#rivervale_lodge

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The barking begins immediately.

Edie and Oak bark to see strangers Then.. take a sniff.. and relax. They don't know them WELl but they know them

"Not a prick. Now... there is a museum..."

Earl says "Right. Wait, that's it? Greenland... then Cusco... and back to Jersey? Can't be that easy right?"

"Would suit Siv, nu?"

"You know her better than I" He says "I think if she were a DeBuke we'd give her quiet worried looks and tut a bit when she was out of earshot"

"Ah, but how do we get there? I've never been. you have."

"It isn't far." She walks!

And they walk. Earl pats a dog and goes with her.

Earl says "You really were amazing.... running through that.. you were a shadowy streak, but I can imagine how it was like, your lean body cutting through the tunnels like a pale wind."

As they walk. Yes. he checks her out

A gentle hip-bump and a sly grin.

A smile back "Sue me"

The walking takes a bit, and Zara is feeling a bit tired. She's been very very busy and a short nap on a ship is wearing off.

But if there's another third party after this part of things, then they can't afford to rest long.

No, no time to tarry.

The museum comes into view and... and it's closed.

"It has a closed sign on it" Earl observes "Curses, we are stymied. How can we go on? "Dryly

"Feh."

"So...how do you want to get in?" He asks. Her point about his cantrips being used too freely are not wrong