randomplaces | DT'verse. The Blockhouse. Dinner!

Heartstone: *looks at husband, looks at table. Orders another whole roast ostrich*

Randomly: Why did you look like a dragon, Chagrin?

Chagrin: *mild glare at sister*

Stoic: *yawn*

Heartstone: ...I suppose we could have the dragon instead of the big bird.

Chagrin: Ostrich is fine. I was...just going though the forms of those I...defeated. I think it's part of the Shadelord...

Stoic: Dispite us not being typical for our type. Namely, we're still alive...

Heartstone: And you have entings on your laps.

Stoic: ...^.^;

Honeyfuggle: *snerks*

yellow enting: *hands on table. Pat pats it and grins* *wherenoms?*

Chagrin: Noms coming, little one.

yellow and blue: *squeak squeak!* ^_^

Randomly: *tickle enting!*

blue: *squeaky laughter! Jumps to cuddle Aunty*

Randomly: *giggles and hugs!*

servants: *bring drinks, including the babies' mugs*

Chagrin: *smiles at that*

entings: *little hands folded, little heads bowed*

Siblings and Honeyfuggle: *do likewise*

Heartstone: *blink blink? Oh yeah! Bows head and is thankful*

Chagrin: *smiles lightly*

Heartstone: *looks up, sees the smile, and smiles in return as she claps her hands for the servants to bring in the first courses. Rice and steelcut oats, mixed with delicate broth and delicious fresh yogurt. Also another salad made with slices of the hearts of the ostriches*

baby Mushi: *mouth open. Get things in gear here!*

Honeyfuggle: Oh, looks nice.

Heartstone: *smiles and starts passing the dishes*

Randomly: *try and help!*

entings: *try to help too! By grabbing the closest serving spoon and trying to blow on the contents so they can stick it in brother's mouth before he starts yelling*

Honeyfuggle: *snicker!*

Stoic: *smirk*

Chagrin: *facepalm*

Heartstone: Oh, help them. That salad's hot.

bowls: *have the word 'salad' on them, so she knows what they are*

Stoic: *helps them*

yellow: *happy little squeaks as he tells Uncle about brother's hungry open mouth*

Stoic: *smirk, and helps feed Mushi cooled salad*

Mushi: *isn't hollering... which means that that is his happy scowl*

Chagrin: *amused at the little Mushi*

Randomly: *is too!*

Heartstone: *as she very gently shoves one of Randomly's cats aside* You need those too. *points to entings and Mushlet*

Randomly: Huuh?

Heartstone: Well, or ones like the red-haired dragon lady has.

Randomly: What's wrong with baby hydras? o.O

Honeyfuggle: Nothing, Randomly...

Heartstone: *surprised* *looks around* You do have babies?

Honeyfuggle: Yes. A couple of the eggs I brought home hatched. Vorpal Hydra and ...well, I think the girl's an Astral Dragonling. Some of my minions are babysitting.

Heartstone: *claps her hands* Ohhhhh!

entings: *clap too. Squeak squeak!*

Honeyfuggle: I'm not sure why she named the hydra Jabberwockey...

Heartstone: Oh, that is a funny sounding name. *smiles as she says it. Suspects that most of her own babies haven't got names yet*

Randomly: Read it in a book somewhere. *grin*

Heartstone: Oh! *grin*

Honeyfuggle: The girl's name is Celeste.

Heartstone: That's so pretty. Can you show me how big they are? I'll make them dresses.

blue: *lifts his dress to show what dress is! Belly moooon!*

Randomly: *cracks up!*

Honeyfuggle: *shows how big the two hatchlings are* Celeste is on the lithe side, Jabber's rather bulky.

Heartstone: *nods and quickly makes notes in the book that hangs from her obi, then gently tugs on blue's skirt to try and cover his skinny little belly and legs*

Stoic: *takes a taste of the salad* This is good.

Heartstone: *looks to see which one he's eating*

Stoic: *is eating the oat one*

Heartstone: *big smile* That's my favorite. I showed the servants how to make it.

Stoic: Indeed?

Heartstone: *nods*

yellow: *drinking from his mug. Slurp slurp chug*

Chagrin: *has finished his salads. He is rather hungry*

Heartstone: *notices this and looks around, checking to see if it's time to call for the next course*

others: *are still eating their salads*

Heartstone: *considers what to do. Decides two courses on the table at the same time is alright and claps*

servants: *bring in roasts!*

Chagrin: *perks at that*

Honeyfuggle: *sniffs as he finishes his salads*

ostriches: *basted with a mixture of lemon juice, garlic, and maple syrup*

Heartstone: *hands husband the carving knife*

Chagrin: *stands in order to carve one of the birds*

Mushi: *actually cheers him on*

Chagrin: *grins, and carves*

Heartstone: *breaths in the good smell, and then smiles as the other roasts are brought out. Sparrows in a pie and a huge, non sentient mushroom cap set up something like a pizza*

Randomly: *will not poke the pie*

Heartstone: *will lift off the top crust of the pie and move it close to her sister in law's plate*

Randomly: They're not singing.

