The morning after|Haven, Ilyamen

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The first thing Acqua is aware of upon waking is that her head hurts. Opening her eyes proves to be a mistake as well as the blaze of light turns what had merely felt like a being hit by a blacksmith's hammer into being pounded by bolders that rattled around in her head. A pained whimper escapes her lips, alerting Amaro and Theram to the fact Acqua's awake.

"About time you were awake," growls Amaro and Acqua moans. With her current headache, Amaro's normal speaking volume feels more like he's screaming in her ears. If it didn't feel like her limbs were three or four times there usual weight, she'd have lifted her hands to cover her ears.

"Head... hurts," she gets out, her mouth feeling dry and as though it had been filled with cotten.

[Kender Bard]

"How long shall we leave you to reap the consequences of your actions?" Tharam asks quietly, tiredly.

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Acqua winces. "I'm sorry..." she murmurs.

"You're an idiot, that's what you are," snaps Amaro, making Acqua wince even more. "What were you thinking, going off with a group of strangers and getting drunk senseless? Not that you had much sense in the first place, I suspect."

"We know Locke, kinda..." protests Acqua weakly. "Remember, he was with us when we escorted Lady Lya to Maelstorm." Amaro scowls at her.

"My mistake," he snaps. "You went off with two complete strangers and someone you knew for less then a week! That's completely different!" Acqua cringes even more and looks like she wishes she could disappear right now. While Theram's quiet disappointment doesn't affect her much, Amaro's annoyance and concern cuts deeply.

"I said I was sorry," she murmurs. "Amaro please, my head is killing me."

"I suggest leaving Acqua to suffer through it until the headache gones on its own," Amaro tells Theram. "It'll be a valuable lesson."

[Kender Bard]

"Very well," Theram agrees. "Could I have a word with you alone though? Just a minute?"

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Amaro frowns slightly, wondering what Theram wants to talk about, but nods his agreement. Glancing at Acqua, his expression softens just a touch and he reaches into her pack to pull out Acqua's bear. Dumping it on the bed beside her, Amaro says gruffly but more softly then before, "Get some sleep kid," before stepping outside. Acqua clings to the bear with a slight smile and tries to go back to sleep.

[Kender Bard]

Theram's worried expression eased as he watched what Amaro did, saying simply, "I was going to ask you if yelling at her so forcefully was the right thing to do - she's not a soldier, she's just a young woman."

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"She's also stronger then you'd think, Theram," replies Amaro. After a moment's hesitation he adds, "And I hate to say it but I know your daughter better then you do currently. Sometimes a sharp scolding gets through to her far better then even the headache from her hang over will." Amaro gives Theram a mesuring look and finishes, "I'm not going to hurt that kid, Theram. I know where the line is and I won't cross it."

[Kender Bard]

"That's all I ask," Theram says, sounding even more relieved. "And you're right, you do know her better. As much as I'd like to convince myself that I can be the father I never got a chance to be, I know it's far too late for that.. Though.." He smiles and says, thoughtfully, "Perhaps I will get a chance to be a good grandfather, eh?"

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Amaro chuckles. "I'm sure you will," he replies. "I doubt Alethia and Talon will wait too long to give you grandchildren," he adds with a laugh. "Just hope the kids don't get their father's dress sense."

[Kender Bard]

Theram gave a delighted chuckle - a laugh that degenerated into a coughing fit. Thumping his chest lightly, he says apologetically, "Winter is hard on old folk. Don't mind me, I'll just start up a fire and make the house a bit more snug." Walking back in the other room, quietly after a glance at Acqua, Theram goes to add to the fireplace.

Around this time, Taurus teleported, looking quite chipper.

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Amaro glances at Taurus and sighes. "You're a morning person, aren't you?" he grumbles. "And here I was, hoping to have escaped that now Talon's settled down." In the other room, Acqua chuckles softly at Amaro's comment, though even that is enough to make her wince.

[Kender Bard]

"Yes," Taurus answered, smiling. "But I tend not to spread my morning cheer to those who'd rather not share it. If you like, I could spend the first few hours of the morning with a grumpy scowl on my face." Feeling sly, he said to Acqua ~Or for that matter, I could just hold up a piece of mirror.~

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Acqua laughs, then groans as that sets off a fresh wave of pain. Amaro glances into her room, then at Taurus suspisously. "Go annoy Acqua. She could probably benefit from a sickening dose of cheerfulness right now," he grumbles.

[Kender Bard]

Taurus shrugs and moseys over to Acqua's side, glancing down at her and saying, "I bet you're not going to do that again for quite some time, hmm?"

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Acqua sighes and burries her face in her bear. "Taurus please, if you're going to lecture, go away," she mutters. "I've already been yelled at by Amaro. And no, I'm not going to do it again, ever." Amaro chuckles quietly as he hears that before letting himself out to go pick up a few things.