#debukefarmhold

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"Oh christ" Said the atheist DeBuke, nothing like your water breaking in the middle of a field to make you reconsider the definition of deluges brought about by powers beyond

May Maude can't bring herself to call for help. Not with family. She can barely STAND these people some days. Now she's going to have one of these Seelie gits acting like she owes them? She pulls out ehr phone, and texts

TXT: EBG, at Farm. water broke. Heading towards Clem.

It takes a few minutes but he responds. TXT: Would you like us to come?

By then she's near the bale TXT : You THINK?

Then TXT: Sorry, yes. I would like you both here

"So what brings you," Clem says To her "You doing..." Relaization "May Maude, it's time?"

"My water broke, and ... I think... yeah" May Maude says

And that's when the Text for medical help comes in, when Clem sees it, she sticks her head out the window "Someone tell Kourtney I need her PRONTO to do something for me" And she turns to May Maude "Don't you worry, this is perfectly natural. Horses do it, Cows do it, and you'll do it just fine."

"I'm not a COW Clem!" May snaps

Certainly not, Clem thinks Cow kicks less

"Okay, let's get this started" Clem says

"I... can we hold it off until ... some folks get here?" May Maude says

"That's kind of up to the babies" Clem points out

TXT: We are on the way.

TXT: Thanks

CC , Caesar.. well, they can't move fast enough for their liking

And soon the three are there at the farm. Murray jerks a thumb "Clem's working in the healing cabin "

Emerson keeps up as best he can but assures the satyrs he'll catch up, go on, go on.....

It's rare to see CC flat out run! As a satyrss, she can do it, of course, but she breaks int oa stride that means she moves like a gazelle. It's enough to put an old boggan into the urge to hunt. Faster than her is Caesar who , with his size, looks more like a Moose on a tear

Oh, but he pauses for just a moment to watch in admiration. CC, not so much Caesar.

And when he gets there, May Maude is laid out on a flat bed and 'in the position' while CC and Caesar hover nearby, Clem managing things.

"May I come in and say hello?" He asks politely.

"You're one of the onlhy people I want here," May Maude says "If I could, I'd get Clem gone."

Clem ignores that "Come in, Mr. Stodgepole. Don't mind May too much. No filter between her and the mean "

"Not at this stage!" He agrees cheerfully as he enters and approaches her bedside. "May I offer you a greeting and best wish, my dear May?"

"I would prefer Drugs.. pain killing drugs " She declares

An eyebrow. "Indeed?"

He bustles over and gives her a kiss on the cheek, unless it appears she will try to kill him.

"Stop your fussing" Clem says "We'll fuddle it down if need be... and" SHe sees the kiss and kens

The boggan lives

(Clem kens EBG?)

(She suspects he's casting a cantrip, so yes)

(Nope! Just a kiss on the cheek, avuncularly.)

Clem nods at something and goes on, she takes over like a general on the battle field, though May might grumble it's HER body that's the warzone

"Now, I think I will be superfluous in this circumstance, so perhaps I'd best wait elsewhere. Chief Clem, where would be best?"

"Where else? WIth the men folkk..." She says "you'll find them smoking, drinking, and shooting bull outside near the Mountains' cabin...used to we would even confine the father with them so they couldn't do no harm" She eyes Caesar.

"I'm not going anywhere" Caesar insists.

"Didint' figure you would" Clem smirks

"Near the Mountain's cabin, yes ma'am." He shakes Caesar's hand, and then take CC's. "You know where I'll be. Call if there is need." he instructs gently.

"You bet I will" CC says though she looks a bit worried at her son who seems full of energy he can't use.

Caesar's grip was firm, a bit too firm, but he let the man go.

He smiles and taps his breast pocket, a signal that he brought his little leather case of friends, should there be need. And with a soft kiss on her lips, Emerson bustles out to look for the Mountain's cabin.

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The talk and smoking and drinking...

"don't much care for her leaving the farm"

"It's her life, Ned, can't make them stay"

"I'm jjust hoping we got more trolls than satyrs in this"

"May i join you?" Politely as he approaches.