#earthrunes

"We're looking for..." She suddenly blanks...what are their mortal names? A look to August.

Anthony and Clare uhm..

"Ah...the maternity ward. Our friends Anthony and Clare...." She laughs with charming feigned embarrassment. "And their last names have just completely escaped me for the moment! But she's having a baby!" She indicates the gift basket in August's arms.

"Oh, Maternity ward is." She gives you the directions "I could sign you in but ... " a lower voice "Honestly I'm swamped so go on"

"Oh, you're a dear, thank you so much," Coradel says in that conspiratorial tone that women reserve for such occasions, gracing her with a smile, and then tugs August along by the arm.

Tugged along, you move about and... hard to tell hwere to go in this ward

Perhaps there's a waiting room...but Coradel is mostly listening for Claire's dulcet tones.

Annd they find..a glowing nurse

"Oh! Well...I suppose that's a beacon," she mutters to August, and then approaches the nurse. "I'm looking for our friends, Anthony and Clare."

her eyes glaze "Misstress CLaire is in room 504. And I'm to keep my smug attitude and not so hidden disdain for new mothers up my flat ass "

Coradel can't help laughing. August might scowl at this misuse of a mortal, but he won't have much time to dwell on it as Coradel tugs him along again. "She's fine, August, Claire didn't hurt her, just left us a sign post. Now where's 504...." she scans the room numbers as they hurry along.

501.. 503... and 505..wait, back up.. ahha, Five Oh Four

"Ah, here we are!" Coradel pushes the door open without knocking and walks right in.

Exhausted, shaken, stunned, frazzled and decompressing from the trauma, these are just a few adjectives that fit poor Magnus

Oh, Claire is there too, with a baby in her arms

"Oh! Oh, look! Claire, let me see...." Coradel goes directly to the new mother, briefly patting Magnus on the arm as she passes.

"hey... " Claire smiles "I'm glowing aren't I?" She's tired but hands the baby over "here, in a weird way, is your grannd ma"

"You are!" Coradel agrees enthusiastically, and then she takes the baby in her arms. "Hello, sweetling."

Magnus smiles "She's got her mother's glare"

"Oh, now, Magnus...you seem to have come out relatively unscathed."

The little baby does seem to have a fist under her own chin like she's ready to throw down if anyone gives her grief

"Oh, what a fierce little one she is," Coradel says with sincerity. "Does she have a name yet?"

"River" Claire says "Her name is River"

"I lost the coin toss'" Magnus says

"Ohhh, that's lovely. Hello, River. Whether your current is smooth or tumbling, may it always run clear." An impulsive little blessing.

A flicker of glamour

"Coradel... you just fairy godmothered my kid" CLaire says

She blinks, surprised. "I...just said what was in my heart, Claire. I'm sure there's no harm."

"Well, zara won't be pleased..." Wink

She laughs, then indicates the basket that August has deposited on a table. "Delores made sure to send along the very best treats for you both. Not for you yet, River," she adds, lightly tapping the baby on the tip of the nose.

River makes a face, who says she can't?

Magnus grinns "Wait, treats? Yes, we should give birth more often"

"Work on those teeth, first," she murmurs to River.

"WE?" Claire huffs

"Claire gets first dibs, Magnus."

Magnus chuckles "I was kidding" And gets his wife her favorite