DTV. The Tavern. New Noms

[dens_extra_pups]

Heartstone: *exhausted tears from too much XP debt*

Honeyfuggle: *looks for Chagrin* .>.> *gives a brother-in-law-y hug*

Heartstone: *glad for hug. Doesn't get very many tears on brother-in-law's shoulder*

Honeyfuggle: *snug* *sees Randomly* *calls her over*

Randomly: *HUG*

Heartstone: *squeaks and hugs sister too* *gets a few more tears on the moving dress*

Honey and Randomly: *snuggle*

Heartstone: *feels a little better* Thank you.

Honeyfuggle: Anytime ^^

Heartstone: *sighs and then smiles at them before drooping tiredly*

Randomly: Need to rest? I'm home for the night...

Heartstone: *quietly* I guess I should. But Chagrin will be worried if I'm not there when he comes... home. zzzzz

Randomly: *covers Heartstone with a blanket*

Heartstone: *murmurs and sleeps*

Tracks: *comes over and offers Honeyfuggle a trencher full of... macaroni and cheese that he bought in the sign Nexus* *smirk*

Honeyfuggle: ... What is... that? *sniiiiiiifff* ... Cheeese...

Tracks: It's called macaroni and cheese. *more smirk* Should we tell Stoic it's some sort of grubs?

Honeyfuggle: ...Don't be surprised if he's disappointed if they're not.

Randomly: *quiet snerk!*

Tracks: *has to laugh about that. Then offers the bread covered with pasta and cheese* It's surprisingly tasty.

Honeyfuggle: It does smell... interesting.

Tracks: *grins and gives* Would you like some too, Randomly darling?

Randomly: ...But it's not grubs. *waits a minute before grinning*

Tracks: Sadly, no. Only oddly formed bread. *goes over to the container and scoops out another generous helping to put on another big slice of dry bread. Offers it*

Rose: *sitting by the container and nommamac!*

Randomly: *takes. Tastes* ... Oooooooo

Tracks: *smirks, and then blinks as Sideswipe looks in the container, sees the macaroni and cheese and freaks out. Facepalm*

Randomly: .... *CRACKS UP!*

Flashpoint: *is also cracking up over where she's sitting on the hearth by Raoul*

Raoul: *facepalming too and snickering silently*

Honeyfuggle: *tastes too* ...Oh, these are good.

Tracks: *smiles* Do you know when your brothers will be home, Randomly?

Randomly: Soon, I think.

Tracks: I'll have to save them some, then. *dishes some out for Viisaus, and then looks over as Ratchet comes in* How is he?

Ratchet: *sighs* Cheerful, but his chest still doesn't sound good.

Honeyfuggle: ... Doesn't sound good? *He's not been around the Tavern for awhile... busy being awesome*

Tracks: *looks over* Yes... Ironhide and Chromia's brother's been sick since this winter. I brought him some potions from the Sign nexus, but they don't seem to be working yet.

Ratchet: They're not potions...

Honeyfuggle: Elixirs? ...And being sick is not fun.

Tracks: They're healing liquids. *frowns at Ratchet*

Ratchet: *snorts at him, and then pauses to read the side of the container* 'Swindle co.'?

Rose: Om nom nom. *noms more*

Honeyfuggle: *blinks* ...Swindle co.?

Tracks: Oh, those are the people I bought this from. *gives Ratchet mac 'n cheese on trencher*

Honeyfuggle: ...I've met Swindle once, when I was in the Nexus.

Tracks: Really?

Honeyfuggle: Yah, he's an alternate of mine. Some kind of dragon shifter. Not a dragonsoul... Mentioned him being Fae...

Tracks: Ahhh. I see. He sounds younger than you, though.

Honeyfuggle: ...Strange, when I met him, he seemed older then me.

Tracks: Though it might have been those big blue eyes that gave the impression of youth. *shows Sunstreaker mac 'n cheese and watches the yahoo run screaming*

Honeyfuggle: ... Wait, blue?

Tracks: *surprised lift of brows for Honey* Yes.

Kriti: *giving Sideswipe a "you're a loony" look now*

Sideswipe: *just going to hide under this table, kthanks*

Honeyfuggle: When I met him, his were purple. Like how mine sometimes get.

Tracks: *pauses* Ah. Hmm. Do you think it could have been a Name Brother?

Honeyfuggle: Could be...

Tracks: Interesting. *watches Ratchet eat for a moment. o.0* Ratchet... breathe. Air, not macaroni.

Ratchet: I've got to get back to my patient. *EAT*

Randomly: *Soooo not laughing. Really*

Tracks: *sighs, and then looks quizzically over to his wife as Slag walks off in a baby huff* *eyes widen* Is Swoop sitting in the lizard babies' bowl of macaroni and cheese?

