#goldfinchfreehold

Goldfinch isn't "Dagmar's" place. Not really.

Nope. Yet the bird in the glass sings a happy greeting if she visits

"Hi there, yeah." She brushes her fingertips against the glass in greeting.

More chipper tunes

The door opens "Hey?" It's Prissy the redcap

"Oh... hey, Prissy."

"Come in... it's getting damned cold. You looking for someone?" She says "You've never been a bitch to me, but I don't think I'm on your besties list either so I figure you want to see someone"

"No... just." She frowns. "Dunno. Thought I'd see what was up."

"Oh shit.. come on inn then.. it's actually pretty cool annd I ainn't like... musical."

She leads the troll in "No mortals here now, but we got loads of Dreamers. Piper is helping Linwood learn how to muse. "

"Heard that. He's sained soon, though."

"Yup. And we learn Jordann's real name is 'bite me' and I can say he was really asking for it" A smirk

They move into the hold, she can feel the glamour, the stuff from dreamers minglinng with the balefire below

"Yeah..."

"Yeah, let's see.. oh, Lulu recorded some songs earlier.. from that new disney flick? Encanttto? Looks Dorky to me but she made the music sound good"

"Lulu makes anything sound good."

"Yeah, so many ggood singers around here I feel like a fucking frog, but.. so what? I still get to hear it"

"Hey, is that...?" Sylvi's voice from around a corner, and then she peeks around. "Dagmar, thought that was you." A smile. "Everything good?"

"Hey Sylvi. Uh... I just... I dunno?"

"I thought I could... visit?" Hesitation showing. "Didn't have a reason."

"Course! Don't need a reason."

"I'm just about to do a quick eyeliner tutorial video." She holds up a bedazzled toolbox-sized makeup kit.

"Shit. I hang out here all the time even when I'm not protettectin and all that Vennding machines gives me is rrrocks"

"Are they good-tasting rocks, at least?"

"Fancy eyeliner? You ever do that trick with scotch tape?"

"Yeah.. onne of them was volcanic."

"I have, but I don't like the tape messing up the foundation underneath, y'know?"

"Is that like pop rocks?" She asks Prissy with a grin.

"Oh... I didn't, but that makes sense."

"I like using something that doesn't stick, like a credit card," she adds about the eyeliner.

"Ha!"

"Kind of spicey actually..."

"So, listen, I'm going to self-model this one, but can I steal one or both of you later this week to be models? Holiday looks videos!"

"I don't know.. " Prissy says "Halloweenn is more my style.." A look at Dagmar "What about you dags? I might do it if you do it. Redcaps like packs"

"Well, there's ways that Christmas or Yule aren't Hallmark..."

Sylvi rolls her eyes at Prissy. "You rock Halloween, but there's plenty of room for dramatic wintery looks that would fit you just fine."

"Exactly," she agrees with Dagmar.

"So, yeah. That could be fun. Maybe - there's that dance coming up? You bringing Colton?"

"I...oh, geez...I lost track of that. That's not THIS weekend, is it???"

"Yup" Prissy says

"I'm sure Colton COULD make it."

"GAH! Oh, crap...." She bites her lip. "I've got to call him! Scuse me!" And she vanishes into a small recording studio room, makeup case in one hand, phone in the other.

Prissy smirks "She's fun to watch when she frreaks out. LIke a gawdamned Peannuts character.. arrrgh"

"Well... I guess better she knows now."

"Yeah" Her face falls a bit at something "I don't know... boys are... well shit. I like Dirk but sometimes I worry al folks seem as is his girlfiend. Don't get me wrong, Dirk is really good in the sack... but... sometimes I wonder if I'd vanish frrom thought if we weren't a couple"

"For what it is worth, I will very happily never think about you and Dirk in the sack."

"HA!" She brays and slaps Dagmar on the back but in a good natuured way "That's how it is with redcaps I guess. Sorrry, forgot you weren't into open talk about shit like that. Me I tend to tell it like it is, but because I don'tt want to drive you off, I'll curb it."

"Yeah, I'm the prude. Siv is frank enough."

"Nah, you ain't no prude, you're just..dagmar. I used to tthink something was wronng with Dirrk, annd with you and with veryone here. Truth is, nothing wrong with any of you... you're just being yourselves.. you're ALLOWED to be. " A mutter "I was the- " She catches herself annd blushes "Poinnt is, you're fine just like you are. A bad ass who don't do bed talk outloud. "

"Well... I'll take that."