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"Danny, it's not goin' anywhere, it's nailed down," Roch pointed out. "But alright. They're hauling chairs away over there, see? You can help them. And Amphi got dragged away by Dad--they're going to--oh jack I can't believe I forgot," he said, looking downright shocked. He reached into his pocket, digging out one of the picks. "I need to give you this--AFTER I play a song with it."

The group for this meeting was--playing a poker game as they lounged around a round table in the middle of the room. It wasn't the really dangerous type of meeting, you could tell because it wasn't in the back room. In fact--they seemed to be talking about grandkids.

Vegas noticed them first. "Well, well--" Then he stopped as Austin picked up the gray puppy.

"I come bringing a present from my boil," Austin said. "And his new ghoulfriend."

Vegas's jaw barely refrained from dropping.

Danny stuck her tongue out. Of course she knew that it was already nailed down. I mean duh, everyone knew that.

"Uhhh, 'kay? You know I don't play with picks though ..." she said, moving to help the gnomes with the chairs. She noticed one taking a break and gave it a light kick to the rump. "Move it shortstuff!"

Of course now that the gnomes had boobs to stare at, there was no way they were going work.

Amphi gasped as the larger man fell out of his chair and then proceeded to get up, taking the puppy.

She was in awe of the big man who was in awe of the little puppy. "He's adorable yeah?" Amphi bobbed her head up and down. "Roch has one, And i have one, and Austin have one, ours are outside with Bruno." Her eyes widened as Monica came in and waited to hug the woman who she liked very much.

"Monica is coming!" She leaned over to whisper at Austin, tugging on his sleeve. She loved the woman, more inclined to talk to her then any of the boils in the room...especially the ones that were staring from their poker game at their small group.

Instinctively, she manage to squeeze herself to hide between the two men.

When he'd finished Roch looked at the stage, taking a few mental notes. Overall, he wasn't going to get perfect acoustics since they were outside, he was going to need speakers there-- wait, he'd been doing something.

"Hey!! Danny, get over here for a second, would you?" he said, crouching down at the edge of the stage. "I want to give you somethin."

"Amphi?" Monica asked. Instead of her usual skimpy outfit, Monica was wearing an adorable dress, and looked downright respectable--if not absolutely gorgeous. "Amphi!! Oh, you're so dirty! Do you want to get cleaned up upstairs?"

"Monica, darklin, Amphi here's our Rochester's new ghoulfriend," Vegas said proudly, since Austin was still snickering like an idiot.

"Oh. My. JACK!!! EEEEE!!!" Monica squealed, dragging the puppy dirt-ified ghoul into a huge hug.

"Present??!" Danny said, throwing down her chair (which made a loud clang, oops) and ran over to Roch's side. She slid up in front of him, hands on either of his crouching knees.

She bounced lightly, excited. She never got things from Roch. There had been that one time at Christmastival, but the treat was shoved into Danny's closet and never used again. Still, that scarf came in handy!

"What's my present?" she asked. "Wait it's not even my birthday..."

"Puppies!" Amphi repeated happily, "I got one, Danny is probably getting one, Austin has one and so does Roch!" She nodded. "Oh...Don't....be afraid of them Monica...They are mostly harmless! Except...Dallas eats all my bikini's...I don't even have much clothing now because of him..." She said sadly.

"Oh are we going upstairs?!?" She flushed, "I'll try not to make a mess or anything!" She looked over at Vegas though and narrowed her eyes.

She was still watching you buster, even upstairs...she would be watching you.

"Well... y'know, if you don't WANT it, I'm not gonna force you to take it. I know they slobber a lot, so it might be too wet for your tastes," he said, still holding up the pick. "But this is yours if you want it."

"She is... pretty sweet, isn't she?" Monica said hesitantly as she hugged the puppy gently. "Okay, let's show her home!" she decided, heading up the stairs.

Behind them, Amphi could probably hear one of the guys at the table going, "Amphi? You mean Undine's little princess? Your punk a** grandson is dating a princess?"

"He sure is, boils, he sure is." And Austin said something else, but by then Monica had led them into the apartment above the casino.

"Let's get you cleaned up!" Monica said as she gently laid the puppy on the bed. "I think my clothing should fit somewhat," she added bustling to the closet and opening it up. She still seemed a bit nervous--whether it was from the puppy or something else, though, was the question.

Danny hopped up on the stage and took the pick from Roch, crouching next to him. An arm came to loop around his neck in a sort of headlock hug while she examined the pick with her free hand.

"Of course I want your present!" she said happily, turning the pick over. "Hey it's got a heart thingy like your vest!" Danny said happily, still not releasing him from the headlock.