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Eirnae's ears nearly twitch at the sound of Lenore's "We're going to be late!", but at the moment she really doesn't have much choice but to continue what she's doing.

'Changing Vinyn's dirty dress for a clean one isn't necessarily what I envisioned me doing at this moment either, but that doesn't mean I can just shove her into an 'auto-changer' and be done with it,' she mentally grumbles as she quickly fastens the back of Vinyn's tiny blue dress. "There you go, dear, all dressed and ready to go," Eirnae says warmly to her little toddler, scooping Vinyn up and going down the hall to call out, "Shina! We're leaving, hon! Best hurry up, now!"

"Yes, Mother!" Shina replies from behind her bedroom door, a louding clanking sound following after.

"Shina, you weren't practicing with your staff in your room, were you? You have breakables in there!"

"....."

Eirnae sighs, settling Vinyn on her shoulders as the toddler repeatedly requested during the process of changing her clothes, and heads for the stairs. "We'll talk about that later, Shina," she tosses over her shoulder before starting down the steps.

"Hello there, beautiful," Eirnae replies earnestly, bedazzled by how strong of a healthy glow Lenore is giving off right now. Vinyn coos and stretches out a hand towards Lenore, taken up by what she sees as well.

"Oh? You want to go to Mommy Lenore?" Eirnae asks playfully, ducking down a bit and zooming towards Lenore making sounds akin to an airplane in high need of maintenance. Vinyn giggles and claps her hands, lifting up off of Eirnae's shoulders once she is near Lenore and flying straight to her adopted mother's arms. Eirnae straightens a foot or so from where Lenore is standing, her sea green eyes shining with merriment. "The Eirnae Express delivers another successful package."

She winks at Lenore before turning and eyeing the stairs, her timing near perfect, as Shina can be seen walking down those steps just as Eirnae's attention shifts.

"I'm sorry, Mother," Shina offers before Eirnae can say a word, "I was using my staff in my room. Nothing was broken, and I will not do it again."

"I'm glad that you decided to tell me the truth, Shina," Eirnae says, her face and voice both calm, "Yet you know I must punish you for going against a house rule."

"I know.."

"However," Eirnae continues, glancing over to Lenore with a small smile, "We'll save that for later. I want this morning to be a happy time for us all." She turns and starts for the front door, "Let's get going, my dears. We don't want Lenore to be late for her appointment."

Vinyn grins up at Lenore at the compliment and responds with, "Mommy look purree too!" before pressing her entire side up against Lenore's chest like a cat, the water-tailed toddler closing her eyes and slowly starting to drift off into a pleasant half-slumber.

Shina leaves the house not long after Nyoka, speeding up her steps so she can walk beside her sister on the way to the stables. "Brought something for you," Shina murmurs as she slips Nyoka a small bundle of wrapped meat, raw of course. She figured that her sister would be hungry after being out most of the night and dancing.

Alimus saunters in from the living room, where he had been hiding in the shadow of a houseplant, and walks between Eirnae and Lenore's legs in such a manner that he rubs them both a bit before exiting the house, going after the girls at an easy pace. He wasn't going to miss the chance to learn the sex of the cub, even if it really didn't do him much good personally.

Once all those that Eirnae knows of that are going with them to the clinic are out of the house, the moon elf turns and tilts her head at Lenore. "Alright, love, if you wish. Did you want to talk about it now or right before we head in?"

"Aaah, my thoughts," Eirnae answers, her voice soft and low due to Vinyn's sleepy state. She accepts Lenore's hand with her own, fingers lovingly curling around her chosen's as they leave the house. Of course Eirnae halts to turn and lock the front door before spinning back around to continue on towards the stables, not having released Lenore's hand during this process.

'Well, she did ask...' Eirnae mentally reasons, letting go of whatever pettiness remains over her once sore bottom to respond with the full truth, "I want to know what the sex of our child is, Lenore. I think it will prove to be most helpful for our family in the long run if we find out as soon as possible. Not to mention such abilities are not available where I come from, and I would like to see how such a wonder is performed."

Shina quirks up her lips into a smile, shaking her head before replying to Nyoka's grateful words, "I think I had a greater inclination than you may think." She looks up to see their goal not far off, the door leading into the stables. "I'm just glad that it proved to be of help." She nudges Nyoka gently with an elbow, "Wish you told me you were going beforehand. I was already well into my combat training when you slipped out."

"Hmm...that's true, we haven't picked names as of yet, have we?" Eirnae teases breathily, her eyes glinting micheviously as Lenore's lips leave her own. She leans in to whisper roughly in elven by Lenore's ear, "You are damn lucky Vinyn is in those luscious arms, love." She lets go of Lenore's hand to wrap her arm around her beloved's waist instead, tugging Lenore closer to her side pocessively. "I dare say it is more likely that my Lenore is looking forward to the results of this visit than the sugar," she remarks with a light chuckle not far behind.

Shina flashes Nyoka a grin that her sister likely never would have suspected would ever grace the angelic fa'e's face, one of mischief mingled with eagerness. "I'm going with you, of course," she comments with confidence, unlatching the stable doors and heading right in, intent on reaching Firi's stall first.

Eirnae nods, putting aside her body's reaction to Lenore's returned threat. 'Definately not the time for that.' "Yes, I quite agree. No sense in tossing out ideas until we can tell which to best focus on, hmm?" Eirnae notes that Shina has already opened the stable doors and disappeared within, likely heading for Firi's stall to get the pegasus prepared for Lenore and Eirnae to ride her to the clinic. "You are sure that riding Firi there won't harm you or the baby?" Eirnae asks rather suddenly, as if the notion just occured to her, her lack of foresight making her mentally wince.

"Steam?" Shina asks without turning around, her steps taking her to stand before Firi's stall as her hands go to the latchings to open the door to let herself in. "That's an interesting name...what kind of music do they regulate there?" She doesn't get any more questions out, as she is suddenly bombarded by the affection of the blue pegasus, Firi butting her head against Shina's shoulder fondly. "Hey girl...looks like you and I get to fly side by side again today," Shina murmurs as she strokes Firi's nose.

Eirnae looks over to Lenore with a sad smile turning up one side of her mouth, "That must be frustrating, love... I cannot imagine what I would do if the Shadow Plane no longer listened to me." 'And yet you still want to be the next one to be pregnant,' she muses to herself as her left hand strokes Lenore's belly thoughtfully, their steps now taking them inside the stables and guiding them towards Firi's stall, where Shina is currently trying to saddle up Firi for them.

Trying is a good word for it, as Firi is definately in a playful mood. The moment Shina settles the saddle blanket on Firi's back the pegasus grabs ahold of it with her teeth and chucks it to the floor, nickering in delight as Shina grabs up the blanket only to try again, with much the same results. "Firi, would you please stop that?" Shina pleads despite her wanting to join in Firi's laughter, the pegasus's mood contagious, "Mother Eirnae and Lenore need to go to the clinic today, and... argh." Yup, another tossed blanket.