Closed Two Teens And A Pot (Lavira)

[Alori Sai]

Alori glanced around, first to see if the chef had decided to really go through with it, and secondly to see if anyone was watching them. Lavira couldn't stop laughing and this only made Alori join in more. She covered her mouth, but her body still trembled slightly. "I can't believe we just got kicked out of the kitchen. I mean really? You would think they'd be happy for the help."

She tried to appear serious, but her friend refused to let up about the woman and her doe hair. She laughed along and squealed when she was pushed back, almost losing her balance and falling her. Lavira may have looked frail, but the teen was in shape and was strong as well. Alori shook her head, and combed her fingers through her hair to make sure there wasn't any food in it, and fluffed it lightly.

"That's a good idea. I need to work on my aim too. Gotta get better for using my bow on the back of an eagle. It's not easy."

Alori giggled when Lavria locked arms with her, and she happily went along with wherever she was leading her. They were close now, and Alori felt that Lavira was a dear friend and someone that she wanted to spend a lot of time with. "Swimming? You're joking right?" Alori figured she was being teased, but the look in the teen's eyes were serious. "Vira, we would freeze, you know that?"

Wit the location in mind, she had to agree, a swim did sound fun, and sense they weren't working either. "Alright, let's go." She felt herself almost pulled off her feet, but the teen just laughed and hugged Lavira's arm. "Oh petch, did you know that Mohya had a sister? "

[Lavira]

Vira pulled her on, several chimes having passed at one point and the steps and upwards climb continuing. The city swept past them as they walked, the sweet smell of cooking food left behind and replaced by the dusty egg like scent of the rest of the city.

"Mohya has a sister?" She replied, "No, but I guess I'm not surprised. She is a more mature bird, it wouldn't be beyond reason to know she has siblings from an older or younger clutch." The Endal aeries were coming up and Vira reached her mind out to Mohya as they went.

Hey, Alori and I are coming up to fly down to the Bay. Do you know where Haven springs are?

~Yes, but isn't it a bit cold for swimming.~

How did you know?

~...~

Well, okay, yes we're going swimming. The Havens are supposed to be warm year round!

~Bring some warm clothes just in case, lass.~

Yes, mom.

She got a squawk of laughter from the eagle at that one as the door to her home appeared ahead. "Oh, and by the way? Kovac isn't bad, he's just misunderstood!" She bumped her hip against Alori in return, rolling her eyes and opening the door to her home, letting Alori in ahead of her. "I'll get some towels and a change of clothes. You're smaller than me so best I can do is a bryda you could wear as a nightgown." She teased, referring to the difference in their height and weight. Vira wasn't fat by any means, but she was taller at nearly five feet.

[Alori Sai]

Alori followed while Lavira led, the teen's arm locked around her friend's as they walked side by side. Lavira was taller and it seemed more like Alori was holding on than walking along side her. She was still knew to making so many trips to the Endal aeries, but this was also her home now, and at times she still found it hard to believe.

"Yea, well her sister Durveth? She's the one that found me on the mountain and we bonded. Crazy right? Sister wind eagles bonding with...best friends?" It was a statement but also a question, the two were close without having to say the words, but Alori thought of Lavira as her best friend and she hoped the young Endal felt the same way about her.

"I wouldn't have known, but she told me. She mention you too, that's how I figured it all out."

She felt it there and didn't add to it. The teen would have rather not repeat what Durveth had called her friend, and how she had compared them to each other. Durveth was an odd and cranky wind eagle, she hoped that she would come around to liking Lavira as Mohya had come to like her.

There was a bit of time, though short, that neither said anything. Alori didn't know that Lavira was making plains with Mohya, and simply walked beside her with her head resting on her shoulder. They made it to the Endal's home and Alori smiled at her friend's words. She sought to defend Kovac, but Alori hadn't meant anything by it as usual. "Yea, misunderstood and so mysterious." she giggled at their hips bumped and the teen stepped inside.

