Where Dark and Light Don't Differ (Inactive)

Game Master Signore di Fortuna

"Feeling better?" Jerrica asks Sig.

Rosa looks at the dough curiously, "Sure, how big do you want them?"

"About a spoonful will do for each of them," Arista says, handing the spoon and bowl to Rosa.

Rosa nods and makes sure the pan is greased before dropping them by spoonfuls onto it, making sure to leave about two inches between them.

Arista busies herself with cutting some meager vegetables and chicken.

Rosa looks over at Arista, "Frostine bought supplies at the last town we were in. Would you like me to go get some extra vegetables and meat? You gave us a place to stay, so we could at least help out a little. You know, if you want."

"Yeah. That was actually a bit scary." Sig says, honestly. "I never really thought about how much a part of my life music is, or what it would be like not to hear it."

Jerrica puts an arm around Sig. "I'm sorry. At least, you're okay now."

Arista thinks for a moment. "I'll not refuse your generosity."

"Yeah, I am." Sig says with a smile, leaning into the contact. "I love you."

"I love you too," Jerrica says, returning the smile.

Finishing putting the biscuits on the pan she takes the bowl to the sink to rinse it out, as well as wash her hands real quick.

Giving Arista a nod she says, "Okay, I'll be right back."

Going back out to the other room she looks over at the others, "So, until Belos and Temperance return, their supplies are pretty low. I'm gonna go to our place and get some vegetables and stuff to help out with dinner okay?"

Frostine nods, "Sure, she's already putting a roof over our heads. Do you want me to come help you carry it back?"

Rosa shakes her head, "That's okay, if you let me use the bag it won't be that difficult for me to bring some meat and vegetables back. Did you get any meat when you were at that market in Valwick?"

Frostine nods and ticks them off on her fingers, "I pretty much prepared for just about anything since I didn't know what we would be walking into. There's some venison, a couple of rabbits, some chicken, some different cuts of pork, and some beef. I also got some things like milk, eggs, basic necessities, and a lot of fruit and vegetables. I think I'm supposed to be eating healthy or something." She says with a shrug.

Rosa's eyes get a little large, "That's just the necessities to you? Wow....I didn't realize you bought so much. How did you know we'd be able to keep it fresh? Wait...I can hear it later. Let me go get the stuff and then I'll be back." She looks over at Dagmarr while Frostine goes to hand her the bag, "I won't be gone long."

Taking the bag from Frostine she goes to her love and gives her a kiss on the cheek before heading to the house they were staying in.

Going into the house she heads straight for the kitchen and stocks up the bag with six carrots, four large potatoes, and two onions. Going over to the cold box she pulling out the chicken she adds it to the bag along with a couple of spices that Frostine had procured. She really did stock up. Rosa guessed that Frostine was looking forward to learning how to cook and had just gotten a little carried away on her shopping trip. Not that they couldn't afford it, but still.

Satisfied with her selection she takes it back over to Arista's house and starts piling everything on the kitchen counter, "I wasn't sure how much of what to bring, so I just brought a little bit of everything and some more chicken to add to what you got. Oh...and I found these spices in one of the cupboards." She adds as she pulls the little containers out of the bag before hanging it on a chair.

Frostine yawns a little before looking up at Thorgr, "Do you think I should go see if I can help them? I have to learn how to do this stuff sooner or later anyways." She says, giving him a little smile.

Dagmarr takes the time to clean and tend her weapons as her love helps Arista in the kitchen.

Arista looks over everything Rosa brought. "Thank you."

She adds some more chicken and vegetables to what she is preparing.

Thorgr nods. "I'm sure the help will be appreciated."

Giving his cheek a kiss she heads into the kitchen, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"If you'd like to boil this chicken, that would speed things up a bit," Arista answers.

She nods, "Okay, I think I can manage putting something in water and boiling it."

Taking a pot she fills it about halfway with water and sets it on top of the large wood burning stove. As the water heats up, she takes the chicken that Arista indicated to the sink and begins to wash it. Once the chicken is clean, she takes it over and carefully puts it in the pot. Looking over at Rosa, Frostine goes to sit down at the table.

As Frostine is busy with the chicken, Rosa goes to see what Arista is doing. "If you want, I can help clean and peel some of these vegetables. I mean...I wasn't sure what you were gonna do with them...but I can cut stuff up too."

"I was planning on making chicken soup with biscuits," Arista says. She gestures at the vegetables. "Feel free to cut those up."

Rosa nods, "Sure, sounds good." Rosa starts cutting up the vegetables.

Frostine gets up and gets her waterskin out of the bag before sitting back down at the table, "Chicken soup is good. I like it." She says, sounding a little sleepy.

Rosa looks over at Frostine briefly before going back to cutting up the vegetables.

Arista simply chuckles before going back to her cooking.

Rosa sighs inwardly, knowing that if she said anything, that Frostine would just take it the wrong way.

Rosa thinks to herself as she quietly finishes cutting up the vegetables.

Looking over at Frostine as she sits at the table with her water, her chin in her hand as her elbow rests on the table, Rosa knew there were very few ways of putting things that wouldn't sound like she was trying to boss her around, or treat her like a baby.

