She nods, "Okay, let's head back then." She says before turning to head back out.
"Glad to meet you both." Sig says as the group begins the return trip to the settlement.
The trip back is uneventful. Marleen stops at the foot of the mine path to inspect her tent. "It's ruined..."
Frostine looks at the tent and then back at Marleen, "What's ruined? Your tent? We can get you another one if you want. We're just glad that you're okay." She says, trying to give the young woman a reassuring smile.
"Ah kin find my own way home," Dorcas says, giving the group a slight bow in thanks.
"Be safe," Jerrica says.
"It's not jus' my tent," Marleen sighs, tears welling her eyes. "It means Ah have t' go back t' my da' and Ah don't want to."
Getting a strange look on her face she tilts her head slightly while looking at her, "I'm sorry....why don't you want to go back to your father? Is he mean to you? Has he hurt you?" She could totally understand if it was something like that. She knew how it felt not to want to go home.
Almost as an afterthought she looks over at the others, "Did we find who you were looking for, or do we need to go back in there? I really think we need to figure out a way of seeing in the dark if we're gonna have to go back in there because that was not a fun fight. At least one of us...if at all possible."
"Yes actually. Marleen, your father is why we ended up finding You in the first place. He recommended your work and told us where to find you, which is how we discovered what happened." Sig says.
Jerrica digs around and produces the piece of ore the blacksmith gave them. "Your father told us to bring you this as a peace offering."
"No, it's nothing like that," Marleen says before Sig and Jerrica interject. She looks at the piece of ore. "Ah suppose Ah can forgive him, though. So what's this about my work?"
"Let's get you home first, then we can talk about it," Jerrica says, leading the way back to the blacksmith's.
Confused by what was going on she shakes her head before putting a hand on Jerrica's arm, "Wait...so are we like done for now, or are we gonna go back to fight more of those ugly things?"
"I'm pretty banged up," Jerrica says. "We should wait until tomorrow before trying again."
She nods, "Okay...do you need us to go with you guys to take her home?"
"Not if you want to get back to your honeymoon," Jerrica answers.
"Might be nice to do that," Thorgr says, putting an arm around Frostine.
Blushing slightly she nods, "Yeah....I don't think I have certain...things out of my system yet." She says with a sly wink and a smile as she looks up at Thorgr.
"Uhh...alright then," Jerrica says.
She giggles before leaning her head against Thorgr, "Come on honey, let's go see Bruldora about that key."
Sig chuckles, giving the couple a grin. "Well off you go, back to it then."
Giving a small smile Dagmarr, nods. "I'm sure your father will be happy to see you." she says to Marleen. "Especially after finding out what happened to you."
"And once we get back I can get you two patched up." she says to Sig and Jerrica.
"We'll see you later," Thorgr says, heading back to Bruldora's with Frostine.
She nods at her friends before they head back, "Thanks guys." She says before they head back to their host's house. Getting to the door she goes inside, "Bruldora, are you home?"
"In the kitchen, dear," Bruldora answers.
Jerrica holds open the door for everyone when they reach the blacksmith's.
Frostine goes in the kitchen with Thorgr, "Well...we found the young woman they were looking for and she's okay. The others are taking her back to her father, the Blacksmith. We can't do much else there until the others have a chance to heal and rest.....so we were wondering if we could get that key back from you? We'd still like to be alone tonight...if that's okay?"
"Of course," Bruldora says, handing the key to Frostine.
She gives Bruldora a hug, "Oh thank you....just for everything. We'll see you in the morning okay?" Taking the key she puts it in a pocket in her dress before turning to Thorgr, "Ready to go love?"
"Yes," Thorgr replies, squeezing Frostine's hand.
Returning the squeeze she opens the door for them and heads back to the cottage.
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Thorgr carries Frostine over the threshold as they re-enter the cottage. "I hope there are no more interruptions."
The blacksmith beams as Marleen walks back in. "Ach, Ah'm glad t' see ye."
"Same here, pa," Marleen says. "Ah'll tell ye about it later though."
She turns to face Jerrica, Dagmarr and Sig. "So what are ye after?"
She giggles and kisses his cheek while kicking out with one of her legs to shut the door after they go inside, "Me too."
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After they get inside the little cottage she peppers his face and neck with soft kisses as he carries her over to the bed.
"Well, we were thinking to get our friends a pair of interlocking silver necklaces as a wedding gift." Sig replies.
"Ah can probably do that for ye, but Ah might need a picture t' see what ye have in mind," Marleen says, producing a piece of parchment and a pencil from her bag.
Thorgr gingerly lowers Frostine to the bed. "So shall we pick up where we left off?"
Looking up into his face she smiles, "Oh...most definitely." She says a bit breathily while removing her sleeves, leaving her in nothing but her underthings.
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"That helps, love," Thorgr says, slipping off his breeches. He stoops down to take one of Frostine's nipples between his lips.
Thinking for a moment, Sig begins to sketch the idea for the interlocking heart pendants.
Marleen nods. "A bit fancy, but Ah can do it. It'll take me a couple o' days tho'."
"That's fine, I'm pretty sure we'll be around for a bit." Sig answers. " Just let us know the cost."
"Eh, Ah don't feel quite right charging ye after ye saved my life," Marleen says. "We'll see what Ah can do and then we'll go from there."