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Zack: *he walks back into the house and decides to check up on Maria, wondering if she is doing OK. He carries Jenna with him and holds her firmly, not wanting to drop her at all*
Maria: *is still on the bed, sleeping thanks to the drugs that Zack gave her. There’d be a slight look of pain on her face, even though she is asleep, since the drugs are not strong enough to block out all of hte pain*
Jenna: *remains asleep in Zack’s arms and presses herself up against him*
Zack: *pats Jenna on the back and sets her down on a nearby chair in the kitchen so he can continue cooking food* I’ve no idea what to do with you.
Jenna: *wakes up as she’s set down on the chair and begins to loudly cry. She doesn’t like the feel of the chair and has recently dirtied herself, so she’s less than a happy camper*
Zack: *deeply frowns and carries the infant female into the wetnurse, then tries to hand her over, not wanting to deal with it* Here, I don’t know what to do with her…
The wetnurse nods at Zack and gently takes Jenna from him. She spends some time coddling the girl before figuring out that Jenna had soiled herself. So, she takes Jenna to the back of the room and prepares to place a clean cloth on her lower region and set the soiled one someplace where it can be cleansed.
Zack: Thank you… *moves outside to wash off his hands, then moves into the nearby scrubland so he can teleport away and find more food for everybody. He is gone for well over an hour, but returns with a sack full of potatoes and an armful of corn. He carries them back into the house and begins cooking them up so he can feed everybody*
Maria: *wakes up after sleeping for several hours. Coughing as she returns to awareness, she looks around the room then tilts her head at the scent of the cooked foods* Mister Zack…? Did you make dinner tonight again?
Jenna: *has been behaving herself and has fed at least once more from the wetnurse*
Zack: *glances back at Maria and grins* I am cooking now. Don’t get up unless you have to, I’ll bring food into you. *stands in the doorway of her room* How are you doing, anyway?
*stares at my iPod* One Winged Angel twice in a row?
Maria: *softly speaks* My stomach hurts a lot…. And it’s really hot in here, sir. Can you open up some windows and make a bit more a draft? *groans* And I still feel rather tired.That is weird.
Zack: You feel hot? *frowns and moves over to her, checking her forehead* I’ll open a window in a few moments…Ah, I’ll just say that my iPod likes Sephy. *smirks and winks*
Maria: *is running a slight fever and would feel a bit warm. But most of the problems are due to the fact that she’s recovering from being cut open and was not all that healthy to start with* Thank you, sir. I really appreciate it.It’s probably being manipulated by a Sephy hair that got in.
Zack: *sighs at her and opens a few windows, but not too much because he does not want her to get cold* You’re welcome. Rest up some more, I will bring in some nice food that will promote healing.Hehe, maybe you’re onto something there. *chuckles* Though it shouldn’t have any hairs in it! It just got back from being repaired.
Maria: *nods at Zack* I will. Did you get rid of that demon child? *frowns at the thought of the daughter that she gave birth to* That thing is against God’s will to exist…Even if it just got back, cat hairs have a magical talent of managing to be everywhere, especially if you have a sheddy kitty. And Sephy was more sheddy than Codie, so… *checks my sweater* Yep, can find one or two Codie hairs on it.
Zack: *frowns* She’s not a demon. She’s not even remotely evil. If you had seen some of my siblings, you probably would say they’re the spawns of the devil himself…Maria: *deeply frowns at Zack’s statement and goes completely silent. She considers what he says and tries to determine whether or not to continue trusting in him*
Feel free to skip another few weeks… I’m sorry. I run dry on Maria rather quickly. But I have something planned for her when she heals up completely. Or we can try developing the unnamed wetnurse that is just doing stuff for money..Zack spent the next few months and all of winter gathering food from wherever he could for the residents of his house. He spent most of his days building a new house as payment for the wetnurse’s services. The amount of activity he did caused his muscles to become more dense, yet he still remained mildly overweight. He was more than happy to see the spring arrive. It meant fresh berries and fresh meat if he could get it. After eating nothing but potatoes and corn all winter, he was very glad for the change.
