Breakfast (Serenity/OPEN)

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Séanait had enjoyed spooning with Serenity, bu tall good things had to come to an end. She'd woken up a couple of hours later with a full bladder, a mouthful of hair and a dead arm. She'd gently extracted herself from around Serenity, although she thought she'd woken her up anyway, and had gone to use the toilet. She realised that her clothes were back at the springs after half a minute of looking around for them, and had just shrugged and gone off anyway.

Afterwards, her arm fully functioning once more, she went to find her clothing. It had mostly dried overnight, although it was still damp, so she put it on. If things had gone differently last night she'd probably have just gone around naked or found a towel to cover herself until they were fully dry, but after all the events of the previous night she decided to be discreet this morning. No point doing anything that might rub her night with Serenity in anyone's face.

Yawning, she pulled her left arm, the one which had been killed by Serenity, across her chest and squeezed it until there was a crack from her shoulder. She repeated the motion with her right arm, then cracked her neck, back and fingers in rapid succession. Properly woken up and feeling her joints loosen up, she wandered back into the house. Serenity had woken, it seemed, and was moving around in the kitchen.

Séanait smiled at Serenity as she entered the kitchen.

"Anything you want me to do? I'm not a good cook, but I can follow instructions."

[Serenity Caine]

Serenity woke up as Séanait moved, her pulsing hangover dyeing down a little bit. Sleep was magical, Serenity had always thought that. She watched groggily as Shy looked for her clothes, and Serenity remembered some of her own were outside as well— eh, she’d retrieve them later, when the sunlight wasn’t her enemy. Serenity slid out of bed and moved to her dresser, pulling out her pyjama like clothes. They were comfy and that was what she currently cared about. Both black and loose fitting, the top was long sleeved, and v-necked, with two small strings a the neck to keep it from being overly revealing. She had them half tied up. The bottoms went to her ankles, like yoga pants but looser, forming nicely, but airy.

Once she was dressed, she pulled her hair into a long mess of a braid, to lazy to brush it first. It hung over her shoulder like a red fraying rope. Barefoot, she made her way to the kitchen, remembering her promise to Shy about breakfast. Shortly after she’d gotten there, Séanait joined her, offering assistance.

Well, I was aiming to keep things simple, as I’m not the best cook either, She laughed. How does eggs and ham sound? Perhaps some toast and tea as well? Her mind had wandered to the breakfast she would have made back home as she searched for the indrediance to make such things, coming out lucky. The ham stays cold, so thankfully I had some the other day, and it’s already cooked. Eggs, toast and tea… would you like to boil some water while I crack the eggs? Serenity smiled offering her a kettle.

[Rivers]

Rivers was actually already in the dinning room when the pair came down. Beside him there was a pot of what appeared to be tea and he sat in his typical brown coat reading a book with his feet propped up on the table. As the pair entered and began to talk about breakfast he looked up and gave them both a warm smile. "Good morning, I hope you two had pleasant night, sorry for kinda abandoning you here Seanait." He apologizes, his tone genuinely repentant.

Rivers showed few signs of what had happened the previous night with the exception of a dark color under his eyes that came from a combination of the drink and his subsequently long and enjoyable night. On the table next to him was a slice of the apple pie from last night along with some sliced ham on bread.

[Roxanne]

Roxanne was also already in the dining room, though she wasn't reading like Rivers. Rather she was simply enjoying her breakfast which was leftover apple pie as well, since she'd passed it up the night before, and some kind of fruit juice she'd found. She'd managed to grab the green dress Rivers had made her and had brushed her red hair, leaving it down. Though the half demon's attire looked presentable, her eyes had the same dark color under them as Rivers and her head was pounding lightly, which was made obvious by the tiredness in her face. It was all very worth it though after last night's delightful activities so despite everything, she couldn't keep the grin off her face.

"What is this awful pain in my head? And why is everything so bright?" she asked Rivers just as Serenity and Seanait came in talking about breakfast. Roxanne looked at the other two women and smiled. "Good morning," she said cheerfully enough, wincing a little. She looked at Rivers as he apologized to Shy and then confused as he said he hoped they had a good night. Perhaps they had stayed up and enjoyed the springs. "I didn't even think about that. Did you find somewhere decent enough to sleep Shy?," she asked, concerned.

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It looked like Rivers and Roxy had beaten Séanait and Serenity up, as they were already in the middle of a breakfast of their own. Séanait cheerfully took the kettle from Serenity, noting that Roxy looked to be as hung over as Serenity was, while Rivers merely looked tired.

"Oh, the night was passable," Séanait said behind Roxy's back, conversationally but with a smirk at Serenity, "And I definitely enjoyed the sleep in. I don't get to do that often."

