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<blockquote data-quote="Emperor Valerian" data-source="post: 1378642" data-attributes="member: 15043"><p>This is the first part of the adventure from last week... 2-13-04 (FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH!)</p><p></p><p><strong>Of Babies, Fishing, and "You Said What?"</strong></p><p></p><p>“You…you’re what?” Tess glanced around quickly to be sure where the rest of her friends where. Siabrey and Lucius had disappeared behind Xanadu’s tail, the four paladins were clustered nearby discussing paladin things, and Shaun was engaged in a dialogue with Xanadu about, of all things, the joys and trials of a cat’s tail.</p><p></p><p>“It’s so neat, but it’s hard to keep hidden sometimes. Damn thing has a mind of its own…” Shaun’s voice crept its way across to Tess’s ears. Shaking her head, she focused her eyes upon the scared girl in front of her.</p><p></p><p>“I think I’m pregnant, Tess.” Elenya hissed.</p><p></p><p>“Is it Shaun’s?”</p><p></p><p>Elenya nodded. “Has to be. There hasn’t been anyone else but him in the past five months!”</p><p></p><p>Tess blew out a breath, while Elenya watched her anxiously.</p><p></p><p>“Can you give me any advice?”</p><p></p><p>“Well, Elenya, I only know a little bit about these things. But I’ll do the best that I can.” She added upon seeing the pretty woman’s face fall.</p><p></p><p>“Whatever you do, don’t tell Shaun…” Elenya glanced over to where her love was now engaged in an apparent wrestling contest…with one of Xanadu’s talons. The talon was winning. Elenya smiled fondly. “I think he would die of shock.”</p><p></p><p><em>I agree.</em> Tess pursed her lip thoughtfully.<em>We’d better not say anything, at least until we get back into Irulas...</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>As no one but Xanadu was on watch that night, Siabrey was surprised to hear a strange sound by the edge of the pond that woke both her and Lucius up. Opening her eyes, she spotted a humped brown shape rooting around in the weeds not 30 feet away.</p><p></p><p>“What is it?” Lucius hissed in her ear.</p><p></p><p>“I think it’s a bear.” She hissed back, and turned to give the dragon that lay close by a sharp jab with her elbow.</p><p></p><p><em>”Hmm, what is it?”</em>His sleepy voice sounded in their heads.</p><p></p><p>“Xanadu, you’re supposed to be on watch.” She hissed. “There’s a bear over there.”</p><p></p><p>Xanadu raised his head and blinked sleepily, then turned a slightly annoyed gazed on the two young lovers huddled by his side. <em>Honestly, you’d think that two great fighters like yourselves could handle a little ol’ brown bear that’s just looking for food.</em></p><p></p><p>Siabrey shot off a few profanities that caused Lucius to blush.</p><p></p><p>Xanady merely blinked, they lay his head back down. <em>Just leave it alone, it’ll be on its way in a few minutes.</em></p><p></p><p>Despite his assurances, the couple still huddled close to his silvery side, trying not to draw attention to themselves. After about fifteen minutes, the bear wandered off, still snuffling and snorting.</p><p></p><p>“Great, now I’m fully awake.” Siabrey gave a soft growl of frustration and tossed her hands into the air.</p><p></p><p>“Yeah, me too.” Lucius suddenly got an evil grin on his face and glanced over at Siabrey. “I know something that will make us tired again…”</p><p></p><p>Siabrey gave a short laugh and tossed a pillow at him. “Honestly, it’s bad enough a girl can’t get any sleep because of a bear, now the horny 16 year old wants some too.”</p><p></p><p>Lucius merely leaned his head closer. “So is that a yes…”</p><p></p><p>Siabrey ginned crookedly, and stuck her tongue out slightly from between her teeth. “You know it…”</p><p></p><p>With a will, the pair slipped off for a “quickie.” Unfortunately, they were so loud that Xanadu changed back into a half elf so he could cover his ears with a pillow.</p><p></p><p>“Honestly, do you two ever stop! Humans….”</p><p></p><p></p><p>Morning came, and with it, a very contented Siabrey announced to the camp that she would catch and make them all fish for breakfast. Unfortunately, no one had any line or hooks. </p><p></p><p>Unwilling to be deterred, Siabrey strode into the shallows of the pond and proceeded to wait until a fish swam by before slashing at it with her katana. Maybe it was the night’s events, or just her own inability to swing accurately through water, but she kept missing time and again. It got to the point where the fish seemed to be swimming by just to laugh at her.