Restoration|Aegestrom, Maelstrom

[Kender Bard]

Aida led the flock of priests to where the King and Queen were. Lya looked at them with relief.

"You returned unharmed," she breathed.

Aida nodded. "The ritual was a success. We're told the high priests are waking? That's good. But it will be a while before the unnatural weather dies down."

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"Well it was too much to expect that it would all die down at once," Shadow murmurs, lifting up Ann and holding her when the girl wanders to him from Damien's side.

"Indeed," agrees Damien. "You've all done quite well," he comments to the priests.

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Aida swells under the praise. Thessa looks sulky and Dreamwarp bored.

"Do we have permission to leave?" she asks with a sigh.

Lya nods. "Master Thelon has departed though. You must find your own ways, I'm afraid."

Aida glances at the group and remarks, "I can teleport with folks, but it will be at a slow pace. One person a day. Who has the most need to depart?"

Lya leaves the priests to their discussion and steps closer to Shadow, lowering her voice. "We agreed to let the prisoners go, but I think we ought to escort them to their homeland, to ensure they do not cause more mischief."

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"I agree," Shadow replies softly, putting Ann down again. "Ann sweetie, tell Damien quietly that I want a word." Ann grins at the task and nods slightly, scampering over to Damien and demanding to be picked up, whispering to Damien when he obeys. Shadow chuckles softly. "Definately her mother's daughter," he comments to Lya. "You don't mind if I include Damien in this trip, if he's willing? Some more support can do no harm." Casually Damien wanders over, giving Shadow a look to silently ask what's going on.

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Lya smiles sweetly at Shadow. "No, I think it could only help," she agrees.

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"What is it?" Damien asks quietly, though from both his and Shadow's expressions one would never think the friends were discussing anything more serious then what to have for lunch.

"I'm going with Lya," Shadow replies. "And I'd like you to come along as well Damien." Damien raises an eyebrow just slightly.

"Boats and I don't mix, Shadow," he mutters. Shadow smirks.

"Ah, right. Well if a little water scares you, then that's your business," he replies, grinning. Damien merely casts an irritated look at his old friend.

"I didn't say that," he replies. "Fine, I'll come." Ann looks up at the adults, completely lost by the conversation.

"Where are we going?" she asks quietly and both Shadow and Damien start. It's clear neither of them had considered the little girl in this hastily formed plan.

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Lya raised her brow and smirked. Where Damien goes, Ann follows. If the Fire Lord wanted her here, he would have to find a way to deal with it. "Contrasta," she answered Ann. "To send the prisoners home... and hopefully meet these other people they spoke of."

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Damien casts Lya an annoyed look then glances out the window, wondering if he can resist the wind long enough to get Ann home to Naurorod. Ann, correctly guessing her uncle's thoughts, swiftly grabs onto Lya's hand, seeing her as the person most likely to let her come on this adventure.

"I'm coming too right?" she asks.

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"That's up to your Uncle Damien," Lya points out tactfully. "It's not up to me to say whether or not you can go." She smiles at Ann to hopefully take the sting of that away.

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Ann looks up at Damien. "I can come right?"

"If I told you to stay would you?" Damien mutters. Ann crosses her arms over her chest and looks up at him.

"Nope," she replies honestly, making Shadow laugh.

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"At least she's truthful," Lya mumbled, hiding her smile behind a wing. "Do you need anything from Naurorod, Damien? Elsewise we ought to start planning on when we will be departing."

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Damien sighes and gives Ann a light tap on the head. "Minx," he mutters, making her giggle. "No Lya, I don't need anything," he assures the other leader.

"Then how soon do you all think we should plan on departing?" Shadow asks.

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"We should leave as soon as the weather breaks," Lya declared. "Does that sound acceptable to everyone?" She pointedly did not ask their prisoners. They could wait a year for all she cared.

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"That sounds fine to me," Damien replies and Shadow nods his agreement. Ann looks out the window, squirming in excitement.

"Will that be soon?" she asks.

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"I'm not sure, Ann dear," Lya admitted. "We'll just have to keep an eye on things." She smiled thoughtfully. "As soon as you see the winds let up, come and let me know. Okay?"