#darkgatefortress

"Sylvi!" She whispers and points!

"You two want me to order more hotwings?" Olgar offers

She looks at Piper, and then where Piper is pointing...and covers her mouth. "Oh, crap...what are they about to do?" she says, her voice both muffled and amused.

A quick nod to her dad. Her attention, though, is on her boyfriend.

Two drinks, and hotwings are ordered for the girls discretely

as Colton with Zane providing back up, begin to sing

Piper adds an order of buffalo cauliflower bites!

"Oh , sorry about that piper" Olgar says "Sometimes I forget" A nod to the waiter "Yeah one check. I got it"

He gets a grin for that! "Thanks, pops." She says, jokingly.

"A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face
A thousand lies have made me colder
And I don't think I can look at this the same
But all the miles that separate
Disappear now when I'm dreaming of your face" Colton is stops his swaying, the words giving him focus

"I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you, baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, it's only you and me, yeah" Zane's voice joins with Colton, and props to Piper's cuz, Piper notices he's letting Colton's voice dominate yet filling in the cracks as it were.

"The miles just keep rolling
As the people leave their way to say hello
I've heard this life is overrated
But I hope that it gets better as we go
Oh yeah, yeah" The two croon into the mic shaking fists in the air to the tempo

"I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you, baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me, yeah" Colton throws his hands back eyes closed

"Everything I know, and anywhere I go
It gets hard, but it won't take away my love
And when the last one falls
When it's all said and done
It gets hard, but it won't take away my love
Whoa, oh, oh" And Colton sings it so sincerely it borders on a troll oath and he almost cracks from the sorrow of it

Zane comes to the rescue, helping them finish "I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you, baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
Yeah
Oh, yeah"

A glance to Sylvi. "Weird Karaoke selection. You two having trouble?" She whispers.

"It's from a list" Olgar says... then he blinks "How do the cauliflower bites get here first?" He asks the server. The Server shrugs

Sylvi's eyes are wide, especially at that part near the end. "I..."

"I didn't think so."

Olgar looks at his daughter "I think he'd be touched you're spying on him like this. It's sweet, bit stalker stalker... but sweet. Hell, your mom thinks I don't know she's got at least three spies around Bergen ready to report to her on me if I get in trouble." Olgar chuckles. He'd be less smug if he realized the number was probably double that

He'd also be surprised if he learned it weren't just in Bergen.

"Should...should I leave? I don't think I was supposed to see that...." She bites her lip.

"you might as well stay, honey he's gonna notice.."

as folks clap, Colton nods and then blinks.. "Sylvi???!" And he steps off the five foot raised stage!

Folks gasp! Even for a troll that's a drop to 'step' down on

"Colton!" She s out of her seat and hurrying towards the stage to help him up.

SOmehow, in a room with satyrs, other long legged trolls , and wayfare users, Sylvi gets there first

"Hey...." She tries to steady him.

"Jeeze! They should have a railing up there!" Piper observes with surprise!

Olgar looks at pIper "He's fine. In fact he's numbed enough he probably barely felt it"

"Sylvi, baby, " Colton rises puts arms about her as they get up together "I love you, you know that right? I'm sorry I... I didn't want to burden you"

The hotwings arrive

Piper snacks and eyes the crowd, giving Sylvi space to talk to Colton

Is this a fae establishment, or with mortals mixed in?

Zane joins Olgar and Piper "PIper?" he steals a cauliflower, "What are you doing here?"

A few mortals among the serving staff, but other than that, looks like kithain and enchanted kinain

"Tagged along so I wouldn't miss it if Sylvi put a boot up your furry behind for teasing her." A grin.

"Turns out that it was Mr. Davidson doing the teasing thought. "

"Colton, of course I know that! You...you enormous goof! Why would that be...that's not a burden. I love you, too!" She says it with both love and exasperation.

"I told her by text it was okay. was a time my lttle girl believed me.. course I didn't give my name" Olgar says "But details

"

Colton says "I'm sorry baby. I just .. lonely. My friends are.. well ,Jimmy is done there and you.. and Jaymes" He feels like a fool

"I've never had a Dad in my life... but way I see it, you're a pretty darn good one. Then again I could be biased because she's a friend." She observes.

"Thank you, Piper. You know, the wife doesn't want any more kids, but you're only half sized, maybe she'd consider squeezing you in?" Olgar smirks "Razzing you, pipes. You've been a good friend to my daughter"

Zazne seems to be considering 'Veiled or not veiled?"

A laugh! "I get double the mothering already, so I'm good." She grins appreciatively though.

"For what?" A dubious glance to Zane.

"Oh...Colton..." She looks like she's feeling guilty. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize...." And she pulls him close for a kiss.

"In case Sylvi hunts me down for being a smart ass and not telling her stuff after all" Zane observes

He tastes boozy, but he's sober enough to return the kiss, and says "How could you? You tried to talk but I didn't want to.. you know, burden you. which was stupid. You're so strong, baby I... I'm proud. "

"I didn't mean to make you feel like that," she murmurs, then kisses him again.

"Oh you YOU didn't..." He says "I'm just.. I gotta be storm here I ...well, your dad says pride is like a motorcycle... it can give you power to get where you want to go, but if you don't direct it, it'll drop your blue ass off a cliff of despair. I .. I didn't talk. You tried to. I remember. After Imbolc? I should have at least texted that day back.. you .. you wanna find a seat?"

Piper eyes the microphone...

She bites her lip and nods. "Yeah, let's find a seat." And she tugs him to a corner a bit away from her dad's table, maybe a darker corner.

"Oh go for it" Zane says "I'ts mostly us"