Reporting Back to the Queen

[Hatulan]

Hatulan noticed a subtle change in the Commander, but could not determine if it was in her features or posture; but something had happened.
Guards, especially those of royalty, are known for humorless stoicism, even in the Mortal Realm, he reflected.
He looked around the room, but saw nothing amiss.
Then it must be a deeply personal thing, he thought, troubled.
Without being asked, Hatulan made his way to Yoki's side.

[Yoki Chepi-Isi]

Yoki had followed everyone into the Queen's bath and was starting to worry that they won't be able to help her in time. When she got into the bath though, she was amazed by how huge it was. It was an open area that had a waterfall that fed the small lake size bath.

When one of the soldiers gave Rosey to the Queen, she felt better knowing that she was in the Queen's arms and watched as she started concentrating on her magic. The water started to change in colors as the Queen was changing in colors rapidly. Yoki was too amazed by it all to have notice Hatulan coming over to stand next to her.

[Rosey]

Ild watched intently as the Fae Queen tried to heal his master. He saw her body seized then limp again and watched as her arm fell down almost lifelessly. He waited to see if she died or not but started to feel a pull on his body towards the water. He knew it was his master pulling him closer to her and he allowed her to pull him to her.

Rosey hand started twitching and her whole body started glowing as the dream magic went through her body. She could feel that her body was changing from the dreams going through her body. Her started grown in and started to turn blond, then green, then black before turning red again. He skin started changing into various shades as it grew back and unwrapped itself from the bandages before turning into her original skin tone. She began to float off of the Queen's arms and Ild started to circle around her nude body. She spread out her wings and they then went ablaze before she opened her scarlet eyes.



She then sank down into the cool water, killing off the flames that surround her body, all but the flames that make up her wings now.

[Hatulan]

Hatulan placed a hand gently on Yoki's shoulder as they watched Rosey's treatment by the Queen.
He was utterly fascinated by the process, as Rosey's body healed.
The damaged, exposed musculature reknit; charred and blistered skin became smooth and supple again, the patchy, exposed parts of her scalp regrew folicles, the hair lengthening and changing colors, returning to their full, scarlet glory.
He couldn't help but inhale sharply at the magnificence of her.

[Na'ame]

Na'ame smiled as she saw Rosey floated down, fully healed. She never doubted that Rosey would make it, she was a strong fae.

"Are you well, my child?" She knew she was, but she knew that her friends would feel better hearing that she was from her own mouth.

[Rosey]

Rosey turned to the Queen, "Yes, I'm better than ever. Thank you." She could see that the colors that were changing on the Queen as she shimmered were changing more slowly now. She knew that whenever the Queen uses a good amount of dream magic, the rainbows colors that fade in and out of each other very softly, resonated and change very rapidly when she had dream magic go through her body.

She also thought the waters were simply reflecting the colors that were coming off of the Queen but realized that the water itself was changing but then stopped after a while. The water also a bit warm but she just thought since its the Queens bath, she had that luxury.

[Yoki Chepi-Isi]

Placing her hands over mouth, Yoki was glad that Rosey was ok and ran towards her. She noticed felt Hatulan's hand on her then when she moved from under it and looked back and smiled. She kept going, splashing about in the water as she got up to Rosey and jumped on her. They both went tumbling into the water and was completely submerged. She got up and started laughing, she felt happy knowing that Rosey was ok.

[Hatulan]

Hatulan smiled as the young doe-girl happily rejoined her friend, but felt a sudden, unexpected pang in his heart.
He realized, with unaccustomed sadness, that he had never had anyone do the same for him.
But rather than show his joy at Rosey's speedy recovery, he simply waited at the edge of the bath, basking in the warmth of comraderie, which was far more noticable to him than the heat from the Queen's Bath.

[Na'ame]

Na'ame allowed the girls to rejoice in Rosey's health and stepped out to the edge of the bath, her body and her clothes shimmered as she moved. She gave a look at Hatulan and can see that the Dream Realm had not yet taken affect on the young dragons health. She figured that it was because of the properties of the dragons were a bit different than anything that the Shinjin had created in the universe. Though to be sure that his visit would remain enjoyable, she snagged some dream magic and mix some faerie dust together to create a dream sprite.

"Here you are dear," She held out her hand and the sprite flew from her palm into his chest without hesitation. "this is so that you will not have any trouble staying here. I am Na'ame, Queen of the Dream Realm and all of its residences. Who might you be, young dragon?" She smiled at him, a smile that was as brilliant as the sun hanging low in the horizon in the west.

[Hatulan]

Hatulan watched the sprite "enter" him, but did not notice anything beyond the faint glow as the sprite passed through his tunic and into his torso.
He looked up at the Queen, did not question what had happened.
To identify me to her retainers, likely, he thought.
"Hatulan Pagtimbangin Sarili," he replied to her query, bowing his head and dropping to one knee.
"Please accept my apology for the unannounced visit to your Realm, your majesty."

