#fenixtj

Jessica nods. "It's good that we know her. And know of her. Welcome again." to the young lady in question.

A glance, a half-smile. "Tweak? Have you selected a ward, or heir?"

The Aesin says "I shall not fail the barony of Sunkissed waves, Countess"

Loud and firm

"Of course not." She agrees.

"Fuck, I ain' goin' nowhere, but Shuri gonna be my girl if'n she want it. An' she gonna want it, I'm bettin'. She all about the craftin'."

Jessica nods. "My friends, I suggest we make sure all these young ladies spend more time together. It is good to have friends.

"Shuri might be both.. maybe she'll join a noble house even" Mitra smiles

A blink. "Well, hey, wait...I ain' sayin' Shuri gonna be no fancy pants noble."

"Are you saying she can't be?"

"I...I mean...aw, fuck, B!" The sound of a mother trapped in a discussion she does NOT want to have.

Mitra loosk amused

Even Tidemarch looks a TOUCH amused

Tweak refuses to answer further, just folds her arms and looks put-upon.

"Well, maybe we'll see what happens, there."

Sayda says "Whatever she picks I know she'll be really good at it . Mitra says you're a genius and stubborn enough to make it happen and your daughter will be a lot like that but hopefully less anoying"

then she covers her mouth

Jessica carefully doesn't look at anyone; she looks over a few papers in front of her.

A baleful look at Sayda which then gets transferred over to Mitra. "Yeah, huh?"

Mitra sighs "She exagerates..."

"Well, I look forward to meeting Shuri, and seeing all of the wonderful freeholds in the county."

Saydi says "The Pitt is violent and scrappy but I like her" She admits

Tidemarch says "There is another matter, minor so far"

Jessica nods for Tidemarch to speak.

"The Merfolk are observing our movements." He says

Tweak smirks. "They got little periscopes?"

"Eleanor.... tell our friends here about your Beltaine day." Jessica says quietly.

"Hardly" He says "Bolder than that"

"Well, maybe one of 'em gotta crush on ya, Tidy."

"Not impossible. I am , being a sidhe, quite comely" he says simply

"If yer inta that sorta thing," Tweak shrugs and takes a loud shlurrrp of her beer.

As Ellie gazes at the adults...

Tweak looks back at the girl. "So, what this 'bout Beltaine?"

Which girl?

((Ellie. Jessica nudged her to tell about her Beltaine morning.))

"Oh! We met a mer-boy! A melesune..."

"Gesundheit."

"Well, he was part dolphin instead of part fish."

Tweak blinks at that. "Ain' never heard of that. They rare?"

"I mean, compared to th' fishy ones?"

"An...geez...how th' hell they gonna mate...?"

"I believe their tails turn into legs upon the land" Baron Tide march says "But mostly? They mate mong themselves"

"Oh. So...it ain' like all th' girls is fish and all th' boys is dolphins?"

"That I don't know" he admits

"Wait.." Tide march asks "What was this boy doing?"

"His tail DID turn to legs.."

"Looking for a coin he lost."

"Curious.. what can you tell us about the coin?"

"Salma found it! Salma's very clever, she showed us how to make concho necklaces and flower crowns..."

"The boy was named Cire, and he was... oh, rather arrogant, since the merfolk rule the sea..."