She nods in agreement, "Yeah...everything kind of happened pretty fast though. The whole finding out about surprise sisters and stuff, I'm still trying to deal with it. Gashka can be a little....prickly to deal with at times, but she's gone through some real crap." She says while giving her friend a smile. She was so happy and relieved to see Jerrica looking so happy and healthy.
Finishing up the dishes she smiles as she goes to get her new really warm hooded cloak and boots that they got, "Alright, let's get bundled up and then we can go out. Either we can take a walk through town and see the sights, or we can just go down to that quaint little beach and walk around there....but it's probably gonna be really cold by the water." She says thoughtfully as she pulls on her boots.
"Maybe we ought to stick to the town," Chris says. "I don't want you getting sick."
Going over to him she slips an arm around him, "Well, I wouldn't want you getting sick either. You matter too ya know."
Chris chuckles. "I know."
She nods, "Good, now go get bundled up and we'll get going to let that breakfast settle a bit before you get a little more rest. I just don't want to put off things too long....just in case, but I don't want you to go back until you're ready either."
Frostine just smiles, seeing other people happy made her happy as well. Looking over at Derika she says, "Just be patient with your sister, I'm sure she'll come around eventually. It must be nice to find that you have a family all of a sudden....but I can see how it would be difficult at the same time. Sorry....I tend to ramble a lot these days." She gets a little quiet as she leans her head against Thorgr's shoulder.
She shakes her head, "Nah, you're okay. It has been pretty difficult. It's weird having a family after not having one my entire life. It's an adjustment we both have to make." Giving Jerrica's friends a smile she says, "It just makes us happy to see her so happy. You're really lucky too Jerrica, to have found such wonderful people as well." Looking at Jerricas girlfriend she says with a smile, "That's my little sister...well, she's not that much younger than me...but same thing. So, take really good care of her because we love her and whoever she chooses to spend the rest of her life with needs to know how special she is...which I'm pretty sure you already know since you're together." She looks at Jerrica apologetically, "I'm sorry, I had to give the big sister speech. I'm done now." She then chuckles a bit.
Jerrica smirks. "At least, you're not telling any stories about the keep. So I'm okay with you being a big sister."
"Just a little stroll and I'll nap a little longer," Chris says, going and getting his warm clothes on.
She kind is shrugs, "I'm not sure how long it's been for you, what with traveling with a God and all....but Vishanti and I were in that ghoul surrounded city for a little over a year before we ended up here, so the keep was a while back for us. I really don't remember much about it anymore, except that it was haunted."
She nods, "Okay." She waits for him to get changed.
Jerrica smiles. "It's been...I don't know...I kind of lost track of time when I was summoned to Asgard. I just remember goblins and a...certain door..."
Chris returns in his cold weather outfit. "I'm ready."
A look of remembrance crosses her face, "Oohhh...you mean that door with the trap that set you on fire? That was horrible. I'm just glad we were able to put you out, and that you were okay."
Going to him she takes his hand, "Alright, let's go so we can get back and you can get some more rest." Leaving the house she locks thed door behind them as they leave for their walk.
Jerrica turns red. "That's what I meant for you not to bring up."
She sighs and hides her face in her hand. "I'm so embarrassed..."
Chris shivers slightly as the cold air hits his face. "Whoosh...I guess I've been indoors for a while."
Derika's face turns dark blue, "Ooohhh....sorry, I didn't mean to embarrass you. It wasn't funny to me at all, and I'm not sure why you're embarrassed by something that happened to you because you were trying to protect us. That could have happened to any of us. It was scary, and I'm sorry I talked about it....but I really am glad that Vishanti was able to heal you and that you weren't hurt more seriously."
"Okay, let's not be out too long then." She says as they walk together.
Giving Toni and her friends a smile she says, "Excuse me for just a moment, but I had better check on Celine." Getting up from the table she goes into the living room and doesn't see her daughter there, so she checks the bedroom. Poking her head into Celine's room she sees her lying on her bed wiping her eyes as she holds her dolly in one arm and pets her puppy with the other.
Going in the room she sits at the edge of Celine's bed and strokes her hair, "What's wrong Celine? Why aren't you in the living room playing with your toys? It's not time for a nap just yet sweetie."
Afraid of losing her mommy when her friends came to get her, she had gone to her room to be alone. She didn't want to upset mommy so she thought if she stayed out of their way that maybe mommy wouldn't leave again. Honey had followed her into her room and gotten up on her bed as she was crying softly into her pillows.
She didn't think mommy would come looking for her, so she tries wiping her face before sitting up and wrapping her little arms around mommy, "Just want you and baby stay home mommy. Please don't go mommy, stay with daddy and me...please...I'll be good girl, just stay." She pleads as a few more tears fall from her eyes even though she was trying not to. She didn't want to upset mommy, but she didn't want her to leave again either.
Completely caught off guard by Celine's words her own eyes become damp, "Oh Celine...." She says as she gathers up her little girl in her arms, "Is that what this has been all about? Are you afraid of mommy going away again Celine?"
When Celine nods her head she sighs and kisses her forehead, "Listen to me Celine, I need you to hear me."
She takes a moment to think about what she needs to say before starting, "Слушайте мед, я очень люблю вас и папу. Когда придет твоя новая дочерняя сестра, я тоже буду любить ее ... но это не значит, что я буду любить тебя меньше. Я больше не ухожу от Селин, не так, как раньше, и не очень долго. Я собираюсь быть здесь с тобой, и папа, и ребенок, когда она приедет сюда. Я не могу быть с тобой каждую секунду каждый день ... но я буду здесь. Вы понимаете, что я пытаюсь сказать? Иногда мне, возможно, придется ходить без тебя, чтобы выполнять свою работу, но я не оставлю тебя снова, как раньше. Я всегда приду домой к тебе, Селин, тебе и папе. Я обещаю вам, что. Итак, почему бы вам не пойти со мной на кухню и не перекусить? Не хотите ли вы яблоко перед обедом?"
