The Valwick Chronicles (Inactive)

Game Master Signore di Fortuna

She kind of shrugs as she starts making the coffee, "Restless spirit is just a byproduct of constantly having to fight for your life...the lives of your friends, and being in constant danger. I'm okay being here....with you." She says, her voice shaking slightly.

Toni smiles at Arista. "I'm still glad that you give a $#!+ about me...it means a lot."

She looks around the room. "Oh, hey, sorry about the language."

Chris chuckles. "Are you sure? You don't have to keep me company if you don't want to."

"That doesn't seem to be a good thing to give," Laenid says. "Is that one of your old world's expressions?"

She laughs a little, though her voice still sounds tired, "It's okay, Celine is in the other room playing. I've had to watch myself around her as well, and of course I still care about you." She places one of her hands on top of Toni's, "I care about all my friends and with so many things out there determined to do evil....I'm glad that you and the others are able to be out there beating it back, and though I know you and the others are fully capable and with great people who will have your back....I'm still gonna worry a little bit...but it's because you're my friend and that means something to me."

She nods, "Yeah, I can't get to know you if I keep running away." Looking up she gives him a small smile. Looking down at Renard she pets him and scratches him behind the ears, "I bet you're hungry too huh fella?" Getting up she gets a bowl and puts some leftover chicken, carrots, cheese, and cut up apple in the bowl before putting it on the floor for the fox. She then fills up his water bowl before getting the coffee once it's done and pouring both herself and Chris a cup. She adds sugar and milk to both before stirring them and taking them with her back to the table. Setting one of them down in front of Chris she sits next to him with hers, "I put sugar and milk in it, I hope that's okay?"

Renard wags his tail as Gashka fills his bowls.

"That's perfect, thank you," Chris says, taking a sip of coffee and eating a few bites of his breakfast. "What would you like to know about me?"

"Thank you again, Arista," Toni says with a kind smile.

Taking her hand away she sips on her tea, "Any time."

Looking at Laenid she says, "I'm pretty sure that's just some kind of turn of phrase from where Ms. Toni came from."

"Anything you feel like telling me." She says, not being able to think of specific things at the moment. They could take their time, but she really did want to get to know him...but she didn't want to just start pumping him for information, so she thought it would be easier if she just left it open ended so that he could just tell her whatever he wanted to about himself.

Giving her a smile she says, "I studied many things from an early age, I'm also pretty observant. It doesn't take a genius to realize that you have celestial heritage, so I guessed that you would speak the language. I just thought it sounds more soothing and maybe if you knew that the people that are with her are capable, that you would worry less. You obviously have your hands full enough here at home and don't have need for outside worry. I actually speak eleven languages including common and even though I'm not that great of a fighter, I have other abilities that make up for that....so really, please try not to worry."

"Besides, you are not the first angel blooded, that she's met." Hitome adds with a smile at the winged aasimar.

She gives her love a hug, "Great! Let's go see her then. And then, once Chris has eaten and had enough rest...I super duper promise that we'll finish wiping out those stupid spiders."

Wrapping her arms around her love, Vishanti gives one of her rarely radiant smiles. The idea that their friend Jerrica had survived filled her with joy. "Yes let's! I can't even begin to imagine where she might have ended up."

Jin gives Hitome a smile and nods, "Yup, that's right."

She gives her love an excited squeeze while being gentle at the same time, "Me either, but I'm just so happy she's okay." Looking over at Gashka's quiet knife wielding friend she asks, "Would you like to come with us Anyka, or wait for us to get back? You don't have to come if you don't want to, I just thought I'd ask in case you wanted to get out of the house for a bit before we return to the mines."

"Yeah, I have some weird sayings," Toni says.

Chris shrugs. "I'm not sure what to talk about. I don't see the point of talking about my family..."

She looks down, "I'm sorry...I guess we don't have to talk. I didn't mean to bring up anything..." She gets quiet, not sure of what to say that wouldn't come out stupid.

Chris takes Gashka's hand and squeezes it. "It's okay. I'm still getting used to certain...truths. But part of me still wants that closure...you know?"

