#rivervale_lodge

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Coughing they count out of the trod... "Let me get this straight" Olgar says dragging the out cold Hastein over his shoulders. "You" He says to Duff "can't use your guns in the Dreaming, I'm use to that. Too modern, too mortal"

"Right..." Duff limps , breathing hard, a shard of chimerical ice still in his hand. Like the other two, he's wounded.

"But," Olgar grunts, "The grenade, the grenade works?"

Oak and Edie barking, Dagmar and Brown Dog following.

"Nocker tech, I don't know how they do it" Duff says, "I'm just glad it hooked on that last bounce and... did you have this many dogs last time I saw this place?"

"Probably not..." Olgar says "OPen the door for us, Dagmar"

"What happened?" Duff gets a curious look, Hastien a concerned one...

Duff has many tattoos, over much of hsi body, some of them are glowing with chimerical light.

"Fir Bholg's goons," Olgar says, "Hastein got pulled off... though he saw someone in trouble. It was an illusion. I warned him about that." A worried look to the out cold Hastein "dumb rookie. You die on me I'm gonna wait till you're a wilder in your NEXT life and punch you out"

"The same ones from before? I thought they couldn't go on trods.... You want me to get something? Hearth Kerri? Chief? Does Vali heal?"

"Vali don't heal... for now we huddle by the fire. If you see the Chief or my wife let me know, but this will have to do" Olgar lays the the very handsome but rather pale Hastein down near the fire.

"And they can't go on trods without an invite, they can try to trick folks off the trods"

The tattooed man looks Hastein over "He's tough. He'll heal"

"I think they went shopping." Studying Duff. "Hi."

Duff nods, "Hi. I'm a friend of Jessica's. Name's Duff. You new?"

"This is Dagmar," Olgar says cutting the shirt off Hastein and tending to the wounds old fashioned like "She's Jaymes' kid. "

"Since April."

Amber eyes wander briefly to the shirtless wilder... and avert quickly.

Despite the nasty wound on one side, the other is.. well, he's...cut. Yeah. He exercises, so what?

Duff grunts a nod at that.

"You guys need something to drink? Food?"

"I know where Kerri hides the booze."

Olgar smirks "So do I, makes for a fun game. Duff, you want something to drink? or eat?"

Duff shakes his head, "No. I'm heading back to Mexico. I need to get this worked on. It shouldn't melt but you never know"

"What is it?"

"It's a chunk of ice tied to the region" Olgar says suspiciously.

"OUR region" He adds

Duff nods, "It is."

"Nice meeting you, Dagmar. Olgar, when he wakes up, tell the rookie he fought damn well. " Duff starts to limp towards the door

"I'd really like to know what you took that for?" Olgar says to Duff

"Sure you would, but it's a surprise. Adios as they say" And the door closes behind him.

"Why would Jessica want ice?"

"That's not just ice, it's a dream of a great Fjord, crafted subconsciously from what others think of trolls, and more importantly, to the CHief's dreams. As she rules this barony, she influences it. Not a lot in the mortal world, but in the dreaming? Yeah, more so." Olgar is busy stitching a wound

"Okay... so why would Jessica want that, as manifested as a hunk of ice? Hey, can you show me how to stitch somebody up proper? Is it dental floss like in the movies?"

"Not even close... here, watch, and observe. And let's have that stick there ready. If he wakes up he may want to bite down on it. See, a curved needle is what you need for..." he shows even as he works. He's not as laconic as Jaymes, but he doesn't stop action just because he's talking.

Dagmar watches, paying careful attention.

"And I'll have to trust Duff. And I don't trust easy"

"You said."

"He unselie, too?"

"Yup." A nod "Seems to enjoy being the foil"

"Well, it can be fun..."

"Ribbin' at people, you know? Making them react, when you don't."

"I'm not very good at it. I usually lose my top."

"Yah, different strokes.. " He nods "Oh, he's waking up. Offer him that stick to bite down on"

"Kay." She waves the stick near Hastien's mouth.

"AAAAA"

He starts to cry out then bites down on the stick

"I saw this in a move, too..."

He nearly snaps it in half.