#bergen_county

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Dagmmar is on patrol heading back to the Lodge when she hears an ANGRY horse sound!

Divert!

A cry for help

and she sees Stormwake and Star are kicking the living hell out of some changeling

She runs up!

The nocker is trying to get out of the corral but her leg appears to be broken

Flyswatter is out, and the spike appears at said nocker's throat. "Explain why I shouldn't kill you."

"What? I just thought they were furking pretty! Wanted to pet one! " THe Lies are BLARING in the Gwydion's ears

Grunt. The metal presses until a drop of blood wells. "Try again."

"Look, I' mgetting paid, you wouldn't believe how much I'm getting paid.."

There's an apple that has been almost hurled away by one of the horses

"That doesn't seem like a reason to spare you. Oooo, you're gonna hurt my horses for profit?"

"They're just animals!"

And Star bites the nocker on the ass!

"FURKINHOLEPACKINGDREKDWADDLE!" The nocker cries out

Snerk.

"One, you are wrong. They are fae steeds."

"Two, they are mine."

Dag plants a booted foot on the nocker's chest, Flyswatter still pricking her throat.

"I'll give you the money that I got, it was only a small payment before hand, but it's yours if you want it. I swear" SHe means it as she lays there helpless

"Why do you think I want the money?"

"Hey, wer'e half mortal right? mortal needs?"

"FRUIT!" A voice says happily behind Dagmar, and a horrible crunch is heard, of monkey teeth biting into an apple

"NO!"

"Snow!"

Star circles back to check on Spark, nuzzling him protectively.

"Snow, don't... bad fruit! Poison!"

Snow has already swallowed! And she blinks, her eyes getting large "Bad fruit?" Clearly this does not compute to Snow "It just needed a good home..."

"My belly.." ANd she touches her little monkey tummy

And looks wobbly...and increasingly green

"GrrAARRGGHHH!" The nocker doesn't have much of a chance - Flyswatter was right there, and Dagmar SHOVES it into her throat with rage.

Dead Nocker! Chimerically mind you

She rips the halberd free and kicks the other changeling away like trash before turning to Snow. "Snow.. "

and now a teenage girl lays there comatose with a broken leg

"This fruit ...doesn't like me.." Snow is foaming at the mouth which she wipes as she falls over "Was it..something snow said?"

"No.. no.. it... HELP!" She's close to the Lodge, maybe... "HELP, PLEASE!"

Brogan comes out sword drawn, satchel on his side

She abandons the bloodied halberd and scoops up the chimera in her arms.

"Brogan... Brogan, you know poisons. The apple is poisoned..."

The chimera seems to be starting to break apart... flaking

"Quick, put some glamour in her!" He orders

Dag feeds glamour into the monkey without hesitation.

Star trots over - the little monkey is a nuisance, but it's HER girl's nuisance. She lays down and nuzzles the poor thing, giving a touch of her own inherent glamour as well.

"Dreaming bless Symon" The boy says, "The anti toxin, if it's more hemlock he and I have it..."

and he pours what appears to be an unpleasant oily liquid down the monkey's throat "She was given a stronger dose. Make sure she swallows it. Do NOT let her spit this back up":

"C'mon Snow..."

Snow tries to spit the oil back up, despite orders not to

the glamour seems to have kept her from the fading she had begun though

Fingertips pressed to Snow's mouth, to keep it in.