#rivervale_lodge

((the last re: Sylvi))

"I wish a lot of things, mom. Sometimes I wish I could chip in with Vali and buy a life size statue of you but you'd only think I was mocking you, when actually I think heroes deserve statues" Another hug "But I won't because you'd dislike the thing winter OR summer. I'm off to find Sylvi"

"Hmph." Disgruntled, but only mildly so. She watches Siv go and then settles in her chair by the balefire, sipping her coffee with a reflective expression.

Sylvi's usually up in her room around this time.

Knock on Sylvi's door

"Yeah? C'mon in!" A preoccupied tone, and when Siv opens the door, she sees Sylvi sprawled across her bed and focused on her phone screen, thumbs flying as she texts.

"Ah, Sexting like a fiend?" Playful and not too loud so no one else should hear.

"No." She pouts. "He's on duty, I guess, and not answering, so I'm blowing up his phone for when he gets back. And NOT sexting!" A pause. "...this time."

A soft chuckle, "No judgement. Can't really. Anyway... you up to a diplomatic mission?"

A skeptical look. "Who did you piss off?"

"Why is it whenever I need your charm and diplomacy you assume I'm in danger of starting a war?" Brow

A smirk. "Pretty sure you don't really need me to answer that." She sits up. "What's going on?"

"I need your help tracking down a dragon that considers Skallstryke and enemy and enlisting his help" A beat "no. I'm not joking."

Her mouth had already opened to make the accusation before Siv interrupted it. She closes it, blinks. "Oooookayyyyy...not joking...just crazy. Siv, even if we find such a dragon, we need to get close enough to talk to it without getting eaten. And how do we know which ones consider him an enemy?"

"Nocturnus fought him before... a great dark scaled dragon... the records indicate he's an enemy of Skallstryke. Maybe not his equal. Imagine if we can get him to help? Another edge. Maybe he can even show us another way?" Siv says "I have resources, places to check to track him down, but once I get to him... I need you to do the talking."

Her eyes are wide. "You want me to sweet-talk a dark dragon into helping us fight Skallstryke." She pauses, thinking. "That's pretty huge, Siv."

"I know. But what part of this isn't huge?"

"Good point. Well....when do you think you're going to leave?"

"Sooner better than later. We're running out of time. I'm going to check some sources, some libraries.. and then. I need to go."

"Okay. I'll get my things together while you do that." She returns to some rapid-fire texting, narrating as she does: "Going to sweet-talk a dragon, BBL." She hits send and puts the phone away, winking at Siv. "Bet he responds to that."

She actually laughs at that, "Wow. And I thought my telling Jonas he should just ask me out already was a way to bust chops."

"You did that? Well, did he?"

A blush "Ah. Yes. "

What was at first mild curiosity now takes on a laser focus. "You're blushing. You DIDN'T!"

A cough "We didn't have sex. I know it doesn't seem like it but I DO take my time thank you. Geez." A breath "it's just.. the date was.. oh my god it was amazing. We... we changed forms. I was a narwhal, a real narwhall, and went deep... he was along side... oh it was amazing."

"Parts of the ocean I've never seen, and he showed them to me."

"Oooohhhh. Was he one, too?"

"Yes.. his horn was very impressive." a roll of eyes "But honest I almost lost track of him it was all so amazing. To use songs to 'see' it's ... " A breath and blush "Honest when we turned into trolls again and came out of the water, it was al lI could do not to kiss the hell out of him."

"And you didn't? Geez, Siv...I remember you when you first arrived here...you'd kiss anything that would hold still long enough! But now you're showing restraint?"

"Heeey.." Slightly hurt look " I more flirted than anything"

"That was some full-contact flirting. "

Siv mutters "Let's just say I am honest in my admiration and leave it there. " A smile "And if you weren't seeing Colton you might have wanted to kiss him too...muscles and shirt all wet on him...damn" Slight shudder of pleasure at the memory "Anyway....we'll go on another date later." A look at the time "Oh I've got to go check on the Firnost library. Just wanted to give you head's up"

"Okay, let me know when you're ready. And be careful in that library...there's a sluagh in there who gets mad if you breathe wrong on the books."

"I hear you" A firm nod "Later. " Then a smirk... "Let me know how Colton responds." And out she goes.

(End Scene)