The hunt for companionship (Calleigh)

[Yuthirin]

"Okay!" Calleigh says, the book stuffing itself into her pouch after being thoroughly inspected. "We'll come find you before we leave!"

[Anastasia]

"Deal," Robard says, as the four of you resume your trip.

Ready to move along? Also loot post.

[Yuthirin]

go go og

[Anastasia]

You reach the next city uneventfully. It's much the same as the previous, really.

"Most of the settlements here are about the same. So don't worry too much about it, let's get to it." Moonlight says.

Going to GI?

[Yuthirin]

Requesting 1d20+35 GI roll

[Ebiris]

[22:26] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+35 Yuth GI
[22:26] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+35 Yuth GI --> [ 1d20=5 ]{40}

[Anastasia]

You talk around, getting the gossip of Kelm. It's rather sedate by and large, and in time, you end up in a big farmhouse. It's an oversized kitchen where several women work. It smells good in here - roasting meat, cooking vegetables, the scent of spices and jam. Overseeing it all is a middle aged woman. She wears her age like a light shawl, the barest hint of wrinkles and age only enhancing her beauty, giving her a motherly cast. She has blonde hair in a braid down her back and dimples, "Oh, Liney sent you!" she says, waving a soup ladle about. "Yes, the Morninglord was through here recently."

She pauses and gives each of you a look. Canderella gets a brief glance before she's taken to a nearby table, "Get her a good meal, she's all skin and bones!"

"I am not!" Canderella retorts with a hint of pique, a distant rumble of thunder after her words.

Further words are interrupted as the woman goes to Calleigh and shakes her head, "Oh dearie, you're even worse off than she is. Come over here," she herds you on over, "Get her a big meal, double portions relative to her size! Some of that pumpkin pie on the windowsill and don't forget the cream!"

"Now both of you sit there and eat," she instructs, "I won't have you turning into skinny waifs on my watch, no SIR!"

Vivantha clears her throat, "Ahem. Do you know where Lathander is?"

Vivantha's the next to get a look over, "...actually, you don't need any more food," The woman says, "He went west to Hill's Siren, he might still be there."

"What do you mean I don't need any more food?" Vivantha says, a note of dismay in her voice.

[Yuthirin]

"But I'm a courre, I don't get-DID YOU SAY PIE!?"

[Anastasia]

"I did," The woman pats Calleigh's head with a finger, as a plate of all sorts of food is put before her - as well as another plate with a slice of pumpkin pie, topped with lots of cream.

Looking back at Vivantha over her shoulder, "Oh, I know your kind," she waggles a finger at Vivantha, "You probably swallowed a deer whole for lunch, didn't you? No more for you!"

"I...what...we're not like....we don't eat like snakes..." Vivantha stammers out, blushing and poleaxed.

Canderella goes quiet as a big plate of food is put before her and she sniffs, before tucking in. "This isn't bad," she confesses. "Though really, I'm just fine the way I am."

This gets promptly ignored as your hostess focuses on Moonlight, "Yes, he's off at Hill's Siren, Lady Moonlight."

"Thank you," Moonlight smiles sweetly. "I'll be outside once you're done fattening them all up."

[Yuthirin]

"She's a lillend!" Calleigh says between bites, shaking a fistful of orange goodness at the woman, "Only the lower bit is snakey. She's nice! Don't be mean to Vivantha!"

[Anastasia]

It's good pumpkin pie, too. As you savor it, Moonlight heads out and leaves the three of you with her. The other ladies don't even glance at the scene, focusing on their cooking.

"Nonsense. If I feed her it'll all go to her hips and stomach, and she'll make her husband sad. Now eat your pie," Your hostess insists.

"I'm not..." Vivantha begins, but sighs and rests her forehead in her hands. She laughs a little, "You're right. I have to be at my best for when brave hero returns." She turns and goes out.

[Yuthirin]

Calleigh eyes the woman, still shoveling food into her face.

[Anastasia]

Canderella eats at a slower pace, manners impeccable but still putting a dent in her plate. "Do you feed everyone who comes through here?" she asks.

"Only those that need it, and you two need it!" She counters, "Now finish your food."

[Yuthirin]

"How come you think we need it?"

[Anastasia]

"You two are skin and bones! You're about to wither away!" The woman says, pointing at you with her ladle, "So eat up and get some meat on you!"