Alori paused and placed her hands on her hips after her friend made a joke about her height and size."Hey! Was that a height joke? Vira..I will come back there and get you."

[Lavira]

It absolutely had been a joke about the others height and Vira could be heard cackling from her bedroom. There was the sound of rummaging for a bit before the teen re-emerged with an old vinati from her Yasi days and some underwear. Inarta might go bra-less, but the women could at least wear their tops to swim in. She stepped past the door and tossed the set to her friend. "Those should fit okay, was kind of surprised I still had the vinati. I haven't been able to wear it since I was fourteen."

Vira had chosen not to comment about Durveth yet until they were in the solitude of her home. There, the teen sat on the couch and stared at Alori. "So Durveth, huh?" She said, legs crossing casually while she waited for Alori to get ready. "Mohya hasn't really talked much about any relatives she has. But I'm curious to what your bird said about me." She wouldn't pressur Alori, however, simply shifting and listening to her. "It is kind of neat that she bonded you, though. We're practically related now, hehe."

Once the other was ready, Vira got up, grabbed some towels from the closet, and lead Alori into Mohya and her mates quarters. The giant bird was waiting nearby, the head of her darker mate rubbing against her cheek affectionately. The sight always made her smile; she just wished that the male would get to like her better. He was like Durveth and thought there were others out there that would be better for Mohya than a half-blind cripple.

"Help me get her harnessed real quick and we'll go." Vira pointed over to the wall where the harness hung, the eagle impatient to get going so that she could get back being a lazy bird right now. The off-day had been well-earned, afterall, and no way was it going to waste ferrying a couple of 'kids' around.

[Alori Sai]

Alori shook her head and placed her fist on her hips. She could hear Lavira cackling in the other room, and thought herself clever for making such a joke. She took the garments offered and felt her cheeks burn with the comment that followed. The teen had been fuller once, but when the God and Goddess Kelwyn changed her, they changed every thing, not even her hair survived been shaved down. "Shut up. Gods... Vira!"

Lavira was on fire with the wise cracks, and had Alori unarmed for the moment. Sighing, the teen started to undress and put on the old vinati and underwear that she had been given. They fit a bit snug, but otherwise a good fit for an outfit worn just for a swim. "Yea, it was crazy, and Durveth? She's..something else. Sometimes it seems like she's planning to peck me or something. I can't tell. But yea, we are seriously sisters now Vira. I mean it." Alori moved around in her swim wear a bit just to make sure that it didn't ride up too much, or felt uncomfortable when she walked.

"Oh..she really didn't say much. I think she was just trying to pick on her sister. Something about her having a musician, heh. She is a weird bird." Slipping her hands through her hair, the teen turned to face her sister, hoping to get her approval of how she looked. It would have seemed odd if she started to strut around, so she just stood in place.

"So..good? Bad?"

Ready to party on, Alori followed Lavira into the eagle's nesting room. It was the first time that she saw Mohya's mate, and the two looked great together. Trying to be quick about it, the teen hurried to get the harness and helped her sister to get it set on the eagle. "Alright, let's go." she smiled brightly and waited for Lavira to get on first, before she climbed on.

[Lavira]

The endal blinked at Alori as she blushed. “What! You’re smaller than me!” The bit about the age had been true, of course, Vira hadn’t been able to wear it since she was fourteen so the other woman could not judge her about that let alone think she was joshing her.

While waiting for her friend to dress, the teen went to gather up the shed clothes, the first sign of her obsessive compulsive nature exposed. In the cave during the storm, there had been nothing for her to express this part of her on except Mohya, and the eagle had quickly nipped that in the butt before she lost her feathers from excessive amounts of grooming. Alori’s clothes were collected first, the vinati taken up and folded carefully before being placed on the bed. Then came the bryda, this too given extra attention. The teen first placed a finger in the middle before bringing the two ends together. She held it against her chest afterwards and smoothed it down the seam along her own body. From there, she lowered the first foot down just past the in seam and continued folding it until it was evenly and neatly folded and placed on the bed beside the vinati. Afterwards, the top was taken up and laid with obscene precision atop the bryda so that the shoulders lined up with the folds.