On that day, Zack was a paticularly happy person. He had been closely watching the activities of a farm several miles north of the fishing village and with the abundance of new lambs, he had taken the opportunity to move in and kill one to take with him. Thanks to his experience with caring for a dragon, he cared nought about the blood and guts associated with killing for food. He neatly sliced open the newly born lamb to clean it out, leaving the guts in a pile away from the farm for the predators and scavengers to devour. He teleported back to the house and built a very primitive turn-spit to roast the lamb on, smirking with pride with what he had done.
Zack: *calls out to the resident of the house when the lamb is nearly done* Come out here with forks and plates! *licks his lips in anticipation of eating the lamb, quite hungry because of the smell produced by the burning fat, having not eaten red meat in many months*
Maria is currently nearly completely healed up. She has had some complications with her healing processes over the past few months, such as small infections and whatnot, but for the most part, she healed up fine. There are clear scars on her abdomen, where Zack had cut her open. Also, her body is still frail and weakening by the day, but not as much as her mind has been deteriorating.
There are days when she seems mostly stable, but most days, she is clearly off-center. She tends to babble about nothing and most definitely treats her daughter as the spawn of the devil itself. She’s also begun to regularly quote scriptures, at least what she can remember of them, so some of the quotes may be completely twisted and convulted to the point that they are unrecognizable as real sentences from the Bible.
For the past week, Maria has been in back, busying herself with weaving a rather large basket. She has not given any straight answers as to what the basket is for, but does mention things about sending away evil. The basket is nearly done at the moment.
As for the midwife, she has determined that Jenna has been nursed to the point where she can turn to regular milk such as cow’s and goat’s milk for nutrition. Also, her breasts had run dry as her body was no longer producing the hormone to make milk. So, she has left to live in the house that Zack had rebuilt for her.
Maria: *softly hums as she finishes up the last of the basket then moves to retrieve Jenna. She pays no attention to Zack’s call and just sets the child inside the basket. Since the child is currently asleep, she makes no noise. Soon afterwards, Maria places the lid on the basket and begins to tie it up with several strings*
Zack: *rotates the lamb in the spit and remains closeby, not wanting it to be stolen while he’s in the house. He hums to himself and glances into the house, wondering what is taking so long* Maria? Anybody? Hello? *frowns* This thing is nearly done, come out here with some knives and forks, okay?
Maria: *steps out from the back room, carrying the basket and looks up at Zack as she notices that he’s speaking to her* Oh, yes… Dinner… Forks and knifes are fine. I’m going to get some water. I’ll be back soon. *heads out to the nearby river, humming to herself once more*
Zack: *slowly nods his head* Alright, take the pot with you and get some for me to boil. You probably shouldn’t be drinking it as is out of the river… all kinds of waterborne parasites live there. It’s not very good at all.
Maria: *nods and sets down the basket for a moment. She walks over to Zack and picks up the pot then returns to the basket* Thank you, sir. You are a blessing from god himself. *gives him a faint smile then picks up the basket and continues on her way. Once at the river, she walks well into the deep portion of the river and pushes the basket away from her* Farewell, demon… *Maria is in a spot that Zack would be easily able to see her*
Zack: *looks up at her and blinks* What are you doing? *watches her for a few moments, finding her activities concerning enough to abandon his spit roast lamb. He walks over to the edge of the river nearby her and frowns at the basket* What is that? *moves into the river and brushes past her as he picks up the basket, prying the lid open, scowling as he sees the sleeping infant Jenna inside. He glares back at her and shakes his head* You want to kill her? *grunts* If you don’t want her, I do.
Maria: *frowns as Zack moves to the basket and quickly moves to grip onto him* No! Go away! *slams the basket shut again, quickly tieing up the strings around it once more to seal it, then forcefully shoves the basket away. As soon as Maria shoves the basket away, the current begins to quickly drag it away from the pair* She must be sent back to the realms in which she came from. *tries to shove Zack away*
Meanwhile, a crocadilian becomes interested in the two in the water and begins to quickly swim toward them. Soon afterwards, its scaled hide brushes past Zack’s legs.
Zack: *deeply frowns as he sees the crocodile in the water and grabs onto Maria, dragging her with him as he dashes out of the water* Are you crazy!? She’s going to die… some animnal is going to eat her or something. *stands on the riverbank, anxiously staring at the basket. As it drifts off down the river and out of sight, Zack makes a rather upset noise and debates leaping off the bank and flying after it. He shakes his head in disgust and moves into the house, appauled and disgusted with Maria’s behaviour and treatment of her own offspring*
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