Taking a few minutes to dry her hands she approaches Frostine hesitantly, "Ya know...there's plenty of time for you to learn how to cook. I think aside from adding the vegetables that we cut up to the soup that everything is pretty well handled....so, you could go back out and sit with Thorgr....you know, if you wanted to." Rosa says as casually sounding as possible.

Frostine looks up at Rosa a little dubiously, "Oh? Well...I guess if you don't really need me I can go check on the others. I should probably take Thorgr some water or something anyways." Pushing herself up from the table she goes to fill the waterskin before heading back into the other room, yawning as she goes. She didn't think they had really been down there for that long, so she didn't really understand why she felt so tired...she just did.

As she heads out to the other room she goes to Thorgr and hands him the water skin, "Here you go love, thought I'd bring you some water." Looking around she takes a seat next to her valiant warrior and rests her head against his arm, "Ms. Arista is making chicken soup and biscuits. I washed the chicken and put it a pot with some water....but they pretty much got the other stuff taken care of, so Rosa said it would be okay if I came back out here to wait. You know, where it's....comfortable and stuff." She finishes after another little yawn.

Rosa lets out an almost audible sigh of relief as Frostine goes back out to the other room without a fuss. Going back over to where Arista was she asks, "Soooo...is there anything else you have to do after cutting all this stuff up?" Looking up at her she adds, "You know...you're giving us a place to stay and cooking for us. You don't have to thank us for doing what's only right and sharing what we brought until your supplies come in. It's the very least we can do for such hospitality. I mean...we're all staying here, so why not help out? I mean...you're welcome and everything, I just didn't want you to think we were doing it to get anything or stuff like that. We were sent to help....so we're doing that, in whatever way we can." Rosa stumbles over her words a bit, still unsure of herself when it came to talking to people.

"Just add a bit of seasoning to the water and stir it every so often," Arista answers before looking at Rosa seriously. "Thanking you for doing what's right and sharing is how I was raised. Even though we don't know each other well and you may very well move on after you're done here, I have been taught to never assume anything or take anything for granted, so I try to express gratitude as much as possible and I don't expect to be helped freely."

Thorgr puts an arm around Frostine after taking the waterskin and drinking from it. "Thank you, love."

Rosa adds the seasonings to the soup and stirs it before putting the spoon down. Rosa nods, "Yes ma'am, I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything by it. We're also grateful for the place to stay while we're here. Honestly, I'm not sure what we'll do after this. Things just sort of have a way of happening. Know what I mean?"

Frostine smiles and leans into his side, "You're welcome. I love you." She says before letting out another little yawn.

"All too well," Arista replies.

"I love you too," Thorgr says, letting a yawn slip out.

Frostine sighs, "I guess we better get back to the house and bed after we eat. We gotta finish off that last guy tomorrow."

Rosa stirs the soup again before going to sit down at the table, "Things used to be really different, but I don't really remember much about it anymore. A lot of stuff has happened since I was brought to Dagmarr and the others....and now we're in another new place...It would be kind of nice to just be able to settle somewhere at some point. I mean, we could still go out and help people....but it would be nice to have a home to come home to."

"Some people are meant to wander, their homes in their hearts," Arista says. "But you don't seem to be one of those. What you need to think about is what you'll do after you settle down. Most adventurers don't plan that far ahead and find themselves filled with wanderlust."

Rosa sighs and shrugs slightly, "Honestly, I've never given it much thought. I'm not used to being somewhere that I'm not constantly fighting for my life. I mean...I don't know about Sig and Jerrica, but Frostine and Thorgr will probably want a home too someday. I can't see Frostine continuing this line of work in a couple of months. It would take too much of a toll on her, but she's awfully stubborn. Myself? I never thought I would meet anyone that would have me thinking of settling down....but I have, and I want a real life wdith her. Other than shooting things though, the only other real skill I have is sewing." She blushes slightly, "Sorry, I guess I've been alone with my own thoughts for too long."

Arista checks on the biscuits. "Sounds like it."

Rosa gets up tyo stir the soup again before sitting back down at the table with a sigh.

"Sounds like you still have something on your mind."

She shrugs, "I don't know....just thinking about stuff I guess. We've had a couple of really long days."

"Hopefully, it will get better for you," Arista says, checking the food once more. "Looks like dinner is ready. Go ahead and call the others to the dining table."

Rosa stands up from the table and nods. Pausing before heading out of the kitchen she looks back at Arista, "In a lot of ways, it already has. I...I hope things get better for you too."

Rosa then quickly goes out the door to the living room, "Hey guys, Arista wanted me to let you all know that dinner is ready and to go to the dining table." Going to Dagmarr as her love gets up from one of the couches, she puts her arms around her.

As the others start getting up she says a little softly, "I love you...I just wanted to say that, and how grateful I am for you." The sincerity in her voice, is mirrored by the look of love in her deep violet eyes as she stares up into Dagmarr's beautiful face.

Frostine jumps slightly as she had started to nod off while leaning against Thorgr, "Oh...okay." She says, while trying to push herself up off the couch.

Thorgr helps Frostine off the couch. "We'll go eat and then you can get some rest, love."