#rutgers

"Welll.... " Hand waver. "Winter. Yule, and solstice, and some Christmas."

"Hopefully they'll slip in more Yule stuff and Solstice stuff. Heck, if they stop the war on Saturnalia, I'll buy an albulm"

"I don't know if there are any Saturnalia songs..."

"But oh, I heard them practicing 'In The Bleak Midwinter."

"Like, it's technically Christmas?"

"Huh. Not my muse, but maybe Piper? Have her WRITE a Saturnalia song?"

"With your mom's help. I just think a satyr should make a Saturnalia song"

"Makes sense. Troll dreams tend to be more northerly."

"The Romans got up that far, and noped out from the cold."

"We came we saw we froze our butts off?" good naturedly

"To be fair, they were very anti-pants."

"They an chaff if you have leg hair" She admits

"Ohhhh, that's the excuse, is it?"

A grin "is it working?"

"Sure." Amiable.

"Let's go with that then" a grin "So, is Yule very differnt in a troll lodge? I mean, do you guys really norse it up?

"I mean, we have a tree..."

"The Lodge is cool, though - holly everywhere."

"Huh, nice. My folks ..well, they don't know what I am so..." A shrug "Regular stuff. WHich is fine. Now holidays with the sorority? We tend to mix it up with Hollywood greek roman style and a touch of Xmas pop culture. Last year, we had a male stripper in a santa outfit. He never went full frontal, but.. nice abs"

"I mean, I'm adopted. So that's kinda cheating. I've been taken care of by the fae since my chrysalis, basically."

"Part of it was honestly the bug guy - long, convoluted story, but it wasn't safe for me to stay with my fosters at the time, for me or them."

"Geez. that powerful a chimera? Damn. You did have a rough landing" A nod

"A whole series of them - this guy was targeting me because of a past life."

"Geez, get over it dude"

"I was sent 'ahead' of a sidhe, a Varich. There's bad blood there with sluagh."

"Oh geez. Yeah. This that Nadeen lady? Sylvi mentioned her once i think"

"Yeah, Nadeen"

"I was bound to her in fealty when she arrived. Took over the body of my old foster parent's bio-daughter."

"So... complicated. I was still a fledge, I really resented being oathbound without my consent, no matter what pre-shattering me had done."

"I don't blame you. It's hard enough paying for our own mistakes or even choices. Paying for ones we were a different person? Gahd no."

"I mean... I don't think swearing fealty was a mistake. At the time I sure did, but - that me had good reason. And she did need me to protect her."

"But you two are good now?"

She jams her hands in the pockets of her coat. "Sure doesn't need that anymore, mind. Lady Baroness Silverwolf. She's getting officially hitched."

"She released me from the Oath at my Saining. So, yeah, that fixed a lot of the resentment."

There's a lingering crease between her eyebrows.

"Huh, well, better than some nobles.." But she notices the eyebrow crease "She was special to you in other ways I'm guessing?"

"Huh?"

"I mean, we were... friends, sure."

"And Chief's a Baroness, too. I'm sworn to her these days."

"Sorry, just the way you talk about Nadeen I get the vibe you and she had a relationship beyond... well... you know"

"We..." She trails off with a frown and shrugs.

"I was convenient."

"Convenient? She.. she used you?" Satyrs are not reserved, even chill ones with long hair, her nostrils flare a bit "I mean, that word makes me think you got used"

"No?" Another frown. "Just, you know, I was okay until someone better came along."

"mmmph" unsold on this "Did she word it that way? Say she found someone BETTER? or is that how you felt it was?"

She kicks at the ground and shrugs. "He's a Baron - a landed one. She got her freehold. I mean, she offered me a place as... as you know, on the side. I dumped her, really."

"She's doing great, anyways."

"Sounds like you were wise to do so. Look, sidhe are gonna sidhe, but ... but..." Then Massey stops, "nevermind."

"I think it was just a mess from the past life stuff, really."

"Look, Dagmar.." She takes the tall girl's big blue hand "I know that sometimes, no matter who 'dumps' whom, it can hurt. Satyrs... we're weird to most. I mean, we don't connect the act with the romantic side as much as some. We can. I mean, when we're into romance we're REALLY into it... but we're about as far from trollish standard as you can get. And I'm okay with that. But if you need... if you have needs, and want a friend who is happy to share herself and help with those needs? Let me know? I don't see it as 'on the side' so much as a ... great way to share some joy with a girl I really admire. If that offends you, or makes you feel small, then you let me know, but I think you're wonderful, and I can and will be as discrete as you want. Okay?"