Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2017 8:01 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Rohan was too young to understand Angela's tears, but he still ran his hands over her damp cheeks, enjoying the feel of the wet on his hands. He just wanted the cuddles, and the loves, and the kisses from his mother. She had been gone so long, and that strange new girl had been here trying to play with him. He had just wanted his mother. Daddy had been there, yes, but Daddy did not give the same loves and kisses that Mama did. Daddy played with him in his furry form. Being furry was their special thing, but he loved Mama and he was glad she was back. The baby boy cuddled his mother, and played with her long red curls as she cried over him. 

Drae watched from the doorway as Angela held her baby boy, and actually found himself wiping a tear away. It had been hard trying to fill in for her, and he knew he had probably done a rotten job, but this was all worth it. Everything that had transpired made this moment worth it. He moved in and sat down on the floor beside Angela and cradled her as she cradled Rohan. 

Yes… this is what he would protect. He wasn't a good man, or a kind man… but this was something he would fight to protect for as long as he drew breath. It had been taken from him once before, and he had almost lost it again. His eyes narrowed as he sat there with Angela, as he thought about how he had almost lost Angela. 

And he made up his mind. He needed to have a good long chat with Dalanesca…

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2017 7:45 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Angela felt too weak to open the doors up to see her son. In truth, it wasn’t because she was physically weak but because she was scared. She wanted Ro to recognize her. Drae helped her push the door open and she felt her eyes glue immediately to her youngest child. She hadn’t seen him for almost a month now and she was almost crying just watching him.

He was certainly smart as he played with his blocks. He looked over at them and started to crawl. Almost weak in the knees Angela feel down so she could kneel. For a moment her heart sank and she was disappointed that her son still didn’t recognize her but soon he was sniffing the air much like his father. She laughed a bit as he called out for her and she swooped in up in her arms. 

He squealed with happiness as she gave him all the kisses he could ever want. Soon though she was holding him close as she started to sob over him. How close she had been to never having this again. How close she had been to never being able to hold Rohan or be with Drae… Or even the older children. To not read with Iva or give books to Sapphire. To enchant some saplings for Daphne or give an enchanted axe to Basselina. To lecture her son Lucian who would be Lord someday or to lecture his twin Nerezza for being a pain. To reminding Aelwen to act her age and not her height. To telling Aaryona how proud she was that she turned out so good. There were so much more that she was proud of and loved so dearly as she buckled and sobbed over Rohan.

“I’m never going anywhere again Ro.” He looked so confused but he was so happy she was there as he started to bat her tears away. “I’m going to be here with you until the day you leave this world, I promise.” She couldn’t make everyone live forever but she wished she could. “We’re going to play every day with Daddy and Iva… Sapphire, Belle, Fern, all of them. We’ll make sure everyone knows just how much we love all of them. I’ll never let anyone hurt you guys. Not bodily or mentally and I’ll fight back the next time. No one is taking me away from you ever again.” She kissed the boy’s forehead and held him close.

“I am so sorry Ro,” there came more sobs as she cradled the boy in her arms now. He was so content with her as he played with her red hair.

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2017 7:30 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Drae threw on his clothes and carefully brushed out his hair, but left it down for the time being, and lightly played with Angela's now soft and tame curls. It was nice to have her back to her mostly normal self. He felt a slight flutter inside him when she had called him by his full name, it meant something special when she did. 

He took Angela's hand and walked with her through the halls, and saw the collective relief and fatigue on the faces of all who lived and worked their when they saw that Angela had grown up almost completely. And she was doing the mature thing and bowed in great respect to them. Drae actually did the same, because he knew he owed them a great debt of gratitude. 

Her pause at Rohan's door made Drae stop and look at her in concern. 

"What is it?" he asked softly, and her response saddened him. It was true, Rohan had not known who Angela was when she had been in her small body. But very few people, not even her older children, had recognized her. He gently squeezed her hand and kissed the back of it reassuringly. 

