Lion Head Mesa Eien ni Tomodachi

Posting this a day early because I wont have time tomorrow! Set for the 6th, late night/early morning of the 7th. For @Ashikaga @Makono and @Siptah, tagging others for reference! Ash and Mako do not have players so they will be NPC'd until 3 months.

Satsu kept to her quarters more and more as the days passed, with @Tavina attending most frequently around meal times, or @Sayf, or even Belen; until such time that their attention was too much, so that in the evening as things began to truly shift within her, Satsu told them off. They would not be far from her door even so - Satsu could sense them in the hall, imagining their subdued voices gossiping about her.

She could not find comfort among her bedclothes, and called for them to be changed - once, twice, then turned aside entirely, as the queen was both too hot and too cold. The busy bodies were commanded out again as night settled upon the palace. Satsu had not eaten; she held no appetite, and too much nervous energy.

The first wave of pain startled her to silence. Teeth grit, body taut, until it eased. It came again and again, stronger each time, and she found some comfort among the piled pelts upon the floor. By morning there was a reeking mess staining the soil - and three bundles tucked against her belly.