randomplaces | DTC. Tavern. A normal evening for Chagrin and family.

Solar Storm's believers: You are Awesome!

Solar Storm: *gets AP*

Honeyfuggle: Big woop, I can do that on my own.

Heartstone: *sitting on husband over in comfy chair as little ents beetle around their feet and try to feed Baby Mushi bugs* Me too, I think.

Solar Storm: Hrrrph! *goes and gets a drink before setting out again*

Chagrin: *snerk*

Baby Mushi: *nommabug*

Heartstone: *remove a bug*

Baby Mushi: :/

Chagrin: Aww.

Blackout: *outside, after watching Solar Storm go past* ROAAAARRRRRRRR!

Heartstone: AIIIIIIIIIIII! >_<

Wheeljill: *snerk* You ain't the dame she was tryin' ta scare.

Solar Storm: *jumps, GLARES, goes to gather up her 'faithful' and go kick monster butt*

Blackout: *snerks, then shifts shape and stalks into the tavern, amusement radiating off her in nearly palpable waves*

Skywarp: Blackie! *runs to greet*

Blackout: *takes off spiky helmet and then stoops slightly to greet husband with snuzzles and affection*

Heartstone: *blinking* I'm not scared. *looks at husband* Am I?

Chagrin: Not now. *chuckle*

Heartstone: *smiles at him, and then leans over and extracts another nommed bug. Flicks it away*

Baby Mushi: /:

Chagrin: Lots of bugs around tonight?

Heartstone: I think they're trying to come in out of the cold.

Wheeljill: Or they came outta that supply shipment that came in today.

Heartstone: :p *at the thought*

Chagrin: Oh. It is getting chilly early. I didn't really notice it.

Wheeljill: *snerks softly* Not early fer up here, buddy. It always starts snowin' earlier up in the mountains.

Anna: *looks at Chagrin* ...You didn't notice the snow drifts?

Chagrin: ...No. And I'm sure there was no snow last year at this time.

Wheeljill: *looks around at nearby friends*

friends: *nobody really remembers. Snow happens when it happens*

Wheeljill: *rubs her nose with amusement, then shrugs and has a long drink from her tankard before returning to tinkering at whatever she's got on the table*

Chagrin: *sulk*

Heartstone: *snuggles and smiles up at him as one of the ent babies comes and leans against his knee*

enting: *offers Daddy a big cereal beetle*

Chagrin: *takes the beetle*

enting: *squeak squeak!* Nomma! :D

Chagrin: *sigh* Not hungry.

Bluestreak: *comes over, fat lizard baby on her hip* Are you alright, Chagrin?

Chagrin: Fine.

Bluestreak: Alright. *smiles at him and goes to sit by her husband, who is arguing with Thrrpt on the best way to reprogram a robognome*

Heartstone: *remembers something!* *looks up at husband* I ran into an elevator fart today.

Chagrin: You too? I'm not even sure what an elevator is.

Heartstone: I... *looks over at Wheeljill*

Wheeljill: It's a little room that goes up and down. Fancy places in the Nexus got 'em instead'a stairs.

Heartstone: o.0

Chagrin: ...Odd.

Wheeljill: Can say that again. *tinker tinker. Hair suddenly on end due to touching the wrong thing to the live part of the battery she bartered for from Perceptor* o.o

Heartstone: *trying to stifle giggles*

Honeyfuggle: *snerk*

Wheeljill: *glances over at him with a slightly dazed grin* So where's yer ol' lady? I got somethin' for her.

Honeyfuggle: Probably pranking monsters.

Wheeljill: *wide grin at that thought, but then picks something up off the bench beside her and offers it to Honey. It's a beautiful golden lasso*

Honeyfuggle: Oh, that's pretty. *takes it* ...I'll probably be wearing it later.

Wheeljill: *chuckle* The guy at the shop said it was a lasso of truth. Whatever that means. He wanted it, but I figured Randomly'd get more use outta it.

