Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-25808351-20180615005427/@comment-28358106-20180929022640

(Portal group) The group carrying Tirush draws close to the Estate. Its familiar low fence frames the fading greenery of the garden that surrounds the large house, and they can see past its autumnal colors well enough. Well enough, that they see two figures in the front yard, by the rose bushes.

Regina and Aurum go about their business wordlessly, moving young plants into pots to be moved indoors for the fall. The sound of the portal warping open and shut is enough to make them look up. Though they are still some dozen yards away, Regina's quizzical look falls on Jorge, then the group around him. He had left under dubious circumstances, and his sudden appearance was more than a little unsettling. Regina doesn't appear to understand what the group is, but, telling Aurum to stand back, she advances to them.

And then, she hears his bellow. With a start, she breaks into a trot, almost reaching a run until she reaches the group. Giving Jorge a wary look, she calls out.

"Jorge! What---"

She stops in her tracks as her eyes fall on Tirush.

Her eyes widen and she claps both hands over her mouth, stifling a cry. She stands there for several moments, tears springing to her eyes and cascading down her cheeks and through her fingers as she looks upon the shattered body of her sister wife.

"Wh...wh...what...what is this?? What happened??  What happened to her?  What happened to Tirush??  Why..."

By the time the words leave her mouth, they are already at the entrance to the house. Aurum sees Tirush, and as abject horror begins to overtake her, Regina grabs the girl by the shoulders, hastily speaking to her in a trembling but commandeering voice.

"Upstairs, the flare, use the flare, Aurum! Use it to call your father!  Then tell Lucida to get to the lower solarium and put as much water to boil as she can!  Tell her to get the silk sheets, all of them!  Then go fly to Antoinette, then to Aegis, then Ferra!  Hurry!"

Aurum doesn't hesitate. She springs into the air, flying to the second story directly as the group enters the Estate. Regina leads them through the living room, the parlor, the dining room, all the way back to the lower solarium. Muddy boots trample the carpet and elbows knock furniture as they hasten through.

The lower solarium is actually Antoinette's bedroom. A wide back room in two parts, the first part is Antoinette's living quarters, a pleasant but sparse space with dozens of pillows on the ground in a corner for her bed. Regina leads the group there, directing them to lay Tirush on the silk pillows. Being designed for a taurian, it's probably the only place in the house that could accommodate the Wyvern's vast size.

Regina gingerly helps them lower Tirush to the ground, as she struggles through her tears.

"Oh, honey...honey, what happened to you? What happened?" Her voice chokes as she reaches up and places a hand on Tirush's forehead tenderly. "Jorge, what happened...?"