[ota, threadhopping and intermingling welcome] No, the party don't start until I walk innnn.

[tenoroftheskies]

Should the castle's residents be wandering as evening falls through the windows, they might hear the soft strains of music coming from down a hall, around a corner, behind a closed door. Regardless of where they are, or how far they are from the source of the sound, it will lead them all to the same place: a veranda high up on the castle's southern

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[thumbcocked]

Lia and Adrian had never been more on the same page in all their short acquaintance. Because as much as she'd talked up the staying points of this joint - the thus-far free room, board, and foodstuffs, the apparent safety from the weirdness they'd both found out there in the woods, and pretty much no questions asked - she's been on the move too long not to have kept her duffel packed and stashed by her door.

The scruffy little twerp had just forced the timetable she'd had in mind. She's been much less discriminating in her scrounging (also she's already been hoarding some nonperishables since getting here) and is pretty sure she's set to go soon as it gets dark. So what that she's never ever gone it on her own in a forest. She can handle it. No biggie.

Course then music happened and she could already smell the spread after a couple minutes of following it and she's figuring that hey. Could at least check to see if anything else could get got.

Assuming a certain dude-o stopped blocking the way. Reaching up to gently flick at his shoulder, Lia whistles. "Hey. Guy. Fab impression of a door, so how's about opening up."

[votetemple]

Realizing that Lia is behind him, Adrian steps to the side, turning to smile at her as he does so.

"Lia! Hey! I was just looking for you, when I got... well, sort of sidetracked I guess." Adrian gestures out into the room, towards the clockwork figures, and spread of food and sources of the music, to indicate just how effective Tempest is at throwing a good distraction. "Seems to happen kind of a lot here. This is nice though. Would you like to get something to eat with me?"

[thumbcocked]

"Well, here I be, side- or back- or whatever track."

She flashes a sideways smirk at him before shrugging and stuffing her hands in the back pockets of her jeans. Nudging him with an elbow, she starts moseying her way over to the table.

"Sure. Mean, we're both here, food's here, can't be too hard to knock a couple birds at the same time, right?"