#brightwindsbarony

"of course you have to come for Christmas" her mom is saying

Twitchy fingers.. but.. it's okay. It is. Felicity can be snobby, but she's her friend.

Hard to tell.. but yes, there will be other curiosu things. Besides ,her friends understand her. The more things they have, the more things she can 'look at' freely later

"irene? Honey?" Her mom calls her over, "is it okay if we have guests Christmas day?"

"Sure!"

Morthwyl smiles...

Hey, and mom is glowing! he must have chanted her

Further in at the flea market, there is a glimpse of a centaur, carefully navigating the aisles between booths as Nessa looks at a table.

Nessa feels a bit crowded, but it's got more paths than some stores so no centaur panic yet

She moves to the next stall, there has to be something here that would appeal to her mentors, and hopefully, not break the bank...

Irena checks that the pretty hairbrush she found is hidden well before WAVING BIG at Nessa.

Hey, a Monster Truck card deck! Affordable, and up the alley of a certain DeBuke mentor

A big grin as she carefully counts out dollars and puts the deck into her saddleba- er, backpack. Looking up, she spots a waving arm, and wiggles her fingers back in greeting! A glance around before she approaches, looking for a vendor that may sell ribbon and decorative supplies...

As a matter of fact, there is a sweet old lady who seems to have baskets of the stuff

Nessa perks up and carefully chooses JUST the right colors, then hides them away. Before trotting over to the others. "Irene, and Sir- I mean, Um." Blanking on Morthwyl's mortal name...

"Morgan." Irene supplies.

"Morgan!" She gives Irene a thankful smile.

"And you must be Mrs. Lastname." She greets Irene's mom. "I work at the Library, I've met her a few times." Not even a lie, really.

"Hello, Neesa" Sir What's his name smiles

"I remember you" The now enchanted woman says trying not to stare at the horse parts "I Hope your folks are well?"

"Oh, you do!" Nessa smiles, "I'm not normally that memorable. That is, unless you see me like this, that is. Yes, they are doing great!"

"Glad to hear it "And means it "hope we're not intruding too much on your shopping? Irene has been going at this place like a barrel full of cats in a catnip factory" She tosslees her daughter's hair "But she's got great taste"

"She does" Morgan smiles

"I've gotten LOTS of presents."

"People will love it no matter what you get them" Morgan says "But I bet it's good stuff" A wink

Yup. Irene's mom gave morgan THAT Look, that means he's making her happy

"No, it's nice seeing friends. Say, Irene, do you want to help me pick out a few presents?" She asks, giving a covert glance from Mom to Morgan.

"Oh, Neesa, if you're willing?" Irene's mom says looking to her daughter "It might let me do some.. grown up shopping"

"And then I can get YOUR present, yeah!"

"mm" Her mom hands her a twenty "I don't need anything expensive, so keep the change if you get any"

"Wow! Thanks!"

"Now you do what Nessa says, and don't be too much trouble" she looks at Nessa, "Text me if you need to tag out"

A smile. "Irene is a pleasure to spend time with. Now you two, have fun for a bit."

As she leads the girl away, she whispers, "Your mom and Sir Morthwyl? How exciting!"

"He enchanted her!"

"But he likes her, and she likes him."

A big smile. "I can tell by the way they look at each other. It's lovely."

"Uh-huh. Mom deserves to be happy. I want to find her something pretty! Like jewelry?"

"Oh, yes. We might check at BeaTeaK's as well, they have a lot of unique jewelry."

"Ooo! Yeah!"

"Let's see what we find here, and then I can ask your mom if she minds us taking a side trip, okay?"

"Ok. She's making moon eyes, so I bet she won't mind."

A giggle.

"Did you get anything good so far? There's a table with the BEST rocks.."

"Oh, that would be telling, now, wouldn't it? But show me the rocks..." A grin.

"I got this rock that looks like SNOWFLAKES for Grete..." Leading the way.

"Not that we get snow that often. Oh! Oh! It's almost Yule! You'll get a BOON too!"

"Wait until you learn your Name!"

"A Boon?" She looks surprised, then, "I think Dame Otha mentioned something of the sort... but what more could I ask for, really?"

"Well, that's just it! What would you dream of? Miss Julia would try to do it."