Rajni nods, "Yes thank you. I'll take anything if it might make her feel better."
Alethiro watches for a bit before calling to Celine. "Come over here. We need to get Honey washed up and you too."
Celine looks up as she hears her daddy call her, just in time for Honey to shake dirty water all over her before running back to the tree. Giving him her sad face, she holds up her mud covered hands, "Five minutes daddy? Watch Honey." She calls Honey over to her again, the pup wagging her tail as she trots over. Bending down Celine pets her lovingly, not caring about her muddy paws or anything else as the pup jumps up on her to lick her face. Celine giggles, "Down Honey, down." The pup drops to all fours and looks up at Celine who rewards her with more pets and cooing words of love and praise. Pointing down at the ground she says, "Honey, sit." The pup immediately plops down on her rear, her tongue hanging out as her tail wags happily on the ground. Celine again repeats the process of praising her puppy.
Looking up at her daddy with a grin she says, "Honey smart daddy."
Kāma heads out toward Konstanyna and Lucy's home.
As Ryota gets the tea together for her she says, "After I get the tea from you, I'll go check in with Ms. Konstyntyna. I just...didn't want to disturb her too early."
Ryota hands Rajni a small bag of the ginger tea. "Two copper, please."
"That's because you are a smart girl, Celine," Alethiro says. "Now, let's get Honey cleaned up and then you need a bath."
Lucy opens the door as Kama arrives, dressed to go gather herbs. "Oh, good morning. Did you need something?"
Rajni hands him the two copper as she takes the tea, "Thank you so much, have a great day Ryota." Rajni says as she leaves and heads for Konstantyna's home.
Celine grins up at her daddy, "Okay daddy." She pats her leg as they head into the house, "Come Honey." With her tail wagging happily, Honey follows Celine into the house.
Rajni arrives at Konstantyná's just a few moments after Kama. She sees the hijra talking to Lucy.
"Please get some towels, Celine," Alethiro says as he grabs a tub and fills it with water to bathe the dog.
Celine nods, "Okay daddy." Seeing mommy resting on the couch, Celine runs quietly by her. Going to the bathroom, Celine drags her stool over to where mommy keeps the towels. Climbing up on her stool, Celine opens the cabinet door and pulls down a couple of big towels. Celine puts her stool back before heading back to the kitchen, "Here daddy." Celine says, holding the towels out to her daddy.
Alethiro takes the towels from Celine. "Thank you."
The elf then wrangles the dirty dog and gets her into the tub.
Seeing Kama talking to Lucy, Rajni didn't feel the need to bombard them with her presence as well. Rajni turns and heads quickly to Dillon's place. She wanted to check on him before going home and maKing the tea for Elena and checking on Toni.
Getting to Dillon's place, Rajni knocks on the door.
Dillon opens the door. "Good morning."
Rajni smiles and stretches up on her toes to give his cheek a kiss, "Good morning love, just thought I'd stop by and see what your plan was for today before heading back to the house with this tea for Elena. Shed isn't feeling too good this morning."
"I left myself free for the wedding later," Dillon says with a smile. "I gave my students some extra homework to keep them busy."
Rajni smirks, "Oh I bet they just loooved that." She says with a chuckle.
"They did," Dillon responds, straight-faced. "I just assigned simple, fun projects to keep their wits sharp. They wouldn't do their assignments if they were boring."
She nods, "Ohhh...yeah, I guess that makes sense. Well, that's just another reason why you're such a good teacher. It also helps that you're not completely full of yourself." Rajni says, a slight frown on her face as her thoughts turn back to the "talk" she had with that pig Stephan from the other night.
Dillon gets a concerned look on his face. "What's wrong?"
She shakes her head while trying to force a smile, "Nothing worth staying upset over. The words of a moron mean very little to me." Rajni replies, not wanting to cast a cloud over Kama and Elena's wedding day. This was supposed to be a happy day of celebration, and she didn't want to ruin it.
Dillon nods. He wasn't going to press the issue right now. "So, will you swing by to pick me up for the wedding later? Or should I meet you at your house?"
Celine goes to the side of the tub and looks at Honey, "Honey sit."
Honey stops struggling and plops down on her butt in the tub.
Celine beams a smile at her daddy, "I help."
Pushing the other thoughts out of her mind she considers for a moment, "I'm not sure how busy things will get at home later and all...you know I have to wear a dress right?" She asks with a mock frown.
