#bergen_county

"Omigod omigod omigod noooooo waaaaaaaaaay!" Squeals Piper as she stares at Serenity, having encountered the piskey as the new fledge was about one of the tasks she was assigned to. "Betsy Bennet? Itsy-bitsy Betsy? Is it really you? Like, nooooo way!"

"I... " A surprised look then "Yes? You.. you have horns"

She has a baby on one hip - on the diminuative satyr, the infant looks huge. Serenity can tell from all of her young siblings that the baby is young, not quite holding himself up yet with head lolling a bit, but big for his age!

"But they don't call you Bitsy any more, not since the baby came along, Baby Brady. OMG how are you HERE?!"

She looks around hoping no.. not kithain are nearby, then says "Please, not too loud. I"m.. call me Serenity, please." She tried not to WINCE at Bitsy. "I had my chrysalis? And.. I'm hiding out here."

"Hiding? Why?" Piper beams at her. "Do you think you can get me your older brother's autograph? Braxton, not Brayden."

"Oh, gosh, sorry, I'm Piper! I'm a satyr. This here is my wee lad, Valr. That's "V-A-L-R, a norse name, not 'Valor' like support our troops."

"oh's cute" Serenity says looking at Valr and meaning it. " Then she says "Piper, um about going to my family for autographs, it's not likely to happen. See... I had my dream dance in SPITE of them? ANd... I go back, they'll pretty much undo me. They won't mean it, but they will." She ponders then an idea occurs "Wait, hold up a sec."

She reaches into her huge backpack, which seems to, dora like' hold more than is sensible "I had things on me when it happened. Maybe one of them is..."

"Wait, WHAT? Why would they do that? You're all so HAPPY! I mean, I got half of my baby raising tips from watching re-runs of the Bennet Bunch while I was recuperating from the babies."

She pulls out a photo of her older brother, already autographed to save him time

A squeal, loud enough that Valr startles awake and looks like he might start crying. "Oh, hush, hush..."

"uhnm PIper? My familiy isn't REALLY like that. I'm sorry but we're not. They're not abusive or anything but..." She looks around, searching for perhaps .. for Dagmar.

"Of course they're not, they - you're on camera all day practically!" Bouncing up and down a little on her - yes, those are HOOVES, as she tries to calm the baby who looks frighteningly close to a wail.

"If you chrysalized, how about your sister? Did Becky also pop? I mean, you're practically twins, and best friends, surely you're both fae."

"Piper?" Dag catches up, arms loaded down.

The hooves are a blessing, so weird and net that it gives Serenity something to focus on "My sister and I work together, see that's the problem, it' s a show"

"Dagmar?! Did you meet Bet- Serenity?? She's FAMOUS!"

"Uh, yeah. She's crashing at the Barn for now?"

Her forehead wrinkles just a bit. "But then how will they film the next season? I mean, I was pretty sure the 4th of July stuff was filmed in advance, but there's summer camp, and the traditional theme park adventure episode, they do one EVERY season..."

"Piper, how's Valr?"

Uh oh, Big Sister Dagmar knows that look. "weh, weh..." A wail is surely oncoming.

"He's good, I was just going to see if Gerd was around to watch him for a bit, but ran into a TV STAR instead..."

"Piper, um, maybe keep that on inside voices right now?"

The sixteen year old Piskey gives a RELIEVED look at Dagmar's arrival

"Ohhh, I think somebody is about to have big feelings. Hey, buddy..."

A blink up at Dagmar. "But, it's not like she can HIDE it, I mean... her face is on commercials advertising Bennet Bunch 6 days a week on prime-time ABC. Not to mention STREAMING."

Betsy/Serenity pales

A grimace. "Yeah, we'll figure that part out..."

"Like, won't they NOTICE you're gone?"

She switches Valr to the other hip with an OOF.

"I have a right to be happy, Piper. If you.. if you want me gone, I'll go. I won't endanger your baby or you but.. I won't go back. I won't be their perfect little angel in that oh so wholesome fake family. I Will not" She looks ready to bolt

"Wait, what?" Piper looks startled. Confused!

"I didn't mean anything by it, I just... I watch the show all the time and..." She trails off.

"I know you watch the show, but it's not just a show, it's my life, and I was never allowed to show who I really am on it. I read the script, I was the script. I pretended the way they TOLD me to pretend. Have you ever had to make belief but someone TOLD you not to do it wrong? It's like that..24/7, all the time. If I stayed there I NEVER would be the real me. Only once I started to get away did this become possible. And I am not going to kill my true self for another season"

Serenity seems anything BUT Serene now

"Piper, I know you don't mean anything bad. Serenity, Piper's really... she's really nice, just... she doesn't know everything. Lots of people don't know what families look like from the inside."

Ironicly, the young PIskey has taken on some of Piper's own traits, at last the mortal oness. Looking a bit shorter (not that piskeys tend towards tall) but her eye color looks closer to Piper's, and her hair style more like

"I guess she's all right I just..." A sigh "Could we not talk about the show?"

Piper is taken aback, and her chin wobbles a little. "I... didn't mean anything..." And Valr takes that cue to start sobbing. "Oh, I'd better go feed him... sorry..."

Now, as the baby cries, Serenity looks guilty

Nonplussed. "I... can I help?"

"I'm sorry. I should have known there ... would be folks"

Then Piper straightens up. "Well, FIRST of all, like I said, they're going to notice you're gone. So we'd better make sure that they don't find you." She looks around, finds a likely looking stump, and sits down, unceremoniously opening her shirt and positioning Valr to grab on. Immediately, the crying stops, and Piper shows no shyness about the 'exhibition'.

"My wife, well, fiance, that is, we're gonna be married, but the babies came first... she's a spy. I bet she might know how to cover your tracks. And my husband - well, not really, but close enough, and we're GOING to be oathed even if the ding-dang law doesn't care if you have more than one fricken' partner, he works with the best social worker this side of Asgard and if Dame Anne Marie can't find a way to get you out of this mess, then NO ONE Can."

"We were gonna see Anne-Marie, too, yeah." Chewing on a knuckle.

"Your ..wife fiance husband... "A blink blink as she processes this. Poly relationships clearly new to her

"Satyrs um... love who they love. Lots of what you've been told about what has to be isn't... actually... true?"

A blush, then "Oh, uhm congratulationes"

"You don't have to do anything you're uncomfortable with, of course, but, like... we're not limited to stuff that only advertiser-friendly tv codes approve of?"

THAT Makes her smile at Dagmar "See, I'm petty. THAT I like" A look to Piper "I'm sorry if I raised my voice to you in front of Valr" An attempt to apologize