Her body giving in to the utter exhaustion of being drained, Celia sleeps later than usual.
"Definitely. Last night definitely took longer than I anticipated it would. We really needed a good night's sleep." Sādhanā says, idly reaching out to run her fingers through Ylrhea's hair.
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"Next to you I always do." Rhadaya says smiling back at her wife. "How did you sleep sweetheart?"
A slow lazy smile creeps across her face, "With you in my arms, I slept like a baby. Like you love....I always sleep well when you're lying in my arms. I have never felt so loved or content my whole entire life." She pauses for a moment as her stomach grumbles at her and wonders if Charity is still at home or not. She had no idea what kind of schedule she had since joining the guard, but if she hadn't left yet it would be nice if breakfast was ready for her before she had to go.
Coming out of her own thoughts she gives Rhy another light tender kiss, "Soooo....are you ready for breakfast? I could go make something. I'm not sure if Charity is still here or not....but if she is I'd like to have some food ready before she has to start her shift." She finishes with a little yawn as she stretches. Maybe Rhy forgot about me being naughty yesterday and the trouble....whatever that would be....that she said I'd be in. She thinks to herself as her cheeks blush subconsciously ever so slightly at the thought of it.
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Hearing her mommy's tone change she finishes her bite and gulps down the rest of her milk. Holding out her hands she says, "All done." Before pushing away from the table and jumping down out of her seat before anyone can stop her. She burps loudly before giggling and jumps up into mommy's lap.
Wanting to comfort mommy she puts a sticky hand on each side of her face before giving her a sticky sweet kiss with her syrup and strawberry juice covered face. Leaning back she says, "You good mommy. Good food, I like bed, my toys, my boots!" She exclaims as she shows off the boots mommy had gotten for her. Getting her face close to mommy's she smiles, "You good mommy. I love you mommy...you love Celine." It wasn't really a question, but more of a statement.
Taken by surprise at how quickly Celine can move, Arista barely has time to react as Celine jumps up in her lap and is only able to protect her belly before Celine has her sticky hands all over her. A little upset at first, she calms and becomes slightly emotional as Celine attempts to express her feelings.
They could both have a bath while Alethiro was at the temple and be ready by the time he got back.
Wrapping her arms around Celine she hugs her before kissing her cheek, "Thank you baby. Yes...Mommy loves you, very very much. Now go wash your face and hands because you're all sticky."
She nods as she carefully climbs off mommy. Before going to wash her hands she looks up at her mommy, "We bake cookies mommy?"
Smiling she bends over to kiss the top of her head, "Yes my angel, we're going to make cookies later. Now go get cleaned up Celine and then you can play for a little bit while mommy and daddy finish eating and clean up. Okay?"
Celine laughs and claps her sticky hands, "Yay!! Cookies...cookies....cookies!" She chants loudly as she runs through the house to the bathroom to get cleaned up.
She smiles while sighing softly and leans back in her chair. She looks at Alethiro, "I wonder if I had that much energy when I was little like that? I really don't remember....I remember my little sister a bit though and what a pain she was sometimes. The older she got, the more I stayed out of the house....I guess none of that matters now." Taking a moment to breath she sips on her milk before eating some more of her breakfast. It was good, she just wasn't as hungry as she thought she was. After a few more bites she pushes her plate away and finishes her milk, "Sometimes I wonder if....I don't know....if I'm gonna be able to handle having a toddler and an infant at the same time. It's just....I don't know....I'm probably worried for nothing." She says while idly running her fingers across the Holy Symbol that he had made for her that she never took off.
Clara knocks on Celia's door. "Celia? Are you awake?"
"Yeah," Ylrhea agrees. "Feeling hungry?"
Sienna gets up and opens the door. "Sorry, everything took longer than expected. Why don't we go to Nana and Papa's this morning? Cyna and I need to apologize for missing out on dinner yesterday."
"They understand," Gwen says. "I told them you were fighting evil as usual."
Sienna snickers and gives her daughter a hug.
Sighing softly to herself she gets up and picks up her plate and glass and takes them to the sink to rinse them off before picking up the rest of the dishes and starting to clean up the kitchen.
