#earthrunes

Earl looks at Zara then "Do you want August to follow up, love? I leave it to you"

"I worry there is more going on here..."

A shy smile. "Indeed. Preposterous." as to the idea that any of the three of them would do any such things.

"But I get to eviserate them with stories, right?" Tizzy bounces

"Folks, this is Tziporah," Earl says to those who don't know "She's.. part of Zara's family, and clearly eager to do an Eshu thing"

"I AM an Eshu. Oy vey, we can't all be nockers and sluagh" a huff from Tizzy, then she blushes to see all the cute sidhe guys AND vince "Uhm hi"

"A pleasure to meet you." soft-spoken, polite, and a little but ... somehow.... creepy.

"You must be August" Tizzy says "Sis told me about you. She says you're quite tolerable for a sidhe lord"

Another shy smile. "I am... and that is high praise. Thank you."

"He's also her best friend, I dare say" earl adds, "Certainly one of our oldest and truest. This is Vince, a more gentelmanly lion you'll not find"

Earl makes introductions

He doffs an invisible hat to bow to her.

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"My parents took in Tzipporah last year, when she was a fledge. And aye, Mama and Papa have very much love to share with the world. To think, I was once an only child."

Ivory smirks at that

"I was! For fifteen years!"

"Ah. Then, Miss Tziporah... an honor to meet you."

Earl smiles "And then you started a collection"

"My pleasure, Baron. Thanks for looking out for my sister" Tizzy says "They say she's gregarious but some days she forgets you have to strain to hear her lecture and kvetch"

"Gregarious! Feh!"

"You like me having a big family, Love. Clearly, you are a bad influence."

Earl smiles "Obviously... A bit small though it is"

Tizzy rolls her eyes

There's a disruption in the crowd, and people move like waters parting. Ah, here comes Coradel, striding up still armored from joust, helm cradled under one arm. "What has happened?" she demands, having received the SOS a while ago but having been waylaid by higher-ranking nobles.

Zara flushes pink. "Ah, Coradel..."

Tizzy gapes

"Pray, forgive, I did not mean to cause distress..."

"You sent a distress call," she says to Zara, indicating the spider-sister perched upon her armored shoulder.

She moves to stand by August almost as a matter of instinct, but her focus is on the...threat?...at hand.

"All is well." He says as mildly as ever.

Octa seems miffed, if a spider may do so.

"I.. well, aye, I did, for there was a situation..."

"And I am much indebted to thine Trueheart, and thy son, and to Vince..."

Magnus smiles "You missed the show."

A blink, and Coradel makes a visible choice to Relax and Become Calm. Ish. "Then I ask again, what happened?"

In the absence of a threat, however, she does slip her free hand into August's.

An Eshu girl speaks up "Harken then to a tale of to ignoble nobles, who did spin lies to slander and defame, but now shame is theirs to claim"

And she doesn't continue rhyming, but relates the story, portraying the 'Lord' and 'Lady' as villains, which they were

"I will be pursuing channels."

"I was... worried, aye?"

Coradel listens intently to the tale, her face clearly showing her shifts in emotion in response to the events.

A few moments of absolute fury in there, too.

She casts a look about as the story ends. "Where are they now?" It's not an idle question.

Earl looks embarrassed "I'm sorry to cause all this trouble"

Ah, he's having a troll moment

It's the same tone Coradel might use for: where's the prey gone to ground?

"I have all the information we need." quietly.

"Caused? I hardly think so, Sir Earl. No, I think this was calculated, and you were used."

"I don't know why" Earl admits "But I know I came very close to losing my temper"

"I wish I'd been here. I would have lost my temper. It would have been fun."