#bergen_county

"Yet," Sylvi points out.

A smile to Lupe. "We eat pretty darn good at my house, yeah."

"Oh, RIGHT? Like, if your mom ever has extra tamales..."

"Ooooh, tamales!"

Tove laughs "Well, that's one of the things I like about cooking competitions.. even of only one contestant wins, a lot of people win"

"So true!" Sylvi raises her glass to approve of Tove's statement. She drinks, then she says, "Do you want help with clean-up, Tove?"

"Ive got it, why don' you three girls go off, have fun unless you have to get home?"

"Well, I can walk Lupita home..."

"Well, I've gotta get back, yeah. But this was great, thanks. And I'll come over this weekend to talk more about sound effects, okay?"

"Ooo, hey, Sylvi - would you consider working on May?"

"Definitely" Tove says "I think I have just the thing for a funny twang sound"

Lupita nods "Cool by me"

"Cool." She.. grabs something? No... (Yes! Flyswatter!)

"I'd love to work on her, if she'll let me. Not everybody wants....well...." she shrugs. "I'll ask her."

"And Lupe, wanna be a model sometime? For my videos?"

Dag frowns, blushing and dropping her gaze.

"Well, I mean, she oughta. You're good at makeup."

"YOu can't afford my modeling rates," Lupe says with a smile

Sylvi bites her lip for a second, then smiles a bit. "Thanks."

"Shhh!" she says to Lupe. "I don't need people figuring out they can charge me!"

Lupita laughs at that

Tove chuckles, "Sylvi, you're a natural entrepreneur"

A snort/smile.

"I'm...not sure that's a compliment!" Sylvi laughs. "Okay, I gotta go. Tove, thanks again. See ya, Sam, Lupe!"

She heads out and back to the Lodge, checking to make sure that Flopsy is with her.

"Seeya Sylvi!"

Flopsy appears "Damn cat" And moves off

"Were you the target? I didn't see you there."

"Target? No that was someone else"

Lupita rises to join Sam "Ready when you are. Thanks again, Mrs. King"

"Someone else? Another chimera?"

"Not..chimera... whatever it was. " Flopsy says "But I don't think it was a danger.. my tail didn't itch. "

A wave to Tove, and she's out with Lupe.

"Well...let's hear it for itchless tails."

"It's what keeps the talcum industry flowing" The rabbit says with a straight face that would do a troll proud.

Sylvi laughs.

Sylvi and Flopsy head home.

Meanwhile... Dagmar and Lupe make their way towards Lupita's house "Hey.. sorry about.. acting weird in there" Lupita says

"Seemed like you saw something?"

"Garou spirit stuff" She says "I guess it's like ..that troll stuff? I remember... I think you told me about.. stuff ...Wow. A lot of it is fuzzy. I know you'rea big ole smurf though" Smile

A laugh!

"Yeah, and you can't normally see it. So - were the big dogs spying on you?"

"More like one of their little narcs... " She giggles "But watching Odin run around after it was so worth it. I wish you could have seen"

"I swear, cats don't need to be enchanted - wouldn't be surprised he sees spirits, too!"

"Cats cheat" A sigh "Did you iknow where are were cats? Like.. were lions and so were panthers? I shouldn't say but hey that's THEIR Secret not ours..."

"Wow! I heard there were bears, too."

"Course, those might be on us... people dream it up, we get it..."

"I still don't think I'm a ..confused Puck or whatever you call it"

"Well, obviously the magic changed you so you have different rules now..."

"This sounds like Fairies are trying to appropriate my culture" elbow bump