Slumber Birthday Party
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smallestopenerThe 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.
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.
Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-02 04:06 am (UTC)Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-02 04:12 am (UTC)One not so scary as Bloody Mary, in other words. Just a little bit scary.
"Or, if you don't know ones like that, one about a brave girl."
Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-02 04:20 am (UTC)Lucy muses for a minute.
"I could tell you the story of Alambil, the lady of peace."
Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-02 04:28 am (UTC)Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-02 04:49 am (UTC)"When the world was young, the stars were at war. They had not yet found their places in the sky. They formed alliances and fought for supremacy, ignoring the song of the Lion that would tell them where they belonged.
Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-02 04:55 am (UTC)Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-02 05:03 am (UTC)"But Alambil refused to listen to the sounds of war and discord, loud songs that clang in the ear and stay in one's head for the rest of one's life. Instead she urged her siblings, all the stars that were, to dance instead of fight and sing with her.
"They didn't listen, though, and stars began to fall, hitting the land with their lights gone out, dim and pale and lost."
Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-02 05:06 am (UTC)Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-03 03:30 am (UTC)"When her nearest brother fell, one who Alambil had loved dearer than the rest, she wept so that even the warring stars stopped to hear her. Where pleading would not stop them, her tears would.
"And then she raged. Her anger burned the sky red, as she told her siblings that they had forgotten what they were, forgotten the Lion and his song, that they'd been lured by the Southern god's song."
Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-03 03:53 am (UTC)Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-03 04:02 am (UTC)"And they too wept, and the tears rained down from the heavens like the stars themselves will on the last day.
"And they did not fight again. And Alambil earned the title of the Lady of Peace, and later wed the Lord of Victory, Tarva, though she could only see him from time to time. But that is another story."
Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-03 04:09 am (UTC)She slips her hand into Lucy's. "The Lady of Peace is beautiful, I bet."