Cursed To Be Vistani

Revenge, Justice or nothing

Saidi shook her head a little

Leran clenched his jaw and was silent. It made him so mad.

Elvira took a deep breath to bury her own anger and looked at Arabelle “Are you hurt?”

Arabelle said "mostly cold. Not really the weather for a swimming" she laughed despite there being nothing really funny

Elvira smiled a little anyways and took out a spare cloak from her bag. “Here.” She wrapped it around her. Elvira was still soaked and getting a little cold herself, but she was more resistant to temperature so would be fine as long as they kept walking.

Arabelle took it without hesitation and held onto it tightly.

Elvira could smell camp fire smoke in the distance. Elvira turned in that direction. “Which way is your camp?” She asked the girls

Arabelle squinted in the dark trying to find the worn grass. "There's a worn grass path to it somewhere here. We're close."

Elvira looked around and easily found it. Since she was a half elf she had dark vision. She took Arabelle’s hand to lead them in case it was too dark for them. She followed the path

As they got closer they could hear angry arguing. A gruff man's voice was yelling at ppl.

Elvira frowned and walked slower, straining to listen to what they were talking about

"See what happens?! This would never had happened if we kept the order the way it had been before" the man said

The elderly woman reply "now Luvash, you know better than that. we returned to the correct order. You were only in power because of Strahd and all your previous elders had passed away. I know ur worried about-"

U think being the Raunie (vistani cheif) makes you all that, don't you?! You know everything? Well you don't! I told you letting the girls go to the village was foolish!! Your not even from our clan, we found you along our travels and you left your clan to join ours! " he exploded.

Elvira looked at Arabelle and then started walking again. She stepped into the clearing quietly. She put an arm around Arabelle protectively, and one hand on her sword hilt, just in case some of the people in this group were enemies.

As soon as Arabelle saw Luvash she ran to him "father!!! "

Saidi saw Luvash and let go of Leran for the first time and ran to him. She ran straight into him and wrapped her arms around his legs tightly. She started crying

Elvira watched them

Luvash was surprised but wrapped his big bear like arms around his girls. Luvash was a large man of great stature. He had dark brown hair and a impressive brown beard. He knelt slowly and held them close to his chest.

The Raunie he'd been arguing with looked at Elvira and Leran. "Come with me and we'll get you 2 some warm clothes and let ur wet ones dry by the fire" she said wisely

Elvira hesitated and then slowly walked over to her. “Thank you.”

Saidi buried her face in his chest and cried from relief. “He almost drowned Arabelle!”

Again? " he asked darkly. Who was it! Who dares to try and drown my baby daughter again!? '

Elvira paused and looked at Luvash. Again?

Saidi could only tell him it had been a big man who’d stuffed them in sacks

Luvash picked up the girls and took them to his wheel cart like house. all the Vistani lived in houses on wheels. He got them towels and let them change and get warm. He stepped out to look for Elvira

The Raunie offered clothes to Elvira. Elvira hesitated taking the clothes when they offered it to her. She wasn’t part of their culture. It felt weird taking it from them. I'll hang your wet clothes to dry by the fire." The Raunie (Vistani elder cheif) promised. Elvira hesitated again and then nodded and gave in. She got dressed and then sat by the fire, wiping down her weapons

Leron was sitting on a log by the fire wearing a red t-shirt with purple long sleeves underneath. Dark brown pants and he was just bear foot

Luvash sat by them and thanked them for saving his daughters. "3 yrs ago the same thing happened to Arabelle. But we did nothing to the kidnapper. As the adventures were to dumb to be of help informing us who it was that did it. But now that it's happened again... "
He was angry. He looked like he'd torture and kill Bluto with his own hands. With his body build he could probably pull it off too.

Elvira looked at him. She nodded. "Im sorry. Your girls dont desvere that."

"Thank you for saving them.
I will pay you as a reward"

She shook her head "you dont need to do that.."

He paused then said "at the very least could u identify the kidnapper"

"your girl did a pretty good number on him already. What do you plan on doing to him?" Elvira asked slowly.

That doesn't really concern you" he forced a smile trying to look friendly but more or less looked scary.

Another vistani man with long hair, green shirt and a goatee walked up by them "obviously we can't just let this go. If it had happened in the village to a villagers daughter they'd hang the man responsible. That's only justice after all" he smiled "so well try and put on our own vistani justice"

"Which is?" She asked

He smiled wickedly. "Oh, I'm sure I can think of something cruel and unusual" He pushed his long black hair out of his face

Elvira frowned. "I'm not going to hand over a man to be tortured, no matter what terrible things he mihgt have done."

He groaned "Strahd dies and everything goes to _&@(# around here. "

Elvira's expression didnt change

"Arrigal stop trying to help" Luvash bickered

"Oh because you were doing such a great job on your own? " the green shirt man said snarkily

They seemed like brothers

"We're just going to hang him so he's not a danger to any other girls" Luvash tried to calm his temper.

"No." Elvira said firmly

They both seemed to have forgotten that Leran was there. Focusing their energies on conving Elvira for the name, but Elvira could see Arrigal's eyes flicker over to Leran.

He realized he didn't recognize the Vistani boy as part as his tribe. He wondered...

Elvira stood up "Thank you for your hospitality, but we need to leave. Tell the girls i hope they get better ok."

"Go where? Stay the night" Arrigal insisted

She shook her head "thank you but no. I'd rather get home sooner than later"

Leran dusted his feet off and put on his boots. He stood up following Elvira

Arrigal watched Leran like a hungry wolf. "Boy, what was the name of the kidnapper? "

Elvira grabbed Lerans arm. "Dont." she said quietly. "Please." she added