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WATERFALL LAKE - EARLY AFTERNOON
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Sammi was awake! She'd been sleeping a lot ever since coming back from the whole Saur thing, but now she was back up, and wanting to get out there. She pulls herself out of the water, stretches, and goes looking for Gareth. He should be ..hmm. Probably at the Market this time of day? That's where she'll go then. She stops, and grabs herself a chocolate sundae on the way there (The more sugar, the better the food!) and makes a beeline towards where she reckons he should be, of course, if he's not in the market..then she might have to go further afield. Hopefully before her snack runs out.
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RESPITE MARKETPLACE
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Gareth is indeed wandering through the market at the moment. He's mostly just been idling while things calm down around town, with the festival winding down and some of the guards having set off on their vacations, he's been trying to help here and there in getting the Saurs settled in, and he's been working with Usid in that regard once in a while. At the moment, he's just stretching his legs with a nice, untroubled walk.
Sammi ambushes! It's a very low key ambush, Sammi just sort of attaching herself to his back and shoulders, and giving him a kiss on the cheek "Hey~" She holds out her sundae "I got snacks! Want some?" She's been out of sorts for a while, but seems to be back up an energetic now at least "And the Saury types? How are they? Getting used to not being evil easily enough?"
Gareth finds his stride slightly interrupted by a hug from behind, but he chuckles and grins upon feeling the kiss. He leans into the hug for a moment, and perks up a little as the sundae slides into view. "Hey there, Sammi~ Don't mind if I have a small bite!" He diverts his attention back over his shoulder for the moment, though, even as a hand wanders up towards the sundae, "Glad to see ye up and about. I take it yer feelin' better, hm?"
Sammi doesn't give him the chance, spooning some of it into his mouth "Yeah! It's all been weird vague dreams and sleepiness, but it's pretty clear now. Good thing too. I'm helping Xochi soon and I really wanted to be at the top of my game with it" She adjusts herself so she's comfortable..but she seems to rather like being attached to Gareth right now
Gareth blinks when he finds himself grasping at thin air where he thought the spoon was, only to get a mouthful of sundae moments later. He spends a few moments just enjoying the taste of the snack, before he chuckles quietly in amusement at Sammi managing to pull a sneaky move on him. "I've been stoppin' by the waterfall lately, just to check in on ye. Didn't want to wake ye too early, but ye did look a little restless here and there down below the surface." He smiles, seeming quite content to leave Sammi wrapped around him as she is, "Ye've somethin' goin' on with Xochi? Aye, best to be nice and focused fer it."
Sammi: "Yeah. I'm doing a ritually thing to help her out. It's been a secret, but then she revealed that secret, but..uh..I don't know how secret the rest of it is so..I'll wait until she says something" She continues to alternate feeding herself, and Gareth "But what about Gareth? How are you holding up?"
Gareth continues to accept the offered spoonfuls of snacks as he carefully, slowly shifts both of them off to the side of the lane so they can better relax together. "Huh... well, hopefully whatever ye two have planned goes smoothly. But... as fer me, I've been fine, just been relaxin' a little since we all got back, and helpin' out the Saurs here and there besides."
Sammi: "We've been planning it for aaaages. It'll be fine!" She replies brightly "And it's good that you're helping out the Saurs~ Hopefully you're still spending some time on yourself, right?" She gives him a gentle squeeze, leaning herself on him happily "We can spend some time together now, anyway, in case you're not relaxing enough..how can I help you relax properly?"
Gareth nods. "Aye, I've been makin' sure to take care o' meself, lass, don't ye worry. But even then, ye know I won't say no to yer company." He chuckles, "I'm a pretty simple wolf when I'm already happy, so... what do ye want to do?"
Sammi giggles "So, we're both just waiting for the other person to have an idea?" She finishes up the ice-cream "Unless it's one of those things where we have ideas, but social rules say we can't say them?"
Gareth laughs a bit. "I mean, if ye have ideas like that, ye can tell me. But aye, I think it's just one o' those moments where we can go wanderin' around a bit, just enjoy time together, ye know? Yer awake, I'm glad to be back here, we're both content... might as well enjoy the peace together."
Sammi: "That sounds great~ Maybe we can do those lewd things later on. They're quite fun after all. How about we take a walk, maybe see what the Saurs are adding to the city?"
Gareth hums and nods as he lightly rests a hand on one of Sammi's... after taking a moment to make sure it's actually one of her hands and not one of her hair tentacles. "A walk now to check in on the Saurs now, and lewd things later? Sounds like a good plan to me."