</p><p></p><p>Tess, after watching and waiting for 10 minutes, rolled her eyes and began to make a stew. Lucius for his part sat waiting on the shore, and gave a painful wince at each of his love’s failed attempts. </p><p></p><p>“Honey, maybe you should just stop…”</p><p></p><p>“No! I…will…succeed!” Siabrey panted and lashed at a particularly annoying little fish that kept swimming up and kissing her ankle before dashing away from her too-slow blade.</p><p></p><p>Lucius winced again as she almost took her own foot off. “Please hon? You’re going to hurt yourself.”</p><p></p><p>“Forget it, Siabrey!” Tess came over, bearing two steaming bowls. “Come eat!”</p><p></p><p>“No!” Siabrey went into a furious whirlwind of activity that left her thoroughly soaked…and no fish stuck on the tip of her sword.</p><p></p><p>Lucius had had enough. Marching out into the pond, he dragged Siabrey back onto solid ground and plopped the bowl of stew in her hands. “Eat,” he commanded, a fleeting smile crossing his lips as Siabrey looked down mournfully into the fish-less stew.</p><p></p><p>They all ate quickly, saddled up, and got underway. As the morning wore on, Siabrey noticed Elenya leaning over her saddle, her brows furred up as though she had a terrible headache. Concerned, she spurred her horse ahead to match pace with the young women’s.</p><p></p><p>“You ok, Elenya?”</p><p></p><p>Immediately, Elenya sat up, running a hand over her face as if to hide the pain that was etched there. “Yeah, I’m fine. It’s just a headache.”</p><p></p><p>Siabrey saw the way Elenya’s eyes refused to look at her while talking, and saw right through the ‘headache’ claim. Her eyes narrowed.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, from a short ways behind, Tess broke off her search of the trees around them as she saw Siabrey talking to Elenya.</p><p></p><p><em>Oh no, if Siabrey find out she’s sure to blab it to Shaun!</em> Tess quickly rode her horse up just in time to hear Siabrey press Eleyna into admitting “Ok, it’s not just a headache. I’m pregnant.”</p><p></p><p><em>Dammit!</em> Tess thought.</p><p></p><p>Siabrey’s eyes flashed from surprise, to concern, to amusement. “So…Shauny’s going to be a dad.” She grinned evilly. “Can I tell him?”</p><p></p><p>Tess dug her nails hard into the pommel of her saddle to prevent herself from killing Siabrey, while Elenya merely said a quiet “No.”</p><p></p><p>The grin didn’t leave Siabrey’s face. “Can I please? It’d be great to see him faint…”</p><p></p><p>“No!” Tess’s voice exploded in a contained whisper. “You may not tell anyone, not even Lucius. This is another worry that they do NOT need.”</p><p></p><p>Siabrey nodded. “Alright, alright, I won’t tell anyone.”</p><p></p><p>“Swear?”</p><p></p><p>“I swear on my sword.” Siabrey placed two fingers on the sheathed katana. Her grin returned. “Although you have to promise me you’ll let me be there when you tell him.” </p><p></p><p>Even Elenya smiled. “I promise. I understand, if I was in your position I’d want to see him faint too.”</p><p></p><p>Siabrey glanced out of the corner of her eye at Tess, who still looked mighty peeved. <em>Hmm, perhaps my dear Tesseron is missing all the action.</em> “Hey Tess,” she said out loud teasingly. “Why don’t you go hit on our paladin friend.” She gestured up ahead to where Pelleron rode alongside the others. “I’m sure he’d like the attention from a beauty like you…”</p><p></p><p>Tess’s face turned crimson as Siabrey’s eyes. “No!” she yelled rather firmly, and galloped her horse to the front of the line to ride fuming next to Xanadu.</p><p></p><p>Siabrey raised an eyebrow at her friend’s departure. <em>Sheesh, seems I hit a sore spot…</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>As the day progressed, the party rode by several more ponds. Each time, Siabrey whined that she wanted to try to change her katana-fishing luck, but each time Tess firmly denied her. After her last attempt at persuading the bard that “I’ll only be a few minutes. I just want to try to change my luck, please?” Lucius reached out and laid an arm on the back of his love’s neck, gently squeezing the muscles there.</p><p></p><p>“Don’t worry love, for our honeymoon I’ll take you fishing.”</p><p></p><p>As his words sunk it, Siabrey almost fell off her horse. “Wh….what?” She turned shocked eyes on Lucius. “What did you say?”</p><p></p><p>Tess sighed and rolled her eyes. “Don’t be ridiculous, Siabrey. You shouldn’t be surprised. He loves you, he’s handsome, he’s rich, he’s powerful, you couldn’t aim any higher if you tried!”</p><p></p><p>Siabrey barely heard Tess, her eyes holding Lucius’. “Honey, why did you say that?” Her voice quivered. He merely smiled unconcernedly, reached across pulled her to him in a fierce kiss. “Because I love you.” He stated mater-of-factly as their lips parted. Siabrey merely stared at him, for once completely speechless.