"We won't know until we see… but if there is anything a child is going to recognize, it is the love of their mother," he said gently. He pushed the door open to the nursery. 

Rohan was playing on the floor with his nurse nearby, babbling happily as he tried pushing shaped block through a board with matching holes. The infant boy looked up as the door opened, and immediately began crawling towards them, but paused and looked up at Angela, as if trying to figure out who she was. He sniffed the air, much like a puppy or a cub, and looked at her, his big green eyes gazing up at her. 

Suddenly he lifted his arms and squealed shrilly, but happily. 
"Ma! Mamama!" he babbled eagerly, and crawled over to her skirts and lifted his arms up again to be picked up.

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2017 7:03 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Angela almost rolled over with laughter as he described her appetite. “I imagine it has a large deal to do with my spheres Love. Having to do with fertility and all that special stuff.” She stretched her arms and torso as she thought about everything he said. “Will need to arrange the children to take care of Ro and Iva while I tie you up.” She chuckled a bit as it was their agreement that only family would raise those two from now on.

She stared at him with the same loving look back. “It’s mighty big of you to think of your son first. You’ve grown so much as a person Adraejen.” It had been a long while since she had called him by his full name. She chuckled as he thought about how much motherhood would change her even more. She relaxed as he kissed her legs. “It kills me but I think I want to see Ro right now even more.” It would have confused him to see her before. At least right now she was beginning to look much like her old self.

She pulled herself up as she found herself kissing him again. “Let’s go get Ro.” She waited for him to change and even groomed herself a little so her curls weren’t so wild. Once they were ready she made her way through the familiar halls with eyes on her. They were tired eyes and Angela knew it was from dealing with her. She bowed in respect to many of her clergies as thanks for putting up with her in these troubled times. It must have looked weird but when she got to the double doors of dark oak she almost hesitated. 

“What if he still doesn’t recognize me?”

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2017 6:40 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

"With your sexuality, I have a VERY hard time believe you are strictly Rosen. I would have thought that you were a Succubus or something of that sort," he chuckled as he massaged her. "And if you tie me up for days, I think I will deserve it, and I will take it with a grin on my face," he stated with a charming smile. 

He looked at her lovingly and smiled at her, his hands moving from her thighs to her calves and ankles. "As jealous as it would make me, Rohan needs that bonding time with you right now. He's growing fast, and he needs your love. He's done nothing but ask for you since everything has happened. He wants his mother, badly," he said simply. "Besides, if you breastfeed him, your breasts will get bigger and will be more fun for me," he added giving her a playful and charming look, which was almost made comical by his uncharacteristically messy hair and rumpled night clothes. 

He gently placed kisses on her legs. "I know it's killing you, but it will all be worth it, I promise," he promised. "I have something very special planned. Just another day or so," he said as he patted her shin. 

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2017 6:23 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

She frowned at bit at his groan as she reached over and grabbed at him. “No groaning.” She teased him softly as he picked up her legs and moved them to her lap. She only pushed herself up to straighten his hair before falling back on the bed and letting out a relaxed sigh as he rubbed her legs. “That feels so good.” She was already as tall as she was before, at least she had a feeling she was.

She blinked a bit as she kissed him back. It was the first time since she had been sick that she had been this active with him. “Hey, handsome.” She chuckled a bit as she sat back up and smiled at him. “I feel… well, you know how my sexuality is.” She groaned a bit knowing he wasn’t going to touch her until he seen fit. “It’s driving me mad. I might tie you up for days for revenge.” By the sound of her voice, she wasn’t joking with him.

“I’ll feel much better once I feel more comfortable feeding Ro again.” She missed the bonding time she had with their son. “I could do it now but I don’t know if you want your son having first dibs.” She laughed a bit as she laid back down. “I am just glad to be in control of my actions a lot more than the last few days.” She put her hand over her eyes and let out a deep shy.

“It’s eating me alive.”

