[PRP][PLOT][FIN] New additions! (Kelebek, Hjortur)

[Menelie]

The time had come. Kelebek hadn't been sure it was ever going to come, but it had. It hadn't been anything special, or a big loud moment. But one day Kelebek and Hjortur had looked at each other and they'd known--it was time to grow their family again.

They'd dispatched a messenger mellon to the Fairy of Life, who met them at the lake's edge. After a little chat, Kelebek and Hjortur had received the special brew, and they'd set about to planning. With Sindri still visiting Breeheart, they suggested to Kadri that he might spend a night with his friend Quetzal--a boys' night in. Kadri, to his immense credit, seemed to understand that his parents needed some alone time and had happily made himself absent.

Kelebek and Hjortur had made a whole evening's affair of the little drink. With their home to themselves, they giggled and flirted through dinner and dessert, drunk on anticipation, enjoying their favorite foods and drinks. They drifted to their bedroom, potion bottle in hand, still acting like new lovers. Each took a drink, and then spent the rest of the night, till the wee hours, mm, occupied.

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Many tides later, and after an uneventful laboring, two delicate baby girls joined the family!

Kelebek was lounging on the bed, snuggled with the sleeping girls. She smiled over at Hjortur. Her heart was full.

Daisicle

 

[Daisicle]

Much to his word, at some point after Sindri had headed to Breeheart with Anxo, Kel had come to him with a certain look in her eyes. It was something he'd only seen a few other times, the times when she'd spoken about having children. He wasn't one to think too hard about that himself, but he was a fish of his word. When she'd come asking, he'd accepted her advances.

The entire process was a novel learning experience - from contacting this "Millie" to making the exchange to the ensuing night and seasons to come, everything was truly unique. It was hard to put into words - much different to experience as a father than a grandfather.

And thank Alu everything had gone swimmingly and they were blessed with two absolutely adorable little girls.

Sure, even they had some... peculiarities about them... but they were at least closer to a regular naiad this time, and those little heart fins were absolutely adorable. Yup. They'd be little heartbreakers in their own right when they got older, of that he was sure.

Speaking softly, he wrapped an arm around Kel's shoulder with a smug grin, "They really take after me, now don't they?"  

[Menelie]

Kelebek chuckled softly and rested her head on Hjortur. "Mm, they do," she agreed, "But girls have a tendency to take after their mother as they grow. So I have faith." She smiled a cheeky smile and gave the sleeping girls a gentle squeeze.

It was impossible for her to love any of her children more than any other, but something about this pregnancy had been so much more pleasant. Something about having planned it, rather than having it be a surprise (one way or the other) made her so much less anxious.

"My little angelfish," she cooed softly.

Clearing her throat as quietly as possible, she added to Hjortur, "Could I trouble you for something to eat?" she asked. Though the delivery had been smooth, Kelebek was tired nevertheless, not to mention the two sleeping babies nestled into her body.

Daisicle

 

[Daisicle]

He shrugged ever so lightly to keep from rocking Kel's head unnecessarily as he continued to tease. "Well, the boys got less and less like us as they grew, so who knows?" He looked at the two little bundles, all nice and quiet and asleep, and couldn't help but muse about how cute they looked.

It would be nice to have some girls around for a change... hopefully they wouldn't be too troublesome.

Keeping his tone down, he inquired further, "Craving anything?" She'd certainly craved many things recently, so always good to check.  

[Menelie]

Kelebek paused to consider what she felt in the mood for. "Something light," she said after a moment. "And something to drink, as well, if you would. Thank you, love."

As Hjortur disappeared for a moment to get what she'd asked for, Kelebek had a moment to think. Soon they'd send for Kadri, who had spent the day with Kelebek's parents. He'd asked to help, but truthfully the most help he could be is being safely out of the house. Kelebek knew he'd be anxious to meet his sisters. He'd been asking when the babies would come for the last several tides.

"We should send word to Sindri," she said to Hjortur when he returned. "Even if he doesn't come home, he still ought to know that they're here and everyone is healthy."

Daisicle

 

[Daisicle]

"Can you not just open in if you need something to drink?" he teased again before grinning at his own joke and quietly excusing himself from the room.

The place would soon be quite noisy again, now wouldn't it? But at the same time... somehow it was perfectly timed to liven up just as things were quieting down. Perfectly timed? That was a weird thing to say about something planned like this. It wasn't some crazy coincidence, after all. He'd have some time to muse further on what sort of instrument they might take to... hopefully they'd be a bit more musically-inclined than the boys had been. Sindri in particular had become rather distant of the whole affair.

As his thoughts continued, he rather mechanically got a bowl of anchovies, shucked some oysters, and grabbed some fish eggs and sea grapes for good measure - ideally at least one of these would be to her liking. As for 'something to drink,' he got a little bubble of slightly-salted and fruited drink. The healers had sent them home with a bunch with the advice that they'd be helpful in helping 'mother's' body heal. As a man of music, not of medicine, he had to take their words at face-value.

Hjortur made a bit of a silly face as he returned with his goodies and placed them within arms' reach. "Has he written back since our first letter?" The boy had gone and just about dropped off the surface of the lake since he'd set off adventuring in Breeheart.

Menelie

 

[Menelie]

Kelebek gratefully took the drink bubble and sipped from it. An odd thing, how she could get thirsty surrounded by water. Then she nibbled on the fish eggs first. "You always know exactly what I want," she said to Hjortur in thanks. She'd get around to the other snacks eventually, but the roe was exactly the combination of light, fresh, and fortifying that she had been craving.

"Mm, not that I've seen," she answered, shaking her head. "I hope everything's alright up there." She took one of the girls into her arms, who had woken and begun to fuss, rocking and cooing at her. Kelebek tried to calm her own mind. Would she ever stop worrying about her children? No. She still worried about Toli, Moana, and Zoran, who had been adults and on their own for a long time. But these babies that were here, now, needed her to be calm.

Nope, couldn't drop it. "Why's he staying so long, anyway?" Her "whiny" tone belied a deep anxiety beneath.

Daisicle

 

[Daisicle]

It was curious how good Hjortur had gotten at reading Kel's moods and body language since they'd been married, but he'd never admit that as the cause. Nah, it was obviously because he was that swell.

"Well, he's helping Fraise with her harvest since Peaches is busy with the little ones - perhaps he's simply too busy to respond? And you know how long it takes for correspondence between here and the villages." He placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder and shrugged again - he could feel how anxious she was talking herself into being. "Knowing him... either he has forgotten to come back, or he thinks that coming back would be akin to admitting that he made a poor decision to visit the surface... But who knows?"


Nanna was, in fact, starting to get pretty fussy pretty quickly. It was easily apparent that she would be a handful as she got older.

Menelie

 

[Menelie]

Kelebek picked up Nanna and held her close, shushing her and rocking her gently. "Of-of course," she agreed with Hjortur, although she wasn't sure she really believed it. "I just want him to be safe and happy," she said with a sigh.

By this time, Ayla had also begun to fuss, and so Kelebek passed Nanna on to Hjortur to give her other daughter some attention.

She just wanted her family whole, and home.

Daisicle