"Sure, I don't plan on going anywhere else today," Malyoxa answers. "Go relax a little."
Rajni smiles and nods, "Okay, thanks."
Going back down to the kitchen she calls Shamara before looking over at Juhi, "Ready to go?"
After Malyoxa heads home, Hitome takes the time to clean up a bit, straigtening up the living room and kitchen, happily humming to herself.
Laenid yawns and opens her eyes. She runs her fingers through Jin's fur.
"Yes," Juhi replies after getting her warm wear on.
Jin smiles softly in her sleep and makes a soft humming sound as Laenid runs her fingers through her fur.
Rajni smiles and gets the door for her sister, "After you." Rajni locks the door behind them as they leave, "So...when you're outdoors and hunting prey, you always want to be aware of your surroundings. This is what helps you to remain hidden and quiet. If you don't see the pinecones ahead of you in the path, you'll very likely step all over them and warn your prey, causing them to scamper off. Sometimes...no matter what you do, you're not able to be quiet. It's okay, it happens sometimes. The main point is, just to relax and have fun and if you get a kill...that's great, but if you don't, it's not the end of the world okay? Hopefully Toni is feeling better soon and we can still go on our camping trip. If we do, you'll get a chance to practice your skills on real living targets...but you have to learn how to be a little sneaky. So, let's work on some foot work first and go from there. It's all in how you take your steps. You want to keep your center of gravity low, and take smaller steps closer together to reduce the chance of noise. Hopefully, I won't mess it up this time."
Rajni then shows Juhi how she lowers herself while bending her legs a little, and moves in a sort of shuffling way as she makes her steps closer together, but somehow manages to move quickly.
While not completely quiet, it is subtly harder to hear the fetchling as she moves through the snow.
Sighing she looks at Juhi, "I guess I haven't been practicing enough lately. Do you want to try it again right now, or wait until after we get something hot to drink?"
"Well, I have more padding this time and the snow could break my fall," Juhi says, bending her knees.
Juhi smirks as she doesn't fall this time, but isn't as quiet as her older sister.
Rajni claps, "That's very good Juhi. You'll get it in no time. Let's try it again. Let's try sneaking from here, over to that tree in front of Yulia's cafe okay?"
Showing her sister how to place her feet, Rajni leads Juhi as they practice being sneaky.
Juhi follows after her sister as best as she can.
Rajni takes her time and doesn't go too fast, insuring that Juhi can keep up and get the needed practice for her first hunt.
"We should probably get up," Laenid says to Jin.
"Hmmmm?" Jin mutters softly as she snuggles deeper into Laenid's side.
Laenid runs her fingers along Jin's back. "We've been napping for a while and it's pretty quiet."
"It kinda hurts my thighs, bending my legs like that," Juhi says as they reach the tree.
Rajni nods, "Well...that's just how I do it because it's what I'm used to. You could come up with your own style of movement. The main thing is to focus on your footwork so that you're not making too much noise when you move through terrain." She explains.
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Jin opens her eyes a little, "We have? It is? But you're so comfy." She says with a little smile.
"Oh, okay," Juhi says. "Can we have our drinks now?"
"It's still to early to go to bed," Laenid says, kissing Jin's forehead. "I don't wanna be up in the middle of the night."
Jin yawns and stretches, "Okay Neenee, so what do you want to do?" She asks before yawning a little and giving Laenid a cute smile.
Rajni gives her little sister a hug, "Of course. Let's go see what Ms. Yulia has today." She says before opening the door to the cafe for Juhi.
"I'm feeling a little hungry now," Laenid says, yawning as well. "Maybe we can whip something up downstairs."
Juhi walks into the cafe and smiles at Yulia. "Hello."
"Hello there," Yulia responds before looking up at Rajni. "Back again, eh? Did you find Drago?"
She nods, "Yeah, he's off with the others figuring out whatever it is. We just came by to get out of the house for a littled bit and get something hot and yummy to drink."
