A Wish Upon a Shattered Star

Game Master Dragoncat

"Yes." She moves to follow you.

Saersha pointed through the door on the left and said, "This is a sitting room, the furniture is comfortable as opposed to stylish, I've never understood why someone would have a sitting room that was uncomfortable to sit in." this room had a hard wood floor as well and a pair of small couches as well as two comfortable chairs facing a fireplace. The furniture was upholstered in dark green fabric and looked quite well stuffed with padding.

She then turned to face the other door, a small kitchen, "This rooms use is obvious, it isn't large but it will work for the two of us." She looked at Embyr and asked, "Do you know how to cook Embyr? If not we should find someone to teach you."

Still holding her maid's hand Saersha led the young woman further down the hall. and into the back part of the house. there were two doors, one to the right and one straight ahead. She opened the door to the right and said, "This is what will be your room once it's cleaned up if you wish to use it." the room wasn't big, taking up enough size behind the kitchen to equal the sitting room's total area, but for Embyr it was likely larger than most of the place she grew up in. It was full of stuff, brick a brack, bottles and jars and pouches with material components, it was mostly a very cluttered wizard's study.

She then pulled Embyr to the last door and opened it. Inside was a large bedroom, one that would have taken up at least a third of the front part of the house. It had a large, four poster bed, sumptuous sheets, thick carpets, and a large armoir. There was an attached room that held a fair sized bathroom with a tub that would butt up against the back of the fireplace. It had pipes, one of which came out through the brick of the chimney to provide hot water, and another for cold. There was a nice mirror and cabinets as well as fluffy towels and cloths. "This is the bedroom and bathroom, I actually have hot running water, within reason, a toilet, and...well..." She trailed off to look at Embyr and see what the young woman's response was like and then said, "and, if you'd rather forgo your own room, you can always share mine my Pet."

She nods when you ask if she can cook.

By the time the two of you get to your own bedroom & attached bathroom, she's starry-eyed.

"...so, um... what's the dress code around here, ma'am?" She asks, her posture straight.

Saersha was thoughtful as she stood there, thinking about the clothing, and finally said, "We'll go visit a seamstress I know who does good work. She can help us get appropriate attire for you." Saersha's voice trailed off as she thought some more, "I don't know if we can make it there today. It's in the trade district so we may need to wait until tomorrow."

Saersha caught Embyr's eyes again and asked, "you didn't answer my question though Pet.' her voice trailed off a moment as she approached Embyr and trailed one finger up the underside of the woman's chin, "Do you want to have the spare room cleaned out for your use or would you rather share my room with me instead?"
Not sure what time of day it is currently.

Embyr blinks. "Oh... I'm, well, I'm fine with... rooming with you."

With that Saersha reached up to her neck and began to work on undoing the stays of her garments and let them slide to the floor while her maid watched. Once she was done she arched an eyebrow and asked, "Do you need help with your luv?" She grinned wickedly, "I'd be more than happy to help you."

When you start undressing yourself, she starts gawping again.

She starts fumbling with the buckles of her own armour, trying to disrobe as well.

She smiled at Embyr in hungry delight and said, "You are lovely my Pet, especially like this." She circled her now unclad maid like a hungry shark and then slipped up behind her. Her arms wrapped around the young woman and began to explore the front of her body hungrily. "Unfortunately we have to wait for the fire to heat the pipes before bathing so," she leaned i very close, her front and all it's curves pressed against Embyr's back, as she whispered quietly, "Can you think of something we can do to pass the time?" Her words were barely a breath as she finished, "because I can."

"...I'm listening, ma'am..."

As they finish the fastenings on her breastplate, she pulls it off over her head with a sigh of relief. ”As incredibly comfortable as this armor is, it’s good to get out of it.”

"Did you want to hit the bath first, or shall I? Fair warning, I may be a while. It's been a long day so I have to empty my milkers before they burst!" She grins cheekily at her own intimate-but-casual commentary. She hooks her thumbs into the shoulders of her gambeson and jiggles it demonstratively.

"I won't be very long, and then you can clean up." She blushes, and disappears to clean up.

The bard putters around organizing her pack and going through her spare clothes to figure out what she'll wear to supper, as her dirty gambeson isn't exactly the sort of thing one wears about town.

"Are your parents, uh, still around?" she asks as she shakes out a long blue dress.

”Yeah, they’re still around. I’ve tried to convince them to retire since the money isn’t really an issue, or stopped being after I started winning in the arena. But I think boredom would get to them, so they still run the same tavern they did when I was growing up, though it’s a little bit nicer now than it was then. Still not the best neighborhood, but anybody who’d get any ideas also knows who their daughter is so…” she says while shrugging.

