The Hiccup Cup
This is an anthology story of some of our favorite characters given the hiccups through a mysterious, shape-shifting chalice. The Hiccup Cup can take the form of any cup, from plastic to its original iron form. Its origins are unknown but some believe that it was created by a hiccup-loving wizard of a faraway kingdom to give the women of the town loud hiccups at will. It's been a thousand years and the cup continues to find its way from place to place. It's not unusual for it to revisit previous locations, hence why it's become a legend in many areas. One way to tell it's the cup is by locating the German writing on the bottom.
Unlike your average hiccups, these are incurable and last for thirty minutes, longer if the user gets refills. While they can't be cured, they can be transferred through a kiss. The magic of the Hiccup Cup makes the user hiccup with their mouth open.
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Chapter 1: Grimm Hiccups by Doctor5566
It was a busy day for Rosalie at the Spice Shop, her delivery man had been late & Munroe was out doing errands, so she had been left to sort out the mess of boxes & crates that now littered the shop's backroom.
Rosalie sighed irritably as she entered the cluttered room, between the customers coming and going, this was going to take her sometime. She grabbed a glass from the bench, drained the contents without looking, and set it down again.
She busied herself with the paperwork, checking to make sure each item had been delivered, and was about to make a start on the first lot of boxes, when she suddenly hiccupped loudly.
A clear sharp "HIC" rang out and her body jerked slightly.
"Hmmm I wonder what caused that" she mused, ignoring it & continuing with her work.
However she soon hiccupped again, more forcefully this time.
"Damn" she muttered, patting her chest.
She suddenly caught sight of herself in the mirror that hung nearby, she was in her Woged sate. Rosalie crossed the room, as best she could, & stared at her furry reflection.
Another loud "HIC" erupted from her mouth, restoring her human features.
Rosalie backed away, eyes wide, and she clamped her hand over her mouth as another hiccup escaped, causing her to Woge again.
The shop bell sounded, as Rosalie let out a "HURK", shifting back to human and called out
"Just a minute", before heading back to the shop's front.
Her eyes rested on the customer who had entered, a tall man wearing a brown coat, beard & lumberjack type clothes.
"Munroe" she sighed, relieved that it wasn't a complete stranger, "How did HICCUP" Another erupted from her, forcing her Woge again.
"Whoa whoa, what's going on here" He asked, looking both concerned & surprised.
Rosalie could only hiccup in response, shifting back again.
Monroe blinked in silence for a moment & then Rosalie let out another; this time a loud "HILK" Wogeing again.
"That's a bad case of the hiccups you've got there" Monroe noted, "Though I've not heard of hiccups that can cause this"
Uttering more hiccups & between the constant changing between Wesen & human Roselle shook her head & said "Well I got HIP them while I HIC-AH was out HUCK back, hang on."
Dashing out to the backroom, she brought the glass she had drank from. A forceful hiccup cut off her speech, but Monroe got the gist. He took the glass & examined it in the light.
The words "Die Schluckauf-Tasse" came into view, making Monroe gulp & snatch the glass away from the light before Rosalie could see it.
"Um yeah" He stammered, making gestures with his hands "This is bad, very bad, not full moon bad, but like still not good, very bad, I'll go see if Nick can help, wait there"
Rosalie eyed him suspiciously, hiccupping again before sighing & rubbing her throat. With an apology look, Monroe walked out the door, leaving Rosalie still hiccupping, and also changing back & forth.
She shut the door & put up the 'Sorry Closed' sign.
"Right" muttered, trying and failing to suppress a hiccup "Time to lose these"
(15 minutes later)
A loud & fast knocking at the door ruined Rosalie's concertation, and the cup she was drinking the wrong way from, fell & hit the floor. She sighed & then waited for a bit, maybe her hiccups had stopped
"HIC HIC HICCUP" nope they hadn't gone.
She pulled back the shades to see Monroe at the door, with their Grimm friend Nick. She opened the door and let them in.
"HIC" She sighed "I mean Hi Nick"
He nodded in return and held out a book to her.
"I was looking at this book when Monroe came to me, and explained what was going on, so we looked through some of the history books, and found this"
He put the book on the shop counter & pointed to the drawing.
The words "Die Schluckauf-Tasse" was written next to it.
"From what we could work out, this loosely translates to Hiccup Cup" Nick continued "It was created by an unknown person ages ago, he may have been Grimm for all we know, but the fact is that, his creation was used to hunt Wesen that had rebelled and were attacking people, they would drink from the cup and catch hiccups, the kind that you have right now"
Rosalie hiccupped loudly in response, eyes wide.
"Exactly" Nick said "Now where's the cup?"
"OvHIC urgh over there" Rosalie grumbled, pointing to the shelf. Nick walked over and took the cup from the shelf, examining it closely.
"According to the book, your hiccups should stop in about 30 minutes. Just to be safe, I'll lock this away in the trailer so it can't be used."
"Thank yoHICCUP, thank HIC, tha HURK" Rosalie tried to say, but her hiccups cut her off.
Nick smirked at her frustration and walked out the door with the cup and book. Getting into his mustang and driving to his house, he grinned and thought about how his girlfriend Juliette never had hiccups, wondering if the cup could bring those cute sounds to life.
He smiled again as he pulled into the driveway and saw Juliette from the kitchen window, making dinner.
Nick got out and walked inside the house, kissing her as he passed by; and making sure to keep the cup hidden from sight.
"Hope you had a good day" he said, with his back turned to her, pouring a good portion of a bottle of wine into the cup and handing it to her.
"It wasn't bad" Juliette sighed taking a sip "Just a HICCUP"
She gasped in surprise, her fingers covering her mouth "Oh excuse me" she giggled after a moment "Guess I HIC, oh, I seem to HURK, have HIC the HICCUP"
"Wow" Nick said "Are you ok? Those seem pretty bad"
Juliette hiccupped twice and more loudly before answering "HOURK, wow that wine must have been corked or someHUPthing"
"No it's ok" Nick said, "I bought it yesterday at the store"
"HUP" said Juliette "Well I HEEK, can't cook HUCK, with these things no-HURP"
"Tell you what" Nick smiled "I'm feeling more like it's pizza night, so you go lay down & I'll phone it in, ok?"
Juliette nodded and hiccupped at the same time.
"Sounds HIC to me"
"Then maybe we can try to stop those" Nick said, raising his eyebrows "I've got a secret cure for hiccups"
"Hah HIC HIC ha" Juliette laughed and winked "If I've HIP still got these bugHERK, sure we can try that HUP"
"Oh I think you might still have them then" Nick laughed, offering her another drink of wine from the Hiccup Cup…..this was going to be a fun night for him.