Flashpoint: *so amused* Yup.

Swoop: *sitting in noms and nomming noms and talking to noms!*

Honeyfuggle: *snerk*

Hound: *comes over, grinning at Honeyfuggle and Randomly as he does* Hi, guys. Long time no see. *takes trencher full of food from Tracks and studies it with interest* It does look like grubs.

Honeyfuggle: Been busy.

Hound: *looks up from food with a grin* I figured. Excuse me. *brings food to wife*

Desinex: *will sit on Hound and feed him if he lets her*

Tracks: *lets Rose feed him a handful of squished macaroni and cheese*

Honeyfuggle: *noms more mac and cheese*

Heartstone: *rolls over on narrow bench*

Rose: *points* Fa' daown.

Randomly: ...Meep! *over there!*

Tracks: *kindly* Here, let me help. *goes and picks the girl up. Puts her back on the bench so Honeyfuggle and Randomly don't need to put down their food*

Randomly: Thank you.

Tracks: *smiles* It's no problem. Oh, would you like some pickles?

Randomly: Pickles? We have pickles?

Tracks: I bought some from Swindle. *goes back to the table and opens the container of mixed vegetable pickles*

Randomly: Ooooh

Tracks: *pulls out whole pickled cauliflower* Look, Sideswipe, I found your brain.

Sideswipe: *faint*

Honeyfuggle: Now that's cruel. *smirk*

Tracks: *smirrrk* *breaks up cauliflower and offers pieces*

Randomly: .>.> <.<. ... Braaaaiiiinnssss

Tracks: *snerks* Oh, you'd rather have a whole one?

Rose: *looks in pickle container. Take out jalapeño. Nomma pepper* :D

Randomly: .... *grin*

Tracks: *pulls a purple cauliflower, which is much paler now that it's pickled. Offers it to Randomly*

Randomly: Thank you! *takes*

Tracks: *smiles* Would you like some guts to go with that? *offers yard long beans from the pickle container*

Randomly: ... HAHAH

Tracks: *ducks and laughs as his wife bounces a piece of bread off his head*

Honeyfuggle: *snerk*

Tracks: I guess I had better sit down and eat like a civilized individual. *fills a trencher for himself, Flashpoint, and Rose, and then goes to sit by his wife* Go ahead and help yourselves, friends.

Ratchet: *doesn't mind if he does*

Honeyfuggle: *noms on his*

Hormah: *wanders in grinning wickedly, but then perks and stares at Honeyfuggle's trencher* The slag?

Honeyfuggle: New foods. *smirk*

Hormah: Macaroni 'n Cheese?

Ratchet: *blinks at her*

Honeyfuggle: Yes... You've heard of this?

Randomly: ... *nom her 'brain'*

Hormah: *wide grin returns* I'se had it, b'y. Kin I git some 'o t'is?

Honeyfuggle: I think there's enough for all

Hormah: *grins and gets a portion of the pasta and the pickles to share with her little sister, who is currently sitting in the fireplace behind Tracks, Flashpoint, and the lizard babies*

Honeyfuggle: *chuckle*

Chagrin and Stoic: *come in*

Chagrin: ... Randomly? You eating brains again?

Ratchet: *sputters with laughter in his drink*

Randomly: Nope, pickled veggies!

Stoic: ...Pity.

Ratchet: *scoops out a big thing of mac 'n cheese and offers it to Stoic* Supper?

Stoic: Are those.... *eyes narrow* ...Huh. Fake grubs.

Ratchet: Yup. Tasty ones. *waves and goes back to his patient, bringing a serving of pasta and pickles for Deepdancer as he goes*

Stoic: *takes a taste* ... Oh, interesting...

Chagrin: Really? *will taste too*

little Anna: *pauses to watch them and then sniff at the mac 'n cheese* Nommy?

Chagrin: Quite nommy.

little Anna: *gets a slice of dry bread and asks them for some*

Chagrin: *and THEN notices Heartstone* ... What happened? *is THERE*

Stoic: *will serve some to little Anna*

Heartstone: *startles at sound of worry in husband voice* Huh? What... Oh. *slight, sad grin for him* I died again.

Chagrin: Oh... *will sit close and snuggle, dinner forgotten*

Heartstone: *sees if she can't lay her head on his lap* Hmmm... what smells good?

Chagrin: ...Fake grubs.

Honeyfuggle: Mac 'n Cheese is what it's called.

Heartstone: *groggily. Looks like she's falling asleep again* Guess I should eat.

Chagrin: To keep up your strength

Heartstone: *slight nod and a snuggle* May I have some of yours?

Chagrin: Of course. *will feed*

Heartstone: *eats and cuddles and rests*

((Written by random_xtras and swindle_blitz))