#elsewhere

"I will be well enough" Valter says

"But what about the cur.." THe boggan starts to say

Brow?

"I WILL BE FINE" Squire Valter's voice cracks, eyes a bit dark, then he takes a breath "I Leave you to your work"

The nocker gulps, more respectful or atl east a bit afraid. THe boggan just nods and both go back to work

Grunt. ("Backstory, huh?")

A umph ("Yes")

Nod. ("Gotcha. Not pressing further right now, but willing to be a supportive presence.")

Mmm Harder to read that one but they move on

"Okay, I'm packed, you sure you have everything ready? Piper and Siv are just gonna toss everything into a big tangle and force the bag closed and call it good."

He twitches at that "WHy would they do that? It is unproductive"

"Satyr and Fiona."

Mmmph

A nod "Well, clearly more orgnaized folks will be helpful as I know you are"

"I already packed my things, after doing my exercises."

He nods "I wll get my things now then"

And he moves to his room to get an amazingly efficiently packed gear set

Soon, Piper joins then, dragging her backpack and a borrowed bag as well. "Daaaaagmarrr! You forgot to pack your gown!" It was left very neatly folded in the guest chambers, but Piper to the rescue!

"So close" Siv says

"Where's Wally?" Piper glances around.

"Wouldn't it be Vally?" Siv asks 'No wait, we've already got a Vali"

"Squire Valter went to get his things."

"Um. The Narwhal can get home pretty quickly, right? I don't think he's very comfortable with boats, which might be part of why being at such an ocean-centered hold is hard fo rhim."

"The Ship can move pretty fast yeah. " Siv says surprised by this

"Right, so a quick trip to the lake."

Squire Valter returns with a backpack that is the size of piper "I am..ready"

He bows to Siv

"Ah, thank you, Squire" The Lady Captain says

Piper glances around, confused, then offers, "Siv has plenty of room on the Narwhal. You don't need to send for the rest of your belongings later, if you want to just load up now."

"These are my belongings" He says

Her brow creases a touch.

"Sure, then, let's head out. I already called dropped off what I brought with Mickey." Her own backpack looks a bit lighter.

Dagmar takes her pack and The Dress. "You think Mickey will come visit?"

"He said never in a million years, so... maybe?"

"Uva - um, she's an eshu I met at the party - Uva said she might come visit to see the dogs."

"I'd like that, I think."

"Oh! That's nice! She looked nice, and you sure had plenty to talk about."

"I bet both visit and love their visit and all will be awesome" Siv explains

"She has a dog, a Dalmatian mix she travels with."

"So, well, it's easy talking about the animals."

Squire Valter waits patiently

"Okay! Home!"

"This was a good adventure."

"Home..." Siv smiles and they head to her ship, which is on dry docks with a brand new Cannon

A glance back at the squire, checking on him with a note of worry.

"Safe to board?" Siv asks the nocker and boggan

Piper eyes the new cannon with mistrust.

"FUrk yes, Capn.. if you ever want to fire it, throw the lever near the wheel"T he nocker says

"It looks great!" She says to the pair.

"THanks" Siv says also eying it, they walk up the ramp "Everyone on board..." She says even as water begins to flow under the ship