Clan Kittens
Miriam had gotten Lotte back to the Clan Hall and stayed with her to see if she needed anything. The Fencer was very upset at what had happened, and although she said she didn't want revenge she still wanted Edwina to suffer a little bit. Devon had gone back to his Fencing to replace her.
"I'm going to quit and go home to Camilla. I don't think the Viera will want me around, especially incapacitated as I am, but I have nowhere else to go." Lotte said sadly.
"Nonsense! Moogles are good with technology. They could probably easily design you a mechanical leg. Once that stupid Eldena is rescued and Krista is in jail, we can ask Marche if he'll go and see Doned. You know that Nono would probably help us." Miriam told her.
"I imagine Marche would be thrilled to see his brother for other reasons too. There's always the Shara factor we have to think about. I think Doned would like to know he might be an uncle soon. It's amazing. Despite our genetic similarities, Humans are so different from Viera. They actually care for their siblings even if they leave home. Anyway, I think it would be best not to pester Nono even if he is Montblanc's brother and a friend to Marche's brother. It would be better if I just quit and went to live with my daughter. I haven't seen her for so long. Before I left the Wood I used to go out of my way to visit her. It's been so many years since I've seen her. She was just a tiny kit when I left. Now, I don't know if she'd even recognize me. Or care."
"She's your kitten. She would care that her mother is back in her life."
"I don't know. You are a Viera too. You know how it is in the Wood."
Eldena was scared. Krista's reaction to finding out that Shara could be pregnant to Devon was terrifying. Dena worried that if Krista saw Shara, she'd hurt her. The other woman had not been the same since. Dena really regretted telling her. If Krista did anything to Shara or her unborn kittens, it would be her fault too for telling the older Viera.
"Krista, please tell me you aren't going to hurt Shara! I love her, and we don't know for a fact that these are Devon's kittens! We won't know until she has them in about eight months!" Eldena pleaded. Krista glared at her.
"I'm not going to hurt the kittens. I actually am very interested in them. Maybe I can 'persuade' Shara to allow me to raise them in place of Devon's two other children! You know, my dead kittens." Krista replied.
"Shara says that if Devon is the father, the kittens are living with her mother in Eruyt Village."
"I'm from Arlisa. Devon's kittens will live with me, or they'll live there!"
"How are you going to work out this kind of deal? Shara would never let somebody as evil as you near her babies!"
"She's not going to have a choice. I will threaten your life. I've never been serious about a death threat, because I've never had to be. It's a good thing too, because I like you and I cannot take a life."
"I'll tell Shara you're not serious. You can mess with me, but I won't let you steal Shara's twins away from her! I hope they're Marche's kittens too! Then you have no right to them, even if you did with them being Devon's, which you don't! Shara will be a good mother, and her kittens would not be happy with you! You're fun to mess around with, but you're mean, you have no qualms about raping an innocent Viera man who has no interest in you, and when you threaten Shara's children, that's the straw that breaks the chocobo's back! I'm leaving."
"You're forgetting my barrier that prevents escape!"
Eldena's eyes began glowing. She was once again pulsing with Mist, just like when she rescued Marche from her sisters. "You'll let me go, or I'll cast every attack spell in my arsenal on you, and it will hurt like hell!" She growled.
"What do you think you're doing? Are you going to try to kill me? You kill me, the barrier will never go down! You'll be stuck here forever!"
"I'm not going to kill you. I'm going to make you wish you were dead."
Krista hit Eldena across the face and then knocked her down. She cast Disable to keep Eldena from casting any of her Red Magic and tied the young woman up. She was going to have to keep disabling the girl until she got what she wanted. And after she had been so nice to the kitten too! The ungrateful brat would still be useful; it was too bad she had to be restrained.
Edwina and Kinta were interested in Shara's story. They were not amused by Marche's attitude, and Edwina did still feel pretty bad for cutting Lotte's leg off, but the two members of "Clan Daisy", as Kinta called it, got along fairly well with most of Clan Nutsy. They especially liked the Viera.
"So noble! On a search for your lover, to rescue her from an evil Viera!" Kinta exclaimed.
"Krista isn't exactly evil. She's just severely mentally ill. She has always been." Devon said.
"You must truly love your friend to be on such a dangerous mission in your condition. Oh Edwina! I want to have kittens! We're going to have to see a Viera specialist after this, see if I can undergo artificial insemination. Maybe they can use a sample from a male Gria, wouldn't that be wonderful? Half Viera, half Gria kittens would be so cute! I don't know if it's possible, but I hope so!"
"Kinta, let's talk about that later, okay? We have to help poor little Shara free her beloved from the Dire Viera!" Edwina exclaimed.
"Do you know Krista?" Marche asked.
"I have seen a Dire Viera here once, but I don't know if it is your woman. You know how much trouble your poor Fencer had when she mistook me for her, even though I am clearly not a Dire Viera." Kinta replied.
"Marche! I think I have the scent!" Shara called out.
"That's my girl! You Viera have incredible noses!" Marche exclaimed.
"Why couldn't the male track the scent? He said the Dire Viera was once his mate. He should know her scent well! I certainly would always know my Eddy's scent!"
"She cast some kind of spell on me that blocked my senses and impaired my abilities pretty severely. I can't smell her, or cast high level spells, or summon. We think she did it to ensure that I'd be along, since I do want my abilities returned to me." Devon said. Shara and the rest were searching the area. Shara could smell Krista, but she wanted to make sure there was nothing of note in the area. Items were still nice. Dena would understand, especially if they happened upon an ether or something else that aided with magic. Shara wondered how Eldena would feel about Edwina and Kinta. She'd probably not like Eddy at first, even though she'd understand the concept of protecting one's lover at all costs and would forgive her for hurting Lotte. Lotte only tolerated Eldena because their mothers were half-cousins, but they were still related and knowing what happened to Lotte would make Dena upset.
