#goldfinchfreehold

Romana comes in "SO much gossip... it's really a..." Her eyes fall on the severed head "is... that a severed head?"

Sylvi blinks. She's too far across the room to readily block her view, but...she stares directly at the boggan and lies to her face. "No. No, it's not. It's a prop that Dirk was posing with for a horror shoot I was doing." Even going so far as to fuddle her, at least to buy time before the gossip mill starts. "How are you doing?" she adds with what she hopes is a casual tone.

A blink "Oh wow, you're really getting more iinto that theatre stuff." Fortunnately, less people means less boggan dar so... "Oh yeah, wherre was I? Gossip. Did you hear Mountain Emmit nearly got sHot?"

Of course she heard, but it helps to know what the word on the street is, so.... "What?! What happened?!"

"Someonnee SHOT at him. Some say a professional hit man. Some say it's the Belaine Blade"

"The Beltane Blade?" She really hadn't heard that part. "Doesn't that seem kind of out there, theory-wise?"

"Oh sure, it's gossip, not gospel, but, Old Man Holden was there and he heard that verry thing and his gossip is good. Heck, he spoiled Spider Man no way home two months ago"

"I don't know if I've met him. He's near us?"

"Closer to Caerr Falken proper"

"He's been there a while? Or is he a newcomer?"

"OLD man Holden, not new guy Holden... oh, and apparently some squire there, a childing, screamed out a warnning...something like 'The egg is in the frying pan, take the heat, take the heat!' thenn lead 50 other kids to protect the namer with their own bodies!"

"Wow! That must have been a sight. Good thing none of them got shot, either."

"None did. Then Dame Dagmar grabbed Jordan and threw him at the hit man and she got im"

A blink. "Um. That's according to Old Man Holden, too?"

A pause "oh wait, no... it was a shield"

"I mean...easy mistake to make," she says with a grin.

"yeah" A grinn "So what's nnew here?"

"Uhhhh..." A glance over at Dirk. "Well...we've got a bit of a problem. Somebody went after Piper and Linwood's dreamer."

"What? WHo... not dirk?" she whispers "I mean.. he..wouldnn't cross that line, would he?"

"Oh, hell, no! Dirk saved the dreamer."

"Thing is, I can't get hold of Piper to let her know..."

"OH" Relief "Oh Piper huh? Mmm "

"Well, check the recorrding studios upstairs. If she's using one, she won't hear your txt"

"Would, uh, would you mind checking for me? I want to keep an eye on Dirk. He's healing up."

"Sure" And off she goes

Leaving our holder for a quiet vigil

A quiet vigil wherein she also finds something to cover up that head that Dirk is so lovingly clutching.

the Coco Cola adds life beach towel works fine

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