Hmm, that's unexpected. He thought as he made his way into the fort to see if Barclay was available to speak to.
"Well, to be fair, I never made time for anyone but Sadhana...then Esme," Clara admits.
Rajni tries to concentrate on rubbing Elena's feet but can't help the random thoughts of Dillon that enter her mind. She would be seeing him later and couldn't wait. She massages her feet until she feels the tension drain away and the muscles feel more relaxed.
The paladins inform Drago that Barclay is still at the barracks for the time being.
She sighs as she sits back down at the table and puts her hands on top of Clara's, "Clara...you've been through a lot of stuff too. You may have spent a lot of time concentrating on them, but only because it's so hard to be alone...but you don't always feel like being surrounded by people. It's okay, I really understand...I do...but maybe now you can actually just take some time for yourself. Figure out who you are and what you really really want. You have lots and lots of friends here who love you and just want the best for you. I'm sorry if it sounds stupid or whatever, but I just think...I think you need some "me" time." She says before getting up to take the whistling kettle off of the stove and pour it over the tea. Letting it steep for a couple of minutes she takes out the tea bag and adds a spoonful of honey to the tea before stirring it and taking it back to Clara.
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Thanking the Paladin, the Szef went into the Fort anyway and climbed to the top. Looking out over the ocean, he took a deep breath and contemplated various things. How much his life had changed. A destiny he had not known, an amazing woman to grow old with, a child on the way. His gaze drifted towards Valwick, a town he had a hand in getting started. And yet, because of Tarja's actions it could all be destroyed by some unknown threat. He wondered what could have happened to Ramius that would have driven her to such desperation. But he hadn't the first clue, and perhaps never would.
Stepping back from the parapets, and making sure no one was around, he closed his eyes and focused on his wings. Painlessly and quickly, they emerged from his back. Looking at them, pale as moonlight with sharpened claws on each tip. Just when I think I've nearly rid myself of the undead taint, it manifests in some other form. Why? Why do I have to be this.......this monster!. Retracting the wings in disgust, he headed to the Paladin Training grounds to beat on a practice dummy. He wanted to pummel something into the ground, anything to get out his frustrations.
As they go through the market place together, she picks out various fruits and vegetables, cheeses, some juice, milk, and eggs. She picks out some meat and gets just enough food to last about a week, they could still go out a couple times if they wanted to as well. Looking at Rhy she asks, "Was there anything you wanted sweetheart?"
Thinking for a moment Rhadaya smiles. "Maybe a bottle of wine?"
She gives her a smile and finds a vendor selling wine and buys a nice dark red for her love, "Anything for you my love."
"Yeah, just baby issues," Elena says. "I think I might need to sit down before trying to deliver any more invitations."
Kama gently rubs Elena's back while guiding her to a seat. "I can deliver the rest of them while you ressst if you wish beloved."
Sitting back down at the table she says, "It's never to late to change things, and sometimes things happen when we least expect it. I didn't come here expecting to fall in love, get married, or have kids right away....but it just happened. When they first freed me from the shard I didn't know anything about the time I had been missing, my family being gone...I just thought I was waking up from a nap and going home...then in an instant I had lost everything. Then we got to Malwen and I found out about Marie, Lucco, the kids, and Andres and suddenly I had a connection to my family again. I'm telling you Clara...life works out in the strangest ways sometimes...but it always works out."
"Yeah, just baby issues," Elena says. "I think I might need to sit down before trying to deliver any more invitations."Kama gently rubs Elena's back while guiding her to a seat. "I can deliver the rest of them while you ressst if you wish beloved."
Clara nods and takes a sip of tea. "I guess."
Arista sits at the table sipping on her water, wondering if everything would really work out. While it's quiet she hears some rustling around in the bedroom, "Ah...it would seem that she's starting to wake up now. I'll just let her get up on her own, better to let her wake up slowly than wake her up too fast and have her crabby for the rest of the afternoon."
"Guess that saves us from walking all over town," Ylrhea says.
"Yes it does. Today is turning out to be a good one for synchronicity it seems." Sadhana says turning to look at where Konstantyná enters. Her jaw drops, eyes going wide as she sees the girl with the midwife, her mind instantly going back to that depraved bastard and everything he'd done to those children. It takes a moment to realize her pointed silence and a moment later to dawn on her that she was now physically unrecognizable to the girl. "Hello Juhi, it's a pleasure to meet you."
There is a deep sincerity in her voice that far exceeds a first meeting.
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Clara nods, finishes her tea and gets up. She gives Arista another hug. "I better get going. I better see if those paladins moved my stuff to my new house. I'll be around if you need anything at all. I don't care if you're crying about burning toast, I'm here for you, okay?"
