#rivervale_lodge

"Like, what's wrong with Duel Club?"

"It works. I was afraid Vali would suggest somethign like "Joust Do it"

"Ohhh, oh no..."

"Wait, I LIKE that " Vali says

"From Tourney to Gurney...." He snickers. "Okay, Only -I- like that one."

"Joust Rangers Action Force" iffany says

"Lancer prancers." A smirk.

"Guyyyysss...."

He grins and relents. "Duel club it is."

"The Joust Us League" Vali adds quick

"Booooooo."

But, he huffs a sluagh laugh.

Jaymes grunts ("Boo") Nod

"We'll vote."

"You're gonna need to find more jousters."

"Also true."

"Put Connor on a goat with a broom."

"Actually, I'd may good money to see him and Jack with foam boffers on those goats."

"Well... Spark is his, so he'll need to learn to ride eventually."

He looks VERY amused.

A snerk.

"You ought to see if someone from Darkgate is interested. They might have someone who does cavalry"

"Or the Farm, that bridge would make it easy..."

Dagmar's phone bleeps.

She checks it. "Hey, speaking of Delorean..."

Blink.

But that's another story

Another Gift for Sylvi waits

"Ahem" Siv says and picks it up and hands it to Sylvi

"Oh! Hey, thanks!" She earlier gave Siv a brooch of silver and garnet from a shop by BrightWinds. Now she opens this gift curiously.

It's a trenchcoat, a fringed duster that probably also came from Brightwinds, but there's a quote etched in the lining that one might overlook

Siv is looking at her brooch "Oh wow. Rocking the house colors this is. Thank you"

"Oooooooh, this has attitude," Sylvi says with appreciation, and she's about to put it on when she notices the quote and takes a closer look.

Someone did some quality custom work to make the quote a part of the jacket. It's a quote

"Rules are not necessarily sacred; principles are."
— F.D. R.

Siv smiles "It was the closest 'House Motto' I could find for you with a five minute internet search"

She reads it...then reads it again, thinking about it. "Huh...."

Then a blink at Siv and a sudden, tight HUG. "Oh, that is the BESTEST!"

Siv laughs and gives a hug "Glad you like it. I worried you had another trenchcoat so I thought that would make it just a bit different and.. well, glad you like it"

When she lets go, she's actually on the edge of being teary. "Thank you...I'm trying...." A wry laugh at herself.

"You're more than trying" Siv says surprised

"It's a great coat, honey" Olgar says to his daughter, "Nice one, Siv"

"Thanks.. ah" She blushes "This might be a bit of a repeat." And hands Kerri a package "Hearth"

"I don't know why I'm getting weepy...." Sylvi mutters as she tries the coat on.

Kerri is definitely enjoying her drink...and there's a strong likelihood that the Hearth will be taking the following morning off. "Ohhh, Siv. You didn't have to," she says as she puts down her glass to accept the gift.

And she opens it to reveal....

"Yeah, I kind of did" Siv says

Over the heart, on the interior, a different phrase expertly put into the marking

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu