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(Around the 'main event')

Adam looks for piper to give her a flower

Piper is laughing..

(Director voice- ACTION)

(Repost) "Rikki has a bit of a mouth on her," Nadeen says now that the pooka girl and her father out out of ear shot

"Pooka are tricky..."

"I suppose. Is it true what I heard that Eden was in a crisis? And if so... why are she and the other new pooka looking like we may need to throw cold water on them?"

"I think that's the crisis solution?"

"If this becomes a Fiona hold, I'm going to be disgusted" She sighs

"I think it's just Siv."

"Yes yes. Only one victim to lionitus"

"I dunno how Gwydions are about love....:

"Chief ain't very smoochy."

"Trolls neither, that's why it means something when your eyes light up" she whispers in Dagmar's ear

She blushes lilac - and those amber eyes do, indeed, light up. "Hey!"

"mmm?" INNOCENT look "Food's good, isn't it?"

"Oh yeah, I like these tiny sandwiches. Cucumber and I'm not sure what..."

"You know? I'm not sure, but they are tastey"

"Just right for a sunny day."

She holds out her flower crown, inspecting it.

"mm plotting flower tyranny?"

"Yes!" She sets the wreath on the Varich's head.

She blushes lightly, "Well, my first act of floral tyranny will be to taste your last sandwich" And she pecks Dagmar lightly on the lips

Hey! A kiss!

A savoring "I think it tastes better on your lips than mine"

BLUSH.

"So...anhything else I've missed in recent drama at the lodge? Mom and dad have been cracking down on the 'social distance thing'"

"Downside of mortals, even if the browns are decent folks."

"Let's see... Siv drama, but that seems mostly settled..."

"Adam and Zane rolled in stinking drunk last night..."

"Siv drama...good things are consistent" A smile, then a blink "Drunk? I... admit that caught me off guard. Do Adam's parents know this?"

"Not yet. With a satyr mom, maybe he'll get away with it?"

"He's probably paying for it, today."

"oh, we should get someone singing high notes"

"That's cruel..." But she snerks.

Tove IS singing, the children are happy

A smile. Life is good.

Nadeen watches the match "Siv needs to adapt quickly or she'll lose again"

"Siv is quick."

"And Chief is canny."

"She changed strategies, did you see?"

"Yeah..."

"Why is Adam so concerned about changelings 'cheating'?" She snorts

Shrugs.

"He's touchy. Made me feel all... dunno... I couldn't play basketball against him, since playing would be cheating."

"I mean, playing as good as I could? I dunno."

"And yet, if I told him it was good he recognized he was inferior, he'd be bitchy about it" An eye roll "odd how he wants it both ways"

"So bitchy, yeah... like, I tried to get him involved, but there's stuff he couldn't do... dunno."

"It was pretty exhausting."

"Well, I like seeing you show your best. "