#debukefarmhold

Sylvi scrambles to keep the teachers supplied with their supplies. to assit in classes for the young ones, and, of course, her own studies. She's not been among her own wilders as much as she'd like so she's sure she's missing something, but with the DeBuke farm RIGHT next door from this more mundane part of land... where the school is, she's easily distracted by friends there.

It is a scramble, though, and sometimes she needs to figure out how to get the kids to focus when she's helping out. But at least they have the freedom of not having to stay in masks or keeping distance, as long as the glamour holds out for Spring workings.

Yes, and this is good for fighting bedlam, for iti s not in the farmlodge proper.

"Why did I let you talk me into this teacher assistant thing?" Lucia asks as she bangs some erasers

So definitely a plus. Even if it's an exhausting plus.

"Oh, like I had to twist your arm." Sylvi sharpens yet another pencil. "You know you get some satisfaction out of this, even if it's not particularly fun."

"that little pig girl Orwella's apparently in cahoots with Connor. Watch out for washable paint in your chair"

"No way! How did I earn the substitute-teacher treatment?" She pouts. "At least they're nice enough to make it washable, but still! Maybe Connor gets the box of broken crayons after that."

"All I know is Sally Mae's got her heart shaped rear outlined in blue at last" Whap whap more erasers

Sylvi's eyes get really big. "They got her? Is she mad?"

"Maybe, but she didn't stay mad" A glance into a class where on a blackboard two pooka are writing on the black board no less than 200 things each that are blue. And they can't use the same twice.

"She got even..and taught them to think of what's blue"

"And I bet there's going to be some spelling fixes afterwards, too," Sylvi says, glancing that way, too. "Well, cool. Good idea for when I do eventually get got by those two."

"I wish Dagmar was back though. She's good with kids"

Sylvi sighs. "Yeah, well...not sure when that's going to happen." She finishes the last of the pencils and puts them neatly in a box. "There, those'll last for...maybe an hour." A wry grin at the futility of it.

"Tell me about it" Lucia says "I'm seriously thinking on skipping that Degree in Education at college"

Adam walks past the open doorway.

"Hey, Adam," Sylvi says as he goes by.

"Hello, Adam" The boggan with black wings nods

"Oh. Hey Lucia." He nods. "Emissary."

Then to Lucia, "I dunno, I mean, so many teachers talk about how it's all kind of 'fulfilling' so...maybe there's something to that?"

Sylvi laughs a bit. "I'm not emissary here, Adam. Just Sylvi."

"Then hello, Sylvi."

"Maybe.." LUcia says "it IS nice to help" A looks "How's it going, Adam?"

He thinks about it. "About the same as always. How are you doing?"

"Well, apparently I'm on the lookout for sneaky paint attacks by certain pooka. Plus, pencil-duty." She indicates the sharpener.

He nods.

"I'm helping out with erasers... Adam, why did you bail on basket ball? I thought you were one of the better players"

"Looks like.... good job on the pencils."

The wind blows cold outside..."not that this weather is good for basketball"

"I am." he answers Lucia. "I don't want to play anymore."

She gives him a puzzled look at that. "Um...thanks."

"And the weather."

"Well, that sucks, but I kind of get it. Tastes change. I mean, if that's why."

"Thirty degrees..." the boggan looks outside "And a lot of the DeBukes are wearing LIGHT jackets"

A thinking pause. "I hope both of you ladies are enjoying things here?"

Another puzzled look. "Adam...'ladies'? You didn't used to talk that way. But anyway...I mean, yeah. This is like my second home, even without the school stuff. Helping the teachers is keeping things as busy as ever." She glances out the window back to the farm proper.

"He's been learning courtly things from Earth Runes I bet. Hope it's nice, Adam" Lucia says "I've been there once. Lovely hold."

"I enjoy living there very much." he confirms.

"Yeah, EarthRunes is beautiful. I've mostly been there for parties...." she trails off a moment, and smiles.

"Um...anyway...It's nice!"

"Fantastic" Lucia says "I hear Sparrow got a new hold in Texas! They're looking for a new Regent"

"Educational." he agrees with Sylvi.

"Lady Sparrow?"

She glances at the clock and her smile vanishes. "Oh! Oh, I promised to help in the kitchen! Here, Adam, can you take these..." she hands him the pencil box "...and put them with the writing supplies when you have a chance? Sorry, guys, gotta go! Talk to you later!" A wave, and she's jogging out the door and over to the dining hall/kitchen building.

Adam takes the box and nods.... ok, almost a bow.

"Oh! Later, Sylvi!" her friend waves

Lucia watches her go, "She's a good person." A smile then she turns to Adam "Yes, Baroness Derrywynd, aka Sparrow. "

"Lady Sparrow... she... she's in Texas now? She's not at EarthRunes?"

"I just said that.." Lucia says "Anyway that's the gossip" She says "Word has it that Lady Captain Siv stumbled onto this real asshole of a baron who was keeping SERFS can you imagine?"Angry horrorfied "And the T,L. D.R version? She asked Sparrow for help to over throw him in a duel! Now Sparrow rules, which is good because she's a natural leader anyway and Siv, love her, is not really the best one for that job. "