"I figured this would be the safest thing to do," Sienna says. "We're tired and we need time to figure out how to get out of this mess. There are plenty of rooms, if you wanna head to bed. I need to talk to Sadhana."
Mirrin gestures at Nolletta. "What about her?"
Sienna shrugs. "She can do what she wants, if she behaves herself."
Tesia looks around with an expression of awe on her face, "Wow....damn Sienna this is pretty awesome. Okay....I still have a few hours of reading ahead of me before I can sleep, so we're gonna head to a room. Goodnight you guys." Putting an arm around her wife she pulls her close, "Come on honey, you need some sleep." Tesia says as they head to a room.
Leaning her head on Tes' shoulder Rhadaya waves goodnight to the others and heads to find a room with her wife.
Finding a room she opens the door and lets Rhy go in first before going in and closing the door behind them. Setting the bag down as they enter, Tesia goes to the bed and sits down as she lets out a little sigh. Pulling off her boots she goes back to the bag and pulls out their sleepwear, "Well...that day certainly went to all nine hells really fast." She comments as she starts getting their things out.
Looking around at the manor, Celia smiles, impressed by Sienna's spell giving them a safe place to spend the night. " I guess a good night's sleep will go a long way to choosing our next step." the healer says appreciatively. "Have a good night everyone." she says before heading off to find herself a room.
"Nice!" Sadhana says with a tired grin as she takes in their shelter. "What's on your mind?" she asks, her mind still processing her conversation with Vonder and the manifestation of Hastur.
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"This is new. It doesn't explode does it?" Cyna asks.
The servants escort those going to bed to their rooms and help them put away their belongings before departing.
Sienna gives Cyna a look. "I can do things besides flames and destruction."
The tiefling gives the ranger a brief kiss. "If you want to head to bed, I'll be there shortly."
She turns to Sadhana. "You seemed to spacing out a bit back there, so I'd like to know if you know what's going on. Then we can get to what I'm thinking about."
Mirrin yawns and heads to one of the bedrooms, glancing at the near-transparent servant walking behind her.
Nolletta finds a chair and sits down.
Magestreia follows the others' example and heads to a bedroom.
Tesia gets quiet until after the servants leave. Going to her wife she puts her arms around her and holds her close, "Are you okay? Like really really?" She asks, knowing that everything they had been through in the past twenty-four hours had taken a great toll on the both of them, but right now, she just wanted to make sure her wife was okay. She knew she needed to read, but saw what seeing that bastard did to her wife and if she needed to talk about it, she was going to be there for her.
"Vonder." Sādhanā says with a sigh as she sits down. "When I plunged my blade into that bastard, I heard him in my head, warning us that Hastur was coming, promising that we could prevent it, and it would only cost us the power we need to stop him bringing his father to this plane."
"Seems like we've got enough power to attract attention," Sienna says. "So...I think we should split up from here. Maybe send Tesia, Rhadaya, Mirrin and Magestreia to free the nymphs while we go after Tichran. If this Fissure thing is all because of a shard, only you can deal with it."
She takes a seat. "I figured this spell would help out, since we are actually in a dimension that doesn't exist. Maybe Hastur will take down his little trap when he can't find us. If not, at least, we'll have a full night's rest."
The tiefling sighs. "At least he didn't cut off our magic."
"Good thinking, demi-planes tend to be ways around all kinds of stuff. And I'm definitely not going to complain about having a warm bed to sleep in and a roof overhead. We've definitely had to deal with a lot rougher in the past." Sādhanā says with a smile.
"That split sounds pretty solid, hopefully, we won't have too many traps or things like that to deal with. If we do....well Celia can heal just about anything." she finishes with a shrug.
Tesia gets quiet until after the servants leave. Going to her wife she puts her arms around her and holds her close, "Are you okay? Like really really?" She asks, knowing that everything they had been through in the past twenty-four hours had taken a great toll on the both of them, but right now, she just wanted to make sure her wife was okay. She knew she needed to read, but saw what seeing that bastard did to her wife and if she needed to talk about it, she was going to be there for her.
