London Calling, London Calling, London Calling...

[elisa_garg]

The trip to London had largely been uneventful.  Granted, the Gargoyles had been asleep for it, carefully packaged with plenty of form insulation in carefully prepared crates, but it was uneventful all the same.  Fortunate for Elisa, Lexington, and Icy

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[random_xtras]

"Here comes the rain." Icy chuckles softly as her fine hair plasters itself to her head.

[elisa_garg]

Lex groans. "Aw, maaan, I hate gliding in rain," he says.

Elisa laughs. "Get used to it. It rains a lot here."

"Now, I know Lex has met Griff, but this'll be your first time meeting the Londoners, Icy. They look a little... different, than your typical Gargoyle. If such a thing really exists."

[random_xtras]

"I've been to the Nexus," says the little female, looking at Elisa with her big eyes and then yelping softly and redirecting her flight path.

[elisa_garg]

"Yeah, I know," Elisa says. "Just wanted to make sure you're prepared. They're, ah, animal-headed, for the most part."

[random_xtras]

Icy takes an automatic step toward the wall, then stops to look up at Elisa.

[elisa_garg]

Elisa smiles and nods, and soon the four are airborne.

Coco gives Icy a curious glance. "You're not Scottish stock. Where're you from?"

[random_xtras]

The small teen glances at her, then wobbles and reaches out for Elisa's hand so that she can stay gliding in a straight line while she replies. "Antarctica."

[elisa_garg]

"Cor," Coco says, a bit wowed by that.

"Yeah, that was about my reaction," Elisa chuckles as she takes Icy's hand.

Soon, they've left London proper behind, moving toward the outskirts of it. And there, below, carefully nestled and almost hidden by the woods, is a sprawling manor. A good number of Gargoyles can be seen either on the roof or gliding about. They seem, on the whole, to break down into six distinct types. Lions, unicorns, deer, eagles, boars, and, lastly, dragons. The first four have feathered wings, while the other two types have the more traditional leathery wings more common to other Gargoyles.

"Welcome," Coco says. "To Knight's End."

[random_xtras]

Icy takes a deep breath and hugs Lex around the neck, then turns... and notices Georgina.

The dragonish girl gets a slight scowl, and then the little Icy female turns back and gives him a quick brow touch before clearing her throat and trying to reply. She has to settle for an uncertain nod. In her experience while playing ball she's likely to be mistaken for a ball.

[elisas_clan]

Icy will get a scowl right back. One that just might be implying "you don't own him."

Lex gives Icy a smile though. "C'mon. It'll be fun."

[random_xtras]

She turns back to him and signs so that only he can see, THAT GIRL LIKES YOU. I'LL PLAY... TRY PLAY.

[elisas_clan]

Lex arches a browridge at that. The thought had never occurred to the little olive Gargoyle. But his smile says she's got nothing to worry about.

"Great, then," Stagheart says. "You two and play on mine and Elizabeth's side. Coco can play the other."

The boar-headed female laughs. "Enough of me to make the two of them, that what you're saying?"

[random_xtras]

"What is yours?" Icy crouches and frowns at her severely, tufted tail twitching at the tip as her large eyes study the other girl.

[elisas_clan]

"You've been giving me the stink eye ever since you showed up, you blue bi..."

[random_xtras]

"Why are you so rude?"

[elisas_clan]

Lex was looking rather hopelessly between Icy, Georgina, and the other London Gargoyles. This was all beyond him.

"Just trying to figure out what a cute little bloke like him's doing with you."

[random_xtras]

She nods too, her eyes going back to Lex and then to Staghart.

"Are we playing some more?" she asks, totally unmindful of the rain that's started up again.

[elisas_clan]

The stag-headed Gargoyle looks up. "Going to be a right mess out here pretty quick."

[random_xtras]

That gets another glance at Lex for a translation. Her English isn't up to dialects really yet.

[elisas_clan]

"Gonna storm," Lex supplies.