births ♔ welcome to the fallout

[layonhands]

♬ Dare You To Move - Switchfoot

WHO || Myri, Vi, THEIR BABIES, Risa, Solace, Various visitors and famiree and wellwishers
WHAT ||THE BABIES ARE COMING
WHERE ||Dragon's Light Wing, the Castle
WHEN ||June 15th (Vi) and June 28th (Myri)
HOW || Actionspam

[ Vi's baby comes first, the labor pangs beginning around 9pm on the 14th, while she's alone, watching TV.

Myri's wake her up in the middle of the night, at 4am, on June 28th.  ]

Comments

[allmydreams]

[Felicity nods and adjusts the pillow behind her accordingly, before nodding with a smile.]

Anytime.

[graveflowers]

[ for a minute or so it's just... chill. vi has a contraction that actually draws a gasp of pain and it sucks, but it ends and she's just sitting there casually listening to california love coming out of the ipod dock (because vi's taste in music is rap/hip-hop or boy bands or elvis, there is no inbetween) and eating the last of the french fries.

also she knows all the words, so you're welcome for that impromptu recital, ladies. ]

I'm not doing too bad, right? [ she thinks she's doing pretty well, but she wants to double check. ]

[layonhands]

[ RISA IS HERE, she just sort of bursts in and then realizes they've got her all like set up and shit lmao hi ] I came as fast as I could.

[graveflowers]

Hi. [ she grins at risa, infinitely fond. ] I dunno how long this is gonna take. You might be early.

[allmydreams]

[Felicity and Elena are a very effective double team. Felicity just nods as she grabs a chair to pull up and settle in. She's heard it could go for hours. She's all ready to hurry up and wait.]

But early is better than rushing later.

[doubletake]

What she said.

[Let's not have babies in the hallways. She'd much rather be in for a long haul here instead.]

[graveflowers]

[ KANYE SHRUG. ]

[layonhands]

Well, it seems like you've got a very capable back up team, at least. That's very important. [ she smiles gently at vi and the others, as she gets to familiarizing herself with the set-up, looking for anything she still needs, etc. ]

[graveflowers]

Well, you know what they say: bitches get shit done.

[layonhands]

[ risa's eyebrows loft a bit at the phrasing, as if she's still not used to that kind of word being thrown around good-naturedly, but her smile doesn't drop. ] We might be here awhile, so it's good that you're comfortable.

[graveflowers]

[ she offers an apologetic shrug. ] I figured, that's why I didn't call anyone else, no sense in making everyone hang around and do nothing with us when this can take hours.

[ she doesn't want it to take hours, but you know. she's not deluded. a contraction seems to punctuate her point, too painful for her to just keep talking through, squeezing her eyes shut. ] Santus Diespiter, filius canis!

[ nbd, just swearing in latin. ]

[layonhands]

[ risa leans over to grab her hand and let her squeeze the shit out of it.

hours is right, tbh. she's going to be in labor for 19 of 'em. kat comes back, and gar probably comes too, and i assume wynn drops by for a little bit, but it's mostly long hours of oh my god just get on with it baby. 8|

she does have to make a ~fortitude save~ ]

[graveflowers]

[ that's too many hours.

as it slowly plods along, she will make elena and felicity get some rest, even if it's just in another bed in the light wing because let's not all be exhausted and she knows what they're like without sleep and coffee. some time, probably the next day, she'll have elena call the rest of failboat (and mark, again) to let them know that something is happening, but slowly so don't fucking rush 'cause wow this is taking forever.

she'll even try to get some sleep herself, but her fort save was an 11 so... who knows how successful she is or if she can accomplish any of that. :) ]

[layonhands]

[ there is probably not a lot in the way of sleep going on, but risa has sleep spells so she can probably get her a little magical nap and then dispel it later if that's what vi opts for. either way, the actual delivery goes off without a hitch, and risa can help relieve the pain a bit.

lucia is born on june 15th at 4pm i think? math is hard. but when she does come out, risa's eyes widen a bit when she sees her. ] Oh.

[graveflowers]

[ vi will take that magical nap, please, and the pain relief as well. by that time, presumably, the women of failboat that wanted to be present have arrived so when risa says "oh" which sounds like the most ominous "oh" to ever be uttered, she looks around wildly between them. ]

Oh what? Oh what!

1/-

[shootfirst]

Uh-- [ kat is just st-aa-ring but uh at least not saying anything stupid ]

2/-

[rationalizes]

Well, isn't that, er-- interesting! [ this is gar's SAY IT IN THE MOST UPBEAT WAY POSSIBLE VOICE right here. ]

3/--

[slay]

It's ... [ Buffy's face contorts in a series of thoughtful looks, mingled with discomfort, confusion, and straining for dismissal. She grasps for affirmation but then quiets and lets her reassurance trail off, instead opting to confirm in a hushed, ] Is it supposed to ...? [ She looks to Risa. ]

4/--

[doubletake]

[Elena's face is perfectly calm. In fact, she even looks a little affronted by these comments, okay.]

She's beautiful.

5/--

[witchwoman]

[Elena's response seems to snap Myri out of a shocked daze. She glances to the woman, before looking back to Vi and nodding in agreement with Elena's comments.]

And healthy, from the looks of it. [Also important!! More important than... what everyone is still trying to process here.]

6/6

[layonhands]

Why don't you meet your mother, little one? [ risa wraps up the baby or whatever idk, to hand it up to vi... so that she can see what everyone is reacting to.

it's probably that the healthy, crying babe is... orange.

not neon orange, but still noticeably orange, not unlike starfire tbh.

it has human-looking ears, but its facial features have the pointier nature of an elf. her eyes have a riot of mixed colors within them, much like vi's own, but they also have that bright aasimar shine to the green of them, that makes it pop like crazy when she does open her eyes. and she already has a little bit of brown hair, that also looks like vi's. time for your first handle animal check mom. ]

[graveflowers]

[ ♪ you and me -- rosie thomas ]

Oh. [ vi gathers the baby in her arms with surprising ease (handle animal 20 total), and looks down at her with awestruck eyes, one hand lifting to trail her finger down the bridge of the baby's nose, across her little bow lips. tears spark in her own eyes as a smile washes all the confusion and fear from her face, melting into a rapturous wonder.

she doesn't seem to mind the orange. ] Happy birthday, glowbug.

[shootfirst]

[ the baby's tears quiet and she seems very glad to be here, so this is cool. hi mom. o__o

kat creeps closer to look down at her. ] She's so little.

Prepare to get spoiled rotten, kid.

[allmydreams]

[Felicity is just hanging out over Vi's shoulder and she grins down at the little bundle of joy with a grin.]

There will be so much spoiling. More spoiling than anyone would ever know what to do with.

[graveflowers]

She just learned to breathe on her own, I'm not sure she can prepare to be spoiled.

[ vi is just fascinated by this tiny little person she made and doesn't seem likely to look away from her daughter any time soon. if ever. love at first sight continues to be a very real phenomenon with violet, risa gets to witness it twice. ]

Did anyone reach Mark yet?