Kealey finishes helping Sara get ready while Dran washes his face. Thrainn smirks at Gashka. "Young gentleman, eh? Last night, his name was Chris."
"Oh....yeah, I just...I forgot if I told you or not. That's all. A lot happened you know?" She says, her face turning a furious shade of dark green.
Thrainn gives Gashka a sly smile. "I won't say anything else, though I do have some fatherly wisdom should you ever want it."
Tilting her head to the side she cocks an eyebrow at him while giving him a slight shrug, "We'll see, that's a ways off yet. When I feel ready for something like that though, I'll come to you and mama."
Thrainn gets a confused look on his face. "I was merely talking about dating him. I figured you were old enough for that already."
Kealey laughs. "What your father is trying to say is that he's too young for grandchildren."
She gets even darker, "Oh...OH....I just...I don't think now is the time for any of that really. I'm just...I'm not ready for anything remotely close to that, even dating right now is a bit far fetched." She says shaking her head while pretending to look at something on the wall.
Thrainn laughs nervously. "Ah, well, your sister is already planning on getting married, so I thought...ah, never mind. So...breakfast?"
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She nods, "Yes please....I know she loves Vishanti, but you don't have to worry about me for a while yet. I just need a little more time. So...yeah, food. Don't worry, I won't let myself become some old spinster that keeps like twenty cats around or anything." She says to reassure him as they get ready to walk out the door.
Kealey smiles, though her eyes reflect some concern. She holds Sara's hand as they head out the door. Thrainn waits for everyone else before locking the door.
Gashka looks at Anyka and blushes, "That was totally bad wasn't it?"
Gashka looks at Anyka as they leave the house, "Hey....are you okay? You've been pretty quiet."
"Huh, sorry no I'm fine." Anyka replies quietly. "Given the circumstances, not too bad......plenty awkward mind you, but it's got to be weird for them being parents to a full-blown adult now."
She nods while leading the way to Hadrinn's restaurant, "Yeah...but I was pretty much an adult when we left home looking for the stupid piper." She sighs, "I don't know...they probably just don't know what to say about the whole thing...you know...with me and Tikkle and they're probably freaking out because they think I'm gonna go back to pining for him like I used to every time he'd get on a damn ship."
Giving Vishanti a deep tender kiss she sighs again before finally pulling herself out of the bed. Going to the closet she pulls on a warm robe, "Okay...guess I'll see if I can make something decent to eat downstairs for those of us that are here. Just come down whenever you're ready love." Padding back over to the bed she leans down and gives her forehead a kiss before heading down to the kitchen.
Noting that Chris was still sleeping on the couch, she's quiet as she passes him, being careful not to make too much noise while in the kitchen.
Even though she tried to be quiet, the smoke coming from the kitchen was probably strong enough to wake him up anyways. Cursing herself for not having more skill, she uses a towel to put the still smoking pan in the sink and wonders if they shouldn't go out to eat instead.
As they get close to their destination she says quietly into her sister's ear, "I'd just rather forget that conversation ever happened." Getting to the doors she walks up and opens it for her family, "Here we are. You guys are in for a treat, Hadrinn's food is amazing."
Chris falls off the couch as the smell of smoke fills his nostrils. He sees Derika in the kitchen, but no flames. He groggily wanders into the kitchen. "Trying to make breakfast? Let me help."
He starts preparing a simple meal for everyone.
He nods as everything turns out fine and heads back to the couch.
She just stares in amazement as Chris seems to effortlessly whip up some scrambled eggs and toasted bread for everyone, "Wow...thanks Chris." As he heads back to the couch she asks, "Don't you want something to eat? If you don't want to eat rightg now, I guess I can always make you a sandwich later. At least that doesn't require me to use fire."
Chris yawns. "I'll take you up on the sandwich later..."
He closes his eyes and falls back asleep.
Thrainn picks out a table big enough to seat them all. "This one looks good."
"Good morning," Hadrinn says to the family (Anyka included). "What can I get for you today?"
"I'd like a coffee and some water please. What do you have this morning?"
Vishanti gets out of bed, slipping on a robe before coming out to the kitchen. The mixture of smells, both cooked food and burned....something, is a bit confusing, as the shamaness enters the kitchen, giving her love a questioning look.
She kind of shrugs, "I'm not really good at this whole making food thing unless it's sandwiches apparently. I burned up the eggs and the smoke woke up Chris, so he came in and made these eggs and some toasted bread before passing out on the couch again. I told him I'd make a sandwich for him later." She explains.
"Poached eggs, ham steaks, frittered potatoes, and gravy," Hadrinn answers.
"I'll have all that with some juice," Thrainn says eagerly.
"I'll take the same minus the potatoes," Kealey orders.
Dran shrugs. "I'll have what Dad is having."
"I'll just have the eggs and juice," Sara orders.
She nods, "I'll have the works as well, except with the coffee and water." She says with a smile.
