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[socrowdedinhere]

Bixby: Prrew? *slips up by him and takes his hand, peering up at him*

Quin: *small grin* I'm going to be leaving tomorrow for a few days. I'll be back, though.

Bixby: *sad frown* Prrm...

Quin: I know . . . it's for Lady Vashti. And maybe for everyone here. I'll be back.

Bixby: *tucks against him, purring softly with a little frown*

Quin: *crouches down, getting her into his arms and standing with her* It's all right, Bixby. I'll be fine. I'll have Miss Scraps here with me.

Bixby: *wraps around him, purring getting mildly louder.*

Quin: *hugs her* Thank you for caring about me. That means a lot to me.

Warrik: She's such a sweet child...

Quin: *nods* Come on. We should get dinner.

Warrik: *nods and leads the way.*

Scraps: *will follow them* She really likes you. 

Quin: I think she's just worried. She, ah, found me in distress last night.

Scraps: Aww.  Poor thing.  Don't worry, Bix.  He'll be fine.  He gets to see his family tomorrow too.

Quin: *nods* I'm hoping so. Maybe one day, they'll be able to come here and you can meet them. I know at the least, the rest of my troupe, the Merrie Pranksters, would be honored to perform for the household.

Scraps: Pranksters, huh? *amused*

 

 

((Character List:

The Family: AMIN: Terris; HUMANS: Ziomi, Wes, Mitham, Naijah, Khepri, Patch, Harlequin, Tam, Rihn; J’HAR: Zera, Talim, Jerrica, Jimn; HALF-BLOODS: Nyri, Jendayi; INRIOMAI: Ilmari (white wolf), Raizen (white dragon), Daithi (hawk); CYBERTRONIANS: Optimus (TFA)

The Animals: Rory (horse), Toby (horse), Squeaks (fox), Crackers (goat), various unnamed chickens

Other People: DESTROM: Lyria (the lady), Darien (son half-blood), Soren (lady’s lover, j’har), Dycus (bear amin); LA’KAR: Kalan (lord), Lunnaei (lady), Darden (human), Mairi (Darden’s wife), Aren (j’har), Klatu (lion amin), unnamed others; ALVIERDA: Vashti (lady, half-blood), Warrik (j’har), Tyli (cheetah amin), Rashek (mountain lion amin), Skif (j’har, Warrik’s son), Zasha (panda amin), Bixby (cat amin), Kelsier (j’har), Vin (j’har), Nasha (j’har), Scraps (aka Ameya, fennec fox amin)))

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[dragondancer5150]

Quin: *small grin* I think I am now. Zasha and Keziah?

[socrowdedinhere]

Vin: *smiles and nods* C'mon. *she'll leas him off to one if the lounge rooms where Zasha and a half-blood young man are chatting.
Zasha: Quin! Glad you could join us. This is Keziah. Keziah, this is Harlequin.
Keziah: *mildly shy smile and wave.* Hello.

[dragondancer5150]

Quin: *nods* Pleased to meet you, Keziah. And...I apologize for last night, Miss Zasha. *for leaving dinner like he did*

[socrowdedinhere]

Zasha: Don't worry about it. *motions at a seat* Join us?

[dragondancer5150]

Quin: Yes, thank you. *looks around at the three of them as he settles* I understand you’re performers…?

[socrowdedinhere]

Keziah: *nods* We all play instruments and sing. And Zasha and I do some tumbling routines. What about you?

[dragondancer5150]

Quin: I’m a bard by trade, and leader of a troupe called the Merrie Pranksters. We’ve been performing together for about a decade. *matter-of-fact - not to brag…but he doesn’t really know how to tell them that without sounding like he’s one-upping, so he’s trying to sound low-key about it*

[socrowdedinhere]

Zasha: Wow. You must know a lot of somgs then, eh? Care to sing a few with us?

[dragondancer5150]

Quin: I’m from far enough away that I probably don’t know any that you do. We could teach each other if you’d be willing. I’d love to learn some of the songs of this land.

[socrowdedinhere]

Vin: Sounds like fun. *motions at the instruments along the wall.* Pick any one you want.