Alethiro finishes his breakfast and attempts to process everything Arista is saying. He starts with the most important.
"Well, you have me to help and the others," Alethiro says. "It's not like you're alone in this. And, yes, I think all children are like that at one point or another."
He wipes his face with a napkin. "That was very good and I suppose I am very fortunate to have married such a wonderful cook, a loving wife and a doting mother."
Alethiro gets up and give Arista a kiss on the cheek. "I'm going to get changed and head to the temple. I'll be back in a little while."
She tries not to seem surprised....but she couldn't help it really. Alethiro had seem distant, distracted, and mostly aloof the last few weeks....so she didn't really understand or expect might be the better word for him to actually say something. Trying not to look too shocked by the fact that he was actually trying to comfort her she nods her head, "Yeah...I know I'm not alone...not really. I guess this is something that all new parents go through? Anyways....Celine just sort of happened and I wasn't really expecting to be an instant mother and I made some....maybe not so good choices....in the beginning...but only because it's what I felt I had to do." She pauses for a moment, "I'm sorry honey...I know what you're trying to say though, and I'm sure everything will be alright. We just have to take things one day at a time right? Make sure you bundle up before going out, it feels a bit chilly this morning and I'll make sure to have Celine and I ready by the time you get back home. I think we need a quick bath...and here...let me get that for you." She says as she dabs some sticky syrup from his mouth since he kissed her where Celine's sticky hands had been. Giving him a smile she says, "Okay, you better get going and I better see what a certain little girl is up to, it's far too quiet." She gives his arm a slight squeeze before heading towards the bathroom to see what Celine was up to.
Alethiro heads to the bedroom and gets changed while Arista heads to the bathroom.
Getting to the bathroom she covers her mouth to keep from screaming as her suspicions are confirmed. Standing at the sink is Celine, soaking wet while splashing soap and water everywhere. The sink is covered in suds, her bottle of lavender perfume lies broken on the bathroom floor. Covering her mouth and nose with her sleeve she looks from the mess to Celine as she tries not to gag on the powerful scent from the perfume and soap mixing together.
Shaking her head she says in a stern voice, "Celine Milocathe! What are you doing?! I told you to go to the bathroom and get cleaned up, not play in the soap and get it everywhere....and the perfume Celine. There's broken glass everywhere. You turn off that water this instant and stay where you are while I put my boots on. I don't want you stepping in that glass."
Trying to take some breaths as she hurries away from the bathroom she runs into the bedroom to pull on her boots while shaking her head and trying to keep the bile down that she feels coming up in her throat, "I should have known better than to leave her in there alone for so long." She mutters almost to herself as she runs to get the broom and dust pan before returning to the bathroom to clean up the mess.
Sweeping up the glass first she sets the dust pan aside and grabs Celine off the step stool before wrapping a towel around her and setting her outside of the bathroom, "Just stay there till I get it cleaned up okay? I don't want you getting hurt and the floor is slippery now." Being careful not to slip in the water herself she uses one of the larger towels to try and get it off the floor before going to a window to open it and let the room air out. Leaving the towel on the floor to soak up the rest of the water she gets out of the bathroom as quickly as she can before sitting down on the floor outside of it and puts her head between her knees.
Taking a few breaths she looks up at Celine, "Rub yourself with the towel Celine...you need to get dry before you get sick. Go...go to the kitchen and get warm." She continues to sit on the floor and tries to take some breaths to fight back the nausea she felt from the strong smell in the bathroom.
Her lower lip quivers at mommy's tone, but she turns off the water and waits for mommy to come get her from the bathroom. When she sees mommy coming out and looking sick she feels bad, "I'm sorry...I no mean it. You said clean up, I got soap...bubbles...lots and lots of bubbles." She tries to explain while standing next to mommy in the towel.
Sitting on the floor she just puts her head in her hands, "Oh Celine....mommy knows you didn't mean to make a big mess....but you...you're soaking wet." Realizing she was still feeling woozy she calls out, "Alethiro....can you come here for a minute please?" She then continues trying to take slow deep breaths.
