Arista finds sheets and towels that could serve as bandages, if torn.
Arista starts tearing the material while trying not to think about what it is they have to do, what they already did to Drago to insure all of their safety.
Taking a deep breath, the magus goes back outside and simply stands there staring at the blood splattered stones and traps across the bridge.
Ylrhea joins Sādhanā outside. "You okay?"
"I hated doing that so much. There's day's when I get really sick of this. Watching you get hurt...having to hurt Drago... I'm so angry I'm tired if that makes sense." Sādhanā says looking at Ylrhea.
Arista takes the bandages, and after cleaning his wounds she dresses them. Though she seems to have lost much of her coloring, she manages to finish up quickly enough and rechecks the rope, making sure that it's secured properly. Once she's sure that Drago can't get out of the bonds, she goes and washes her hands.
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"I understand," Ylrhea says, taking Sādhanā's hand. "But I'm okay and Drago will be okay and there's one less daemon in the world."
As soon as she's done washing the blood off her hands she rushes to the privy and starts vomiting.
"That's definitely a good thing." Sādhanā responds smiling." I suppose before we decide to head back we should check out the section she was hiding in and make sure it's safe for us to pass."
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Ylrhea nods and climbs up into Sādhanā's arms, kissing the magus tenderly on the lips. "You're never going to lose me. Even if I die, I'll come back to be with you."
Once she's done being sick, she cleans up and washes her face before going back to the kitchen and cleaning up the mess she had made while trying to attempt to make breakfast. Listening in the meanwhile for any signs of Drago stirring...though from the looks of him that wouldn't be any time too soon.
She has to take another deep breath, to stop from feeling sick all over again.
Sādhanā returns the kiss, her heart swelling with love, diffusing the anger and frustration. "I absolutely believe you love,and I promise you the same."
She smiles, a beaming glowing smile that says everything in her heart. 'I love that no matter how bad it is, you can give me a reason to smile."
"It's what I'm good at," Ylrhea says with a warm smile.
"It's far from the only thing you're good at." the magus purrs with a mischevious wink. "But back to the matter at hand, wanna chack it out quickly before we get back inside and figure out how we're going to head back?"
Ylrhea climbs back down and looks around for where the daemon emerged.
The gnome easily finds the gap in the stones where the crucidaemon was hiding.
"Can you open this, love?" Ylrhea asks.
Shifting her vision into the magical spectrum, Sādhanā scans the compartment and surrounding area before reaching down into it.
Sādhanā sees that the area is entirely mundane.
"Well that's good, nothing magic." she grabs a hold of the entrance stone and pulls.
Prying the stone slabs apart, Sādhanā reveals an artfully crafted compartment, with pulleys and pedals and switches of several different sizes. It almost appears to look like the backstage area of a theater. It would take someone very competent to operate this contraption.
Ylrhea whistles. "Imagine if this daemon used her abilities to help people...well, I guess that would make her not-a-daemon then, huh?"
"I'd have to say no on that one." Sādhanā says smiling, "But the right person can do a lot to make this location secure once we take it over. Maybe the Green Circle has somebody who can work stuff like this."
Sienna approaches Arista. "You're looking a little pale..."
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Ylrhea shakes her head. "Something like this that can hurt people...No one should be allowed to use it. I'll break it...if that's okay."
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Sādhanā smiles warmly, "Of course love, I'd rather it be safe haven than a death trap too. You're right, that it shouldn't be left in anyone's hands."
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Arista looks at Sienna and tries to give her a smile, but it's halfway and trembling at best. She shrugs as she goes about picking up spices and other things and packing them back in the bag. "I.....it's just been really.....it's just stressful right now with everything going on. Dealing with all these a*&#!&!s that keep coming after us is one thing but, when they force us to attack and subdue one of our own......well, I guess I just fairly hate it. We're in a war though....and everyone has their own demons that they're dealing with, and so much has happened." She stops for a minute, unsure of how to explain what she's really feeling.
With a little shake of her head she says, "It's okay, I'll be alright. I've got Drago secured to the bed for now, and your bath is still warm. Why don't you and Cyna go enjoy it while I finish packing things up? The food is ready......if anyone still wants it. It'll just need a little warming." She tries giving her another small smile before setting out the bowls for everyone and doing everything she can to keep her own feelings in check.-Posted with Wayfinder
Ylrhea climbs down to the compartment and begins sabotaging the trap.
Sienna puts a hand on Arista's shoulder. "It's okay to not be alright. There's nothing alright with any of this and you have the right to be pissed off. But don't try to stuff it down and pretend like life is normal because it'll just make it hurt more."
She gives the aasimar a hug and heads to the bedroom to get out of her clothing.
She hugs Sienna back and watches her walk back to the bedroom before going back to packing up the cooking supplies. Was that what she had been doing? Stuffing everything down inside to try and hide how she really feels? What good does letting it all out do though? People are gonna hurt either way, and enough of us are hurting already aren't we? Why should I add to that?
