As the women start to come to, Frostine has Sig and Thorgr set them down so they can get their bearings. Trying not to hover over the women she just stands a little off to the side to give them a moment before speaking. After a minute or two she asks them, "Are you alright?"
The stockier of the two women brushes her dirty blonde hair from her face. "I suppose we are...who are you?"
The other woman, lithe and brunette, shakes her head. "I only remember being taken by the orcs but nothing until now."
Blushing slightly she says, "Well...I'm sorry it couldn't be under better circumstances, but I'm Frostine and this is Thorgr, Dan, Sig, and Jerrica." She says pointing them out each in turn. Looking back at the two women she says, "I'm sorry we couldn't get to you sooner...but things were difficult and those jerks were tough...but you don't have to worry about them taking or hurting anyone from your town again...or any town for that matter." She says as she fumbles her way through the explanation of how they got there and what happened, "After the fight we found you unconscious, so we picked you up and started back for town which brings us to the present." She finishes as she lets out a breath.
The women nod. "We're grateful for your help. Come see us in the morning and we'll see if we can help you get on your way."
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"The orcs won't be a problem any longer. They're all dead now." Sig says simply.
She nods as she tries to stifle a chuckle at Sig's bluntness. It wasn't really funny...but having survived after nearly getting wiped out by them three different times...well, it was enough to make anyone a little punch drunk. Going to stand by Thorgr she takes his hand as she looks up at the two women, "Okay...we need to be getting back to Ms. Corrie anyways. I'm just glad we were able to do it. Take care and we'll see you tomorrow." She says before looking up at Thorgr with a little smile on her face, "You ready to go home? I'm all wet and muddy....and I think a little hungry, but mostly I just feel like getting cleaned up."
The women depart, giving the group a slight wave.
Returning the wave she looks back at the others seemingly perplexed, "Well...I'm glad they weren't hurt, but that then begs the question...why were they taken in the first place?" She kind of shrugs, "I guess since we didn't leave anyone alive to interrogate that we're not gonna find out the answer to that question though. I'm just glad we got to them when we did." She says letting out a small sigh of relief that it was finally over.
Thorgr nods. "Aye...and we didn't even eat the lunches Corrie made for us."
She shrugs, "Well...we can eat them back at home now." She says before heading the rest of the way to their little communal dwelling.
Jerrica chuckles. "Alright, hope they're still good."
Looking over at Jerrica as they walk she says, "Ms. Corrie made them...I'm sure they're still good if I'm close to knowing Ms. Corrie at all. I bet they're still tasty too." She says as her stomach rumbles loudly affirming just how hungry she was.
"I suppose I can wait until the morning to tend to your wounds," Dan says to the hurt members of the group.
Looking at Dan she says, "If you want and you have the ability to do so, you can always heal them a little after we get back and then see how they're doing in the morning. Sleep might help a little...." She says before getting quiet, not wanting to dwell on what almost happened again back at the orc camp.
Dan nods. "I might have a couple spells left after all that."
"It's kind of hard to remember to eat when you're trying not to bleed to death." Sig says with a chuckle.
Getting a strange sort of distressed look on her face she says, "Heyyyy....I don't think nearly losing people that I care about is funny. I....I'm sorry....it was just so close, but I'm relieved and happy that we all made it out of there. I May love Thorgr....but the truth is....I just couldn't imagine my life now without even one of you in it." She finishes as she is barely able to keep her composure. She was able to keep it together in front of the women they didn't know, but she didn't feel she had to hide her feelings from the rest of them. It was hard to keep her feelings bottled up after everything they had been through and even though everything turned out alright in the end, she couldn't keep herself from trembling as the adrenaline from fighting for their lives wore off.
Jerrica gives Frostine a hug. "We're all still in one piece. So you don't have to try to imagine that."
Dan touches Sig's shoulder.
Then goes to Thorgr and heals him twice.