She listens to mommy very carefully. So, those ladies weren't here to take mommy with them? Mommy was going to stay with Celine and daddy? She sniffles a little as mommy talks to her and nods her head, "Okay mommy, I like apple please."
Standing up from the bed she puts Celine down and takes her hand, "Alright, let's go to the kitchen then and get you some apple and you can sit with mommy and her friends while we wait for your other aunts to get here. Mommy will need to talk to Sadhana when they get here, but I promise you, I'm not leaving with them okay?"
Getting back to the kitchen she lets Celine climb up into one of the chairs at the table as she washes and cuts up an apple for her and puts the pieces on a little plate. She gets her a small cup of milk to have with it before setting it front of her at the table, "There you go honey, when you're done with your snack I'd like for you to go wash your hands and then play with your toys and Honey in the living room."
Celine accepts the snack happily, "Okay mommy, thank you for the snack." She says before munching happily on her apple between sips of her milk.
Coming back to the table she says, "So, can I get any of you anything else? The others should be here soon, and then we can talk about all this stuff and figure out what to do. If nothing else, it will help to make them aware of what's going on in case something happens while they're out there. You guys might end up helping each other out with your collective problems. A lot of things seem to be intertwined these days." She says thoughtfully as she remembers what Ard had told them in Lysse.
She thinks for a moment, "The cookies were delicious, would it be alright if I had a little milk too?" She asks, feeling a little thirsty after the cookies she ate. She had to force herself to stop at four lest she make a complete pig out of herself.
Smiling warmly she gets up to pour Jin a cold tankard of milk, "Of course, it's no trouble at all. Would you like to take some cookies with you on your camping trip? Celine and I can always make more cookies, right Celine?"
Celine nods her head, "Yesh..." She says around the bite of apple in her mouth.
"Celine, please don't talk with food in your mouth honey."
Celine looks down, "Shorry."
Arista just sighs as she sets the milk in front of Jin, "Can I get the rest of you anything? It's no trouble, really." She says as she goes to the cupboard and pulls down a box that she fills with an assortment of her homemade cookies before taking it back to the girls at the table.
"I'm sure Rajni would appreciate some cookies for the trip," Toni says. "I'm good for now though."
She chuckles slightly, "There seem to be a lot of people in this town with a sweet tooth."
"I guess there isn't much entertainment in this town," Toni remarks.
"It's not bad, there's just a large difference between the warm house and the outdoors."
"Me too," Jerrica says. "So besides meeting your family and proposing, what else have you been up to?"
She kind of smirks, "Oh you know, helping Vishanti with her potions and beating down gross flesh golems and jerks trying to poison water supplies, helping people, clearing mines out of nasty spiders and stuff, the usual." She says with a shrug, "Oh yeah, we found out I'm part dragon and now I can do some magic too. Sooo....how bout you? What have you been up to?"
She nods, "Alright, as long as you're okay. So...where should we walk to then?"
"We never made it to that magic school yesterday," Chris says. "I just want to take a look at it. When we have a little more time, I'll stop in."
Jerrica thinks for a moment. "Hmm, fighting goblins made of chocolate, dealing with a trickster god, going to Helheim, fighting some dark elves and stuff like that."
She takes a drink. "Magic, eh? That must be fun."
"That sounds like an idea, let's head that way then." She says while taking his hand as they head in the direction of the school.
Chris walks along the streets with Gashka, enjoying her company. When they reach the magic school, he takes in the sight. "Wow, that's larger than I imagined it would be for a town this size."
"Wow...it seems like you've had your hands full as well." At her comment about the magic she kind of shrugs, "Well...it was a pretty big "shock" at first...I mean that quite literally. For the longest time I didn't even believe that I had any power. Then one night, we were out trying to unwind after a horrible ghoul attack....a couple of the soldiers got really drunk and waaayyyyy too friendly. One of them got a little closer to me than I liked, I got pissed off...you know how that goes, and then when I put my hand up to his face to push him away...ZAPOLA!! Electric shock right to the face. The look on his face is what killed me and I couldn't stop laughing, they left us alone after that though, and his eyebrows eventually grew back." She says before breaking out in laughter.
After a few moments she gets a hold of herself, "It shouldn't however be used to wake up your sister's best friend from a magically induced sleep. Not unless you want to make her really really mad at you. I supposed it wasn't the greatest of first impressions, but the situation didn't allow much time for thinking."
She looks up at the impressive structure, "Well, maybe it's more than just a school? Maybe they house some of their students here or something?"
Jerrica laughs. "Ah...it's really good to see you both again. We're probably going to stay in town for the night before heading off. Right, Woden?"
The god simply nods as he finishes off his coffee. "Master Jericho, when you return with the food, could you bring me another coffee?"
Jericho chuckles. "I've never been called a 'master' before, but sure."
Woden shrugs. "I'm not used to addressing mortals politely."
"You're probably right," Chris says. "I hope that I can find some good scrolls here."
Wiping her eyes she nods, "Yeah, it's really good to see you again too. Do you guys have everything you need for your trip? Is there anything we can help you out with before you go?" She asks, wanting to make sure that their friend and her friends were as prepared as possible for whatever might lay ahead for them.
Leaning into him slightly she asks, "Are you sure you don't need to check on that since we're here? Do you think you'll need scrolls for when we're in the mines?"
Chris shakes his head. "It would take more time to study them than we have right now. I'll save it for when we have a little downtime."
"Aside from some more rations, I think we're okay," Jerrica says, looking at the others.
"We always seem to manage, somehow," Thorgr comments.