</p><p></p><p>She spent the next few days of their travel in shock. Every time she looked at Lucius her heart leapt. <em>He wants to be with me? Fully? In every way possible?</em> Lucius saw her staring and gave her a broad happy wink. She blinked back. <em>Did he really say that pseudo-proposal? Nah….couldn’t be….</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emperor Valerian, post: 1378642, member: 15043"] This is the first part of the adventure from last week... 2-13-04 (FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH!) [b]Of Babies, Fishing, and "You Said What?"[/b] “You…you’re what?” Tess glanced around quickly to be sure where the rest of her friends where. Siabrey and Lucius had disappeared behind Xanadu’s tail, the four paladins were clustered nearby discussing paladin things, and Shaun was engaged in a dialogue with Xanadu about, of all things, the joys and trials of a cat’s tail. “It’s so neat, but it’s hard to keep hidden sometimes. Damn thing has a mind of its own…” Shaun’s voice crept its way across to Tess’s ears. Shaking her head, she focused her eyes upon the scared girl in front of her. “I think I’m pregnant, Tess.” Elenya hissed. “Is it Shaun’s?” Elenya nodded. “Has to be. There hasn’t been anyone else but him in the past five months!” Tess blew out a breath, while Elenya watched her anxiously. “Can you give me any advice?” “Well, Elenya, I only know a little bit about these things. But I’ll do the best that I can.” She added upon seeing the pretty woman’s face fall. “Whatever you do, don’t tell Shaun…” Elenya glanced over to where her love was now engaged in an apparent wrestling contest…with one of Xanadu’s talons. The talon was winning. Elenya smiled fondly. “I think he would die of shock.” [I]I agree.[/I] Tess pursed her lip thoughtfully.[I]We’d better not say anything, at least until we get back into Irulas...[/I] As no one but Xanadu was on watch that night, Siabrey was surprised to hear a strange sound by the edge of the pond that woke both her and Lucius up. Opening her eyes, she spotted a humped brown shape rooting around in the weeds not 30 feet away. “What is it?” Lucius hissed in her ear. “I think it’s a bear.” She hissed back, and turned to give the dragon that lay close by a sharp jab with her elbow. [I]”Hmm, what is it?”[/I]His sleepy voice sounded in their heads. “Xanadu, you’re supposed to be on watch.” She hissed. “There’s a bear over there.” Xanadu raised his head and blinked sleepily, then turned a slightly annoyed gazed on the two young lovers huddled by his side. [I]Honestly, you’d think that two great fighters like yourselves could handle a little ol’ brown bear that’s just looking for food.[/I] Siabrey shot off a few profanities that caused Lucius to blush. Xanady merely blinked, they lay his head back down. [I]Just leave it alone, it’ll be on its way in a few minutes.[/I] Despite his assurances, the couple still huddled close to his silvery side, trying not to draw attention to themselves. After about fifteen minutes, the bear wandered off, still snuffling and snorting. “Great, now I’m fully awake.” Siabrey gave a soft growl of frustration and tossed her hands into the air. “Yeah, me too.” Lucius suddenly got an evil grin on his face and glanced over at Siabrey. “I know something that will make us tired again…” Siabrey gave a short laugh and tossed a pillow at him. “Honestly, it’s bad enough a girl can’t get any sleep because of a bear, now the horny 16 year old wants some too.” Lucius merely leaned his head closer. “So is that a yes…” Siabrey ginned crookedly, and stuck her tongue out slightly from between her teeth. “You know it…” With a will, the pair slipped off for a “quickie.” Unfortunately, they were so loud that Xanadu changed back into a half elf so he could cover his ears with a pillow. “Honestly, do you two ever stop! Humans….” Morning came, and with it, a very contented Siabrey announced to the camp that she would catch and make them all fish for breakfast. Unfortunately, no one had any line or hooks. Unwilling to be deterred, Siabrey strode into the shallows of the pond and proceeded to wait until a fish swam by before slashing at it with her katana. Maybe it was the night’s events, or just her own inability to swing accurately through water, but she kept missing time and again. It got to the point where the fish seemed to be swimming by just to laugh at her. Tess, after watching and waiting for 10 minutes, rolled her eyes and began to make a stew. Lucius for his part sat waiting on