The Reclamation of Zahvroma (Inactive)

Game Master Signore di Fortuna

Ylrhea chuckles. "So what shall we do with that time we saved?"

"How did it go?" Alethiro asks as Arista walks back from hanging up the dresses.

After several minutes, Drago began wondering. Heading to the kitchen, he asked, "Everything alright my Sweet? Need help?"

"Hmmm...a nice luxurious bath would be nice, before getting prettied up for the wedding." the magus suggests with a smile.

Giving him a kiss she says, "It went alright. It was a lot of information to process at once, but he was glad about the news the Baron sent. I'm going to see him tomorrow after lunch to discuss some things in more detail."

Looking over at her daughter playing on the floor she says, "Celine, pick up your toys and put them away so you can get a bath."

Celine just nods and starts picking up her toys.

Yulia finishes plating up breakfast as Drago enters the kitchen. "No, love, I just finished."

Ylrhea smiles. "Sounds like a good idea. Do you want to prepare the bath while I do the dishes?"

"Absolutely my love." Sādhanā says leaning forward to give the gnome a deep kiss, before getting up and heading to the bathroom. Running the water hot enough to be perfect by the time they got in, the magus adds a few drops of lavender and jasmine oil into the tub, the steam filling the room with its soothing aroma.

Taking a seat at the dining table, he asked her, "How are you feeling today?"

Yulia takes a deep breath then sighs. "I'm fine."

Ylrhea finishes up the dishes and heads into the bathroom, shedding her robe and underthings. "Mmm, smells delightful."

"I figured it would be nice and relaxing." Sādhanā replies shedding her robe as well, her intricate tattoos glittering a bit as she steps into the tub and sits. A sigh of bliss escaping her lips as she settles into the steaming water, holding out a hand to help Ylrhea in.

Drago started eating breakfast, "Amazing as usual my Sweet. I'll take care of the dishes when we're done. Anything else you'd like me to do before we head out?"

Ylrhea takes Sadhana's hand and steps into the tub. "Mmm, that's good."

She sits in the water for a moment, her thoughts coming to the surface. "Do you think I'm making the right choice? It's not like I talked to anyone about it."

Yulia shakes her head. "There's nothing I can think of."

You are, you are. You've done so much already, you deserve a break and to have a family Rhea.

Gazing down at her love as they sit in the water, Sādhanā runs her fingers through Ylrhea’s hair as she considers things. ”I do. As much as I’m going to miss having you in the field with me, miss being beside you all the time, I want to have a family with you, and I’m excited to get started.”

The Anizari smiles, her eyes alight with the love she bears for the gnome. ”Besides love, I can’t think of anyone more deserving of a chance to step away from the constant danger and violence we see all the time than you.”

After breakfast was finished, Drago collected the dishes, took them to the sink and began cleaning them.

"Yeah, I know," Ylrhea says. "But I know Sienna wants to quit adventuring too. It kinda feels like I'm abandoning her or...you know, rubbing it in her face that I can quit."

Yulia goes to the bathroom and washes her face. I'm not going to be irritable today. I'll be nice, cheerful, and happy. Yes, happy.

She starts straightening her hair, trying not to cry. Why today? Why did it have to be today?

"Each person needs to make the decision that works for them. I'm sure she and Cyna will decide what's best for them and Gwen. As much as things are heating up with what we have to do, I'm sure Rhadaya can handle some of the magical slack if need be. And the town wouldn't hurt from having her here if it needed defending either." Sādhanā says thoughtfully. She loved that Ylrhea was always thinking about her friends.

"I know. Sienna's an adult, she can decide for herself what she wants to do and I doubt Cyna would stop her," Ylrhea says, washing her legs with a washcloth. "Anyway, this is supposed to be you and me time. Not you, me and my thoughts time."

She chuckles as she leans against Sadhana.

"Your thoughts matter to me as much as anything...more in fact." Sādhanā says with a smile, rubbing the back of her love's neck as she leans back against her, her other hand running the soapy washcloth along her skin.

"I just don't want my thoughts getting in the way of...other things," Ylrhea says, stroking the magus' thigh.

"Hmmm...you definitely know how to banish other thoughts." Sādhanā purrs, her hands slipping down to run her fingertips along Ylrhea's belly, sensually caressing her skin.

Ylrhea lets out a lusty giggle. "Only for you, love."

A couple hours after sunrise, Tesia starts waking up. Still feeling pretty tired from all the flying she did the day before she just lays in the bed for a while, enjoying the feeling of her love in her arms. After about twenty minutes or so of just laying in the bed relaxing, she thinks about the books they brought back from the reconstructed tower and she sighs a little. She really needed to get busy reading them so she would be of more use to her allies. She would wait until after Rhy got up to make them something to eat.

Being very careful not to disturb her beloved, she gently pulls away from her love and sits up on the side of the bed for a moment, giving herself a chance to feel steady. Her legs and arms still felt quite tired from everything they did the other day. After a few more minutes of getting her balance, she gets up out of the bed and goes to the window to pray to Erastil for his blessing on this day and the joining of two people that loved each other very much. She prays that Erastil bless their union and family, and that they have the most wonderful day and years to come. She asks for his blessing on their travels and the tasks that they will have to perform in the coming days to keep everyone safe and push back the tide of evil once more. She prays especially for Arista and her family, knowing how hard it is to leave one family behind to take care of another. She prays for peace for Arista and the wisdom to know that she's doing the right thing by staying home with her family. She prays for everyone in general and for those that might be in need. She ends her prayer by thanking Erastil for the many blessings he has bestowed upon her and her friends and asks for his continued guidance.

After her prayers are done, she gets up from her kneeling position on the floor and goes to their bag. Pulling out the first book about fighting off the undead, she goes back to their bed and gently climbs back into it with the book. Settling back into her pillows she opens the book and begins to study it.

