13th of Fall 514 AV. Kvist yawned as he made it through the gate house to the Quay. It had not even been a tenday since he and S'Essy had moved from the hot springs to the collection of buildings purchased by Fallon and Web. It had made their situation much better, safer at least that he now had people he could trust this close to him. The knight made his way over the grounds towards the main building. It was early in the morning. Perhaps half past six, judging from Syna colouring the sky in a mix of orange and grey he could only assume it was about to be Synarise. He blinked several times, blinked very hard as he fumbled with the main door. He couldn't recall the last time he had spent the entire night awake on a mission. But he knew it had been too long as his youthful body demanded that he rested. The door swung open and at the last moment he caught it before slamming it against the wall. Undoubtedly the other residents of the house would have enjoyed such a commotion. He made his way to the stairs and tried his best to remain silent as he climbed to the first floor. He avoided making too much sound as he made it past both rooms containing the pair of ladies of the house and Pulren. He opened the door to his own room. Paused for a moment looking at the bundle of linen and pillows wrapped as a cocoon around a Konti woman, the same woman he claimed as his lover.
He snuck in the best he could and closed the door silently behind him. He stood for a moment and observed his sleeping lover. Contemplated falling into the bed wearing his full clothes. But that would most certainly produce an angry lover. He yawned as he gathered the wits to remove his clothing. He removed his cloak first. Placed it on the ground carefully as he knelt and removed both shield and weapons and used the softer fabric of his cloak to dull the sound of both metal shield and weapons when they touched the ground. He removed the steel chain mail shirt and that, unfortunately, made some rattle as he pulled it over his head. It too was placed on the cloak and gambeson was removed afterwards and he felt the freedom of not wearing any clothing on his upper body. He removed the rest of his clothing. Not as heavy nor as restricting as the rest of his clothes it went quicker. It was also only made of softer materials that didn't make a ruckus when it landed on the ground. Soon the knight stood butt naked before he climbed into bed.
There was a sigh of comfort as his feet came under the blanket. There was nothing better than a pre-heated bed. S'Essy had done a good job of being a heat-generator and giving him a nice and comfortable bed to climb into in the early bells of the thirteenth of fall. He moved up close to her and put an arm around her. Just a couple of bells of sleep and he could survive the next day. Forget about the crazy night and focus on something more pleasant. The gods knew he needed to hear some good news for once.
"Sorry for getting home so late." He whispered as he placed an arm over his lover and let it rest on her thigh. He burrowed his head in the pillow and yawned. Waiting for the promise of slumber to take him.
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He snuck in the best he could and closed the door silently behind him. He stood for a moment and observed his sleeping lover. Contemplated falling into the bed wearing his full clothes. But that would most certainly produce an angry lover. He yawned as he gathered the wits to remove his clothing. He removed his cloak first. Placed it on the ground carefully as he knelt and removed both shield and weapons and used the softer fabric of his cloak to dull the sound of both metal shield and weapons when they touched the ground. He removed the steel chain mail shirt and that, unfortunately, made some rattle as he pulled it over his head. It too was placed on the cloak and gambeson was removed afterwards and he felt the freedom of not wearing any clothing on his upper body. He removed the rest of his clothing. Not as heavy nor as restricting as the rest of his clothes it went quicker. It was also only made of softer materials that didn't make a ruckus when it landed on the ground. Soon the knight stood butt naked before he climbed into bed.
There was a sigh of comfort as his feet came under the blanket. There was nothing better than a pre-heated bed. S'Essy had done a good job of being a heat-generator and giving him a nice and comfortable bed to climb into in the early bells of the thirteenth of fall. He moved up close to her and put an arm around her. Just a couple of bells of sleep and he could survive the next day. Forget about the crazy night and focus on something more pleasant. The gods knew he needed to hear some good news for once.
"Sorry for getting home so late." He whispered as he placed an arm over his lover and let it rest on her thigh. He burrowed his head in the pillow and yawned. Waiting for the promise of slumber to take him.
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