I think I can cook up something for everyone. I'm a little better too...but, still best to eat and keep moving towards Siphas as quickly as possible."
She smiles a bit then and gives Sadhana's arm a comforting squeeze to let her know everything is going to be alright.
"I think demons think angels are delicious....what?? It's a valid theory!" Sādhanā says with a grin. Giving Arista a quick hug she turns back towards the room. "I'm gonna go get changed before the little one wakes up, he really is adorable."
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Ylrhea goes outside and watches Toni and Drago spar for a while. While her heart was set on Sādhanā, she was proud of Drago in some indescribably emotional way. He still had a long way to go, but he was a different person from when she had met him in Chalandra's dungeon. She too was different as much as it pained her. She was still searching for meaning in her life and it came in drips and drops and never in some uncomplicated way. She takes a deep breath of the fall air and exhales, watching it come out in a small fog from her mouth.
She looks at Sadhana and quirks her mouth in a funny kind of smile, "Maybe it's the blood? I just wish they'd find a different snack, I'm tired of being a chew toy. Something about sweet blood? Sugar and spice and everything nice?" She giggles a little between soft coughs.
Nodding her head at Sadhana she says, "Yeah...he is pretty cute, but I gotta watch what I say now that I know he can understand me. We also need to come up with something that can be from him to his dad that we can take back to Magnus so he knows his little boy is safe." She looks down, the silver of her cheeks giving way to a darker metal tone, "I can't wait till we finish everything here and get back home, for you and Clara to have a baby. It's going to be so great and I think you make a great momma. I'm gonna go to Jericho's kitchen and see about getting breakfast started, I'll change later knowing how I get when I make things." She returns Sadhana's hug, and heads back to the room to get the bag with the many cooking ingredients and cookware.
Smiling to herself, Sādhanā heads back to the bedroom. Even as she suffers another minor coughing fit, her heart is filled with warmth at thoughts of the future, a wave of love and hope flowing through the bond of her ring, bolstered by thoughts of Clara pregnant and motherhood.
Hjörr stirs in the bed and looks at the magus. "Jeg hadde ikke vonde drømmer for første gang på lenge..."
Arista smiles to herself, despite everything that had happened to them over the last few weeks she felt as if there was hope. With a smile on her face she picks up the bag and takes it down to the kitchen.
Taking out the meat, vegetables, and some of the spices she found she starts putting together a hearty breakfast.
As she stands in Jericho's kitchen in her pajama's, Arista smiles to herself and hums as she prepares the meat with spices, cuts up the vegetables and puts it all in the pot on the stove with with some water for a hearty breakfast soup.
Taking bowls and utensils out of the cupboards and drawers she prances around the dining area setting up the tables for everyone to eat together.
The smell of rich foods fills the old tavern, even wafting outdoors.
Ylrhea sniffs, once, twice, three times before pushing herself off the wall and heading back into the tavern. She spies Arista, energetically cooking breakfast. "Well, you're in a fantastic mood."
She shrugs, a bright smile on her face. Only somewhat dimmed by the slightly pale pallor of her skin.
Nodding she smiles at Ylrhea before hugging her enthusiastically, "I just love all of you so much. Even with everything we've been through, with everything that still has to be done, we have each other."
She puts a hand to her stomach after putting Ylrhea back down. With a whimsical smile on her face she says, "Everything just happened so fast and now here we are, and we are going to save those people and get the tower back and then we are going home and there will be babies, warm fires, more weddings, and it's all just incredibly wonderful." She stops as she gets a far off look for a moment, "I just...I just want so much for everyone to be happy and have a good life with the people they care about and love. I....wish...." She shakes her head tossing away the thought, "That doesn't matter now....so, how are you feeling? You had me scared there for just a minute or two." She fixes Rhea with one of her appraising looks, gauging her coloring and overall health.
"Eh, I'll get better. I'm just a little scared about going back to Siphas," Ylrhea admits. "But that's later and it looks like you have a wonderful breakfast prepared for us now."
She smiles a genuine and encouraging smile. "We'll get home and everything will be good."
She nods and goes back to humming and setting the long table, while smiling brightly. After a few minutes she kinds of tilts her head a bit to the side and gets a confused look on her face.
Turning back to Rhea she asks, "Siphas? Why are you scared of going back to Siphas? Did something happen? Do I have to hurt somebody?" She smiles a bit, but there is an almost steely edge to her voice.
Ylrhea laughs and shakes her head. "No, no...I meant about Ian...I..."
The gnome pauses, clearly flustered. "Uhm, I don't know how to talk about this..."