Sammi: "Right. Wait until we're in private. It'd be weird to do it out in public" Sammi looks aside for a moment, and pauses thoughtfully "Anyway...Lead the way. I don't know where they're living these days, and it'd do me good for them to see me as someone notspooky"
Gareth chuckles as he nods and starts to lead the way towards the west of town, towards the Saur encampment. "To be fair, we could get a bit sneaky about things, too. Doesn't have to be strictly private." He looks over at Sammi and smiles, "That aside, it'll do the Saurs good to see ye as the sweet, kind Sammi ye are."
Sammi flicks some shadowy wisps away from her head "Yeah!" She nods "How does everyone else in the town feel about them? I can't imagine everyone is exactly...like..pleased"
Gareth sighs and shakes his head a bit. "Not really, no. Thankfully, most folks are willin' to give them a chance, and their efforts at integratin' are makin' things easier. Nothin' really bad's happened, maybe a small argument here and there, but it's been quiet."
Sammi: "Oh! People are better than I gave them credit for!" She nods, pleased with that development "Hopefully they can settle in, or maybe settle back where they were, and do trade and stuffs. I bet they know all the cool places outside the city"
Gareth hums and nods. "They'll probably be settlin' in around town, if anythin'. I don't think any o' the ones here want to go back to the Prominence after all the stuff that's happened there." He pauses, then chuckles again, "But aye... I'm sure they all know the lay o' the land pretty good."
Sammi: "Might be a good avenue to consider! I'm sure there's a ton of cool stuff out there, like..mines. Didn't that dragon have loads of riches? Can't have taken all of it from people!" She hmms again "It's fun though, just being silly with you"
Gareth smiles at Sammi as the two continue their nice walk through town. "Aye, there's so much o' the continent that none of us have seen yet. I don't know if even the Saurs have seen the entire continent yet, either." He nods at the question about the mines, "And aye, there are some mines out to the west where the Saurs were diggin' up gems and such. I didn't get a chance to see inside meself, but I bet there are still a bunch o' things tucked away there."
Sammi: "Oooh..." Her eyes glimmer a bit "Now, Papa always said I shouldn't be materialistic..but..well. Gems are always so pretty, and I can never really get something as pretty as the real thing from my bag" She sighs "I might just ask them what I could do, if I could get some..and I bet lots of others in town would want pretty gems too!"
Gareth shakes his head a bit, smiling. "Nothin' wrong with wantin' some nice things, just don't get too greedy about it all." He grins after a moment, "Businesses do sometimes trade in gems, too, especially fer really expensive things."
Sammi: "Well. I'd like..earn them!" She pouts gently "I don't really spend much other than on ice-cream, so I could afford it. Maybe..hmm.." She rubs her head tentacles "Like, little pretty bands? That could work.."
Gareth tilts his head as he looks at Sammi's 'hair'. "Somethin' fer yer hair, hm? That could be nice, aye!" He chuckles and shakes his head, "Wish I could say I had any knowledge fer fashion to help ye out, but..." He nods at Sammi's outfit, "Ye seem to have a good knowledge o' that yerself already."
Sammi: "Uh, not reallllly!" She giggles "I'm just thinking of what looks pretty! You can't really have a fashion for someone when there's just one of me. Maybe the fashion for Sammi's is like...big heavy fur coats or something"
Gareth laughs. "Hah... maybe ye might be right, but ye make what ye got work well." He again eyes the outfit appreciatively... and also Sammi herself, "Seriously, lass, functional and eye-catchin'... works really well."
Sammi does a little turn on the spot, giving him a wiggle~ "I'm very functional. We both know how functional I am! I function, in fact, very well" She pauses, and like remembering that something is meant to be done "I mean, very well~" She winks.
Gareth smiles as Sammi gives a spin, only to get a bit more amused as she wiggles at him. "One o' the most well-functionin' folks I know, really. That's probably why the outfit just works for ye." He leans in and gives Sammi a light kiss at the little flirt, "And aye, very, very well indeed~"
Sammi returns the kiss "So! Want to go somewhere private, and do all that private stuff?" She pauses "Uh..wait..I'm meant to be like..more indirect about that stuff.." She seems to pat around for her guidebook on relationships
Gareth winds up chuckling, though it doesn't really break the mood as he watches Sammi searching for the book. "Well, if ye want to do that before we get to see the Saurs, sure. I'm fine with doin' things either way."
Sammi: "Oh, right..uh..I totally forgot about the Saurs.." She gives up "Sooo..we can do the Saurs, later?"
Gareth hums. "They're all camped just outside o' the walls to the west, so we can see them later on, sure. I doubt they'll be goin' anywhere before we're ready to go that way."
Sammi: "Hmm...Yeah. They'll be there a while" She pulls him away to somewhere private, to discuss the matter further...