Alethiro runs into the bathroom, his robes all bunched up. "What's wrong?"
Clara knocks on Celia's door. "Celia? Are you awake?"
Groggily, Celia drifts into wakefulness, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. "I am now, you can come in Clara."
"Yeah. We should probably have breakfast before finding Barclay and giving him a report on what happened last night. And make sure Celia gets herself healed up." the magus says stretching.
Putting an arm out as she sits outside the bathroom to keep him from going in and slipping on water she says, "No..wait...don't go in there. It reeks right now." She sighs, "After telling her to wash her face and hands, Celine apparently took that to mean that I wanted her to play in the sink and get soap and everything everywhere and somehow managed to knock my perfume bottle onto the floor, breaking it....so now it's a huge mess. I got the glass up off the floor and soaked up as much of the water and soap as I could....but....but the smell is sooo bad....I already opened the window to let it air out...but I just can't stay in there long enough to make sure all the water is up....I know you have to get to the temple...but can you help me? The smell is so strong and....it made me feel kinda woozy. I don't think she meant to do it....but still...she didn't listen to me and made a huge mess...I don't know. I'm going to have to do laundry now today and...." She shakes her head and looks at Celine, "Mommy wanted to make cookies with you today Celine...but because you made a mess I'm going to have to do laundry now and we might not have time to make cookies."
Taking another breath as she readies herself for another fit she looks up at her husband while holding out her hand, "Could you help me up love? I'm still feeling a little woozy."
Her lower lip trembles, "But...but cookies..."
Alethiro offers Arista his hand. "Come on, let's get you out of there. I'll clean up in there. Just go outside and get some fresh air."
"Next to you I always do." Rhadaya says smiling back at her wife. "How did you sleep sweetheart?"A slow lazy smile creeps across her face, "With you in my arms, I slept like a baby. Like you love....I always sleep well when you're lying in my arms. I have never felt so loved or content my whole entire life." She pauses for a moment as her stomach grumbles at her and wonders if Charity is still at home or not. She had no idea what kind of schedule she had since joining the guard, but if she hadn't left yet it would be nice if breakfast was ready for her before she had to go.
Coming out of her own thoughts she gives Rhy another light tender kiss, "Soooo....are you ready for breakfast? I could go make something. I'm not sure if Charity is still here or not....but if she is I'd like to have some food ready before she has to start her shift." She finishes with a little yawn as she stretches. Maybe Rhy forgot about me being naughty yesterday and the trouble....whatever that would be....that she said I'd be in. She thinks to herself as her cheeks blush subconsciously ever so slightly at the thought of it.
"Hmm... breakfast would be delightful my love." Rhadaya says sitting up. Leaning close she whispers in a breathy tone, "I haven't forgotten how naughty you were yesterday.....there'll be time to....deal with that later."
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"And we should probably check on Magestreia and Mirrin and those folks still at the Common House," Ylrhea says. "We don't have to kill things to stay busy."
"I didn't mean to wake you..." Clara says before opening the door and seeing Celia's pallor. "What in the world happened to you?!"
"No, we definitely don't." Sādhanā says with a chuckle, getting out of bed and going to the closet to find clothing.
She shakes her head, "I can't go outside....I need to get Celine to the kitchen where it's a little warmer and try to get her dry before she gets sick. I'll go out and get some air as soon I get her dry okay? Promise. Thank you honey, I love you." Taking Celine's hand she heads towards the warmth of the kitchen with the whimpering girl. Shaking her head she says, "That's enough Celine, I told you before...you have to listen to mommy and daddy. I asked you to wash your face and hands and because you didn't listen daddy and I have to clean up and we have to take care of you so there isn't any time for cookies today. I'm sorry honey, but next time listen to me and do as you're told."
Celine starts to act as if she's going to start crying, but one look from her mommy and she sucks it up and nods her head. "Ohh...okay mommy. I...I sorry."
Arista gives her a hug, "It's okay, just don't do it again. Let's get you dry okay?" Being careful not to get her too close to the hot stove she removes her wet bed clothes and starts by vigorously rubbing her down to get her body dry before turning her attention to her hair which somehow managed to get soaking wet as well. Well...I guess this will count as her bath today. She sighs again as she wraps up her daughter and takes her to her room to put dry clothes on her.