Reaching into her pack she rifles through, looking for something to change into once she’s done her bath, after a bit of rummaging she smiles, taking out what seems to be a simple white dress, seemingly longer in the back than in front. ”So what about you? Any of your family close or giving them a wide berth because of the whole control thing you were telling me about?”

”Okay, though don’t rush yourself on my behalf.” he calls out to the librarian as she scurried off.

"As for my family... it's a little complicated. I still talk to my mother from time to time. My father... he's not always around; he's just busy with his projects. Doing things to help people. I mean, he loves me dearly, I'm his only daughter, but... on some level he knows I don't need him as much as other people do, I guess? But I love seeing him all the same, on rare occasions."

"Grandma, on the other hand, does not. Thinks that he basically 'seduced' mom and then ran off. Mom doesn't see it that way, but she's a priestess, she has duties and responsibilities and she loves my dad but also understands that he has these things that need doing that are bigger picture, and she helps when she can. Grandma hates having someone in the family that she can't control and so mom gets an earful about it all the time and it just makes people sad so mostly mom avoids conflict by not bringing it up and since dad isn't always around too often anyway..."

Azura lets out a hefty sigh. "ANYway that's my family drama. Grandma also tried to control my life, said I had a specific 'direction' and a 'destiny' and she didn't like it when I bucked that. Liked it even less when I 'turned out to be a whore.' Sooo grandma and I don't talk much. She's still the high society dame, the rich older woman who tries to be proper and whatnot. She isn't evil, just... she has ideas about how things should be, and she doesn't like it when they aren't."

"Anyway, yeah, dinner at my family's home is less likely than yours, it sounds like."

The bard brushes out her hair with her hands and undoes the tie that keeps it back out of the way while dungeoneering. "That's also why I left home and was gone from the city for a couple years. I thought about even joining the Mendevian Crusade. But... I'm not really a great warrior, or priestess like my mom, or sorceress. I guess I'm still trying to figure out how to contribute. For now I try to bring a little sunshine into people's lives and help them to understand how to be their best selves, how to accept who they are and love themselves."

”And yeah….I think sitting across the table and wanting to punch your grandma in the mouth the whole time won’t do anyone any good.” she says with a smirk. ”Life’s too short for that crap, surround yourself with people who matter to you, and make the day just a little bit better than it would have been without them.”

She sits back, watching Azura brush her hair as she talks. ”You’re really good at that by the way, the whole bringing sunshine into people’s lives thing. I’m no wallflower by a longshot, but I definitely feel…I don’t know…more….special I guess….when you’re around. It’s like you bring out the best parts of the people you’re around…..it’s pretty amazing to watch actually.” Ryn says with a smile, displaying a hint of shyness despite herself.

"Here, let me help." She sits down and digs into Ryn's calves. "I would imagine that with that armor and all the acrobatic throws of that shield - which are amazing by the way - you get quite the exercise in your legs. Anything special in your diet that helps keep you from getting cramps? I remember one grizzled soldier telling me that bananas - a fruit from Sargava, I think - are good for preventing cramps, but mostly I think he wanted to watch me eat a banana." She slides her hands gently but firmly along Ryn's legs, smoothing the long muscles, working out the fatigue, and pressing in against knots.

"Grandma's just... set, really," she continues while working on the massage. "She's a faithful Abadaran and she believes everything has an order and a place and the gods help you if you step out of it, because she sure won't. She's fond of fiery warnings and aphorisms about a house disordered is a house in decay and it wasn't chaos that chained Rovagug and whatnot. So she always has 'plans' and she gets very upset when people don't adhere to them. Mother became a priestess of Iomedae - which upset grams because she wanted a priestess of Abadar - but my mother is less 'crusader' and more 'healer and counselor.' Anyway she's not really malicious but she's very judgmental - grams I mean, not my mother - and often it's best just not to even get into a conversation with her."

With a mischievous grin she says, "So... you think Ada and Zev are going to 'click'? It's so adorable to watch them interact, but they're both so shy and unused to socializing that I worry that they will miss each others' interest."

As she mentions their other companions, she grins, considering their obvious yet somewhat innocent connection. "There's definitely a spark there. But you're right, they're both so...polite about it, it's definitely cute." Ryn says with a chuckle. "I hope they don't miss it though......sometimes when you encounter something good....you just need to jump in with both feet."

She quirks an eyebrow, pauses the massaging, looks directly at Ryn and says, "You have had sex with another woman before, I presume?"

"Yes! Sorry, yes." she says with a bit of a giggle at her own zoning out. "You're damn good at making me speechless." she says with a smile. "So many questions, let's see...... jumping in with both feet.....definitely." she says wiggling her toes. "Casual.....I can do casual.....and yes, in fact, aside from a few almost laughably awkward fumblings early on that helped me figure out what I wasn't into.....I'm very much a girl's girl.