She nods, "Yeah....I totally get that."

"Still...if I can't get that, I still have a future to look forward to," Chris says, smiling at Gashka. "I can still become the doctor I've always wanted to be. Well, someday...when we're done killing spiders and other things."

She laughs a little despite herself, "Yeah...that would be nice. Not to have to fight stuff all the time. I have no idea who I am outside of this though."

"I have a vague idea."

She looks at him with a curious smile on her lips, "A vague idea of who you are, or who I am?" Unsure of which one of them he was referring to.

"Of who you are," Chris replies. "I have a pretty good idea of who I am."

She chuckles a bit, "Okay, then who am I?"

I'm just gonna wait to see if Anyka wanted to go with us before we meet up with Jerrica. Okay, so maybe I am pretty sleepy.

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world...

"You're a caring person, you love your family including Anyka," Chris answers. "You're down-to-earth."

Her cheeks darkening, she tries to hide her face behind her mug. After taking a few sips she pauses while trying to give the coloring in her cheeks to go back to normal, "Hmmm...well, yeah...I guess that's pretty accurate. I guess I never really thought about it before....or who I really was outside of beating the snot out of bad guys." She looks up at him, "I just...I am who I am. I care about my friends, and I do love my family....I don't know what I want to be when the fighting is done though. You're good at so many things, you could really do some wonderful things for people. You're a really good friend too...and easy to talk to."

"Like you told Anton, you know how to farm and take care of animals," Chris says. "You could do that...if you wanted to."

She nods, "Yeah, I guess so. I guess I just don't know what I want to do once we reach that point yet."

"You don't have to figure everything out in a day," Chris remarks. "First, we deal with the spiders and anything else."

She gives him a little smile, "Yeah, we'll deal with all that stuff first."

Okay, so in the interest in keeping things moving, we're gonna go ahead and go to the place with Barclay that Jerrica is at. If Anyka wants tho join us she can, just go ahead and retcon any responses you wish to make.

Once everyone figures out what they want to do, and Gashka goes with Chris to the kitchen to talk, Derika, they go with Barclay to meet up with Jerrica. Derika was so excited to see her again that she couldn't get rid of the smile she felt on her face. As they head to the common house, she holds Vishanti's hand and wonders what kinds of things their friend has been up to.

When they get inside Jericho's her mouth falls open before turning up in a grin, "Jerrica!"

"I appreciate the offer, but you two should go and enjoy catching up with your friend." Anyka says smiling at the excited couple. "I think I'll just take a walk."

Vishanti breaks into a warm smile as she sees their friend after so long, in the company of other warriors and perhaps a mage.

Before they leave

Derika nods, "Okay Anyka, we'll try not to be too long. I just feel like we haven't seen her in forever. Enjoy your walk, and we'll see you later." She says with a happy and excited lilt to her voice before leaving with Barclay to see their friend.

Back at the Inn

Not minding any strange looks she might get, Derika nearly trips over a chair as she makes her way to the table that Jerrica sits at with some other people. Paying them no mind at the moment, as Jerrica stands up, she grabs her up in a tight but gentle hug, "Oh I'm so glad you're okay. I shoulda known that no crazy evil thing could take you out so easily." She says before putting her down and just looking her over, "Wow, it feels like it's been years since I've seen you, but we were only in Nicae for a little over a year. I'm just so happy you're okay, and you look really well. Oh...I'm sorry, I just keep talking don't I? I'm just so excited....okay, okay....I'm calm now. So, just tell us everything." She says, her eyes nearly brimming with tears as she pulls up a chair and sits down with them before pulling Vishanti into her lap and giving her cheek a kiss.

Rosa's grip on Dagmarr gets a little tighter as she sees the strange bluish looking....half orc? Well, as she sees the strange lady just rush in and snatch up Jerrica in a hug. She just sits quietly and watches the exchange as the muscular one just jabbers on and on. They obviously knew Jerrica, but now there were even more people in the space and the blue skinned one's exuberance made her feel a little dizzy. Hoping to put a little space between herself and the excited half orc, she climbs into Dagmarr's lap and holds onto her as she puts her head on her shoulder and tries to breath. It was getting just a little crowded in here.

