#fenixtj

Shuri is talking Ellie's ear off in a corner

She looks at the bracelet and then at Tweak with an eyebrow - Is it safe to talk?

Tweak has taken off her goggles, and she quirks her own eyebrow in reply, but then catches on to the troll speak. "Oh! Oh, fuck yeah. I mean, I figgered you wanted that part of it broken. Just a receiver now."

She nods. "First thing, I'm sending Sir Jack to Duke Tieron with an alert. Second, a be on the lookout notice for Renaissance."

She nods. "You think this Lord A-le-handjob got some kinda personal symbol or somepin'? Might help spot peeps what be workin' for him if they all wearin' his tag."

"Alejandro is a traumatized childling, Tweak. Wilder by now, perhaps, but nevertheless...."

"He's Darieanne."

"I don't give a fuck. He out to cap you, B!"

"I can see that." she agrees.

"He'll have to be stopped but first I must let the Duke and the other Freeholders know."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah...Hey, tell Moony first, willya? You know she gonna go into full Sherlock as soon as she hears."

Jess nods. "Well... -you- know about it first."

A toothy grin. "Damn straight I did. You grew a coupla braincells, huh? Knew to come to Capataz." A wink.

A pause. "Actually, Dame Ash suggested it."

SHuri can be heard "Then you shake the nitro like a maraca..."

"Hey, Sting-Butt! What'd we say 'bout shakin' th' nitro, huh?"

"Never where there are witnesses who know the feds?"

Then she looks back a Jessica, and shrugs. "Ah, 's aight. You get clever some day."

"Not that part, girlie...in th' Boom Room or waaayyyy outside. You wanna take Princess Peach there to go play, make sure you got somebody what c'n call fer help if ya blow yer fingers off."

"I'd like Ellie to come back with all her appendages, please." firmly.

"What, you think we ain't got healers?"

"Yes, Mama, yes, Antie Bluetoof"

"Thank you, Shuri."

"Gotta let kids be kids, B." She looks her up and down. "Not sure you ever done had th' chance yerself."

Jessica might consider this the height of irony, given what she probably knows about Tweak's youth.

However, Jess chooses to move on. "I should get back, get things underway. Shall I take Ellie with me?"

Tweak shrugs. "Yer call. She c'n stick around if she wants. Sleepover shit, right?" A pointed look that suggests maybe she'd be safer here a couple of days.

"I'll send someone with some of her things." Jess says in unspoken agreement. "Ellie?" raising her voice to be heard.

"Si, Contessa?"

"Would you like to stay a few nights? Sleepover with Shuri? I can ask the others of your court to come too if you want."

Shuri buzzes happily

"Oh! Oh! Can Salma and Ariel come too?"

"We have a bounce house with flubber lining"

"That sounds fun!"

"Sure. I'll send them along with a bag for you, ok?"

"Gracias, Contessa!"

"Gracias, Antie Bluetoof!"

She smiles to them, nods more seriously to Tweak; before she leaves she asks Tweak for someone she trusts to check Jessica's car before she gets in and leaves.

And soon, Ariel and Salma will be on their way to stay the night at Skyhook for a sleep over!

And Jessica? Her car is safe... and she has a lot to think of. About the vengeance of a Daireann boy who is too eager for war

(End Scene)