smallestopener | Slumber Birthday Party

The tea party room in the House of Arch has been re-arranged. The chests of dress-up clothes are still there, but the large table is gone. In its place are comfy, overstuffed chairs, a long sofa, and several cushions and bean bags scattered about. There is a small table loaded with snacks like crisps, dips, cupcakes, candy, and soda. There's also a veggie tray and cheese and crackers for all of those over age eight.

An old model TV hooked up to VCR is set up with several video cassettes of movies such as The Aristocats, Sleeping Beauty, Shirley Temple classics, and other fun viewing choices.

Tom and Door have been busy escorting guests into the House, if they didn't already have access on their own, and the birthday girl greets them with squeeful happiness. Megwyn is already there, standing by a basket of fresh hay and apples. Even Companions need treats.

She is wearing pajamas with unicorns on them with a fluffy yellow robe on over. She is very excited and feeling very grown up. She's going to stay up all night.

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"I have," Marian said with some look of surprise. "Apparently, now. But not except for once or twice before."

She will not tell the little one of Nightmare Town though. It's something which still haunts her.

"I have not been to Nania though. Is it part of your Underside or an entirely different world, too?"

"It's a different one. Valdemar is a different one still. The Topside is part of my world, a little, and the wizarding world is, too. Ace took me to visit lots of planets and different worlds. So I've been all over."

There's a little lingering on the topic past, since she's still curious but pressing a little girl was not her. Instead she just smiled because the exuberance really never stopped being cute.

"You've definitely been to many more worlds than me. You'll have to tell me which ones were best sometime in long detail and what I should see on each planet."

There is a grin. "Perhaps we could make it a day. I could help you practice and during lunch you could tell me about places to visit as repayment?"

"Okay! I think that would be fun. Hey, Marian, do you know good stories? Good scary stories? You'll have to tell one later, if you do."

Marian looked thoughtful, "I do know a few, yes. My Lady's in Waiting used to be fond of them. And I've been reading a few from centuries far into the future while spending time in Milliways. Would you like me to tell you one?"

"Yes. And you can tell Mary, too. She's my friend. We both like stories. But first, let's get some snacks, okay? If you didn't like the crisps, I bet you'll like the cupcakes."

Shall we fade there for great story telling downthread?

"That sounds terrific." Marian follows in her wake with a grin ever present. "I'm all for a bowl of crisps and some cupcakes. Sweet and yummy. Maybe not stacked together though."

The talk goes on, fading in with other guest arriving and other things happening, and across it Marian even forgets for a long while the reasons that she'd thought about not coming because of.

[Sounds great to me! This was a blast! Thank you!]

Slumber Birthday Party

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