Tea for Two or Twenty

Submitted by Heather S. on Sun, 10/7/2012 at 4:04pm

Glimmer flits into the tavern carying a sack of clinking things and pulling a large sack labeled "Here lies Glimmer's cookies.  Don't eat em wifouts askin' or OFF WITH YER HEAD!"  She stops, turns back to the door and yells "MR. DR. RIDDLES SIR ESQUIRE!  IT'S PARTAY TIME!"  She continues on to the center of the tavern, pushing tables together and setting out tea pots and cups and plates from one sack, while attempting to haul the sack of cookies on to the table as well.  As she begins to get it off the ground, the sack falls on top of her and she lets out a loud squeel.  She decidedly opens the bag, eats twenty four cookies, then hauls the bag onto the table with a hiccup.  After the cookies are in place, she sits down and waits for her friends to join her.

Ohren lazily shambles up to the tavern, his big fuzzy form shakes outside the door with a poof of dust and dirt from his long days work.

 

"Erm, werts der berg perty bert Glerber?"

 

He pads his way into the tavern and plops down on the floor and rests his chin on the table.

 

"Erm ser terd.... Erts gertern clerse ter wernter..."

 

His eyes droop slightly and he shakes his head tiredly.

Glimmer finishes unpacking, and lays Kirell Jr. in a nest of what appears to be shredded up leaves and bits of fur.  "The party is just cuz I feel like havin a party!  It's getting cold out there.  Have some cookies and tea.  Wanna hug Kirell Jr?"

Ohren nods lazily and looks up at Glimmer, licking his chops.

 

"Erher."

 

He pats his lap with a big bear paw while keeping his head on the table.

 

"Jurst pert her here."

"OOOOOO DEARY DEARY DEARY ME! A PARTY! Well well well well WELL!!!!! YAY!!" screams the gnome, running up, crumbs flying out of his jacket pockets, a leaf of cabbage stuck to his pink shoes. "I absolutely LOVE parties... hic!" he says, with a short hiccup. His engraved flask weighing down the inner pocket of his green jacket. "Thank you for the invite there Ms. Glimmer!!"
 
 
The gnome plops down next to the bear. He wobbles a bit, and then lets out a slight burp. "I must say, I am QUITE hungry, I am certainly more than eager for some tea and cookies! And it certainly is cold out there, one must drink an entire pint just to stay warm!"
 
 
He turns to Glimmer and spouts out "Ms. Glimmer, would it be alright if my buddy Mr. Sexywings joined us? You might know him by the name of Gaius. Hes my buddy. Yes yes he is" he says, losing his train of thought. "I think he most certainly would join us!"

"Of coursies Gaius can come!  I'll get him!"  Glimmer flits to the door again and screams "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAIUSSSSSSSS TEA PARTY PARTY PARTY!  HERE GAIUS!  TEA TIME AND COOKIES!"  Glimmer flits back to her table.  "Now then.  Let's begin.  How have your days been, Ohren and Mr. Riddles?  And Uncle Wreynn?  If you're hanging around up there, do come down and be a dear."  Glimmer sets to providing cookies and pouring tea for her friends as she listens to the idle conversation.

Ohren looks over at Mr. Dr. Riddles and nods to him slowly. He speaks low and slowly

 

"Erve bern erker. Berldern er werll rernd der Cermsern Qerter. Erve bern rerly slerpy lertler."

 

The large bear lets out a yawn and covers his mouth with a paw.

 

"Scersmer... Ser... Er herd Cerkers? Er erm rerrly herngry."

Glimmer giggles at Ohren's bear talk and says "How are things coming with that wall, then?  And I'm sorry you're so tired!  Have some more cookies!'  Glimmer passes the cookies to Ohren and then tuirns to Riddles.  "How are things with you, Riddle Diddle?  I heard the lottery went quite well in deed.  Are you planning to host that again?"

"Well of course we are planning out the lottery again this time around, we must have a winner. It was quite a lot of fun last time too!" he sits and ponders a moment. "You know, you rarely see bears in the winter. Especially bears as hard working as Mr. Fuzzy over here. What's been making you so tired Mr. Fuzzy?" he says, as he reaches for the tray of cookies from Ohren, hoping he might gnab a leftover. "I am sure that Mr. Sexywings will join us soon enough. Yes yes, of course. Are we expecting more Ms. Glimmer? And whom may I ask is this Uncle Wreynn?"

Ohren look up at Glimmer and grins at her before setting his jaw at the edge of the table and dragging as many cookies into his maw as he can, scooping with both hands to fill his mouth. He chews them a bit and swallows before replying.

 

"Ers gerin gerd... Er jerst nerd ter herb er berg gert merd to kerp berd perple ert."

 

"Well a gate is certainly a smart idea, otherwise how are you going to be getting in and out?" says the gnome, sulking a bit at the lack of cookies. His eyes light up as he remembers he has spirits to add to the tea. He slips a pour from his flask into the teacup, and then takes a sip. He leans back, feeling warm in his belly.
 
"Would you like some Mr. Fuzzy? Ms. Glimmer?" he says, motioning to his jacket pocket.

Ohren looks at Riddles and tilts his head to the side with a slight bit of confusion.

 

"Wher der yer ser dere ernt verry merny berrs ern der wernter? Where der der erl ger?"

 

He yawns again and moves to try and hold a cup of tea between his paws before it breaks and splashes all over him. He falls backwards and rolls over onto his stomach and gets on all fours before shaking to get the warm tea out of his fur.

