This story is rated M for possible strong but non-explicit adult themes.))
Birthday Suit
A World of Warcraft fanfic
By Heidi Cautrell
Part Two.
Gelki was walking with purpose in her stride. For once her robe, a pale blue one that day, was immaculate. Her hair was combed, her shoes were shiny and she had a bag slung over her shoulder that was stuffed to the brim with odds and ends. The bulges in the bag were oddly shaped in some places, almost looking risque if one didn't know what was inside the bag. For those who did know, it was most certainly risque-looking.
Turning into a doorway, Gelki opened the oak door it contained without knocking. The bag was dumped onto the floor in the middle of the common room. Four pairs of eyes turned to gape at her. Gelki grinned widely as she planted her hands on her hips. "Ready for a party ladies?"
Xyra stared at her from the top of a step ladder that she was using to hang streamers. Lanfith blinked at the mousy mage from her spot at the table where she sat icing tiny cupcakes. Allorna Badmoon, Xyra's druidic sister, lounged in a nearby chair, a smirk on her lips. Tweck, a gnome fire mage, sat near Allorna, sorting through boxes of candles, matches and fireworks. She belatedly stopped sorting to look up and grin.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Xyra finally demanded, breaking the silence.
Gelki grinned, then bent over, yanked open her bag and dragged out a silk scarf. The scrap of material went fluttering along the air toward Xyra, delicately it tightened around one of her wrists. Xyra stared at the scarf and then at Gelki. The mage, however, was back to digging in her bag. She tossed out more scarves, bottles of scented oil, paper birthday hats with slogans such as "Birthday Hottie", "It's ^Sexy Party Time!" (with the sexy hastily scrawled underneath) and, Gelki's personal favorite, "Do Me, It's My Birthday!", and birthday candles shaped like naked humans.
"Why I'm here for the party, Xyra," said Gelki when she finally unloaded the last of her bag, which was a birthday cake topper showing a couple in a very flexible pose.
Lanfith stared at the cake topper, then carefully tilted her head until it was upside down. "Oh! You're holding it upside down," said the warlock.
This caused the mage to glance at the topper. "No I'm not," said Gelki with a grin, then tossed it at the startled warlock. She caught the topper then immediately tossed it to the end of the table as if it were a snake.
An eyeroll was Gelki's response. Then she plopped down next to Allorna, eyeing the druid carefully, a grin slowly forming on her lips. Allorna smirked in return. Tweck grinned widely from her spot on the other side of Allorna, "Nice party favors, Gelki." The two mages snickered at one another.
Xyra growled as she jerked the scarf off her wrist, but she said nothing more. Instead the rogue returned to the streamers. Lanfith kept eyeing the birthday cake topper as she finished frosting the cupcakes. Not really seeing what she was grabbing, she picked up birthday candles from nearby. It wasn't until they were all in place on the cupcakes that she realized they were the nude human candles.
Her gasp made Gelki grin. She whispered to Allorna and Tweck, "I swapped them while she was distracted by the topper." The trio giggle helplessly.