Leaning back in a chair at the Hanged Man she glanced at her hand of cards, Isabela across from her with Varric and Anders on the other sides. They had a big day of cleaning out a mine tomorrow and Lisa had to admit she wasn't looking forward to it. All of this work was really taking a toll on her body and it was obvious as her friends practically had to shake her to get her attention. "Your draw," Isabela instructed as Lisa nodded, looked through her hand, through the cards on the table, grumbled and folded.
"Third hand that you've folded, Lilly. Mustn't be your night," Varric chuckled as he took his turn as Lisa gave a small grunt and a nodded, returning to her drink. She was tired and aching everywhere. In Lothering she'd never worked this hard, and even if she had she always had the nice breaks when she could have her little tumbles in the sheets. Lisa didn't know why but it was always surprisingly rejuvenating for her.
And while she figured Isabela and her would have a tumble here and there…they hadn't. She wasn't sure why, but they both seemed a little hesitant about it. It was like doing that would put them in a certain position that neither of them wanted to be. Currently Lisa wasn't looking for anything emotional; she just didn't need that right now. Having something serious meant that she would have to add that to her list of things to constantly keep up with. And truthfully, Lisa would put her family before that any day.
She yawned and stretched her back as Isabela started to deal out another hand. Lisa placed her empty cup down and stood, stretching her aching arms over her head, "I think I'm going to turn in for the night, early morning tomorrow and all," she commented. The two boys nodded and continued to shuffle through their hands but Isabela chose to stand with her as she let the two know she'd be right back before following Lisa towards the door.
"Why don't you give yourself a day?" She asked seriously, brushing her hand against Lisa's arm as the Hawke's shoulders slumped.
"I wish I could but the guy apparently needs this fixed now rather than later. I'll be fine."
"But you look exhausted, Lisa. You need to sleep."
"I'll sleep when I'm dead," she joked only to blink as Isabela suddenly leaned in to kiss her gently. Lisa just stood there as the pirate stepped back and playfully licked her lips.
"That's a poor way to live. Now get some sleep, love," she purred before turning and making her way back to her game. Lisa had to admit she was a little stunned by it all and simple chuckled to herself on the walk home. Normally she was the one that made the big jump to kissing someone so it was a little strange to be on the other side of it. And while one side of her told her it was just the pirate having too many drinks she couldn't help but wonder what it meant.
She tried to ignore it though; despite the amount it made her toss and turn last night as she pulled her way to the Hanged Man to pick up the last of her crew. But, when she came into the tavern she found that the pirate wasn't at her normal station. Raising a brow she glanced back at her sister who shrugged before following Lisa up the starts to the rooms in the Hanged Man. Gently she pushed on the door to Isabela's room, giving a soft knock in the process.
But it hadn't roused the dark skinned woman, due to the fact that she was simply passed out cold on her bed. The woman seemed to have hardly even made it there. Her clothes and boots were still on and her feet were hanging off the edge of the bed. She smirked and shook her head, "Guess it'll just be us two for the day," she whispered over her shoulder, "or at least see if Aveline isn't too busy to help. Cause I doubt we really want her woken up with a hangover." Bethany chuckled and nodded before glancing as Lisa gestured to Isabela's shoes.
Quietly the pair set to undressing the pirate and shifting her more onto the center of the bed. Bethany then took one of the empty bottles, filled it with water and gave a small incantation that Lisa knew well. In short it was a bit of a "hangover fixer" during the days when it was really bad. The only bad thing was that it detoxed her body ruthlessly so while she felt excellent by the end of the day, while her body was removing everything bad she was bed ridden.
They then left her to go and grab Aveline before making the long trip to the Bon Pit. The place was empty and in ruins, the group only running into some looters. Although they even seemed scared enough of a specific mining shaft that the group chose to be their starting point. It was obvious what was going on here: dragons. The place was riddled with bones, fire, and the distant roar of them. Lisa had to admit she wasn't really looking forward to it as they came in contact with a few smaller, baby dragons. Hell, the only real contact she'd had with a dragon was with Flemeth and she had no desire to actually fight the witch in that form.
But soon enough the inevitable came and the three were ambushed by an adult dragon on the plateau of the mountainside. In a different light she might consider it beautiful, but with the beast screaming in her ear she wasn't quite eager to stop and gawk at it.
Without hesitation it was blowing fire at her as she was forced to roll out of the way. "Get some ice on it, Bethany!" She yelled to her sister who quickly swirled her arms and fired a rush of ice at the beast. As the dragon was distracted she stabbed a knife into its foot only for it to roar and spin it's tail around, smacking Lisa back against a nearby rock. She grunted as the air was knocked from her lungs. Aveline quickly retreated to block a mouthful of fire from the dragon that was aimed at Lisa. The ginger gritted her teeth as Lisa looked up to see bits of the fire licking off of her husbands shield and against her face. The image gave her strength as she nodded to the guard captain, signaling her to back off.
Quickly Aveline stood up and pushed back on the fire, continuing to step towards the dragon. "Now," Lisa yelled as Aveline lowered her shield, letting the Hawke step onto it before pushing back up and launching her towards the dragon. Unfortunately…things didn't seem to go very well. The dragon grabbed her out of the air as she yelped. She felt the air squeezed out of her body as the monster's talons dug into her skin.