[dragondancer5150]

Quin: *nods and moves to look at what there is, hoping for a lute or guitar – he /can/ also play bodhran and rhythm bones*

[socrowdedinhere]

*He'll find a nice lute. Zasha takes a small set of drums, Keziah the guitar, and Vin a pan flute.*

[dragondancer5150]

Quin: *settles, the lute obviously comfortable in his hands, and will start tuning it* So…what songs did you have in mind?

[socrowdedinhere]

*They'll dedide on a song, and when they find that Quin doesn't know it the three will teach him, then play it twice through. The first to let Quin get a feel for it, the second to really just enjoy singing as a group.*

[dragondancer5150]

Quin: *is a quick study, picking up on the music, the lyrics, even the nuances very rapidly, having both an ear and a mind for such things – he wrote down the lyrics and some notes in his book and plays from that . . . after the second time through, he’ll even make suggestions to tweak the rhythm and volume, when to go a bit softer or subtly punch up a line for more effect – in any case, he very much enjoys playing with them, performing is what he loves best*

[socrowdedinhere]

*They will likely be at this well into the night, a sleeping, or at least relaxing, Bixby curled up around Quin's hips on the big soft pillow serving as a chair for him. Warrik will finally drop by.*
Warrik: You all sound incredible. I hate ti break this up, but it /is/ quite late. Don't stay up too much later.

[dragondancer5150]

Quin: *has been enjoying himself a /lot/ . . . but yes* Thank you, Warrik. Vin, Keziah, Zasha, it’s been wonderful getting to join you this evening. Thank you. Scraps and I are leaving in the morning, and we’ll be gone for a few days, but I hope when we get back that you’ll let me play with you again.

[socrowdedinhere]

Vin: It's been a pleasure. We'd be glad to have you join us again at any time.

((Aww... did he teach them the so g Terris taught them? The one his grandfather wrote? XD Zasha would be /impressed/ with him knowing anything in Aminian. And Terris would have gladly given his blessing to the Pranksters to sing it in their performances if they wished.))

[dragondancer5150]

Quin: Thank you. *will stand, carefully extracting himself from Bixby if needed, and return the lute to its place before bidding them goodnight and following Warrik to bed*


((Permission to perform isn't permission to teach others. He'd want to ask first. But probably not. If they were taking the time to teach each other songs, they probably only got to do one each, maybe two each - they teach, he teaches them))

[socrowdedinhere]

Zasha: Good night guys. *will scoop up Bixby and head for bed.*

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*It's been hard without Quin. Not work wise, there are plenty of people to get the work done, but emotionally. He's very missed. It's evening, and Naijah is out scouting (with Rihn and Tam?) when he spots the wagon way out here off the road...and Harlequin driving it!!*
Naijah: *will come jogging up beside the wagon.* Not that I'm neh happey teh see yeh, but what're yeh doin' here? *concerned...*

[dragondancer5150]

*Rihn’s been inconsolable, and Tam’s uncharacteristically withdrawn. Both have been sticking close to Patch for the past two days, wondering how they’ll ever get through the next few months without their big brother, their leader, their anchor. Tam especially has been taking this hard. He’s /never/ been without his older brother, except when they’d all been captured and separated by Valroc. Optimus, having a /small/ idea of how they’re feeling – he misses his team badly – has been doing what he can to cover Quin’s work and just…keeping the remaining Pranksters, and everyone else, company.*
Quin: *startles a bit, but figures he shouldn’t be surprised – he’d planned to announce his approach with bird calls before getting “too close” and possibly startling people, but that’s a ways out yet* Naijah! *wry grin* I’m not a runaway, if that’s what you’re afraid of. Believe it or not, I’m here on business from Lady Vashti. Naijah, this is Scraps. Scraps, my brother Naijah.

[socrowdedinhere]

Naijah: *one brow goes up. He's bringing someone from a noble's house to their den with half-bloods and inriomai? Huh... okay.* Nice teh meet yeh, miss. *manages a bow without even really slowing his loping gait.*
Scraps: Pleasure's mine.
Naijah: Since yeh're headed fer home, I'll let everyone know yeh're comin'. If yeh haven't yet, yeh should tell her of Optimus.

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