#bergen_county

A little jaw jut.

"Fine" Tiff says "Stay on the bench longer your choice"

Then she adds "Please. "

Her tail falls a the delay, and she texts

time passes

Dagmar dozes.

The cookie, at least, has eased away the minor injuries completely.

The bale's glow works enfusing her

And then, a voice "Anyone in there?" Waking her

Oak instantly moves to the door and barks.. a 'open it' call

Dag sits up, groggily.

Tiffany was half dozed in a chair nearby, ready to protect Dagmar but she looks up "Huh, the twlight bark?"

And she rises and gets to the door

Before them, a wilder Centaur male stands, dripping wet. Draped over his back is Gerd! She's wounded. And there's Eddie, who looks half dead from exhaustionn and just as wet

Squint. "Shit. Did they get away?"

"If you mean the Freaks that had me in the van? YEAH.. I'm still now sure how we ended up over the lake..." the Centaur says "But I know if it weren't for this blue girl I'd be in deep shit and.. okay, you're blue too? And.. this lady has a tail?"

Tiff is grabbing Gerd close and moving her to the table, laying her out and grabbing the medkit

"Oh, shit, you've been running feral since Christmas, huh? Yes, I'm blue. Gerd's blue. Tiffany is half dog."

"My mother's maiden name WAS sheperd" Tiffany nods as she works annd mutters "Why are husbands such cops?"

"uhm.. " The centaur guy pales as it looks like the Dog lady is going to pull bullets out of the ggirl who rescued him "Feral? I'll be going now.. thanks"

"So another hunter scoops you up? If you don't know what a troll is, you obviously haven't gotten The Talk about what you are, or what has happened to you."

"Look, I don't want any part of this okay? I'm a freak.. things were bad enough before, now they're just as bad and WEIRD so if you don't mind, and even if you do, I'm goingg to get out of here before someone puts me in a freak show and starts charging tickets"

Clinnkingg, as a bullet is taken out by Tiffany. Gerd bites down on a piece of wood

Vali comes up behind the new Centaur a s he talks.

"Listen, genius - we're the good guys. I broke my leg trying to get that van, and Gerd got fucking shot. Think for a second."

"Well, I don't want any part of your funky fight with whatever is going on here in your D&D L arp with a budget.. okay?" He says "I got her help. She's getting help. And now, I'm gone. I don't owe anyone anything"

"Ain't about owed. It's about you leave here ignorant, you'll just get caught again."

"Dumbass."

"I think you might want to be a LITLE Grateful" From behind him, Vali speaks up, "Because that's my niece there getting bullets out of her. That's my friend and fellow knight who broke her leg tryinng to save you and she STILL got word out making it possible. And yeah, She's right . If you think you'll be 'left out of our little LARP' on your own, you really are a dumbass." His eyes grow cold "Get inside, find a place ot wait, and LISTEN. "

the guy jumps , almost kicks vali, but goes inside the lodge

'How many of you guys are there?" New guy gasps

"More and less than you think, probably. Few hundred in the County."

"We are LEGION..." Tiffany says in a creepy voice as she waves bloody fingers

"Not helping, honey"

Vali throws

"Sorry, I have more filter when I haven't just wrecked a vehicle."

"I heard it was some new York Prius in the way that wrecked your vehicle" Vali looks at Dagmar "How's the leg?"

"Still hurts. Don't want to put weight on it yet."

"Tiffany helped me."

He grunt nods and moves to Gerd "Hey... so.. you got shot. First time?"

"har har" Gerd mmph "I'm fine, or will be. "

"Mortal guns? Man, fuck these guys."

"Okay, Horse guy, what's your name and how ass over teakettle has the past five months been?"

"It's been bonkers " He paces back and forth "Seen shit you would NOT Believe! A woman at this diner had HORNS! I was like 'demon!' and ran annd she chased and almost caught me... kept saying she could explain... and then there was this biker gang of.. I shit you not, guys who had BOLTS through their lips , that can't be ehalthy and they were creepy as fuck with teeth that... "he shudders

"Satyr, probably trying to help. Redcaps, smart to run. They bite."

"And somethings weren' even human ISH there was this stupid one horned horse that tried to tell me 'seek the flames of Dreaming'"

"And you diss unicorns? Dude. I'm actually amazed you weren't undone."

"Wait, that was a real unicorn?" He blinks "Like a REAL REAL ... "

Vali says "Yeah... sounds like a satyr tried to help you. And A Unicorn. Dude, Da'ann can only do so much and What IS your nname otherwise I'm going to start calling you Penelope Pittstop because i'm old and it's funny to ME"

"Jordan.. my name is Jordan" he says "My dad loved basketball sue me"