the shore, and gave a painful wince at each of his love’s failed attempts. “Honey, maybe you should just stop…” “No! I…will…succeed!” Siabrey panted and lashed at a particularly annoying little fish that kept swimming up and kissing her ankle before dashing away from her too-slow blade. Lucius winced again as she almost took her own foot off. “Please hon? You’re going to hurt yourself.” “Forget it, Siabrey!” Tess came over, bearing two steaming bowls. “Come eat!” “No!” Siabrey went into a furious whirlwind of activity that left her thoroughly soaked…and no fish stuck on the tip of her sword. Lucius had had enough. Marching out into the pond, he dragged Siabrey back onto solid ground and plopped the bowl of stew in her hands. “Eat,” he commanded, a fleeting smile crossing his lips as Siabrey looked down mournfully into the fish-less stew. They all ate quickly, saddled up, and got underway. As the morning wore on, Siabrey noticed Elenya leaning over her saddle, her brows furred up as though she had a terrible headache. Concerned, she spurred her horse ahead to match pace with the young women’s. “You ok, Elenya?” Immediately, Elenya sat up, running a hand over her face as if to hide the pain that was etched there. “Yeah, I’m fine. It’s just a headache.” Siabrey saw the way Elenya’s eyes refused to look at her while talking, and saw right through the ‘headache’ claim. Her eyes narrowed. Meanwhile, from a short ways behind, Tess broke off her search of the trees around them as she saw Siabrey talking to Elenya. [I]Oh no, if Siabrey find out she’s sure to blab it to Shaun![/I] Tess quickly rode her horse up just in time to hear Siabrey press Eleyna into admitting “Ok, it’s not just a headache. I’m pregnant.” [I]Dammit![/I] Tess thought. Siabrey’s eyes flashed from surprise, to concern, to amusement. “So…Shauny’s going to be a dad.” She grinned evilly. “Can I tell him?” Tess dug her nails hard into the pommel of her saddle to prevent herself from killing Siabrey, while Elenya merely said a quiet “No.” The grin didn’t leave Siabrey’s face. “Can I please? It’d be great to see him faint…” “No!” Tess’s voice exploded in a contained whisper. “You may not tell anyone, not even Lucius. This is another worry that they do NOT need.” Siabrey nodded. “Alright, alright, I won’t tell anyone.” “Swear?” “I swear on my sword.” Siabrey placed two fingers on the sheathed katana. Her grin returned. “Although you have to promise me you’ll let me be there when you tell him.” Even Elenya smiled. “I promise. I understand, if I was in your position I’d want to see him faint too.” Siabrey glanced out of the corner of her eye at Tess, who still looked mighty peeved. [I]Hmm, perhaps my dear Tesseron is missing all the action.[/I] “Hey Tess,” she said out loud teasingly. “Why don’t you go hit on our paladin friend.” She gestured up ahead to where Pelleron rode alongside the others. “I’m sure he’d like the attention from a beauty like you…” Tess’s face turned crimson as Siabrey’s eyes. “No!” she yelled rather firmly, and galloped her horse to the front of the line to ride fuming next to Xanadu. Siabrey raised an eyebrow at her friend’s departure. [I]Sheesh, seems I hit a sore spot…[/I] As the day progressed, the party rode by several more ponds. Each time, Siabrey whined that she wanted to try to change her katana-fishing luck, but each time Tess firmly denied her. After her last attempt at persuading the bard that “I’ll only be a few minutes. I just want to try to change my luck, please?” Lucius reached out and laid an arm on the back of his love’s neck, gently squeezing the muscles there. “Don’t worry love, for our honeymoon I’ll take you fishing.” As his words sunk it, Siabrey almost fell off her horse. “Wh….what?” She turned shocked eyes on Lucius. “What did you say?” Tess sighed and rolled her eyes. “Don’t be ridiculous, Siabrey. You shouldn’t be surprised. He loves you, he’s handsome, he’s rich, he’s powerful, you couldn’t aim any higher if you tried!” Siabrey barely heard Tess, her eyes holding Lucius’. “Honey, why did you say that?” Her voice quivered. He merely smiled unconcernedly, reached across pulled her to him in a fierce kiss. “Because I love you.” He stated mater-of-factly as their lips parted. Siabrey merely stared at him, for once completely speechless. She spent the next few days of their travel in shock. Every time she looked at Lucius her heart leapt. [I]He wants to be with me? Fully? In every way possible?[/I] Lucius saw her staring and gave her a broad happy wink. She blinked back. [I]Did he really say that pseudo-proposal? Nah….couldn’t be….[/I] [/QUOTE]
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