#baronyofthesilverwolf

"This is... " He mmms "This is better than... " A pause. Okay he has no comparison in that phrase so instead "How did you DO that?" A look at Marigold "Are you a witch?"

"Am I a..." She gives him a look, and then laughs heartily. "If by that you might mean that I can turn ordinary ingredients magical in a cauldron, then yes, guilty as charged. Now, you, sit, sit! You look one stiff breeze from keeling over. Thistle, you as well, you're skin and bones..."

Snerk! Citron echoes with a similar-sounding ring.

"I'm not. I'm wiry."

He sits down as directed, still stunned.

But she sits.

And both wilders properly obedient, it looks like marigold is in charge, as she should be

He has a mug pressed into his hands, and soon a meal that may make him bitterly regret the stolen pie, once he learns it would have had ice cream added to it later.

However, once he has eaten his fill and had a chance to rest a bit, he will be asked his story... asked, not demanded, and without threat of flashlight! But good food and a promise of dessert is a fine bargaining piece as well.

(Scene, for now!)

Madern told everything, that they were in willows, how the trip was going to be uneventful. He'll mention Tavi Longstride, the Rover. He says "The youngest was Sheera. Like 13 and just togailed. " Amused "Man, everyone thought she was such an ugly kid, but the Dreaming plays it staight and all the guys who treated her badly kicked themselves when she went from Catapillar to butterfly pooka. " And Jerant , he was kind of the oldest and youngest. He just got out of his saining recently, first time on the trod. Course I'm not a big trod walker myself. We each had reasons to try it. We met this balor, Sir Ea.. Sir Eachiness! Yeah, and he and Tavi didn't like each other I think but he was the one who called out the warning when the flood of nightmares came and the trods went nuts.. tarnish everywhere, it was like a coil snapping" Now that he has had a rest and eaten his fill, it was easier to remember some details "The knight and the Rover ordered us to go north, to hold hands and stay together... but the silver under us broke.. we slipped, three different ways. I was the least wounded, I'm pretty nimble you know? And then.. " He paled "I got lost. And.. some centaur saved me , or at least pushed me. Next thing I knew I was landing on some trod rath that almost snared me .. slipped out and found mysellf here. There was such much mess from the trod flood that folks were distracted. Well I didn't know if folks here were good, evil or what. If maybe you guys cauzed it.. which I realize now ain't likely... and I might have swiped a pie and hid out for a little while before Chucky the Doll's little sister's dog sniffed me out"

Of course, if Briar is in the room and listening to that, Ernie might regret that comment

"Well, bless. Why didn't you just ask for safe haven?" Marigold asks, while refilling his drink.

"Well, at first it was because I was still stunned, then because I was scared, then," He pauses "After a bit, it kinda got to be a challenge. I mean, like so many dogs. Huge guards. How long could I Hold out? How long could I hide? ANd... I'm no Eshu or Fiona, but I figured it would buy me time to see a bit. I mean, don't tell Thane Danica, I don't think of myself as a spy, but I kind of got the lay of the land a bit? " He notes the refill "Thanks. Anyway, what I saw was actually pretty cool. LOT of animals. Way more than any hold I've been to."

"LOTS of animals." Harrumph. Muppet snuck in at some point, and has sniffed Madern's ankles before sitting at Thistle's feet.

"Then came the howling from that floppy smaller dog, and suddenly I'm running on the rooftops, then Thistle sees me, and while she's giving me the judgey look... she also isn't trying to kill me" He smiles at Muppet, "So I figure I'll talk. THen, boom, Light in face, 'where was I on the night of whatever' as the biggest cop I've ever seen gives me the third degree ... sso it was Scary as hell, run for my life, less scary but not impressed by me, " a look at Thistle "Then back to Scary as hell. Then I was allowed inside "

"Still not impressed." Sniff.

"Danica - her flashlight, it was magic! Fire magic, I recognized it, but... " She huffs. "How do I remember doing a thing I haven't done?"

