Sime~Gen Roleplaying: Householding Naros Scenario
Episode #79: Snowed Inn (12/12/98)
Riyyh has had a genuinely good night's sleep and is feeling much better for it.
Riyyh has also had as much time as he wanted to try to make himself look good, although with nothing to work with but water, lye soap and a comb, there was only so much he could do.
Riyyh now sets out to see if he can find anybody nice to hang out with.
Mogan sweeps the common room floor.
Riyyh: Hello. [smiles at Mogan as he enters]
Mogan looks up. "Ah! Good Morning Hajene!"
Mogan: Did you sleep well?
Mogan puts the broom aside and steps over to build up the fire a bit.
Riyyh: Yes, very well, thank you.
Riyyh hopes Mogan wasn't too put off by the happenings of the evening before.
Riyyh: It's still snowing. I wonder if....
Riyyh was going to wonder if they should set out for Naros today, but realizes that would probably be not a good plan.
Mogan: Can I get you some breakfast?
Mogan gestures at the window. "It's warmed a tad, but that just means the falling snow is clumpier."
Riyyh: Oh yes... thank you. [smiles]
Mogan: There are some fresh eggs. The bread isn't done quite yet.
Riyyh picks a chair near the fire to sit in.
Riyyh: Whatever you have would be wonderful. It's so nice to be indoors, and warm, and surrounded by pleasant people.
Riyyh: ~pleased~
Riyyh can get away with saying that about pleasant people because Snake and Prunida aren't up and about yet.
Mogan smiles. "I'll go get you something, then."
Mogan heads into the kitchen.
Riyyh stretches, enjoying the fire.
Mogan comes back out with teapot and a bowl with a selection of those fruits that can be had this time of year.
Mogan goes back out and grabs his cloak for the walk out to the henhouse at the back of the stable.
Riyyh: Thank you. ~genuine~
Hen 12 sits smugly on the Very Special Egg, aware of the jealousy of all the other birds.
Hen 12 clucks contentedly to herself.
Mogan bends over as he steps into the henhouse, scraping snow off his boots on the edge of the door.
Hen 12 fluffs up her feathers and spreads her wings out slightly to protect her Very Special Egg.
Hen 12's chest swells with pride.
Mogan starts working his way down the nests, reaching under each hen to check for an egg.
Hen 12 "talks" to herself, vainly assuming everybody else is listening.
Mogan gets 6 eggs from the first 10 chickens.
Mogan checks under Hen 11 without result.
Hen 12 wiggles her butt for more thorough coverage of her Very Special Egg.
Mogan goes on to slip two dorsals under Hen 12.
Hen 12 squawks in outraged astonishment and flaps her wings.
Hen 12 flies off onto a nearby perch, leaving the Very Special Egg uncovered.
Mogan ducks under the flapping wings while neatly snagging the VSE and gently depositing it in the basket.
Hen 12 clucks a few more hen imprecations at Mogan, and then returns to her empty nest in a huff.
Mogan: Always getting so upset, aren't you? Must be one of them Farris chickens.
Hen 12 sits down and ruffles her black feathers.
Mogan turns and heads back to the door, trying not to soil his boots too badly.
Mogan goes out the door and walks through the snow, dragging his feet a bit.
Mogan bangs in through the kitchen door.
Mogan scrapes his boots on the mat.
Riyyh picks up a small magazine lying on one of the end tables and opens it.
Sethan bursts through the door. "C-Cold!"
Riyyh jumps out of his chair, dropping the book.
Riyyh: Sethan!
Riyyh: ~surprise/concern/surprise~
Sethan runs over to the fire, heedless of anyone in the room, and thrusts his hands almost into it.
Riyyh recovers after a moment, and hurries to close the door before the indoor snowdrift effect gets too out of control.
Riyyh: Sethan, are you all right?
Riyyh zlins him cautiously as he approaches again.
Sethan is shivering, with all his tentacles tightly retracted.
Sethan looks around. "Riyyh?"
Sethan: ~~ frostbitten feet - core body temperature down several degrees ~~
Riyyh hurries over to Sethan, sliding into healing-mode.
Riyyh: Hello, Sethan.
Sethan senses a comforting 'Gen' field and sighs.
Sethan struggles against the temptation to relax in the field. "There you are! Where the shen have you been?"
Riyyh synchs his secondary system to Sethan's and tries to help him.
Riyyh: I'm terribly sorry, Sethan, I was.... Prunida was very worried about Nick, you see, and she wouldn't hear of going back.
Riyyh: ~~soothing/healing~~
Riyyh: Here, have some of this hot tea Mogan brought me.
