The Reclamation of Zahvroma (Inactive)

Game Master Signore di Fortuna

Arista gives her niece a grateful smile, "I would love that." She says as she helps her get their purchases to the counter.

"Aside from worrying about you, yesterday was peaceful enough," Clara says.

"I suppose there's a part of me that misses riding out in the countryside, but I get out and about," Charity answers. "I feel more...normal now."

Halfpocket looks the items over. "That'll be five gold."

She kind of nods, "Changes take getting used to...and now you can do whatever you want. As long as you're happy, that's what's important." She takes a few more bites of her food and washes it down with some juice.

Arista nods and hands him the money, "I think I can get just about everything in this bag except for that large washtub...but I can carry that. Celine, you're going to have to walk like a big girl and stay next to us since I can't hold your hand okay?

Celine simply nods and holds out her hand to Marie while looking up at her.

Marie takes Celine's hand as they walk back to the house.

Charity smiles. "Yes, I am happy. I better get going. Thank you for breakfast."

She rinses her plate in the sink before heading out the door.

Once Charity has left she licks her suddenly dry lips while looking back at Rhy, "Is there anything else I can get you honey?" She asks while picking up her own dishes and rinsing them in the sink. There was just a little egg left over and maybe one piece of breakfast meat, so if Rhy didn't want anymore she wouldn't feel too bad about throwing it out.

Arista walks with them, the bag over her shoulder while she carries the larger washtub.

"I'm thinking we'll set up in the kitchen and put the rack by the stove," Marie says. "Some people swear by letting their clothes hang outside, but that's a long wait for them to unfreeze."

She nods, "Okay Marie, whatever you think is best." She says as she starts getting the other things out of her bag and setting them up. She puts the rack near the stove as Marie suggested, then puts the smaller wash tub by the larger one and sets the soap nearby as well as the washboard. Standing back she looks at it, "Is that alright? So...what do we do now?"

"First, we get some water into this large tub and add some soap," Marie says, showing Arista how to do it. "Gather up the dirty laundry and bring it here, Auntie."

After watching Marie she nods and gets the large basket of laundry. Several soaking wet towels, wet sleepwear, her robe, and a few articles of clothing makes up the pile. Setting it down she looks a little apologetically at her niece, "Things have been kind of busy. I probably should have asked for help sooner."

"It's fine. There's no time like the present to learn," Marie says, as she takes one of the towels. "Now watch."

She takes the washboard and sets it in the tub. Marie dunks the towel in the soapy water before scrubbing it vigorously against the board. "Now you just take it and rinse it in the other tub. Make sure you get all the soap off, then hang it up."

"We missed dinner but maybe we can surprise them with breakfast." Cyna says dragging herself out of bed.

Celia pauses for a moment, a smile spreading across her lips."Sorry I worried you.......but knowing that you did is...kind of nice...if that makes sense."

Even through the unhealthy pallor, her cheeks flush a little.

Arista watches Marie carefully before taking the towel and rinsing it like she said. After rinsing it she wrings it out and hangs it on the rack, "Like that?"

When Rhy doesn't answer her, she goes to where her wife sits and rubs her back lightly. Bending down to kiss the top of her head she asks, "Rhy, are you okay? You seem....a little distracted. Is something bothering you honey?"

"Yup," Sienna says, getting dressed. "Should we get something to take over there?"

Marie nods. "Just like that. And all we do is repeat that until we are done. Well...we'll probably have to change out the water part way through."

Ylrhea puts on her belt with her daggers. "Just in case."

She nods, "Okay, so should I have Celine start handing you clothing and towels and you wash while I rinse and hang up, or do you want me to wash and you rinse and hang up? I wasn't sure how we were gonna do this to make it go faster."

"It does," Clara says. "Alright, let's get you dried off and in some clean clothes."

"If you want to try washing, then I'll rinse and hang them up," Marie answers. "Otherwise, we can keep going like this."

"No, sorry love, I just got aup little distracted. The stuff you'd said about the ley lines just popped into my head for some reason." Rhadaya replies.

"Yep." Sādhanā agrees, buckling on Oblivion. "Never hurts to be prepared. Ready beautiful?"