With a satisfied little nod, Vira turned back to her friend and grinned as she showed off the new and improvised outfit. “Well don’t you look spiffy.” She also had not forgotten the passive reference Alori had made about being sisters; she was simply saving a response for later; as in, the walk to the aerie. Before they could enter the cave, Vira touched Alori’s shoulder to stop her, stepping up beside her so that she could see the other woman’s face. “Did you really mean that about being sisters?” Her eyes said that she was ready to be let down, but tried to be hopeful that she had meant it.

“You know, I never really had a sister…But let’s save that for down at the spring.” She grinned and pulled her into the aerie, gathering the gear, and getting it secured on the giant bird. Her mate stepped away with a low chirrup to the eagle while the girls mounted up. A few ticks later and they were airborne, dressed warmly for the short flight to the Bay.

Less than ten chimes later, Mohya was circling over the spring, giving them a good eyeful of it before moving a little further off, searching for a safe spot to land. There was a clearing around the stream that looked promising, and so chose that for her descent. Once landed, and the girls were off, she told them that she would be back in a couple of bells to pick them up and that they should try not to get eaten before then.

Now that they had landed, Vira took the lead, holding her katinu around her to keep the wind off her light skin. “So yea, I never really had a sister, Alori. My mum and dad had told me she died when I was really little, like before my Yasihood began. I don’t really remember her. I think they said her name was Lakira, but I honestly don’t remember.” She shrugged casually then gasped. They weren’t very far from the cove let alone the cooler falls that fed into it, helping keep the water a comfortable temperature year round, and when they arrived, the teen couldn’t help letting out a breath of delight at the sight. Even with just one eye, Vira could appreciate a great deal of beauty.

“Wow! I bet this looks gorgeous in winter, all frozen over and what not!” She looked back at her friend and beamed merrily, shedding her katinu as she went. “The falls lead right into the cove, you just have to brave the cold water to get there. Bet you can’t beat me!” Her katinu was dropped at the top of the first slide, away from the moisture of the water. Vira whooped as her feet touched the cold stone, and dropped to her rump to slide into the first shallow pool.

The cry of frozen shock she let out could’ve been mistaken for agony for she surfaced and gasped. Her arms wrapped around her sodden vinati and she shivered fiercely, wading to the next slide and looking less enthuasiastic. “Pppppetch! It’s fffrreezing!”

[Alori Sai]

The young Endal had noticed how quickly Lavira moved to pick up after her. She was so motherly that way, and adding to the fact that she was bigger than Alori, only reinforced the idea. For the moment, Alori had only stood there and watched and messed with her hair to unwind what her bestie had done while they were in the kitchen. There wasn't much to say, the teen did a great job folding her clothing and placing them somewhere. Alori had planned to pick them up, though she wouldn't have gone as far as her sister did with the folding.

"Haha, thanks." she replied to the compliment about how she looked in the improvised swimwear. She started to do a little dance, but instead settled for a quick spin and pose. The little Endal hadn't paid much attention that Lavira hadn't commented on what she said about sisterhood, and figured that she felt the same, or she hoped that she did. Stopping in front of the door to the eagle's room, she smiled and cocked her head to one side. "Of course I meant it. We're great together. Unless..you'd rather be my mom?" she added with a blink, referring to Lavira's earlier obsessive compulsive nature.

Alori was pulled into the cave, and quickly went to work to get the harness on the eagle, despite her look and that from her mate. She wondered how lucky they were, if it had been Durveth they wouldn't have gotten their way so easily. The ride out was cool, and unlike Lavira, Alori had forgotten her katinu, but with Ivak's gift, she didn't feel as cold, however that would likely change once she got into the waters.