Séanait filled the kettle and set it on the stove to boil. She snagged a couple of cups from the cupboard and poured some tea from the existing pot for Serenity and herself as Roxy voiced concern for whether or not Séanait managed to find somewhere decent. For a moment Séanait was tempted to use a "hardly decent" joke she'd thought up, but she didn't want Serenity to think she was boasting. So, instead, she opted for a more neutral phrasing.

"Serenity was kind enough to lend me her bed, so I had a pretty good sleep."

Deciding to deflect even further from any suggestion of Serenity and herself doing mor ethan just sleeping in the bed, she decided to act on the "I just got laid" auras that Rivers and Roxy were radiating. She raised an eyebrow and gave Roxy her most lecherous smile and asked, "What about you? Did you sleep well?"

[Serenity Caine]

Serenity was a bit shocked to find Roxy and Rivers already awake, but she supposed it was a decent enough hour. She arched an eyebrow when he apologized to Séanait. After what he’d walked in on, she highly doubted he needed to apologize for that. She glanced at him curiously, then back at Roxy— the two certainly seemed worn out, more so than either Serenity or Shy. Must have been an eventful night.

Roxy darling, you have a hangover. It’s what happens to mortals when they drink to much. Avoid bright lights, loud noises, and drink water. Serenity smiled at her sympathetically, taking the tea from Shy and sipping on it before going to work on their breakfast. She hear Roxanne ask a question and turned beat red— Séanaits answer only furthered the blush and she had to hold in a laughed, though her grin was visible if someone were looking at her.

Serenity found some eggs and began cracking them, going for scrambled, as it was the only one she could do successfully. Yes, you two do look absolutely exhausted, and you both went to bed before us if I remember correctly. She glanced back at them knowingly. Though I could be wrong.

[Rivers]

Rivers waved hello to Seanait and Serenity and gives Shy a smirk that suggested that he found the situation amusing.

"Well you could have used the guest room, but I suppose being a guest in someone else's bed certainly has its own appeal." He admits with a sip of tea, then he raises an eyebrow in response to Serenity's question, he was surprised she was pushing this topic.

"Well after returning from town to find my presence an interruption I decided to head out again. I ran into Roxanne later. Then I broke a two year dry spell and headed off to the castle. I need to maintain a presence there or else my cover will be blown." He explains with a shrug. After a VERY enlivening night he'd spent most of the time after Roxanne had gone to sleep in the palace in his role as Chasm. In truth he'd only gotten about two hours of sleep.

[Roxanne]

Roxanne munched on her breakfast as the others talked, smiling as Shy said she liked having gotten to sleep in and that Serenity had lent her her bed. The half demon then looked to Serenity, confused. "Where did you sleep, if Shy was in your bed?," she asked. Seanait's implication made Roxanne blush lightly and grin but she didn't have time to answer as Serenity explained about hangovers. She wrinkled her nose in distaste. "This is the most annoying side effect of being mortal yet," she complained, but good naturedly.

She thanked Seanait for the tea and sipped it Serenity commented on their bedtime and Rivers made a strange comment about the guest room and being guest in another's bed. She looked between the three of them as he mentioned an interruption which reminded her of his comment the previous night about being having seen something he shouldn't. Anyone could easily see her connecting the dots, slowly. That is until Rivers outed their activities of the previous evening and she choked on her tea.

Roxanne was not at all ashamed, but her blush deepened anyway. How was he so nonchalant about it? and when had he left? She was sleeping so well, she didn't even notice. A first, for the ex mercenary half demon. "So, am I to assume then that we allhad a most pleasing night?" she asked, quirking her brow and regaining her composure.

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Séanait was taken aback by Roxy's question as to where Serenity slept. Were things really so different in Roxy's world that it was odd for two women to share a bad without any sex going on? Would she think it odd for a family to share a bed, then, as poorer people did in both her homeworld and Nova?

"We shared the bed, obviously. Don't you do that where you're from?"

It wasn't until Rivers made his comment about interruption that Roxy appeared to cotton on to what had transpired, and Séanait hid a grin as she watched the half-demon thinking about what had been said, before choking on her tea as Rivers freely admitted that he and Roxy had gotten it on. Séanait nearly choked on her tea herself as she snorted with laughter and pointed at a choking Roxy.

It didn't take Roxy long to recover, though, and she was soon composed and raising an eyebrow at everyone. Séanait didn't see any reason to hide that she'd slept with Serenity now that Roxy and River's bedroom adventures were out in the open, so she smiled and gave Serenity a wink.

"You could say that. I certainly enjoyed myself."

[Serenity Caine]

All the comments and questions had Serenity bright red, and despite that she’d pushed it farther and Rivers blatantly exposed his actions from the night. That she had not expected… She had been sipping on tea, and nearly choked on it. Well. She had nothing more to say. Between the three of them the events from the night before had been spoken and there was no need to add on it. Serenity turned away and kept herself busy making the breakfast. She glanced over in time to see Shy wink at her, causing her to laugh.

