Imara drifted in the haze of the medicine, resting but not easily. Kifur her son stood beside her well, Vedaa and Witness sat across from her with her husband Herada, the gentle mentor whose name she could not remember stood in the corner watching as he normally did. "Blind..." the voice of Pine could be heard as from a great distance. Imara felt a light pain. Kifur disappeared, as did her husband and the mentor. "Lady Imara I am not sure what effects may occur but I believe at this point I think you have a choice to make we could try our charms to stabilize things or we could try the Alchemy. Though I am not sure what the effects will be to you or even the child," this voice came from much closer and was foreign to her. Blind, suddenly Imara understood that this was a dream, her eyes were closed, everything dissolved into darkness. She had to make her eyes open.<br/>Sitting up with a start, her eyes violently open, Imara scanned the room for every detail, the young woman sitting next to her, Segiyu, was that her name? The massive bed, the feel of the drugs working their treatment in her, her excitement burned away the fog of medication. Vedaa's voice could be heard through the double doors to the room. he would stand guard, all night if that is what it took, that is what he did.<br/>What had the woman said, alchemy, charms, that was it. "Alchemy, that is what is required here. My natural resistances would kill the child if they were not suppressed from their new heightened state. Charms and magics that would purge the disease have a high risk of killing the unborn within me. I have too much at stake to allow that. Medicine is the path, treatment, and eight months. I just need rest tonight, unless they plan on pushing the departure forward. When do we leave?"<br/><br/>(Tag Segiyu)<br/><br/>**************************************************<br/><br/>Vedaa listened as Pine and the others discussed Blindness. "Lady Imara carries the child of Imminent Renewal. Most of the disease was purged from her system when she Exalted a few months ago. She disappeared that night, after some pressure put on her by my family. I tracked her down here in Nexus a week ago. She was with Witness then and Master Pine here. She found a means to keep the child without the direct aid of House Iselsi. The disease is a necessary burden of impregnating her. Though she may manifest some aspect of the disease as it will naturally be in the purview of the child. Blindness has been the aspect of all of Imminent Renewal's previous boy children. It is what we expect. She tells me there is a plan for how she is to survive the child birth. Though Imminent Renewal has assured us none have done so in the past, though he does admit that none of his previous matrons have been Exalted was the phrase he used." Vedaa has an odd conflicted tone as he provides the information.<br/><br/>**************************************************<br/><br/>Witness crawls along the eaves till he finds a notch where his small grey mouse form can settle in peace. With a bit of focus, he exhales and a misting of fine white powder collects under his nose. The mouse looks around one more time to see that it is safe, then turns back to inhale the powder again, seeking the euphoria and comfort that will make it that much easier to deal with the monsters he has to. Just as he turns back, she needs him.<br/>With a silent curse, he feels the panic, and moves out from his hiding spot to where he can change more comfortably. Where the small mouse once was, now a raven sits. With it's beady eyes, he looks back into the hiding spot, sticks his beak in and snorts up the fine powder. Then turns and takes to wing, quickly making the distance to the Harlot's Crotch, landing roughly on the windowsill. Settling his balance, he taps on the windowjamb.<br/><br/>Tap, Tap, Tap... (Tag Segiyu)