Arduinna smiles, showing small, white teeth as Delah appears before her and the troops scatter into moss and leaves. The tulmhainar has received a sacrifice, you say? How wonderful - it will be so pleased, I am sure." She dips into a curtsey that comes across as entirely insincere. Glancing back to the group huddled behind them and their apparent sadness, there is something gleeful in her gaze at the prospect of breaking some of the mystery that Delah enjoys wreathing herself in.
"My dears, please - your friends are hale and whole. The tulmhainar is a gentle creature. The sacrifice we speak of here is only that of your friends' time. Time to share with it a story, a memory..." She shrugs airily, turning back to the Fae warrior before them.
"I am glad that you do not need more sacrifices. That means my guests in this village may be treated as such, without need for anything in return on their part. I trust you will treat them with the same respect as any other invited here, and you will show them to their comrades."
A vine reaches out to stroke her face, and Arduinna titters musically. "Well? Go, my lovely ones. Enjoy your time here, and reunite happily with those you miss. I will remain here, in the woods." Always. The word goes unspoken.
CONGRATULATIONS! You have found/rescued(?) your friends and are now able to travel freely to and from the Sidhe village under Arduinna's protection!
She'll contact you with her price when she's ready.
Feel free to pop in a wrap-up post!
Sum of all, and by them, driven
To conquer every mountain shown
