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"Oh what was I thinking, we should get you a coat" The troll girl says to zara as they enter Bergan

Twenty three degrees or so

"I don't mind the cold..."

The trod leads to the lodge grounds?

Well, from Firnost to Everwyrd and after that it splilt. the lOdge is nearby, but Siv isn't heading that way, rather texting "We want to go to the museum right?"

"Museum, aye..."

"Pardon, this should... there we go."

A van pulls up. A bit dented with a now faded air brush job on it , outside the passenger side window a college age guy peeks out "Siv! Hey...what's up? Who'se this?"

Zara raises an eyebrow.

"Hey, J.J. this is my friend, Zee. She's cool, but not so much on the noise.... we need a lift. And you guys were in the neighborhood. You still going to try out for that club?" Siv asks//" "You know it, gonna be there?"//"Can't. School stuff has a big project for me to turn in tuesday and folks are firm that if I want to be on the gym team I have to keep my grades up. Zee's helping me out, she's a real wizard tutor. I do need a lift to town though, but of us." Then to zara "This is J.J. And Harry." The ddriver says 'Hey' with a brief nod "Nice lads" She continues then leans against the window. WHile her cleavage is not showing, her curves do show in the folds of her own coat nicely "Aren't ye lads?"

JJ grins "WHen you put it that way, Siv. Your free uber awaits. If it catches, just give it a slight lift as you pull"

Clearly meaning the side door on the vehicle

She raises a hand in greeting, a soft 'hey' in reply.

The two mortals do not realize they're carting changelings, but then, do they need to?

Siv opens the back side door easily, "After you, Zee"

They do not! Zara perches primly in one of the back seats.

"Love what you've done with van, gents" //"All we did was stick in that car fresheriner you gave us for Christmas" Harry says//"And I love it" siv sniffs again. then winks/This seems to strike the fellows as funny, and the lot of them head into the town desired, the drive saving a lot of wwalking through the snow.

Zara is quiet with the new people, though she smiles and listens - nothing but polite.

The boys talk and chatter about their plans, how they hope to make it big so they can like totally die young and rich. While Siv flirts with both lightly and has fun, she's not shameless (Well, okay, by sluagh standards a bit, by satyr standards prudish) she seems to ease Harry into talking more and admiting that he'd like his music to mean something, maybe touch somebody 'and not in a dirty way'. Siv smiles as she takes this chance to ease him with musing like moves. Clearly Sir Frank has taught her some on how to work with mortals after all.

Zara gently encourages - music is "cool," after all. Her boyfriend is an artist, so...

That gets Harry and JJ asking bout Earl..and his art. If shown some samples, they confirm that his style is 'Gothmetal' whatever that is. and approve

Zara is always happy to show off Earl's stuff, and she glows at their apparent approval.

Time passes quickly in the van with such talk, and they pull into the town onto a street corner "Here, Siv? You sure?" "you might turn blue" //"And wouldn't that be a sight?" Siv grins "Relax, boyos, we're fine. Thank you so much for the lift." She opens the door, and waits for Zee to get out//"Nice meeting you, Zee. Thanks for letting us know his website." "Yeah, my great aunt would love his stuff." "Yeah, your great aunt is warped.." "Watch it" "in a good way"

"Thank you, gentlemen!" A little bow and a wave after she gets out.

"Nice fellows aren't they?" Siv says "Harry wants so much more than money though...he wants to share himself, and there's a lot of beauty in the lug" The troll says almost proudly as if they were her charges, which they might be.

She nods. "I can see that. You have fun dreamers."

"Yeah, mum encouraged it, much to my surprise, but da's the one who has the touch. Liam and all.." They move towards the museum which is... "Closed? Oh no."

"Ah..." She checks the hours.

Looks like it closed just..five minutes ago? there might still be..ah, yes, she sees a employee within, not just a janitor either, he's wearing a suit. Perhaps a guide?

She goes forward and pulls on the door - it might not be locked yet,

It opens, Siv looks embarrassed, and mutters "Well, ok. I trusted the sign"

"Pretend like you belong. School project.."

A glance at signs, and she starts with purpose towards the sculpture gallery.

Siv changes her stance and walks as if she knows exactly where she's going.

The sculpture gallery doesn't have that many works, but the ones it has are fairly impressive. One even looks rather victorian

She looks around - either for Saturn, or a place that seems suitable for him.

She searches, seeming not to see anything ..wait

No, no Saturn, and the place she would put him has a statue in it. A not terribly impressive bit of modernist abstract sculpture that seems akin to a giant paper clip in gold

Siv looks about "Drat."

Then Zara realizes, there's no description of this 'new' art. Not a plaque, not a label even.

"Siv..."

"Clippy, it looks like you're trying to cast willow whisper... would you like help? Aye..."

"Aye?" She turns

An embarrased look, "I can't help I.. oh wait, " And Siv hands over a bit of dross. A gummy dachshund. Gummi bears are common but not this

"Hello - describe how you came to be in this place, please."

The dross squishes, juicig up Zara's cantrip...and the clip babbles in a very odd reaction to the question

Eyebrow?

"Two very educated men walk into a bar. Neither can find their girlfriends. So they say Look, it's almost 8. No lemon, no melon. Boom. They put a pin in it"

Word play, it's word play... two educated men? A Pair of Doctors? Paradox? What does... mmm and now that she looks at it, the paper clip by itself looks like a paper clip, but overlaid on it's own shadow, that's an infinity symbol! No Lemon, no Melon? Palindrome, you could say that over and over... there's a recuring theme of infinity here..the comment about the pin? not so sure