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2017 6:15 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

"Make it stop?" he asked as he cuddled next to her, much enjoying the much more mature body that she had grown into. Another day and she would be back to her normal self. He groaned softly as he sat up, his long black hair again ruffled with bed-head as he slid so that her legs were placed squarely on his lap and reached for one of the liniments that sat on the table beside the bed and opened the stopper. The sweet fragrance of peppermint and lavender filled the air as Drae put the ointment on his hands and gently began massaging Angela's legs. Realizing now, for the first time really since she had woken him up with her cuddling and nipping, that she was in fact in a mature body now. He leaned over and planted a deep loving kiss on her lips. 

"Hey, Beautiful. You are looking much more like yourself now," he said affectionately as he continued rubbing her sore legs with the ointment to bring her some relief. "How are you feeling?"

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2017 6:08 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Angela held onto the dress he made for her and looked at it. “Pretty.” She spent time making it change an array of various colors. Then she sped up a number of times she actually did it so she could watch the rainbow. She stopped and put the dress on. “Alright.” She climbed back on the bed and snuggled with him. “I like you the way you are too.”

They spent the day together and parted when Angela was made to do her daily duties. From blessing crops to making sure snow would grow things, she grumbled as she was forced to work alongside people who turned her stomach upside down. From phony priests to women who were clearly not good wives, she made it through her day to collapse back home.

Her tiny body climbed in the bed as Drae followed suit. It had been a long day. She was sure a long day for both of them. The night brought a lot more changes as her growth happened again. This time she had aged to what looked between sixteen and eighteen. The dress like Drae had promised moved with her. Her body now longer than her hair she stretched her legs and wrapped herself around Drae. She snuggled her face into his neck and laid gently kisses on it.

“My legs hurt so much,” it was from all the growing she had done over night. She began to nip at him playfully. “Make it stop.”

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:42 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

If this was what Iva was going to be like when she hit her teenage years, Drae was grateful he had this warm up exercise so he would know when he had to make himself scarce. He sighed and sat up, and peered out at the just brightening sky, and then at Angela who had become distressed over almost nothing. He sighed and rubbed her head and pointed at a dress that she had tossed aside. It lifted up from off the ground and he waved his hand over it a couple times while the dress whirled round and round. There was a brief magical flash and then the dressed floated over to Angela.

"I enchanted it. It will change the color to match whatever you want it to be, and it will continue to grow as you do until you hit your proper Angela size," he said with an affectionate smile. "I like you the way you truly are, and you are perfect no matter what size," he reassured her.

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:36 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Angela seemed displeased with her husband’s reaction. “WELL I THINK THEY ARE FANTASTIC,” she squealed. She began to tug at the pillow where his head was. “Mature is whatever I happen to think it is at the time!” To be honest Angela was just happy to be older now. She covered her lady bits as she stared at him. “Well if you don’t like me the way I am I’ll just pout like you.” Oh damn, the sass was there now.

She pulled herself from the bed and went over to her closet as she began to throw out all her dresses in search for something that fit. “Damn I have huge tits.” She mumbled as she couldn’t find a single thing to fit her small chest. “Drae nothing fits me.” She crawled back into bed and face-planted into his stomach. “Make things fit me.” There was suddenly a distressed cry from her. “It’s not fair.” Oh, the hormones as well…

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:24 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Drae felt himself being bounced around on their bed and he sat up groggily, pushing his less than immaculate morning locks out of his eyes and wiped the side of his mouth. He looked up at Angela, who was bouncing upon him, quite naked, and groaned and put his head under his pillow. 

"Oh Gods… its started," he moaned. "You're a tween, Angela. Those are hardly mosquito bites!" he said, his voice muffled from beneath the pillow. "And mature does not entail bouncing around your room in naught but your room, squealing about how your breasts are starting to make bumps," he said as he lifted the pillow and looked at her, and he appeared to be pouting. "Was it too much to hope that you would have become an adult overnight?" he asked. 