After giving Alethiro a kiss, Arista goes into the bathroom to run warm water into the tub for Celine's bath while she picks up her toys. Once her toys are picked up, Celine joins her mommy in the bathroom. Arista has her get out of her clothes while she adds bubbles to the bath for Celine and just a little lavender oil to help her relax.

After Celine gets into the tub, Arista stays in the bathroom to keep an eye on her but lets her wash herself and play in the bubbles for a little while. After giving her about fifteen minutes to play in the tub, Arista goes over and helps her to finish washing up. Making sure she got everywhere, including behind her ears. Arista then gently works the soap into her hair and massages her scalp for a few minutes before rinsing it out.

Making sure all the soap is off Celine, she pulls the stopper out of the tub before grabbing a large thick towel and wrapping Celine in it. She rubs down Celine with the towel and uses it to get as much of the water out of her hair as possible. Once Celine is mostly dry, keeping her in the towel, Arista takes her to her room and dresses her in a warm, pink sleep set.

She lays Celine down in her bed and covers her with her blankets, "Okay, it's time for you to take a little nap now Celine. I want you to get a little rest before we go to the wedding. I'll give you a snack when you wake up, because there's going to be a big dinner after Auntie Cyna and Auntie Sienna's wedding. Get some rest, just close your eyes and relax for a little bit."

As Celine yawns a little and closes her eyes, Arista gently rubs her back and hums quietly until her little girl is snoring quietly in her bed. Getting up she takes the used towel to the bathroom and cleans up the water on the floor and in the tub before putting the towel in the dirty linen basket.

Going back out to the living room she plops down onto the couch with a sigh. She needed to catch her breath and rest for a minute before taking the girls their dresses.

"You're starting to look a little worn out, love," Alethiro notes. "Anything I can do to help?"

Sienna startles herself awake, worrying about being late for the wedding. She looks over at Cyna before rubbing her eyes. I wish we had a clock...

Thinking for a moment she says, "Well, I still have to take the girls their wedding dresses, take a bath and get changed myself, and I have to put together a snack for Celine for when she gets up from her nap so she isn't starving before the ceremony is over. I'm not even sure how long she'll sleep since she slept so long last night. She slept almost all the way home and then until this morning....so she's already had like ten or twelve hours of sleep, so she might only sleep thirty minutes or so. If you could put together a plate of cheese, apple slices, and some crackers for her, then I could go take these dresses to the girls and just come home, take my bath, and get myself ready for the wedding before changing Celine into her little dress. It's the prettiest shade of blue with a while sash, sleeves, and some white ruffles on the bottom, and it has gold buttons down the back." She takes a moment to catch her breath before continuing, "If you could get her snack ready for me that would be a big help. I just don't want her in her dress until we're about ready to leave. I also wanted to get to the Temple just a little bit early to make sure everything is set up."

"Sure," Alethiro answers. "I think I can manage that."

She gives him a tired smile, "Thank you so much love. You can wait on cutting up the apple till she gets up if you want to. That way it isn't all brown and stuff by the time she gets to it. You can actually give her any kind of fruit you want to, it doesn't even have to be an apple. I know everything will be fine, I guess I'm still just a little nervous. I've never done anything like this before and I want their day to be really special."

Alethiro rubs Arista's shoulders. "You'll do fine. As long as they're legally married by the end of the day, I'm sure Cyna and Sienna will be happy."

She laughs a little, "I know you're right. Okay, I better get those dresses over there. Thank you so much honey, for just everything." Pushing herself up off the couch she goes to him and wraps her arms around him before giving him a kiss, "I love you, I'll be back in a little bit."

Going to the bedroom she wraps her warm winter cloak about herself and puts her boots back on before taking the dresses out of the closet.

Leaving their house, she walks over to Cyna and Sienna's house and knocks on the door.

Sienna groggily heads to the door and opens it. Her eyes open wide as she sees Arista standing there. "Please don't tell me we're late for the wedding..."

She shakes her head, "Oh no, you still have a couple hours yet. I was at Asha's getting a dress for Celine and she said your dresses were ready, so I just thought I'd bring them by for you and see how you're doing. Do you need help getting anything ready? Do you want me to whip up something for you guys to eat before you have to start getting ready?" She asks, seeing how tired Sienna looks, she just wanted to do something to help them.

Sienna smiles when Arista mentions cooking something for them. "I'll take you up on that. Cyna and Gwen are still asleep."

Taking off her cloak she lays it over a chair, "Alright, what would you like me to make?" She asks as she goes in the kitchen to see what they have stocked.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Sienna shrugs. "We have eggs, bread and meat. I think there's some oatmeal in the pantry."

She thinks for a moment, "If you have some vegetables and cheese I can make you some omelets and toast, or well...I can make just about anything out of anything. Is there anything you would like to have this special morning in particular? Is there anything that you know that they like that you would like me to make?"

"Crepes," Sienna says. "You ever have those?"

"I've never had them myself, but I've heard of them. Like a thin pancake, usually with some kind of fruit compote."

Sienna nods. "That's them."

Going through the kitchen she starts gathering up ingredients, "So, what kind of fruit compote would you like?"

"We've got raspberries, I think," Sienna says, helping Arista.

She smiles, "That sounds perfect, would you like some eggs and sausage to go with it?"

"I have the day off for the wedding," Clara says. "So, I'm free until then."

"Well that makes me happy, any idea what you'd like to do with the morning?" Celia asks caressing Clara's cheek.

Sienna nods sleepily. "Sounds good. How much do Cyna and I owe for the dresses?"

Clara smiles. "I'd say the same as last night, but I don't want to be worn out by the afternoon. I think breakfast should be the first order of business."