okay but do we have to leave so soon

[liakoura]

The Ardelay twins loiter in the palace for a few days, then fall back to the Chialto house, in plenty of time to receive any prompt reply to the correspondence Kiri sent out when they arrived in the city.

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[liakoura]

Aleko strolls back around the corner and peers at what Kiri's looking at. "Oh, hey, less gross forms of authentication, go Loel."

[free_flowing]

Loel, following him, laughs. "Hey, I work with what I've got. With plain water it's harder to tell if I've got it right or not."

He strolls up to Kiri and hugs her, thinking cheerful thoughts about how happy he is to see her and Aleko (lots) and be introduced to the other primes (not as lots, but still plenty).

[calescent]

Hugs! Hugs are nice. "So, Loel, this is Sarelle Dochenza. Sarelle, Loel Lalindar. And the one behind you is Ekador Serlast if he hasn't already introduced himself."

[free_flowing]

"Nice to meet you both," says Loel. "You can come in if you want. How long are you staying? Anybody hungry?"

[liakoura]

"I would totally eat food if offered food!" says Aleko, waving a hand.

[free_flowing]

"Great," he says. "I'll make food. Anybody else?"

[calendarofcrime]

"By all means," says Sarelle.

[pyrophyte]

"Why not," says Ekador.

[calescent]

"I'm kind of hungry too. Your moat is lovely," adds Kiri. "Very elaborate."

[free_flowing]

"It is lovely," he agrees as he leads them into the house. "I love it."

The kierten is very large, very windowed, and appropriately empty. The guests can have a nice view of the sparkling Marisi River through the windows as they pass through into the house.

[calendarofcrime]

"I appreciated the detail work," mentions Sarelle.

[free_flowing]

"Yeah? Good eye," says Loel. "It's pretty subtle, but I like it that way."

[calescent]

"You haven't been here that long; I'm surprised all those little fiddly bits are already done."

[free_flowing]

"When I don't wanna waste time, I don't," he says. "Also, magic. I did a lot of that detail work myself. It was fun."

[calescent]

"Oh, cool."

[liakoura]

"That has to have taken forever."

[free_flowing]

"Not nearly as long as you'd think," says Loel. "Here's a sitting room, it's nice, anybody who doesn't feel like watching me cook can wait here."

[liakoura]

Twins plop down in the sitting room.

[calendarofcrime]

"I will watch you cook," says Sarelle.

[pyrophyte]

Ekador follows the twins into the sitting room.

[liakoura]

"We're staying here for, what'd you tell Patience, a week?" Aleko asks Kiri.

[calescent]

"Yep," says Kiri. "And, yes, then we can go home and stay there for a nice long while."

[pyrophyte]

"Loel Lalindar is very... lively," says Ekador. "It's charming. I'm charmed."

[calescent]

"He is very lively. I'm officially optimistic that we're all five going to get along nicely."

[pyrophyte]

"I think I am likewise optimistic," says Ekador. "Although my opinion of him may suffer if he turns out to be a terrible cook."