She shook her head to try and clear it. Of course things weren't normal, they hadn't been for a really long time and what was "normal" anyways? This is all she really knew, she'd hardly been married any time at all before having to go off again. And now...here she was, pregnant in the middle of a war....but, this was her duty wasn't it? To her friends, her family, to the others back home that were counting on them, to Zahvroma...her home.
Looking around and seeing no one around she throws down the cloth and sits at the table. Holding her head in her hands she allows herself to cry quietly and get it out of her system before anyone comes back.
Cyna follows Sienna back to the bedroom where the Ranger hugs Sienna from behind. "Speaking from experience?" she asks.
Sienna jumps a bit as the ranger's cold hands rub against her bare flesh, goosebumps appearing. "Yeah...I was."
"Nicely done my love, it should be pretty much impossible to get this working again." Sādhanā says looking at Ylrhea's work.
For the first time in a while, she lets herself get out whatever it is she's feeling. The loss of Godrick, what happened to Drago, all the frustration, anger and hurt at how horribly complicated everything had become. How as soon as it felt that they were moving forward with their mission, something else happened that set them back.
Sienna was right, it was okay to not be okay....but, she couldn't allow her feelings to get in the way of what had to be done. She couldn't be there for her friends, her family, if she was an emotional wreck. Despite everything that had happened, everything they had gone through, they all still had each other....and that was a lot more than many people had.
They would take the time they needed to make sure all of them were okay, but then it was gonna be time to get down to business and finish this once and for all, come hells or high water...it was going to be done.
Dabbing at her face a final time she nods decisively before picking up the cloth and finishing the cleaning. She runs to the privy one more time and washes up again before Sienna and Cyna come back down from the room.
Sure that her face looks....decent, she runs back to the mens sleeping quarters to check on Drago. Satisfied that he's doing alright she goes back to the kitchen as she waits for Cyna and Sienna to come out of the bedroom so she can finish packing.
As she waits she thinks about Alethiro and how wonderful it felt to have him with her for just one more night. Silently she closed her eyes and prayed that they would all return to those they loved safely and that everyone would make it back home.
Ylrhea smirks and climbs out. "I'm good at wrecking things."
The gnome starts to laugh and then frowns. "Sorry..."
"For what?" Sādhanā asks before her breath catches in her throat and her eyes widen. "Oh, no..no you don't mean....no love you didn't wreck anything." she says kneeling and looking into Ylrhea's eyes.
"It's going to be a while before seeing it as me doing something good for you," Ylrhea whispers, looking back into Sādhanā's eyes. "It's easier to see it as me doing something bad..."
"You are the other half of my soul Ylrhea don't you ever think that you are in any way something bad. There's more than enough bad all around us, and I really couldn't imagine facing it all without you." Sādhanā whispers back, brushing a strand of Ylrhea's hair out of her face.
Ylrhea smiles, tears glistening in her eyes. "Nor I without you."
She takes the magus in her arms, brushing her lips against Sādhanā's cheek. "Let's go get some breakfast and then get back to the nymph or Siphas."
Wrapping her arms around her love she simply enjoys the moment, savoring the embrace. After a moment she leans back wiping the tears from Ylrhea's eyes and giving her a quick kiss. "Yeah, killing psychopaths makes me hungry, and we should get going with as much daylight ahead of us as possible." she says standing as they turn to head into the bathhouse.
Ylrhea takes Sādhanā's hand and walks with her. "Arista, I hope you've got something cooked."
She nods, "I'm afraid it's been sitting out for a bit and it's not as good as some things I've made.....but, if you warm it up some it should be alright. Here, I'll get you some water. The stuff I made is sitting in the pot on the counter with the bowls and spoons next to it. Just go ahead and help yourselves." Getting up she gets some cups and fills them with water before setting them down on the table. "As soon as Cyna and Sienna are done in the sleeping quarters, Ill go in there and finish packing things. I bandaged Drago....and he's secured to the bed for now.....but we shouldn't take too much time." She sighs a little as she sits down at the table.
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Ylrhea sits at the table and takes a couple of bites. "Are you going to be okay to make this trip?"
She looks at Ylrhea, a wry smile on her face, "Oh I'll make the trip alright. I'm a little concerned about Drago....but, we'll figure it out and he'll be alright." She pauses for a moment, "All this time we have to keep taking away from our main objective? Every time one of these bastards f%*% with us? It just serves to piss me off that much more, and makes me that much more eager to end that bastards existence and fix the tower so we can get the Hells home.....but yes, in short....I'm fine to travel."
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"I think I can help us carry him around. There's a spell I picked up a while back from that spellbook we found, I've never actually tried it but based on my understanding of it, it'll allow me to summon a horse that'll stay with us for the better part of a day once I prepare it." Sādhanā says sitting at the table.
"That'd be helpful," Ylrhea says. "Too bad we can't summon a carriage. That would make this significantly easier."
Sienna slips into the water of the bath, letting the warm water soothe her body. Her mind was a different story, but the daemon attack had done much to get her out of her funk. She lies back and closes her eyes.