It was a normal day as far as Beryl was concerned. The books at the shop had balanced properly, their employees were happy, and she was coming home with fried chicken because people had a craving. "Hey, chicken delivery has a...rrived?" she let the door swing shut behind her and blinked. Sure, the Gods they knew were social and chatty. They liked to stop by. She didn't expect to come home to Gunnora at the table with a cup of tea and the shadowy hint of Mattil behind her. No one in the house followed HIM after all...
She set the chicken on the table and nodded, "Lady, Lord."
The Gods nodded back, only Gunnora's greeting audible. She glanced at Nat who seemed relaxed then poked her head down the hall to listen to the sounds from Nikazi's room. It was apparently retro cartoon night down there. Good. "To...what do we owe the pleasure?" she mused, pulling down plates so everyone could have chicken.
Serving Gods KFC. Heh. Her life was so weird some days!
"Babe it's about Niki..." Nat admitted.
She froze a moment, only Ayunna easing out of the pantry with a soda let her start breathing again. "What's wrong with our baby?"
"Nothing," Gunnora assured with a sad smile. "She is a darling child."
"My brother," Ayunna snorted, "likes his friend."
She passed a biscuit to her own patron then cocked an eyebrow?
Gunnora nodded, offering honey for the biscuits, "aye, as children do, they share with their friends."
She was too tense to eat at a comment like that, instead leaning against Nat's back, "so...?"
"So we thought we shouldst warn of..."
Ayunna rolled her eyes, "it's not a problem. It is just that he shares his 'room' with your child, and too long in our realm can have consequences."
"Consequences," she repeated flatly. "For playing in each other's rooms."
"Aye," Gunnora sighed, glancing at her daughter. "Our realm, as you have visited, may...seep into a person? Your child is, for lack of a better term, human? So she might develop some oddities playing too long there."
"Oddities," she repeated, feeling like a parrot.
"He's her best friend!" Nat blinked, "that can't be a bad thing!"
"No," Gunnora agreed. "Such a connection, growing with peers is healthy. It is just your child may become something closer to us, a demichild, than you after too long?"
"...a demigod. By exposure," Beryl blinked. "For playing."
"Yes," Gunnora nodded. "Precisely. Of what who is to know? Children are ever fonts of growth and change..."
Beryl kissed the top of Nat's head, considering that, "okay, so what does that mean for us?"
Gunnora blinked, glancing at her husband behind her. Ayunna just chuckled, "it just means you need a blessing to keep your child from effecting you, that's all. Parents shouldn't be influenced by their child's power. Mother just gets...worried about saying such."
Beryl chuckled, nodding to her goddess, "thank you for being clear. Should we be worried she'll cause any issue with other children?"
Gunnora sighed, "we will also seal her...slightly, it will fade as she grows? Teach her well and cherish her. The kinder her childhood the less likely she will manipulate others? I do not foresee Nikazi and our son not being friends and it is cruel to prevent them from seeing each other."
Beryl nodded, "yeah, the twins have each other, Nikazi has her best friend. I don't want to disrupt that."
Nat nodded, "it's important to have bonds."
She smiled down at her husband and nodded, "exactly. So. We get an extra special kid. We knew that already."
Gunnora laughed, passing her husband a plate as he faded away. It was hard to stay when there were no followers to anchor him! But it had been a solidarity thing..."indeed. Usually it takes far longer for any like us to invite others to our realms, but our son is precocious."
"And Niki is Niki," Beryl smirked. "We'll nurture her either way."
"That was what I wished to hear," Gunnora admitted easily.
Ayunna laughed, biting into a chicken leg, "I'm a little jealous. People were sparse when I was young, no one to drag home and play with." She said it teasingly though?
"People mayhap," Gunnora agreed, "but I'll not forget the hunting hounds you brought at every chance..."
So....
She set the chicken on the table and nodded, "Lady, Lord."
The Gods nodded back, only Gunnora's greeting audible. She glanced at Nat who seemed relaxed then poked her head down the hall to listen to the sounds from Nikazi's room. It was apparently retro cartoon night down there. Good. "To...what do we owe the pleasure?" she mused, pulling down plates so everyone could have chicken.
Serving Gods KFC. Heh. Her life was so weird some days!
"Babe it's about Niki..." Nat admitted.
She froze a moment, only Ayunna easing out of the pantry with a soda let her start breathing again. "What's wrong with our baby?"
"Nothing," Gunnora assured with a sad smile. "She is a darling child."
"My brother," Ayunna snorted, "likes his friend."
She passed a biscuit to her own patron then cocked an eyebrow?
Gunnora nodded, offering honey for the biscuits, "aye, as children do, they share with their friends."
She was too tense to eat at a comment like that, instead leaning against Nat's back, "so...?"
"So we thought we shouldst warn of..."
Ayunna rolled her eyes, "it's not a problem. It is just that he shares his 'room' with your child, and too long in our realm can have consequences."
"Consequences," she repeated flatly. "For playing in each other's rooms."
"Aye," Gunnora sighed, glancing at her daughter. "Our realm, as you have visited, may...seep into a person? Your child is, for lack of a better term, human? So she might develop some oddities playing too long there."
"Oddities," she repeated, feeling like a parrot.
"He's her best friend!" Nat blinked, "that can't be a bad thing!"
"No," Gunnora agreed. "Such a connection, growing with peers is healthy. It is just your child may become something closer to us, a demichild, than you after too long?"
"...a demigod. By exposure," Beryl blinked. "For playing."
"Yes," Gunnora nodded. "Precisely. Of what who is to know? Children are ever fonts of growth and change..."
Beryl kissed the top of Nat's head, considering that, "okay, so what does that mean for us?"
Gunnora blinked, glancing at her husband behind her. Ayunna just chuckled, "it just means you need a blessing to keep your child from effecting you, that's all. Parents shouldn't be influenced by their child's power. Mother just gets...worried about saying such."
Beryl chuckled, nodding to her goddess, "thank you for being clear. Should we be worried she'll cause any issue with other children?"
Gunnora sighed, "we will also seal her...slightly, it will fade as she grows? Teach her well and cherish her. The kinder her childhood the less likely she will manipulate others? I do not foresee Nikazi and our son not being friends and it is cruel to prevent them from seeing each other."
Beryl nodded, "yeah, the twins have each other, Nikazi has her best friend. I don't want to disrupt that."
Nat nodded, "it's important to have bonds."
She smiled down at her husband and nodded, "exactly. So. We get an extra special kid. We knew that already."
Gunnora laughed, passing her husband a plate as he faded away. It was hard to stay when there were no followers to anchor him! But it had been a solidarity thing..."indeed. Usually it takes far longer for any like us to invite others to our realms, but our son is precocious."
"And Niki is Niki," Beryl smirked. "We'll nurture her either way."
"That was what I wished to hear," Gunnora admitted easily.
Ayunna laughed, biting into a chicken leg, "I'm a little jealous. People were sparse when I was young, no one to drag home and play with." She said it teasingly though?
"People mayhap," Gunnora agreed, "but I'll not forget the hunting hounds you brought at every chance..."
"They're my good pups!"
Beryl chuckled, "I'll take a plate to the kids."