"I...I don't remember the last time I was that angry." Rhadaya says quietly as she rests her head against her wife. "He was right about one thing, I'll never outrun my past.....that's why I stopped running...with you, I can face anything."
"We're heading into uncharted territory...at least for us," Sienna says. "Maybe we can find someone along the way who doesn't mind a life of constant danger and is good at getting rid of traps. Or we can find some place that sells a ten-foot pole."
"Heh..I'll take what we can get." Sādhanā says tiredly. "It's a sound plan, and we'll definitely cover more ground and get more done in two groups."
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"I...I don't remember the last time I was that angry." Rhadaya says quietly as she rests her head against her wife. "He was right about one thing, I'll never outrun my past.....that's why I stopped running...with you, I can face anything."
Silently picking up her wife, she carries her to the bed. Sitting down, she pulls Rhy into her lap and holds her close. Stroking her hair she says, "Listen to me love, I understand that anger. You have every right to feel everything that you're feeling. He wasn't right about a single thing out there." Tesia sighs before kissing thed top of Rhy's head, "You were young, and manipulated. They used you, hurt you, and then tried to kill you when you could no longer go along with his madness. You....have always been a good person Rhadaya, don't you ever let them make you feel otherwise. They were the ones that were wrong, not you. You did what you had to, to survive. We've both done things that we regret, but there is nothing that we can't come back from. Seferious will pay for every horrible thing he has done because he only seeks power, he cares for no one and nothing but himself, and has proven....way too many times that he is beyond redemption. For that...and how much he has hurt you, he will surely die, as will whatever little bastards he sends after us." Though her voice remains calm, there is a steel edge to it that speaks of the raging storm within her.
Tesia looks down for a moment, "I feel bad for Nolletta, but holding an entire race responsible for the actions of a few misguided ones, is just madness. She's obviously been manipulated as well. I guess Tichran used her past to convince her she was doing the right thing. Sometimes....especially lately, the line between right and wrong has been becoming increasingly blurred. I guess what I'm trying to say is, you never have to explain yourself to me and you have nothing to be sorry for. You have nothing to run from anyways, because you did the right thing and left. We can't erase everything we did in the past, but it's in the past, so we'll just leave it there and move on, okay? What we did back then doesn't matter, it's what we do now that counts."
Knowing her wife the way she does, Tesia leans in and kisses her softly and tenderly on the lips, "I'm sorry my love, I didn't mean to give you a speech, but do you understand what I'm trying to say? I love you, no matter what, and yes, we can handle anything together....but I want you to stop blaming yourself for what happened in thed past. Okay honey? You're not that person anymore, just let it go." Tesia wraps her arms around herf wife, and holds Rhy close to her in a loving embrace, as she gives her beloved time to process and deal with all that she said.
"Get some sleep," Sienna says to Sadhana, before glancing at Nolletta. "You too. We'll eat and leave in the morning. Or deal with more mystical crap, if we have to."
She turns and heads to bed with Cyna.
Alone with Sadhana, Nolletta simply glances at the magus briefly before getting up and finding a room for herself.
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"Try to get some rest, and think about this, if you truly mean to end the Anizari, and we are everything you believed us to be, it would've been a lot easier to leave you lying in the dirt. That is us." Sādhanā says to Noletta as she heads off.
Finding herself a room, the magus gets out of her armor and clothing, before climbing into bed and drifting off to thought of Ylrhea.
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Rhadaya curls up into her wife's embrace, taking comfort in the safety and security that only Tes had ever provided her. Deep down she knew that everything her wife said was true, but she needed to hear it anyway.
Burying her face in her love's chest she let's go of the anger and tension, the stress that had her on edge the entire night as they went from conflict to conflict.
Her past had forged her into a weapon of war, but her choices were responsible for the woman she was now.
Tesia just continues to hold her love and soothe her with silent support until she's ready to either lay down, or talk about what she was feeling.
You awaken refreshed in the morning.
