Forged Anew (Inactive)

Game Master Signore di Fortuna

Chris nods. "Yes, I'm curious as to how she's doing."

Looking outside for Renard she turns back to Chris, "I'll go get his food ready if you'll watch for him and let him back in when he's done?"

Walking over to him, Gashka gives him a kiss on the cheek before going to the kitchen and putting some cut up leftover meat, cheese, and fruits into a bowl for Renard as well as a fresh bowl of water.

After a couple of minutes, Renard dashes into the house. <"Too cold!">

"Renard....breakfast." She calls, before going in the living room and folding up Chris's blanket to make a nice warm spot for the fox on the couch.

Renard heads into the kitchen and goes over by the stove for a moment.

Finishing making up the little warm spot for him on the couch, Gashka goes back into the kitchen. Seeing Renard shivering over by the stove she goes over to the fox and pets him for a couple of minutes, "Sorry Renard, I know it's cold out there. There's a nice place made up for you on the couch when you're done eating okay? We'll be back a little later. Be a good boy Renard." She says, giving his head a final affectionate rub before going to the sink and washing her hands.

After drying them off she goes back to Chris, "Okay, ready to go then?"

Chris pulls his cloak around him. "About as ready as I get. I don't ever recall seeing weather like this."

She nods as they head outside, pulling her own heavy cloak around her and covering her head with the hood. Shaking her head she says, "I've never sssseen weather likkke thisss anywhere." Her teeth immediately chattering as they walk out into the snow storm.

Chris puts an arm around Gashka and holds her close to keep her warm. "I w-w-w-w-wonder how l-l-long it'll b-be l-l-like this?"

Staying close to him she says through chattering teeth as they head to the Temple, "I d-d-don't know, h-hopefully not long."

As Gashka and Chris enter the temple, they are greeted by the welcome warmth of the building.

Gashka lets out a relieved sigh as they walk into the warm Temple.

A cleric sweeping the floors approaches Gashka and Chris. "Ah, you are some new faces. How can I help you?"

"An elf by the name of Vaeri was brought here when we came back, and we were just wanting to check and see how she was doing. I think Parthenia brought her here?" She explains.

"Yes, I know her," Ashram says before sighing. "Parthenia and Anton did bring her here, but they are planning on leaving soon. I'm...not sure what their plan was for Vaeri."

"They're just leaving? Maybe we should go talk to Vaeri...do you think that would be alright?"

"Certainly," Ashram says. "I'll take you to her room."

The cleric leads the way to the back. "By the way, I am Ashram. If you need anything in the future, I am usually here."

She nods, "Thank you Ashram, I'm Gashka and this is Chris. We're new here."

"This is a nice temple you have here," Chris says, not sure what else to add to the conversation.

Ashram smiles. "Thank you. It's nice to meet you both. I'm afraid you'll discover that I'm a 'people person'."

He goes through one door and turns left. Ashram then stops at a simple wooden door and knocks. "Vaeri, you have visitors."

The elf opens the door and looks at Gashka and Chris. "Oh, hello."

Giving Ashram a nod of thanks she looks over at Vaeri and gives her a little smile, "Hey there Vaeri, you look like you're feeling a bit better. We just wanted to come by and see how you're doing."

Getting dressed in warm clothing, Anyka pulls on her boots and dons a heavy warm cloak and trudges out into the cold, heading in the direction of Ryota's shop.

While a part of her felt almost ridiculous, giving in to Gashka's not so subtle push, yet at the same time she definitely found Ryota attractive, at least at a surface interaction level, and she'd been keeping to herself more than she used to.

Vaeri shrugs. "I can hear his voice clearer than before, but it doesn't mean as much now. Something about this place is helping..."

Anyka finds Ryota at his stall, chopping up some mint. He looks up to see Anyka approaching, alone. He gives the rogue a smile and a wave.

"Do you know about Anton and Parthenia's plans?" Chris asks.

