"I guess that makes me the native," Clara says.
"Not the only one. I was born on Zahvroma too," Dillon says, squeezing Rajni's hand.
She leans against him as she orders some milk, eggs, hot cakes, and sausage with fruit on the side.
Shaking her head laughing Rhadaya blushes slightly, the patterns on her cheeks turning grey. "The worst part is, I knew that. I don't think my brain's fully woken up yet." she says squeezing Tes' hand.
"That's perfectly fine Rajni. Had I been thinking when I left, I would have brought him with me and hitched him up outside."
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"Wedding nights tend to do that. By the way, congratulations to the both of you." Alethiro responded to Rhadaya before ordering a cup of water.
If anything her blush increases as she shares a glance with Tes."Thank you Alethiro. Yes, yes they do" she says quickly looking in the direction of the server as thy approach.
Nyder arrives at the table with drinks and Rajni's order. "What will the rest of you be having?"
"That's perfectly fine Rajni. Had I been thinking when I left, I would have brought him with me and hitched him up outside."
After taking a bite a bite of her hot cakes with the sticky syrup and swallowing she shakes her head, "Nah...that's okay. Don't worry about it, I can go get him ready and meet everyone....wherever they want to meet. I just need a chance to go by my house after breakfast and tell everyone goodbye before we leave. I think Elena is a little upset that I won't be here to help her plan her wedding so I feel bad a little bit, but I promised I'd be back in time for it. She's making me some kind of honorable old maid....or something like that. Probably means I'll have to wear a dress again." She makes a face before digging more heartily into her breakfast.
As Alethiro talks about wedding nights the tips of her ears turn a slight pink as she just looks at Rhadaya and grins, not being able to help herself.
When Nyder comes around to get the orders she just looks up at him and smiles, "Could we just have our usual and some coffee to go with it?" She looks at Rhy and smiles before putting an arm around her and drawing her a little closer to herself. Brushing some of Rhy's hair out of her face she giggles slightly, "We're gonna need to get something for that hair of yours, it always seems to be in your beautiful eyes. Don't worry about forgetting where I came from love, it doesn't matter where I came from as long as you're with me wherever I go now. I left home at a really young age and traveled all over the place, it's a miracle I remember where I'm from." She laughs a little, but her eyes don't seem as full of mirth as she tries to appear to be. Reaching in her cloak she pats the letter from her mother absently as they wait for the others to order.
"I'll have the eggs, hotcakes and sausage," Ashram tells Nyder.
"I'll take the same," Clara says.
Nyder waits for Alethiro's order.
"None for me thanks, I'll stick to water for now." The Elf said.
Rajni looks at Alethiro and cocks an eyebrow at him, "Did you already eat breakfast? I'm just asking cuz after we leave there's no telling when we'll stop again and even though I don't personally know your wife, I'm pretty sure she'd be upset if something happened to you."
Nyder nods and heads to the kitchen. He returns about ten minutes later with everyone's food.
"Had breakfast with the in-laws this morning before coming here," Alethiro replied to Rajni.
She nods and smirks at him, "Okay...just making sure." She then goes back to eating her food and occasionally sneaking looks up at Dillon and smiling at him in between bites and drinks of milk.
Dillon drinks his coffee, blushing when Rajni looks at him. He eats a piece of toast and some eggs, feeling extremely elated.
Her eyes lighting up as Tes brushes her hair our of her eyes, her loving gaze feeling like the warmth of the sun, Rhadaya doesn't miss the fact that Tes' eyes betray what's on her mind. They had to focus on the task at hand but at some point, hen she was ready to read the letter, she would. When that came Rhadaya would be there for her to help her deal with it in whatever way she needed to.
Looking in Rhy's eyes she says, "That's all fine, I guess I need to stop by the shop and get my girl a clip or something to keep her hair out of her face." She says before digging into her own breakfast and thoroughly enjoying her hotcakes and syrup.
"I'm ready when you all are," Ashram says.
"Yeah, we can meet you over by the north 'gate'," Clara says.
She looks around and thinks for a bit, "So...like an hour or so once we're all done eating? That should give everyone time to do what they need to do before leaving. I pretty much said what I needed to say to Kaplan last night. We can see him when we get back. Is that okay with everyone?" She looks around as she scoops up some eggs and munches happily.
Ashram nods.
While enjoying her own breakfast, she enjoyed it even more just for having Dillon there. As she eats she reaches under the table with her hand to take Dillon's in hers while looking at him and smiling that small sweet smile that she's developed. Nodding as she swallows another bite of food followed by some more milk she says, "Yeah...that should be enough time for me to say goodbye to everyone and get Balladier hitched up." She wished she could stay here forever, just like this with Dillon...or even back at his room in the fort so they could....no no no...I mustn't think about that right now. She shakes her head to clear it of her more....lascivious thoughts. Her food quickly disappearing she knew this moment would end far too soon and so she relishes every moment of it.
Dillon finishes his plate of food. "I'd better get to the school. I love you, Rajni."
He gives her a tender kiss before getting up. "Would you like to walk me there?"
Finishing hers as well she kisses him back, her cheeks turning ever so slightly darker. Nodding she says, "I'd love to. Well, I'll see all of you in about an hour or so." She gets up from her seat and takes Dillon's hand, "Let's go sweetie." She can't help the giggle that escapes as she still feels slightly euphoric, as if this is all some kind of dream.
Dillon gives Rajni's hand a squeeze as they walk. "Everything has felt so unreal...last night, today..."