Looking at her sister she says, "They do have coffee here Anyka...." Gashka knew that her sister wasn't a fan of mornings, but everything here smelled so good, that just meant that the coffee had to be good too...right?
"Good." Anyka mutters, looking up at Hadrinn. "I'll take the eggs, potatoes and gravy, along with coffee.....black."
Hadrinn nods and head to the kitchen. He returns with everyone's drinks, a small pitcher of cream and a small jar of sugar. "I'll be back with your food shortly."
Gashka nods, "Thank you Mr. Hadrinn." She says before adding a liberal amount of both to her coffee and sipping it, "Ahhhh....that's the stuff."
A muscular orc walks into Hadrinn's with a young orc boy by his side. His eyes meet Thrainn's before he picks a spot by the fire.
"Seems orcs are welcome in these parts," Thrainn says, with a slight nod at the newcomers.
She nods while sipping on her coffee, "Since we've been here, which was only since like yesterday....but still, we've seen all types of people walking around here. It seems that the people of this town are very open and welcoming...as long as no one tries to start any trouble. I've not seen any fighting....save for what happened yesterday, but I wasn't there when the actual brawl broke out." She say as she tries to describe what she'd noticed of the town so far, "The man that seems to be in charge of this town is a Paladin by the name of Sir Barclay. He seems like a very decent sort of guy with a good head on his shoulders, even if he can be a little stubborn at times. I don't blame him for that though because it takes someone being able to be discerning of the truth to run such a large town and you can't just listen to total strangers about stuff all the time. Anyways, I thought after we got you some other things that you need, we could take you by his office and introduce you. He might have some ideas for you to look into for work, and I need to talk to him about this mission he's wanting us to go on today."
"What sort of mission?" Thrainn asks.
Acting nonchalant she says, "Oh...you know, just clearing out some mines of spiders and things. No big deal really. Chris stayed up last night making alchemist fire so we have quite a few of those. We'll blow em' up real good." She says with a confident smile.
Dran laughs, while Kealey smirks.
Gashka then laughs as well.
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"Might as well show that we can contribute if this place is gonna be where we call home." Anyka comments after taking a long drink of coffee with a satisfied sigh.
Hadrinn returns with everyone's food before heading off to take care of the other orc and the youth.
She nods, "Yep, at least the stuff here seems more doable." She says before looking over towards the large orc and the boy that was with him, "It looks like this town has plenty of kids in it around Dran and Sara's age as well....so that's a plus. Lots of potential for new friends." She says with a smile.
After they get their food she thanks Handrinn before digging into her meal.
"Well I suppose it's a good thing I'm not marrying you for the way you cook eggs." Vishanti says with a giggle as she slips her arms around Derika.
She smiles and sighs happily, "I can still make sandwiches at least." She says with a light laugh. Wrapping her own arms around Vishanti she gives her a hug before kissing her lightly on the lips, "Come on love, let's eat before it gets cold. Chris woke up and made it just for us. I'm gonna let Eldan know it's ready, and then after we eat...I think we should go see Barclay. After hearing all that last night, about that horrible evil thing...if that guy thinks it can be stopped here, then we should tell Barclay about it." Giving her soon to be wife a squeeze she goes to let Eldan know that breakfast was ready.
Eldan comes back into the house and smells the food. "You sure Chris made this, Derika? It smells good."
Thrainn, Kealey, Dran and Sara start eating, savoring the meal so much that nary a sound is heard from them.
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She nods, "Yeah....I sort of made a mess of things. The smoke coming out of the kitchen woke up Chris, and he came in and made the eggs and toast for us. He was still tired so I told him I'd make him a sandwich later. At least I can make that without burning it." She says in a somewhat disappointed voice. Someday she would learn how to cook as well. It was a good skill to have...especially with her and Vishanti getting married soon. She really wanted to be able to cook for her wife. Wife....just the thought of it started to cheer her up as she got a smile on her face.
Shaking herself from her thoughts she gets the juice and milk from the cold box, "There's coffee, juice, milk, or water. What would you like to drink? I'm gonna have coffee and juice." she says, pouring herself a mug of coffee and a glass of juice.
Gashka gets quiet as she eats as well. The food was just so good, and her mind was on other things too, so she didn't really have much to say at the moment.
"Coffee sounds good," Eldan replies.
Already knowing her love's preferences she gets two more mugs of coffee and sets one in front of Eldan, and one in front of Vishanti before getting the cream and sweetner put on the table, "I didn't know how you liked it Eldan, so I just put the stuff on the table. Everyone dig in and eat it while it's hot." She says before putting some toast and a scoop of eggs on her plate.
An hour or two after sunrise, Rajni wakes up and stretches before getting up out of bed, using the bathroom, washing her hands, and heading downstairs.
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Eldan takes a piece of toast and some eggs before adding a dash of sugar to his coffee. "I've been eating better as a kobold than I did as a human."