Eiyuu Kishi Den

As Gregory returned, Thalia seemed to perk up instantly. "Gregory, you're back!" she said as she rose from her seat and approached her farm-boy guardian. "Are you alright?" she asked, noticing the cuts on his arms as she reached out to gently touch his arm.

Gregory smiled at seeing Thalia, happy to see her back here. "Ah, I see you're back as well." he said happily. As she approached him, it was quite unexpected that she would reach out and touch him, getting a sense of nervousness in his stomach and head he shook his head softly. "Y....Yeah im, im ok!' he said with a smile on his lips.

Thalia's brows furrowed slightly at his response. "What happened to you?" she asked. She wanted to heal him, but she held back. If the high priestesses knew how much she was using her gift for such trivial wounds and discomforts, she would certainly be reprimanded. All she wanted to do was make people happy though.

Gregory scratched his head, nervous at her response to his words. "Just a little scuffle earlier....nothing to make a big deal of." he said looking at her, then his eyes turning away in nervousness.

Thalia frowned slightly as he avoided telling her, but he probably just didn't want her to worry. "Well, Amara and I found a good lead. It seems that Nat might be in Shinning Hill," Thalia explained.

Natasi sat by quietly as Thalia fawned over the broad young man that entered. Apparently he was the fourth member of their group that they were waiting on, and with him here, perhaps they could get going. The female mercenary gave a sigh as she waited at the table, seemingly unnoticed, as she examined her fingernails. She was itching to move on, but if they found Nat so soon... would they have to find out the truth about her? Amara was already so upset at finding out about Nat's indescretions, and if she knew Natasi was pregnant as well it would just be another knife to her heart. With Nat potentially so close, it would mean there would be less concern over more obvious pregnancy symptoms appearing that would mean betraying her lie. If she could just get Nat alone and explain the situation...but what did she really want? She wasn't so naive as to think that he would actually want to marry her, but she just wanted him to know, at least.

"Ah, well more information is good to hear, atleast we have something else to follow on." he said smiling at her, even though she was frowning at him, in truth he didn't want her to worry, so he had to try to put on his best act. Noticing the woman sitting with them at the table, he leaned over a little bit, peering over Thalia's shoulder. "And, who would this be?" he asked,

Thalia glanced over her shoulder to see Natasi sitting at the table, looking rather uncomfortable. "Oh, this is Natasi," she said to Gregory. "She has business with Nat as well, so Amara agreed to allow her to join us."

Turning to face the female mercenary, Thalia politely introduced Gregory. "Natasi, this is Gregory. He is my friend and guardian," she said.

"Nice to meet ya," Natasi said, giving Gregory a small, stiff wave.

Gregory looked over the female mercenary that had been accepted into their group. He raised a hand to wave the same as she did, "Nice to meet you as well." he said before turning his gaze back to Thalia. "So since we now have this information, shall we move on or wait?" he asked.

At Gregory's question, Thalia remembered what more they had to do and put her fingertip on her chin as she thought. "Oh, before we leave, we need to see if we can find a midwife for Amara," Thalia said. "We should probably go do that now. Are you up to it, Amara?" she asked, turning toward the young mage.

Amara stared at Thalia and Gregory as they spoke. Poor Gregory. I wonder what he was saying when he came in the inn. I think it was something about Nat... Or I can be wrong. Anyways, I hope we can leave soon. She thought as she looked at Natasi and back at Thalia and Gregory. Amara rested her head down on the table and then looked back up at Thalia when she asked her the question. The mother-to-be thought for a while then nodded. "Sure! Let's do it," the girl said then looked at the group.

"We had better hurry before it gets much later," Thalia replied to Amara. "I suppose just you and I should just go alone, there's no need to bring everyone. I think we can probably ask at one of the local temples for the midwives around town," the priestess said, thinking aloud, then looked back down at the mage. "Are you ready to go then?"

Amara nodded at Thalia and stood up. "Okay!Let's go," the girl said as she rubbed her stomach, stretch, then headed to the exit. I can't wait to to get out of here. I really need to have a discussion with Nat. I am so upset with him... But I need not to think about him. She thought as looked at the priestess. "Thalia, please lead the way?" She asked as she looked at the priestess and waited for her.

Thalia nodded to Amara, then looked to Jeren, Gregory, and Natasi. "We will be back as soon as possible," she explained, then headed for the door again. "I suppose we should probably ask at a local Marfa or Falis temple first," she suggested to Amara as she stepped out onto the street again. "They should know where to find some of the local midwives."

OOC: Amara, jump to this thread: http://www.eiyuukishiden.com/forum/view ... =34&t=1892
The other characters can strike up conversation.

Watching Thalia and Amara leave, his gaze turned back to Natasi, curious on her preparation for if she was going to be traveling with them now. "Hmm, do you have a horse to ride if you will be with us for awhile?" he asked curiously, after all he needed to find things out before anything else came around.