[o] [PQ] [SE] Sometimes storks have paws

Sah

Sah hadn't expected to expand his family today. Lilly had arrived from her morning outing carrying a basket of all things. Pad trailing behind her, looking far more baffled than a wolf physically should be capable of. Within the basket was a trio of small wolf pups barely old enough to have been weaned, and the Wild Thunder instantly sprang into action.

Lilly refused to explain where she'd found them or where the basket had come from. Sah was trying not to think about it too hard. It was easy to push aside with all that needed to be done. Grabbing his softest blanket, the Wild Thunder made a blanket nest in front of the fire before gently placing the puppies inside. They were exhausted and far too thin. Lilly curled up around them to keep them warm while Pad settled nearby to stand guard.

As the wolves settled, Sah stepped outside and flagged down one of the neighbors. He'd asked them to spread the word to get volunteers, and they'd hurried along without hesitation. Hopefully, they'd bring assistance soon. While he waited for help, the Abandoned immediately cleared out one of their spare rooms of randomly stored items and made a sketch of the new layout. There was so much to do to puppy-proof.

As people thankfully arrived, he directed them to start cleaning.

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Welcome to an SE PQ to make the Lovi household ready for its newest (and unexpected) members!
1. Sah
2.Talyson
3. Thalassa

Have your character arrive and start cleaning. Sah will take what's left.
1. Sweep
2. Wipe down the windows.
3. Dust.

I think therefore I am,
But what if all I do is bleed?

Surprising absolutely no one, it was Boreal who showed up first. Whether Lily had let her know on the way or whether she had heard via the Twilight Bark - being an honorary sled dog dragon herself - was a mystery, but the glacial companion landed outside the Lovi household in short order and shouldered her way inside. Pad received an affectionate swipe of a broad, rough tongue over his ear in passing, but Boreal had her sights set on Lily and the pups and she padded forward with the calm confidence of an experienced matriarch to join her friend on the hearth, extending a wing over the white wolf and the pups to help keep the warmth in. A low, almost subvocal crooning rumbled from her chest to soothe and reassure the newest additions while she ignored the bustling humans nearby.

Tal showed up a short while later, dark hair still dripping from the bath he'd been dragged out of by an insistent companion who had then abandoned him to fly on ahead. The courier station was a comfortable place to spend the night between deliveries, and though he wasn't lingering in Halo since Evie's ultimatum he couldn't pass through without visiting his sisters and Sah.

He just ended up visiting a lot sooner than he'd expected today.

"Hey, Boreal's got pups on the brain," he called as he made his way past the other volunteers. "Are they Lily's?" He'd never heard of a companion having babies before, but there was always a first time for everything. "She's raised a few litters from the sled dogs," he added in assurance to his best frenemy as he grabbed the broom and started sweeping. "It was a while ago, but she's got th'instincts for it. We can stick around an extra couple o' days an' she can help Lily get settled if y'want." And maybe if Sah didn't want. Pulling the dragon away when she had her heart set on mothering was much easier said than done!

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Boreal shows up to help Lily with the pups and Tal starts sweeping!

She bows to no one.

Thal had decided to take one more stop on her search for Maea. Although the immediate ache of her disappearance was easing, Thal hadn't been ready to give up completely on the woman. She didn't know where she'd vanished to, all the usual places coming up empty, so she'd made the decision to search the most unusual of places. After all, what Ancient in their right mind sought out the vacant icy wastelands that were Halo? Exactly. None. Which made it the perfect place for Maea to hide. Except that Thal hadn't found any evidence of her presence. And just when she'd been ready to head home with her hopes dashed, she'd been voluntold that she would be helping with some random task. 

It was even more surprising as she was dragged inside the indicated building to find Talyson and a man that seemed oddly familiar, although she couldn't place why, already tidying up. Her first instinct was to disappear back into the street, sure that the occupants wouldn't notice her absence. Yet the site of wriggling puppies warming by the fire softened her heart. Who could turn away from such soft, innocent faces? 

With her resolve weakened, Thal slipped into the back, choosing to wash the windows in the silence of the shadows of her hood, trying to ignore the cold that pressed against the glass.

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Thalassa helps wipe the windows.

Thalassa