Jimmy wakes, having had a decent night on the floor
As Gwenhwyfar wakes up she tiptoes out of the bedroom and finds Jimmy awake. "It's time for the morning prayers. Wanna come?"
She goes back into the bedroom and sits down with her mum and Destinée.
Jimmy nods and follows Gwen, and sits down in the corner watching Gwen and her mum
"I thought you're doing your prayer time too?" Fiona asks as she feels observed.
Gwenhwyfar is already spaced out in the meditation with the cat.
__________Meanwhile_________
As Niamh awakes she finds herself sitting inflected over her transverse flute in Lini's shop. The gnome is still busy with something Niamh recognizes as she looks over to Lini. She stretches to feel more comfortable and stands up. "Good morning."
"Good morning. You're really inspiring." Lini greets her. "At least the first few minutes. After that it was entertaining for and hour or two. But the effect was lost a bit as you nodded off and started drooling over your flute. Do you need a cloth to clean that?"
She then turns her back to the workbench and straps the thing she worked on the whole night to her back.
"I don't pray, I just like watching Gwen." Jimmy says with a smile
Niamh swallows silently and casts Prestidigitation. "Nope. I guess I can fix that without a cloth."
"I've seen a lot of different kinds of 'prayer' for different deities. And I know you're a special kind of paladin. But if your obedience is simply watching Gwenhwyfar I really wonder where your power comes from." Fiona comments, her eyes wandering between Jimmy and Gwenhwyfar.
"Well to be honest... It is all I really do. I ait and watch her. I don't ask any god for my power or thank them or ask for guidance. One day I sat down and watched Gwen while she prayed and that day I could do things I hadn't before. IAs Gwen told you I felled a powerful evil foe with a single swing, in a nightgown no less... not something I would have been able to do normally." Jimmy says thinking
Lini politely ignores that. "Wanna see what I built?" Lini asks and grabs the control sticks of the appendages of her 'backpack'. Which are mechanical arms with simple hands with two fingers and a thumb. "I built a set of additional arms. They are no good for you to play an instrument. As they can't act on their own. But I can steer them into every position and then secure them in that position." She grabs a mug from the workbench with the mechanical arm and holds it up. With a twist of the control the arm is locked in place and Lini spreads her arms shouting "Tadaa!"
Niamh applauds before asking "What do you need them for exactly?"
"To hold my mug while I'm working. Or some tools. Or the thing I'm working on. Did you never have the problem of missing a hand?" Lini asks
"No. I always had two hands." Niamh replies. "I need to go if I want to catch breakfast." she says with a gaze out of the window where the sun starts rising.
"There is a baker around the corner. How about you fetch some buns and come back and we have breakfast together?" Lini asks.
"Sure. Do you want some pie too?" Niamh asks on her way out.
"I prefer something solid for breakfast. I have some really good ham and half a wheel of delicious cheese. I'm going to prepare some of that for us." Lini replies and starts making room on the workbench to put some plates on it.
"I'm a vegetarian, so nothing for me please. I'll eat pie." Niamh responds and leaves the shop. After looking around almost every corner she finally finds the bakery and enters it. She buys four buns and cherry pie and comes back to Lini.
"Not even cheese?" Lini asks surprised. She cleans two plates with her sleeves and rummages through some boxes to find some forks and knives.
Niamh shakes her head and places everything on the table. "Cheese contains rennet." she explains and sits down on a chair.
"Whatever rocks your boat." Lini replies. She takes a bun cuts it open and puts two thin slices of ham and a thick slice of cheese on it. Then she takes her blowtorch and melts the cheese.
Fiona shakes her head, smiles and turns back to her own prayer where she sits in direction of the window with the sun on her face and the eyes closed.
As the prayertime is over Gwenhwyfar gets up and walks into the kitchen. There she puts a log on the fire in the hearth and prepares scrambled eggs and some toasted bread. As all sit down she says "Today I'd like to visit Azoresh and check if we can find Brutus somewhere."
