Announcement
It had been nearly 2 years since Eigengrau first approached Vaust with her plan at his Inn, and her pregnancy was now noticeable. She could have hid it for longer, but at some point her swollen stomach and swelling breasts would have become impossible to ignore. So for the next meeting, she made her robes slightly smaller, to make it more obvious.
When she arrived, Sargon noticed immediately. She noticed he didn't say anything, but merely took notice of her obvious swelling stomach. Vordea looked down, then back up at Eigengrau's face and raised an eyebrow, but also refrained from speaking. It seemed they were expecting her to make the announcement, which she honestly preferred.
Sitting down at her permanently reserved seat at the bar, Vaust handed her a bottle, but she shook her head. He nodded, and took it back with a smile.
"How long to go?" He asked quietly.
"I do not know." She replied, her voice barely above a whisper. "With my mortal lovers, it was a normal mortal pregnancy of 8 to 11 months. This is... different."
"Hoy, what are you two whispering about?" Zalas asked, sliding over to the counter with a smile.
"None of your business, Zalas." Vaust replied. "Beer?"
"I'm sure it is. But yes, I'll take two. One for me, and one for Eigengrau." Zalas said, winking at Eigengrau.
"I'll... get a glass of juice, if you don't mind." Eigengrau said.
Vaust nodded, passed 2 bottles of beer to Zalas, and poured a large glass of apple juice for Eigengrau.
"Now that we're all here, let's begin." Vordea called out. "Does anybody have any announcements?"
At this question, everybody looked expectantly at Eigengrau, Vaust included.
"Oh very well." Eigengrau said, getting to her feet, and walking over to the usual spot announcements were made. She could feel a slight waddle to her step, but wasn't sure if anyone else had noticed yet. Clearing her throat, she began. "As I am sure you have noticed, I am pregnant. I don't care how long ago you noticed, but this is currently the second year of pregnancy."
"Who's the father?" Vordea asked with a smirk. Eigengrau looked directly into Vordea's eyes, and could see that Vordea actually didn't know for once, which amused her.
"Oh, he is in the room right now. It is Vaust." Eigengrau said, looking over at Vaust, who suddenly felt all eyes on him.
"How did I miss this?" Vordea demanded, looking back and forth between the two of them. "I never miss anything with you!"
"It's a relationship between Gods, dear." Agbus stated. "Think about how slow those move."
"Agbus, why did we never try this?" Vordea asked, looking over at Agbus.
"Try what?" Agbus asked, with a raised eyebrow.
"A child, idiot." Vordea replied, smacking him on the head.
As Vordea finished speaking, the room started shaking violently, and the furniture and walls warped for several seconds, before returning to normal. Eigengrau shook her head.
"That is why. Mira Frost warned me and Agbus of this, during the War in Heaven. You are strictly forbidden by Mira from having a child."
Vordea pouted in response. The mother Goddess but not allowed to have children, ridiculous.
"What will be the result of a union between Gods?" Sargon asked.
"What else? A full-fledged God." Eigengrau said with a smile, gently patting her stomach. "The first new outer God in over a thousand years."
"My heartfelt congratulations to Lady Death and Lord Luck!" Zalas called out, coming up to Eigengrau, taking her hand and kissing it. "But you said you've been pregnant for two years already? How long will this last?"
"We don't know." Vaust answered. "Eigen told me her previous pregnancies were with mortal men and of a quite normal duration."
"Wait, previous?" Vordea said, whirling back to face Eigengrau again. "How did you hide that from me too?"
The arguments continued long into the night, with no signs of abating. For the first time in her long life, Eigengrau discovered that Vordea had quite a blind spot and she was certainly going to take advantage of that.