The dining hall’s warmth folds into Eros’s familiar pink-lit audience garden. Rosmira arrives with Leon and Nayla beside her, while the rest of the holiday party remains behind at Longevity Resort.
Their pregnancies feel unusually settled, free of the draining unease that had shadowed Rosmira and Nayla. Eros waits beneath flowering arches, long pink hair glowing softly, her familiar smile unusually serious.
Eros
My cherished parents, thank you for coming so promptly. I have news about the children, and I want all three of you present for it.
Leon’s hand finds Nayla’s, then reaches toward Rosmira without pulling her closer. Nayla watches Eros carefully, while rose-colored motes gather around both unborn lives.
Leon
They’re all right, though? That is the first thing I need to hear.
Eros
They are well. More than well, perhaps. Rozlen and Nataly have made themselves perceptible to me, each answering the world in a different way.
Eros
That is the promise. The question is what they may become, and how much of that future they will choose for themselves. Rosmira, Nayla, Leon, what do you wish to know first?
✓ Quest Accepted
Learn what Rozlen and Nataly may become
“Is there any chance you can show us how fast they are growing”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conversation, rolled +2)
Rosmira
Is there any chance you can show us how fast they are growing?
Eros
Of course, my cherished parents. Watch closely, and remember that growth is not the same as destiny.
Eros raises both hands. Rose-gold light gathers around Rosmira and Nayla, forming two clear, gently pulsing silhouettes that expand in measured waves before settling again.
Eros
There. In the space of a breath, you witnessed several days of ordinary development. Rozlen is responding quickly to divine resonance, while Nataly follows a steadier rhythm.
Leon
So Rozlen is accelerating, but not dangerously? And Nataly is growing normally?
Eros
Correct. Neither child is being forced forward. Their bodies are growing at different speeds, yet both remain healthy, aware, and free to become themselves.
The paired lights fade into the surrounding garden, leaving a gentle afterimage of two distinct rhythms: one bright and swift, the other calm and even.
“Eros decides to give Ros and Nayla help and give a divine hint seeing as she cant mettle with mortals to long. Should the babies feed on a lot of divine power they may shorten the months it takes. it wont force a birth.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conversation, rolled +2)
The paired silhouettes fade, but Eros keeps one hand raised. Rose-gold motes gather around Rosmira and Nayla’s unborn children, pulsing gently without touching either mother.
Eros
I can offer a hint, not a command. If either child draws deeply on divine power, that nourishment may shorten the months of pregnancy.
The motes brighten around the faster rhythm, then settle into an even glow around the steadier one. Neither silhouette contracts or strains; the change remains entirely potential.
Eros
That would not force a birth, and it would not decide their nature. It would only let their divine inheritance support quicker growth, should they choose to feed on it.
Nayla
So the possibility belongs to them, but the decision belongs to us as their mothers until they can make choices of their own.
Eros
Exactly. I offer knowledge and a blessing of safety, nothing more. You may let nature continue, or invite the children to draw upon what already answers within them.
The rose-gold light settles into a quiet protective veil around both pregnancies. Eros lowers her hand, leaving the hint clear and the choice safely with the parents.
“Like there father did with Cerebos power the babies drink in eros aura. Some how they are frighteningly aware of us. They even have his greedy hunger.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +0)
Rosmira turns her will toward Eros’s rose-gold aura, inviting the unborn children to drink without forcing them. The invitation passes through her pregnancy as warmth and consent.
Both unborn lives answer immediately. Rose-gold light streams into Rosmira and Nayla’s children, dividing into two hungry currents that remain gentle, yet feel startlingly alert.
Eros
Oh. They heard you clearly. And they are not merely accepting the blessing, my cherished parents. They are reaching for it.
The faster rhythm surges first, bright and eager, while the steadier one follows with measured insistence. For one uncanny moment, both children seem to recognize every presence in the garden.
Nayla
That awareness is frighteningly strong. They feel hungry, but not angry. More like they already know there is something wonderful within reach.
Eros
They carry a greedy hunger for power, yes, but your invitation gave it a boundary. They drink because they were welcomed, and they will stop when you withdraw that welcome.
The aura settles into a steady nourishment, and the children’s rapid growth becomes visible within the rose-gold silhouettes. Their hunger remains, but so does the quiet limit Rosmira placed around it.