#rivervale_lodge

Jaymes comes out"how is she... Elder Torin" He inclines his head.

"Jaymes" Torin looks at the younger grump impassively then asks "Did you kill the one who did this?"

"Was it the Bug Guy?"

"It was," Jaymes says, "And.. I wounded him, badly, nearly killed him... but another insect picked him up and carried him off...flying away. It was dagmar who broke your daughter free from his minion. She tore the branches and vine like cardboard"

A frown. "It was?"

"You don't remember?"

"I mean, you're sure it was him?"

"It was him..." Jaymes says "A slaugh. I saw him outlined in the ligtning flare..mind you, he might have some burn marks now. I hope so at least" Jaymes says a bit harshly "I hope it hurts"

"Bug Guy hurt Tove." A deeper frown, and she tightens her grip on the polearm.

Torin seems to see something "Do not think this was your fault, young one. It is the deepest hope of the abuser that a victim might think they are the cause of all that is wrong. It is another victory for them. Do not give them that. This Bug Guy CHOOSES to make war on you and those around you. That is not your fault...but it is a choice we will make him regret."

"But..."

"He's right," Jaymes says "If you think this is your fault, it's not ." He moves to her "You saved her. You were amazing. You heard the music stop. You rushed off. If not for you we would have lost her."

She bites on her poor bedraggled thumbnail and nods.

"It's not convincing in the heart eveen if you hear it iwth your head" Vali says "I've been there, more than once. If I'd seen sooner, if I'd been there. If they didn't know me... but Torrin is right. It does not absolve the villain,a nd he IS a villain. one with free will, and he used that will to hurt. You used yours to protect. " He pauses, "This is normally where I'd tell a joke to lighten the mood, but I'm not seeing a good spot for one."

"It's okay."

"Don't need a joke, just need Clem."

From the door a knock, "It's Clem... is anyone home? "

She tromps over to check, Flyswatter at the ready.

Clem looks ready to bust the door down , she's got a case full of medical suplies and impatient look

Dag opens the door. "Vali froze her."

"Froze..." She pushes past, then moves to Tove checking her over, light in eyes, a careful glance of the wounds.//"So can you..." One starts to say//"Shhh" Clem says

Dagmar pokes her head out the door, checking for any lurkers, before closing and locking it.

Actually, she saw Olgar, he's patrolling the areaa with a VERY Bristly Oak

Olgar gets an up-nod if she catches his eye.

One return, and he goes back to patrolling

"So you can fix her?"

"Yes, Normally I'd bleed her out and the venom in it but like this I have another way...good work, Vali." She seems very impressed and then and begins to rub a lotion on the hand and throat wound, about it more than on on it glamour flowing "No time for lollygagging, no time for goofing around. There's chores to be done, cows to be milked, and patties on the stable ground. There's crops to be gleaned, seeds to be planted, so no time for a Vakay! I'm afraid we can't let you goof. It's just not the Iowa way" She chants

The throat wound clears first, and the inflammation goes down. The Green dims, yet is still there. the hand? what was a terrible ugly twisting settles into a blister.

"Ain't done yet," Clem says and works again taking something out of a flask and applying it to Tove's lips

And Clem sings not as pretty as Tove, o course, and perhaps not even Siv. But nice

"Well it's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night
We're all half dead and them that's left are spoilin' for a fight
Who'd 'a thunk, we're quit drinkin' drunk, now boys don't spare the rye
It's time to switch to whiskey, we been drinkin beer all night"

Glamoour flows ,and meets resistance, "What the heck is in that venom?" Clem hisses and seems to will her magic to keep working

Dagmar watches, silent but intense.

'Okay, done" Clem says

"She's not moving" Jaymes says a bit petulantly

"Well that's MY doing, Jaymes" Clem says archly "that's Vali's work. What's the undo on that spell, Vali?"

Vall coughs "She has to be kissed on the lips. It's a classic "

Jaymes blinks

Jaymes gets a rather forceful elbow nudge

Yup, strong elbows on that girl, "okay okay.." Jaymes starts to bend down.//"If you prefer I can lay one on her, I'm sure my girlfriend would under.."/Jaymes shoots Vali a look that could curdle butter, then kisses Tove. He means it to be brief but it lingers...

and then Tove is kissing back, happily as the ice falls away and she warms . Indeed, she seems a bit amourous

"Okay, THAT is not my spell's doing" Vali observes

"...Nope."

"Might be partly my fault" Clem says "I turned the poison in her blood into whiskey"

"mmph mmmmph.." Jaymes parts "Tove? You okay?"

"Jaymey!" HIC!' tove giggles kitttenish "Oh.. Jaymey, You DO use lips for something besides Scowling"

"I..." He blinks

Dagmar covers her mouth, muffling a snort-laugh-grin.

"Jaymey?" Vali smerks

Ahem. "Is a perfectly valid nickname."