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Bach smiles "Me? Check it... lot of love to give right? I'm visitng a noble hold... just for a night of fire right? Then wham, I run into this super sexy hot Fiona babe. Turns out she's never been with as ample a man as myself, she gets curious, and you know? I am not against exploration, particularly when it's Mount Bach she wants to see the peak of. We get wild, we get frisky... then... turns out, her Ailil boyfriend is like 'What I thought we were JUST US?' and hell if they were she didn't tell ME Right? And that same sexy hot Fiona babe claims 'I seduced her' with the gift of pan.. and it don't WORK like that... and I didn't ANYWAY... but who does he choose to believe? "

A scowl. “That’s terrible. She used you and then tossed you out. Maybe there sounds be some sort of PSA called “Gee Oh Pee don’t work that way”, the way I've seen it locked down and outlawed and derailed at some holds. The worst part is that folk so… so stodgy and afraid of their own selves and desires really often ARE the ones who NEED that extra glamour boost. If more folk thought it through you'd think they'd be begging for goat bards to visit on the regular.”

Some nods there

Bach finishes up "So... you know Ailil pride. Of course she was 'seduced' by Satyr magic, she had to be, otherwise somehow she decided she wanted something different than dragon meat even if it was only once, and that's unthinkabout" He rolls his eyes "Seriously, guy declared me, get this, in violation of haven AND demense"

"I unleashed, lucked out with a portal passage and got the heeeell out of there" Bach shrugs "And yeah, you're right... best thing FOR That couple might have been the gift of pan , if they tyought to ask for it. she would have told her lover to try new stuff, and he would have gotten out of his insecurity I bet"

"It's not fair, and it's not right."

She takes another drink from her cup. "Something should be done about folk like that. They have the power so they just step on everyone else."

"Well, some say the Shadow Court is on our side... but I don't know. Then the Ranters..." Spike ponders

JJJ shakes his head "Best revenge is living well"

A sigh, "Until someone comes to take it from you. IS this a freehold? Or just a Haven? It's probably safer if it isn't which is... kinda fucked up, if you ask me." She settles back down though, gazing into her cup.

"It's a .. it was a hold, but when it got trashed, the flames.. somehow went back to the stone.. ..so it's a glade again"

"A glade." She says, a bit in wonder. "Well, the best thing about a glade is that they're not owned, not in the way a Fire can be claimed... or stolen."

"Right.. there's a stone, we take turn sleeping on it" Spike nods "We sometimes have sex on it, but sam hurumphs"

A laugh! "Has he TRIED it before he harrumphed it?"

"We figure one day the pressure will build, there will be burst of feathers, and he'll just split into two equal sams"

Piper bursts into laughter at that. "Poor guy. Maybe he'll lay an egg."

More laugs in return

They shoot the bull about folks, and music.. whos sold out, and who's risingg...

She drinks, and laughs, and even sings a drunken rendition of a couple songs, filling in nonsense where she forgets the words.

And then Spike asks "Anyone wannt to shag?"

While piperr processes that...

Bach grins "i'm down " And offers his hand

And SPike takes it "Come on big guy. Later JJJ, and... nice meeting you Piper" They head off, happy tipsy and.. eager

She watches them go, expression a little wistful. A hand slides under her shirt, touching her own stomach.

"You hungry?" JJJ says "Sometimes those Nachos donn't do it"

She shakes her head. "Just thinking." A frown, wasn't that why she was drinking, so she wouldn't have to think? Piper sighs. "I'd have another drink, but I think I'm nearly floating already."

"Let's find out... How many dicks am I holding up.." he reaches for his crotch then grins "Just kiddin... I crack myself up and may get slapped. Hey, think or don't, it's cool."

That would be ONE way to clear her head. There's certainly desire. The pure touch of skin on skin, the sweet release, and the Gift of Pan flowing wild and freely. JJJ is nice, he's attractive, he even smells good. But... No.

She swallows instead, pushing back the guilty thoughts that press in at the idea that she even considered it... Piper looks around. Is anyone partaking in anything stronger than booze or weed?

Looks like the harder drugs are absennt. One of Sam's provisos? Or just somethin folks do in private?

JJJ looks at her sympathetic "Wish I had the right words to say. You're safe here. "

"J... I need something a little more kick than booze, no offense to your mixologist." A hint of a joke there, there might have been a large barrel filled with different alcohols until it tasted 'good'. "Drunk is just making me mopey, and weed'll do the same." She stands, stretching, and shifting a little further away from the where she can smell the male satyr's enticing musk. "Is there anyone here who keeps the party going? Or an after party?" Guessing maybe that they might loosen rules.

"what's your brand?" He asks growin serious "we .. might have it"

It's been years since she's partied. "Generally, whatever someone brought, it was free. And someone always brought something." She's just met this guy, but she trusts him. "I could go for an upper... molly, flake, or... whatever you got. Th' old gang had stuff they got from a Nocker who mixed glamour into her work. She'd keep you flying - damn if it didn't cost though."

"Oh, Rolling Moon rock.. yeah I can.. set you up. But.. I ggot a rule of my own"

A questioning look. Wary now. "What's that?"

"Ecstasy .. you know, Molly. Cali calls it Moon Rock, Nevada Rollng"

"Oh the RULE... " He laughs "sorry.. yeah, my rule is you don' take it on top if this wall. The waterr is only on one SIDE so .. gground level"

A laugh. "I was born - well. I was raised in Cali, I catch your drift. Good call. I want to float away, but not if I'm gonna land either in the lake or on the shore. Down to the ground, that's fair enough." She accompanies him. "For a minute there I thought you were going to tell me the cost was, you know, sweat equity." Frankly. "Some parties work that way... I didn't think this was one of them, but... I'm new here." A shrug.

"Shit, I would LOVE to sweat with you, equitably, But how big a loser would i Have to be to get a little love that way. "A beat "Also kind of insultin to you."

And they head down, easy paced

"Trust me, you'd be a top tier choice, were things a little different... but I... it just doesn't feel right." She says, a touch apologetic. "And what's the point of a good party bump if it's not going to feel good all around?" She gives him a friendly hip bump. "That said, I won't blame you if you show me the way then go find the rest of the party, the night's still young."

"Oh I might do just that, but first, your moon rock. What emotion do you want attached to it?"

"Can you point me in the closest direction to pure euphoria? Just - straight high-flying, intense joy, the kind that you can't find with no strings attached."

"Yeah, that's a popular one..." He leads her down to a bunggalow "Sec. We'll have you bouyant"

She settles in. The drinks from earlier wearing off, and the niggling concerns that she should be somewhere else, doing something else, threaten to sneak in. Shoving them back, she waits for J.

And he hands it over "here, kennn it. ALWAYS check the material if it's from a stranger"

She nods - she wants to argue that he's not a stranger now, but that's not how the world works, even in a fantasy.. and she kens the rock.

A sensation like laughter from a dive into a clear deep pool, a sensation like friends lifting you up on their shoulders when you've aced something... like being nude on blankets made of your favorite material...

And that's just from kenning