#bergen_county

"Coincidence." She says, breezily. "Dirk, um. I know we were drinking shots of... what was that awful liquor you brought? My memory goes fuzzy shortly there after..."

"The Bootleg Bomber #5? " He asks "It's a domestic craft liquor"

"It was a science experiment gone wrong" Jordan says

"That's right..." She remembers, "Jordan, you thought your size would give you more stamina for drinking, and Dirk questioned that premise?" Politely put, perhaps!

Jordan sighs "Okay, okay... I passed out faster than I thought. I still say that stuff was an abomination."

TRUE

Piper tries not to show her relief TOO palpably at that.

A soft snerk.

"How about you, Dirk? I know you can stomach even that swill - anything else, um, interesting going on that night?"

"Nope" A lie

"That is, did... um." She blanches a bit, and tries to phrase her question. "What did you do after that?"

"Nothing" Dagmar once again hears a lie!

Brow!

Squint.

A glance at Dagmar and back to Dirk. "C'mon, you had to do something. Did you stick around here? Did you leave?"

"What's it to you?" Dirk says testily

"What's it to me?! Just answer the question!" Piper sputters, clearly on edge!

"Oh just answer the question, man" Linwood says "You're making her upset."

Dirk gives Linwood a death glare, the sort a wolf might give an unruly rabbit. Linwood gulps and steps away.

Dagmar levels her amber eyes on the Cap.

THen Dirk looks at Dagmar, "I don't know what's going on here, but I'm starting to think Jordan's right. I hate it when Jordan's right. Everyone does. What I did on my holiday is my own biz"

Piper didn't get the death glare at HER, or it might have made her back down, but at this point, she stands on tippy-hooves, pokes a finger right at Dirk's chest in a rare moment of bravado, and blurts out, "DID WE FUCK OR NOT?!"

And the room goes DEADLY quiet

well, almost quiet.

Dagmar's eyes flare.

"holy shit" mutters Jimmy

Piper steps back several paces, a hand clapped to her mouth, and she glances around the room at the eyes that stare at her. "......"

Dirk blinks, too surprised to keep up matching glares with anyone, and too stunned to forget he was protecting his business, "Wait, this isn't about me getting that Dreamer girl to a safe place when she lost the ability to consent? "

A sloooooow shake of her head.

Linwood says "Safe place? You said you hounded her on her way home, scaring her each step of the way... that you bit at her clothes so she'd never touch booze again. You.. actually were nice?"

Dagmar surveys the other gents, keeping an eye at reactions.

Dirk laments "Okay, I will murder anyone who gives me lip about it. No I didn't terrorize her. It was easy glamour and instead I made sure she got to my mom safe and sound. It was Beltaine. THe seelie was on me. You can't blame me for that!"

TRUIE

Mostly surprise

Grunt. "We won't snitch."

"Right?" She gives the others a Look.

"Oh no" "Definitely not" "Never" "Didn't hear a thing" "For how much?"

Piper tries to look around the room, but is having trouble meeting eye contact, especially with her friends - Linwood, Spencer... oh, the trolls, especially. She settles on Lyron, a question in her eyes.

Lyron actually is cool with this, and seems to realize the possiblities, "Hey, Piper, doin't get me wrong, I would feel very lucky to spend Beltaine with you, and we did dance, but after that, the L twins" Naming the two ladies from the apartment "Pulled me away. Remember ? After the Dub step by chipmunks joke mix?"

A grateful nod to the Satyr - not even needing to check with Dagmar on this sincere answer.

"Sorry, Dirk. ...I'm sorry, everyone. I didn't mean to... interrogate you all. I just..." Her eyes, traitorous things, are growing wet.

The DeBukes are blushing.

But Spencer says "We did a duet, but that was it. "

True

Ives answers honestly "I left early. It started to get too crowded."

Carson adds "Honestly? I thought you were out of my league and didn't even try" A blush "Sides, that fellow you were with acted like you were tight."

Again true

Brow?

A blink - it takes a moment for Piper to register that. "Who - someone who's not here?"

Realizing full well that she may not have an exhaustive list, but...