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Public drunkenness anyone?

Mar 26, 2007 12:59

An enormous push-trolley piled with brewery kegs comes rolling in through one of the regular portals. Sam Ellemere is straining to get it out and to a spot convenient to the Nexus Couches; he's wearing his tapster's apron and a determined expression. He gets it into place, steps back catching his breath, and wipes his hands on the thighs of his ( Read more... )

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vicioussweetie March 26 2007, 20:14:35 UTC

Ali looks over the trolley, then the list, before looking up at Sam with a smile. "I will, once I have a hand free." Her current burden coos. "And I just made some cookies I could bring for snacking on."

bookish_saurian March 26 2007, 21:19:33 UTC

"Oh goodness me, it's a small wiggly person determined to steal everyone's IQ points from sheer cute! And cookies, too! I may squee. Which would be terribly unmasculine." Sam's eyes twinkled as he pulled a crate of glasses off the trolley. "How are you?"

vicioussweetie March 26 2007, 21:35:29 UTC

Ali laughs. "I think it takes a better man to enjoy children then to ignore them. And we're both well. But it's Alured's naptime, so I will be right back.

"Say goodbye to Sam, darling. Byebye!" She waves Alured's hand for him, then heads off to bring him home.

When she returns a few minutes later (having been relieved of lullabye-duty by some of the older children in the house eager to delay a math test), it's with a big box of lemon sablés half-dipped in dark chocolate.

"Cookies, as promised."

bookish_saurian March 27 2007, 19:31:37 UTC

"I like being the batty uncle-figure about town," he replied, not adding that humanoid babies were kittenishly ickle and squee to a fellow who was actually house-sized and scaly.

"Agh, djj, lemon and chocolate on the same cookie? Are you trying to corrupt me? Of course, I brought a whole barrel of blackberry melomel, so I guess I'm guilty as well...."

vicioussweetie March 27 2007, 19:40:58 UTC

She gives him a perfectly innocent look, taking one of the cookies out and offering to feed it to him. "Now why in the world would I do something like that?"

bookish_saurian March 27 2007, 19:49:27 UTC

"Because it's fun?" he said cheerily, nipping up the cookie as he buzzled past with a rack of mugs. "MMmph. Yum. So what have you been up to while we were conspiring to get everyone drunk?"

vicioussweetie March 27 2007, 19:55:31 UTC

She starts unloading barrels from the trolley, carefully sliding them to the ground and rolling them around instead of trying to carry them. "Oh, the usual, had to help break up another fight between the idiots, taking care of the kids, trying to pretend I'm a domestic goddess, pondering the best ways to convince that elf you know that he really really likes me...

"Hey Sam, how long after the trees are planted will they start producing acorns of their own?"

bookish_saurian March 27 2007, 21:54:31 UTC

"ANOTHER fight? Goodness! Would you like a Sherriff's badge, a Bonk-stick, or just a large bottle of painkillers?"

He set up another barrel and tapped it, pouring out the first mug and sniffing it. "As for the PTSD Poster-Elf, take him someplace green. Or ply him with cookies. I keep prodding him into visiting and asking a question. His name's Haldir, by the by. Four inches taller than I, silver blond, kind of ragged, doesn't hide his nature worth a damn."

He stroked his chin at her question, then shook his head. "Unfortunately they don't start fruiting for at least five years. Ours have not developed any nuts yet, which is why obtaining them is relatively difficult."

vicioussweetie March 27 2007, 22:46:25 UTC

"Badges are shiny, and would go well with my cowboy hat," she jokes with a grin.

"Someplace green? Oh, if he'll come here, I know lots of places I can bring him that he'll like. That won't be a problem. And I'll bring cookies too."

She thinks, trying to remember that five years isn't so very long in the grand scheme of things, even if it is longer than she remembers being alive. "Five years isn't so long really. And there'll be lots of acorns for everyone by then. That gives me time to decide who deserves them, right?"

bookish_saurian March 28 2007, 21:21:56 UTC

"More than. Of course, the squirrel problem is ongoing. We tried to set up a larger perimeter of the acorns, and they were dug up and nibbled away within an afternoon. That's about the time the squirrels started getting strange...and unfortunately even more determined to get at more of them. This somewhat complicates planting. Unless of course you have enough dogs that like chasing squirrels, or enjoy Brunswick stew."

vicioussweetie March 28 2007, 21:26:41 UTC

"Oh, squirrels won't be a problem. We'll have people watching the trees very carefully." No squirrel problems with her "cousins" around. Note, her cousins are Fianna.

"Can they survive having their growth quickened with magic?"

bookish_saurian March 29 2007, 22:21:15 UTC

"Actually they react very well to magic. The less mundane the area you grow them in, especially when they are first sprouting, the better they do.

"They seem to be fragile at first; they cleanse an area of pollution and...er...excess mundanity? by processing these "taints" through their wood. You can see the toll it takes when they're relatively weak; dropping leaves, slowed growth, things like that. Likely part of why acorn growth doesn't start until late."

vicioussweetie March 29 2007, 22:26:56 UTC

She nods thoughtfully. "They'll need to be put in the world eventually to work, but I could sprout them in the Dreaming, so they know, erm, how it feels? And we could get them to seed pretty quick, I think, with the right bits of magic. Something to help them grow strong, and something to speed time up for them. Yes, that's definitely something we could do."

She beams happily, and gives him an enthusiastic hug. "Thank you."

bookish_saurian March 30 2007, 20:29:01 UTC

His return hug was oddly gentle. "You're quite welcome. Do keep me up-to-date on how things go, all right?"

vicioussweetie March 30 2007, 21:11:51 UTC

"Of course! I'd hope you'll come and see everything, once the trees are planted. We can have a picnic! And then you can tell everyone what a good job I've done, so they'll teach me the spell."

bookish_saurian April 1 2007, 21:51:07 UTC

Sam smiled broadly. "Oh, goodness, an excuse to eat, drink and socialize. I'd be forced to attend, of course."

Then his smile faded a bit. "Don't...let Haldir's appearance or manner alarm you too much, all right? He's coming back from a rather difficult set of circumstances...."

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