#fenixtj

"Get Dame Ash down there, now." and Jessica goes looking for her.

Phobos breaks into a run to get Dame Ash!

(Perception plus Alertness)

/roll 5

She hears footsteps down one hall, could be the Leanhaun

She -tries- to be casually wandering the halls, as you do, when it's your Hold....

She knows she's not good at sneaky so she'll go for casual.

She finds Lady Highfeather... steadying herself against a wall.... there are some toys in the hall that look a bit scattered

Jess slows, hopefully unobserved as of yet, and watches.

(Dex Plus Stealth)

/roll 4

Lady Highfeather mutters "someone's brat needs to put up her toys. Damn it. Nearly broke my ankle" She does not see Jessica yet

Jess bides.

"Well, doesn't matter now anyway" She turns and starts to return to the room they had been meeting in... and nearly runs into Jessica

A head tilt. "Lost?"

"I'm afraid so" she says sounding a touch embarrassed, and oh so sincerely good natured about it, "your hold is bigger than it looks, your excellency, but so lovely"

"I imagine you've seen many, in your travels. It's a honor to hear you say it."

"In truth, the mexoamerican stylings are new to me, my travels did not come to the feathered serpent often"

"You mentioned spending time in the Kingdom of Grass." Jess confirms.

"Oh yes, once i went to Hibernia, something of the 'old country' for most of we Sidhe" SHe says with a chuckle "Lovely folks"

Dame Ash arrives, dressed in armor and arms

"Dame Ash, this is Lady Highfeather of.... ?"

"Concordia, I suppose. As I said, I travel" The Lady Highfeather says with a soft laugh "Pardon my clumsy greeting, Dame Ash. I may have strained my ankle. Tripped on a toy in the hallway"

"Mmm, that's unlike the girls to leave those out," Dame Ash says and inclines her head "Lady Highfeather, greetings"

Jess glances at the toys; to her knowledge are they communal or 'belong' to a specific childling/s?

Most look to be Ellie's

And then, there's a crash further down the hall, near Jessica's room in fact!

"Dame, will you accompany the Lady back to the Baron? I'll be along presently to rejoin them in our conversation." She nods and moves towards the noise.

"of course, this way, Lady Highfeather" Dame Ash says, and off those two sidhe go

Meanwhile, Jessica heads down the hall... turns the corner to see...

One of the large vases along the hallway has been tipped over and shattered - water and flowers and shards are scattered across the floor. Ellie is holding and peering at a chunk of... something.

"Ellie?" quietly.

"Yessica? I had a Dream."

"How're you feeling?" she approaches.

"But this doesn't look like a sword." A minor pout. She holds out her hands. She's holding what looks like a largeish lump of plasticky grey clay, studded with wires, and a clock which doesn't tick.

"Ok.... ok.... can you give that to me?" Jess holds out hands that are shaking just the smallest bit.

It should be said, this part of the hallway was closer to Jessica's room and.. she's not sure she's seen this vase before. She may wonder how she missed it

She nods, and gives the object to the troll. "I dreamed that the flowers were going to turn into to swords."

"I also saw a monster in the hallway."

"Go get Symond, fast as you can, have her meet me in the exterior atrium." Jess orders, and quickly carries the thing out there.

Well, Ellie remembers where Symond's workshop is, near Diego's wine cellar.

"Si, Contessa!" The little Beaumayn takes off running, untroubled.

And the littlest countess soon is at Symond's door, which has lots of locks and stuff, but a knock soon has Symond opening up , the Wilder Nocker , trained by Tweak herself, peeks out "I don't know who the FU.." Then sees who it is "Fudge. Fudge. Hey, Twinklestar, what's up?"

For Jessica, well, the trip to the exterior atrium carrying that object that doesn't tick, but she suspects does have a count down of sorts going, is a somewhat nerve wracking experience. She knows what it looks like, thanks to many a movie, and it was outside her bedroom!

"Yessica sent me to find you. She would like you to meet her in the exterior atrium. Probably about the clay, but it's not a sword. Maybe because the clock on it is broken?"

"I only speak Spanish, English, and a bit of Aztec" The nocker protests then blinks ,as something clicks for her "It ..was like clay, with a clock attached?"

"Uh-huh. About this big." She holds her hands apart to indicate.

(Jessica, sweating, carries the thing outside the 'Hold to the safest area she can think of.)