Unexpected Detour|Khelek

[Devon]

"We have some stuff waiting for us in Talen'sul. Guild fees and all, so no more than a few weeks," Remi answered.

"It also depends on how long we're welcome," Romi said glancing to Harmony.

[Kender Bard]

Harmony smiled. "If you can stand my father, then a week sounds good to me."

"And me," Locket agreed. "I'll have a guest room made up! And a tour given. Did you want to do that Harmony?"

"You can," Harmony said, smiling. "I know you want to. I can use the time to catch up with Dad. But they need to eat too."

"Then we can tour the kitchen first," Locket suggested, waggling her brows.

[Devon]

"No arguments there," Remi said, eager to get something to eat about now.

"Have fun with your dad," Romi said. "See you after we eat?" he asked

[Kender Bard]

Harmony nodded and teleported away.

"Tell me when the show starts," Delilah told Locket, giving the other woman a brief hug. "I'm going to go spend some time with Brad."

Locket waved farewell to her friend before beckoning to the boys. "I kidded about the kitchen," she said. "I don't think the cook would like it if I traipsed in there with no warning with the two of you. Bad enough that I do that on my own! So let me show you to the dining room..."

After they'd been fed, she kept good on her word and showed them all around the palace, stopping frequently to go off on a tangent about this or that, a servant, a picture, just about whatever sprang into mind. She avoided the children's room. "They're napping," she informed the boys. "Best not to wake them. You'll see them later, I'm sure. Now, will you be requiring anything before your performance? Space to practice at least?"

[Devon]

"Space to practice would be nice," Romi said. "Other than that,we have everything we need to do our show," Remi told her.

The twins had enjoyed their time traveling the castle with Locket, finding all of her little tangents to be both random and amusing.

[Kender Bard]

"If you need space, just outside the city walls is all the space you could ask for," Locket giggled. She concluded the tour by leading them to the guest room. "You two will be staying here. I hope you don't mind sharing. Harmony said you wouldn't, so I took her word for it."

[Devon]

"Oh we've shared a lot of things over the years, I guess I could share a room with my twin," Remi said with a grin.

"And the space outside should be fine, don't want anyone to get a peek at the show before we perform," Romi added. "Thank you Princess Locket," he told her.

[Kender Bard]

Locket began to ask just what else they'd shared, curiosity eating at her, but she managed an intense strength of will and let it drop. She did have things to tend to. "I'll see you tonight," she said, smiling.

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Sure enough, after dinner, Harmony gave both of them a mental nudge. ~Are you two ready?~ she asked them. ~Locket looks like she's going to explode.~

[Devon]

~Ready as we'll ever be,~ Remi replied. Romi nodded to his twin in agreement and the duo teleported to where Harmony was. They were already in their performance gear. Their faces painted white to represent the ice in Khelek. Each had a darker blue snowflake painted over their eyes. Remi's on his right and Romi's on his left.

[Kender Bard]

Harmony smiled and gestured to the open space of the room selected for the performance.

Locket jumped slightly, not expecting the abrupt arrival. "Oh!" she said. "One moment more please." She left the room hastily, returning later with her children and Delilah, settling down with them in the seats provided. "This is going to be fun!"

Harmony grinned and settled next to Delilah who was looking at the boys with an amused look. "I like the makeup."

[Devon]

The twins were standing side by side ready to begin. "We thought we'd do something to honor our gracious hosts," Romi said to her.

"And now if you don't mind to further honor our attending guests we'd like to start our performance," Remi said.

Both twins bowed to Locket and her children and with a small smile agilely cartwheeled away from another. Once they were the proper distance away they began to juggle small wooden pins in between them gradually increasing their distance from each other until they were practically on opposite sides of the room.

The boys added twists and turns along with their juggling and finally Romi tossed the pins back to Remi who kept them. With a light sweep of his arms Romi started to flip forward towards his brother who stood ready. Once he had closed the distance Romi did one final flip, this time larger as Remi knelt down. Landing nimbly on Remi's shoulders Romi stayed in a crouched position until his brother stood up completely.

The twins now stood two men tall and Remi began to juggle the pins again with Romi's weight on him. After a few rotations of this, Remi tossed the pins higher to his brother who caught them. Pausing for a moment Romi did a back flip off of Remi's shoulders, quickly moving to stand beside him and bow to end their show.

[Kender Bard]

Locket cheered just as loud as her children, absolutely enchanted by the display. "That was marvelous!" she announced. "What balance! Good show!"

"That was excellent," Delilah agreed, smiling and clapping eagerly as well. "You boys are very talented!"

Nathaniel was bouncing with excitement. "Do it again!" he shouted.

Trinket grinned, agreeing wholeheartedly. "Again! Again!"

[Devon]

"I don't think my dear brother's shoulders could handle that so soon," Romi explained.

Remi smirked at his brother, already sensing where he was going with this. "But if your mother doesn't mind we could teach you how to juggle."

[Kender Bard]

Nathaniel and Trinket turned to their mother with pleading eyes. Locket's expression was no less gleeful at the idea. "Only if you promise to teach me too," she demanded of them.

"Yay!" the two children cheered together, scrambling up and walking over to the two bards.

~They'll wear you completely out~ Harmony warned the twins.

[Devon]

~I promise I wont be too tired,~ Romi said, physically winking at Harmony.

Remi shook his head slightly, ~I can hear you both...~

"all right," Remi said clapping his hands together. "We'll show you the basics and then you can practice on your own," he told the three of them.