#rivervale_lodge

"Hey, boy how are you?" Lavender pets Oak after her threatened to kill them all! Not as big as the Russian Bear Dogs , he's not small. So he barked loud . Storwmake snorts from the corral

"Come on, Willy. He won't bite.. much"

Then the satyr calls out "DAAAGMAAARR"

"...Dee?"

The nocker is right behind Lavender. ".... not afraid of a dog." she snorts.

"It's me!" She says "hey, hope you don't mind a surprise visit?" She says

"Oh, this is willy"

"Howdy."

She gestures to the nocker behind her "Willy, among other things, makes a pretty boss saddle. "

"I do."the nocker nods.

"Hey. Cool."

"We came here to check on Spark, worried he was trying to fly off too soon" Lavender says "Oh willy come see. It's been awhile but he's the cutest little guy. " Lavender goes to look over the rails

Dag grins. "Spark's a hoot, yeah." She goes to the yard, where the colt is frolicking under Star's watchful eye.

Star, meanwhile, checks if Dee or Willy come bearing treats.

Dee knows horses, of COURSE She did. "Hey, Star. " She offers an apple slice

Now, is it stingy to give just one slice at a time? Mayhaps

"Hey, both he and his wings are getting bigger" Dee says glancinng at Spark even as the slice is taken by his mother

Willy doesn't offer food. Yet. She's watching the colt.

Trot trot trot... LEAP the hay bale!

"Yeah - lookit, there he goes." Spark flaps as he jumps!

And it's quite a jump glide

"he's GLIDING already?"

Lavender says "yeah, he'll be flying soon"

"Yeah... I think we'll have to tether him, he won't like that.

"Actually that's why we're here, sort of. You see, I was thinkingg, if there's a pinnfeather or or hair of his mane we could have, we can help track him if need be. But more important.. Willy here might be able to make a harness"

"Oh, cool - you a saddler?"

Lavender says "You should have seen the one she made for Tibs"

"Tibs?"

"Oh he's an Eshu, he doesn' have use of his legs and for a bit the guy forgot himself. Thanks to Gwen he was rescued, and thanks to a horse.. and a fancy saddle, he has legs again" Dee beams always excited to talk horses

"Oh, that's cool!"

"Kinda centauring it up. Wonder if he'll meet one... "

"if anyone does, it will be an Eshu" She says "Not like they're common" for she has not yet met Lane

"Yeah, we just have Lane. I hear Sparrow has three."

Willy is watching Spark with a calculating glare.

"Wait, you have centaurs?"

"I thought they were like.. only in the west or mongolia or something" Dee is freaking out

Meanwhile, Spark trots up to gaze back at Willy, he fluffs his wings and tries to get her to play

"Actual -wings-......."

He fluters, and RISES with effort.. if he can just.. nope.. back to the ground

The nockers snorts.

And turns back to the satyr and troll. "Not a saddler, no, I'm a blacksmith.... but I dabble."

"That's cool, too. We don't have a lot of nockers around here. Do you.. uh.. are you a farrier, too?"

"Yeah, sure am."

"That's cool!" A grin from the big girl - she's even taller than Gwen, but less rocky.

"See, we figure... I have a treasure saddle, it lets me fly with Star. We flew when she was pregnant, so the magic may have.. uh.. transferred?"

Willy blinks. "Kin I see it?" she has an accent of some sort.....

"Sure!" She tromps off to retrieve it.

Willy is hot on her heels.

Lavender plays with the horses... apple slices for all

The saddle is a thing of beauty - tooled leather with silver chasing, outlining "wings" along the skirt.