Sienna disentangles herself from Cyna and gets dressed, smiling as she watches the ranger sleep. Once ready, she heads to the kitchen to see about preparing some breakfast.
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Mirrin stretches in the luxurious bed and feels a twinge of loneliness. She bathes and dresses herself before heading out to the main room.
Magestreia takes her time getting up, doing a little exercise before bathing and getting dressed.
After a few moments of stroking her love's hair, Tesia kisses Rhy on the top of her head. Pulling back a little she moves some of Rhy's golden locks back from her face, "So, are you feeling a little better now honey?"
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"Much better...I always feel better in your arms." Rhadaya says softly, smiling at her beautiful wife. "I should get changed and get into bed. I know you still have some studying to do." the sorceress says slipping off her boots.
Awakening early, Sādhanā stretches a bit before getting out her spell book. Ditting in the middle of the bed, she begins her daily intensive study, formulating the intricacies of her magic in her mind.
As Rhy gets ready for bed, Tesia gets out her book to continue where she left off before being interrupted much earlier that day. Once Rhy is in bed, Tesia goes to her wife and tucks her in. Leaning down she kisses her softly before moving a lock of hair behind her love's ear, "Goodnight my love, I'll be in bed as soon as I can okay? I love you." Giving her love a final kiss on the forehead, Tesia moves over to a chair to finish her studying...so that her beautiful wife wouldn't be a distraction. After a few more hours of reading, Tesia yawns heavily. Setting down the book, Tesia manages to remove her boots before collapsing into the bed next to her wife and qickly falling into a deep, though somewhat restless sleep.
Having gone to bed much later than usual, Tesia sleeps a little longer than she normally does. With her wife held in her arms, Tesia is slow to awaken.
Holding her wife close to her, Tesia gently kisses the back of her neck.
Celia awakens, stretching before kneeling and praying to Aroden for his support, protection, and guidance for herself, her friends and allies, and those she loves. Once finished she rises ahs takes a bath before getting dressed, wondering how Clara was doing.
Drifting awake in response to the loving kiss at the back of her neck, Rhialla is reminded of just how amazing a turn her life has taken. Luxuriating in her wife's arms she lets out a happy sigh. "Mmm...morning."
Still sounding a little sleepy Tesia says, "Morning my love. Sleep well?"
"Mmmhhmm....netter once I had your arms around me." Rhadaya answers, turning over to face Tes
Tesia kisses her wife softly on the lips, "I'm sorry it took me so long to come to bed, but I just had to finish that reading. I have to study for a few more days before I can really learn enough for it to be useful. I know it's taking up a lot of my time right now, but I promise that I will make it up to you once I'm finished."
"I look forward to that." Rhadaya says with a coy smile. "Besides it's for the good of everyone."
Tesia gives her love a squeeze, "Yeah, I know. It's really hard for me to concentrate on what I'm supposed to be studying, when all I want to study...is you." Tesia sighs before giving her wife a long slow kiss.
Pulling back a little she shakes her head, "I better get out of this bed, or neither one of us will." Looking down, Tesia realizes she's still in her clothes, "Oh...I guess I was really tired. Think I have time to read a little, or should I see if they need me in the kitchen? I don't even know how long I slept, or how late it is." Tesia says, suddenly worried that she might haved slept much later than usual. What if all the others were already up? What if they were already eating? What if she missed breakfast?
Sienna walks into the kitchen, flanked by a couple of the servants. She is taken aback by all the food sitting on shelves and on the counters. "Holy...how am I going to make a breakfast for seven...eight people? I'm pretty sure Nolletta's run off...Oh, it doesn't matter...And these guys can't cook..."
Magestreia sees Mirrin in the main room and approaches her. "Sleep well?"
Mirrin shrugs. "I guess so. The beds were nice. Have you seen any of the others?"
Magestreia shakes her head. "I doubt Nolletta is still here."
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"I wouldn't want to stay around a bunch of people who attract trouble from other planes of existence or whatnot," Mirrin comments. "Anyway, if we come across someone who can scry, we can use her to find Tichran."