#rivervale_lodge

Lily blushes "oh connor, i will bring flowers like these to your grave site and wear black veils"

Tove is game on Surstromming

Torin assures everyone it aint' all that

"What's.... Stir storming?" Adam whispers to Zane and Piper.

Zane says "no idea"

Piper shakes her head. "I don't know, but I don't feel too excited to find out..."

Adam wipes some BBQ sauce away. "This seems pretty chill. Most of the, uh, Barony showed up."

"Looks like."

"Sure does" Jimmy says from behind Adam

Possibly causing Zane to jump if no one else does

"Huh?" Adam looks around. "Oh. Hey."

"Eep! Jamie, you gotta warn us! I almost spilled my hummus."

"Jimmy," he reminds "And I've only been here for twenty minutes" HE says with a sigh

"now, ,Wynette, Wynette is newly arrived" He points to the unsained grump Piskie... who just strides in with her son's hand in hers... Mal, the Eshu grins to see the other kids "Can I join in mom?"

"Have at, be nice." she lets him go.. And the childling takes off

"He's .... eshu, right?"

"Yup." Jimmy says "mal's a handful, but he's entertaining."

"Connor, Connor...stop smooching on gross girls and get on the other side of the see saw" Mal says

"I ain't smoochin! That's RUDE!" He chortles and gives Lily a little wave, before obediently trotting over to see the saw with Mal.

Jack Flap eyes Mal, clearly not familiar with him much

Mal waves "I've had adventures, well, some adventures... let me tell you about the Maskless woman and the make up kit...did you know you can make someone look like they woke up with plague?"

Connor looks concerned. "That doesn't sound very nice..."

"She should wear a mask when she gets out and about and stop talking about it being a hoax" Mal counters "Instead, I acted as agent of a story"

He still looks unsure. "Hey, are those cupcakes? They have frosting that looks like spring flowers! I can get you one?"

Adam glances around, waits for a moment when they aren't particularly under any kind of attention (perhaps a childling spills something...?) and murmurs to Piper. "Listen, I'm psyched we're hanging out and all. You know I haven't done this holiday before but...... sounds like my kind of gig, right?" A cocky grin that sobers a little. "But don't let me hold you back, ok? I mean... if you want to go solo, that's cool."

"Ooo yes"

She cocks her head at him curiously. "There's not really any other singles present, unless you were looking to hook up with Zane?"

Adam laughs softly.

Well, there's Rikki the racoon pooka, and two satyress sisters of Cubana legacy.

And Jimmy! Folks forget Jimmy is Single

(Folks forget Jimmy.)

"I'm good! Just... you know, you're a satyr and.... well." A shrug and a scoop of some side dish. "You might want to keep your options open. I don't know."

The single guys actually seem in shorter supply. The wilder set is girl heavy.

Tikki and Eden are clearly caught in each other

Adam eyes the couple off. "Lookit."

Lyron is there though

as is Sir Carawyn.. yeah, Liam sidhe, so not Piper's type

She gives his arm a squeeze. "Keep in mind that not being exclusive shouldn't always be taken as a given for satyrs. Many DO have committed relationships... just because we have another arrangement doesn't mean that every goat's the same." She grins, and her eyes do stray over to Lyron, but then return to Adam. "What did you have in mind?"

Catching a glimpse of those Cuban sisters she's heard of.

Adam shrugs. "See, I just didn't want to take it for granted, Piper. I mean... you don't mind if I fool around. At least, it seems that way? You haven't said...."

She reaches up, hooking a hand around his neck and pulling him down for a kiss. "It's Beltaine, and I want you to have a good time. "

He kisses her back. "Sounds good to me."

"I do think I'll chat with some of the Apartment dwellers to see if they can tell me any tips before moving in. So.... come with me, mingle elsewhere, do what feels right. If we find each other again when it gets cool enough in the evening to need a cuddle, that's lovely. But if you've found yourself ensconced in a nook elsewhere, that's okay too."

He nods. "Same to you, ok?" Sincerely.

Etsie is there trying some of the food

She gives him a pinch and a wink, and trots over to say hi to Lyron, leaving the Cuban twins unacosted for Adam.

Lyron grins "Hey, Piper, you're looking nice there girl"

Nadeen and Dagmar are sitting on the fence-rail, watching horses, and canoodling.

Indeed, Nadeen is fully seelie and seems to be just well, remarkably and more surprisingly OPENLY tender and sweet, feeding Dagmar food with her fingers if the troll allows and so on

Adam is distracted by watching the distant canoodling.

It's terribly sweet.