#rivervale_lodge

"For next time."

"Okay...so we don't talk about this outside of here, not even at school, because we don't want people to think we're spazzing and they change the location on us without saying."

Gerd nods "It's true, true. I am moderately amazing. "

"We should tell Eden, but I don't know if she'd want to. Or...maybe she already knows." A sigh. "And I want to find out what Symon and Dirk know. And yes, Dagmar, I'm inviting Dirk along. It'd be worse later if he found out we intentionally left him out."

"Right, okay. Secrecy."

SIGH.

"Now...the mission. The mission is: make them realize we're Fun, not buzz-kills. So we go, we don't tell people what to do, but we do dance our butts off. Make sense?"

"Right. DOn't give them the satisfaction of being even close to right" Siv nods "I can get that"

"Sure! And, you know, makeup and stuff..."

"Oh..." Gerd grins at Sylvi, "Shit... I didn't know you were going to REALLY rub it into their faces."

"Yup!" A big smile. "We're gonna make their party even better!"

"And...if you don't want to dance, you do you, but you do you to have fun, not to try to prove anything to them. Which means...if any of us wants out early, for example, we find a way to make that happen, but we don't leave a sister on the playing field."

A blink. "Oh, wowww...I think I just figured out how this can REALLY work. Gerd, this is going to be at the putt-putt, you know? It's a place you know, so if the grumps start asking where we are, you can blip and come get us and blip we're back!"

"Oh so I'm babysitting you lot?" Gerd snorts.

"Just saying, it might be one of your amazing skills that can help cover for us."

"Just want my props is all," Gerd smirks but nods.

"Total props."

Siv says "Well, I'm not taking my phone.. folks heard it was GPSed so even though it's not, best to settle them"

Sylvi looks dubious. "Mayyybe...but I don't like the idea of you not having one to call out if you need. Still...your call."

"Worried I'll get taken advantage of?" Siv says

"I think we're going to be so hot, somebody might try."

Siv ponders "I'll thnk about it"

"Besides, with the rep we've apparently got, somebody sure to try to mess with us, see if we go crying home to get help."

Siv says "I don't need a phone for that." Her eyes narrow. "I'll give them a irght hook."

"Siv, you don't PUNCH them... you destroy them with superior tude and sass" Gerd sighs

"Yup. Just saying...we're targets."

"We can handle most stuff, sure...but if it goes too far, we should each have our phones, at least to find each other."

Siv frowns "I'll think aboutit." She repeats. For some reason she really seems to dislike the phone.

"Okay." Sylvi backs of from the topic.

"I mean, my phone is a dumb phone - no GPS."

"And they can try messing with me." Snort.

Siv pats Dagmar on the shoulder at that "Bet so"

Sylvi grins. "'Xactly."

"Okay...I wanna get hold of Dirk. Dagmar, you see what Symon knows? And...I want to invite Colton, you guys, but I don't know if that would send up red flags somewhere."

"Oh, and everybody make some Connor decorations!"

"Colton... your dad? Would he see him on the trod?"

A sigh. "Yeah. Or one of the other Rovers would. Dad's got them on lock."

"I'll fetch him" Gerd offers

Sylvi blinks. "Can you do that? If you don't know the place where he is?" She thinks, "I guess if he gets to Firnost...."

"Well, I know where Earth Runes is.. . I can get him there" Gerd says

"You...when did you go there?"

Gerd raises a brow "Seriously, you guys. Sneaking out is much easier if you don't make a production out of it. Sides, when I knew you guys were in trouble, that's when I explored. Thanks for being decoys"

"Are we sure she's Seelie?" Siv whispers to Sylvi and Dagmar

Sylvi purses her lips and regards Gerd skeptically. "Nope. Not sure at all."

Gerd smirks

Siv shakes her head, "Fine. Now that we know Gerd owes us. I feel less bad about using her as a taxi service"

"Hey" Gerd's smirk vanishes with a Hummph!

"Um...speaking of...anybody else kinda feeling that Autumn tug yet?" Spoken like a dirty secret question.

"Not really?" Shrug. "Not looking forward to it, I wasn't very happy unseelie."

"Well...I know I get to be kind of a bitch, so...um...sorry in advance."