Authot (Buffon)'s note: This is a somewhat funny fic about a tea party with the henchwomans. It came to my head and I had to post it :).

General Disclaimer: I don't own Neverwinter Nights, its expantions or characters. Everthing belongs to Bioware.

It started with a tea party...

Linu was thinking about what to do tonight. She had already had an accident at the temple of Sehanine, something she was not very proud of. After that she returned to her house, only to find out that it was empty, her parents left, probably to steal something, she thought, and scowled.

Then, an idea came to her head. A party, she smiled to herself. She could cook, for she remembered a few techniques of cooking. And make the decorations. Then she called to the messenger. The man asked, rather fearfully, what did she wanted. That isn't fair, thought Linu, she had only threw the alchemist fire when she tripped on a stone. The fact that he had oil near him wasn't her guilt... at all.

Then she gave him the instructions and a pack of gold. Of course, in normal cases she should give him just forty pieces of gold, but, being her, she had to give him an "insentive" for any accident. The elven messenger went out of the La'neral house in order to invite the not-so-fortunate females (if they accepted to go to the tea party, but since the author wants action he shall make them go).

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The messenger reached Cormyr, his breath too fast. Damn that girl, thought the elf. Then he followed the instructions the priestess had given him. He reached to the palace of Cormyr. Then, he went directly to the doors... which had grouchy guards.

"Excuse me, but I need to enter" he said, only to earn a nasty look from the guard of the left. "What do you wish with the king?" he asked suspiciously. The elf shooked his head and said "Nothing, it's with his personal bard, Sharwyn, whom I wish to talk." Then, he handled a sheet of paper.. The guard, gave it to the other guard, and the other returned it to him, and the other gave it back, and so... Why? Because they didn't know how to read. Then, the doors opened.

A beautiful human woman appeared, her long red hair lashing behind her back. The guards drooled, said a pityful "You're HOT" and drooled again. The bard smiled, and then looked at the messenger. "What do you want?" she asked curiously.

The messenger ignored her word, for he was ocuppied oogling her. "WHAT do you want?" she said, her voice reaching other levels the messenger would have gladly not known, "Ah, ehem, well read this and tell me yes or no." Sharwyn threw a dirty look at the messenger and said "The Moonstone Mask is very far, sir. And I'm NOT a working girl."

The messenger blushed and said "It's not nothing like that, lady Sharwyn. It's an invitation" the elf smile, something Sharwyn didn't enjoyed because the man had not washed his teeth since he left Everaska. Then she read the paper:

Dear Sharwyn:

You are invited to my tea party, alongside with the other henchwomen that worked with the Ramdom Hero. There shall be tea, of course, made by me, cookie and a cake. After that, we shall think what to do after because the author doesn't want to make any spoilers more than what this letter says.

With love

Linu La'neral.

Made by her! I'm not going to that party never!, thought Sharwyn. Then she saw something at the end of the letter.

PS: If you don't go, Deekin told me about your hair Sharwyn, and I can tell everyone.

Sharwyn looked horrified at the PS and thought about killing a certain kobold bard who didn't keep his promise and made her waste thirty pieces of gold. Then she gave the elven messenger a lovely smile. "Tell Linu that I'm going" she said sweetly. The messanger bowed and left.

Yes, yes, yes. Linu the good, Linu the gentle. For me she is Linu the damn extorsionist.