"Your room will still be Juhi's room," Asha tells Rajni with a smile. "We'll still need some more room."
Toni nods.
"I'm glad you decided to wait," Elena says. "Things'll calm down after the holidays."
She nods, "Oh yeah...there is that. Well, I just...I don't want Toni worrying about anything. I'm sure the extension will be done as quickly as it can be in this weather. Hopefully it gets nice again for a little while before winter hits us full force."
She looks at her sister and nods, "A couple more weeks doesn't make much a difference, it's not gonna change how we feel and it's not that long to wait....gives more time to plan anyways. Not like I know anything about this stuff anyways and I'd like to be with you for yours before worrying about planning my own." She explains before giving her a light hug, afraid of squeezing her too tightly in case she still doesn't feel well.
Everyone nods as they start to eat.
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The dwarf's restaurant is not as busy as usual but there are a good number of people dining there.
She smiles and enjoys her own serving as they start eating.
Arista goes in and looks for a place that the three of them can sit, "Looks like we weren't the only ones with this idea." She says giving him a smile.
"Hard to argue with good food."
She nods, "Absolutely impossible to argue with something like that."
She waits until everyone has climbed up on her and had a chance to hold on properly before standing. Shaking the sand off of her carefully, she makes sure everyone has a firm grip on her feathers before taking a few steps. She beats her mighty wings as she gets a running start before launching herself into the sky. She makes a slow gradual climb until she's soaring about one hundred feet in the air. She waits to get instructions from Sadhana before turning in the proper direction.
Having gotten on and reached down to lift Ylrhea up to sit directly in front of her near Tesia's head, Sādhanā waits until the druidess settles into a level flight pattern and points the way toward the Anizari cave network entrance
Tesia follows Sadhana's directions and flies towards the caves.
Tesia reaches the caves after about ten minutes of flying. There seems to be nothing about.
She does a quick aerial overview to find a good place to land near the caves.
Tesia finds a decent place on the beach nearby.
Slowing her air speed as she circles overhead, she slowly descends in lazy wide circles so as to make it as smooth as possible for her passengers. Once she gets low enough to the ground she continues to slow her glide by fanning out her wings against the air current. As she glides closer to the beach she extends her legs and as she touches down on the sand she runs a few paces before slowing to a walk and finally stops, lowering herself back down to the sand so that the others can climb off.
Hadrinn smiles at the Milocathe family as they enter. "Felt like getting out this evening?"
Magestreia wastes no time getting off of Tesia. "So this is where the Anizari come from?"
"Some of them lived here, yes," Ylrhea answers, climbing down. "Zahvroma used to have more."
Lea climbs down as well and looks around.
Lea doesn't see or hear anything unusual.
"It's too quiet."
"A lot more. When the necromancers took power they retreated underground. But this group lostensibly their way under their leader Jarrah and another group splintered off under a far more honorable leader. They live by Aroden's original vision and path for the Anizari, something I hope to bring to any survivors we find." Sādhanā says dismounting.
Magestreia nods. "It seems like that may be a slim hope."
Once everyone has had a chance to climb off she changes back to herself and approaches the others, "Sometimes hope is all we have, it's what keeps us going when everything else seems pointless. The absence of hope is despair...and I refuse to live in despair, so I choose hope. Even if we don't find anyone....I'll feel better having checked." She says with a look over at Sadhana.
She nods, "Yeah...well that, and I kinda got busy and forgot to start dinner....so we thought we'd come by and see how things are going and have some of your delicious cooking." She says while giving him a smile of her own, Celine standing next to her proudly wearing her pretty new coat, scarf, and gloves. Celine points at her boots, "Boots." She says with a proud smile.
"And they are very nice boots, Celine," Hadrinn says, guiding the family to a table.
She smiles as they follow him to a table, "Yes, those are new. I was getting tired so Rajni took her to get them. She doesn't need the braces anymore, so her other boots were too big." She says, pride clear in her voice.
With a deep sigh, Sādhanā leads the way to the cave opening,seeking signs of....anything.
Rhadaya lifts a few inches of the ground as she hovers forward alongside Tes.
Tesia stays near Sadhana and helps keep an eye out for anything unusual, any secret or hidden passageways or chambers, or anything that might indicate someone survived the attack.
"What can I get you all to drink?" Hadrinn asks.
The underground town is silent, not a single speck of light can be seen.
Yulia gets up after a little bit and checks on her cooking. "It's about done, love. Will you set the table and get us drinks?"
Feeling a little creeped out by the silence and complete lack of light, she casts daylight on her shield to offer those that might not have low light or dark vision some means of seeing, and continues to remain vigilant for any signs of life no matter how small.
"Could I have some water and a hot tea please? Celine will have some milk." She answers.
Hadrinn nods. "How about you, Alethiro?"
The buildings are empty, not even a corpse can be found. Half-burned utensils and broken furniture are all Tesia manages to find.
Swallowing the lump she feels growing in her throat she says quietly to Sadhana, "We can go building by building if you want to...I just....I don't know that we'll find anything, but if it will help in any way, we can. I'm so sorry Sadhana....I wish there was more we could do." She says as she puts a supportive hand on the magus's shoulder.
"Whatever your stew is for the day. It smells divine," The Elf said as he draped his cloak over the back of his chair and sat down.
Ammon kept his shield in front of him as he kept a low grounded stance. The Catfolk's ears twitched, listening for the slightest hint of trouble. But the smell, the scent of the lower planes kept his mind flashing to his last mission with the Scorched Sons. Focusing his mind, he pushed through it and kept close to the Magus, making sure she had one less flank to worry about.
Getting up from the couch, "Absolutely."
"And some hot tea as well. Thank you."
She smiles as she looks at her husband, "Ummm...I'm not sure what I want to eat yet, or Celine for that matter. Would you mind letting me know what specials you have when you get back Hadrinn?" She asks as she helps Celine take off her coat, scarf, and gloves and lays them in an empty chair with her coat, scarf, and gloves before sitting down next to their daughter.
Hadrinn nods and goes to fetch the water, tea and milk.
Yulia pulls a couple of plates and tankards from the cupboard. "I think I just want a little lemonade."
"Let's just make sure," Ylrhea says to Tesia, heading into another house.
Tesia follows them as they thoroughly search the area.