Gaius flits into the tavern and looks around.  "What's going on in here? I heard Glimmer yelling for me and I-" Gaius stops short, finally noticing the tea and cookies.
 
"Oh yay! Tea party! Tea party!" And with that, Gaius flies over and plops into a seat.

"Ohrens you r posed to be hibernatins soonsies!  All the cool burrs are derin ert!"  Glimmer passes cookies to Gaius and carries on "And yes Riddle Diddle I'll have some of that!  Uncle Wreynn is my Uncle Wreynn.  Though he may not be around right now.  He'll come if he heard me though."  Glimmer stuffs cookies in her mouth and turns to Gaius.  "HI GAIUS!  We gotta work on a letter to Queen Festivia soon.  She needs to know about the..erm...accident face."

Fuchu sat alone watching curiously at all of the commotion, he ate from his meal and drank deeply some of the tea that he poured from his pot. Fu smiled to himself, he was happy to be in the company of livley people. He had been working hard honing his skill in both sword work and in machinery. Fu scratched his beared as he continued watching and eating

"COME SIT NEXT TO ME MR. SEXYWINGS!" Riddles says excitedly. He reaches back into his jacket pocket, and in a flash, pours a shot of multi-colored liquid into Ms. Glimmer's tea. The cup steams ever so slightly, and a slight orange mist appears then dissipates. He turns to Mr. Fuzzy, and says "well, of course silly fellow, you are hungry because you need to be taking a long nap. Your kind and my kind both eat a lot before the winter time so that we can sleep for a long time" he says, wondering if being lazy counts as hibernation. "You can't imagine I put on all this weight for nothing, no no no!" he says, clutching his belly and feeling slightly self conscious.

Gaius stops shoving cookies in his mouth for a second to look at Glimmer. He finishes chewing and swallows. "Ahem. Yes. Accident Face is scary. Is this something that's been known to happen to fairies before? Do you think... Queen Festivia would come here?"
 
Gaius turns to the shouting Riddles, grabs a small plate of cookies and flies over to the seat next to him. "Alright, I'm here Mr. Excitable."
 

Ohren returns to his spot on the floor and places his chin back on the table. He sniffs around looking for more cookies.

 

"Werts er herberberernrtern... Erm er cerl berr... her der er der et?"

 

His head tilts to the side and his tongue lulls out with another yawn.

"OF COURSE SHE'D COME.  What with the disaster that's happened to his face and all.  You know he was one of ours?  He's molting in the woods now.  I said the proper safety prayers over him and such, but no no no.  This is indeed not good.  Something simply must be done, so we'll send her word and a letter."  Glimmer watches her cup and then drinks it down in it's entirity.  "Thank you Riddle Diddle.  And yes you certainly need to hibernaty too!  Perserve some of those glorious gnomey bits."  Glimmer turns to Fu Chu and says 'Welcome Fu Chu.  I been practicin my ninjettis.  Watch I show you.  Eat some cookies so it's not scary!"  Glimmer shoves cookies at Fu Chu, then hops onto the table and proceeds to do several moves that look as if she may be having fits.

Fu finished his meal setting his bowl and chopsticks aside he poured himself another cup of tea from his kettle. He drank it calmly watching the Fairy dart about showing off her moves. Fu laughed gently as he took some of the cookies and began to eat them. After Glimmer finsihed her moves Fu applauded. "Well done, Well done if i diddn't have these cookies i would have ran away as if i was facing the great beast Godirrra" Fu looked about to the others in this party, he recognized Ohren in his bear form and Gaius. He did not recognize the gnome at this he simply raised a brow and turned to face Glimmer. "You like tea do you not?" Fu smiled and poured another cup of his tea. "Here, this is o-cha from my home" he bowed as he handed it towards Glimmer

Glimmer mimiced the stance atop the table, bowed, and plopped back into her chair.  "I do love tea, yes.  Queenie say tea make good faerie girl!  Who's Godirrrrra?  Bet I could scares him, you betcha!  And gnomey there is Mr. Dr. Riddles Sir, Esquire.  He's me buddy through and through!"  Glimmer drinks the tea Fu Chu prepared for her and darts straight into the air.  "That great tea, Master Fu Chu.  Glimmer like o-cha.  Good for ninjetti and warmy bits!"  Glimmer sits and drinks the rest, placing more cookies in front of her guests.  "Are you wakies Ohren? Yo gotta stay wkies.  It's not time for sleepies yets!"

Ohren wakes up to the cookies infront of him and once again opens his maw and begins to shovel as many as he can into his mouth at once, chewing them and growling somewhat sleepily.

 

"Merph gerf ferggrl"

 

He grins with crumbs all over his muzzle and then licks them off as he swallows the cookies.

 

"Erm... jurst gerrna terk er lerttle nerp..." [Trance]

 

The bear's eyes Droop and his chin falls to his chest as he starts to snor loudly.

Riddles gives a wave to Mr. Honorable, FuChu. "HIIIIII!!!!!" he says, in a nasaly voice. "THROUGHs AND THROUGHs!" he says, slurring Ms. Glimmer's statement ever so slightly. "This ish really some good shtuff!" he says, looking down at his tea. "COME HAsh A DRINk wiF ME MR. HONORABLE!" he says, the spirits starting to kick in, his teeth turning slightly blue, then pink.
 
"Letsh.. take a nap Mr. Fuzzy, yesh?" he says, his eyes starting to close, as his 'tea' starts to really kick in. He leans over onto the bear, nearly falling out of his own seat, his face smack dab in the middle of the bear's arm, and his belly filling in the gap between the two.