#rivervale_lodge

Nervously, after school, Nadeen comes into the Lodge, almost torn on wether she hopes Dagmar is here or not

Dagmar, as usual, is at the "homework table" - Sylvi is cheerleading, and Siv is off driving, so it's just her at the moment.

Nadeen winces, an odd look on such a perfect face, then she stiffens her spine, and walks up to Dagmar, "Do you have a moment?"

She looks up, flashing a smile. "Hey Nadeen! A moment of no math? Yes! You gonna do homework here, too?"

"Probably ah.." A deep breath "it's about the cookies?"

A flush of purple. "Oh..."

"Yes" A light blush of her own

"Are you mad?" She brings her hand to her mouth, nervously tapping her thumb-knuckle against her lower lip.

"No... not really. I was worried You would be" She confesss "I'm a bit embarrassed. As a satyr I had very little control"

Dagmar nods, looking down.

"We are still made up, right? Friends?" She blurts, nakedly insecure.

"Friends?" she almost surprised then, a soft smile "Maybe it's the lingering seelie influence of Beltaine, but yes. Yes we are." Nadeen nods

She rubs the back of her neck and nods. "I meant what I said. I was too harsh on you. And scared. And mad because I was scared."

"I know and I.. I meant what I said too. I was a bit of a bitch, I held onto you and tried to order you around because well, you were one of my only ties to father."

"So... okay." Another nod, not yet breaching the elephant in the room.

"But the ..kiss... you're not weirded out by kissing me, or zane?" Nadeen explains "Zane wanted to come here to talk a bout it, make sure 'we cool'. And I was like 'are you nuts?' because honestly, somethings boys should just not be the ones to handle things right?"

She fidgets, staring down at the floor. A shrug.

"I... I f-figure it was the satyr thing. I... I did lots of stuff..."

"you could swat most folks like a fly, and yet you get nervous. Amazing" Nadeen does not mock when she says it "Okay. I'll go first. I'm okay with it. No harm done, it was even kind of nice. Zane is okay with it, but he gets if others aren't. He wishes he'd been a satyr when it happened, but that's his tough luck" she smirks a bit then sobers anew

"...it was nice, I guess. I wasn't... it wasn't..." Flush, shrug. "It was nice."

"I think I understand satyrs better... they really live in the now, don't they?"

She nods. "Yeah. And like... whatever they want, why not?"

"I'm glad I'm back to me..the sidhe, but I guess I will be a bit more understanding of Zane now." a slight smile "I can also call him on his bullshit... 'a satyr has needs, Nadybaby'"

"Well.. well, that's good, yes."

"He ever tries to make you do something you don't want, I'll... I'll smash him."

"Please, barring oath or spell, no man will ever make me do something I don't want to"

"Anybody ever does, I will."

She chews on her knuckle and nods.

Nadeen looks unsure of something, then... she takes Dagmar's hand and gives it a squeeze "Thank you for the thought though. I mean it."

A small smile.

"Now, if you're okay with that, then..well, I'm glad. "

"Relieved, really. " She admits "But if it's okay? I wasn't going to give uhm... details to anyone" Blush

She pales and nods. "Please don't?"

"Oh I'm with you" A vigorous nod

"If they know... I.. I don't know what they'll think of me." A pause. "I'm glad you aren't mad."

"Oh I don't think they'll judge either of us too harshly" A sigh "Rib us a lot though ,and I really don't want to put up with it" A smile "And no...not mad. Those cookies might be menace but they did teach"

"No, I guess not. Because satyrs, right? But I just... I don't wanna kiss anybody, normally... and they'll just.. push.."

"I know, folks like one thing, then they like more, sometimes in such a rush it ruins the pacing.. there's a pattern to all things and.." A sigh "Sorry, I do go on about patterns too much"

Reasonably. "You're interested in them. Siv goes on about the sea, but she's Siv, so it's just her."

"More than that.. I see patterns like you, as a Gwydion, spot lies"

She nods. "That too. But... I don't mind you talking about them. It's... familiar? Is that weird?"

"no... not weird. What's weird for me is you being Gwydion. I mean, it's a perfectly servicable house, but it really caught me off guard" A sigh "I guess it shouldn't. You did have many lives"

A nod. "It was the last one, I'm pretty sure."

"Vali was saying we could try looking at house records."

"Sir Vali has a point, but House Gwydion may not allow one not of its membership to look so that's up to you and the Baroness I would suppose"

"Yeah, probably. I think a lot are in New York, so they're close..."

"Well, the Count is one so..actually, they seem well placed" She ponders and looks about "In truth, it seems that there are very few sidhe nobles in the barony besides myself. In fact, I maybe the only one" A sour face

"You are, so far as I know."

"Teaneck isn't so far away, but I can't use trods. And my parents certainly don't understand my needing to drive two whole nother towns. SO aggravating"

"The Browns mean well... but yeah. Maybe we could get Dad or Siv to drive you?"