"All good now," Thorgr says, opening the door to Corrie's cottage.
"I can sleep this off," Jerrica says with a yawn.
Corrie is busy sweeping the main room as the group enters. "Oh, welcome back."
Frostine nods in response to Jerrica's statement, "Okay." She says sounding a bit shaky.
Once back in the cottage she gives Corrie a little smile, "Thank you Ms. Corrie, it's nice to be back. We're fairly messy and I would hate to ruin all the work you've put into keeping this place so nice and clean so I think I'll just head to the bathroom to get cleaned up before we eat." Looking up at Thorgr she asks, "Did you wanna get cleaned up before we eat too?"
Thorgr nods.
Giving the others a nod she takes his hand and leads him into the bathroom after grabbing some towels and wash clothes out of the closet. After getting the warm water drawn into the tub, her wet clothes turn back into her underthings as she removes the sleeves and grabbing the soap and cloth steps into the tub. Holding out her hand she gives him a little smile, "Coming?"
"So food, a hot bath, and bed?" Sig asks Jerrica as she starts to unbraid her wet hair.
Jerrica nods. "I'd like all those things to be hot."
She gives Sig a suggestive wink.
" I can definitely get on board with." Sig says with a grin.
"Did you like the lunches I packed for you?" Corrie asks, setting her broom aside.
Dan sighs. "We didn't have a chance to get into them. We were going to eat them now."
Corrie shakes her head. "Don't be silly. I'll make you all something nice and fresh."
Thorgr steps into the tub and sighs as the warm water hits his tired muscles. "This is nice."
She sits down and leans back against him as she closes her eyes, "Mmmhmmm..." She says letting out a contented little sigh.
Thorgr helps Frostine get clean before getting washed up himself. "A little food and I'll be ready for bed."
She nods as she tries not to let the warmth of the water lull her to sleep while finishing up her hair, "Yeah....me too." She says with a little yawn.
Thorgr finishes up and then helps Frostine out of the tub.
After drying off she slips on her underthings and the sleeves which immediately turn into the long light blue nightgown. Her stomach grumbles loudly as she finishes drying her hair with her hands before it goes into a braid. Sitting down on the little bench in the bathroom she waits for Thorgr to finish getting dressed.
"Whatever you come up with is sure to be great Corrie." Sig says hanging her cloak up.
Thorgr gets dressed and offers his arm to Frostine. "Let's see what we can nibble on."
"Given that you've all been out in the rain, I think a nice stew would be in order. I'll have it ready in a few minutes," Corrie says, disappearing into the kitchen.
She nods before taking his arm and going with him to the main room.
"I'm going to get changed while Corrie's cooking," Dan says, heading toward his room.
Frostine gives Dan a tired nod before going to the couch and sitting down with Throgr while they wait for the food. On the couch she sort of curls into his side as she leans her head against his shoulder. In her long pale blue nightgown she sits quietly while wrapping her petite arms around him and lets out a little sigh that turns into a yawn as her stomach rumbles loudly again. Tilting her head up slightly to look at him with her tired eyes she says a bit softly, "I love you Thorgr, more than anything." She closes her eyes as she leans against him, completely wiped out from all they had been through.
"And I love you," Thorgr says, wrapping an arm around Frostine.
Dan returns in clean clothes and with dry hair. "That's better."
Corrie returns with a large pot of steaming stew. "Dinner's ready."
Jerrica grabs her and Sig a bowl. "Do you want to help Corrie get drinks together, love? I'd like an ale."
When she hears Corrie come out with the food she gets up off the couch and goes in the dining room with Thorgr. She takes a bowl for Thorgr and herself and has a seat at the table, "Could I have a lemonade please?" She asks while sounding like she's already tired enough to fall asleep.
"Sure, I;ll be right back." Sig says, "Anyone else want anything specific?"
She nods, "Yeah....I'm pretty sure Thorgr will have an ale." She says as she leans her head against his shoulder.