-----"A...are you sure?" Sarah asks Mirian. "I don't want to slow you down...I..." But Sarah can tell that Mirian is sincere and so she starts nodding. "Yes! Yes! Absolutely! Too bad I didn't have an illusion memorized. I could make it even better..." Sarah leans up on her tiptoes, kisses Sol on the cheek and whispers thanks in his ear...If Sol is going to be watching, Sarah is definitely going to try her best.
-----The young warrior is indeed watching. Even though he has moved off into the crowd somewhat, and is busily conducting a serious conversation with Lovan, his eyes are constantly on the mage and her soon-to-be fellow performer. Occasionally his gaze flitters over nearby patrons.
-----Raven and Rinda follow the Lord's ranger where they can later be seen gathering food and sitting down at one of the tables to eat.
-----Mirian giggles at something that Sarah whispers to her and the dancer immediately grabs the mage's hand. She then pulls Sarah out toward the middle of the floor under the verbal protests of Romney. He then quiets as he scans the patrons around him with a heavy scowl on his face. Garrison suddenly looks nervous and like Romney begins intensely watching the crowd.
-----Pushing some of the people back, Mirian holds Sarah in front of her and they lock arms. The dancer faces the young mage and begins to clearly sing:
-----"Here among the ancient trees,
-----where forest children play,
-----This is where we choose to dance
-----And sing our cares away!"
-----The two young women then begin to swiftly move their feet as they let go of each other's arms and begin dancing merrily in an ever-widening circle. Immediately, the tavern grows silent as all of the patrons stare with astonished expressions at the dancing pair. After a few moments, smiles grow on faces and hands begin clapping in time to Mirian's song. Soon a large circle forms around the two dancers and the whole tavern appears caught up in the entertainment, except for Lord Howrun and those he converses with.
-----Mirian sings verse after verse, which comes back to the chorus and occasionally she grabs a male from the crowd to dance once around the circle with. At one point, she grabs Romney who still with his furrow brow begins to protest, "Absolutely n- -!" but the guard is carried around the circle in the arms of the lithe dancer who smiles sweetly at him. As she releases him, the guard is swathed with pats from onlookers while Romney tries to regain his composure.
-----Lovan pauses momentarily in his talk with Sol to look over his shoulder at the commotion going on. The priest smiles slightly as if having a hard time taking in all of the sudden frolicking.
-----As the song comes to an end, Mirian sings her final chorus:
-----"Here among the ancient trees,
-----where forest children play,
-----This is where we choose to dance
-----And sing our cares away!"
-----As soon as it ends, Mirian and Sarah meet each other in locked arms. Immediately the tavern erupts in wide applause, laughter and excited calls for more. Mirian begins scampering after the many coins that are tossed into their circle. She laughs as she begins handing Sarah a few silver pieces.
-----Sol can be seen laughing with pure delight, adding to the crowd's applause with a hearty bout of clapping. And is one of the voices calling for more, his? Absolutely...
-----Sarah curtsies gracefully before the crowd and smiles in return to their gracious response. She's beaming with joy and refuses to let Mirian give her any of the coins, pushing them back to the dancer's hands. When the crowd dies down a little Sarah finds Sol and speaks to him excitedly. "Sol, that felt incredible, like when I first did magic! Did you like it?" Her eyes are wide open as usual and she seems very, very happy.
-----"O' course I did." Sol grins back as he grips the mage's shoulders, his own happiness echoing Sarah's, "There seem's t'be no end t'th' list o' yer talents. So did ye want t'take a seat and start on the feast, or are ye going t'continue helping Mirian conquer th' establishment?"
-----"I...I don't know." Sarah says, unable to disguise the joy in her voice that Sol liked her dance. She waits to see what Mirian is doing, Sarah makes a note to talk to her privately when she gets the chance.