This one was the idea of my friend, The-Sneaky-Thief, Sedric's Owner
"But Sedric I'm still injured!" Vaesha whined as Sedric pulled her towards the Silver-Blood Inn.
"You didn't act like you were still injured ten minutes ago," Sedric said as he pushed open the door, Pulling Vaesha to his side to guide her inside "besides, a little human interaction will help you heal faster," Sedric said as he ushered her towards a corner.
"You know how I am with strangers!" Vaesha exclaimed with a whine laced in her voice.
Sedric chuckled, "did I say that they were going to be strangers?" Sedric asked as he held Vaesha by her forearms.
"AUNTIE VAESHA!" Yelled a familiar voice, Vaesha grunted as she found herself in a backbreaking hug.
"H-Hello Lòki…" she wheezed as her still healing wound let out a complaint "Easy there, I'm still a little sore.." she said as she pulled out of Lòki's embrace, patting him on the head. Vaesha took notice of Kaisha and Isic, Lòki's friend sitting at the table with tankards in their hands.
"Kaisha Marie Draecon!" Vaesha said in a motherly tone "You shouldn't be drinking, you have a child!" she said as she went to reach for Kaisha's tankard, but Kaisha had moved it out of Vaesha's reach, wagging her finger at her great-grandmother "It's fine, the mead has been heavily watered down…" Kaisha said as she took a sip "that doesn't mean you should be drinking!" Vaesha exclaimed.
Sedric sighed heavily and pushed Vaesha down into a stone chair before sitting down himself,
"Let's not cause a scene," he said "it would be unwise to bring attention to us while you are recovering…" he said in a whisper directed towards Vaesha.
Vaesha let out a huff of air, making her sound like a horse as she rested her chin on the table, flicking away some crumbs as she pouted. Sedric rolled his eyes and raised some fingers to order some mead for himself and Vaesha.
"So much for human interaction…" Vaesha said with a heavy sigh.
"Oh shut up and drink some mead!" Sedric said as he slid a tankard her way "or would you rather go back to Vlindrel Hall and drink the potion?" Vaesha gagged and sat up; drinking from the tankard after letting out a heavy sigh "it is going to be a long night…" Sedric sighed before taking another sip.
"I thought you said it was watered down!" Vaesha snapped as she tossed one of Kaisha's tankards down on the table, it bouncing a few times before rolling off onto the floor.
"Bye bye…" Kaisha slurred as she slumped in her chair.
Vaesha gripped Kaisha's shoulders and slid her up to sit properly in the chair, then placed a water skin to her mouth for her to drink,
"Raelen isn't going to be happy when he sees you like this Kaisha…" Vaesha groaned as she made sure that Kaisha drank all the water "Hey Lòki, can you go find a potion of cure poison?" Vaesha asked, placing the empty water skin on the table.
"He's rather occupied at the moment…" Isic said as she took a sip from his tankard.
"Wha-?" Vaesha said as she turned and saw Lòki on the other side of the inn with a wide smile on his face "Oh, I see…" she said as she saw him pick pocketing something from a Redguard who was engaged in an arm wrestling match with a Nord. Vaesha sighed and sat down, calling some frost magic to her fingertips to place on Kaisha's forehead.
Sedric sighed and went to drink from his tankard but he sensed a presence behind him. He closed his eyes calmly and placed his tankard on the table,
"Lòki, if you don't remove your fingers from my pocket, I will," he said with a slight growl "and I am pretty sure you don't want that!" he hissed. Lòki gave a wide toothy grin as he rose to his feet, taking a large step forward until he was standing in front of Vaesha.
"Vaesha, I think these are for you," Lòki said as he gave a sweeping bow, holding out a bouquet of vibrant roses "I found them in Sedric's pocket," he said with a chuckle.
Vaesha looked at the flowers with an astonished look before grabbing them. She looked over to Sedric who was gaping at Lòki with a flabbergasted expression, his jaw practically touching the floor. Vaesha smiled and reached over to Sedric, pinching his cheek,
"Why thank you princess, I love them…" she said.
