#bergen_county

She takes it to the player and carefully sets it up, she knows how a record player works.

"How do you know Siv?" She asks Dockery.

"She stopped a burglar" He grins "Craziest thing I ever saw, teenage girl tackling a guy"

"i've done crazier" Siv smiles "Anyway, he invited me in. We talked"

"Sounds like my Siv." She grins.

Glamour seems to trickle from the man as he moves over the collectionn "See this, that was Milli Vanili's last release before they got exposed... bit of music hisory that. I actually felt sorry for those fellows. They WANTED to be honest... but their manager got them first"

"You've got a fortune here in your collection. I hate to say it.. I mean, I know how -I- would feel about such treasures... but your house really looks like it needs some fixing up. Is money an issue?"

"Not that it's any of my business." She adds, coloring a little.

"Oh sweet of you to worry, I.. I just hate to sell it. It might be fine if they cared for it...but you know someone would justt buy the things for the noteriety"

"I worry that if someone knew what you had, you'd be ripe for a looting. Any of this stuff would move fast and be impossible to trace. at the very least, let us help you fix the windows." She glances to Siv, questioning - worried that she's overstepped.

"Siv, did you bring her here just to fuss at me?" A chuckle from the old man

"I didn't coach her at all, Dockery" Siv smiles "See, I'm not the only oen who thinks so"

"I learned from the best." She laughs.

"You kids can't afford to go fixing old menn's windows..."

"We'll make it work, let us patch things up a tad" Siv pesters "PLEASE?"

"Siv is handy, and I might not know how to fix anything, but I can hold and hammer on command... and it's worth it just to have gotten a chance to listen to Dark Side on Vinyl."

"See, you CAN Pay us... Piper gets to listen to Dark Side on Vinyl" Siv beams

"Okay okay.. finne" Dockery shakes his head "I surrender. "

Siv grins "Yay, we adore winning, don't we , Piper?" She looks over with PIper

Thumbs up!

"Well, let me pay you in advannce..." he starts to offerr

"Oh we cann only listen to one song..." Siv says "We have... well, places to check up onn... friends"

"I have to warn you that I might sing along..."

ONE song? Patrols are cruel

"But we'll get some supplies to fix these up and stop by later?" Puppy dog eyes.

Siv ponnders "Welll.... mmmmm"

head side to side.. then grin "of course" Siv smiles

Beams, and then settles down to listen, and then grins to Siv. "And you can see that I respect our chores we need to finish by not asking him to play track 8 for my one song."

Dockery, of course, is sure to recognize the ~8 minute masterpiece.

"I guess.. not sure I know who Pink Floyd is.. he anny good?" Siv asks

Piper splutters. "You're... KIDDING, right?"

"Well, it was before her time" the old man says

"SOME things are TIMELESS. Siv, we're going to EDUCATE you."

"Sorry... I... okay so I don't know this pink guy and I'm a savage?" Siv blinks confused

"Just lost, dear, just lost" Dockery assures

"Here, listen to this... " She finds and plays Brick in the Wall. "A song that inspired an entire generation of rebellion..."

A Wilder anthem, or heck, for any Fae, about breaking out, defying the institution!

Siv is soon moving her her head... and yes 'Hey Teacher, leave those kids alone'

Dockery joins in for that line

IF you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if ya don't eat yer MEAT?

Piper laughs at that line.

Dockery exudes drops of glamour, nostalggia, memories of good times... and yes, proof even old farts can feel defiant

A soft sigh as the last notes fade. "I'll be sure to bring Siv back for her music lessons soon..."

"Please do" A nod s "Comfortably numb awaits"

Siv mutters 'Okay. I admit, I kind of want to go flip Vali off... 'hey teacher'"

"Oh we ggotta go" Siv takes Piper's hand "Thanks again, Dockery!"

"Nice meeting you - we'll be back!"

"Nice meeting you" He waves

Siv takes him along "Did you feel the glamour off him? he's like a .. he collects GOOD vibes and good dreams of the past, not just stuff"

"I did! Is he your dreamer? He's fantastic."

"Yup... see, you went for the music, I oooed and awed over the radio from a ship that fought at Midway. His house has like 3 bedrooms and two of hem are full of stuff. "