#goldfinchfreehold

"Oh they got one or two they try, but mostly they let others do the work then jump in"

"They're not going to make friends that way. I just hope they don't make active enemies."

"Yeah, when REDCAPS are better friends you know they're satyrring wrong" He doesnn' say it snidely "And what's up with you getting all paranoid in the throne?"

"Huh? Paranoid?"

"the 'they don't have your back' misunderstanding. You worried about a coup?"

She's quiet for a moment, then a shrug. "It's not paranoid...but I just want the non-Lodge-people to be comfortable here. And, y'know, I know I'm still Lodge-y. Maybe too much, for some."

"Oh... look, what is it YOU Want to do that the lodge would nnever do? Seriously... what kind of parrty or thing?"

A grin. "Well, we already have some good parties...." Hedging.

"You're hedging" He says "and dodging. Party, sport even, mud wrestling, karokee, what?"

"Well..." A pause. "Would kinda like to have an all-out Samhain blast. Like...no-holds-barred, almost." She says it like admitting a dirty secret.

"The kind of thing you really don't want to have childlings attend."

"Well SHIT, go for it. The Chief HATES Samhain anyway, would probably love the pressure taken off at the lodge. You'd be doing them a favor AND getting the evennt you wanted!"

She bites her lip. "Mmmaybe...."

"oh fer fuck sake, you had bigger girl balls when you were achildling, where's the blue badass who played me for a fool and was all smiles after?"

"Hey, I'm not saying no!" she says. "I'm just, like, thinking through the details. But...yeah...I think that's what's up this year."

A grin slowly growing.

"THERE.." Dirk snorts "Finally, the HBIC is back.. and before you get all huffy or tell Olggar, it's a compliment..."

That gets a smirk. "Oh, please, like I'd whine about that."

"Go plot it out, just stop yanking the furniture around" A smirk ad he lays down for some zzz on the couch

And our dear Sylvi? Has a lot to plot!

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