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:17 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Angela listened intently to Drae’s story. After it was done she fell asleep in his lap. They did the same thing for a full week. Once the week began to end she started to age. It was slow at first but she did a headstrong growth the second day. Drae was sleeping peacefully in their bed that they shared. When Angela woke up the first thing she did was notice her growing pains. She put her hands to her chest and noticed at she now had a bit of breasts. She was happy. She hung her legs out and looked at how tall she had gotten. She had lost the bit of baby fat she had to a more toned body.

She got up on the bed and took off her dress since it was too tight now. It basically ripped as she dropped it to the side of the bed. She got up and hopped her way over to where Drae was. “DRAE.” She jumped over him repeatedly until he woke up. “Wake up! LOOK I HAVE BREASTS NOW!”

She fell onto his chest and pulled at his hair lightly. “Look at how mature I am!”

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:20 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Drae smiled and complied and gently ran his hands and fingers over and through Angela's hair as he thought on the tale he was going to tell her. 

"Long ago, in a much more peaceful, simpler time there was a great kingdom called Tir na nOg. It was a strange and magical place, more so than the floating city of Tarishtar, with far greater magics than even Wyllmochvar of today; for this kingdom was ruled by some of the most magical creatures of all: the Borealis Dragons. If you had to compare dragons to the humanoids of the world, then the Borealis dragons would be the moon elves of dragon kind. Beautiful, fair, compassionate, drawing their power from the phases of the twin moons far above us, their magicks divine and oracular in nature. It is whispered that because they could foresee the future, they knew when ill times were to be upon their kingdom, be it in war, or famine, but would always come out the better for it. For years, the King and Queen ruled eternally, for Tir na nOg was known to be a kingdom of perpetual youth, but they were unhappy for as hard as they tried they never had any heirs. The Queen would weep to the moon, begging for the chance to raise just one child, and for that gift she would give up her very immortality. For centuries the Queen's prayer went unanswered, until one night, the moons came down to her in her garden. 

"For so long you have prayed to us," said Canelux. "And for centuries we have heard," Parvpora responded. "So tonight we grant your wish, Fair Queen. But in return for this gift, forfeit is your gift to divine the future," the moons chimed in chorus, for always is the ways of these tales. The Queen looked to where her husband the King ruled over the kingdom. If she were to accept the gift, gone would be the very thing that kept the Kingdom so well protected, but she would have their heart's desire. If there were a chance to raise a babe of there own, then perhaps if they were to fall, there would at least be hope for the future. 

"I'll accept. So long have we longed for a child of our own, to leave a legacy when we fade away," she replied to the moons. They nodded only once and vanished in a flash of the northern lights. When the Queen looked to where they had stood, the she-dragon discovered seven perfectly round eggs, each of varying hue, but with the radiance of pearls. This was the gift of the moons in exchange for her Sight…" Drae said softly.

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:03 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Angela looked upset for a second but nodded. “If you must… Just stay on land, please. I shall be able to look over you as long as those conditions are met.” She let out a tiny yawn as she pulled the blankets around her more. 

“It could have been that she didn’t have the energy to do it until recently.” She looked up at him again. “Anything is a possibility in this world we live in.” She nodded as she put her head on his belly and sighed gently. “She would be a good one to go to but even if we did find Cyprus… she is on Parvpora and we do lose our godly powers. If Cyprus becomes as strong as she once was… Who knows how the fight could go.”

She shook her head at her husband and looked up at him even more curiously than she once had. “Will you tell me? And pet my hair at the same time?” The petting on her red hair made her feel a lot better than when she wasn't being petted. It was a soothing motion that had helped her conscious a lot when she was a child and here she was again making the same request. Some things never changed.

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 5:59 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Drae seemed to loosen up a bit upon hearing that Angela knew exactly where their youngest children were, and he heaved a sigh of relief. 
"Thank goodness for small miracles," he said softly. "I mean you, by the way," he added. "Still, I want to go and look around myself. I'd feel better knowing exactly what steps were taken to break that trap I set up," he said stubbornly. He knew that she was just as fed up. 

