"Maybe you can go to school with me," Juhi suggests.
She kind of shrugs, "I don't know....I think I'm a little too old to be in the same class at you, and I'm not sure what subjects I would take either. We'll see though, I'm already working for Mr. Halfpocket....but I'm not sure what trade would really interest me."
"Can't we be in the same class?" Juhi asks.
Eldan wipes his mouth after he finishes eating. "Should we order something for Chris?"
Putting her arms around her sister she says, "I love that you want me to be in the class with you, but I'm older than you Juhi. We wouldn't be learning about the same things. I tell you what, how about once they open up the school, I go with you on your first day? I won't be able to stay with you in the classroom, but I can walk to the school with you...and who knows, maybe while I'm there I'll talk to someone to see what they might have available for someone my age. I know that change can be scary, but it can be exciting and fun too. Going to school and getting an education will open up all kinds of doors for you." She says, trying to be encouraging and positive about Juhi going to school.
She nods, "Yeah, I'd like to take him something to eat, he worked so hard on those things last night." She says with a small smile while thinking about all the things they talked about the previous night after her walk and talk with Esmerelda.
Anyka glances over at Gashka, hearing the tome of her voice, and smiles.
Hadrinn comes to the table. "Anything else for you today?"
"What kind of doors?" Juhi asks as they get ready to leave.
"We were wondering if we could get something to go for our friend so he doesn't have to cook when he gets up. He stayed up all night working on some stuff and we just want to take him something good to eat." She says, trying not to blush.
After they've paid and everyone is ready, they head over to check in with Toni.
She smiles, "Doors to your future Juhi, but you have plenty of time to figure all that out. Let's go get some training in real quick before it's time for lunch." She says as she goes to the door to hold it open for her sister.
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Laenid walks close to Jin, their hands intertwined.
"Okay, okay," Juhi says, going outside.
"I can put a plate together for him. I'll be right back," the dwarf says, returning to the kitchen once more.
Jin smiles as they walk together, feeling lighter in spirit than she had in a really long time.
Smiling she walks with her little sister to the make shift archery range that she set up behind Hadrinn's.
Once they get there she makes sure the targets are all set up appropriately before walking back to her sister, "Okay, just start with the ones that are closest and work your way back to the further targets. Try to hit the center of as many as you can, but don't stress about it too much. When you're done, we can go back home."
Juhi practices what Rajni had taught her and takes her time. She gets close to the center of the nearer targets, but barely manages to land hits on the further ones. After about an hour, she approaches her sister. "I think I'm ready to go. Lunch should be ready."
Giving her back a light pat she smiles, "Alright, and very well done today. You'll keep getting better with practice, it just takes time. Let's go eat." She says as they head back to the house.
Juhi simply nods and follows Rajni.
Hitome follows along, smiling as she watches the other two women enjoying being together. Her eyes occasionally shifting to take on the town around herm ensuring their safety, not that she expected anything dangerous inside the town itself. As they head to check in with Toni, her thoughts stray to Maloxya. She was most likely still asleep this early in the day.
Jin, Laenid and Hitome arrive at the tailor's at the same time as Rajni and Juhi.
Rajni gets the door for them, "After you ladies."
Looking up at the dark skinned girl she gives her a little bow and smiles, "Thank you Ms. Rajni." She says before entering the shop.
"Thank you," Laenid says.
Going inside she looks around to see if Toni is anywhere nearby.
Toni comes out of the back, shaking her head. "Oh, hello, Jin."
She nods at the two other women. "Laenid, Hitome."
Looking at Toni she gets a curious look on her face as she tilts her head slightly to the side, "Hello Ms. Toni, is everything alright?"
"Mmm, I'm fine," Toni says. "I just have a little headache from all the construction back there."
"Oh, I'm sorry your head is hurting. We were just wanting to come by and see if you had found out anything about those guys that had been looking for you. Do you think someone else will come back here looking for you?"
Toni shakes her head. "I didn't learn much of anything except that they work...or worked for a man named Solomon. They remember being offered some work and going to some village...didn't get the name of it though. After that...nothing."
"Hmmmm....it sounds like something was used to affect their faculties. We just need to stay alert in case whoever it was that hired them comes looking for you. If they show up looking for trouble, they're going to find more than they could imagine. Gyo will bash em' real good." She says with a decisive nod of her head.
Toni smiles. "I agree. We'll stay alert."
She smiles back at Toni while holding Laenid's hand, "So...we were just wondering what you had planned today and if there was anything we needed to do? I know that the new summoner might need some things, but we were talking about it and thought he could maybe just use a day to recuperate?"
Toni shrugs. "Nothing I can think of. You're probably right and we should let Auric rest. Gyrthr and Svanna haven't stopped by today so I'm guessing everything is alright."
She scratches her nose. "Though I'm wondering about something..."
She tilts her head to the side, "What? What is it that has you wondering?"
Hitome looks at Toni as well. "What are you wondering?"
"I'm thinking about our numbers," Toni answers. "Between all of us and our eidolons, that gives us fifteen people, assuming Auric's midwife shows up any time soon. Honestly, I think that's too many of us to be traveling together. It was a small miracle we got through the City of Brass without an incident."
She sighs. "I know there's safety in numbers, but it's also going to attract the sort of attention we don't want."
She thinks for a moment, "I can understand that, but....if we're going to be dealing with evil dragons in Blackcrown and who knows what else along the way....it might not be a bad thing. I know I couldn't stay behind knowing what kind of danger you go to face and I'm pretty sure the others would feel the same way. Our eidolons don't have to be present all the time though, unless we need them in battle. I just don't like the idea of splitting up....but what did you have in mind? Did you want to try and divide up tasks or something, and attack different issues at once?"
"I think it'd be a good idea to do that," Toni says. "We need to find out who this Solomon character is and solve that problem. I'd like for you, Hitome, Laenid, Konstantyná and Malyoxa to go with me to handle that. I'm thinking the others should start heading toward Blackcrown once Auric is rested and his midwife shows up to scout out the area."
She taps her chin. "After we handle Solomon, then we'll all head for Blackcrown proper and take on the dragons."
She nods, "That sounds like as good a plan as any to me. Is there anyone here in town that you can talk to in order to get some more information on this Solomon creep? If possible, it would be good to have some more information about what we might be dealing wtih, before....dealing with him." She says with a sweet smile.
"If I was a betting woman, I'd go ask Arista," Toni says. "She seems to know a lot about what goes on in Zahvroma."
Giving her a smile she closes her fist while sticking her thumb up, "Sounds like another good idea. Let's do that then. Where would this Arista person be this time of day?"
"At home, most likely."
She nods, "Alright then, let's go see if she's home."
"I wonder if I should get Malyoxa up for this?"
She looks thoughtful for a moment, "If you think you'd like for her to hear what this Arista has to say since she's your midwife and going with us, then it might be a good idea....but it's completely up to you." She hoped that if Toni got up Malyoxa that she wouldn't be too cranky being roused so early.
"I don't think so, but we should have a meeting later," Laenid says.
"Yeah, I'll let her sleep," Toni says with a smile and a nod. "Don't want her being...moody. Especially since we share a room."
Hadrinn brings the plate for Chris to the table. "Here you are. Anything else today?"