They landed and Mohya was off quickly to return to her mate and enjoy being a lazy bird. Alori thought it was cute, and she couldn't judge, not when she had just been kicked out of the kitchen where she was supposed to be helping out, and was now going swimming. The teen followed her friend as they trailed long to the spring, arms wrapped around her chest, and fingers rubbing into her arms.

Alori didn't have a sister either, and as far as she knew, she had been an only child. She had met yasi when she was growing up that had siblings, some were close and others weren't. The ones that stood out were those they stayed connected long after those days had gone. She knew they didn't share blood, but she hoped that they would remain friends long after their Endal days were over. "I think I was an only child, but I've always wanted a sister, maybe even a brother." Walking side by side, she looked to her friend and reached a hand up to touch her hair.

"I like your hair color, it's warm and reminds me of summer." Alori had a thing for hair, and the teen could go on and on for bells about it and what she'd done to hers and what she wanted to do. They made it to the falls, and she smiled in delight. It was a breathtaking scene and just another beauty that was Wind Reach. "Wow!! That is pretty...it's just wonderful." Alori had stood by looking out for another moment, when she realized that her sister was moving on without her.

"No fair, you're ahead of me!" she called out as she approached. Whooping down after Lavira, the teen's rear received no shield from the harsh could stone as she landed and squealed as she slid into the first pool. Her entire body froze up and Alori tried to leap out completely. She released a loud gasp as she resurfaced, eyes as wide as that of an eagle. "Oh petch that's cold!!" She tiptoed her way around, every inch of her shaking as she made it to the second slide and dropped down. "Sssshkye! This wa-wasn't a g-good i-idea!"

[Lavira]

Vira laughed, playfully pushing Alori’s shoulder when she said she might have wanted a brother. “Well I don’t have an eel down there, so sorry. No mean noogies and wet willies from me!”

While they stood at the edge of the pool waiting, the teen grinned again at Alori’s comments of her hair. “Really? I’ve thought about cutting it short from time to time. It’s such a hassle to keep up with if I bathe in the morning because it takes so so long to dry. But, then Kovac likes to run his fingers through it, so if it makes him happy, it can stay long.” And that was that.

Then the slides appeared and all talk of family and appearance was forgotten for the sake of plunging into the waters that neither expected to be THAT cold. With chattering teeth, Vira hurried to the edge that went to the next slide. “J-j-just hurry. I-i-it’s at the bottom and w-we will b-be fine!” She said, sliding down the second and third on her belly (though certainly not be choice). She had started on her butt after swinging her legs up onto the moss-covered stone only to be spun around during the drop, forcing her to go face first when she rolled onto her belly into the next pool.

Vira popped to the surface gasping. It was like hitting a wall of ice, her whole body numb. She wanted to curse and holler and get out and walk the rest of the way down, but that was a cowards route. The young woman was determined to stick through it and reach the bottom via the slides. There was just one more big one that dropped right into the spring and here, Vira waited for Alori to catch up, turning to the other slides to see how far off she was. “Come on, hurry up! It’s just down here!” She shouted over to her, teeth still chattering and making her speech come out in a bad stutter.

Once the new Endal had reached her, Vira got onto the edge of the final drop and pulled Alori up beside her, locking arms. “Okay, on three.”

“One.”

“Two.”

“Three!”

Vira used her feet to get going, and once the momentum had been started, she was pulled forwards on the chute kind of drop and went over the edge fast. She splashed butt first into the warm waters of the cove, head going under and the pleasant embrace of the heat washing away the previous frigidity. She resurfaced with a gasp and twisted in the water to look for Alori again, grinning once she spotted her. “I told you! That was totally worth it.” Her shivering had stopped while the blanket of heat brought her body temperature back up to where it should be.