"It must have been recent… like, just after the Voice gave you back your body. Otherwise I think she would have tried something immediately. She lost a pretty good window of opportunity with all the chaos, and thank the fates for that," he sighed. 

When she rolled the blanket up and pushed her head into his stomach he felt like he would turn into a pool of warm gooey honey. She had that effect on him in this little form. She asked it, so of course he wouldn't go anywhere at the moment. 
"Moliira would be a good one to go to for help as well, if she wasn't busy with her own task at the moment. Goddess of the Hunt, after all, she'd be able to track down Cyprus's whereabouts without too much difficulty I would think," he commented. He looked down at the pretty emerald eye as the inquiry was made, and he looked thoughtful. 

"Hmmmm… Have you heard the story of the Kingdom of Tir na nOg?" he asked her curiously. 

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 5:28 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

She pushed her forehead up to his and kissed his nose. She was affectionate but not in the way that she used to be. These were little innocent things. She loved Drae and she knew she was his wife but these were all innocent thoughts. She had sworn a lifetime with Drae and she would not go back on it. 

Angela looked up at her husband’s face and frowned a bit. “Rohan is in his room and Iva is in the courtyard.” In times like this she knew where the little savages were. Even in her tiny form, she knew what was on his mind. She took his hands and squeezed them tightly. “Inquiries were made…” She tilted her head.

“It looked like it was a team that got her out. Probably those still loyal. I sent my little shadows out for information. I may be small but I am still their mother.” She looked back up at him and her eyes were angry. “And she is getting on my last nerve.” There was a poison in her voice that was terrifying considering her size.

She pulled the blanket up and rolled in his lap so she could put her head into his stomach. “I don’t want you to go anywhere right now. I just want you here and I will deal with her when I am bigger. I shall inquiry Dalanesca if she can help.” One green eye stared up at Drae. "Will you tell me a story like you do Iva?"

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:46 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

"Always and forever," Drae promised. "As long as the Voice allows you to keep me alive, and as long as it sees fit to keep you alive. Even then, we will be together in the Soul Stream," he promised. His brow furrowed when the troubled look creased her face, and he prepared for a flood of tears. However, she showed that she was still quite the grown up on the inside and managed to keep it in and explain her troubles. 

It was Drae's turn to look concerned. As a matter of fact, all the blood ran out of his face upon hearing the news. The gift his former patroness made his stomach turn, but her breaking out so soon from his little demon trap was what panicked him the most. Those were some of his most potent spells and arcane marks that he had used, and he had barely contained her for a matter of weeks. 

It also dawned on him, that perhaps, the threatening gift might have suggested that it wasn't just him that was meant. His stomach churned on him, and he felt the immediate need to go and check on Rohan. 

His hands turned into fists and he took a steadying breath. "I wish you had come to me about this yesterday," he said softly. "Inquiries need to be made… she couldn't have broken the enchantments on her own…" he said softly. 

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:59 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Drae got her attention fairly easy. “Yes!” She clung to him and smiled a bit more. “Savages,” this time she sounded out each syllable so he knew she was serious. “They are strong they can deal with it.” She crossed her arms. “I’m fragile. I can’t deal with it.” She knew in her mind that she was way more durable than they were but they would be alright. It was her way of saying they were awfully strong. 

“I guess I love the little savages.” Though in her eyes she did. It was true but she was trying to be stubborn with him as she clung. “I just want everything to be happy that’s all. Candy clouds are happy clouds.” She snuggled close and clung to his arms.

“Always and forever?” She looked back up at him. “I’m glad that I’ve always been perfect.” She closed her eyes as she formed a frown. It looked like she was about to cry. “I got a message yesterday… and I’ve been avoiding telling anyone other than who brought it to me… Because a lot is going on and I am too small to deal with it.”

