#fenixtj

'Can.. can we play too?" A group of commoner childlings come onto the beach. Three of them, a boggan boy, a selkie girl, and a surly looking redcap girl

"Sure! We're decorating, that bucket has shells!"

The redcap girl looks, surprised, but grunts

and nods

The boggan boy says "See ,I told you they were nice"

The Selkie Girl is startled as Ariel chats it up with her immediately

Salma is a bit unsure, looking to Vaeltilde to check that the other sidhe isn't offended... before offering her driftwood 'wand' to the Redcap. "I abdicate the throne in favor of...." A pause, then she whispers, "I need a name unto which to bequeath power, si?"

"Lux" The girl says loud, then takes the wand "Okay.. just keep doing the.. thing" She declares

"Sure, Lux" the boggan says "I'm Montel, this is Foam" He gestures to the pale Selkie girl

Foam blushes and waves shyly

"Hi! I am Ellie and this is Vaeltilde, and Salma, and Ariel."

"So you're a selkie, we have a troubadour whose a selkie, beside sme I mean" Ariel says "I love the sea. You must know SO much"

"Not.. so much" Foam says "I .. I'm from New Jersey and it's just got this one shore..."

"Oooo..." Yup, Ariel has a million questions.

Lux says "Yeah, you're the noble girls" To the sidhe "Probably sucks having to dress nice all the time." A look at Salma "She's got big ears, but she gave me this stick so I guess she's okay"

Vaeltilde raises a brow "Salma is quite nice, this is Adala, and she is under my protection."

Adala blinks in surprise, but smiles

"Yeah, they won't let me eat anyone here... I know. Montel made me promise to be nice to people no matter how much I wanted to punch them" Lux says "Boggans.. you know?"

"I missed Adalia!" Aghast!

Montel is kind "It's okay, Countess. We know you didn't mean to. The stories say you're friend to all the childlings who are good and true."

Lux glares at him.

"And maybe Lux too!" Montel adds hastily

A little giggle.

Adalia shrugs with a blush "it's okay."

Under the tyranny of Lux, the childlings 'do the thing' which ends up being such a loose command few probably mind the tyranny

Soon, the two lumps of sand are well-embellished.

"Yeah, that looks good" Lux says then tosses the wand to Ariel "Your turn"

Ariel, who was talking to Foam, seems startled "What? Oh I don't know how to rule"

"Take it. Order folks around. Geez" Lux says "Command me already."

"Ah, have fun?" Ariel waves the wand.

"Was that so hard?" Lux stomps into the water a bit

Montel whispers "By redcap standards she's almost nice but don't tell anyone I said so"

Finger to her lips and she nods.

Montel grins that she gets it, and meanwhile, Ariel points to folks , Ellie first "Dance like no one is watching just a little"

Somehow Salma has snuck back under the parasol and is looking at the first few pages of 20,000 leagues...

Ellie, however, dances - explaining this "twist" that Neema taught her...

"Well done, " Ariel grins, and looks at Vaeltilde "Now you"

Vaeltilde freezes then, blushing, rises up on her toes as much as the sand allows, closing her eyes as she tries what looks like ballet

Then she begins to move slowly, certainly not as agiley as here mentor would have her do it, and the ballet kind of turns into a mix of ballet, and folk dance

"Pretty!" Ellie declares.

Vaeltilde blushes then answer "my pose is off.. and then that rest was just.. made up"

Ariel says "it was pretty. And dance should be fun for you or what's the point"

"Well, you did a good job with the chor-ee-o-graffy."

"Thank you" Vaeltilde says "Adalia's turn?"

The piskie looks up "Ah.. oo ah. I don't know how to dance"

"We could show you?"

"Yes," Ariel says "There's all sorts so it's okay whatever you like... like the twist that Neema showed Ellie and she showed us."

"There's the Funky-Monkey, too. I think Neema made it up."

"And the Hustle, and the Freddy..."

"Funky Monkey?" Dubious sound from Lux at that one "Yeah, sounds made up"