Sedric shook his head to break his surprised look, "H-How did he do that?" Sedric asked Vaesha, shock in his voice. Vaesha chuckled, looking over to Lòki who was back to pick-pocketing "Don't you know my dear, Lòki has skilled fingers," she said.
Sedric narrowed his gaze, "I didn't have those in my pockets!" he exclaimed "How can I fit a bouquet of roses in my pockets when I can hardly fit a Grand Soul Gem in them?!" Sedric through his hands up in the air to add on to his exclamation.
Vaesha smiled and playfully smack Sedric's cheek, "magic, my dear" she said "Would you stop calling me that!" Sedric growled. He could feel the tavern patrons watching him, Vaesha placed her hand daintily over her mouth, a curled smile peering out from either side "be careful, you're causing a scene," she said with a chuckle. Sedric let out an angry huff and was about to say something but a voice of a rather angry Nord filled the room.
"Don't play stupid Redguard!" the Nord shouted "Where is it?!" Vaesha and Sedric looked over and saw the Nord holding the Redguard up by the collar of his tunic.
"I don't know what you are talking about you filthy Nord!" the Redguard retorted "But you can give me back my ring!" the Nord released the Redguard, appearing calm before swinging his arm hard and fast to punch the Redguard square in the jaw, sending him tumbling backwards on a table, causing it to tumble over and making the patrons, who were a couple of Thalmor agents, occupying it very angry.
"This is going to be fun!" Lòki exclaimed startling the two vampires as he suddenly appeared at the table. Kaisha, who at some point had fallen asleep, awoke with a snort and looked around with a sleepy look "my dragon senses are tingling!" she slurred. Vaesha dropped her face in her hands before turning to Kaisha and cast a muffle spell on her, making every attempt at yelling come out as a whisper. The sound of crashing furniture and yelling men brought the demented vampire's attention back to the fight, noticing that the innkeeper had picked up a large weapon, shouting at the brawling patrons. They had ignored him as one of the Thalmor agents unleashed a bolt of lightning.
"Stop in the name of the Jarl!" shouted a guard who came running into the Inn, weapon brandished. Vaesha shot to her feet and ran over to him, "Wait, I know you!" she exclaimed before pulling the guard into a hug, the guard tensing at the sudden contact. The guard pushed himself out of her tight hug and made a sound of disgust "Fool! You dare assault a Markarth guard?!" the guard hissed. Sedric took that as his queue to rescue Vaesha, quickly striding over to them, he placed an arm around her shoulders, "I apologize my good sir, my wife had too much to drink this evening," Sedric tossed a pouch of coins at the guard "hope these Septims will soothe things over…" he said before pulling Vaesha back towards the table.
"Your wife, eh?" Vaesha asked with a smug grin on her face.
Sedric groaned and plopped down in his chair, "I was just trying to get you out of trouble you mongrel!" Sedric said with a slight hiss. Vaesha kept her grin before sitting in Sedric's lap, "Well, husband, I guess I should thank you…" Vaesha said as she playfully patted his cheek. Sedric scoffed and pushed Vaesha from his lap, causing her to let out a loud yelp as she crashed to the floor, but not without pulling on Sedric's sleeve, causing him to tumble along with her. Kaisha started to laugh, snorting in the process. Isic shook his head, trying to keep himself from laughing; Lòki on the other hand was practically rolling from laughter.
"Hey, get a room you two!" barked the Innkeeper's wife.
Sedric let out a growl and pushed himself to his feet, yanking Vaesha up by her forearm, "I think it is time we returned to Vlindrel hall…" Sedric said through his teeth as he tossed down some Septims to pay for their mead, then proceeding to almost drag Vaesha towards the door.
"Awww, but I want to interact with humans some more!" Vaesha whined, digging her heels into the stone to stall Sedric. But Sedric had enough; Vaesha had embarrassed him in public which was the last straw.
"We. Are. Done. Vaesha!" he growled as he gave a harsh yank.
