Northstar Vale A new reason to smile.

The flowers were in bloom finally, everything within the vale was bursting with color and sweet scent that helped soothe her nerves that were lost constantly on edge these days. Ibis had come back for over a week now, but distracted by her growing pregnancy and difficulty sleeping, Reiko kept forgetting to go and seek her out to greet her back home- well, that was until the little Queen was in sight and the Empress was quick to bounce into action. 

Ibis! How was your little vacation? Naturally, she quickly walked up to the reclined Queen, dropping down to curl up next to her - so much had happened and Reiko was thirsty for some friendly companionship. She noted the smell of a strange man on Ibis' coat but would ask about that later than to bombard her with what could be personal questions.