Karl almost felt sorry for Lilly's new partner. But what he would get in return for his efforts to please the overly excited Kirin would be well worth the effort.
"Well, that went more smoothly than expected. How about we have a proper meal?" Karl suggested.
Shaman Petros smiled. "We brought ale, and we have no need to rush right back."
"Plus, we can't go back without Danny and Lilly anyhow." The Barbarian reminded them.
"So, you're staying overnight? We've got plenty of guest rooms."
The Dwarves chuckled. It was likely to be late at night by the time that those two returned, so they might as well plan to take at least a day off.
Wendy and Loros came out of their rooms, and paused when they heard the Dwarves in the common rooms on the third floor. It was rare to hear anyone up there at all, and even more uncommon for Karl to bring guests upstairs.
But they went down to the kitchen to fetch breakfast, and to send Mara for a trip up the dumb waiter, a game that the little lizardfolk girl loved. It was just a shame that she couldn't travel with her cleaning tools all the time.
Someone had to activate the lift from the outside.
The others slowly came out of the Library, which caused great confusion among the gathered Dwarves. They understood architecture on an instinctual level, and there was no way that many people comfortably slept in one room at the corner of the building.
"It's an Illusionary Domain, larger than it appears. They had a ladies night last night, so most of them likely slept in the theatre. The plays are solid illusions, so they are quite realistic, every bit as good as going to a regular theatre run by mages." Karl explained, as Lotus belatedly tried to smooth her ruffled hair.
"Good morning, Gentlemen. Was there anything more that you needed at the moment? We will be headed down to the Kitchen." Tessa asked as she followed them out.
"We're quite well for now, thank you. But if you can inform your kitchen that there will be additional guests for the day, and that they're Dwarves, we would appreciate it." Petros informed them.
A Totem Ranked guest could basically get anything they wanted from most households, so the staff would surely make a meal that was suited to a Dwarven stomach. Meat and potatoes, none of the crunchy green stuff.
While the others ate, Karl thought of a proper gift to give them, in honour of the visit. That was normally what you did when guests with powerful positions came to see you. [There is a book you can give them. I made copies of the Dwarven Runecrafting book to give to the apprentices, before I knew that only a Dwarf could use them properly.] Remi suggested.
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