Commander's Rounds

Gaiden Entry 78.5: Royal Sisterhood

Howe smiled, and she picked up another cookie off of this one. "Now, why don't you try this one next? Open, wide, sis."

King George did comply with this. Howe absolutely had a talent for this sort of thing, and so she was willing to try anything that Howe was willing to put into her mouth. So, she did, and it wasn't long until the cookie disappeared. "Mmm~ Trying new things I take it?"

Howe nodded. "Nevada gave me this one. At first I wasn't sure how oatmeal would work with the pecans and chocolate chips and everything, but it seems to work well- dense, but chewy, too. She takes these out with her on patrols or convoys. Apparently, they can withstand her active lifestyle."

King George agreed. "They'd have to- she's out and about most of the time, anyways. Only weather can keep her indoors, it seems."

Howe wasn't the only one lavishing attention on King George at the moment.

Once they all knew that their eldest sister was pregnant, all of them, including Monarch, conspired together to just have one whole day where they spent all of their combined efforts on just spoiling their eldest sister. Howe, of course, was not about to lose the opportunity to have her sister try her baking, and the others had things in mind of their own.

She had managed to fairly easily secure a day off once she had explained to Alex what her sisters wanted to do with her, and he had never really paid much mind when she wanted to spend time with her sisters. Who were now his sisters, in a way. She could only guess that he figured that what they did with each other was not really his business unless it hurt her in some way. He also said that it was their right to pamper her, considering.

The current cookie-feeding was after Wales had prepared the most splendid lunch. though King George was known as the most accomplished chef between them, it wasn't as though there weren't other skilled chefs in the Royal Navy- While Belfast was known as the perfect maid, her sister, Edinburgh, was her equal in cooking.

Monarch sat idly by as she watched Howe effectively hand-feed her oldest sister. "I do have a question- who will be seeing to your changes of clothes as your body changes?"

King George thought about it. "Usually, those clothing matters are handled by the royal maids, but they have plenty of duties of their own already. They are going to have to keep up with many things very quickly, I wager, so their help may be a bit intermittent."

Howe poked one of King George's breasts. "It might be my imagination, but it feels like these might have started getting bigger already..."

King George coughed a little. "Whatever happens, there is someone who will have to be on top of these things, I agree. Perhaps more than one, ideally."

Monarch offered the potential of a suggestion. "I have heard that Taihou is excellent at that sort of thing."

King George shook her head. "She is very skilled, but even though she seems to be carrying on quite well with Formidable, going to her to make clothes for a woman who married someone she once had her heart set on would seem like rubbing it in." She shrugged. "Still, this is a matter that can be considered tomorrow."

Howe smiled, and hugged King George before giving her another cookie. "That's right. Business can wait for the time being. After all, today is about all of us just giving our pregnant sister one day of just being completely spoiled."

Prince of Wales stepped in. "And besides, we are not without our resources." She looked around at the others. "Duke of York went off to prepare something else. She has been keeping her plans for the day a secret, as is she is wont to do."