Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24449631-20140917204356/@comment-3293219-20140926123904

(Our prodical son returns!

Oh and so does our prodical sun. :P)

Nadira lay in her own bed, for the first time in well over a month, staring up at the ceiling. It was so strange, it felt familiar and yet so alien, her time away had distanced her from everything that home had to offer. She looked up as a creaking sound echoed throughout the room and her father slowly entered, his greyish hair was the first thing she noticed as he slowly stepped inside.

Nathaniel had aged quite a bit, since she last saw him, his face had at least... He timidly walked in, with his hands on his hips slowly wading into the room as he struggled to look at her, it was up to them what tone this reunion would be. Nadira slowly slid the covers off and swung her legs over the side of the bed, dropping off and hitting the floor as she got up and turned to her father, after a long pause she ran forward and embraced him, finding her father's embrace more like a battering ram than a hug as he flung his arms around her and pulled her in. She felt his tears drip onto her neck and run down her shoulders as his fingers dug into her back, it was at that moment that she knew that she was home.

"D-Dad... I'm... I'm so sorry..."

"Don't be... You're safe now, that's all that matters." He whispered, it was slightly muffled as his mouth was burried in her shoulder, mostly to hide the fact that he was crying, not that he was very good at hiding it.

Nadira smiled a little as she began to cry herself, everything that had happened to her quickly caught up to her, Azarath, Emarrel, Rowan, the invasion, Sophie...

Sophie...

"What did June tell you?" Nadira asked, she didn't want to say anything incase June had tried to cover up for her and Azarath, by telling him that he was dead.

"Everything... You, Azarath, a... demon."

"Emarrel... She wasn't a demon dad..." Nadira mumbled into her father's shoulder before pulling away, feeling the weight of his hand on her shoulder as she did so.

"She was just... Scared of being alone, she just wanted someone to love her..."

"Nadira..." Nate sighed, running his hand along his face and through his hair, not wanting to ruin the moment by giving her a lecture.

"She was a beast, she tried to kill June and Azarath... June said that you two were close before that but it was all an act, you know that, right?"

Nadira nodded, somewhat determined, trying to hide her annoyance at the fact that her father had, once again, assumed that she was stupid, rather than empathic.

"I know, she thought that love and slavery were the same thing... I'm not stupid, I know that she had to die but... It's just said, you know?"

Nathaniel nodded, somewhat relieved that her mind hadn't been completely warped by this 'Demon.' He paused and stepped away, placing a hand back on his hip and shaking his head again before looking back up to her.

"What about... him?"

"Azarath? What did June tell you?"

"She told me to ask you..."

Nadira paused, somewhat thankful for this opportunity to cover for the old Dunmer but then again, lying may prove more dangerous than telling the truth. She had to let him know, let him know who Azarath really was...

"He... He didn't kidnap me, I set him loose and told him to come with me. It was stupid, I know but I just wanted to escape, so I undid his bonds and asked him to come with me and he did. I thought that he'd kill me or... worse... but he stuck by me, the entire time, he looked out for me, kept me safe. He was an ass at times, yeah but... I wouldn't have made it without him, I know that, it's why I let him go..."

Nathaniel listened intently, wondering as to whether or not she could be believed, could it be that Azarath's time in prison had... rehabilitated him? Unless this was all an act, like that demon, hoping to bargain his freedom but then again, why would he need to earn Nadira's trust to do that? He could have killed her at any moment, forced himself on her and could have been half way to Akavir by now and yet, he remained loyal to her, why?

"Where is he now?" The Breton asked, curiously asking, rather than demanding as it was most likely that Azarath would just start a new life at this point, unless he thought about his sentence for too long and decided to come back for Koras.

"Elana... Our friend, she took him, I don't know where they are now." Nadira shrugged, 'forgetting' to mention Riverwood for their sake.

"Look... I came back, because I didn't want anyone, least of all him, to get hurt. He's done alright by me, just... let him go."

Nathaniel raised his hands and nodded, getting the hint as he stepped back, towards the door, he didn't plan on sending June back out there again for Azarath's sake. He had bigger fish to fry...

"I know... No use in antagonising him, when he isn't interested in us, I just... Wanted to know, that's all..." Nathaniel then looked over his shoulder, remembering the other thing that he wanted to talk to her about.

"What about your other friend, the Khajiit?"

"Oh, Ra-Jeed? We met in Shore's Stone, where he... helped me with something." That answer was quite suspicious but Nathaniel let it slide, she'll probably open up a little more, further down the line.

"He... Has a condition, he needs cure disease potions, lots of them, to stay healthy."

"I see..." Nathaniel muttered, seeing where she was going with this.

"I'm not sure that we can provide..."

"Dad, please, he needs it to stay alive and I think that we could do it... He saved my life dad, I... kind of ruined his, I owe him..."

Nathaniel sighed, he didn't think that this reunion would hit him so hard in his pocket but if the Khajiit did indeed save his daughter from... something, then it was probably worth while, taking him in. Besides, he was a mage and there weren't many of those around these days in Koras.

"Alright, I'll arrange something with the caravaners, next time they swing by."

"Thanks Dad, you're the best..."

Nathaniel just waved her praise off as he turned around and went towards the door, leaving Nadira for a moment as she thought on their conversation a little.

"Dad?"

Nathaniel stopped as he reached it and slowly looking over his shoulder to Nadira, who just stood on the spot, with a smile, awaiting another question or request.

"I'm... I really am sorry, June said about how worried you were and... I didn't mean to do that to you, I just..."

"Nadira, it's fine... I didn't exactly handle things well to begin with, guess I just got so scared of letting you do anything small, that I forgot that you were an adult. Still, you've proven that you can keep yourself safe, which is a load off of my mind."

Nadira smiled at him, keeping the part about almost being a mindless slave, twice, to herself as she basked in his praise. It was very rare that she was complimented by her father, at least, very rare that she was complimented on areas that she cared about...

"Thank you..."

With that, Nathaniel gave her another nod before heading out, into the hallway and descending downstairs to deal with his usual daily routine, leaving Nadira alone, in her room. She looked over to the window, with a smile on her face as she planned her day.