What do you do?
Rest up a bit.
The remainder of the day and night are uneventful, but purposely so. There's planning to be done, but rest is important. Even the others insist that you don't do any work until at least tomorrow. After being on the road for a short time, your party is especially interested in the comforts of home, from fresh food to their own beds. Even your more seasoned adventurers used to tents and rations are happy to be home.
Lynx, your spymaster, and Snow, her top spy, speak to their contacts and begin spreading word that you're seeking aid, though only to your most trusted allies, and the messages are vague. Best case scenario, you're able to deliver a FONE to those you wish to have one.
It's pretty fantastic list already though. Captain Silver should know plenty about what's happening across the eastern sea, Queen Catherine II will know much about anything happening in or around Tivera, though she's likely busy monitoring the upcoming election for mayor of Avana, and while G's adventuring days are over, he likely hears a lot from travellers passing through Tanver's Crossing.
You don't have too many more FONEs made right now, but they're in production. Even though you'll only have a few until that's completed, you give one more to a resident of Castle Phoenix. You already have Xiaoqing, Nyllia, and Yin--a solid spread, especially given it's incredibly unlikely the three of them would be elsewhere all together--but it would make the most sense for your spymaster to have her own as well.
Contact List
Captain Silver
Xiaoqing
Queen Catherine II
Rose
Nyllia Tesgella
Yin
Galahen Fheargor
Lynx
You consider who else should have one.
Definitely at least one member of the Circle of the Unicorn. I'm somewhat allied with a handful, though who do I trust most? Probably either Lord Barkis or Ealdorman, aka Isaac Hawkins. Lady Vex definitely needs one. I have the conch, but it would be beneficial to get one to Gwynevere anyway, or at least someone I met in the deep sea. Monarch maybe, though we only just met.
Between William and Breiah plotting together and a soul-hungry demigod lurking in the wilds, you'd benefit from some R&R. You eat, wash up, and then head to your chambers for the night. Though you don't see Niki, Amara, nor Eva for a time, you assume they've already fallen asleep.
You're partly right. You open the door to your room, and inside are the three of them, already passed out waiting for you to return. Quietly, you undress and change to your pajamas, and slip slowly to the gap they've left between them.
You lay there, and almost immediately, they curl around you, as if by instinct. Amara, upside down, wraps around your leg as her own rest over the pillow near your head. Niki is on the other side, head nuzzled under your neck. Eva is wrapped around your other leg, tighter than the elf, yet right-side-up. She smiles wide as she cuddles up against it. They're all in their pajamas as well, even if for one, that means nothing at all.
There's no need for a heater when you have girls like them.
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