Sādhanā recalls that there was a nursery and day care near Jarrah's home, the largest structure in the town besides the temple.
"The nursery and daycare! They'd be near Jarrah's home, the biggest structure." Sādhanā suddenly blurts out, with a trace of alarm in her voice. She immediately starts moving in that direction, her expression grim.
"I love you too baby." Rhadaya says holding Tes and silently letting their contact speak, soothing her wife's soul as well as her own.
Seeing Sadhana nearly burst out from the stairway she lets go of Rhy and follows her, "Sadhana....what is it?"
"The nursery and daycare, I need to see if...." she says trailing off, the look in her eyes finishing the sentence for her.
"$#!+" Rhadaya exclaims, immediately understanding the implication. She squeezes Tes' hand, flashback of some of the worst horrors she'd seen in war bubbling up. If she could spare her wife from seeing anything that gruesome she would at all costs.
She nods and silently follows her.
Ylrhea hurries after Sadhana.
Sienna follows after the gnome.
Lea looks at Fae and Celia. "You two wanna stay here?"
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The area around Jarrah's home is quiet. The nursery is also quiet, its door slightly ajar.
Tesia keeps her senses alert for anything unusual or that might hint that someone else survived.
Tesia doesn't see or hear anything here.
She looks at Sadhana with a grim expression, "I don't hear or see anything around out here. Why don't we go look inside?"
"Um, ok. Stay safe." Fae says.
Lea nods and heads off to join the others.
Celia nods, preparing to cast a protective spell if needed.
Sādhanā nods, quietly chanting an arcane ritual as she scribes and arcane sigil into the center of the eye on her shield, the entire shield and the tattoos of her left arm glowing for a moment as the eye seems to blink momentarily.
Svanna merely nods. Gyrthr's face becomes solemn for a moment. "Please forgive her. She does not speak."
The nursery is empty save for charred dolls and blankets.
Her arms break out in gooseflesh as she takes in the dismal scene before them. Rubbing her arms absently she says quietly, "We will search this entire place from top to bottom until we know for sure, one way or the other." She says while somehow managing to maintain some kind of tight control over her emotions. Putting a hand on Sadhana's shoulder she gives her a supportive squeeze before letting go and starting a thorough search of the area.
In the moment of contact Tesia can feel the coiled rage screaming to be unleashed in Sādhanā's rigid posture, a silent nod the only response she trusts herself with at the moment.
She doesn't say anything else, but gets started with the search of this place. At some point they would all need to vent at everything they had witnessed and have a chance to grieve for those that they could not save.
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Ammon had stay above while everyone had gone below to free the prisoners. When they came back up, and the Magus bolted off to some building, he followed. The scene before him however, he was not prepared for. The grip on his shield had tightened, and it was all he could do to not tremble in rage. Even while the Scorched Sons had ruthless at times, they never slaughtered children. What sort of monster did this?
The search yields absolutely nothing.
"Perhaps they escaped," Ylrhea guesses.
After setting the places for the stew, Drago poured his love the lemonade, and himself one as well.
"We can hope," Sienna says. "So where did Jarrah keep the bodies? You know, the ones that were meant for housing souls."
"Thank you, love," Yulia says, serving up the shepherd's pie.
When Mirrin appeared, Alethiro had sat stunned. Could she have been wrong? He wondered. He shook his head, Doubtful. So why is she still alive? The Elf's thoughts wandered to an unusual line of thinking. People don't seem to stay dead in this place.
"This way." Sādhanā says tersely, leading the way to where she'd first awakened.
She doesn't say anything but merely follows the magus.