#earthrunes

Alanza nods "Yup. Never gonna happen again. That was it. You shot at earning a title by great deed. Your chance to be amazing. And Scottish Thighs"

"AARRRGGHH!!!" Adam storms off.

Alanza fights the urge to smile, or laugh and holds off until he's out of view/earshot

Gorgeous guy, but a bit of a drama queen Fondly

He kicks along the hall for a while, fuming, then doubles back.

When he goes back, Alanza is gone.

However, there is Shalimar, for some reason wearing a kilt

The boy looks around for Alanza glumly as he greets the pooka. "Hey."

"Damn it woman, I wasn't mad at you!!!" he shouts.

"I find yelling at MY lady shows how genteel I am nien times out of ten" A grin on the jester

"I wouldn't yell if she were -here-. I'd -tell- her."

"Why don't you go to the garden and yell there?" A suggestion

"You think she's out there?" Hopeful.

"Lad, what do I know? I'm a fool to believe" The Jester says "But I have noticed women have a tendency to the floral scent. That's why girl can't get enough of me."

"Yeah, ok, thank.... wait, is this a trick?"

"Why, am I charging you for a good time?" A brow

Adam grins. "I don't pay. Good point." And he charges off to the garden.

And... he hears music. A male voice, but damn, it's golden."With an ironclad fist, I wake up and french kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head while we're talking
About all of the things that I long to believe
About love, the truth, what you mean to me
And the truth is, baby you're all that I need"

and Leo, Honoria, Charity, and Alanza are near a bench around the corner of wherever the singer is, holding PERFECTLY Still, enraptured

Adam slows his jog to a walk as he approaches, curious.

"I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as, the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses" It's not Gideon. he's heard the boggan before

Alanza sees him and makes a shhh motion. Before turning back and looking goey

Curious..... and suspicious. He is quiet, though.

The women seem to be acting like they're running nude bodies over a carpet of velvet, judging by their reaction, "Well I'm so far away
Each step that I take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night
To speak through this payphone
Still I run out of time or it's hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
I'll just close my eyes and whisper, baby blind love is trueI wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as, the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses"

Curious, suspicious, and envious.

"The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
Well I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died"

"Now as you close your eyes, know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again
Tonight, I won't be alone but you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
I've got nothing to prove
For it's you that I'd die to defendI wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as, the Holy Ghost is
And lay you downI wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails"... and here comes the finale
"I want to be just as close as, the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses"

And the music stops, and the girls back a bit further up. Eyes soft and sighs.. whoever that dude is, after singing like that, he could probably grab anyone of these girls and take her anywhere.

"Whoever he is, he's SO good" Leonora says

"I know," Dame Honora agrees

Charity says "I think the mystery makes it sexier. I asked Vince, I don't think it's him"

"Good thing not, I'd never get out of bed" Leo mutters

Adam looks for the singer.

He goes around the girls "hey. don'.."But he goes to see

and finds a patch of garden immaculately kept, but no one there

Puzzled, he frowns and looks at the ladies for an explanation.

"We don't know" Leonora answers the explanation "We have a mystery singer.. we go around to see who is singing and.. gone"

"It's a mystery" Honoria agrees

"Good thing none of us are Eiluned" Charity the boggan says "Oh, Mister Adam, can I get you anything?"

"Is he invisible?"

"Or maybe hiding, or a shape shifter, or teleporter. who knows?" Alanza says

"No thank you, Miss Charity. "

Charity nods "I have to get back to work"

"Isn't there a spell that could help you figure it out?"

"Oh probably but.. what if he stops?" The ladies all nod at this . That would be bad

"Yeah. I guess. Maybe I'm just, you know, on edge." Adam shrugs.

Alanza moves to him "You did seem kind of tense earlier. "

"I'm sorry." Sincerely "I was pissed I missed all the fun. I really wanted a piece of that asshole. "

"Well, he's a prisoner in the dungeon now so you might still watch a trial"