Riyyh pours a mug of tea for Sethan.
Riyyh: Actually, I hadn't meant to leave at all, but....
Riyyh: ~apologetic~
Sethan gulps the tea down despite it being a bit too hot for that.
Riyyh finds a couple of blankets and wraps them around Sethan's shoulders.
Riyyh: Here, come sit down so I can have a look at your hands and feet.
Riyyh: [gently]
Sethan: I have to get m-my h-horse i-in....
Riyyh: Mogan will be back out in a few minutes, I'll let him know. ~soothing~
Riyyh tries to nudge Sethan back toward a chair.
Mogan comes into the room with some scrambled eggs and fresh bread.
Sethan lets himself be moved into a chair.
Mogan sees someone who must have been crazy to have been out.
Riyyh: Mogan, this is Sethan ambrov Naros. His horse is outside... do you think it would be possible for somebody to fetch it to the stable for him? I must see to his feet and hands.
Riyyh takes Sethan's arms and examines them carefully.
Mogan nods. "Of course, Hajene. Welcome to the Ronapl Inn, Sethan."
Mogan goes back to the kitchen for his cloak before going out the front door.
Sethan: ~~ fingertips frostbitten ~~
Riyyh: There's no injury to your tentacles. ~relieved~
Riyyh: But your fingers... I'll get Mogan to bring some warm water as soon as he returns.
Riyyh kneels before Sethan and begins to remove the renSime's boots.
Sethan: Kept them in, even though it's harder to ride that way.
Riyyh tugs the first boot off, trying to be careful of the injured flesh.
Sethan: Kept thinking you were just another mile ahead.
Riyyh: We got in late last night.
Riyyh: We were less than an hour behind Snake and Nick in the end.
Sethan: Almost got attacked by some nut farmer with a whip.
Riyyh winces.
Riyyh peels off Sethan's sock, zlinning carefully.
Sethan: [milky white toes]
Riyyh examines the damage.
Riyyh then goes to work on the other boot.
Sethan: Tried to augment for warmth, but I was nauseous from turnover.
Riyyh: Go ahead and spend as much as you want for healing. I can give you an early transfer if necessary.
Sethan nods.
Riyyh manages to get the 2nd boot off.
Sethan closes his eyes to concentrate on managing his selyn to the extent he can.
Riyyh peels off the 2nd sock as well.
Sethan winces. "That one is starting to hurt."
Riyyh: Let me go get some warm water.
Sethan: [not quite as bad, was on the lee side of the horse]
Riyyh fetches the teapot and the cup and puts them near Sethan.
Riyyh: Stay here, and I'll be right back.
Sethan decides not to try and stop him from getting water.
Riyyh hurries out, thinking he can find something in Mogan's kitchen.
Mogan comes in the back door after putting Sethan's horse in the stable and giving it some fodder.
Riyyh: Oh... Mogan.
Sethan gets his augmentation going and then opens his eye to pour some more tea.
Riyyh: Might I possibly get a couple of pans of warm water from you?
Mogan: Yes, Hajene?
Mogan: Of course. For feet soaking?
Riyyh: Sethan's feet and hands are frostbitten, and I wanted to make sure they warmed up properly so he can get started on healing....
Riyyh: Yes.
Mogan has had frostbitten guests before.
Riyyh: ~grateful~
Mogan goes over to look for some suitable pans.
Riyyh goes back out to Sethan.
Riyyh's natural urge is to help Sethan warm up, but he isn't so foolish as to actually try such a thing.
Riyyh: ~~self-restraint~~
Sethan is drinking some more of the tea, tentacles wrapped around the mug.
Riyyh: He'll be right out with some water for your feet.
Riyyh: The pain will probably be pretty intense in a few minutes, but I can help you block it.
Riyyh remains a prudent couple of feet away.
Mogan partially fills the pans with hot water from the stove tank, and then starts pouring in cold water to get it tolerable for skin.
Sethan nods. "I was afraid of that."
Mogan comes out with two pans, walking carefully to keep them from sloshing.
Riyyh backs out of the way.
Mogan crouches down to put the pans down by Sethan's feet on the hearth.
Sethan: "Thank you."
Mogan: "Of course, Tuib."
Riyyh smiles at Mogan.
Sethan gingerly pokes his left foot into one pan.
Sethan: [With no immediate ill effects, he puts the right in the other pan.]
Riyyh brings another chair over very near to Sethan's, so he can help in blocking the pain and promoting healing.
Sethan: ~~ toes start to hurt ~~
Sethan closes his eyes to concentrating selyn flow in his feet.
Sethan: ~~ Toes really start to hurt ~~