[NH] Cascata

[Kender Bard]

Cascata glanced down at the children and smiled. "Oh, my, thank you dearies," she replied and shifted the remaining bags in her arms. It was still a bit much, but manageable now. "Where are your parents, children?" she inquired as she walked to her room at the end of the hallway.

[Northen Light36]

"Mama's with the babies," Bas tells Cascata, trotting after the woman with her arms full of groceries. She pulls a face and comments, "They're being noisy."

"Daddy's at work," Pas adds, carrying the rest of the dropped shopping.

[Kender Bard]

"You know it can be dangerous for young children to wander alone," she warned them. She stepped inside her apartment and dumped her load on a table then bent to accept the rest from the two children. "What room number do you two live in?"

[Northen Light36]

Bas and Pas exchange uncertain looks. "Down the stairs and... Um... this many!" Bas annouces, holding up 5 fingers. The little girl beams, proud of herself for remembering.

"We're not little," Pas adds. "Mama says we go to school soon. We're big."

[Kender Bard]

Cascata just smiles at them and heads over to her phone. Likely their mother would be worried at this point. She touched the number 5 and waited for the room to pick up.

[Northen Light36]

Acqua picks up the phone after a few rings. "Hello?" she says, with the forced control of someone who's an inch away from panicking.

[Kender Bard]

"Hello ma'am," Cascata replied, keeping her voice light and sunny. "Are you perhaps missing two children? I happen to have acquired some helpers with my groceries and I wanted to make sure their mother knew where they were."

[Northen Light36]

Acqua sighes in relief. "Oh those two little monsters," she remarks, amused relief in her tone. "Thank you very much for calling. Um, I hate to be a bother, but would you be willing to walk them down to our apartment? I'd come up and get them, but the babies just went to sleep and I don't want to leave them here alone..."

[Kender Bard]

"No I understand," Cascata replied. "It'll be no trouble at all." She smiled and hung up, then dug around in the bags momentarily until locating two small sized KitKat bars which she offered the children. "A reward for your help," she explained. "Would you two like to help me further and show me the way to your apartment? I'd like to say hello to your mother."

[Northen Light36]

The twins eagerly accept the chocolate. "Thank you," Bas says, remembering her manners.

"We'll show you," Pas adds. As the twins led Cascata down the stairs, they break their kit-kats in half and swap the second halves before eatting them. "There's Muma!" Pas says, pointing out Acqua who's waiting for them in the doorway to their appartment.

"Muma! We helpped and got chocolate!" Bas calls excitedly, running to Acqua.

"Shh, indoor voice, Bas," Acqua says, hugging her daughter. "Bas, Pas, you two know you're not allowed to wander off. You could have been hurt. And you frightened me."

"We stayed inside muma," Pas says. Acqua sighes and shooes the twins into their room before turning to Cascata.

"Thank you so much for finding them and bringing them home before they got into trouble," she says to the older woman.

[Kender Bard]

"Oh no problem at all," Cascata laughed merrily. "They're cute tykes. Reminds me of my son; hmm and he's about their age as well if I'm any judge. Maybe the next time they need to burn off some energy we can take our children to the park together. My son's name is Lucid. Ah!" She held out a hand, grinning. "And my name is Cascata."

[Northen Light36]

"I'm Acqua and that sounds wonderful," Acqua replies, smiling and shaking Cascata's hand. "Bas and Pas haven't had much of a chance to meet other children yet, aside from my sister's pair." Acqua smiles ruefully. "My husband works all day and the babies tend to take a lot of my time away from the older two."

Acqua steps back a little. "Would you like to come in for a coffee or something? It's the least I can do for saving me from a panicked search."

[Kender Bard]

"Certainly," Cascata agreed, stepping inside. "I have a few hours before my husband comes home and he'll be picking Lucid up. You have a lovely home, Acqua."

[Northen Light36]

"Thank you," Acqua replies with a smile. The appartment is lovely, with polished floor boards covered in soft rugs and nice, comfortable looking furniture. Of course, there's also many signs of children living here, with toys and picture books scattered about the place. On various surfaces around the room are photos of the family - the kids playing, a family portrait, a picture of Amaro, Acqua and Mat in their police uniforms, ect. "Most of the stuff here was a wedding present from my older brother," Acqua adds, glancing towards a picture of herself, in her early teens, being piggy backed by Amaro, who's in his early thirties.

Faith, Wish, Smudge and Pixie are all dozing on the rug by the heater, snuggled together in a mass of feline.

[Kender Bard]

Cascata grinned as she looked all about. "Lovely," she reiterated. Her own home had more of a water motif to it, with ornamental fountains all over the place and most of the decorations in shades of blue and white. But she still appreciated the beauty here. The pictures caught her eye and she gazed thoughtfully at them. "Ah, so you're a cop?"