#bergen_county

"And, shit - this place..."

"Like, it shouldn't be this good."

"Maybe that's the thing about fantasies. If they suck, no one's gonna enjoy them. Maybe it's karma - like, you got shit on enough early on, so you deserve something good for a while. If you really wanted to know you could ask Vali. But he'll probably say that the moon is in retrograde and you'll disturb the quantum entanglements of fate by trying to observe it, or some bull."

"Yeah." SIgh.

He gives her a little pointy elbow nudge. "Could be worse. You could have to live with Dirk." A small grin, as they approach school.

Adam pulls in to the parking lot, finds a space. After a moment, he exits the car and heads into school.

"Oh jeez, yeah."

Dag and Sy are heading to the front doors by foot. It's a nice day, after all.

Adam is joking and joshin', smilin' (but not smokin') as he heads in.... glances, and realizes he needs to go through the gym, detours..... and enters the school there.

Symon gives Dag... Sam a nod as they part, heading towards his locker to divest of his many legions of winter wear before he has to check in to AP physics class.

And she's off to math. Hopefully a good day to follow.

(Later in the day)

Adam is enchanted again, on and off, for his sanity sake, but today he has juice. And..as always, there are chimera

Including new ones, a bubble of light and floral scents floats by... it sighs

He turns to look, curious.

It's new, he's sure of that, vibrant and more...

"When is spring?" It sings "It don't mean a thing if it ain't yet that spring..do wah do wah"

"Hey." He greets....it.....

"Hello" it surprises him by responding pretty clearly, albeit in a bell like voice. IT understands

"I.... " He finds a place he can talk in the school halls and ways. "Can you hear me?"

"Yes" It says "Can you hear me?"

"I can."Soft, careful. "I'm not sure when Spring is. I'm sorry. Who are you?"

"I don't know... a girl was looking out the window in class. She was wishing ever so hard that spring would finally get here... and it was a good wish I guess, because here I am..waiting for spring for her."

Adam laughs softly. "Cool."

"Who wanted this?"

"I don't know... she's a tall girl, pretty. She didn't dream about herself, just spring" the floral scented sunbeam says "I think she likes sports and her friends and her boyfriend"

"Oh sunny days and breezes that tossle your hair.... flowers blooming everywhere, the leaves return to the trees that lost them.... green again."

Adam breathes in. "Can....can you bring me to her? Show me?"

"I think so?" SHe moves and wanders..."oh where oh where has my dreamer gone, on where oh where can she beeeee..." she wanders down a hallway

Adam follows.

Dirk is in the hallway as it glides by. He eyes it, sniffs...and grabs it "All right. Lunch"

"Let. Her. Go."

"Here." He offers/gives a fistfull of money. About $20. "Buy something."

"Wait what the ..dude, it's a chimera, not even a strong one.. it'll fade in a day, or less in a place like a school. I can break it down for glamour, or use it for deorderante or something..." Dirk was looking snarly but he grows surprised instead when MONEY is offered, "You're wasting your money. It's no good to you."

"This isn't her," The little sunbeam writhes in the Redcap's grip "he's not Spring like at all"

"I know." Gently to her, and to Bad News. "Fuck you, take it or not. I don't care."

Dirk eyes Adam, "You're such an asshole. You probably think you're the good guy in this story. Fine, take it. But when it dies out here or becomes a brain dead bit of dream fluff, don't blame me. I warned you" Dirk lets go..and takes the money

the spring chimera gasps and floats behind Adam

Money is nothing. Adam gestures the Chimera forward, under his protection.

Dirk walks off shaking his head and.. possibly counting to ten?

The spring chimera says "I don't mean to be weak and flimsy" It circles

"You're beautiful. Do you have a name?"

"I'm Adam."

"I don't have a name, I was just dreamed today. A hope for spring sounds like a title for a painting or poem more than a name I think" It bobs along "Call me what you like... oh, she's ahead there"

"Show me!" Delighted, he follows.

And they turn a corner and there's May, Sam/Dagmar's friend, the tall mortal totally ordinary (But she's sfilled out nicely) girl

Adam grins at her. Oh, such a nice smile.....

"That her?" Softly.

"Yup. She dreamed me up" the tinkling spring dream says "just pop, out of her head."

May turns sees the smile and nods with a polite smile of her own, but not too broad "Hello, Adam."