Honeyfuggle: Odd. *shrugs*

Thrrpt: *sets the robognome up on the hearth and then kicks it*

robognome: *starts reciting 'Boot to the Head'*

tavern patrons: *quiet down a bit to hear the story*

Heartstone: o.o?

entings: *go over to beetle back and forth, play with other babies, and try to figure this thing out*

Anna: Want mulled cider, Chagrin? *has a big pitcher she's pouring from*

Chagrin: How much?

Anna: *shrugs* Two coppers.

Chagrin: *pays the two coppers*

Heartstone: *reaching for her mug. Trying to get it without pinching husband's legs by leaning too far*

Anna: *gets the mug and fills it, then hands it over* Where's yours, Chagrin?

Heartstone: I think we were sharing? *looks at husband to check*

Chagrin: *nods*

Anna: *slight grin* Alright. *tops up the jewelled metal mug after Heartstone has drunk, then moves on to the next customer*

Heartstone: *sighs and offers husband a drink of the steaming beverage*

Chagrin: *takes a sip*

Heartstone: *little smile* What do you think?

Chagrin: It's good

Heartstone: *smile grows a bit, and then she's blinking as she suddenly wells up softly with golden light* *more blinking, and then a chuckle* Oh, now I can remember today.

Chagrin: Oh?

Heartstone: *sets mug on her leg and rubs her head* Yes. I hit my head, so the day was a bit of a blur.

Chagrin: *gives a hug*

Heartstone: *snuggles* *softly* I love you.

Chagrin: I love you too.

Heartstone: *sudden quiet eek! as her eyes go round*

Chagrin: o.o!

Heartstone: *slowly looks at her foot where it pokes out from under her skirt*

Baby Mushi: *nomming on Mamafoot with no teefs*

Chagrin: *facepalm*

Heartstone: *swings the foot a little* ...Should we stop him?

Chagrin: ...Well...

Heartstone: *wiggles her toes gently inside her boot*

Baby Mushi: *glances up* ?

Heartstone: *chuckles*

Chagrin: *smirk*

Heartstone: *offers Chagrin the mug of cider so that she can get the baby off her foot*

Chagrin: *takes and holds*

Heartstone: *gently coaxes her little son into letting go, and then cuddles him close* You're a good boy, aren't you?

Baby Mushi: *blink blink, happy squeaks!*

Heartstone: Yes, you are! :D

Baby Mushi: *squeaks up a storm, just loving back at Mama*

Wheeljill: *seeing this for the first time. Stare!*

Chagrin: *snerk*

Baby Mushi: *hears snerk. Squeaks at Daddy! Is Daddy gonna love on the baby too?*

Chagrin: *will love on Mushi too*

Mushi: *such a happy baby. This, and getting a bit bigger, has been his total growth over the past year. But the being cute has grown a lot!*

Wheeljill: *softly* D'awww.

Stoic: *comes in from his daily monster-trouncing*

Blackout: *in a good mood. So she turns and checks Stoic for snow from where she's standing by the door while her husband takes her armour off*

Stoic: *has some snow*

Blackout: *thump thump! What, she's helping!*

Skywarp: Hey, Stoic. *grins and goes to put an armour panel on the nearby table*

Stoic: Hello, Skywarp, Blackout. *small smile, goes to join his family*

entings: *Uncle! UNCLE! Beetle away from their friends, squeaking up a storm and waving their arms till the ribbons on their knitted dresses flutter*

Stoic: *grins, and goes to hug the entings*

entings: *little fingers gently pluck at his robes as the baby ents talk to him, and the little guy with green ribbons offers him one of the big mealworm beetles*

Stoic: *chuckles, then takes the beetle and examines it*

Wheeljill: They've ben feedin' those things to their brother all evenin'. *doesn't look up from her tinkering*

Stoic: Oh?

Wheeljack: Yup. 'N Heartstone's ben unfeedin' him. *chuckle*

Stoic: Huh.

Heartstone: Brother! There's... *looks in the mug. Looks to husband. Can't remember the name of the drink*

Chagrin: Cider.

Stoic: Cider? How much?

Heartstone: *remembers that* Two coppers.