"A man...no, a god visited with them for a while and asked for their help. They agreed to go but...I'm still not strong enough to join them," Vaeri answers. "Ashram said I could stay but I don't feel comfortable here without Anton or Parthenia."

Gashka looks at Chris for just a moment before turning her attention back on Vaeri, "Well...you don't have to stay here. Chris was going to be moving into another house with Eldan, but since Eldan is going with that god as well....there's enough room in that house for me and Chris, and that means there would be an extra bed available in the house I was staying at with Anyka, Vishanti, and Derika....if you'd like to stay there instead that is. We just....we want you to be comfortable." She says, looking over at Chris to see what his reaction might be.

Chris raises an eyebrow. "Would your...father be okay with that?"

She seems to think for a couple of minutes before giving him a reassuring smile, "If I'm happy and it's my choice, I'm sure he'll be fine with it. You're not a pirate after all, and I'm pretty sure he knows that you wouldn't do anything to hurt me. Besides, we don't have to sleep in the same room....right away." She says with a shrug. She truly didn't think her father would have a problem with it since she was an adult and Chris made her happier than she had been in a long time.

Gashka looks back at Vaeri, "If you don't want to stay with Anyka, Vishanti, and Derika, there is a common house in town that people stay at....but I wasn't sure if you would want to stay somewhere by yourself. That's why I thought I'd ask, you can stay wherever you want to."

Vaeri shrugs again. "I'll think about it. I'm not sure what I want to do."

She nods, "It's okay, we understand. Just don't go wandering off by yourself okay? If you don't want to stay with us, and you don't want to stay at the common house, we'll talk to Barclay and figure something out. Just don't run off okay? Apparently there are some really bad things out there and I don't want anything happening to you. We're gonna be around at least for a while until Barclay needs us to do something else, so whenever you decide what you want to do, just come find us or Barclay and he can find us. Whatever you decide, we'll support you though. I just wanted to make sure you were okay." She says, before explaining where the two houses and her parent's house is located, just in case she needed to find them.

"Did someone run off?" Vaeri asks. "You asked me not to do it twice."

She nods, "Yeah...a rat folk girl that we saved down in the mines. We got up top and were on our way to get something to eat and she just...took off and headed out the North gate. I guess there's some really bad stuff out there because after I told Barclay what happened, she sent some Paladins after her to make sure she was okay. I hope they're okay....I didn't know how dangerous it was, so I just let her go. If I had known, I would have at least tried to talk her into waiting until someone could go with her." She gives a defeated sort of shrug, "I don't know...I just don't want someone getting hurt because of me."

"Oh," Vaeri says. "I don't want to go out there anyway...he might find me."

She nods before looking down, "I'm sorry we couldn't destroy him for you."

"He is powerful," Vaeri says. "It can't be helped."

She nods, "I know, but maybe someday someone will do it and then you won't have to be afraid anymore. I promise that as long as you are here with us, we won't let anything happen to you."

Vaeri gives Gashka a wan smile. "Maybe I'll stay with Vishanti and the others, but I'll give you time to talk to them first."

Returning the smile she says, "Okay, I'll talk to them later today after breakfast. As long as it's what you want. I just....I don't know. We'll come back later and see how you feel about things okay?"

"Okay," Vaeri replies.

"Okay, see you later. Have a good day Vaeri." Taking Chris's hand she turns and heads back to the main part of the Temple, "Do you know where you want to go for Breakfast?"

"I could always make breakfast," Chris says. "Unless...this is a date...sort of."

She smiles, "It could be a date if you want."

Chris takes Gashka's hand as they leave the temple. "Might as well squeeze one in, if you're planning on moving in with me."

She giggles as they head to the Dwarf's restaurant.

Chris holds open the door for Gashka and then knocks the snow off his boots as they walk inside. "Another warm place. This is good."

She nods, "Yeah, it feels nice in here. Oh....I think this is the place Esme brought me to that night we talked. He has something called...hot chocolate, it's delicious." She says as they enter the restaurant.

Hadrinn greets the couple as they walk in. "Ah, welcome back. Would you care for a hot chocolate?"