[The Norkari Mtns.] Chalet du Sommet Minuit

Arya returns Lum'valia's hug, wrapping her arms around the shorter (in this form) dragoness and squeezing lightly. Taking a step back Arya would smile brightly,

"Yup, I even got my second virtue! I am glad to see you are okay too," Arya, now seeing that Lum'valia was busy conversing with Maelik about where Klur is would begin to look around the room. This was unfamiliar to her but it was... nice. There was a large window that provided a breathtaking view of the Nokari Mountains outside, and the plush rug that covered the floor was very soft on Arya's feet. Making her way over to the sturdy hardwood door that led to the hallway, Arya would open it and walk out into the hallway, exploring more of this place.

When she got into the hallway, she gasped. Looking down one end of the hallway, and then down the other, she could not believe how big this place was. The only problem was, which way led to the kitchens? Arya shrugged, picking a direction and then jogging down the hall. She would have walked, but she simply felt to restless at the moment to walk, besides this place was too big in Arya's opinion to walk anywhere, that would take forever.

As Arya jogged off she would wave at Maelik and Lum'valia, "See ya later!"

After some hard sex with Francesco, He had gone to get something to eat, Skarlet had something to look for, books. She looked around for a library. Once she found it she'd search for books having to do with anatomy.

Naoki’s eyes remain closed as Kate crawls on top of her, but her hands betray her wakefulness, rising to meet each other behind the small of her lover’s back. At Kate’s suggestion, a slight smirk works its way across Naoki’s face. She responds in a mockingly aristocratic tone, “My goodness, Kate. That would be exceptionally unladylike.”

Naoki opens her eyes and looks up at Kate, a devilish smirk on her lips. She could get used to waking up like this.

“I like the way you think.”

Lazily rolling her head to the right, Naoki looks over at Artemis.

“Did you catch that, Artemis? Kate wants to try The Double-Stuffed Duchess’ Tortellini. Could you fetch us batch of noodles from the kitchen? ”

After having a nice jog throughout the house Arya eventually found the kitchen, and got a bit of exercise while she was at it. Due to Arya's paladin lifestyle, this jog of about 30 minutes was not very strenuous at all, her daily training regime was usually much more arduous than that. Still, as she entered the kitchen she let out a pleased sigh at some physical activity, taking a few deep breaths before all feelings of the previous exercise faded.

As Arya began to search about the kitchen for something to eat however, she heard another sound very distinctly approaching. Ruby eyes rising from the cabinet she was looking through, Arya turned around and went to peek out into the hallway to see who it was. The sight she saw surprised her as she witnessed Artemis, in only a shirt and panties making her way over. 

Arya quickly recovered however, stepping out into the hall and gaining a welcoming, perhaps mischievous smile, "Hello there, are you looking for breakfast too? You know I had a similar idea as you, to just walk around in my underwear... since I only have this get-up at the time. Not very good for relaxing," Arya shrugged, the get-up she was referring to was the armor she wore into battle. It was unlike most armors in that it was designed to not be cumbersome in daily use, while also providing good protection in the form of magical enchantments placed upon it. It was still not as comfortable as regular clothes however.

Almost forgetting, Arya added, "I am Arya by the way, Arya Shieldheart. I am guessing you are one of Naoki's friends...?" she asked curiously.

Artemis regards Arya with interest. Picked up from the battlefield, one of Lum'Valia's proteges, also by extension associated with Maelik. A paladin of some sort. Her information was somewhat lacking in other regards.

"I'm Artemis, Naoki's associate and bodyguard. A pleasure to make your acquaintance, Arya." Artemis approaches the door, where the other woman was standing. Her eyes travel the length and breadth of Arya's form in an evaluating gaze. A teasing grin forms on her face.

"A shame. I think all parties would have benefited, had you decided to forgo your armor."

She slips past Arya into the kitchen, where she begins rustling around in pantries, pulling out ingredients. Eggs, flour, milk, butter, bacon, a bottle of some sort of syrup... and a large box of dried pasta. Artemis glances over her shoulder at Arya, shrugs, and pulls out two more eggs. As she works, she addresses the paladin.

