Multipup post -- secondary characters

[molto_magnifico]

• Margolotta, who doesn't like sunlight at all (being a vampire) is the only one of these four inside on this beautiful morning; she's sitting in a dark corner by the fireplace and reading a book about the care and breeding of cacti.
  
• Tower is at his favourite place in Milliways, that is, leaning on a railing that secures a steep part of the lake shore, not far from the archery butts, and smoking a cigar. The thick, pungent grey smoke is rising straight into the blue sky. He's winking at the mermaid when she looks his way. He knows about her!
  
• Tamara is lounging among the rocky bits of the lake shore, not far from Tower, looking out for entertainment, young men, or both. There is in fact a likely specimen quite nearby. Plug ugly, but they don't have to be pretty to be entertaining. Or tasty.
  
• This is Lorenzo, who's going through his basic fencing forms and feeling mightily adventurous and knightly for doing it under the open sky in a place like this. Oh, wait, is that a girl among the rocks? Whatever is she doing there?

[[OOC: Brought to you by today's DE. Tag Lady Margolotta inside, or any one or several of the others outside, or indeed try to save Lorenzo from being eaten by the mermaid.]]

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[not_his_pa]

William's in the paddock as he's been getting a few of the horses out and frowns when he sees the other boy so close to Tamara and he climbs over the fence and yells, "Hey, be careful!"

[molto_magnifico]

"I know what I'm doing with the rapier," Lorenzo says, turning to the boy who's with the horses. "I'm entering into the under-18s championship, even!"

He's quite proud of that, and hopes his father will be as well.

[not_his_pa]

"Yeah, but you don't need to do it so close to the lake!" As that will just make Tamara think he's there for the taking.

[areyoumyjolly]

Tamara actually waves to William from the lake, and stretches lazily in the sun so he can see the light reflecting on her bare, wet breasts.

[not_his_pa]

He keeps as turned away from her as he can though he does blush, "Come on over here."

[molto_magnifico]

Lorenzo gives him an astonished look, but walks over to him. The boy is perhaps a tad older than Lorenzo and his friends, but still very much the same age group.

"What's the matter?" he asks, sauntering towards William. "I think there's a girl over there bathing in the lake, and she's not wearing terribly much. Like a nymph on a picture."

Leo would probably love to paint her!

[not_his_pa]

"She's a mermaid and she'll try and eat you. Don't need to go puttin' yourself where she can find you,"

As she doesn't need any new toys and William's hoping that Katya's charm will keep him safe.

[molto_magnifico]

"Oh, a mermaid!" Lorenzo says, fascinated.

He turns around to look at her, and Tamara winks at him, turns over, and waves.

"That's magnifico!"

[not_his_pa]

"No, she ain't, she's dangerous. The pretty's just to lure you in,"

William has a great desire to hit the other boy but he has a sword.

For Tamara or Tower, take your pick.

[with_his_tail_high]

Someone long and lean and black as pitch pads along the lakeshore, in search of small scuttling things to pounce upon.

[areyoumyjolly]

Tamara doesn't eat cats, not even when they are ship cats that go on voyages to deal with the ship rats.

She hardly ever eats ship rats, either.

"Hello, little predator," she says, cheerfully.

[with_his_tail_high]

"Good evening, larger predator," the cat replies dryly.

[areyoumyjolly]

"Oh, you can talk!" Tamara says, astonished.

[with_his_tail_high]

"As can you." The cat settles back on his haunches. "Shall we continue establishing the obvious? That water must be quite wet."

[areyoumyjolly]

"And the weather today is nice," Tamara answers.

[with_his_tail_high]

"Indeed."

The cat yawns and stretches.

[areyoumyjolly]

"So, how's the hunting?" Tamara asks, conversationally.

[cantdiequiteyet]

Living in the woods as she does, Teresa had grown used to seeing the curious aura of the person in the lake - although she never really bothered to come out and see her in person until now.

She sees Lorenzo practising, and acknowledges him by pausing to watch. But when she notices the interest from the girl on the rocks and walks that way instead.

She's smiling, so obviously she only means to say hello.

[areyoumyjolly]

"Hello," Tamara says, leaning among the rocks and lightly splashing the water's surface with her tail-fin.

Luckily, the place has warmed up again well enough to be out and about in.

[cantdiequiteyet]

"Hello," Teresa says politely. She makes her way through the rocks, her feet making a metallic sound as the armor hits stone.

"What are you looking at?"

She's being polite. She knows it's the boy.

[areyoumyjolly]

Tamara looks up at her.

"All the interesting folks here!" she says, sweetly. "Look, how cute and that boy there is! He's trying to show off for us."

As they're both girls, and all that.

[cantdiequiteyet]

"Is he?"

This takes Teresa by so much surprise she forgets why she came over here. And she glances back towards him.

His form isn't bad, she supposes, for a human.

"Why?"

[areyoumyjolly]

Tamara giggles. "Because he wants to impress us, of course!" she says. "Look at that thrust! He's giving it his best, now that there's two girls looking!"

[cantdiequiteyet]

"But he knows I'm a warrior," Teresa points out. It's not exactly a secret after all. "He can't think that thrust impresses me?"

It's all flare and no power, after all.

[areyoumyjolly]

"He think that shows his style and flair!" Tamara chuckles.

Lorenzo smiles over to them both.