[closed] home is where..

[rinwell]

Who: Rinwell + Cadens Witcher Crew.
What: A found family reunites with a returning stray.
Where: Free Cities.
When: End of November.
Warnings: Mush. Possibly some swearing.

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[wiedzminka]

From the bottom of the stairs, Ciri can hear something of a commotion up on the landing above. Jaskier's voice, mostly, shouting indistinctly. That, in and of itself, is not entirely unusual. She doesn't think anything of it -- he must be yelling at Geralt, or maybe at Mog, or just at a piece of parchment that isn't making whatever words he wrote on it sound as good as they had in his head.

So when she heads up the stairs, dusty and windswept from a nighttime excursion beyond the city gates, Ciri has every intention of simply ignoring the bard and his excitement, whatever its cause, and heading straight for a bath and her bed.

It's not until she actually opens the door that it registers. There is Jaskier, as expected. Geralt, a tiny bit more of a surprise at this time of day, but not terribly unusual.

And, between them, a figure that takes her a long moment to recognize. Or, rather, to really understand, despite actually recognizing her right away.

Ciri steps inside.

"...Rinwell?"

More than only startled, she sounds... hopeful.

[gynvael]

Geralt lets Jaskier answer on his behalf (Geralt is, as always, in a perpetual state of fine. However that's interpreted). He's content to watch the two of them, silent but fond, until Ciri's footsteps alert him to her arrival.

In the commotion with Jaskier, he'd not even realized she was home. Geralt brightens a bit to see her—because, more than anyone, he understands how rare it is for Ciri to have a loss returned to her, unharmed.

"Found her at the stables," he explains.

He gives them time to reunite before he places a light hand on Rinwell's shoulder.

"You made it in time for dinner."

They don't tend to eat together; Geralt's rare appearances in the city combined with Ciri working and Jaskier's odd hours, flitting about—almost feels a bit. Fitting. That they're somehow all here when Rinwell's returned.