Seeing how utterly exhausted Arista was, she puts a lightly placed supportive arm around the Aasimar, "It's okay...you'll be back with him soon....but you should really eat something when we get back. It'll help with the weariness you feel, even though I'm well aware of your ring and it's abilities a little food would do you and the baby some good." She says as she tries not to sound as if she's giving her a command. Trying to force Arista to do anything didn't seem very helpful, but she hoped that the stubborn Aasimar would at least take her suggestion to heart.
Too tired from everything they had been through over the last several hours to argue with the druidess she merely nods her head, "Okay....if it'll get you to stop nagging me." She says through a yawn while starting to sound a little grumpy.
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Tesia just looks at the others and kind of shrugs as they continue on towards the Baron's estate. They all needed some food and rest, even if they couldn't all admit it.
Luther leads everyone to the Baron's home and leaves everyone in the care of the maid of the house, Gia. She escorts the group to the dining room and asks what everyone would like to drink. Two other servants bring in plates of cold pheasant and vegetables.
Arista just asks for some hot tea with honey and a glass of water before sitting down and taking a small helping of both the bird and the vegetables.
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Anxious to get back to her wife, Tesia just requests a lemonade before taking a larger portion of the fowl and a few vegetables herself. She sits down and starts eating as she waits for her drink.
Her mind playing over the monstrosity she saw just before destroying the shard, Sadhana asks for wine or anything stronger.
Looking at Sadhana she asks, "Are you alright?" Before taking a few small bites of food. She wanted to lay down with Alethiro, but Sadhana seemed shaken up a bit and she wanted to make sure she was alright. They had all been through so much and yet still managed to make through what seemed almost impossible at times. She didn't know what Sadhana saw or heard....but whatever it was must have been pretty bad. She clears her thoughts so she can be there for one that was as a sister to her.
Gia waits for Cyna and Fae to request their drinks.
He gives you some detailed instructions before untying his horses and heading to bed.
Before the merchant got too far, "I'm sorry, but I have one more question. Do you know where The Cracked Cup is?"
"If we'd hesitated a minute more, this whole city would have been utterly destroyed. That...thing that was about to come through, some sort of horrific outsider....the shards that are left are way more dangerous than the once we encountered earlier." Sādhanā says working to shake it off. "I'll be okay, it's just....when you see something that I'm pretty sure no mortal was meant to witness.....it's a little....much t wrap your head around."
Following the directions given, the Dhampir had little trouble finding the shop.
One of the servants appears with Ylrhea and Lea in tow.
Ylrhea runs to Sadhana and leaps in her lap. "You look rough."
Lea quietly finds a chair. "So did everything go well?"
Taking a few more bites of food she nods, "It seems like everything has been getting more....complicated and super dangerous, but sometimes it's hard to tell what's what. We still have things to accomplish here and we'll find a way of taking care of everything that needs to be done. I just don't want to get ahead of ourselves and forget to do something and end up with another Malwen situation. I'm hoping that with the tower restored that somehow things got fixed there....but honestly, my head has been in so many places lately it's hard for me to think straight sometimes." Taking a breath to steady herself she says, "A large part of the problem is probably just how tired I am....but you're right and things are becoming more dangerous and the things we do have a real impact on the people around us. I can't even imagine what it was like to see something like that....but I'm glad that we were able to stop it and I'm very very glad that all of us are okay. Just....try not to think about it too much okay? The important thing is that it's gone and we're not." She concludes as she puts a hand on Sadhana's shoulder and gives it a little reassuring squeeze.
Upon looking up and seeing the two brought in she smiles, "Oh it's good to see you guys. You feeling better Lea?" She says as she thinks about how to answer Lea's question.
The magus' troubled face lights up as she takes Ylrhea into her arms, giving her a long kiss and holding her close in her lap. "How do you always know when I need you most?" she says with a radiant smile.
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Lea nods. "Ylrhea got me some new warmer clothes."
Ylrhea smiles at the magus. "It's a gift. Drago came looking for you. Apparently, he can teleport now. So we went back to Valwick...then other stuff..."
"Wow he can teleport? That's impressive...wait, where is he?" Sādhanā asks looking around."Other stuff? Sounds like there's definitely a story there."
Giving Lea a smile she says, "Good I'm glad....wait what? Okay....lots of information on tired brain is not processing well. I thought I heard you say Drago was teleporting? If he came looking for us....then where is he? No...wait....it's probably more than I can deal with right now. I'm sure he'll show up eventually." She says with a sigh before yawning again and rubbing her temples.
Happy to see the others are alright Cyna takes a few vegetables and asks for water.
She stops and gets quiet as she and Sadhana talk at almost the same time. Equally amazed and confused by the recent turn of events.
Fae asks for wine before politely helping herself to the meal provided by their host.
Looking at Sadhana she finally says, "I think...maybe we all need some sleep before we discuss too much of what happened tonight? It's just...there's a lot...and it would be easier to do it just once with all of us present since Alethiro and Rhadaya are already in bed...maybe after breakfast?" She gets out before letting out another small yawn. Looking out the window she sighs, "Or perhaps lunch? Just whenever we're all up again?" She asks while she waits on her hot tea and water. Having eaten what she could she pushes the rest away, her appetite reduced by all the stress they had been under recently with everything that had happened.
"Well, we encountered some of Chalandra's soldiers...something about a party and some guy named Strahd," Ylrhea recounts. "Then we found a wounded man who had been ambushed by some cyclops...and Drago figured it was Chalandra. Now he went to Zaudējis' store to find Chalandra's journals. So...that's what he's doing."
Gia returns with everyone's drinks before asking Ylrhea and Lea if they want anything.
As she sits with Ylrhea in her lap feeling a hundred times better than she did a moments ago, Sādhanā's heart goes out to Cyna. She considers for just a second before leaning over towards the ranger and putting a hand on her shoulder. "In the morning when everyone's together I'll go over the visions I had when I destroyed the shard, but I figure you'd want to know this now. Sienna's on the material plane. She's in Nicae, so we can go get her in the morning. Hells we might even be able to teleport there." she says with a smile. "Aroden told me so himself."
Lea politely refuses anything. "So...who is this Chalandra besides Drago's 'b~+@+ of a mother'?"
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Arista just shakes her head as she has no idea what to say about drago, his paranoia and obsession with his mother. Looking at Lea she sighs, "Well...she is much more than some random bi+<# mother. She's like the queen of all evil bi+<# mothers and a pretty powerful vampire wench that one of these days we are going to get a hold of and tear into tiny itsy bitsy pieces right before burning her to ashes." She says with a voice that turns as cold as steel. The happy look on her face turned to one of absolute hate at the mention of the one responsible for so much torment and misery. Drago wasn't the only one that had been hurt by that monster and Arista would see her pay for every bit of what that horrid thing had done, or die trying.
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Ylrhea asks for some water. "Aroden again? I wonder why he keeps appearing. Anyway, Chalandra is a vampire who seems obsessed with power. She's done some rotten things to us, but I don't know what her big plan is. As long as she's not bothering us actively, I'd rather concentrate on the other problems that keep cropping up."
"Oh, so she's just a bad person?" Lea says. "I guess we'll kill her eventually."
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"That seems to be our solution to most problems," Ylrhea says with a chuckle, laying her head against Sādhanā. "Anyway, a wagon isn't great for getting some sleep, so I think we'll turn in when you do."