Getting a helpless expression on her face she turns towards the door, "But....what if she goes running off and gets hurt, or worse? What if we don't do anything and something really bad happens? Someone has to remind her that there are people who care about her, who love her and who need her. She needs to remember about Gwen and....and I don't know. There has to be something we can do."
"So...what do we do?" Ylrhea asks.
She thinks for a minute, "We take one of her deep sleep scrolls in case things start getting out of hand, we go out there and observe while Cyna tries to talk to her....but, but she has to know that we love her and we're not gonna just stand by and watch her self destruct."
"Knocking our loved ones out...yeah, that's what families do," Ylrhea says, laughing.
Cyna nods as Drago returns to the others.
She quickly catches up to Sienna. "Is that really what you want? To give up and spend the rest of your days with a bottle?"
"If that fails she never trusts us again."
Sienna wipes her eyes with her sleeve. "Isn't that what I deserve?"
"Pretty risky there," Ylrhea concurs.
"First thing we need to do is get rid of any alcohol. With this having a hold of her, it would be too much of a temptation." she goes to the window looking out along the bridge. "Cyna's with her right now. She was able to reach her before, she means more to Sienna that the numbness after all I'm pretty sure when they got together is when she quit."
Cyna shakes her head and takes Sienna's hand. "Why would you deserve that?"
"All I've done is lose people, watched them die and couldn't do anything," Sienna cries. "Every mission I've been on has been a disastrous failure and I swear that the Green Circle is just trying to kill me off. They know I'm Nocticula's daughter...I'm sure they do..."
Sienna falls to her knees and starts sobbing fitfully. "It hurts all the time...alcohol's the only thing that makes it go away..."
She nods, "I know....I was just....I don't know, I wasn't thinking....as usual. I seem to be missing a lot of things lately." She goes to the bag and pulls out the second bottle of wine, along with whatever was left in the first one and hands them both to Sadhana, "Here, I found these in that old fort the hobgoblins were using. I didn't even think about it, but I can see now that it was a mistake to bring them. If I hadn't had them on me, I wouldn't have brought them out for Godrick's toast. I'm sorry."
"It's alright, Arista. Sienna will get through this," Ylrhea says. "She's just stressed out and doesn't know how to cope right now."
"We were all in the same room and made the same toast. We all missed it, we just need to be there for her now to help her back up." Sādhanā replies. "While Cyna's with her I'll go out og the other side of this structure and throw these off the bridge."
"Okay."
She stands by the window and watches Cyna and Sienna.
"We should go see if Drago's okay," Ylrhea says to Arista.
"Good idea." Sādhanā says as she heads to the tower side exit. "I'll be back in a couple minutes."
She smiles at Ylrhea, "Alright....we really have been through hell haven't we?"
"Yup," Ylrhea says, watching Sādhanā head outside. "But it's been worth it."
Placing a hand on her stomach she gets a small smile on her face, "Yeah.....when all is said and done, it's completely worth it."
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Ylrhea goes looking for Drago in the bath house. "Drago? Are you okay?"
"That's not true, and even if I'm wrong you're under my command now and I'm not going to let anyone hurt you. Not even yourself. You're in pain because you've lost people you care about. Trying to forget that shames their memory."
"It doesn't matter anymore..."
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Sādhanā steps out into the chill morning air and looks down the unexplored length of the bridge toward the Tower of Order. Reclaiming the tower was one of the most important things they'd taken on so far so it was no surprise that it was the most challenging.
She sighs as she walks a short way along the bridge. For all that the people of Zahvroma would feel the effects of their success once they restored the tower, none of them would truly understand the cost. The toll it took on the lives of she and her companions...her family. There was a lot they gained.....the changes in her life attested to that directly...but there was also a harsh price paid in personal demons that the average person walking the streets safely would never have any idea of. Nor did they need to. Those who stepped up to fight would always bear the scars of their trials, even if only their loved ones got to see them.
Looking off the edge she tosses both bottles into the abyss.
Cyna sits on the ground her eyes cast downward, she couldn't bare to see Sienna like this.
"I'm sorry that you're in pain. I'd follow you to hell if I had to, but I have no idea how to help you cope with this." she says with tears of her own beginning to fall.
"Then just leave me here, Cyna," Sienna says. "Just go on without me."
Seeing Cyna sink down to the ground didn't seem like a good sign to Arista. Shaking her head she walked outside and really took a closer look at Sienna.
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Cyna wipes the tears from her eyes. "There's nothing in this world that can make me leave you behind."
Ylrhea found Drago with Tarja in the common area, sitting at the table with his face in his hands. Turning his head towards the Gnome, he asked, "Mind telling me how I always manage to say something helpful that doesn't help at all?"
Cyna and Arista notice that Sienna is sweating and having mild tremors. While not as bad as back in Olther's Pike, it's going to take time for her to be of any help on the battlefield. Other than rest and water, they both realize there is very little they can do to ease her pain.
"I've done this to myself," Sienna mutters. "I'm worthless..."
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Ylrhea sits next to Drago. "I've been there before. Sienna's in a dark place, a place she put herself in. It doesn't matter if you're her friend, her enemy or something in between; she just sees you as an obstacle to her next drink. It took something special to get her out of that funk last time and it probably will again. You're a good guy, Drago, but you're not the love of her life and your words aren't going to have the same effect as Cyna's. I'm proud of you that you tried though. It's more than many are willing to put up with."
Watching from the window Arista shakes her head, "Ohhh dear.....that's not good, not good at all."
"Well, I didn't want her to do something...foolish. I just hope Cyna can get through to her like last time." Getting up from the table and pouring himself some water, the Dhampir asked the Gnome, "So I take it you slept well?"
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Ylrhea grins sheepishly. "I did, thanks for asking. How are you dealing with not sleeping anymore?"
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"Actually, I find meditation quite, what's the best way to describe it...spiritually rejuvenating." Drago responded.
"That's a bit over my head and under my feet," Ylrhea chuckles. "I'll take your word for it, though."
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Cyna lifts her Fiancee's chin forcing her to meet the Rangers gaze. "We both know that's not true. So do our friends and so does little Gwen. You've seen a lot and I know it feels like you've gone through hell but you can't give up. We still have our whole lives to look forward to."
"I don't know if I can...the future seems so dark and scary," Sienna says, her voice trembling.
Standing at the window she shakes her head, "I know this isn't something we can just...."fix", but I really hate feeling like there's nothing we can do to help either. I hate it. She's shaking and sweating....and we....we need to get her into a bath or something. We can't make what she's feeling just go away....but, maybe we can help with the symptoms. It might delay us starting this crazy buisness...but, it's waited this long and Sienna comes first. Family always comes first." She looks at the others, concern and anguish clearly etched on her face.
Ylrhea nods at Arista's idea. "Yeah, we can't let her stay like this."
Watching the bottles fall until she can no longer see them she takes one last look down the bridge before heading back to the bathhouse.
Cyna brushes the tears from Sienna's cheeks. "Then let's kick it's ass like all the other dark and scary things we've dealt with. Together."
"O-okay...I'll try...for you and Gwen," Sienna says, getting to her feet. She rubs her arms, chilled by the cold morning air.
Ylrhea smiles as Sādhanā returns. "Missed you."
Arista nods and goes down into the room below the "tub", and piles up wood for a nice "little" fire. Before lighting the fire she goes back up and drains the tub, then refills it with fresh clean water. Taking the lavender soap out of the bag, she sets it next to the bath along with some fresh wash clothes and towels. She then goes back downstairs and uses a couple fire bolts to light the fire under the tub so it can be warming for Sienna and Cyna.