"Although, I must say, you're quite fetching in your armor as well. Where did you lay your hands on that set? Every suit I've looked at to date had the aesthetic properties of a rather aged bucket, and weighed as much as several portly merchants."

A pot of water is set on to boil, and two frying pans are set on the heat. As she lounges against the counter waiting for her cookware to heat up, the twins walk in.

"Good morning, girls. The heavy door in the middle of the kitchen, middle shelf on the right. Make sure the door shuts behind you tightly when you leave."

Skarlet searches the library for the book or books she needs, struggling to read some titles. Her keen eyes scan each row of books searching for any word that would fit the description of book she needed. She eventually picks out a couple books with the words 'Physiology' and 'Anatomy'. Skarlet flips through the pages, trying to find something but there are too many complicated words that she doesn't understand. She sees a few pictures of peoples' insides but she's not sure which picture is the one she needs to look at.

"I need help..." Skarlet takes her books and leaves the library.

With books in hand, Skarlet comes to the door leading to the room with Naoki and Kate in it. She knocks politely and asks, "Hello, Mother? I need help, can I come in?"

As Skarlet knocks on the outer door of the suite, Naoki isn't visibly surprised. A component of the door’s security had alerted her to an approaching presence through her earring, so she had been expecting someone to knock, even if it was just Artemis returning quickly.

However, as Kate dismounts and covers herself, Naoki turns her lower lip upward in a pout, and considers the door of the bedroom with an eye of irritability. What could be so important at this time of the morning, to warrant ruining that perfect moment? It probably wasn’t intentional on Skarlet’s part- whatever it is is probably pretty important, but still.

Propping herself up in bed, Naoki takes just a moment to send a message to Skarlet, making it clear that she would need to wait for a moment, before facing Kate and beginning to clarify.

“I can explain, that’s Skarlet, out there. A few weeks ago, on one of my trips to The Citadel, I brought Skarlet to get her citizenship paperwork done; she wasn’t a legal citizen until that day. Apparently, vampire age doesn’t take into account the age of the individual before they became a vampire, and, as it turns out, Skarlet is technically just over one year old, having only become a vampire about this time last year.”

“And, as I learned, it seems that persons under the age of eight cannot file for independent citizenry in Isra without a parent or guardian. So I adopted Skarlet, became her legal guardian, and completed her citizenship paperwork under that understanding. Doing so was faster and easier than getting an independent approval for her unique case, and it means that she’s tax-deductible now, so that’s nice.”

“To further clarify, Skarlet isn’t my biological child- none of those exist, and I haven’t asked her to call me ‘Mother’; she’s doing that herself. To be honest, the familiarity still seems a bit strange to me, especially seeing as how even though she may only be a single year old, her intelligence and body far outpace her age, and she’s essentially as tall as I am… But… I think she finds it comforting, and considers me a maternal figure beyond the legal guardian status. I don’t mind it much, and I empathise, it’s a strange and terrible feeling- not to have all of your memories. If she’d like to lean on me as she establishes herself and her identity, that’s fine, and I’m happy to do what I can for her. At least I don’t have to change her diaper, you know?”

Finished with her thought, Naoki raises her arms up above her head and stretches, pulling on one with the other. As she does so, she looks around and sighs, still very pleased with the state of affairs.

“Anyway. I had planned to tell you all that and introduce the two of you sometime today. I had my mouth full last night, I think you’ll remember.”

Naoki launches Kate another smirk, slowly running her tongue across her lips in lewd clarification. She lingers on the bed, waiting to see what Kate has to say before getting up to get the door.

Lum chuckles lightly at Maelik. She lay's a hand lightly on his arm. Her voice has a gentle teasing tone.

"You are indeed cool as a cucumber. Don't worry you are doing just fine, as am I. My body is recovered, though I fear it will be some time before my spirit does."

She slides her arm through the crook of his elbow. Moving to stand beside him, she leans her head against his arm. The demonlords shoulder being far out of reach. She gestures boldly, and says in mock command.

"Now since we are both fine, let us locate our wayward son! Lead the way my demon."