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Tesia gulps ever so slightly, the coloring in her cheeks turning a slightly darker shade of pink before spreading to the tips of her ears. Licking her lips a little she stammers, "Oohh...oh okay love...yeah...breakfast. Food first...and...and other stuff later. Yeah...so ummm...yeah, I'll just go see what to make. I love you." Pulling Rhy against her she gives her a quick yet passionate kiss, smirking ever so slightly as she releases her and pulls the robe around her to head downstairs to start breakfast. Before she goes completely out the bedroom door she turns her head and gives Rhy a wink before giggling and heading down the stairs.
"It's okay....I....usually get up by now anyway." Celia says tiredly. "Turns out there was a lot more to the rumors than we thought. First off the 'cultists' turned out to be assasins that were tasked to take out the vampire necromancer, Chalandra I think they said her name is. Anyway, the girl's family had stumbled upon them and to protect their mission they captured them."
As she speaks, the Anizari healer moves over making room for Clara to sit on the bed.
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Alethiro takes a deep breath and prays to Pharasma. Sometimes, I wish I knew some of those arcane spells.
He waves his hand over the dust pan of glass, reforming the perfume bottle. Perhaps I'll see about refilling that for Arista.
He then gathers a couple more towels and starts cleaning up the water and soap.
Clara raises an eyebrow and sits down. "And those assassins did this to you?"
Charity walks out of her room as Tesia walks by. "Morning."
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Just that little wink and giggle sends a shiver through Rhadaya at the thought of their alone time later. Smiling to herself, she sits on the bed, closing her eyes as she feels the flow of the air over her skin, the changing weather, and hears the crackle of electricity in the air that would be imperceptible to most people as she embraces her magic.
Tesia nearly jumps but regains her composure quickly, "Good morning Charity. I hope you slept alright. I was just getting ready to make breakfast, are you hungry?" She asks as she makes her way down to the kitchen and starts pulling things out of the cold box and pantry to cook up a good breakfast to get them all going.
Charity yawns. "Yes, thank you."
She then heads to the bathroom to get cleaned up.
Giving Charity a nod she smiles slightly to herself as she starts humming something quiet and soothing while trying to figure out exactly what to make for dinner. Taking out some eggs, breakfast meat, and bread she starts making their breakfast. She didn't want to make anything too complicated or that would take too long to make since she didn't want to make Charity late for her guard duty.
She busies herself around the kitchen whipping up the eggs, adding a little dill to them for flavoring, and sets them aside while she gets their stove started up. She puts one of the heavier pans on it to get it heated up while she lets the eggs rest. When it's all ready she puts some thick pieces of bacon in it and lets it sizzle. Once the bacon is done, she drains a little of the grease and puts it back on the heat and adds the eggs. While the eggs cook she slices the bread and toasts it.
After about five to ten minutes, the smell of the bacon and eggs cooking and bread toasting starts wafting throughout the entire house. While the food finishes up she puts on a pot of coffee.
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"No..no sorry there's more." Celia replies. "We got everything sorted out and they were going to replan their mission, when a vampire under Chalandra's command along with other minions tried to take us all out. That didn't go well for them and the vampire fled to regenerate. Cyna was able to track him and we followed to a hidden lair and some kind of evil temple location, full of undead."
She pauses, coughing for a moment. "Sorry. It was a spectre that did this to me, it's touch....took something from me, like it was draining my life force." she says with a shudder.
As she completes her meditation, Rhadaya is greeted with the most heavenly smell. Could her wife be any more perfect? Grinning at the eager growl that arises from her stomach, the sorceress slips on a robe, tying it closed as she heads downstairs.
Clara takes a deep breath. "Let's get you to the temple and then get some food in you."
Charity finishes fixing her hair and heads into the kitchen. "Wow, it smells really good, Tesia."
"That sounds like a good idea.....speaking of which....thank you so much for dinner last night, it was exactly what I needed." she says squeezing Clara's hand. "It was incredibly thoughtful."
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