25 Frost, Year 124
[Closed - Pharaoh, Kala, and Raithen]
While her two-bedroom had been perfectly adequate for Hilana and her snake collection, it meant that her sister didn't have a bedroom of her own. When another apartment opened up on the same floor, they had seized the opportunity to put Lia in next door. They each had a key to the other's apartment, and they shared many meals together, but this gave them the chance to have space or company as they desired without constantly being in the other's orbit when they might have wanted a bit of downtime - and Lia did not need to be around three dozen venomous reptiles of various species and sizes, and more plants of various types, colours, and origins than the average layperson understood... which was the sort of aesthetic, if one could call it that, they someone might expect out of the botanist.
She knew that Kala and her retinue were in Solunarium, and as such, she had invited Kala and Kaus over to dinner with Raithen. Hilana had remembered that her Lux had spent a considerable amount of time there, and thought that perhaps he might enjoy coming over as well. She had also included Phocion in the invitation with Kala and Kaus - she didn't know if he would take her up on it, but he had come with them to the Elemental Plane of Wood and it had gone well, as far as she was concerned, and considering the positions of the foreign luminaries, he might want to make sure that the colourful Vastiana didn't embarrass the homeland.
But for all of the knickknacks and collected odds and bobs, the dozens (possibly one hundred, but who counted?) pots of plants were on window ledges, shelves, and hanging from the ceiling, the place was neat and tidy, with brightly woven rugs and shelves of books that she had been reading or collecting over her studies. Her notebooks from those lessons were neatly stacked in order so that she could refer back to them when she needed them. The terrariums of her pythons and tegu were against the wall, while the room that held the more unnerving serpents had its door closed.
Her long hair was bound up in a rather full bun, and her blue skirts sported flowers that had been painted on, contrasting with the white sleeveless shirt that covered up far more of herself than she usually did. The three cats, including the two long-haired green siblings and the older, and wiser, Risdra, were ranging around the kitchen. They had been quite curious considering the meal that Hilana had been working on - she liked to make a lot of food to make sure that everyone had plenty, and where she could loved to introduce her foreign friends to dishes and tastes they may not have been used to. The three course meal included local specialties and nomadic-inspired dishes that were true to her heritage, while trying to keep in mind her guests and their tastes. Tiaz was sunning himself in the light of the window on a wooden stand, and Fiya was settled on her shoulders. The final touches to her menu were being completed and the drinks were waiting, either in the cold box for the Luxian white wine and Vasilei's mead, or on the counter for the bottles of the Umbrian red wine. She had some harder liquors, from the smaller distilleries, so hopefully she could match everyone's tastes and preferences tonight.
Now it was just the waiting, and hopefully, all would go well.
[Closed - Pharaoh, Kala, and Raithen]
While her two-bedroom had been perfectly adequate for Hilana and her snake collection, it meant that her sister didn't have a bedroom of her own. When another apartment opened up on the same floor, they had seized the opportunity to put Lia in next door. They each had a key to the other's apartment, and they shared many meals together, but this gave them the chance to have space or company as they desired without constantly being in the other's orbit when they might have wanted a bit of downtime - and Lia did not need to be around three dozen venomous reptiles of various species and sizes, and more plants of various types, colours, and origins than the average layperson understood... which was the sort of aesthetic, if one could call it that, they someone might expect out of the botanist.
She knew that Kala and her retinue were in Solunarium, and as such, she had invited Kala and Kaus over to dinner with Raithen. Hilana had remembered that her Lux had spent a considerable amount of time there, and thought that perhaps he might enjoy coming over as well. She had also included Phocion in the invitation with Kala and Kaus - she didn't know if he would take her up on it, but he had come with them to the Elemental Plane of Wood and it had gone well, as far as she was concerned, and considering the positions of the foreign luminaries, he might want to make sure that the colourful Vastiana didn't embarrass the homeland.
But for all of the knickknacks and collected odds and bobs, the dozens (possibly one hundred, but who counted?) pots of plants were on window ledges, shelves, and hanging from the ceiling, the place was neat and tidy, with brightly woven rugs and shelves of books that she had been reading or collecting over her studies. Her notebooks from those lessons were neatly stacked in order so that she could refer back to them when she needed them. The terrariums of her pythons and tegu were against the wall, while the room that held the more unnerving serpents had its door closed.
Her long hair was bound up in a rather full bun, and her blue skirts sported flowers that had been painted on, contrasting with the white sleeveless shirt that covered up far more of herself than she usually did. The three cats, including the two long-haired green siblings and the older, and wiser, Risdra, were ranging around the kitchen. They had been quite curious considering the meal that Hilana had been working on - she liked to make a lot of food to make sure that everyone had plenty, and where she could loved to introduce her foreign friends to dishes and tastes they may not have been used to. The three course meal included local specialties and nomadic-inspired dishes that were true to her heritage, while trying to keep in mind her guests and their tastes. Tiaz was sunning himself in the light of the window on a wooden stand, and Fiya was settled on her shoulders. The final touches to her menu were being completed and the drinks were waiting, either in the cold box for the Luxian white wine and Vasilei's mead, or on the counter for the bottles of the Umbrian red wine. She had some harder liquors, from the smaller distilleries, so hopefully she could match everyone's tastes and preferences tonight.
Now it was just the waiting, and hopefully, all would go well.
