Lyrian Takes The Girls

Life, Failure / Mishap

Fendir attends the party Flottenheim is hosting for some of the lords from Lyrian.

Fendir walked over to Sasha's door and she opened it excitedly to reveal a very festive golden gown which framed her beautifully. Fendir smiled and bowed dramatically when he greeted her. She curtsied back and took his hands and dragged him into her room and closed the door behind them. "We have to go! We're already late!" Fendir laughed as she reached her hand down his trousers. "I thought you liked a bit of pregaming?" She teased as she lowered herself onto her knees. Fendir didn't question this logic and let himself enjoy Sasha's affections. After a few blissful moments she pulled his trousers up and reached her face up to kiss him but he playfully pushed her face away. "You should brush your teeth before we go!" He said laughing at her. She rolled her eyes and went over to her vanity. "That's a lovely dress, did Naertho make it?" Fendir asked her, shuffling his pants to hide his erection. "He did! Isn't it wonderful?" She said twirling around before cleaning her mouth out and re-applying her lipstick. "It's gorgeous. You'll be the envy of all tonight. Hey, maybe you'll be able to impress one of the lords' sons or something and get some leverage for your new fiefdom." He suggested. "Yeah? That orange tiefling is pretty handsome. Rumors are he's betrothed though." She said passively, "Is it racist if I'm just not into half-orcs?" She asked Fendir. Fendir considered this and shrugged, "I'm not really sure. I've never really thought about being with a half-orc. Halflings can be a lot of fun though. You really think that Gifartus is attractive?" Sasha shrugged, "Maybe I just have a thing for tieflings." "You and me both." Fendir agreed. She walked over and took Fendir's arm and they walked out toward the ballroom. When they arrived the room was already full of people dancing and getting drunk on vodka and mead. They quickly started drinking and joined in the dancing. Pyotr eventually showed up but he was quickly taken in by a posse of flamboyant halflings. After a while Fendir noticed Kastella was dancing with Gifartus. Sasha noticed Fendir's annoyance at this and begged him to introduce her to the handsome tiefling. This annoyed Fendir almost more than the fact that this man thought he could flirt with Kastella. Fendir wasn't normally jealous but there was something about this situation that didn't sit well with him. He didn't want Gifartus to have Kastella but to have the attention of Kastella and Sasha was crossing a line. Fendir reluctantly brought Sasha over and he greeted Kastella who was wearing a beautiful lavender tulle gown with silver flowers embroidered into it. She looked gorgeous with her hair ornately pulled out of her face with a silver diadem. "Good evening!" He said trying to sound genuine. Gifartus nodded toward him, "Good evening, Fendir." "Fendir" Kastella said making eye contact with him which told Fendir that she did not want him to be there or to do anything stupid. "Hi, I'm Sasha!" Sasha said reaching out her hand toward Gifartus a bit too flirtingly. Kastella glared daggers into Fendir's eyes. "Nice to meet you, I'm Gifartus, but you can all call me Gif." Fendir swallowed the urge to laugh while Sasha batted her eyes at him, "Is it true that Lyrian has magical fey forests? I'm going to be moving there in a couple weeks and I'm just so excited to get there." Suddenly Fendir felt his pants get hot and he turned and saw they were on fire. He yelped in fear. Sasha gasped and the people around them jumped back and screamed. Fendir tried to shoot some ice on his butt but he missed and shot Sasha instead. She yelped in pain and shock. "Shit!" Fendir said trying to aim at his butt again and instead freezing a large portion of the dance floor. At this point the entire ballroom was now looking at him as the flames grew larger and suddenly he felt water pour down on top of him. The water poured for a good ten seconds soaking himself and Sasha whose dress had frozen to the ground next to him. Finally the water stopped and Fendir looked up to see Niko staring at him in disbelief. Fendir felt his ears turn bright red and he kept his head down and ran out of the ballroom. He ran to his room and locked the door behind him. He threw his wet clothes off and threw on a pair of clean braise before falling onto his meditating mat. Fendir started to cry and punch his pillows. He suddenly heard the door unlock and saw his mom standing in the doorway with one of her hair pins in her hand. He rolled his eyes and buried his head back into the furs. Natalya closed the door, locked it back and walked over to her son. Kotsik was with her and he flew down and tried to nuzzle Fendir. "Fen," She said gently as she sat down next to him, "It wasn't your fault dear." "I know!" Fendir yelled into his pillow making him sound very muffled. Natalya gently caressed his back prompting him to lift his face. "I know it wasn't my fault! It was her fault!" Natalya looked at him confused, "Whose fault?" "Stella! She set me on fire!" Fendir leapt up and started pacing angrily, "It wasn't my fault Sasha was flirting with GiFARTus! I didn't ask her to! She just did it and Kastella blamed me for it! She can't actually like that bastard can she?!" "Fen, be polite." Natalya tried gently. "No! I won't! She thinks she's so grown up but she's the one setting peoples' clothes on fire because she gets a little jealous! She wasn't even jealous of me! She should have set Sasha on fire." Fendir kicked one his pillows angrily. "Fendir." Natalya said a little more sternly, "Please come sit." "No! I don't want to! I don't want to be here anymore! Everyone here hates me! They think I'm some stupid child! Even Sasha is leaving! Kastella will probably marry that dumbass Fartus and I will be here with nothing and nobody! Kastella said so herself! I'm just some stupid child and everyone else is growing up so I should too." Natalya looked down sadly and Fendir could see tears in her eyes. He felt guilt consume him, "I'm sorry mum, I...I didn't mean it like that." He said walking over to her and sitting down next to her. Natalya thought for a long moment, "Maybe you should get out of Flottenheim for a bit." She said sadly, as if she had failed. Fendir felt guilt rise up in him. "I didn't mean that mum. I...I love it here...I do." "I know, but I also know that you have a drive in you. I'm just worried that staying here will destroy that." She took his hand in her own and Fendir leaned against him mother. "I don't mean to be ungrateful. I know you and dad have fought insanely hard battles for us to have the life we have." Natalya wrapped her arms around Fendir and kissed him on the forehead, "I know son. I know." Natalya kissed Fendir's head again before standing up, "Get some rest and we'll talk in the morning." Kotsik licked Fendir's face as he flew back onto Natalya's shoulder. Natalya left and Fendir laid back down onto the furs. Eventually he started meditating.