"Hello," Juhi says, looking into the Anizari's eyes. "We've met before, haven't we? In Deshur."
She hugs her back, "Okay Clara...but fair warning...I can cry...a lot. It's just...sometimes it feels like that's all I've been doing lately, so I try not to....but I'm not good at stuffing things down inside so..."
"Ah, you're better off expressing it anyway," Clara says with a wink. "I'll see you later."
She heads out of the house and back to the fort.
She sees her to the door and waves at her, "See you later Clara." Going back inside she rinses out their cups before getting a sandwich and fruit slices ready for Celine. She figured her little girl would be hungry after playing so hard earlier in the day and then sleeping for a while.
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Sādhanā smiles, somehow not surprised once she sees the deep awareness in Juhi's eyes. "Yes we did. I only wish it had been sooner." Noting the mature bearing she smiles quietly. "You've...grown since, we both have." she says, happy to see that the horrors of her past were unable to break the girl.
She hears the voices talking and doesn't know where she is at first when she starts to wake up so it scares her a little before realizing that she's back in her own bed at her house where mommy and daddy live with her. Yawning and stretching she feels her tummy grumbling and gets up to go to the bathroom before getting something to eat. After washing her hands she goes to the kitchen, "I'm awake now...cookie please?"
Arista chuckles and smiles as she picks up Celine and puts her in a seat at the table in front of her lunch, "First you eat your lunch, then you can have a cookie."
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She claps her hands, "Yay!! Cookie!!" She looks around for a minute, "Milk Please?"
She nods as she goes to find a small cup to pour some milk in for Celine that she can hold easily. Taking the cup of milk and a knife to the table, she sets it down in front of Celine before cutting her sandwich into little squares, "There you go baby, now eat your lunch and then we can go do some other stuff together."
"Good to hear. Not everyone is particularly pleased with my changes," Juhi says, glancing at Konstantyná.
She doesn't bother to respond as she's already cramming slices of apple into her mouth and eating her sandwich between drinks of milk.
Konstantyná sighs. "Some unfortunate events occurred and Juhi is now a House Summoner. She cannot be unbound from her eidolon otherwise it would kill her."
Arista just laughs at her daughters antics before getting herself a glass of milk, some fruit and cheese, and a small sandwich for herself. When she sits down with her plate, Celine eyes it for a moment before snatching a piece of cheese off her plate and shoving it in her mouth with the fruit.
Shaking her head she sighs, "Not too much at once sweetie, you'll choke. Slow down and chew your food. There you go, good girl."
"Apparently, my eidolon," Juhi pauses, the disgust in her voice more than evident. "Was in bad shape and, in order to heal him, was bound to me, borrowing my life force."
"I think that's enough of that topic," the midwife says. "How are you all?"
"Happy to be home," Ylrhea says. "Oh, this is Lucy, she wanted to talk to you about some work."
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Lucy smiles at the Midwife, but, as she opens her mouth, she forgets her words. She quickly attempts to recover. "Umm, hi, yes...I...I make potions."
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Konstantyná takes a good look at the druid and noticeably blushes. "Ahh...I...could use someone who makes potions."
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Lucy chuckles. "I'd...I'd love to make potions for you."
"Yeah, just baby issues," Elena says. "I think I might need to sit down before trying to deliver any more invitations."Kama gently rubs Elena's back while guiding her to a seat. "I can deliver the rest of them while you ressst if you wish beloved."
"Good...good. You can start whenever you like," Konstantyná says.
"Umm, I'll need to get settled. I don't have a place of my own yet," Lucy says.
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Konstantyná smiles. "You can stay with Juhi and I. I have plenty of room that I'm not using at the moment."
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"You're not subtle at all..." Juhi mutters.
"Are you sure?"
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"She's perfectly sure," Juhi says.
"I suddenly feel like the fifth wheel of a carriage," Celia says.
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"Carriages don't have five...ohhhhhhhh."
Once they finish their lunches, Arista gets Celine a cookie to eat with the rest of her milk while she washes the rest of the dishes. Once she's cleaned up Celine and gotten her changed into some clean clothes she goes into their bedroom and looks at the sword that she dropped on the floor. Picking it up carefully, she sheaths it and straps it to one side before strapping her own sword to her other side. She would never go anywhere again without his sword, just as he took it everywhere with him. Taking out her armor she speaks the word and holds her arms out as it wraps itself around her. Securing her heavy cloak in place she makes sure Celine is warm enough before taking her with her to the Old Fish.
"I'll need to see what they want me to do about the group their worried about first. I'll catch up later today." Fae answers.