#rivervale_lodge

Siv says 'oh.. uhm." She blushes and reaches under the couch and pulls a box out for Piper "Merry Yule"

Piper gawks at Siv. "When did you have time... and moreover, I GOT my Yule wish already. You're here, Jonas is here, and we're all safe and together..." Blushing a bit.

Symon slinks down from his hiding spot away from the mistletoe when Vali and Tiffany arrived. "About time she made an honest man out of you." Is his congratulations.

"open it already" Siv fusses

Tiffany grins at Symon's comment

"Thanks, Symon" Vali says

Piper tears into the present. Symon has slunk to Dagmar's side and is murmuring something, gesturing discretely to the wrapped package by her feet.

Connor is not longer in residence - he is TEARING ASS up and down the trodden snow in circles around the lodge, whooping as his shoes glow and are reflected on the snow.

Vali is getting a gift for Symon. It appears to be wrapped in police crime scene tape

Dag nods, snagging the package. "You want me to do the talking?"

PIper opens her gift to find concert brochures, with... Piper's face on it! 'Piper , Concordia Tour'?

Bold letters!

And some locations!

"Awwwwwwwwwwwww!"

She hugs them, then stops, worried she might crush the papers! "I'm gonna have to make a collage!!"

"Who here is good at scrapbooking?!"

"Ah.. actuall, you have to make plans" Siv says "You.. we're arranging for you to have some stops at holds to sing songs you want to sing. I have a list of dates for you to pick from and ... well, we'll do the arranging"

SHe looks again. "I thought...." Actually reading them. "Oh my god."

"I thought these were from my last trip...."

"Nope. These are from your NEW trip" Siv says "I pulled a few favors, not that I'm not doing them a favor. I like to travel. You like to perform. We're going to mix that so It's a very self serving thing" A grin "Sparrow would love to hear you perform turns out, or so their Chancellor Dubh says. "

"And this time without any agenda, and without any assassins!"

She quickly covers that last up, lest the Chief hear.

A SQUEEZE for Siv! "You're wonderful."

Symon scoffs at Vali when he sees the present. "Us first." A nod to Dagmar. "You wanna give it to him?"

Brow-furrow, nod. "Kay."

Vali says "Okay. I got one for Dagmar too but... i'll wait"

Siv laughs

She holds out the package. "For, y'know... stuff. From both of us."

Symon watches as Dagmar hefts the large wrapped rectangle up and over to Vali.

Probably a good 3'x4' - wall art sized and shaped.

"Thanks guys, you didn't have to but..." He grins "Thanks" And he opens it slowly, looking at Tiffany "if this is a practical joke, as my wife youre' not supposed to laugh right?"

Tiffany chuckles "I laugh great in white"

Siv says "Piper, again, I LIKE watching you perform.. and I had to. you were SO happy. I didn't realize how much you gave up waiting around for me to have my adventures when you had your own." Contrite "Forgive me for not seeing it before now"

It is a framed... map? It appears to be a map of Concordia - hand drawn, in an almost Tolkien-style, with inked lines and flowing script. Hand drawn, and artificially weathered.

The frame, too, is hand made...

A fond wistful smile forms on his face as he runs his fingers along the frame, and notices the artistry of the map

Carved, in a nordic (dwarven?) style

There are six distinct points picked out, with an icon colored in on the map... one is a skull with a red nose marks a point in California.

"Dagmar, the frame is your doing isn't it? I mean, Symon gave you the sources but..." A grin "And the map, Symon, your DM skills taught you some calligraphy and it is good"

Down in Mexico, the head of a serpent drawn in Aztec style, with feathers.

A thundercloud with flickers of lightning features in Baltimore.

Vali looks profoundly touoched as a finger runs over each

A set of fangs with a single drop of blood is pasted across over New Orleans... but opposite it, a saxophone.

A nebulous cloud off to one side where "here be dragons" may be on another map, denoting the dreaming.... with a silver hand.

And lastly, placed non-specifically near the Florida keys... a heart, with a rainbow behind it.

"We worked together, yeah."

And in a corner, a scripted quote.

“Behold! It is not over unknown seas but back over well-known years that your quest must go; back to the bright strange things of infancy and the quick sun-drenched glimpses of magic that old scenes brought to wide young eyes.”

"Yeah, it's from both of us."

"I might just cry..." he says "A good one mind you. Thank you both, I'll treasure it forever"

Letting his hair fall over his features a bit, but it doesn't quite hide as he watches Vali's face for a reaction. And looks pleased.