Vaesha puffed out her lip and made herself look as if she were about to blubber. Sedric sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose "it is almost dawn Vaesha, we've been up all night, I am tired and want some sleep!" Sedric said to make the onlookers believe they were normal humans.
As Sedric went to turn to continue towards the door, two Argonians walked in, dressed in the armor of the Dawnguard, and armed with crossbows. Sedric froze in mid step, averting his gaze from them before looking to Vaesha.
"Well, well, what have we here?" one of the Argonians said with a sadistic grin "Hey, Korzen, didn't we run into two travelers who looked just like these two right here?" the Argonian asked as he turned to his partner.
Sedric took a defensive stance in front of Vaesha, the inn going deathly quiet. Sedric then took a deep breath, "you need to get your eyes check good sir," he said before grimacing "my wife and I haven't been travelling for a while with all the Forsworn attacks outside the city…" Sedric lied.
The Argonian named Korzen laughed, thrusting his crossbow forward as if to point, "Like we are to believe that, leech!" he said with a bit of acid in his voice, he reached behind him and grabbed an arrow that Sedric guessed to be tipped with silver. The Argonian took aim, but as he was about to take the shot, Lòki appeared behind him and draped his arms around their shoulders, "HEY LET'S PLAY A GAME!" he yelled.
The two Argonians turned on Lòki and aimed their crossbows at him, Lòki giving them a wide-eyed pout. Just as the Argonians were about to take a shot, their crossbows vanished in a puff of red smoke, a pair of grapefruits left in their place.
"Hey, NO hurtin' mah son!" boomed a voice.
Sedric and Vaesha looked around until they saw a Bosmer standing on his hands wearing odd clothing while balancing a cane on the tip of his boot. Lòki ran over to the Bosmer as he flipped and landed neatly on the counter, casually tossing a Sweet roll he has conjured up.
"Father!" Lòki said as he hugged the Bosmer.
"Well, look at that, Lord Sheogorath is here…" Vaesha muttered to Sedric before walking forward "Ah, Rosen, it is so good to see you, how is Valenwood these days?" Vaesha asked. Sheogorath turned and looked at Vaesha and gave her a toothy grin "Very good, but oh so BORING!" he answered.
Sedric watched as Vaesha talked with Sheogorath. After what seemed an eternity, Vaesha excused herself from her lord and made her way back to Sedric's side. She leaned close to him,
"Sheogorath can keep the Dawnguardians busy for us to escape; I say that we should leave now…" Vaesha whispered as she looped her arm with Sedric's, tugging at him so they could leave.
"I am NEVER going drinking again!" Sedric said as he paced the room at a furious speed "that was the worst night in my ENTIRE life!" He barked.
Vaesha who was brushing her hair smiled before looking at Sedric's reflection in the polished metal that acted as a mirror,
"Next time, don't invite Lòki out drinking or tonight wouldn't be the last," Vaesha stood, taking her brush with her. She took hold of Sedric's arm and had him sit down before she proceeded with brushing his hair "Trust me, I've lived with him for nearly two centuries, this was mild compared to what he can do…" Vaesha raked her fingers through Sedric's hair.
Sedric sighed heavily as Vaesha began twisting his hair to braid it for some odd reason "We need to leave Markarth as soon as possible with the Dawnguard here…" Sedric said. Vaesha remained silent and draped his braided hair over his shoulder "When Kaisha recovers from the Headache she is sure to have, I will arrange for her dragon buddy Odaviir or something to bring us back to Lakeview…" Vaesha turned away from Sedric and made her way towards the stone bed.
Sedric didn't allow her to see his expression, but he was excited to be riding on the back of a dragon. He would be squealing like a pig if he hadn't had control over his emotions. Sedric rose to his feet and grabbed a book that was resting on a low table next to the slab of stone that acted as a vanity.
"I'm sure Fluffy misses us, the poor beast probably ate Arinel already…" Sedric said as he sat next to Vaesha. Vaesha elbowed him "that isn't nice, poor Fluffy would have gotten sick from him!" Vaesha said. Sedric smiled, stifling a chuckle "I apologize then…" Sedric began to read, leaving them in silence.