"It's okay, I should learn how to wash them too. We'll just start with the towels and then do the little bit of clothing I have in there." She says before switching places with Marie. As Celine hands her the towels she dunks and scrubs them the way she saw Marie doing it and keeps washing while Marie rinses and hangs them to dry. About halfway through they change the water in the tubs and continue until a little bit later everything is done.

Arista stretches her back before plopping down in a chair and wiping her brow with her sleeve, "Wow...that's really hard work. No wonder you don't let it pile up."

Bending down she puts her hands on Rhy's knees as she gives her a smile, "It's okay sweetheart, I just wanted to make sure you were okay and didn't need anything else to eat. At some point today I guess we should talk to the others about it...I'm not sure, but wasn't there someone else that wanted to go to the tower of order for some reason?" She asks while looking lovingly into her wife's beautiful grey eyes.

"Letting it pile up is just asking for death," Marie jokes.

Alethiro walks into the kitchen. "Sorry, it took me so long."

She nods and gives her husband a smile as he walks into the kitchen, "That's alright love, Marie helped me with the laundry and we just finished it. We might have some guests for lunch so Marie is gonna help me cook up a good meal and I think she was gonna see if the rest of the family wanted to join us. I have ribs and a rather large piece of venison that I can make into a roast. Which one would you like me to make?"

Ylrhea nods. "Let's go see what today has in store for us."

"A venison roast sounds good," Alethiro says, reaching into his pouch. He produces the perfume container filled with lavender perfume. "I brought you something."

Seeing the perfume bottle she smiles before going to him and wrapping her arms around him, "Oh thank you love! Maybe we should keep it somewhere up in the bedroom out of the reach of little hands?" She asks before giving him a kiss on the cheek.

She hugs him and takes the perfume bottle from him. She runs it to the bedroom before going back out to the kitchen, "If you want to go check on the rest of the family Marie, I can start seasoning the meat and cleaning the vegetables." She says, before going to the larder and pulling out a very large chunk of venison. She starts rubbing down the meat with a mix of seasonings before tenderizing it.

Taking Ylrhea's hand, Sādhanā leads the way out into the streets, locking their door behind them. "I suppose the fortress would be the best first stop."

Smiling Celia gets out of the tub with Clara's help, to get dressed.

"I think that Pandi wanted to go, and see if there was anything that got missed." Rhadaya says, after a moment of being entrance by her wife's gaze. "It might be a good idea to bring her."

She thinks for a moment, "Well...it's probably something that we should bring up to the group, just in case someone is still there." She softly caresses her wife's cheek with her thumb while giving her a slightly impish grin, "We don't have to do that right this second though do we? I mean....after everything that's happened over the last few days....we can at least let them have a normal morning...can't we? Maybe we can catch Cyna and some of the others later this afternoon? Maybe after lunch? What do you think?"

Clara helps Celia dry off and get dressed, but not to the point where she could be seen as taking away the Anizari's independence. "There. Feel any better?"

"Okay, but let's not have a late breakfast," Ylrhea says with a wink.

"I'll go see what they're up to," Marie says, wiping her hands on her apron. "I'll be back in a bit."

"Anything you need me to do, dear?" Alethiro asks after Marie leaves.

She thinks for a moment, "Maybe you could get the vegetables out of the bin over there and start washing them? I just need to let this meat sit in these seasonings for a couple minutes before I brown it. I was thinking about making some biscuits as well...but I'm not sure if that would be overdoing it or not." She thinks aloud as she tries to figure out exactly what she needs to do.

Alethiro gets the vegetables and washes them. "Maybe we should wait and see how many people we're expecting before you make them."

Grinning mischievously, Rhadaya nods her head, her eyes twinkling. "Mnnhmm.. it can wait."

Tilting her head to the side she says, "If I wait till they get here, it'll take too long to cook because the vegetables need about forty five minutes to an hour, and that's after the meat has had a chance to cook some. If I make extra it's alright, I can just cut them all up and make it into a stew after wards. Having left overs so I don't have to cook every single night isn't always a bad thing. So I'm thinking, I want three of those onions, ten carrots, and like eight of the potatoes." She explains as she gets the largest pan she can find to brown the meat in.

She looks down for a moment before looking back up at her wife through her eyelashes, "So...then what are we gonna do until we go talk to them?"

"A lot better thanks to you." Celia says with a smile. "Now the idea of walking to the temple doesn't feel like climbing a mountain."