#rivervale_lodge

"Thank you."

Things seem lively today, or maybe word has just gotten out that the Mountain is in?

The door opens and Tiffany enters in with..Eden. The two pooka seem serious for a day that's known for pranks and lies

Tiffany says "Ah, Lord Everest, you got a moment?"

The snake pooka blushes and looks at her feet

"Yes. How can I help you?"

Eden bites her lip, then says "is it true you are master of fate and bitchslapper of destiny?"

Frank clears his throat. "I have had some success; I know others who are better."

"yeah, but you're like a priest so you put on the neck hankie and you wont' share my shame" Eden says, "Right?"

Frank nods gravely. "I will hold what you tell me in confidence."

Tiffany takes that as a clue and slips away to the kitchen.

Eden bites her bottom lip and reaches into her pocket and pulls out a note and hands it to him. It seems to be a day for notes

Frank beckons the young lady to come sit with him, and takes the note to read.

'Eye am a loan. Ev vary things sux. Knead Gouda Luck to git Row mance sense Luv spills are bad manors. plz hepl'

It would appear the girl has tried to get around the pooka need to lie by mangling the spelling and word choice

Frank sighs. "I see." He shifts. "May I know who the object of your affection is?"

A shrug "I...don't care?" She runs her hand through her long dark hair "i'm just... my parents and I aren't ... and school is over and... i"ve got a hold... and I... One means Win"

Frank frowns, trying to understand. "You have a hold? A Freehold?"

She face palms

well, more of a burying her head in her hand

Then she shakes her head

She grabs the note again, and UNDERLINES 'Eye am a loan' then looks at him with pleading eyes.

Frank nods gently. "I understand. You feel alone, and you wish for.... someone special. But you have no one in specific in mind? I do not understand what you said about a hold, I'm afraid."

She nods a lot

Frank sighs. "Eden, this sort of thing can backfire, famously. You know that, yes?"

"Right of Rescue" she says

"Yeeeessss....." Slowly "What of it?"

"I'd rather be forgotten and be happy but that's against the rules"

"Eden....." chiding.

"no one".. her hands shake "I don't have..." A frustated look, then "Whatever Garden I'm in, it has no othe rpeople in it. I talk to boys... and they hate me! I talk to girls, and they pat me on the head and walk away. I talk to adults and they undo me.. .or they need to do other things. And I'm already forgotten, if no one is there for me, I am already forgotten, why not forget? It's be..." She lets glamour trickle out of her hand.. not to DO anything. ..just releasing it "better than knowing what I'm missing"

"Eden.... loneliness is... insidious. Painful. I know; I understand."

"Yeah, must be really rough all alone like you are" A scoff, then a guilty look

"You are correct, now. When I was younger.... I was very much alone."

" Can you give me a rabbit foot so I can seduce some hapless guy into a wicked relationship or not? I'd rather use a rabbit's foot than a roofie, right?"

"Eden, I don't... generally... do love charms. However, I know someone I might talk to. Will you give me time to do so?"

"No Jedi tricks, just.. Luck being a lady?"

"That kind of spell can turn against you." He cautions.

She sighs "And the serpent, for her deceit, had her legs taken from her so she might crawl on her belly for all her days. " resigned "Unable to touch unless she bites. Below all others, and shunned"

Not exactly biblical

Frank shifts, uncomfortable. "I want to help, Eden, and I will."

"Anything I do, everything I say, and everything I want is either evil, or leads to evil- how can anyone help that?" She rises

He reaches to catch her hand gently. "Let me try, Eden. Please."

She doesn't pull away, but gives a kind of a nod

"Eden, I have to pry a bit, to make sure I seek what will serve you. Are you. Um. Looking for romantic company? Or. Friends? Or. Something else?"

"As you know, I sapeak with straight tongue.. I'm a teenage girl and we hate the idea of a boyfriend, despise it. And I've been feeling like I have had my PICK because every guy I've met has been 'pour some venom on me' so eager ..... but I wouldn't say no to a clique of backstabbing buds?"

Frank nods, a light lavender. "I think I understand you."

"I'm glad one of us does" She says "Tiffany said you were a booger head who would just take advantage of me and I should totally surrender to the void in my emo soul. It's why she brought me here"

"I will pass my thanks on to her." Frank assures the pooka.

She nods and , if allowed, takes out a piece of paper with a phone number on it, lays it down and then walks to the door

"Eden. Let me ask Tiffany to walk you home."