#bergen_county

"SIV" Jonas says "Give me back my shorts right now!"

Mind you, the swimsuit is..technically legal

"Oh, Siv...you evil wench," Sylvi says appreciatively. Then she looks back to Zane. "And...for the record? It's not like I haven't thought about it." Then she lets go his hand and heads back to the party.

Zane blinks... then smiles as she goes.

Jonas has, wisely, chosen to submerge in the lake

The sun's getting close to setting by now. Sylvi checks in with Lucia again. "Everything good?"

Lucia says "About the same as before, though speaking of banana hammocks... some couples are pairing off" A look over "What was that with Zane?"

"Not what you're thinking," Sylvi says with a grin. "I just wanted to catch up on things."

A chuckle "Okay. I should talk to him too come to think of it. " Lucia nods "Been awhile. His folks come by my parents restaurant"

She nods, and looks around. "Yoel still lurking?"

"Scmoozing actually. He's very friendly and personable" A whisper "And also milking folks for all sorts of intell on Rivervale"

Indeed he's chatting up Linwood the centaur

"Crap. I'm regretting inviting him to join us, but if I didn't it could be an 'evil fairy' situation, right? Hmm...maybe I should confront him. Like, not-so-nice."

"He's a slippery fish. Siv says he's a yellow perch. I guess she would know" This, of course, Sylvi heard before but Siv was sure of that. "Cut off his path to the lake and he might not be able to slip way so easy?"

"And Jonas is in the water for backup. Hmm...this might actually work in our favor. Okay. Brace for A Scene." She casually meanders over towards where Yoel is.

Linwood says "Oh I guess there are more centaurs here than some places, but truthfully, I know one place that has more but we're pretty tight with the local scene I'd be hapy to .. " He looks over "Oh hey, Sylvi"

"Hey, Linwood!" Cheerleader smile. "Hey, Yoel. Having fun?" She takes his arm again.

"Well, aside from feeling like a set of luggage free for claiming" Joel jokes as he's pulled along

"Silly! You'd have to be an alligator to be luggage," though she doesn't actually pull him anywhere. "So, I have a question for you."

"The answer is 42," he assures her with a smile

"Oh, really? That seems like an undercount. Because what I want to know is..." her voice switches from sweet and inviting to full-troll attention-getting. Not a shout, but she can definitely be heard. "...how many details about Rivervale and Goldfinch have you managed to coax out of my friends, and who are you planning to report them to?"

Oh, and the smile is gone.

His eyes go wall eyed

While she's still holding his arm, she now has him at arm's length, and is between him and the lake.

He looks at the lake, notices her grip

"You've been pumping people for info All Damn Afternoon. And you're good at it. So...who's going to benefit from it, hm?"

Just about everybody at the party knows Angry Sylvi tones.

And hopefully she's also getting Siv's attention, in case this guy makes a watery break for it.

And a crowd forms. Mumbles and murmurs as folks compare notes. The guy HAS been questioning a lot of the. Each one thought iwas JUST them

That crowd is very satisfying for Sylvi. "WELL?" she demands again.

And they feel magic flowing

not from the pooka.. Zane, who is saying in a Jersey accent "FERGIT ABOUT IIIIT"

and glamour bursts over every son of adam and daughter of eve present

Sylvi blinks, and then realize that she lost her temper with this guy right in front of several mortals. Dammit.

A quick grateful/apologetic look towards Zane, then a brow at Yoel, expecting an answer out of him.

Yoel surprises her, and whispers to her "Could you please show a LITTLE fucking decorum and NOT risk the right of igorance or is that not a thing here??"

"OooOooOooOoooo!" Piper calls, enjoying the show even if she isn't sure what it's about.

The others are frowning at Yoel still... Siv moves from Jonas in the lake and readies just in case

She scowls, and does not lower her voice. "You've got a HELL of a lot of nerve, trying to lecture ME."

Yoel arches a brow "Did't know there was a monopoly on it." He sighs and says loudly "For a long long time, I've had a hard time finding out where I fit in. I've been lonely and lost, confused in aimless. But this place, THIS place seems cool. It seems decent you know? Or maybe you don't know.. but I've been burned before. Served the wrong causes, trusted the wrong people. This time, I told myself, THIS time, I was gonna be sure. SO yeahl, I asked around. I wanted to know about the neighborhood. I wanted to see if folks were fakes or truly as nice as they pretended. I wanted to know if I could finally lower my guard around here. So Yeah.. I asked, I questioned, and you guys knwo what a cold world it can be out there. You know how hard it is to find a warm welcome ..." Yoel says to the crowd "Can any of you blame me for not wanting to find out I was being faked out and landing in a place where I get my heart broken all over again?"

"Aww Poor guy" Says one of the satyresses

Piper, treading water next to Jonas, looks sympathetic.

"I know what that's like" Jimmy whats his name sighs

She glances at the sympathetic faces. "Seriously, guys? I've seem Hallmark movies that are less cliché than that! He's been playing you, playing all of us, all afternoon. I welcomed you into this party," she says, poking him in the chest (lightly) with her free hand, "and you spent the whole time trying to dig up dirt on my family and my friends. Everybody, you all know the stuff he asked you...does that kind of stuff sound like somebody needs to know who 'just wants to fit in'?" she demands.

Basil blinks "Wait a minute... why would you ask about Mo... about Mr. Gardener keeping records if you were JUST Looking for a place to live?" The satyr looksTICKED as he realizes he was used

Piper looks uncertain, and murmurs to Jonas, "Aww, but he's so cute with his little gills. Maybe she's being too hard on him."

"I might be sympathetic but we know SYlvi better" Jonas points out

Jordan bellows "I say we don't trust him"

"You ALWAYS say that, Jordan" Prissy reminds

"And I'm always RIGHT" He grouses