<div class="floatright">(https://66.media.tumblr.com/78ba4ebf3a7ab009087c92588ebd3235/tumblr_pkqr9tOtXg1utyn51o2_1280.jpg)<div align="center"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Neysa</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/13/ba/c713ba1edd68f8233549de54ab127ab9.jpg)</div></div></div></div><strong>Name:</strong>Penny Starshimmer (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=298603.msg14610304#msg14610304)<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>All<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Nosy gnome, nibbling and nomming.<br/><hr/><hr/>The carriage cars had captivated Penny, and she had actually disappeared shortly after boarding. As it turns out she had simply cone up and down the length of the entire apparatus, stopping on her way to interrogate and pester every member of the crew who could tell her anything at all about how it worked, what it did, what they thought of it. After a while, she got bored of that (or perhaps the crew were too annoyed at the pestering) that she finally rejoined the group, essentially appearing in their midst as if she had been there all along. Just in time for dinner!<br/><br/><strong>"Well, I'm not one to <em>tell tales</em>,"</strong>she started, tucking a small morsel of griffin breast into her mouth before continuing. Not that she could, since Astrid jumped in with her favorite (<em>only</em>, really) topic of discussion. Giggling, she listened, and carefully watched Neysa take bread and wine; the small celestial was resilient, but the tiny woman had limits, after all! "<strong>...As I was saying, I don't want to tell tales, <em>but</em>, Astrid's made a point of chucking porridge at everyone suspicious since."</strong>Her amber eyes glinted with mirth at the other woman.<strong>"Oatmeal, barley stew, once even chucked a slab of cornbread at Magistrate Fflarnan's head. Poor man, he was only feeling under the weather."</strong><br/><br/>She raised her own glass - now half-empty already from her familiar's libations.<strong>"To the queen; may her first child be a feminine child."</strong>And then sip! She looked up at Kiyoni then, little nose crinkling<strong>"Ooooh, what if she's a flesh golem? That would be quite a... <em>shock</em>!"</strong>She smile expectantly to everyone, then faltered. It was a joke, because golems... electricity... oh nevermind...<strong>"Oh, it works purely by will, manipulation of the necromantic forces that keep the rest of them moving... No different from snapping Their fingers or..."</strong>she thought; what else did vampires do? She should listen to Astrid more.<br/><br/>...On second thought...<br/><br/><strong>"Tell me, Ambassador Antoine,"</strong>She took another sip of her wine, dabbing the violet liquid off her lips with a quick lick,<strong>"I've heard your queendom has very few men? Is that just... happenstance? Was there some event in the past?"</strong>her eyes widened,<strong>"Like an Arcanifex Bomb going off? The thaumweevils that would release could rearrange the motes of reality sufficiently to... Oh... Are all the plants self-pollinating? What about the beasts, or is jut just unique to the people?"</strong>She nibbled her lip, realizing that maybe this was an odd subject to pry on. But pry she did,<strong>"And what's the record, ahem, size? Approximately, in barleycorns? It might be important," </strong>she glanced towards Astrid with a coy smile.<br/><br/>Beside her, Neysa gaped, then covered her mouth in a giggle. She said - or sang - something in celestial, which led to Penny poking her tongue out at the tiny creature. Neysa then floated up into the rafters on shinnering wings, a couple of feet away from Kiyoni, and began strumming her lyre, adding more ambiance to the dinner. The being's eyes never left the Kitsune though, as if serenading her alone.