Marigold claps her hands together in delight. "Well, that's good. You're so close to saining, it's a good sign that some of your memories are starting to bubble to the top. Clearly, you have done them, dear. Just not this time around. Your past lives, you see."

"Oh yeah," Marden nods in agreement with Marigold to Thistle "You could have been a lot of things over the centuries. A highwayman, a sailor, a dam builder... or an astronaut. Who knows?"

He is stealing examples from the song 'The Highwayman' but the irony of a piskey stealing from a song maybe lost if you don't listen to such

"I made a wisp, and that's kind of fire, but Art said it was soothsay, but..." She frowns. "It.."

"The wisp was made out of fire, too." Uncertain.

"Is the fire in your kiln different from the fire in my oven, or in a lighter, or Willy's forge?"

"Well, yes-and-no..."

"Fire's alive, and no living thing is the same."

"Is Magic any less alive? It takes paths, dear. Fire, now, fire can be a part of Primal, good salt-of-the-earth magic, that, or of Pyretics proper, or channeled with Summer, and that isn't even to mention Solimonds, not that they're proper kithain, mind you..."

"They're like the tree lady, right?"

A smile and encouraging nod. "Indeed, she is a Kubera. I wonder how Dru is doing, but, oh, she must be busy, it is summer after all, a time for growing and such."

"Kubera?" Clearly beyond Madern's knowledge

"She's a dryad!"

"Oh, yes, that's a lovely thought. Or perhaps a Lorax, to speak for the trees. At least, for one tree. Faeries of flowers and trees, groves and meadows. Think, if you will, of a fae spirit that went the Changeling way, but with a mighty plant rather than a mortal human? I hope you will meet her someday."

"We have a centaur, as well, loveliest little thing on four hooves, and quite skilled with hawks." Marigold loves little more than to brag about her Barony.

"A dryad? COOL" he says . He scratches at his new clothes he'd been given, after he was made to shower.

"She was here at Beltaine, drinking wine with Julius."

Thistle darkens a little at the mention of Blossom and her hawks.

"Yeah, Centaurs, not many of those where I'm from but suddenly they're the new thing" Madern says "I think I saw the little one charging around"

"Where do you call home, Madder?" Marigold asks gently. "Do you have a family looking for you that we should call?"

"Not any that want to claim me" He says "I was in Willows but decided for a change of scenery. Didn't expect to nearly die for it. It's okay. I can handle myself" Confident guy

A frown.

His hair has grown more colorful, the silver just an aspect rather than the majority, and hsi eyes are the same color as Marigold's

Having finishes his meal, he takes out a coin, and tries to get to dance it on his knuckles. Where he got this coin since this is a new set of clothes? Hard to say

The coin however, betrays him and bounces off off as he loses the tempo. "Well, that's moderately ego bruising" But he merely picks it up from the ground and tries again

"What about the others with you? Where were you headed?"

"Who knows with Sheera, she talks in rhymes, but she also lies like any pooka so I never did understand. Jerant on the other hand? He just wanted to try a trod and was probably going full circle eventually. First time on the silver for him. They can be strict about that for unsained so once he got his name he wanted to do it so bad. " A frown crosses his features "I wonder if they're alive? I mean, I made it, right?"

"Oh yeah, me and Art aren't allowed on the trods alone, and even with Gwen babysitting, it's a whole thing..."

"Listen, dear, I'll put in a few calls and see if we can't find any news of your friends. Until then, you are welcome here."

"Three days of hospitality is customary, and my Gwen will be happy to have a guest to show around, but after that, we'll see, we always have room for a pair of willing hands if there's a good heart behind them."

At this point, Flow comes in, "Steward? Pardon." The enchanted girl inclines her head "I was doing the laundry, the dirty clothes of our new guest and.." She says "For give, but this was almost thrown in the wash with his pants"

Flo holds up a spatula. Not the most expensive spatula, but one of the more unique ones

Marigold looks surprised, and glances towards Madern with a raised brow.

He winces, "Ah, I forget about that. We got so busy I didn't have time to put it back. I like the pattern though" He says not denying he took it per se