It was beyond relaxing in this water and Vira let herself enjoy it as she drew her feet up to the surface and reclined on her back, eyes closed and hair loosening from its bun until it could fan out around her. She floated that way with arms stretched wide and pale belly pointed to the sky happy, making a mental note that she and Kovac should try and visit here some time It was extremely relaxing, the minerals in the water helping to alleviate stress while the heat wiped away all tension. “Wow…” It was all Vira could say as she floated, twisting slightly in the barely noticeable current that rose from the bottom of the cove to circulate the heat of the water constantly.

[Alori Sai]

"An eel?" Alori laughed. "Ok I'll just take your word for it, and at least it would save me from wet willies." She started to tell the young woman just how much she sounded like a guy, but didn't bother too. They stood at the edge of the pool waiting and she fluffed her friend's hair out and stood back, as if she had just created some sort of hairdo. "Cutting it a little shorter could be cute, but not too short."

She still recalled her horrible hair cut given to her by Kelwyn. It was a lot easier to handle, but she didn't know what to do with herself, the teen hadn't had such short hair since she had been born. "Just whatever you do, don't take off too much..it's not a good look."

Alori had thought that the first slide was bad, but by the time she had moved from the second, she could barely even feel her legs beneath her. She slipped, shivered, and slipped again before dropping down onto the third slide behind Lavira. "Oh! Oh! Careful!" she laughed, watching her sister going head first down the slide. She tried to get to her but she was too far ahead to reach. Just before she hit the pool Alori held her breath and waited for the ice.

"D-don't r-rush m-me V-Vira." she stepped quickly as she got out, still hugging her chest and rubbing her arms to try and wake them up again. Alori stood beside Lavira and waited the count and raced into a jump. She screamed as she dropped, a loud splash erupting as the teen was engulfed by the warm waters. She felt an energy serge as she drifted under, the heat in the cove quickly warmed her and it felt amazing.

Alori peddled herself upward and broke the surface with another splash and gasp for air. The teen flipped her hair back, and pushed her fingers to move the rest of the matted hair from her face as she blinked and looked around for Lavira. "Oh wow..that was wild!"

[Lavira]

Vira would be found floating in the water still, her ears beneath the surface as it washed over and around her, casually spun in slow concentric circles the entire time. She had an entirely blissful smile on her face that spoke eons of how it felt. The mineral rich water always helped relax the teen when her days were going rough, but this was absolutely heavenly. While it may not have been in the luxury of her own bath, the water that warmed the cove could not be denied as heavenly.

She sighed, sinking some in the water before drawing another breath and letting her body rise back to the surface again. The coolness of the air against her bare skin provided just the right amount of ‘shock to the system’ to keep her focused and not falling asleep. It would be horrible if she fell asleep and drifted out of the cove on the current and straight into the Bay! Vira wasn’t as strong a swimmer as others anymore.

“This was totally worth it, Alori; I’m glad we got kicked out of the kitchens.” She laughed, finally dropping her feet and twisting around so she could look at her friend. “Thanks for coming with me; it’s infinitely more fun when you have a friend with you. Too bad Kovac’s working.” She waded back towards her friend, feet kicking to help keep herself afloat, and splashed a bit of water at her with one hand. “Our first kiss was actually a bit like this, heh. We were over at the mud flats clamming one day and got somewhat filthy from all the silt.”

Vira grinned at the memory, treading water continually, “He went diving after this eel that slipped from a hole and got a face full of sand for it! We cleaned up in a tide pool afterwards, though. He was, hehe, he was very gentlemanly. I’d snuck my first peek then, too.” The young woman beamed happily. “For all of his reputation, I was glad that he was polite about the whole thing. Gods, I was so red!” She had not felt comfortable talking about that kind of thing during the ice storm, but she was now. The two had bonded quite well.

“So I hear you’re up next for Lookout Duty. You excited to be bored out of your mind?”

Being Lookout for the ten day period all Endal were required to serve at various times throughout the year had next to no perks when it wasn’t late spring or early summer. The rest of the year the weather was miserable, worse when the storms were rolling in, and more often than not extremely boring. It was recommended that they bring a book to read or do some training while they were up there so that they could keep their minds aware during the whole time.