Honeyfuggle: >.> They're not blackbirds.

Randomly: Oh. Right.

Heartstone: *blink blinks, and then claps her hands and talks to a servant. Takes what the servant brings, winds it up, and then sets the singing clockwork blackbird on the table, to the joy of all three babies and two of Randomly's cats*

Randomly: *laughs!*

Heartstone: ^_^

Mushi: Om nom nom.

Chagrin: *is serving the dinner*

Heartstone: *will offer slices of soft white bread to go with the roast and its stuffing* I think I remember something like this from when I was small.

Mushi: Thrrpt.

Honeyfuggle: I don't think I remember any bread this soft...

Heartstone: The reason I remember is because my father was talking about how much it cost. *lays a slice of the bread on her plate, and then covers it with gravy from the bird pie. She may have been a lady, but she has learned her gravy manners here in the wilds*

Randomly: *sniffing. Then bops a too inquisitive lynx*

Heartstone: *looks up* Would you like me to get something for them to eat?

Mushi: *mrple* *mouth full of napkin*

Randomly: Be best, or they'll wind up on the table....o.o...*SNERK!*

Heartstone: *claps her hands again and speaks to the servant who comes*

servant: *assures her that they have already got food cooked for the cats* Would you like us to bring it here, or bring the cats to the kitchen to eat?

Heartstone: *gently tugging on Mushie's napkin as the baby gives her a mild stink eye*

Randomly: Oh, here's fine.

servant: Yes, madam. *sound of footsteps going away, and then shortly after servants come back with big bowls of steaming stew for each cat*

Lynxes: *PERK*

servants: *set the bowls on the floor, one in front of each cat*

Heartstone: *in the meantime is making sure everyone has enough on their plates, and that Mushi is sufficiently irritated to be happy*

Everyone: *has enough*

Heartstone: *will eat her bread and her wedge of mushroom pizza*

servants: *meanwhile tending to plates to make room for the roast*

Siblings: *quietly eating*

Honeyfuggle: *does give a poke to the toy blackbird while he's eating*

Heartstone: Oh, should I... *loses the word and makes a motion like winding with her hands*

Honeyfuggle: No, it's okay.

Heartstone: *smiles and tugs on Mushie's napkin again* Would you like to bring it home?

Honeyfuggle: If it's okay.

Randomly: *nods in agreement*

Heartstone: *glances at Chagrin, her smile widening as she checks with him*

Chagrin: Another item for the hoard?

Honeyfuggle: *BLUSH*

Heartstone: *soft laughter* Ohhh. I'd forgotten about that.

Stoic: Don't you have enough?

Honeyfuggle: There's never enough. *though is still blushing*

Heartstone: We have some other things, if you want some more. *thinking of the treasure rooms in the palace*

Honeyfuggle: *BLUUUUSH* It's....it's quite alright.

Heartstone: Oh, if you're sure. *has another bite of her food, then offers a bit of gravy and bread to Mushie, who stink eyes it*

entings: *happily beetling around the cats as they drink from their mugs*

Toast: Mrrrr *munch stew*

Shade: *rolling eyes at little trees*

yellow enting: *stops and squeaks to the kitties, then sippa from cup!*

Shade: Prrrr.

blue enting: *curious expression on his funny little face, will look at his cuppa, and then look at the purring kitty. Can't figure out how to pet kitty while holding cup, so leans against him instead*

Shade: *PURRR*

Toast: *Hey, why you have love and I don't?*

yellow enting: *kisses Toast kitty between the ears, then sippa from cup more*

Toast: o.o ^.^ *nom stew*

Randomly: *giggling!*

Heartstone: *smiles at her little sons* There's a little thing like them in the garden. They just love her, and she'll come out and let them touch her.

Randomly: A little lynx?

Heartstone: Well... the tail is longer. And I think I can remember Chagrin saying a different name.

Chagrin: Ocelot.