"Who are those?" Fiona replies.
"Azoresh is a Troglodyte who is now the spiritual advisor of her tribe after I taught her the basics of following Sarenrae. And Brutus is the dog Abomentolor bought but somehow Niamh ended up as his owner but we forgot him somewhere on our trip to the Lady's light." Gwenhwyfar explains. "Did that make sense?"
"Probably. Fiona replies with a smile. "But please don't try to explain further."
"Do you come back here then?" she asks.
"I can only do such far travels twice a day. So I thought we'd go back to Magnimar from there." Gwenhwyfar replies.
"Because you know I thought I could take a look where you live now. When it's just a magical jump with you." Fiona tells.
"That's no problem. You just come with us to the Lady's cape and then back to Magnimar." Gwenhwyfar answers between two bites.
"You think it's safe at this Lady's Cape?" Fiona asks.
"I think so. But it's been a few days since we were there. And almost a week since we left Azoresh. But we should be fine. We have a brave and mighty paladin with us. He will save us if we end up as damsels in distress. Right?" Gwenhwyfar asks Jimmy giving him a kiss on the cheek.
After the breakfast is eaten and the dishes are done Gwenhwyfar requests "Now come and stand together in a circle with me holding hands. Destinée come here too."
As all are there she says a word and the environment blurs. As everything becomes clear again it is inside a dark cave.
Somewhere in the dark Brutus jumps up and barks as he notices some different smell in the cave.
"Huh! Where are we?" Fiona asks holding on to Jimmy's and Gwenhwyfar's hand as she sees nothing.
<What is it my boy?>" Azoresh asks sending the dog to look and follows him. "<Watch out everybody. Something is wrong here.>"
"<Hello Azoresh?> Brutus?" Gwenhwyfar calls into the darkness using her tongues ability. "Sorry about that. I didn't remember that you can't see anything here. Do you have some light with you Jimmy?"
Brutus comes into the cave and sniffs at everyone searching for Niamh. "Woof." As he doesn't find her he starts whimpering.
As Azoresh comes around the corner and enters the cave she is pleasantly surprised. "You're back!"
"<Yes we are. But not all of us. And I brought my mum.>" Gwenhwyfar replies. After having a talk with Azoresh about how it has been for the tribe this week since they met the last time. She also tells Azoresh that they cleared out the Lady's light.
After all that Gwenhwyfar tells "<We're here to fetch Brutus. As we left from the Lady's Light we were in a hurry and forgot about him.>"
"<I guess Brutus hoped for that.>" Azoresh replies in a sad tone. "<I got used to having him around I guess.>" She gives the dog a hug.
"<I'm sorry it's only such a short visit. But I'm also almost out of my ability to speak draconic.>"
Gwenhwyfar says her goodbyes to Azoresh and collects all to travel to Magnimar in a circle again including Brutus. Speaking the word all of them are taken to the tree in front of the guest house.
Brutus runs inside the house barking and searching through all rooms where the door is open. Not finding Niamh he comes out again and starts whimpering.
"I think we should find Azoresh a dog." Jimmy says with a smile
After breakfast Niamh wishs Lini her farewell and walks with the cherry pie to the guest house. she manages to call before a black flash throws her and the pie on the floor and licks her face before it inhales the pie.
"Brutus!" Niamh's face brightens up as she recognizes who that is and she tousles Brutus fur with both her hands. "How did you get here?"
"Woof." Brutus replies to the question while he smells at Niamh to find more food.
"Do you think any dog would do? Or is it just Brutus? But the idea is nice." Gwenhwyfar replies.
Tauriell rolls herself out of bed and drags herself to the door. Only to see how the pie disappears into Brutus. "I couldn't say I missed that dog."
"Is breakfast called off now? Or do you have a spare pie?"
"I actually think any dog would do." Jimmy replies with a smile