"So we need a good tent and some bedrolls, I think," Mirrin says. "Anything else?"
Tesia thinks for a moment, "What about extra pillows, blankets...I mean Arista gave us a couple, but I don't know how cold it's going to get. Is there anything else that we would need? Rations, water skins...anything? I don't want to get outg to the middle of nowhere and realize that we forgot something."
Mirrin looks over belongings. "Oh...yeah, I have weapons and potions...and nothing else. I think I need a backpack at the very least."
"I have the basics," Magestreia says.
Getting to the shop, Tesia holds the door for everyone. "Just pick out whatever you need and once we have everything we need, we'll get going again. I'm sorry I slowed us down so much."
"We'll make sure each of h=you has a basic kit and anything else you can think of that you might need." Rhadaya says to the others. She goes up on tiptoe to kiss her wife on the cheek. "It's not your fault love."
"Like I said, I have what I need," Magestreia says. "Just take care of Mirrin."
Tesia kind of shrugs, "I know we have important things to do though, I shouldn't have allowed myself to become distracted."
"I can afford some stuff," Mirrin says. "We just didn't shop before leaving."
Tesia looks up at Mirrin and nods, "Okay, but I'll get the tent and other outdoors supplies for us okay? I don't think we're gonna come across another Inn anytime soon once we leave here."
"Well....have at it then," Magestreia says, walking into the store.
Cyna smiles softly. "Can't argue with that. Shall we get to it then?" She asks.
Sienna nods, giving Cyna a tender kiss before getting out of bed. "Hope the ghosts decided to give it a rest."
Mirrin selects a backpack that includes several necessities and a large pavilion tent. She goes and pays for her items before returning to Tesia. "I got the largest tent they had, so we could build a fire in it with less risk to being discovered or having the weather put it out. If you wouldn't mind carrying that in your handy bag there."
Finishing her studying, Sadhana stretches for a bit before getting dressed and heading downstairs.
"Is there anything else we would need?" Magestreia asks.
After she and Cyna finish dressing, she heads to the dining room with her wife to see what the others were up to.
Roshan is busy placing a platter of sliced up cheese, toasted bread, and fruit on the table. Seeing Sienna and Cyna come into the dining room he gives them a charming smile, "I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of making breakfast this morning. The main dish should be ready in a few moments. Can I get you ladies anything to drink while you wait?"
Sienna smacks her lips. "Just some water."
Roshan nods and looks at Cyna.
"I'll have the same." Cyna answers.
Roshan departs to the kitchen and comes back with two tankards of cold water for the girls and a cup of hot tea for himself. He sets the water in front of two place settings for Cyna and Sienna, as he had set the table earlier. Sitting down across from the couple, he sips on his tea. Looking up at them, "The shredded potatoes and eggs, will be just a few more minutes, but there's the sliced fruit, cheese, and toast platter to snack on in the meantime." Looking at the table he frowns, "Hmmmm...darn it, I seemed to have forgotten the jam and honey. Excuse me please, I'll be back in just a few minutes."
Standing from the table, he gives them a slight bow before heading back to the kitchen to check on his simple breakfast casserole, and look for the items he had previously forgotten.
Sienna looks to Celia and Sadhana. "You sleep okay?"
Roshan comes back to the table carrying the jam and honey for the toasted bread, that he had forgotten before. Giving Celia and Sadhanna a nod he says, "Good morning ladies, what would you like to drink? I'll have the rest of our breakfast on the table shortly."
Tesia nods, "Yeah, I can put that in my bag. Is there anything else you guys can think of that we might need? I can't really think of anything we might need at the moment though." She says, not sure if there was anything else that they needed at the moment or not.
"Maybe some warm sleepwear, but this place doesn't look like it has that kind of clothing here," Magestreia says.
"Yeah, restful enough. How about you two?" the magus asks as she joins them.
"I did. This really is a wonderful spell." Celia answers, gesturing to the mansion around them. "Good morning Roshan, that smells amazing!"
