A wee dram...
He smiles, and looks into the shadows where Loki has been hiding, secretly watching the entire exchange of jewel and ring.
You can come out now, I am reasonably sure that they are gone... now let us taste this Cleeve that the Hobbit brought me!
Hmmm... he considers the barrels thoughtfully, with his head on one side I think it might be easiest if I simply bite a barrel!
With this, he takes one of the casks between his jaws, as a mortal might slip a sweet into his mouth, and crunches down with raised head so that the wood splinters and the liquid contents rush down his throat.
Aaahhh... uurgh... arooo? gulps and stays very still for a minute while his eyes grow wider and wider and his stomach begins to make an ominous rumbling noise
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm *rumble rumble*
sssssssssssssssssss *RUMBLERUMBLERUMBLE*
... ... ...
WHOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!
His jaws gaping open as though to belch, they instead let forth a stream of bright blue flames that jet up to the ceiling of the cave and spread out across the rock in a spectacular fountain display, bathing the whole cavern in a quivering, spectral light. Just as the walls are beginning to shake from the searing onslaught, the stone overhead blackening and crumbling ominously, the fountain dies down and is extinguished. From his expression, it appears that Smaug is very much astonished by his own outburst.
Aaaaaaarrrggggghhhhhhhhh! He smacks his chops and licks his lips That was... that was quite a singular experience! But very tasty, yes. Most shatisfactory. Mmmmm... HIC! yesh, indeed, mosht pleashurabubble. I shall HIC! I shall have to cronglat conglab HIC! clonblat dammit, I shall have to shay thankyou to the nishe little hobbitshes... er, hobbit.
Blinks, and his head sways a little, before peering blearily at trickster_loki
Well, aren't you going to try shome? Itsh very good! Bit spishy... gotta watsh the wallsh...
You can come out now, I am reasonably sure that they are gone... now let us taste this Cleeve that the Hobbit brought me!
Hmmm... he considers the barrels thoughtfully, with his head on one side I think it might be easiest if I simply bite a barrel!
With this, he takes one of the casks between his jaws, as a mortal might slip a sweet into his mouth, and crunches down with raised head so that the wood splinters and the liquid contents rush down his throat.
Aaahhh... uurgh... arooo? gulps and stays very still for a minute while his eyes grow wider and wider and his stomach begins to make an ominous rumbling noise
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm *rumble rumble*
sssssssssssssssssss *RUMBLERUMBLERUMBLE*
... ... ...
WHOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!
His jaws gaping open as though to belch, they instead let forth a stream of bright blue flames that jet up to the ceiling of the cave and spread out across the rock in a spectacular fountain display, bathing the whole cavern in a quivering, spectral light. Just as the walls are beginning to shake from the searing onslaught, the stone overhead blackening and crumbling ominously, the fountain dies down and is extinguished. From his expression, it appears that Smaug is very much astonished by his own outburst.
Aaaaaaarrrggggghhhhhhhhh! He smacks his chops and licks his lips That was... that was quite a singular experience! But very tasty, yes. Most shatisfactory. Mmmmm... HIC! yesh, indeed, mosht pleashurabubble. I shall HIC! I shall have to cronglat conglab HIC! clonblat dammit, I shall have to shay thankyou to the nishe little hobbitshes... er, hobbit.
Blinks, and his head sways a little, before peering blearily at trickster_loki
Well, aren't you going to try shome? Itsh very good! Bit spishy... gotta watsh the wallsh...