#fenixtj

"Well, I did tell her I'd watch you. I don't want her thinking I'm deserting a trust"

And in the lapse between conversation, the soft sound of guitar from outside the throne room.

"Mm shall we investigate?" She says to him

And motioning.. she heads to lead him to where others can tend to him.

Adam rises and follows.

Piper is in the hallway, on a bench and lightly strumming, intent on her thoughts. A hand held against the strings to mute them against volume that may bother other folk around, and is playing with a few notes... she looks up and stops as they come out. "Oh, hey! You looked really deep in a conversation. I wasn't sure I should interrupt."

"Alas, I must go practice... competition is clearly going to be hard to overcome" She says

"Pleasure meeting you! And who knows, maybe we'll get matched up to play something together." A friendly smile.

Adam grins, and the light in his eyes is real.

"That would be a delight" She says, and then she walks off

She watches her go. "She's a whole lot, yeah? Somehow when I talk to a sidhe, and they leave the room, it feels... almost draining? Like I was squinting in front of a light without even realizing it, and then someone flipped the switch..."

Adam nods. "Yeah. Draining is right."

"Good chat?"

"Mm." Not quite a shrug; he shifts his shoulders. "I guess. Mostly the same old, same old, but.... hey!" He grins. "We're in TJ, Baby! You want to hit the spa, or go exploring, or what?"

She grins at him and slings the guitar around onto her back. "Sure! Maybe looking at something else will help me clear my mind and an answer will pop in. See, I had an idea for a song, but that was before I knew that fully 50% of the countesses here were under the age of 10... so I may need to reassess my choices."

Adam wraps an arm around her waist and the stroll in the general direction of the spa and smell of eggs. "Yeah... and the big Countess is the Chief and Mountain's daughter? So....."

"So, I'm definitely going to sing the Ode to Rivervale. That's a given."

Flute music plays , Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major ala Mozart

"But I need at least one more of my own..." she pause, head tilted, listening.

Flawless...light and playful

"That's pretty....."

And down the hallway they see the player, a very handsome Satyr wilder, about their age... a year older at most. His fingers dance along the silver flute like a wizard working spells.

She takes Adam's hand, just listening along for a time.

Until they gt to the moment of the adagio ma non troppo, when the piccolos should come in, and she can't help whistling in counterpoint...

Adam looks delighted; she knows this one! And joins in!

The figure turns, smiles and works with her. The tune is lively as flute and whistle dance in the ears

She reaches the end of the bit she remembers, and improvises, whistling along a flighty tune - is that a snatch of bird song snuck in there?

Adam has no clue, but likes it!

A touch of warbler...

A grin, she squeezes Adam's hand, and adds a common one he might recognize - cheerilee, cheerup cheerup, cheerup! A robin's spring song.

Soon, t he hold sounds with a medley of bird song, well, things that are homages to it... both classical pieces and improv

Adam recognizes it by sound, vaguely; he doesn't know what bird but....

And Piper runs out of breath, and laughs! She is not practiced in flute techniques, and she turns pink in the face and giggles, bowing to the Satyr. "You win this round, coz."

His pockets the flute into a sling , and his hands move now to signal something in Sign language

Which those who know it would recognize as 'Thank you'

It takes her a moment to catch on, but she frowns slightly, inwardly, and shakes her head. "I'm sorry, friend, I don't know ASL. But you play beautifully..."

And they notice a scar on his throat.. a wound that looks like a very old piercing. he takes the flute back out and plays two long notes that sound a lot like 'thaaaank you'

A clap of delight, and she steps over to offer her hand to him. "Well, my name is Piper, and this is Adam, my escort and beau. I hope to hear more of your playing."

He takes her hand, kisses it with a wink, then offers it to shake to Adam

And , a thought, he pulls out a piece of paper and offers it to both to read 'My name is Dean. Trying out for Troubadour'

"Pleasure to meet you, Dean. I'm just here for the hobnobbing and to play a good song."

Adam shakes his hand with a smile.

He takes his flute and plays a snippet of 'God Gave Rock and Roll to you 2' by Kiss at Piper's mention that she's here to play a good song

Adam grins. "I know that one."

A switch to the tune of 'you oughta know'

She claps, impressed. "That's a handy repetoire"

The tune "i get by with a little help from my friends' gets it's brief moment, then he winks. And this time, he writes again 'Great place, isn't it? The healing spa is wonderful''

"We were just on our way there." Adam says.

A nod! "Ican't wait to soak a bit. Limber up my dance muscles. Oh, I hope there's dancing!"

"After all, I bet even without a voice, you've still got that rockin' satyr 'body languge'." A grin.