#rivervale_lodge

"Well," THe Mountain says "Welcome to Rivervale. Sir Earl"

Then he sees Siv "Siv? What's up?"

"Lady Captain Siv, tahnk you Mountain,we're back from questing and protocal... I'm just funning you. We have some very glamour weary guests who need to stay the night if possible? Tzzy took a lot of banality, and Zara's tapped out"

The sluagh is in Earl's lee side, sheltering a young wilder eshu.

So - double-shelter for Tzip.

Symon slinks in right past Vali, and starts setting up spaces by the fire without waiting for an invitation.

Mountain Vali has become a grump, and looks somber, for him, when he sees this, "Of course, come in, come in" He motions them all in "Andd... Symon slipped by me again. " A smile does escape at that "We'll get some suitable food for all as well. LADY Captain Siv.. please help Symon"

"Oh you can jusst call me Siv now that I'm inside my home and the quest is done" SHe smiles

Vali sighs, and goes to the kitchen to see if Sally Mae can prepare tea and meal for everyone

Zara whispers fussily at the fledge and shepherds her towards the fire.

"I feel so bad about this" Tziporah says "this was supposed to be your birthday weekend and I got captured. I didn't even make a dramatic escape to take my revenge. Frankly I think the story was too capricious and touch and go for much of it, but I did like the ending" A look at her sister, and a sigh. She's not allowed to tell ALL She say, is she?

Symon slides a box over to Tizzy. "This was yours. Sorry I snooped." He doesn't sound very sorry.

"I suppose, ultimately, we did free a dozen daughters of eve, nu? There may be a tale in that."

"It's okay, I have a sluagh sister," To Symon, then the Eshu lights up "We did didn't we!"

"Sure did" SIv nods "That is no small thing. None of them were changelings, nor Kinain, but as any Liam will tell you any daughter of eve might yet be a dreamer, and iut was the right thing to do anyway. Doing good is it's own reward and all that."

For the sake of the others, Symon turns away before rolling his eyes at that.

"Now, what is the rule of including spiders in thy tales?"

Sally Mae comes out "I know what's called for when Sluagh visitors and guests come in" She has a tray of tea for them all

"I get to pick the names" She smirks. Not quite what Tizzy was told, but an eshu will tell the stories and this is a ..compromise

"Miss Sally Mae." Hand splayed on her chest and a respectful bow.

A sigh at the eshu. "Close enough."

Symon glances to Zara, and then to Tizzy, and emphasises, "We weren't even there. Just package delivery." Apparently very happy to be left out completely. "At least -I- wasn't." Graciously allowing that Siv might want flamboyant Fiona credit.

"Fear not, Symon. As the elder sister, I may torment her if she uses real names."

"This is some of Gerd's chosen blend which she says you helped hook her on, Miss Zara" Sally Mae says Miss more as a politeness, not being that formal herself "So I Figured it was a safe guess. And she'd be fine with it. We have some Korean food for Symon that has... aged appropriately. Would you like some? Not sure if it's kosher" A look to Symon

"Ah! Gerd's blend is excellent. I trust her diplomatic mission goes well?"

"I really wasn't even part of it. Not the part that matters." He seems quite content with this.

On the Korean comment, he considers. "Is it Ann Marie's cooking?"

"One cannot stop an eshu from tale telling, no more than one could stop a sluagh from looking. But... one can direct, a bit."

"One of them is," She nods "She always brings over a little "

Sally mae continues "She left a note, busy, apparently trod trouble sent monsters as far west as El Paso"

Symon nods to Zara. "Try the aged sundobu - It's a tofu soup. Skip the kim chi - she makes it authentic for my dad, and that means shrimp stock."

Tizzy arches a brow "This is the story about the brave beautiful princess of the road, Tizzlanta, and her over controlling older sister, cutehiss"

Earl snerks then tries to swallow his face before he laughs

"Aye? Thank you for the guidance. The soup, please?"

Siiiiigh.

Symon serves the soup to Zara himself, with a side of rice that looks oddly sticky and discolored. Tea, he offers to pour. Though Sally Mae can serve the non-sluagh!

Zara sniffs.

"Ooo..."

Both are served... and Sally Mae, getting the hint, serves the others

There IS non-aged fermented tofu soup for Tizzy, if she has the guts to try it...

Tizzy, it turns out will try anything

The fire and the food seem to be doing a good job at solidifying Zara's mein. She looks much more sluagh than college student now.

A bit of glamour in the food hints that perhaps, Vali helped in the 'cooking' after all

Tzzy mmms "I needed this."

Siv looks curious "So, you gonna give your sister her gifts now?" Hopeful as she chows down on some chicken noodle soup

"Well, it's all late anyway" Tzzy takes them "I didn't properly wrap them. And.. where's LIly?"

"Ack. " Siv looks about

"She was just..." Symon frowns.

A startled cry from the kitchen then.. "Get out of the oven you scared me to death and I could have cooked you"

"Oh, Sally Mae found her" Siv says

A soft chuff.