Happy Home|Sensatiamens, Sensatia

[Devon]

Xavier moved about the house with an unusually cheerful mood. Divria had been home again and his wife was expecting their first child together. Timble wasn't home yet, but hopefully he would be coming back soon. Xavier wandered into the kitchen to see where Luna was currently.

[Kender Bard]

Luna was leaning against the wall, watching as Divria talked animatedly about her time in Beastlands while fixing a meal. She smiled happily as she listened.

"It sounds like you had a good time," she concluded.

"Uh huh," Divria agreed, licking her spoon clean of some sort of sauce. She grinned when she saw Xavier. "Any news from Timble yet?"

[Devon]

Xavier smiled, kissing Luna on the cheek and then moving to his daughter to give her a peck on the forehead. "He is still busy with the guild, but once his job is done he'll be ready to come home for a bit," Xavier answered.

[Kender Bard]

"Hmm!" Divria hummed. "I'm going to have to give him a kick for making me wait on him."

Luna laughed in amusement. "I'm sure he'll appreciate seeing you again, then." Divria just grinned. "Xavier, darling, I was wondering if you had some free time this evening. I feel like going for a bit of a walk. I heard there were going to be several entertainers in the streets tonight."

"Bunch of 'em got together and decided to put on shows all evening," Divria added. She'd been the one to tell Luna, having heard for herself at the market.

[Devon]

Xavier chuckled a bit, it had been a while since he had seen the twins together and he was anxiously waiting for Timble to come home. "Hm, free time to go out with my wife for the evening," he murmured as if he really needed to consider this. "Of course I have the time for it," Xavier said.

[Kender Bard]

"Good," Luna enthused. "I'm tired of staying in the house, especially when the weather has been so gorgeous."

"It HAS been a good year so far," Divria agreed. "Feels a little like summer came as early as spring, but not enough to get sticky-hot yet."

"Thank goodness for that," Luna said firmly. "My dresses are already getting a little tight; the last thing I need is for them to cling to me from the heat too."

"We should go shopping before the shows," Divria urged Luna. "Get one of the tailors to measure out something for when you're bigger, ahead of time."

Luna was going to just have some of her dresses let out when the time came; it would be cheaper than getting new dresses, after all. But one would be nice, and couldn't hurt could it? She looked pleadingly at Xavier.

[Devon]

Xavier sighed, but there was a smile on his face. He was in too good of a mood to refuse anyway. "all right we can go shopping," Xavier replied. Looking to Divria he added, "Let's try not to empty my pouch Divria."

[Kender Bard]

"An empty pouch is easier to carry," she teased as she moved what she was cooking off of the fire and set it aside.

"And leaves empty bellies in its wake," Luna added coyly as she headed for the front door.

In the market, the two women browsed and chatted, having more fun pretending to shop together than actually buying anything.

The crowds quieted a bit (physically; mentally they grew louder) and paused to look as several individuals wearing some strange foreign garb marched in a triangular formation down the street, giving a scrutinizing eye to everything. Luna moved closer to Xavier. "Who are they?" she whispered.

[Devon]

Xavier had been following behind Divria and Luna, not really paying attention to the shopping, but just enjoying spending time with his wife and daughter. As the strange group made their way down the street, Xavier narrowed his eyes and shifted a bit so that he could protect his family if need be. "I don't know dear, but I'll have to do my job and find out," he said as he stepped forward to the group.

"Hello there, I'm Xavier Kenway, adviser to Master Thelon," he said in greeting. "What brings you to Sensatia?"

[Kender Bard]

The group paused and seemed to focus intently on Xavier in silence a moment.

Finally the leader, a tall and strict looking woman, remarked, "This would be Sensatia, the home of the Minds of Naruta, correct?" she stated. "We are the Council of Quality, a small subsect of guild merchants from Fire and Spice in the Firegem Islands, come for a 'surprise' inspection as we put it in our homeland."

[Devon]

Xavier nodded his head, observing the woman for a moment. "It really is a surprise," he said finally. He didn't go on the trip to the Firegem Islands, but he had gone over the reports that the Minds who went on the trip brought back. "And what exactly are you inspecting?" Xavier asked, for Sensatia to suddenly have guests that they weren't informed of probably unnerved some of the citizens, so Xavier had to make sure they were here with no ill will.

[Kender Bard]

The woman raised a brow, as though amused at the question. "Quality, of course," she laughed. "We're impressed with what we've seen so far. Your defenses seem almost impervious, your city is clean and well-kept, the people seem happy and at ease here. Perhaps though you could show us more?"

Luna and Divria inched closer to Xavier, Luna interested in the strangers and Divria intrigued to see her father working.

[Devon]

"Thank you," Xavier said with a small smile. Hearing his nation praised was always a good thing. "Well my family and I are out shopping now and there are apparently some street performers that will be out this evening. You are welcome to join us and we can show you around Sensatia a bit."

[Kender Bard]

"We'd be delighted though we don't wish to idle," the woman remarked. "I was merely hoping you could guide us through the city proper. Right now, we've merely been meandering and trying to guess what the general layout of the city is."

[Devon]

"How long will you be in Sensatia?" Xavier asked. He didn't really want to leave his family right now to guide some visitors around. "I could take you all on a tour tomorrow morning if you'd like. Until then just enjoy the city."