#brightwindsbarony

It's much more interesting than being at home with a screen... but exhausting too.

Irene is thrilled to have Grete there - Grete will appreciate her green ham sandwich (and now greyish-green bread from where the food coloring leeched)!

Stu checks in on them, Ryder too

And teachers will be discussed .. who's cool, who's okay, and the evil one

Perhaps it is her piskie nature, but Irene seems to have positive opinions on just about everyone.

Well, except maybe the Griz.

No one likes the Griz.

And then, when school is over... Grete might feel down as ..well, she's one of the only ones NOT getting on a bus

She sits on the curb, and examines the rocks along the side of the easement. Which might look very depressing... but she actually is a bit interested by a bit of concrete. "There's something stuck in you. A bit of... oh, that's a PENNY." She laughs. Talking to herself, talking to a rock perhaps... weird kid!

Irene tugs on Ashlee's hand, and Grete finds two others to wait with her.

"Hey" Ashlee says

Then she whispers "We're gonna misss our bus"

"Bet we could hitch a ride with Redfang. Plus, you and Grete are going to the same place."

"Oh ..well.. uhm if it's no trouble?"

"My Mom won't be home until 5."

Grete looks confused for a moment, but then grins up at them. "Yeah!"

"And... I wanted to talk to everyone about an idea Stu had. Or we had. I think Stu had it first, but I'm not sure?"

"Yeah?"

Felicty and Catir come up "Ugh.. publics chool" The Eiluned says

The limo pulls up. Huh.. and it's big enough fo like 6 girls.. 7 if you squeeze

"C'mon, let's go! There should be drinks in the cooler too."

Ashlee blushes "I feel kind of hoity toity"

"Don't fight it, "Catir says "We deserve a LITTLE hoity toity"

And Grete finds herself not going alone home after all!

As she shares the plan.

The plan!

"Wow..." Sprite feels FANCY in a limo!

Tickles your nose!

"So, if we can get cages made to keep the sharks out, we can use the special rocks to lure them up, and Felicity can talk to them... and we can figure out how to get them to either leave or stop attacking. And THEN. We get our FORT back!"

"Ooo!"

"I like this plan" The Gwydion says

"I didn't mean to volunteer you." Grete says to Felicity, who she just volunteered. "But you're the only one I know who can talk to fae things, and I thought that probably meant you could talk to chimera, too?"

Felicity says "This is true. My powers are.. potent"

Catir rolls her eyes

"I can do it too you know?" Catir says

Felicty sicks out her tongue

"Whoa! You both can. That's cool."

"That's enough sprite for you two " Ashlee cuts them off

"We have plenty?"

"Yeah, but it's getting them carbonnated Crabby" ASshelee says

"Well, there's lots of sharks..."

"But we can handle it if we distract them. Divide and conquer" Catir says

"So better to have more than one person who can talk to them." Reasonably.

Agreements..

(And fade to childling plots)