Yes yes, we all enjoyed ourselves. She was getting more and more nervous now, but kept her eyes on the eggs, watching them cook.

[Rivers]

Rivers let out a laugh at the collective reaction to his admittance. "There is nothing to be ashamed about, or was I supposed to keep is secret?" He asks Roxanne with a tilt of his head. His jolly mood turned into a chuckle as Roxanne begins to put things together. "You know Rox, sometimes you're surprisingly naive."

As he says this he reaches out and pats her on the head still grinning. His mood seemed to have lightened a lot and as he looks at the hungover faces he gets to his feet. "Give me a few, I've got a hangover remedy." He announces as he makes his way into the pantry and gathers several items along with a strange straining contraption and a spiky wooden hammer.

After beating some vegetables into pulp, and adding an egg, along with a few other ingredients he emerges with three cups of a fowl smelling drink. "It smells and tastes lousy, but it does actually help." He announces as he puts the cups down in front of each of them.

[Roxanne]

As Seanait asked her about people, she assumed particularly women, sharing beds where she was from, Roxanne gave her a shrug. "I really couldn't tell you, honestly. The only time I shared a bed with anyone was if I had sex with them. Apart from that, I mostly slept in trees and such," she replied, her tone surprising nonchalant for the admission.

Rivers's question was much more amusing and she laughed, shaking her head. "No you're right. I had much too good of a time to be ashamed so it doesn't need to be a secret," she admitted, grinning. The grin lessened slightly as he told her she was naive sometimes and patted her on the head. "I wouldn't say naive exactly. Honestly, how many women in Feyurlun do you remember sleeping with each other, hm? It's just not a situation I'm familiar with is all, so naturally it wouldn't be the first thing I'd think of. And besides, this headache makes thinking difficult," the half demon said.

Rivers claim to a hangover cure had Roxanne curious and relieved, until he came back with the odd concoctions, which she could smell quite clearly even across the room. She wrinkled her nose and gave him a dubious look. It helped that she was quickly learning Rivers had a lot of experience with a great many things and usually knew what he was talking about or doing. "I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but if this makes me sick, you owe me," Roxanne told him, clearly serious. She held her nose, which didn't really help, and downed the drink as quickly as possible. She shuddered slightly afterwards, the look on her face only serving to back up Rivers's claims.

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Séanait quirked an eyebrow at Roxy when she revealed that she had mostly slept in trees before coming here.

"That sounds uncomfortable."

She stole a bit of River's apple pie as he made his hangover recipe and watched dubiously. While she was fortunate enough to avoid the worst effects of a hangover, Séanait had drunk her fair share of supposed cures. Without exception, they had all tasted like the inside of horse's arsehole that had been dead three days.

When Rivers finally finished making his cure, and Séanait had stolen his bread and ham, he presented them each with a cup of suspicious looking liquid. One sniff was enough for her. She passed it over to Roxy with a shit-eating grin.

"Looks like you could use this more than me."

[Serenity Caine]

Serenity finished making the eggs, cut up the ham and poured the fresh tea, bringing a plate and cup over to Séanait before fixing her own. Once she was done, she sat herself down at the table, keeping quiet for the moment. She had plenty to add, but her own hangover was a good silencer in this situation. However, when Rivers brought over his concoction for hangovers, Serenity eyed it curiously. The smell wafted over to where she sat and she almost threw up everything she’d just eaten. How could that possibly help her? She saw Shy sniff it and push it away. God no, if Shy couldn’t do it, there’s no way she could.

Serenity looked at Rivers skeptically, drinking her tea. The thought is nice, thank you, but I’ll stick to drinking tea and hating the world. Works quite well for me.

[Rivers]

Rivers scowls as two of them turn away his remedy. “Fine, fine.” He grumbles, briefly considering shouting the response just to be petty, but decide that he was clearly the mature adult of the group and couldn't stoop to that level.

This being said the remedy was actually pretty effective and after a couple of minutes Roxanne would be able to notice a lessening in the pressure in her head. Though Rivers couldn't help but quirk an eyebrow in response to her question about women laying together. “Girls and men laying together in Feyerlun wasn't as uncommon as you think, in fact a pair of the girls at the Mary were like that when they were not plying their trade...and sometimes when they were.” He points out, though he was not surprise that Roxanne did not know, after all he had been the one living at the Mary.

“Well either way you do not need to sleep in trees anymore, you've got a home and a bed, so use them okay?” He asks her bending down to look her in the eyes. He was not sure what he was building yet, but it was certainly something. After getting some kind of response he straightens up and looks over the group.

“Well now that everyone's escapades are out in the open let's clear the air. Last night was fun, I think we should do it again sometime, though maybe a different game and a few more people next.” He announces then sits back down.