Anna: *looks over* Somebody need a refill? *pitcher steams in her hand and lets out a good smell*

Stoic: No, a new mug. *searches for his*

enting: *mug? Goes and gets his wooden one, which still has some of his supper in it*

enting 2: *squeak squeak!*

Stoic: *chuckles and takes out his*

enting: ^^ *drinks the rest of his supper*

Anna: *comes over* Could have put it in one of the tankards for you, too.

Wheeljack: You don't wanna drink hot stuff from tankards, Anna. The wood lets out all the other flavours it's ever met. :p

Stoic: *makes a slight face at that thought*

Anna: *just shakes her head at Wheeljill* Like you could taste it after drinking that much of that mead? *fills Stoic's mug, and then gives just a tiny bit to the enting with the mug*

enting: *happy squeaks, goes to get a lot of water in his cider*

enting 2: *lets go of Uncle to go with brother*

Stoic: *chuckles, then sips and sighs*

Heartstone: *softly* Are you tired? *looks at husband* Do you think it's time for us to go home for the night?

Chagrin: Yah, we should...

Heartstone: *soft kiss on the cheek, then drinks down half of their cider and gives him the mug and the Mushi as she gets up to get their cloaks from where they're heaped on the chair next to Chagrin's* Do you need to eat, Brother?

Stoic: *looks up from his mug* Ah...

Heartstone: *offers Chagrin his cloak as she gets the entings' little wraps out of the pile. Looks at Stoic as she does so*

Chagrin: *tries to juggle cloak, mug and Mushi*

Heartstone: *looks over, meeps, and takes the Mushi. Sets baby on the table, and then calls his brothers over to get them dressed up for outside*

Chagrin: ^^; *puts his cloak on*

Stoic: I'll eat later.

Heartstone: *smile for brother in law* Alright. *gets entings bundled, then lets them go and tries to get into her off duty cloak, which is full, thick, and beautifully embroidered. Might need help. Again*

Chagrin: *puts down his mug, and helps Heartstone*

Heartstone: *blushes, but gives him a thankful smile as she gets her hair straightened out and tucked in properly. She'd been brushing it, or letting Chagrin brush it, so it's loose right now* Thank you.

Chagrin: You're welcome.

Heartstone: *gets her cloak pinned, and then picks Mushi up and wraps him and herself in the warm, fur-lined fabric* I'm ready.

entings: *heading for the door, mugs in hand!*

Chagrin: *picks up the mug, and leads Heartstone to the door*

Wheeljill: G'night, guys!

Thrrpt: Thrrrpt! *waves from where she's now sitting with Kriti, Raoul, and the babies of her family*

Chagrin: G'night.

Heartstone: *soft "Oooooo!" as she sees how the yard lights are glowing softly in the gently wafting snow*

entings: *eat snow!*

Chagrin: ...I guess there are snow drifts out here.

Heartstone: There are now. *looks around* It's so pretty!

Chagrin: Yes...

Heartstone: *calls to the entings and then heads for the blockhouse. Startled squeal as a big shadow jumps out at her!*

Sunstreaker: EEEEK! *falls over, dropping his pumpkin lamp*

Sideswipe: *issagone!*

Chagrin: *was ready to PROTECT* *now rather o.O*

Sunstreaker: *looks around drunkenly* ...I fell... and my pants're fulla snow.

Heartstone: 0.0 *hides face and giggle fit*

entings: *squeak and try to feed snow to Sunstreaker*

Bumblebee: *is now going to laugh very much at Sunstreaker as Showtime facepalms beside her*

Chagrin: *facepalm*

Trailbreaker: *hauls the drunken lout to his feet* Let's get you to bed, Sunstreaker.

Sunstreaker: *hugs his lantern* ...Where's my brother?

Heartstone: *hides face on husband to try and stop giggling*

entings: *squeak at their parents, and then beetle over and stand on the doorstep of the blockhouse*

Chagrin: Okay, okay... *goes to open the blockhouse*

Heartstone: *will wish the friends in the yard a cheerful good night, and then follow her husband through the blockhouse and into their warm and comfortable home*

((co-written with swindle_blitz))