She looked back at the fire. “Your enchantment on Cyprus is gone. I don’t know where she went.” She closed her eyes and took a big breath. “She sent a bear head to me. A big black one.”

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:42 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Drae's eyes got really wide when little Angela suggested she make Iva a new little sister. 

"What?" he said but then all of a sudden Angela realized what that would mean and changed her mind. She was just like Iva right now, with how changeful her mind was. He smiled at her reconsideration. 

"Yes, of course, I am always yours," he replied with a smile. "You shouldn't call them savages though. Imagine what they are going to be calling you," he pointed out. "Besides, they are only trying to help," he added. "As for the being short, by the end of the week that will be fixed. Everyone takes you plenty serious, but sometimes it is hard when you make giant candy clouds and are so hopped up on sugar that you don't make any sense and are running amok around the Gardens," he pointed out. "And those savages are your children, and they only want to make sure that everything is running smoothly and that you are taken care of."

He smiled and snuggled her close. "I'll always be big enough to give you bear rides," he promised. "And I'll tell you a secret," he said as he leaned in. "You've always been the perfect size for my lap," he reassured her. 

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:53 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

She gripped onto his shirt as he picked her and carried her. Her tiny head rested against his shoulder and watched around them as they walked. She saw a few of her daughters and one of her sons walking around the temple. She said nothing not because she didn’t want to but because right now they were in fact savages. They had all been helping to keep her in line.

Her eyes moved to the fire as she pulled a comfy blanket up on them and she snuggled into him. “Well… can I have toys too?” She blinked a bit as she looked up at him. “Not a lot… just enough.” She snuggled more until there was no point in trying anymore besides nuzzling him. “Savages all of them.” Then the most brilliant idea popped up into her head. “I CAN MAKE HER A LITTLE SISTER!”

The horror came to her face as she began to retract her statement. “If I make a little sister you would have to take care of her… and that would take you away from me more. I don’t think I want that.” Her child mind was wonderful as she was internally screaming at herself to stop the thought process altogether.

She squealed as he kissed the top of her head and she moved so she could kiss his cheek. “Good! Keep the savages in line! Foxglove is an okay savage, though.” She moved back to his shoulder and snuggled back in. “You are always mine just not in the room with me.” She reminded him boldly. 

Thinking about the question she shook her head. “I hate it. I’m too small. I can’t reach the cabinets. No one is taking me seriously. I can’t go anywhere by myself. The savages are patrolling… but I am small enough to ride on your back so there’s that.” She was now cheery as she gave a smile and looked back out at the fire. “And I fit good in your lap for cuddling…”

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:43 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Drae had a feeling that this might have been a side effect of what she had been through, a sort of form of post traumatic stress disorder, for she had in fact been through a trauma. He did as she asked and picked her up and carried her to their bedroom where he sat down in a comfy chair by the fireplace and just held her in his arms. 

"They are her toys, Ang. You know how special Winston is to her, after all," he pointed out. "And if Iva took away your sweets, it means even SHE thinks you've had enough today," he chuckled. "The only reason she is savage is because YOU are her mother, remember. Right now, she gets to pretend you are more like a little sister, which she doesn't have. She's just treating you the way the older girls treat her. You remember how she would always complain about them being savages too, right?" he smiled. 

"As for me, I'm just making sure everything is running smooth. I don't want to leave the shrine unless Dalanesca or Foxglove is here to watch after things. So for now, I am just yours," he smiled as he held her and pressed a kiss to the top of her head. 

"How are you doing, love. Are you adjusting all right to this new change?"

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:32 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Angela looked up at him sadly. “I never thought I would see you again. I will always miss you when you aren’t with me.” She clung to him and closed her eyes so she could listen to his heartbeat. When she was down she lifted up her head and stared up at him with big green eyes.

“I just want to cuddle.” It was a timid little reply unlike her as she sat in his arms and rested against him. “I don’t know why I feel lonely I just do. I only feel better when I’m with you and Dal.” It had to be from the shock of dying, her elder mind told her but it couldn’t come out of her child's mouth. It was frustrating but she snuggled back into Drae and hid her face. “Just cuddling.”