Roshan blushes slightly as he is unaccustomed to such praise, "Thank you, but it's really just a simple dish. I didn't want to make something that would sit too heavy. So, what can I get you both to drink? I have just enough time to bring out a couple more drinks, before I bring our main meal to the table."
"We can go to another shop to try and find some, butg I also have extra warm blankets with us." Tesia replies.
"We slept pretty well," Sienna says. "It's nice having a safe place to call it a night at."
Mirrin shakes her head. "We better head out. I don't know how long it'll take to get to the Rimespire mountains, but it'd be better to get there before dark."
Tesia nods as she finishes putting the tent and whatever else they need into the bag, "Okay then, let's go."
"That makes sense, besides which if little miss sneaky is still headed that way, better not to let her have too much of a head start." Rhadaya adds.
"Let's head out of town so you can transform," Magestreia says to Tesia.
Tesia nods, "Okay." Wrapping an arm around her wife, she follows the others out of town.
Tesia, Rhadaya, Mirrin and Magestreia walk out of town along with a couple of caravans. The air starts to feel a little cooler than when you arrived.
Tesia takes out some of the extra thick winter blankets that they packed in the bag and hands them out, "Here, wrap these around yourselves...it's going to get cold up in the clouds. If anyone needs a break or anything...just let me know." Giving her wife a kiss, Tesia steps away from them all and changes into her huge eagle form before laying herself down on the ground and extending a wing so they can climb on easier.
Magestreia climbs up first, helping Rhadaya then Mirrin.
"Thanks," Mirrin says, settling on Tesia's back and wrapping a blanket around herself.
Rhadaya gratefully accepts Magestria's help getting onto Tes' back, but forgoes the blanket. Not only did the cold not bother her, but as a stormborn, she relished the feeling of the winds whipping past her.
Once everyone is on her back and securely holding on, Tesia stands up and runs a few paces while flapping her huge wings.
Once airborn, Tesia flies to a decent altitude before leveling off and heading for the mountain range.
Once everyone is on her back and securely holding on, Tesia stands up and runs a few paces while flapping her huge wings.
Once airborn, Tesia flies to a decent altitude before leveling off and heading for the mountain range.
Roshan beings out water and juice for Sadhana and Celia before heading back into the kitchen to retrieve the main meal.
After a few short minutes, Roshan comes back out of the kitchen carrying a large steaming dish of what looks like shredded potatoes with eggs cooked in it, and melted cheese on top.
Setting it down on the table he says, "This should go well with the fruit and toast we have on the table. I also made sure to put out butter, jam, and honey for those who would like some. It's a slight variation on my grandmother's recipe for sali par edu. I really love cheese, so I put it in a lot of things. I hope you will enjoy it." He says as he starts by serving the others, before serving himself and taking a seat.
Roshan slathers a couple pieces of toast with honey, before digging into his meal.
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"Well, cheese is the gods' gift to us," Sienna chuckles, taking a couple of bites of Roshan's cooking. "Mm, this is pretty good."
After a couple of hours of flying, the Rimespire mountains come into view. The air becomes much, much colder and frost begins to gather on Tesia's wings. From above, the group sees a small village set before the foothills of the mountain.
"A good way to start off the day. Thank you Roshan." Sadhana says enthusiatsically as she tucks into a healthy portion of food.
Unaccustomed to being around other people very much, and not having cooked for anyone else since leaving home, Roshan is unsure of how to respond.
Trying to hide the flush of color that he feels rising in his cheeks, Roshan attempts to conceal his faced from the others by taking a few drinks of cool water from his tankard.
After a couple of seconds he gives them all a nod, "Sure, it was no problem. I'm glad that you're enjoying it. That means I haven't completely forgotten everything I learned."
Tesia flies a little higher before circling back around to look for a safe place to land that was a little outside of the village, do they could approach it cautiously. There was no way of knowing what they would findc here, and Tesia felt it was better to be safe than sorry.
"We appreciate your skills," Sienna says. "I have a bit of experience in the kitchen, but I'm not too skilled."