After a minute or two her mouth forms a smirk, "I just mean I'm not sure if I'll be able to get away later to come pick you up, soooo...maybe just come over to my house? You can come a little earlier if you like." She says, idly running a hand up his arm to his shoulder.
Lucy opens the door as Kama arrives, dressed to go gather herbs. "Oh, good morning. Did you need something?"
"Yess Lucy, good morning." te hijra says, flashing her a brief smile of greeting. "I came to see if Konstantyná had anything that would help with Elena's symptoms. She is nauseous again today and this is our wedding day." she says with a very rare, distraught timbre to her tone.
Dillon smiles. "Okay, I'll stop by a little later, then."
Lucy thinks about it for moment. "I think Konstantyná has something for that."
She turns and leads the way into her house. The druid goes into a cupboard and produces a small cloudy vial. "This should help with the nausea for a little while."
Stretching up she gives his lips a parting kiss, "Okay honey, I'll see you later. Have a great day teaching your students, I love you." Rajni gives his hand a gentle squeeze as she turns to head home.
Kāma lets out a sigh of relief, lighting up with a smile. "Thank you sso much Lucy. What do I owe you for it.? I just wish today to be perfect for her and this will be a big help."
"Thank you, Celine," Alethiro says as he scrubs the dog.
Lucy simply waves her hand. "Don't worry about it for now. We can talk about it after the wedding."
Celine beams a smile at him, "Welcom daddy."
Arista comes into the kitchen, "Everything alright in here?"
Alethiro nods. "Just fine. I'm giving Honey a bath since her and Celine were playing out in the mud. If you want to give Celine a bath, that would speed things up a little, but I can, if you're feeling tired."
She nods, "Sure honey. Come on Celine, let's get you cleaned up. Don't touch anything on the way to the bathroom, and take off your boots before we go in the living room please."
Celine nods with a sorrowful look at Honey before doing what her mommy asks.
On the way to the bathroom, Arista grabs a couple of towels for Celine as well as cleaning up afterwards. She would have to do the laundry again tomorrow at this rate.
Sighing a little she starts running the bath as Celine gets her play clothes off. Her clothes might not always match, but it made Arista so proud and happy that Celine was trying to do more for herself. When the water reaches the correct temperature, Arista puts the stopper in the tub and adds Celine's favorite bubbles to the bath.
"Alrighty Celine, time to get in the tub."
Once Celine climbs into the tub, Arista hands her a washcloth with some soap on it. "Start washing your body off honey and mommy will be back in a little bit to check on you. Try not to splash the water out of the tub." Giving her sweet girl a kiss on the top of her head, Arista steps out of the muggy bathroom to get some air for a few minutes before going back in.
Alethiro finishes washing and drying the dog before going outside to dump the water out of the tub. Let out a sigh and wiping his brow, the elf goes back inside.
After a few minutes of letting her play in the bubbles, Arista goes back in the bathroom to help Celine finish getting cleaned up.
After she's done, Arista helps her dry off andc get on ones of her playh sets of clothes. Giving Celine a hug andx a kiss as they finish up she says, "Okay baby, go play in your room for a little bit."
As Celijne heads to her room, Arista goes to thed couch in the living room and sinks down into it.
Alethiro walks into the living room and sits next to Arista. "You still feeling alright?"
Leaning her head on his shoulder she says, "I'm not sure. The smell of the soap in the bathroom started making me feel queasy again I think. I'm sorry honey, I feel like I haven't been much help recently."
"You're still doing plenty, love," Alethiro says comfortingly.
She nods slightly while leaning against him, "Okay."
"Okay." Kāma replies with another gleeful smile. "I'll go get this to her now."
She quickly gives Lucy an impulsive hug before heading out.
Lucy shakes her head and goes back out to do her gathering.
Getting back home, Rajni goes inside and quickly takes off her boots before going into the kitchen, "I'm back." She calls out while getting the tea kettle ready to make Elena some of the tea that Ryota had given to her.
Juhi walks into the kitchen with Shamara. "Did you find everything you needed?"
She nods, "I brought back some ginger tea to try and help her stomach. I saw Kama talking to Lucy on my way to check on Dillon, so I'm sure she'll be here soon with something to help Elena as well. Is she still upstairs?" Rajni asks, going to Shar and petting her affectionately.
A few minutes later Kāma comes in, taking a vial from her pocket once inside.