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2026 November 03
| Goblin Town |
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Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair
Later that night, after the kitchen has been cleaned, the prepped food put away, and the grocery lists all checked one last time to be sure nothing else will be needed tomorrow... Cinnamon mentally crosses her fingers that this works! She gets into her comfy pajamas, slippers, and pretty red Icelandic robe to sit with everyone else for the last cup of tea, like usual... but she drinks it faster than usual, and doesn't hide a couple of her yawns... in the hopes that Shane will come with her when she goes to bed a little earlier than usual. She very much wants to try 'snackies' with her asthore tonight, after all -- especially if he's going to be jumping up to jog in the morning before she can jump him! Shane takes the hint quite easily and follows after Cinnamon with a grin. He's fairly certain she's not aware of how the sound carries in the little cottage, but he'll try to keep things quiet. Mostly. The little dragon is delighted at how well her stratagem is working! She closes the door behind them -- completely forgetting that this house is not warded against sound like her little cottage is -- and happily squeaks, "Yummy! Let's have some snackies, yes?!"
Shane grins even more widely, "Absolutely."
In the other room, Marcus' keen ears pick up the squeaky, excited tone of Cinnamon's voice; he flushes slightly. He suspects she definitely wasn't as sleepy as she was letting on. In the bedroom, Shane is more than happy to join his acushla in the bed for shared petting and nuzzling and all the snackies she would like. He does try to keep the excited noises somewhat muffled with a lot of kisses. Also, Cinnamon is quiet(er) when she's doing nice things for her asthore... but she's not as good at discretion when she's the receiver!
Thorn... gets enough sleep, but it's a near thing. Though he doesn't have to resort to magic to get sleep, at least. Still, it amuses the heck out of him, and is quite happy for them. Marcus' better-than-human hearing makes for a somewhat uncomfortable night, but he does get some sleep. It's good the bedrooms are on opposite sides of the house or it could have been so, so much worse. The next morning, however, Marcus runs into Shane in the kitchen because both men are early risers. The elf turns a shade of pink that makes the half-beansidhe grin.
That day is the luau with Uncle Kai's family. Cinnamon makes sure everyone has a hearty breakfast and a light lunch, as the luau is supposed to go from early afternoon until well after nightfall. As she explains to her friends -- and as it turns out -- the party has a ton of food, people, music, chatting, laughter, and playing together. The little dragon quietly reminds her friends to remove their shoes before entering, and the side dishes which Cinnamon has everyone help carry in are much appreciated as well.
They're introduced to a ton of people, most of whom seem to be called a cousin or an auntie or an uncle, though it's obvious that they can't all be actual family to one another. Uncle Kai and Auntie Leilani (who actually are related, but not married) make sure the guests are introduced to folks, and are comfortable -- and then they let the little group mingle as they please. Folks are friendly, although both Cinnamon and Marcus are treated slightly more warily than the darker-haired Thorn and Shane are. The impromptu little group of musicians invites anyone who plays an instrument to join in, of course... which is when Cinnamon fascinatedly discovers that Marcus plays the zither, but didn't bring one with him! No one seems particularly bothered, though -- there's a lot of singing and dancing and spontaneous percussion for accompaniment instead. Shane can drum quite competently along with playing the pennywhistle, so he's happy to join in with percussion.
Marcus tries to entice Cinnamon into the dancing when that happens. Cinnamon giggles and is happy to do so! She's a bit surprised -- and pleased -- to realize, in fact, that her body type is very unremarkably common here, in fact. The little dragon is also utterly delighted, several hours later, to realize the vast majority of the food she brought has been enthusiastically consumed. As she gleefully half-whispers to her friends while bouncing lightly on her toes, "They like it! They all really liked it!"
Marcus smiles and half-whispers back, "Of course they did! You did a good job herding us all into preparing it!" Cinnamon blushes with happiness at that -- she'd been worried that someone would think she was being bossy! She dances several times with Marcus, and is quite willing to dance as well with anyone else that asks her nicely. There are, in fact, a few folks that ask her. There are also a few that ask Shane, who is happy to oblige, even though he laughs good naturedly at himself for not knowing some of the dances they do here. Thorn dances as well, though he doesn't have the sense of rhythm for it to do very well. He spends his time mingling, and helping as needed. Mostly, he basks in the warmth and camaraderie of the luau.
Cinnamon is a bit surprised at how much fun she has! She'd expected to bring the food and then be a well-mannered wall flower that can help out with carrying stuff. She happily sings too, when they teach her the songs, and giggles and dances as much as she can -- especially with Shane and Marcus. Only once people start drifting away to go home for the night does the little group finally head back to their little cottage. After this, they will start their watch for Kamoho.
Cinnamon is happy once again to jump Shane's bones, especially since no one was willing to rain on her parade and tell her just how loud she occasionally was! Fortunately for everyone else in the little B&B, Shane figures out that keeping Cinnamon busy simultaneously keeps her far, far quieter! Also fortunately for Marcus, Shane bought earplugs while he was on his morning jog, then discreetly offered them to the elf... and to Thorn. Both Marcus and the healer accept the earplugs gratefully, and use them that evening to sleep exceptionally soundly.
The next day, there's still some blushing from Marcus when he thanks Shane for the earplugs and adds, "They helped out a lot."
Shane doesn't quite smirk, but his eyes twinkle, "Please don't mention them to her. She has no idea how the sound carries."
Marcus' lips twitch as he says, "I would never embarrass her like that. Her skin is delicate and not thick enough for that kind of teasing. It's one of the things about her that should be protected."
They have the day to spend mostly lazing about the cottage because they're supposed to meet Kamoho at night on the beach. They set out that evening with food and clothing for the shark-man, knowing that it might not be the actual night they meet him because it's only the first of three nights of the full moon. Granted, sitting on the beach at night under that lovely moon with all the stars spread out above the is peaceful and lovely.