[Na'ame]

"Oh no dear, there is no need to apologize. I knew the exigency of the situation." She walked past him, over to the Commander. "You done a good job my child, now go and continue your patrol." She smiled at the Commander and her men before turning back to Hatulan.

"My dear, stay and have a bath with me." she looked towards Yoki and Rosey. "It seems that the girls are already enjoying the bath. Join them." She went over to some boulders that were off to the side as if she was floating and began to remove clothes. Her clothes seemed to fall off with ease as the fabric slipped off the Queens ever changing skin.

[Fae NPC]

The Commander, after witnessing her rivals recovery, was glad that Rosey was ok. She felt like Rosey was the only one that she could measure herself against.

When the Queen dismissed her and her men, she felt kind of envious that Rosey was going to stay and take a bath with the Queen. She never had that honor, but she figured that just being her bath was just enough, though she wish she could top Rosey. "Yes, mother." She bowed and turned to her men. "Lets go boys."

Both of the guys responded at the same time. "Yes, ma'am!"

The Commander left out of the bath a little mad for not being able to stay with her men in tow.

[Rosey]

Rosey, standing stoically, didn't expect Yoki to jump on her and fell down into the water. When she got back up, she saw that Yoki was laughing and happy to see that her friend was ok. She didn't see the big deal, she was going to be ok regardless, but she that Yoki would worry over little things.

"Yoki, you of all people should know that I was going to be fine. You worry too much." She caught a glimpse of the Commander before leaving. "Hey Yoki, isn't that Hilde? I didn't know that she became a Commander."

[Yoki Chepi-Isi]

"Yea, thats Hilde. She became Commander as soon as you left for the Mortal Realm." Yoki looked up to see Hilde walking out of the bath. She then noticed the Queen taking of her clothes, preparing to get back into the water to take a bath.

"Oh wow Rosey, we get the honor of bathing with the Queen. Yay!" Yoki jumped up for joy, she never thought she would get this opportunity.

[Hatulan]

"If that is your wish, your majesty," Hatulan replied, disrobing only after the other retainers had exited the chamber.
When he had removed his trousers, he bent at the waist and concentrated once more, returning to his Draconic form.
With sinuous ease, he slipped into the warm, soothing waters of the Queen's Bath, leaving only his back and upper half of his head visible.

[Na'ame]

After removing her clothes, Na'ame glided into the water and sat on some rocks to wash her hair. She watched Hatulan transform back into his dragon form. "I see that you feel comfortable in your dragon form." She smiled at him and went back to washing her body. When she finished, she wadded in deeper into the water and started swimming. The sun was started to set now, making the sky turn into hues of orange, pink, and red.

[Hatulan]

"Yes, your majesty," he rumbled quietly, "it was the form I was born in, and the one I'm most comfortable with."
He unfurled his wings, grateful for the expanse of the bath, as doing so did not bring their tips within contact of any of the other occupants in the water.
"My Mortal form provides an ease of movement for travel among the denizens of that Realm, but for one who values truth and honesty as much as I, I do not deign to use it that often, despite its utility."
His tail flicked contentedly, but he narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Queen, her nudity, which would likely draw much amorous attention from a Mortal male (and perhaps even some females), having no effect on Hatulan in such a way.
"I do not know why I told you that, your Majesty..."
Perhaps the colors had something to do with the lowering of his guard, he wondered.

[Na'ame]

Na'ame floated along the surface of the water while listening to Hatulan speak. She dipped down into the waters before coming back up to sit on the waters surface as if it was solid to reply the young dragon. "You were just being honest, I suppose." She smiled and made a giggled that seemed to have echo through out the realm. She started splashing the water a little around her body in a playful manner while her wings slowly beat back and forth. The ripples she made turned into rainbow rings, fading as they moved further away from her.

[Yoki Chepi-Isi]

Yoki swam over to Hatulan and laughed a little, although her laughed seemed to been dwarfed by the Queen's giggle. "I feel comfortable either way." She transformed into her deer form and struggled to tread water. It was easier for her to swim around but not to swim in place. While she drowned a little she transformed back into her mostly human form and floated along the surface. "Well, I guess for now I'll stay in my human form." She laughed nervously.

[Hatulan]

Hatulan narrowed his eyes, but said nothing he would've regretted later, especially since he was in the presence of a queen.
Rather, he floated (more like he slinked along the bottom of the bath, his belly barely not touching it) along, his body and tail swishing back and forth so gently that he barely made any ripples at all, despite his apparent bulk.
The tip of his tail happened to hang lower in the water than the rest of him and, swishing behind him unnoticed, slid under Yoki's body.
For a meter she was carried by his tail, before the tip of Hatulan's tail slipped out from under her.