Gardens and the Graves

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"Tell me what you wish to know, spirits of Faerie, and I'll help as I'm able," she says, leaning forward to see them better.

 

[Ashy]

Grouse details all that has gone before, sparing no details. Once he finishes, he asks, "What saddness holds sway over you, Ma'm? What do you know about what's about to happen here?"

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"It's this court summons that has me worried. Madame will be taking Layla and Ida with her when the Master goes, and the two little 'uns going to their Auntie... It's just they've never left the house all at once before. Master's brother Torin will be lookin' after the house, but it just seems strange. The king wants the Master to cool the tempers of some young noblemen, but it's an odd season for it. This usually happens in winter, when they can't get out-of-doors and set themselves at each other's throats. Not so much in the summer. It just seems... off somehow," Nanny says, trying to put some nebulous feelings into words.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"Are... are you going with the children? I would feel safer if you could, but I don't know the ways of the fey," Nanny asks softly.

 

[Ashy]

OOC: Grouse does a Sense Motive check to see if the nanny is being straight with them... Sense Motive +1 (Untrained)

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Grouse feels that Nanny is being truthful.*

 

[Lady Shatterstone]

*Oribella smiles sweetly up at the nanny trying to be reassuring. Turning to the thistle she wonders what is going through the elders mind.*

"Grouse? I think we should go with the little ones. There will be no need for us to protect an empty house. What do you think?" she whispers.

 

[Ashy]

Grouse arches a bushy purple brow and nods silently...

 

[Seonaid]

*Freyja appears with a melodramatic "pop!" and smiles apologetically, nervously, at the others before curtseying to Nanny.*

"If we leave the house alone, won't that let them cause mischief where we can't watch?" She turns her tiny frost-blue face to Nanny and says a bit more loudly, "Who will be here beyond the brother, this Torin? And how long will they be gone?"

 

[Lady Shatterstone]

*Oribella giggles a little at the sudden appearance of the frost fairy. She listens while Freyja address the Nanny, nodding slowly. She had not thought to ask such a question. Once again her heart was leading the way. She has not been here but one day and is already very attatched to the family and their land.*