#rivervale_lodge

Brekke raises a brow at Piper's suggestion. "There are Balor threats yet, Olgar?"

"Oh" Siv looks surprised at something and then looks a bit embarrassed

"You guys probably want to talk to Sparrow about that." Oglar says "I did bring you something , just to speed the process up. It's not much but .." He hands Frank a ..rock? South Western mineral

"it's from the base of the mountain where the hold Sparrow has claimed is. Should make flicker flashing to her local easier"

Frank takes it. "If she needs it."

"Clever," Brekke nods approvingly.

"Sir Dubh's suggestion actually. " Oglar admits

Nadeen is the first one to show weakness.

"I can't eat another bite" She admits

"Oof, no," Sylvi agrees. I won't be able to fit in my outfit for tomorrow."

"Excellent feast, Mom and everybody," Sylvi adds.

"Second Wave!" A voice cries

"Here we go" Sally mae looks up from her spot with Carowyn near the kid's table. She'd been watching over them

Tiffany, Vali, Gerd and Margilita come on in... "Sorry we're late" Vali says "We had our food, and decided yours would be better"

Piper laughs and relinquishes her spot at the table. “I can play if anyone wants.”

Nadeen rises and givees up her spot too "My seat is your seat. " meaning for one of the non trolls

Kerri no doubt planned for this second wave, and she and Sally Mae adapt gracefully

Jonas actually makes the request "Piper, if you don't have a preference on what to play , would you try 'I'm yours' by John Mraz?"

Siv looks surprised "I didn't know you liked that song"

"I have a fondness for it" he admits

She smiles and moves to take a seat on - well, more of a perch, her hooves barely skim the floor- on an arm chair and sings softly, letting the music take backstage as folk are still socializing.

_Well, you done done me, and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill, but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
And now I'm trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
And nothing's gonna stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn
To win some or learn some..._

Eyes on Siv and Jonas, smiling through the lyrics.

Siv and Jonas's head bob along, they share glances with each other, and with Piper.. even Jonas who is more reserved in his

Olgar squeezes Kerri's hand

Piper's voice is uplifting, even when there's no gift going.

_Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find the sky is yours
So please don't please don't please don't
There's no need to complicate
'Cause our time is short
This, oh this, this is our fate, I'm yours..._

She finishes up, letting her fingers dance over the string to repeat a few more chords.

"That was lovely" Piper moves to her and gives her a big kiss on the side of the face

“Props to Jonas for the suggestion. Oh, I need to check in with the Wayburtons. I hope they don’t try to feed me more than pie.” A pause and she asks the two a little quieter, “should I come back, after, tonight...?”

They hug her , and Jonas says "You know your welcome. Apartment tonight?"

She beams. “You have your key? See you there.”

they nod

“Thank you for a lovely meal and hospitality, Hearth, Chief.” She smiles to Nadeen as well as she does her rounds before heading out to her next stop.

Kerri squeezed Olgar's hand right back, and even swayed a bit in her seat to the tune. Her husband knows that if they'd been out at a bar, she'd have been on her feet and dragging him to the dancefloor.

"Piper, our thanks for your company and the entertainment," Brekke says, lifting her meadhorn to the satyr as she goes.

"You're welcome to grab some leftovers to take with if you like...or I'll send some along after," Kerri says, with a wink to Siv.

Siv blushes lightly "DOn't mind" She does admit

Kerri makes sure that the newer arrivals get helpings of everything...and there's certainly still plenty to go around. After all, Frank and Olgar's efforts were only on two of the turkeys...there were three more beyond that, cooked in various ways. And, yes, the tofurkey.

Praise comes in...

and Nadeen ends up talking to Sylvi on the side again "You smiled at me. Did I do something right?" good humor

And it is received gracefully. Kerri settles again, relaxed and satisfied in a job well done.

Sylvi grins and says quietly, "Well, I liked the way you handled that. Asking for the story and everything."

Brekke noted Jessica's puzzled look earlier. "You have questions, daughter?" she asks, perhaps a bit wryly.

"Better through than around somedays" The Varich admits"But thank you. And there were heroic moments..." A sigh "Even Symon had his"

Ouch. That confession must have hurt.

Sylvi blinks. "He did? I'm glad to hear that." She's more surprised at the admission than at the fact.

"Yes.. I gave him the chain and he used it...and his.." She makes a grossed out face, "tongue to catch the bastards leg. Set him up for a great strike from Sparrow."

"Oh, wow...that's...that sounds like it was really good teamwork." Her tone reflects that she has the proper appreciation for how difficult such teamwork must have been for both parties.

"Yes, and almost completely improvisation by that stage" She admitted "It would be like having half of the cheerleaders swapped out in the 4th quarter"

"Well...yeah...that's kind of...I was worried that when you went on your own, it was going to complicate whatever Siv had planned. I'm glad it all worked, though."

"oh that..." She shrugs "I knew Siv went there, so approached it how she wouldn't. Sidhe legalese, hints of marriage ...indignation on behalf of my House. The last was the most sincere" She admits "But the idea was I'd be like a lightning storm making a fuss, when the rain was ignored and flloding the basement"

"Big risk," Sylvi points out.