Randonly: Oooooo!

entings: *excited squeaking! Where, Daddy? Where kitty??*

Chagrin: She's still in the garden.

entings: *ohhhh. Turn back to kitties who are here*

blue: *offers kitty a drink from his mug!*

Toast: *sniff* o.o

Heartstone: Oh, no no, Blue. Drink your drink.

blue: *squeak squeak?*

Randomly: *giggle*

Heartstone: That's your stuff. Things like him don't drink that stuff.

blue: *blink blink* *sippa*

Randomly: They like meat.

yellow: *picks a piece out of 'his' kitty's bowl and offers it*

Shade: *Sniff. Careful Nom.*

yellow: *excited squeaky storm, then picks his cup back up and has another sip*

Chagrin: You do have them trained well, Randomly.

Randomly: They're the best behaved of the pride!

Stoic: Randomly...

Randomly: I can call my group of kitties whatever I want to. Nyah.

Chagrin: ...and the cats are better behaved then their master. *facepalming*

Mushi: *tongue out. Nyaa!*

Heartstone: o.O

Randomly: *Nyaa's back!*

Mushi: 0_0 Thrrrpt!

Heartstone: Oh dear. No no...*picks her little son up to distract him*

Randomly: Awwwww.

Heartstone: You mustn't be rude, um... *turns him over and reads the bottom of his hat* Mushi.

Mushi: 0_0 *world looks different!*

Randomly: *blushing now*

Heartstone: *is moving to set Mushie down, but then looks up as the servants bring out the roast. Sets Mushie down in her plate*

Mushie: *gravy? NOM*

Randomly: *seeees. SNERKS*

Heartstone: *helping to get that big roasted bird onto the table. Hasn't noticed where she put the baby yet*

Chagrin: *still facepalming*

Honeyfuggle: Gravy Bath?

Heartstone: *pauses* What? Where? Oh no!

Randomly: *trying so hard not to laugh*

Heartstone: *rescuing baby and slagging him off royally in the process, will surrender him to a servant, who carries him away to be washed and soothed. Is sooo embarrassed and unhappy at herself*

Chagrin: *will get up to give his wife a comforting hug*

Heartstone: *leans against him* Oh, that was so foolish. *wibble*

Chagrin: It'll happen.

Heartstone: *snug and sigh, but then perks as a servant cuts the roast to let out the scent of the stuffing*

Honeyfuggle: *perks as well*

Heartstone: *smiles up at her husband* That's your favorite, isn't it? I think I asked for that.

Chagrin: It is.

Heartstone: I'm glad. *hugs him, though she's still sad about her mistake*

Chagrin: *snugs*

entings: *squeak squeak. There is big people noms, Mama! There is big people noms, Daddy!*

Chagrin: Oh, of course...*chuckles*

Heartstone: *lets the little ones urge her back to her seat, her face in a slightly tearful smile* Oh, don't push too hard. Did you finish your stuff?

Chagrin: *going over to his seat*

Lynxes: *nap attack*

entings: *need to examine the rumbling lumps of kitties! Squeak squeak*

Heartstone: *settles down and takes a plate of sliced roast from the servant, then passes it to her husband*

Chagrin: Thank you.

Heartstone: ^_^ *gets the sauce boat, ready to pass him that next*

Chagrin: *ready to take*

Heartstone: *passes it, and then quickly finishes what's on her plate so that the servants can take the plate and give her a new one*

Randomly: *will help too?*

servant: *thanks Randomly for help* *soon everything is all ready for roast and lovely fruit, rice, and grain stuffing*

Honeyfuggle: *trying to restrain himself*

Heartstone: *and now she's passing the bowl that the second servant just finished filling with the stuffing!*

Randomly: *takes. Will serve her other brother and husband*

Heartstone: *has the plate of slices back after its round around the table. Will take a couple*

servant: *offers Chagrin the bowl of warm cranberry apricot sauce* *yes, this roast has two sauces!*

Chagrin: *takes with a smile*

Heartstone: *has the gravy sauce and is happily inhaling the wonderful, wine and spice rich scent* Ohhh.

Honeyfuggle: *is too* Might have to come over more often...

Chagrin: *gives a smirky look*

Heartstone: *remembers herself with a slight blush and serves herself up some of the good sauce, then gives the bowl back. Will wait for the stuffing and fruit sauce*

Chagrin: *passing the fruit sauce*

Heartstone: Has everyone else had some? *leans to check*

Everyone: *does*

Heartstone: *happily serves herself and hands the bowl to the servant* *just needs stuffing*

Honeyfuggle: *noms with a look of pure bliss*

Heartstone: *and then she's being offered the stuffing and is happily completing her plateful. Eats!*

entings: *silent? Sleeping on kitties!*

Lynxes: *are purry beds*

dining table: *settles to soft eating sounds, only broken by requests for more of the roast and its sides, or more from the earlier courses. Supper will wrap with a towering display of wonderful pastries, and then the rest of the evening will be spent in pleasant digestion*

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