#earthrunes

"Yes. I'm the one Zara hid from Paler.. her father, and mine. And you went looking for me, under orders of Jude, Count of Ardent Harbor. But that was so very long ago it seems mm?"

"I wanted to apologize for the trouble my absence may have caused you both"

"I wish.... " A course correction. ".... I had been able to find you sooner. Welcome home, brother." He offers his hand.

He shakes his hand "Sir Gnaw speaks highly of you" Speaking of the Liam Cap. "Well, in his way he does."

"Sir Gnaw is a brave man." August agrees.

"And a scary one but I've been told that's a default. Are you ookay? I understand you got your licks in while a prisoner but you were still a prisoner"

August shakes his head. "I'm fine, thank you."

"Tougher man than I" the wilder says "Either way, I'm racking up debt. I owe your Baroness, and I owe Zara, and I owe you. Truth is I owe everyone who had a part in fighting that monster"

"You don't owe me." August corrects gently. "We're brothers."

"I... well, the House thing is new to me...yet not. Apparently I've been around in the loop before. Maybe what you say is so, but I'll still feel better when I do you a service"

"You... have. Ah." August mulls that over.

"I.. did?" A raised brow

"You, ah, you are.... one of the new ones. Like..... ah, that is, you took the Changeling Way." respectfully.

"The way Gnaw says it, our house almost welcomed the distance from Arcadia, those of us that could do it, did, others were not so lucky.. either held or too public or..something. But regardless, that's not a payment to you. "

August shakes his head again. "There's no debt that I see, sir."

"Well, then I'll do the seeing for both of us" a quirk of the lips, "So... I understand you are the trueheart of the Baroness. She's a fine woman, very brave. Clever too"

"I am. And yes, she is." Guarded.

He notes the tone, "I..say something wrong?" two snow white brows shoot up

"No. No." August shifts, clearing his throat. "My apologies. The Baroness is..... amazing."

"Good, becasue I'm not about to make a move on some other guy's girl, that was a dick move before I knew of my fae nature, and its a dick move now"

"Ah. C... Coradel?"

"I'm sorry, do you have more than one girlfriend or something?" Confusion "of course, Coradel. I thought you thought I was praising her because I was going to make a play for her."

A blush, on albino even al ight one really shows

"Well....." Blushes all around "... No, I meant to , ah, ask if you, ah, were interested in Coradel. That way. Ah."

"It's not a matter of interest, it's a matter of decency. A man can speculate, but I don't even try to.. sorry, I forgot, Fiona hold. Folks are probably a bit more ah.. progressive than I am." His blush deepens "I guess I'm kind of conservative in some areas"

High pink on his cheeks. "You have no idea."

"I think I'm very confused now," Ivory admits, "You make it sound like the entire place is just one seething cauldron of temptation meant to get a good boy's finger's burned... surely it's not..."

That's when two voices, two women , can be heard as they turn the corner, "I really appreciate this, Leonora. I'm just so bored, you know? Demand for music is down, and there's two of us... so I figure a little excercise would work." Stevi the satyress trots into view wearing some kind of halter top clearly meant for excercise in the heat.

"Oh trust me, I know what you mean, don't worry, Archery is great for toning up the arms, and even the basics can be useful in our world" Leonora is walking with her, "pull back... tension, tension... find the sweet spot.. release" her own hunting leathers, somehow cool despite the summer, are tight on her

"ooo I like the sound of release.." Stevi says as they walk by "Good Knights" She waves to them as they cross paths

"Ha" Leonora nods and glances over at Sir Ivory and August together "Mmm... good things come in twos, pardon us gents. But I'm teaching Stevi archery. We're both a bit bored, and want to work some energy off." She waves and yes they're swaying by.

(pause or end as Shady likes for later)

August offers both a bow as they cross paths. "Ladies." He'd introduce them to be polite, unless they seem to be on the way too quickly?

They are on the way but slow for the greeting. "Ivory?" Leo says "Like the soap you run all over your body?"

"Ah..." Ivory blushes anew "Ah yes.."

"ooo I love that smell" Stevi appraises and whispers something to Leonora, both gift some giggles, nice smiles to both men, and sway off.

Ivory watches them with a pole axed look, then he says "I think you be right, Sir August. I really do have.. no idea"

Both men are blushing; Leonora's seen this on August before. When they've turned the corner, August nods. "It's a little like learning a foreign language. One with a lot of body language involved." He continues to look after the ladies.

"If that is a language... " he watches them walk away "Then they have a lot to say"

August exhales slow and deep, nodding gravely.

"Is every woman here a swimsuit model?"

"Not -every- one." He qualifies.

"Sorry, of course not, but really how does guy not end up walking into walls?"

"I exercise a lot."

"Thanks for the tip"

August snaps out of it, clearing his throat. "So, ah, what are your plans now?"

"In truth? I hope to repay my debts. Chiefly to the Baroness,, but also to my half sister and you"

August sighs. "Well, again, I see no debt between us, but I also know how you feels, so.... say, ah, what do you enjoy doing? Hobbies."

"I used to have hobbies" he says "Before all the training."

"What did they have you training in?"