"We'll see," Yulia says. "I don't think I'll be an overnight success."
Sādhanā smiles, gently squeezing her love’s hand as they lead Celia to the fort.
Shen nods, "Oh yeah...I know, I just meant that I'm sure it'll pick up after a while." She says before taking another bite and drinking more lemonade.
She gives her a hug, "Okay then...why don't you lie down and I'll see if I can help them, then I need to talk to Toni. Don't worry, if I don't know something or have a question I'll come ask you...but you, you rest." She says before going back to the kitchen to get a cool cloth and taking it back to Elena she places it on her head, "Go ahead a lie back down and rest." Rajni then goes to where the two are looking over different racks of dresses, "Elena hasn't been feeling too good. Is there anything I can help you with? I know I'm not my mother, aunt, or Elena even....but I'll do the best I can." She says smiling.
Sienna smiles. "It's alright. We're just browsing for now. Find anything, Cutie?"
Clara stands outside the fort as Sadhana, Ylrhea and Celia approach. "What's going on? Is everything alright?"
"Probably," Yulia says. "I was thinking of switching to late night hours, but that's probably going to make it hard on me when the baby comes. Plus, there's this charming old aasimar who gets his tea here everyday since I've opened."
"Yes,for once everything's fine." Sādhanā says calmly, "Celia, here is new to Valwick so we figured we'd give her a tour. Celia this is Clara, Clara..Celia." she says with a smile.
"Nice to meet you," Clara says, extending a hand.
Celia takes the redhead's hand. "Nice to meet you too."
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Clara smiles. "Well, I think we all need to take a tour of the town everyday since Jelks has been playing that lyre. This place is unrecognizable from what it was a week ago. The paladins are moving in here and are going to garrison it. Barclay's going to continue to use the old barracks as his private home and city office. Apparently, the cannons on the roof are still in working order. Kierk inspected them the other day."
"Sounds like the town's been busy," Ylrhea says.
Clara nods. "It has been. Probably will be for a while."
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Elena sighs as Rajni chastises her. She wondered if Arista had to go through this.
Looking at Seinna for a moment she scrunches up her face in thought, "Hmmmm...you know...I think I might have actually seen a couple things that you might like. Hold on a sec." She goes to a couple of different racks and pulls down a couple of different style dresses in red and white, and white and black, one of them with beautiful embroidery on it. Taking the dresses to Sienna and Cyna she asks, "What do you think of these? Would you like to try them on? We have fitting rooms in the back if you want to. I think they'd compliment your....features nicely and go well with your skin tone. If we're lucky they might not have to be tailored too much either. When would you need the dresses by the way?" She asks as she goes to get a pad of paper and quill to take notes with.
Sienna giggles. "Now they're features. We'll need them in about a week."
She jots down some notes, "If all we need to do is alter the dresses that shouldn't be a problem. Mother and Auntie Priya have been very busy lately." Looking over at Cyna she asks, "Was there any particular colors that you had in mind for your dress?"
"My defaults are usually Green or Blue." Cyna answers.
"Hmmmm.....let me see....both are really good colors for you." She says as she starts looking around.
Sādhanā chuckles. "Canons are always a welcome addition to a city office. How've you been?"
"Meh," Clara answers. "Trying to overcome being codependent and insensitive."
Sienna takes the red and white dress . "I like this one. I'm going to try it on."
She heads to the dressing room and changes into it.
After some time she pulls out several different gowns of different variations of blue and green and hangs them up where Cyna can see them, "If you don't like any of these I'm sure I can find something else." She nods in Sienna's direction and scribbles down more notes.
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She nods, "Yeah...I can see how that would make it pretty tough. But...who knows what the future holds? Once you have the baby and they're a little older you might be able to shift your hours a little to accomodate some of our more nocturnal friends. I bet the night watch would LOVE a place where they could go to take a break and get something hot to drink and something sweet. Everything in time though." She says rubbing her belly as she finishes the sandwich in record time, "I don't believe I've ever had a tastier sandwich. Whenever Rhy is ready I guess we'll take a look at what other goodies you have." She says before drinking some more of the lemonade.
Sādhanā sighs quietly. "You're not insensitive.....blunt maybe...okay, definitely, but that's part of you being one of the most honest people I know." the magus says supportively. "Getting used to having people in your life isn't something anyone gets used to overnight. Just remember nobody's perfect, we all have something to work on"
"That really was delicious!" Rhadaya says finishing her meal."And I'm sure in the coming months hot drinks that will help people who have to stay awake keep alert will be a big hit."
"How about this one? It's not either of those colors but I really like it for some reason." Cyna says.
She looks at it for a moment and finally nodding she says, "Sometimes stepping outside of the norm, or your comfort zone can be a good thing. Why don't you go try it on and see how it looks?"
Sienna steps out, struggling to keep her assets in the dress. "I love how it feels but my 'features' refuse to stay put."
"Arista says I need to take 'me time' which I'm struggling with," Clara says. "Well, I'm all moved out. So, would you like some company on your tour of the town?"
Ylrhea shrugs. "Why not?"
Celia shrugs as well, looking to Sadhana.
"I know it's not Arista-level cooking, but maybe I'll get there with some practice," Yulia says.
Sienna steps out, struggling to keep her assets in the dress. "I love how it feels but my 'features' refuse to stay put."
Rajni goes over to Sienna with a tape measure, "Well...other than that it looks really nice on ya. If we go in the back and I get your measurements then mother and priya could have it altered for you in plenty of time for the wedding." She offers as she takes some more notes on the pad while looking at how the dress seems to fit overall.
"Lead on," Sienna says.
Tesia nods as she finishes the last of her lemonade, "Everything in good time. Now...how about something sweet? What types of treats do you have Ms Yulia?" She asks with a delighted and excited sparkle in her eyes.
She nods and leads Sienna back to the dressing room area, "Okay...so to get accurate measurements you'll have to...you know..." She says as she sort of mimes taking off a dress.
"And if you could make a hole for my tail, that would be great," Sienna says, stripping down to her underwear.
"Blueberry scones, some small vanilla and strawberry cakes and honey buns," Yulia says.
Nodding she jots down some more notes, "Hole for tail...got it. Now if you'll just raise your arms up for a minute this shouldn't take long." Once she has her arms up, Rajni gets the measurements she needs and jots those down as well before pinning the note with Sienna's name on it to the dress and hanging it on a nearby "work order" rack. "We'll bring the dresses to you as soon as they're finished. Ms. Cyna....are you doing alright in there?" She asks as she finishes up with Sienna.
Thinking for a moment she says, "I think I'd like to try the honey bun. It sounds sticky and delicious."
"Alright. And for you, Rhadaya?"
Sienna goes back to the changing room and gets back into her regular clothes.
Looking down and away slightly as Sienna comes out after changing she says, "I just want to....I just wanna say how sorry I am for acting like such a jerk when we first met. It was difficult news to swallow and I reacted badly, but I had no right to take it out on any of you. After having to relay some fairly awful news to Arista myself, I can understand what a horrible position she must have felt like she was in and how hard it was for her to tell me. I shouldn't have reacted the way I did and I'm sorry."
"We all have our bad moments," Sienna says. "Apology accepted."
She nods, "Thank you." She stands near the dressing room and waits for Cyna to be finished getting the dress on so she can make notes on any alterations it might need.
"So how do you put this on again?" Cyna asks.
Sienna giggles. "Let me help you."
She goes inside the changing room. "You step into it then pull it up and tie it."
"Thanks. I should probably look at shoes too. Muddy boots probably wont work for something like this." Cyna says.