#baronyofthesilverwolf

She wavers. "Guess it doesn't matter in a dream if I go with..." And he is so pretty...

Gwen /Gladiolas is about to plead then ... sees Art work his magic. Mixed feelings THERE but.. a nod.. and off they go. Hopefully she won' change her mind

ELSEWHERE BACK AT SILVERWOLF...

Julius and Bluebell have started serving drinks and snacks to those who remained.

Aiden and Nadeen await the return of the hunters.

The two sluagh appear to have vanished entirely. Hopefully not hiding out in the hold somewhere?

Linnea remained to guard Nadeen and Aiden at a distance... though she exchanges glances with a Chieftain if he is still there.

Danica - off patrolling vs. any remnant chimera...

Hewitt nods to Linnnea quietly, but suportive

Rochallor says "Are we gonna blow up anything else tonight?"

Perfect timing to ask... as Briar staggers into the garden, hauling something along with her! Glass tugs and tries to help as well.

A large form almost as big as the Redcap herself, bigger than her half-grown hound pup.

Fur as blue-black as midnight, and speckled with stars... not dead, but stunned, and hauled in a net. Rounded ears, a blunt nose, and very large paws.. a chubby ursine shape.

"I caught one! Didn't even eat it! Where's my prize??"

Briar is somewhat battered, but PROUD at her catch....

Nadeen looks over the redcap's prize "I think you've captured Ursa Minor. Better let it go before Ursa Major gets mad"

Briar puffs up. "It ain't that big..."

Linnea marches towards her. "Briar, release. I will return it."

"Like HECK you will! I caught it fare and square!" The wee Redcap snaps!

"We asked for a Chystalid, not chimera, Briar" Nadeen indicates "Besides, it's too small for a decent rug. Give it a few years so it'll be a challenge worthy of a monster"

Briar HUFFS. But... now that she's back, she can smell the Feast that Marigold made. and she is HUNGRY from that fight. Bruised and a few deep scratches in her Fae mein, nothing that she can't be proud of, nothing that will scar.

"Fine. But YOU gotta take it back. It bites." Briar demands of Linnea, like she hadn't just said she would.

"Thank you, Thane Linnea." Nadeen says

"I'd be happy to assist in this" Hewitt throws in

A bellow from out in the woods somewhere! Not quite a roar, but a call, and an unhappy one... perhaps soon to be angry.

Linnea nods to Hewitt, and with a quick motion, the cub is hefted up - her troll might restored, and perhaps, even more, as she acts to protect her Oathed Hold! Muscles bulging, strength granted by the dreaming.

"Come, we must lead her away from the hold before she tracks her cub here." To the Chieftain.

Annd Hewitt moves with her quickly... assiing her...

None too soon, as something large follows in the woods after them - crunching brush as it traces their steps and follows the smell of it's star-cub. But that's over there.

Over HERE, our hunters return!

"And that's the Escheat..." Gwen says, as she's been explaining all as they walked

"This is some real meshugga fanfic, like, Warhammer 57-hundred-k deep..."

"Are you speaking English?" Gwen/Gladiolas asks "I'm sorry, but the only warhammers I know are..actual Warhammers"

Dee laughs "Okay, she's a hoot"

Not one, but TWO new Fae accompany Gwen and DeLorean, to Aiden's surprise!

"What, no! Warhammer has these minis... okay, so, there's Game World and Dream Forge, and they do most of the options... they're both JAGOFFS..."

"Anyways, you can mod'em with an exacto and make all kinds of new creatures..."

Nadeen turns "I think the bear is..." A pause "We have two?"

Dee drops off her horse annd bows "My lord, it would appear Katrrinna was always a nocker, just unnaware. One dance trigered another. The host of our new shining host was called 'arty'"

Katrina is staring, mouth agape, at the baronial pair.

A small frown from 'Arty'. "It doesn't exactly have a regal ring to it... it is not.. my name." A bit concerned at the lack of remembrance.

Nadeen inclines her head, "Welcome, Arthur, Katrina, to Silverwolf"

Aiden squeezes Nadeen's hand! "Arthur is a name of Mortal Kings. There is no shame in taking that name for a time, until a new name is chosen, or an old one returned to you."

"Yeah, real trippy dream. No more taco bell baja freezes."

The gleaming Elf King says to his magnificent Queen, "I believe our newest Knight claims your prize. Unless DeLorean claims one of the new Fae?"

"I must admit, I wannt to," Dee bows "But... Gwen found them first"

Gwen blinks "Prize? I oh, lord it's all happened so fast. Lady I.. mostly i wannt to help Katrina and... Arthur. Katrina might want to meet an old friend here" She looks for a gnome

A small, rather plain, unpainted and simple fired clay Gnome with a pointed hat peeks out from around Dru.

"There's a rock AND a tree..."

"he's a rock you saved" Gwen smiles

It MARCHES over to Katrina and... actually sweeps off it's hat! Gwen didn't know the hat came off, it seemed to be part of one piece of the stubby little figurine.

Peering up at her, he asks in an uncertain, somewhat squeaky voice. "Does Rainbow remember Blinky?"

Dru beams. "I am a tree! I like the rainbow girl"

Blinky... Blinky... When she was a girl, she used to pretend that the rocks in her garden were gnomes... She had one for nearly every letter of the alphabet.

Katrina squints.

"Nobody calls me that anymore."

Of course, that was before her parents divorced, before they moved from that nice house to a smaller apartment, without a yard. She certainly couldn't haul all the garden rocks with her, even if she said they were her friends.

But maybe one? "Blinky was FIRST. B is first! Blinky is last, but I remember. I remember Rainbow!"

"I..." She wavers again, vulnerable. Remembering the words as the teacher tossed her greenwork onto the discard pile... smashing them before they could be fired...

"You don't remember me? You colored me with crayons, and finger paints, when you were much shorter. The color faded, but I stayed with you. Blinky stays, even when the Cold Man came!"

"He came to life.. you saved that one..." gwen whispers "he talks about you, he held on against unbelief, because how strong you dreamed him"

"When I was a stupid kid..."

"I acted like the rocks were gnomes, like they were my friends."

Her spirals have been wavery, but the power of the hold makes the memories clearer....