Her tiny hands clung to his shirt. “She is being a savage again.” She pouted up at him. “She won’t let me touch Winston or the other toys. She even took away my sweets. She is an absolute horrible savage.” A smile slowly came to her face. “But the joke is on the savage child because I have the best bear ever.” She clung to her husband and looked around. “Whatcha doing anyways.”

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:24 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Drae caught up Angela in his arms as she jumped on him with a happy shout of his name. He held her even though his surprise at her sudden attack had almost made him lose his footing. He chuckled. "Missed me? I only left you an hour ago," he said incredulously. She was more clingy than Iva was after a nightmare, which was incredibly clingy. He sighed as she listened to the beating of his heart and smiled softly. 

"Of course, but how can you be lonely? You have Dalanesca, me, Iva and Rohan, or is Rohan taking a nap?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. Still, he cuddled her closed and stroked her beautiful cascade of red curls. "What would you like to do? Snuggle, or would you like to play?" he asked, knowing that she was most likely going to want to play, which meant time spent as a giant black bear for her to ride around on, usually with Rohan trotting alongside in his own adorable cub form. "You also have all of Iva's toys you can play with," he added. "Or is she being stingy about sharing again?"

Author: Angela Rose, Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:13 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

Angela was running amuck in her new body, that much was for sure. She was so happy and not timid that it struck everyone on both good and bad nerves. Things that the goddess normally wouldn’t do she was doing. She was completing each gift without taking something in return. Well, that wasn’t entirely true, her wants were that of a child. Candy, playtime, a tea party, and many other things. She had a special love for bears of the real and not real kind. It was probably the part of her that wanted to be with Drae the most.

Her red hair bounced as she made her way through the temple. She quickly opened and closed all of the doors. She hadn’t the slightest clue to use her own magic to locate him. Before long she had found him and she was ecstatic when she did. “DRAE!” She bounded for him and leaped into him as she clung close. “I missed you so much.”

She put her ear to his chest and closed her eyes. “Thump. Thump. Thump.” She had a habit of doing it. Maybe it was because in the darkness of the gem she had been close to his heart. It was giving her a sense of safety as she clung to him. No matter how powerful she was… she was having a hard time with being left alone and if she was anywhere near the darkness there was a part of her that would start crying. The firefly lights that Drae had made for the children were what brought her comfort but she most liked to be with Dalanesca and Drae. Though Dalanesca was darkness there was a warmness to the Triune sister that she found herself loving more than ever.

“Will you play with me? Or snuggle? I’m lonely.”

Author: Porthyrius, Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:06 PM, Post Subject: Finally Some Quiet [P/R]

How nice it was to have everything back to normal… or at least to some semblance of normality. The air was quiet and peaceful as it had been before Dalanesca's grief had overrun her, the Soul Stream was back to normal and so the dying were dying properly and the dead were more or less staying dead now, and life was running its proper course. Angela back now, but that was probably the one thing that was not normal yet. Yes, she had come back, but the Voice had brought her back as a small child, which was apparently Angela's punishment for her part in what had transpired. Dalanesca's punishment was to raise Angela for a week before she again became an adult. And Adraejen was stuck firmly in between, effectively raising three young children without the aid of his wife. Granted, Angela was more Dalanesca's charge than his, but she was still with him more than she was with Dalanesca, who was frequently coming and going, and some of Angela's new implementations were just plain silly. 

Adraejen brushed away yet another fluffy candy cloud that wafted past his head. It was not helping Iva's nor Angela's hyperactivity, and it was all Drae could do to keep Rohan out of the sugar. While he loved tiny Angela, he desperately hoped that the week would go by quickly, because he wanted he wife back.

He moved through the halls and paused. It was too quiet, which didn't bode well for his nerves. He could only guess what trouble his child-wife, youngest daughter, and infant son were getting into at that moment.