Jin smiles and kisses her cheek, "Okay, let's get something to eat then." Getting out of the bed she wraps a warm robe around herself, over her warm sleep set.
Laenid gets her warm stuff on and opens the door for Jin.
Yulia smiles. "Well, I can do that for you. Two hot chocolates?"
"Thank you love." She says with another little yawn as she heads out the door and downstairs to see what they might have to fix in the kitchen. Hearing the humming as they get downstairs, Jin sees Hitome in the kitchen as they enter.
Giving her friend a smile she asks while rubbing her eyes a little, "Hey Hitome, whatcha doing?"
Rajni smiles and nods, "Yes please."
"Alright," Yulia says. "Be back in a moment. Have a seat."
She goes into the kitchen to prepare Rajni and Juhi's drinks.
"Okay." Picking out a table, she and Juhi sit down.
Looking at her little sister she says, "So...I wanted to talk to you about the camping trip. Toni isn't feeling very good right now, and if she's not feeling better in time, we might not get to go camping when I thought we would. I promise you though, if we don't go this time, we'll go as soon as the weather is nice again. Okay?"
"I guess that's fine," Juhi says. "We should go when the weather is good anyway."
Yulia brings two mugs of hot chocolate with whipped cream on top to the table, along with a small plate of cookies. "Enjoy."
Rajni smiles up at Yulia, "Ooohhhh...cookies. Thanks Yulia!" She says while taking a cookie and dipping it into her whipped cream.
Smiling over at Juhi she says, "Be careful it's really really hot. We can go if Toni is okay since the weather isn't too bad, but we'll be able to go on a longer trip once it's nice again. We can still do a shorter trip if Toni is up to it." She says before sipping on the delicious hot chocolate drink and humming happily.
"I guess we'll see," Juhi says, chewing on a cookie.
Rajni just nods, her mouth too full of cookie to answer.
"Just finishing straightening up a bit." the aasimar says with a smile. "Had a good rest?"
Jon stretches, "Yeah, I guess we slept for a bit? I'm sorry, I'm about to make another mess down here. We were feeling a little hungry, so we thought we'd see what there was to fix to eat." She looks around for a moment, "Did Ms. Malyoxa go home already?" Jin asks, a tinge of disappointment in her voice.
"Yeah, she left a little while ago. She wanted to check on Toni, she could sense that she wasn't feeling all that well." Hitome replies, her voice still reflecting a bit of giddiness at the mention of Malyoxa, before shifting into a note of concern for Toni. "She may have come down with a cold or something."
Jin's eyes get a little large, "Really? Ohhh no, I hope she's okay." The giddy note to Hitome's voice is not lost on Jin as she gives her friend a smile, "Maybe we should get some soup from that place later and take it to her."
"I was thinking the same thing." Hitome replies with a grin.
Jin giggles before trying to cover it with a cough. Getting herself under control she says, "Well, great minds think alike I guess. So, what are we hungry for?" She asks, looking over at Laenid with one of her sweet smiles.
Her expression shifting to one more curious she looks back at Hitome, "Sooo....are you hungry too? I'm just not sure how long we were sleeping for and I don't know if all three of us are hungry, or how hungry we are....so I'm not sure what to try and make." Jin says as she tries to work out just what kind of meal they needed and then immediately wondered if she'd be able to make it.
"I'd be okay with whatever you felt comfortable making," Laenid says. "What would that be?"
"Hmmm... yes I guess I'm a bit hungy." Hitome says with a smile.
She thinks for a coupled of minutes, "How about soup? That's pretty easy and we got lots of vegetables and some chicken to throw in there. If I make enough, we can just take some to Ms. Toni a little later. What do you think? Chicken and vegetable soup with some warmed up bread?"
"Sounds perfect to me."
Nodding she smiles, "Can you guys help me clean, peel, and cut up the vegetables while I get the meat seasoned and started in the pot?"
"Sure thing, love."
"Of course!" Hitome replies, getting herself a knife and handing one to Laenid before gathering up the vegetables