#brightwindsbarony

"Limberjuice" Stu nods "Also makes book clubs fun for people who don't really read that much"

"Shouldn't Grete go first?"

Ryder humphs "Well, you said 'I gues' when nshe asked you, but you two sort it out"

"The sharks like Grete best." Reasonably.

"Yeah, and I like you best." She says, reasonably. "We can go together?"

"We can!" Bouncing back.

"I cannn make two sets.. give me a sec" Ryder grumbles

And mutters "no you, no you... girls.. their niceness doubles the work load"

He may have forgotten to lower his voice. Nockers

Conflicted. "Sorry!"

"Oh nockers are just like taht" Ganbold says "Margilita used to complain all the time"

"Mutter muter why can't I blow things up? Muter mutter plenty of trees so what if I launch one? mutter mutter and so on" Gannbold explains

Grete just grins. "Work done well is it's own reward."

Ryder can't seem to argue with that, so instead he grumbles wordlessly. Which is a clue to Grete that she was right but he doesn't want to admit it

Soon however, there are shark Skis, and Shark Skates...

By the time he's done, he's smiling again "Who wants which?"

"Skates!"

And the Skates go to the piskie

And soon Grete and Irene have skates and skis on.. and they're ready to tether sharks for the pull

Shenanigans ensue!

Indeed... if parental types were here, they would be PANICKING as the leashed sharks snap and leap like Salmon over and through rocks thenn up again.... while LITLE girls ramp and swerve pulled along at amazing speeds

There's a lot of screaming, but it is the "This is AWESOME" type.

Yes, squees of ecitement! And it's a real test... of irene's aggility, and Grete's divining obstacles with her birthright!

To their crredit, the guys cheer tthe girls on as loud as Ashlee

The nimble piskie figures out how to JUMP, steering for a rock to skate upwards!

the clasps on the sharks donn' seem to pinch or hurt them, Ryder's not an asshole after all

"Did you see how highh she went?" Ganbold points

"Too bad she's not coming down, I'll miss her" Stu mimes doffing a hat

Ganbold looks worired, then stu laughs and pats him on the back. Clearly what piskie goes up, must come down