Baby -- ?! - - - - !!!!!

[tinythea]

"BABY!!!"

Thea runs into the main room, a frantic flurry of skirts and pigtails. She's wide-eyed, trembling, and a little pale, and pauses for breath before announcing in a hushed voice:

"There's a baby."

Typist: What she said. Isaak Stiefel hast been borneth! Thea is open for questions and for leading any who would like to visit Ilse and the

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[graspingpearls]

"A... Thea, did you say baby? Thea! IS ILSE HAVING HER BABY?"

[tinythea]

"NO!" Thea gave a furious shake of her head. "She had her baby!!"

[graspingpearls]

Wendla gasped. "She-- the baby? She had her baby? Where is she? Is she alright?"

[tinythea]

Thea just grabs Wendla's hand and tugs it, wordlessly jabbing her finger in the direction of Ilse's room.

[dearherrstiefel]

Frau Gabor pales a bit when she hears Thea shouting. "Thea, dear, calm down. What's happened?"

[tinythea]

Thea immediately straightens and smooths her skirt. "It's Ilse, Frau Gabor -- she's had her baby!"

[dearherrstiefel]

"Oh, Lord-- Where is she, Thea? Was anyone there with her? Is she alright?"

[tinythea]

"I don't know! She's in her room -- "

[wontcallback]

Marianna, for her part, just gapes at Thea. "What are you talking about?"

[tinythea]

How could she not know? "Ilse! BABY!"

[wontcallback]

She blinks. "Ilse? Baby? I don't follow."

[tinythea]

"Ilse. Had. A baby."

[myjunkis_u]

Anna blinks, stunned, her book slipping from her hands. "Wh-what??

[tinythea]

Thea flails in her general direction.

"Baby!!"

[myjunkis_u]

"Whose...? OH. Oh! Ilse's! Oh goodness! Isn't that it?"

[tinythea]

"YES! The baby's here! I saw it!"

[ilove_olive]

O_________O "Oh my! A baby? Where did it come from?"

[tinythea]

"From ILSE!"

[ilove_olive]

O____________________O "Is she hurt?"

[tinythea]

"I -- I don't think so -- ?" She hadn't exactly stuck around to check.