I couldn't figure out if I was already in your lap or not, but there it is. I gotta go lay down again. I've been getting up and down feeling nauseas.

Wow....that made very little sense. She's just kinda in shock though I guess?

Jerrica is taken by surprise as Derika rushes her. "Oof, I've missed you two as well. I'm just glad you're alright. These are my friends Dagmarr, Rosa, Frostine, Thorgr and...uh...Woden. He's a god. He took us to this strange place to help rescue other gods and well...that didn't go too well...so we're here now to go help someone."

She smiles and gestures to Sig. "This is my girlfriend, Sig."

Jerrica notices how close Derika and Vishanti have become. "So...uh...I take it that you're...together?"

Chris finishes his breakfast and then yawns. "I shouldn't lay down right away after eating all that."

Grinning at her love's rare exuberance, Vishanti steps forward to give Jerrica a hug once Derika set her down."It's good to see you alive."

Laughing softly as Derika pulls her into her lap she runs her fingers through her beloved's hair as she looks back at Jerrica. "You do look well!"

Instinctively, the shamaness' vision shifts to perceive flow of life energy in those around her picking up the healthy glow in their friend. Out of the corner of her eye, she notices something that draws her gaze and immediate attention.

All while those with Jerrica were all in excellent health, the petite darker girl now moving into the stern looking northwoman's lap had a completely different energy signature. Unlike the vibrant shimmering life force most people had flowing through and around them, she seemed to have the opposite. A darker, negative energy that she normally associated with death, yet paradoxically seemingly to fuel a similarly healthy state as everyone else. Eyes narrowing as she processes, her vision flicks over the others at the table, before settling on a distinctly individual pulse of life coming from the belly of the radiant woman not wearing armor like her companions, seated beside the burly warrior.

Inadvertently uses Wandering Hex: Life Sight (Ex): The shaman can see the states of life, death, and general health of those around her. When she uses this ability, she can tell whether or not creatures within 30 feet of her that she can see are living, wounded, dying, or dead. She can also tell if those creatures are confused, disabled, diseased, nauseated, poisoned, sickened or staggered

Woden watches all the proceedings quietly as he sips his coffee. Mortals were always so fascinating.

Derika's face breaks out into a rarely seen huge grin, "Yup, it just sorta happened. We'll actually be getting married in a few months. Oh...oh...oh...I gotta tell you. We found my parents....well, actually they found us and I have a siblings including an older way too bossy sister and then I have a younger sister and brother as well. They all ended up here too thanks to someone that my father saved a long time ago. It's really weird cuz they don't look that old, but they've had FOUR children....two of whom are adults." She kind of shakes her head as she takes in everything Jerrica just told her as well, "Wow! That's great, I'm really happy for you. You deserved to find someone that made you feel special and happy. You look really great by the way, seems like traveling through so many places and meeting so many people has really agreed with you." She says as she looks around the table at all of Jerrica's friends and gives them each a nod. She kind of tilts her head to the side to take in the hesitancy of the petite blond with the muscular man, "I'm sorry, I'm not usually this excitable...but it's been a long time since we've seen our friend."

Just then, something Jerrica said seems to sink in, "Wait...God? What? Wow....I don't even know what to say."

Gashka picks up his dishes and takes them to the sink to wash them, "Would you like to go for a walk or something then?" She asks while washing the utensils and his mug.

Frostine waves a hand as she smiles at her love, "It's alright, we're glad that you were here so you guys could see each other. We have things that we need to take care of to the North of here, but we'll make sure to come by now and then so you guys can visit."

Rosa doesn't say anything, but shivers slightly as she feels the shamaness's eyes on her. The air was starting to feel really thick in here and she was having a hard time getting her breath.

"Wow, you've had a run of good luck, it sounds like," Jerrica says with a chuckle. "I agree. I think my life has gotten a lot better as of late."

She gives Sig an adoring smile.

Chris nods. "Sure, that sounds like fun."