She nods and looks somewhat thoughtful, even though she can't seem to wipe the smile off of her face. Squeezing his hand back lightly she says, "I know exactly what you mean. I keep....I keep thinking that I'm going to wake up and it's all going to be a dream....that...that none of it is going to be real, that something that feels this good couldn't possibly be real. That you're not real and any minute I'm gonna wake up and it's all going to be gone." She takes a slow deep breath to calm herself, "Before I came here....I used to dream of leaving the place I was in and never going back. I used to tell myself that it was some horrible nightmare and that someday I would wake up and not be there anymore....and then...just like that, here I am. Then you show up and just when I think things couldn't get any better....they do." She gets quiet, not sure of how much she should say. She didn't want to make him feel worse about leaving...she didn't want to remind herself that she was leaving either.
Using her fingers to soak up the last little bit of syrup off of her plate she finishes her coffee and smiles happily at Rhadaya, "I think I better go wash up before we go anywhere. I'll be right back." Getting up she leans down and kisses Rhy softly on the lips before walking towards the washroom in the back of the restaurant.
Dillon stops outside the door to the school. "Well, we'll have many nights to spend together when you get back and maybe it'll feel really real then. Just hunt enough to keep you home for the winter."
Reaching up she puts her arms around him one last time and gives him a tight squeeze, "I will Dillon, I promise that I'll find enough meat to keep this town fed for the next two months...at least. I love you so much." She brings her hands up under his shirt and caresses his back as she brings herself up to meet his face. Pressing her body against his she takes his mouth in a sweet tender kiss before pulling back a little, "I better let you go inside before we end up on the grass, because I think I'm up to that now. I'll see you when I get back okay? I know I have to go....but, I just don't want to let go of you." She says as she practically has to force herself to step back.
"In an hour then." Alethiro said as he finished his drink.
Heading to the chapel, he knelt at the alter and said his morning prayers to Pharasma.
Licking the syrup off from Tes' kiss from of her lips, Rhadaya smile as Tes goes to wash up, finishing her coffee and grinning gratefully at Ashram as they all get ready to finish their last minute preparations.
Once her hands are washed and dried she goes back out to Rhy, "Alright, much better. Let's go see if we can find you something for that hair love." She extends her hand and helps Rhadaya up before heading out to Halfpockets for some last minute shopping. As they walk together she keeps an arm around Rhy's waist, "I know I must say it like a thousand times a day but, I love you Rhy. You're the best thing that has ever happened to me."
Dillon smiles. "I'll be waiting."
He turns and goes inside the school, closing the door behind him.
Clara nods at Ashram. "I guess we have nothing else to do but wait."
"Seems that way," Ashram says, getting up and putting his money on the table. "Off we go."
Tesia lays a some money on the table for Hadrinn and Nyder before walking outside with Rhy, "So...I wonder what kind of hair band or clips Halfpocket might have? I was thinking either silver or gold? I don't know...just as long as I can look into your beautiful eyes."
Rajni just stands there for a moment, torn between getting the last of her things together and going through those doors and dragging him back to the fort and never leaving him again. She stands there for a couple minutes before sighing, knowing what she really must do, and walks back to her house to say her goodbyes before going to hitch up Balladier.
Blushing slightly as she looks at her wife Rhadaya slips her arm around Tes' waist. "Maybe silver. I'm so used my hair being everywhere I never really think about it......of course I'v never really had someone I always wanted an unobstructed view of all the time." she says with a wink. "Let's go see what he's got."
She nods and gives Rhy a slight smile as they make their way to Halfpocket's shop. Holding the door open for her she gives him a nod in a way of greeting, "Morning Halfpocket, hope you're having a good one so far. I was hoping you could help me find something? I'm looking for something pretty to hold back Rhadaya's hair from her face. I like looking at her face and I'd like to see more of it. Might you have a clip, or head band perhaps? I was thinking something with silver maybe?"
Rhadaya flashes Tes a grin, looking at the counter displays and taking in the wide variety of goods Halfpocket has for sale.
"Certainly," Halfpocket replies, leading the two women to a veritable vault of hair accessories. "I'm sure you'll find something perfect in that display."
Tesia's eyes get really big at the wide assortment, there were combs, clips, hairbands, as well as fine looking bone brushes. There were so many, she would never be able to decide and she wanted Rhy to pick out whatever she liked. Tesia could always fix her hair to go with whatever she picked out.
Taking Rhy's hand in hers she says, "You go ahead and pick out whatever your little heart desires and we will make it work." She says with a smile as she leans in slightly and brushes her lips softly against her loves cheek in a sweet simple kiss.
Rajni walks inside the house and goes into the kitchen, her pack already slung over her shoulder and Shamara standing next to her. Suddenly feeling the slightest bit nervous she says, "Well...we're going to be leaving soon....I just wanted to stop by and tell everyone good bye before I had to go to Mr....Alethiro's house to hitch up Balladier and stuff."
Elena gets up and hugs Rajni. "Be very very very careful. I love you, sis."
Asha and Priya come over and hug Rajni as well. "Yes, be safe, my daughter."
Not really understanding why she feels hot tears start to run down her cheeks. This is what real family felt like. Is this what it would be like with Dillon? She couldn't be sure, but it was probably a mixture of missing her family and the knowing of what she would be missing with Dillon now that started her crying. The why wasn't important though, she had to stop and she had to stop right now. She didn't want them worrying anymore about her than they already were. Hugging them all in turn she wipes her eyes, "I will I promise to be super duper extra careful and give you the same promise I gave Dillon. I promise I will do my very best to stay safe, not put myself in unnecessary danger, and return home with all my original parts in tact and working order."
Going through the display case Rhadaya eventually chooses a pair of silver hair clips patterned to look like leaves, the delicate work making them light while still solid enough to wear in the field. "I think these are perfect." she says smiling at Tes. "What do you think, love?"