Sitting on the bed next to Hjörr, Sādhanā flashes the little boy a warm smile. "Det er som det skal være liten en , vi er her for å holde deg trygg. Og det er venner av oss som vil holde deg trygg før faren din kan komme til å få deg . Du trenger aldri å ha vonde drømmer igjen lite ett ." she says kissing the top of his head.
"Min far sa alltid til meg at det er dårlige ting i verden, og at jeg en dag ville ha til å akseptere at dårlige ting vil skje mer enn godt. Han sa jeg skulle vokse opp til å bli en sterk mann, en hard mann, slik at verden ikke kunne skade meg," Hjörr says quietly. "Men, du og dine venner er engler ... Du er et bevis på at det er mye bra i verden."
Arista sits down on the bench and motions for Ylrhea to join her as the soup simmers away.
"It's okay if you don't know how you're feeling or what you want to say about it. As long as you're honest with yourself about whatever it is you are feeling. Does that make sense? I'm always here for you, as is everyone else, but you don't have to talk about him if you don't want to. When the time is right, you'll know what to do or what to say. Just know this, we love you and care about you and are always here for you if ever you do want to talk about it. Okay?" With that said, she wraps an arm around Rhea and gives her a more gentle hug.
Ylrhea hugs Arista back. "I'm in love with someone and...I think Ian's expecting it to be him. I'm tired of lying to myself and others...I just have to...kinda break his heart...And I don't wanna be that person I used to be where I'd just walk away and forget it. But I don't know how to be that person..."
She nods, "Ahhh I see....you don't have to break his heart or walk away though. There is someone for everyone, sometimes it just takes some time to figure out who that someone is. I don't think it would break his heart to be honest with him, but if you just walked away and pretend nothing happened, I'm sure that would break his heart. You're much stronger than you give yourself credit for. We have time before we get back to Siphas, I'm sure you'll figure out what to do. Sometimes the hardest thing is being honest with ourselves. You've already admitted that you don't feel as much for him as he does for you, so all you have to do is explain that to him. It'll be alright, everything always works out for the best in the end."
Ylrhea nods and changes the subject. "Well, how about that soup your making? It smells really good."
She laughs and gets up. Going into the kitchen to check on the soup she looks back at Rhea, "I don't know....it does smell good, but I think the vegetables need a little bit longer. They should probably be a little tender, but not mushy. Wanna taste?" She goes to a drawer and pulls out one of the spoons.
"Always," Ylrhea says, peering into the pot.
Arista scoops up a little piece of meat with some onion and broth in it, and hands the spoon to Ylrhea. "Okay, just be careful not to burn your tongue."
"Wouldn't be the worst that's happened to me," Ylrhea chuckles before eating the little spoonful. "Mmmm, that's wonderful!"
She smiles, "Really? Oh good, I'm glad. A little bit longer and it should be ready." She takes the spoon back from Rhea and washes it in the sink. Drying it, she puts it away.
"I'll sit here and watch it, if you want to go get dressed," Ylrhea offers.
She looks down at herself in her swirling hues of blue pajamas and nods, "Yeah...I don't think I want to be traveling on the road in my jammies. Thanks, I'll be down as soon as I can."
Grabbing the bag she heads upstairs to change.
As the sparring match continued, Drago was impressed with how Toni handled herself. Twisting his hips, the Scion managed to dodge her short blades thrust. Batting it away as he turned, he asked "Where did you pick that up?"
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Arista thinks about Alethiro and their unborn daughter growing inside of her as she gets changed. A warm smile spreads across her features as she thinks about the future and what it can hold for them all.
Sighing, she picks up all the bedding and everything and stuffs it into the bag before heading back downstairs.
Going into the kitchen she stirs the hearty soup, "This shouldn't take too much longer. The others should be coming down soon I think." She goes to one of the cupboards and pulls down cups, making sure to grab a smaller one for Hjorr and goes about humming softly as she sets them on the table with the bowls and spoons.
Toni shrugs. "For some reason, it feels natural to me..."
Sienna walks downstairs, hand in hand with Cyna. "Alright, who's making all the good smelling food down here?"
She blushes deeply, "It's just some stew I made from the deer meat, vegetables, and spices we found at that other place. It should be ready by the time everyone is down here and ready to eat."
Sienna stretches. "I can't wait."
Then she looks at Arista seriously. "I mean it...I can't wait."
A wide grin spreads on her face. "I guess I can wait until everyone is down here."
She laughs outright and tries to stifle another cough, "Sorry about that, here let me check it ms impatient pants. I'm not sure if everything is cooked right yet."
She pokes at the vegetables which are still a little hard, and the meat seems to need a little more time as well.
"Well....what can I say? Can't really rush a good stew. I just can't wait to get home and try out all that cook ware you guys got for me." She can't seem to stop the thousand watt grin that spreads over her face.