[FINITO] Meet the Reaper [Jenn]

[The Jenn]

Parzifal gave his brother a mildly horrified look as he waited for the herbal brew to steep. "The cat thing is staying another night. Oh... well. I suppose I'd better go and get blankets to put in the cage. Master probably wouldn't like him just sleeping on his floor if he's a forced guest. Imre, could you come and take the tea?"

He handed the cup down carefully to his brother with a foot when he approached, and then hopped off of the counter to head for the linen area. Vren had so much stuff that the sheer volume of it spilled out into all rooms besides his sitting room. Even the man's bedroom looked as though it belonged to a magpie or... well, more accurately, a half-ferret.

After fighting with a large blanket and spare pillow that needed to be shaken to free it from a few stubborn cobwebs, he clutched his prizes in his talons and flew back to the kitchen. Hopefully Poe would have a chance to calm down and vacate the kitchen before the cat returned. Hopefully... he would as well.

[Vyn]

Imre felt a tinge of concern for having invited all this in to begin with. He'd only been curious...

Shaking it off he nodded and accepted the cup, clenching it in one taloned foot before taking it to his sister. How awkward it was to not have hands, though surely not as awkward for the once-again trembling finch who hunched down under the weight of her bindings to sip at the herbal tea.

She mustn't continue to fret, or Mast Vren would be upset... Yet it was hard, it was so very hard when every thought went tumbling back to that blood shed, to the rings being forced free of their resting places... of the blood, deep and purple... Poe quivered and sipped her drink even as Imre laid a wing over her shoulder.

"Don't worry, Poe... We'll watch out for you, Parzi and I both... Nothing bad will happen and the cat will be going soon, he doesn't mean to be scary like he is..."

Once Poe had finished drinking, Imre took a few moments to rinse the cup before returning to her side. She was still quivering, but there was a bit more peace in her expression.

"We should go to our room, Imre... I don't want to be here when that thing comes back in here..." Imre couldn't say no, he merely bobbed his head and waved her along with a gentle wing.

"I agree..." They would pass Parzi on the way out and Imre urged Poe to keep moving before pausing to acknowledge his brother. "We're going to our room... Poe will do better away from the kitchen when the cat comes back down. Would you like to go wit her? ...I can stay down here and help." After all, he'd brought attention to the Cat.

[The Jenn]

Parzifal awkwardly flew down the stairway, trying not to let the blanket drag along the ground or the tops of the piles of junk that Vren kept in odd places. He passed his siblings and paused, watching Imre shuffle their sister up the stairs and then turn in his direction to speak.

"If you think you're up to handling things, I can go with her for a while," he agreed with a nod. A large part of him relaxed, relieved that he wouldn't have to be downstairs when the feline reemerged from their master's company. Another part sneered at him for being a coward and leaving their brother to take the brunt of the aura, despite the fact that he seemed to be handling it best of the three of them. To appease his conscience, he added a hasty addendum. "I'll come back down to check on you, though, after everything is settled."

He left the bedding on the stairs and walked up with their sister. About fifteen minutes later, Vren emerged with Lior and escorted the odd, spooked cat down the stairs, ensuring that he was properly secured before heading up for bed with some leftover beetles as a snack. The man had odd eating habits sometimes.

{ Finito }

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Jenn and Vyn receive 5 tokens each, to be redeemed in Ashwin's Shoppe. This will automatically be added to your recorded totals in the shoppe. Congratulations, and keep up the good RP!