One big family

Wann? The first days of September
Wo? Starting in Sah´tubaah, then changing to Drada d´Issan
Wer? Uhlakk, Naira, the Quellar Jaelre and whoever will join by the road
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The last sunny day was gone and misty rain had started to fall. It was raining continously for two days and nights now, and the Lethi felt uneasy and nervous.
She walked around in the caves, peeking into the vats with the worms, or sat for hours at the entrance looking down to the woods, a dark grey mass in the heavy weather...
Even Kaa-Ash was not able to cheer her up and stopped trying - the Lethi was planning something; it was obvious and inevitable. She could only wait patiently until the white elf was ready to show it...

So it came not as a surprise, as the Lethi entered the main hut one morning, dressed in her heavy white coat, with her white rabbit fur bag and a cup of worms in her hand - ready for a walk.

"I will travel to Drada d´Issan", she announced. "I have to see the Jaelre family and tell them about Naira`s... transformation..."

She grabbed a pitworm from his pot, and chewing she said: "I am ready. We have some horses out there, they will carry us. It is a long way to Drada d´Issan:"

She had grown a round belly during the days of summer, and her white dress didn`t quite fit anymore. But still she ignored her state as well as she could.
It seemed as if she didn`t want to think about it. But the times she stayed in her fur-covered armchair had got longer, and she was eating a lot more flesh and insects than she was before.
Mahrukkaa had told her that a time of power and happiness was lying before her... but still she was only getting more tired and lazy every day.
She even had stopped to watch the woods every evening; instead she got used to stay at the fire side and stare into the flames...

They went outside to the Uruk horses, which had been packed already, and started to go. After some hours they approached the borders of Sah´tubaah.

They travelled for a long, long time... they had to pass half of the Northern seal, literally, and had to take some rest by the roadside, since Naira kept sleeping a lot and would not hurry up.
Riding, she fell silent for hours, just looking up into the branches of the trees or into the shady brush-wood, as if in deep thought or even trance. Sometimes she even seemed to be sleeping on the back of her Uruk horse, clinging to its mighty neck with closed eyes... but when he talked to her in a low voice then or rode next to her, she opened up her eyelids immediately, just a little bit, and eyed him with some sort of indifference...

Finally, they arrived in Drada d´Issan. Naira knew the way to the Quéllar and led the Tuva and their horses to Ryzzil`s house...

As she was used to, she waited with Uhlakk until they were alone on the road. Then they crossed the small fence of Ryzzil's garden and sneaked to the back door, where the kitchen was.
She knocked and waited.

Naira put her hand on Kruiks shoulder. She smiled at him very warmly - indeed she had shared with him her most dangerous and secret feelings and he had helped her througb her darkest hours. ... he truely was family to her! Even Uhlakk could see this at once.
"Vendui, Kruik, my friend! I am so happy to see you again! This green Uruk here is Uhlakk, my Tuva - my guardian. He keeps an eye on me so nothing can harm me. He is a friendly creature and protects others, especially the small ones."
She entered the kitchen and looked around.

"No, thank you", she answered, smiling at him. "I have brought you some pit worms from Sah´tubaah and a special sort of bug - the grey glamour bug - for your kitchen. You can get it from our luggage, while I`m talking to Ryzzil and the others."

With these words she handed him a bag and turned to the door to the inside of the house.

Naira nodded and smiled again. It was good to meet Kruik first - a warm welcome was what she needed now!

The Lethi didn`t want to show it but she felt tired and anxious. Of course, Uhlakk knew. And maybe even Kriuk could sense it with his sharp Goblin senses.
But this was not the moment for weakness. She had to get things clear - to get a better picture of the path she had to go - with or without the family...

So she continued her way into Ryzzil`s office.

She thought for a second, about the problems between Drow and Uruk in general, and about the problems between the family and herself in particular.
Then she shook her head. "Come with me", she said. "If you want to be Tuva for Naira, you have to know my dark family. The one who is linked with me in blood and heart."

Naira entered, bowing her head in respect for a moment.
She opened her arms, so Ryzzil could see her belly.
"Vendui, Ryzzil. I have come to beg for your help and shelter.", she said with a faint smile.
But her eyes seemed somewhat tired and sad.

(OT: Gil, sorry for copying this here, but we had a little conflict with crossposting in the Jaelre forum. I hope we will find a logical explanation... I would recommend to change Gwo`s starting position from the cednter of the kitchen - where we`d have to have seen him IT already! - to the hallway or a siderooom....)

At the first look the kitchen is full of dirty dishes and remains of foods.

In the center of the kitchen, balancing his body on a chair, the feets on the table inbetween 3-4 bottles half empty (or half full). Gwo were apprently resting and smoking some heavy dry grass.

When Naira stormed into the kitchen with his follow and launch "I will have a baby and I need your help , the help of the whole family. Something went wrong..."

Gwo fall down, some bottles and plates of food followed him with some huge metal and crashed bottle noice.

Recovering his mind and balance with the floor's help. The first words that Gwo manage to split was

"What the Fuck ?... "

Then he advises the ork behing Naira and his hands immediately grab two long daggers.