Sedsha: the Holiday Special

Sedric awoke to a crashing sound coming from the main hall. With a groan he rose from bed to go investigate, hoping he could stop who or whatever caused it so he could go back to sleep. To his surprise, he saw Lòki and Vaesha carrying odd ornaments to a Spriggan.

“What in Oblivion?” he asked with a slight growl masked in his voice.

Vaesha and Lòki looked up and gave him wide grins.

“We’re decorating the tree!” they said in unison.

Sedric sighed and leaned on the railing,

“That’s a Spriggan, not a tree…” he said a worn voice “is there really the necessity to be ungodly loud?” he asked as he set his slightly narrowed gaze on Vaesha.
Vaesha smirked, crossing her arms over her chest,

“Well we can’t get the actual thing we use for Christmas,” Vaesha said as she started wrapping a violet ribbon around the Spriggan.

Sedric raised a brow; Vaesha seemed to notice this and looked to him.

“Don’t tell me you never heard of Christmas!” she said “it’s a very important holiday to us denizens of the Shivering Isles…” she added.

Sedric rolled his eyes,

“You honestly think I would know of a holiday celebrated by the insane?” he asked.

“I don’t know princess,” Vaesha said as she picked up a red glass orb and hung it on one of the antlers  on the Spriggan “you are the one who reads from dawn ‘til dusk…” she stated before pausing and smiling slightly “or should I say from dusk ‘til dawn…?” she added with a slight chuckle.

Sedric grumbled incoherently under his breath before standing straight and heading down the stairs,

“I never came across any text that speaks of the Insane Holidays…” He answered as he reached the large table in the center of the main hall.

Vaesha looked to Lòki and they both shrugged,

“I could have sworn I saw a published copy of a book just like that in the Arcaneum of the College of Winterhold…” Vaesha said with a sigh “now be a dear and hand me that star…” she said as she pointed to an ornament next to Sedric.

Sedric picked it up and raised a brow before handing it to her,

“That’s not a star…” he said “it is nothing more than a Sweet Roll with golden points protruding from it…” he added.

Vaesha chuckled as she moved towards the stairs so she could reach the top of the Spriggan.

“To us insane, that IS the star…” Lòki commented as he started wrapping sparkling cloth around the rest of the Spriggan.

Sedric rolled his eyes,

“I swear to Molag that you insane are my primary cause of headaches…” Sedric grumbled as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

“Glad that we can be the cause…” Vaesha said as she leaned over the railing until she was on her tiptoes, struggling to reach the tip of the very top of the Spriggan’s antlers “because I don’t what I would do if we insane weren’t…” she added in a teasing tone.

Sedric sighed and rolled his eyes, moving closer to the poor creature to examine it. He placed his fingers on a crimson glass orb looking at his distorted reflection with a raised brow.

“There!” Vaesha exclaimed as she clapped her hands together,

Sedric looked up and saw the odd star now glowing as it sat at the top of the Spriggan balanced neatly between two of the antler points of the Spriggan. Vaesha grinned to herself, knowing Sedric’ attention was on the star.

“Hey princess,” she called “I hope you can catch!” she exclaimed as she leapt over the railing.

Sedric almost didn’t want to catch her, but he had little choice since she could injure him from her fall. As he caught her, Vaesha reached up and pinched his cheek,
“My hero!” she exclaimed in a thankful tone.

Sedric sighed sharply and dropped Vaesha before stepping back,

“I had no other choice,” Sedric said as he crossed his arms.

Vaesha pursed her lips into a pout,

“Quit that!” Sedric snapped.

Vaesha grinned as she pushed herself to her feet,

“Someone is in a grumpy mood…” she stated as she looped around Sedric like a vulture before leaning on his shoulder.

“You would be too if your slumber was interrupted by a couple of buffoons!” he hissed.

Vaesha stepped back with fake offense before looking over to Lòki,

“You might want to head back home, I don’t think it would be wise to get caught up in the middle of what may transpire in a few moments…” she stated.

Lòki nodded and merrily skipped from the main hall, picking up the odd silver staff he carried with him and started to twirl it in his fingers as he left, a slight crimson glow appearing at the top.

“Just be glad that we didn’t use what we insane normally use…” Vaesha sighed as she made her way over to a small table where a decanter sat next to two goblets.

“Do I really want to know?” Sedric asked as rubbed his eyelids.

Vaesha turned and leaned against the table with a goblet in her hands,

“Well, if you think we were noisy with the Spriggan, can you imagine the real thing?” she asked.

Sedric sighed,

“Alright, what do you normally use?” he asked.

Vaesha smiled and walked towards Sedric, handing him the goblet, surprisingly it was filled with blood and not ale.

“We use the Gatekeeper,” she answered “he is a behemoth standing around eleven feet and only listens to Sheogorath and his maker…” she added.

“And I am guessing Lòki as well?” Sedric asked.

Vaesha turned and faced Sedric with a smile,

“Well, look whose smart and figured it out!” she teased.

Sedric narrowed his gaze and shoved the goblet back at Vaesha before turning away.

“I am going back to bed!” he growled “it’s too early to deal with your shenanigans!” he added as he tossed his hands into the air.

“It’s almost dusk, Princess…” Vaesha muttered “besides, it is not only today that I will be like this…” she added “you have a whole week after this to deal with my ‘shenanigans’” she added with a giggle.

Sedric groaned, covering his face with his hands,

“Divines help me…” he muttered as he began climbing the stairs.