#fenixtj

Soon, all are ready to go, loading up in the great carriage, banners set to go, and spells ready to divert mortal attention

Ellie is meeting the PONIES! Do they like apples?

Oh they do!

She also makes sure she says hello and thank you to every groomsman, guard, and coach-driver.

The shy male boggan who seems to be ready to help drive merely nods and says something in Spanish. A local, he knows the city like the back of his hand. But he is not a talker, rare for most boggans

Ellie's Spanish is improving - her accent is quite strong, but she does manage to express that she is happy for his help!

This makes the man smile and tip his hat.

Ariel admits "I'm excited!" Of course, she's a satyr so she's jazzed easily

"Look, look, did you see this?" Ellie drags Ariel by the hand, to see the banners, the wheels of the carriage, the barding, the trumpets....

"Seventy Six trombones led the big parade" She says as if it were an common utterence of surprise

"Right? It IS like a parade!"

Ariel beams "They're gonna love you."

A little pause.

"Well... oh, look! There's a band!"

"Ha' This will be fun."

A silent figure slips up behind the girls, sibilant, sinister...

it's a booooy

Ahpuch whispers "be on your guard while in Sunkissed waves. All is not light and laughter there"

"It's Unseelie." She nods.

"yes, but it has it's bad parts too" he warns

"Like how? Balor?"

"Yes, there is another sidhe childling there.. Vaeltilde does not like him and for good reason. be on your guard. Si?"

"Ohhh..." Nose-wrinkle.

"Balor make mean playmates."

"yes, almost as mean as varich" A shrug "But the aesin girl is lonely "

"Vaeltilde's a bit of a jerk" Ariel wrinkles her nose

"Aesin... well, they don't understand some things." Diplomatically.

"Mmph" Ariel says with a snort. Perhaps less diplomatically

A little frown, and the sidhe dims a bit.

Ahpuch says "She is better than a a Balor or Varich inheriting, I think so.. help her. She was never a beast to me, si?"

"I'm glad Jessica made that illegal."

the boy shrugs, then says "i musst slip away now.. into the shadows. It's for practice"

Ariel rolls her eyes and looks away deliberately

"Bye, Ahpuch. Go find spooky secrets while we're gone."

a whispered response she can't make out, but there was probably a good bye in it

Ariel admits "Sluagh are creepy, little boy sluagh are creepy and annoying"

"Well, he's a boy. He can't help that."

"Yeah" she agrees, then "I'm sorry if my not liking Vaeltilde that much makes things hard on you. I'll try to be nice. Honest"

"No, no... it's fine.."

"Well, okay just.. you need friends so I shouldn't be jealous and hog you. for just Salma and me"

A glance over a corner "Holger is also okay, for a boy"

"Yeah." Subdued.

Ariel looks at her "something's bugging you. what?"

Shrug. Smile. "I'm fine."

Poke with a finger "Are not." Poke. Poke "Tell." Poke "tell." Poke"Tell" Poke

"Hey!"

"Hey, um.. hey, let's see if... let's see...."

"Poke." Poke "Pokedy" poke "Tell" Poke

"Poke" Poke "Poke" Poke "Tell" Poke "Tell" Poke

"Stop it!"