A Family Dinner Party

A/N: Thank you all for the amazing reviews! With Facebook Lite coming in, I've decided to change the style in which I write Facebooked too though not too much. Like/Dislike it? My long absence is explained in the A/N below if you're interested.

You are (not so) cordially invited to a small family dinner party at Covenant Castle (grr….Greta! Why do we need to invite that snake? It's a FAMILY dinner party! Hmph) The party shall begin (or end, depending on the effectiveness of Wolfram's anger management classes) at 7:30 pm.

Dress Code: Formal (Wait, there's a dress code? Since when do we have dress codes at family parties?) (Shut up wimp, this is not a family party, it's a Murder party!)

Menu

Starters: Saralegui Soup (courtesy of Chef Shibuya Yuuri)

Main Course: Saralegui Roast Turkey (courtesy of Chef Wolfram)

Desert: Sliced Saralegui with Soil Topping (courtesy of Chefs Conrart Weller and Gwendal von Voltaire)

Saralegui – Greta

Why do I get the feeling your family doesn't really want me to come?

Greta – Saralegui

C'mon Sara, you're being silly. I told Papa Wolfram to send you an invitation and he did! Hmm….I think I should offer his anger management therapist a raise…..

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Gwendal von Voltaire – Cecile von Spitzberg

Mother do you think that you could dye your hair some other color so that we don't make a mistake when aiming the cannon for Saralegui's horse? It's a little difficult to see properly from the top of North Tower

Cecile von Spitzberg is furious. Who dared to blow up my favorite horse?

Gwendal von Voltaire: Sigh. I guess I was a little late in warning you mother

Cecile von Spitzberg: The next person who attempts to injure my Greta's first boyfriend will be given bosom hugs for the next 2 years!

Gwendal von Voltaire: *Gulp*

Shibuya Yuuri: What's the punishment if we just severely injure him?

Cecile von Spitzberg: Two hundred 'Daarrrrllliinng!' screeches to wake you up instead of the alarm clock for 2 years. Daily.

Shibuya Yuuri: *Gulp*

Wolfram: Don't worry mother! I will keep these two under control and make sure that dear Sara's first family dinner with us goes perfectly!

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Murata Ken: *glinting glasses*

Dacoscas: SARALEGUI HEIKA OF SHOU SHIMARON HAS ARRIVED AT CONVENANT CASTLE!

Saralegui: Oof! Lord Wolfam…..ouch….there's no…need…..*gasping for air*…of such a tight bosom hug…..

Gwendal von Voltaire: Pay up Gunter, I told you that Wolfram's Halo was acquired by hacking the program

Gunter von Kleist: *grumble* I should have known. After all your mother's the Maou of Subtle Revenge

Cecile von Spitzberg: Oooh! Wolfram is being so nice to my little Greta's boyfriend! I guess he really has grown very mature now. Wait a second, where's Greta?

Murata Ken: *glinting glasses*

Shibuya Yuuri: Hang on, how can Murata Ken's glasses possibly be glinting? It's night time, for god's sake!

Conrart Weller: It's another part of the Great Sage's sinister mysteries.

Cecile von Spitzberg is wondering where those strange noises are coming from

Wolfram: Oh that's a new chef that Yuuri and I bought in from Earth for today's special dinner

Gwendal von Voltaire: He's a very good man, a Mr. Bond James Bond

Shibuya Yuuri: Gwendal! His name is James Bond!

Gwendal von Voltaire: Then why did he say 'Bond. James Bond' when we were introduced?

Shibuya Yuuri: Forget it

Cecile von Spitzberg: So which dish is he preparing?

Gwendal von Volatire: He's preparing an exotic drink mother

Cecile von Spitzberg: Oooh…..Which drink?

Wolfram: A Saralegui On The Rocks

Shibuya Yuuri: Stirred, not (merely) shaken

Cecile von Spitzberg: Oh you two! You had a drink named after Sara! Now he'll feel like a part of our family!

Wolfram: Yes mother, he's down in the kitchens right now as a matter of fact. He's very…err…absorbed in the creation of this drink

Gwendal von Voltaire: I can't believe that Anissina's juicer/mixer/grinder actually worked

Gunter von Kleist: Uh…actually it didn't. She'd just re-named it 'Electrocution-kun'

Gwendal von Voltaire: Oh well that works as well as long as dear Sara's the test subject

Sangria – Gwendal von Voltaire

There is a strange gentleman waiting for you downstairs. A Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

Gwendal von Voltaire: I'll be there in a minute

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Sangria is wondering if It is possible?

Doria: No, surely not…..

Elle: Hah! You're such a coward! Put my bet on that Mr. Sherlock Holmes for Lord von Voltaire's Love Lottery

Greta is sorry for being late!

Shibuya Yuuri: It's alright Greta. In fact, I'd have liked it even better if you'd turned up a few more centuries later.

Conrart Weller: What's that on your dress? It seems a little crooked

Cecile von Spitzberg: Conrart will NEVER understand the intricacies of fashion and draping, Greta dear, just leave that question unanswered

Wolfram: *whispering* Is she still mad because we won't let her dress us up for tonight?

Conrart Weller: That and Dacoscas's behavior

Shibuya Yuuri: ?

Wolfram: Mother and Anissina came up with a new hair growth potion for Dacoscas. Fortunately the only grey cell in his brain that survived Gisela's Sergeant Mode sparked to life that day and he decided to test the potion on one of the horses first.

Conrart Weller: The poor horse still hasn't stopped sprouting hair

Shibuya Yuuri: The potion WORKED?

Wolfram: From the ears

Shibuya Yuuri: Oh…..

Greta can't figure out why Saralegui ran out of the castle like that. Wait, what's that dark shadow behind him? Papa! Did you do anything? *glare*

Shibuya Yuuri and Wolfram: We did not! We can't believe you would suspect us, your own fathers!

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Murata Ken: Out with it, Lord von Voltaire, we all know you did it.

Gwendal von Voltaire: ALL? *shudders* Now I have three females on my trail?

Murata Ken: Well Greta doesn't know yet but that can be altered if you wish…
Gwendal von Voltaire: Stop! I swear by my giant sand bear doll that I will tell you the truth! I paid that Sherlock Holmes fellow to let me borrow the Hound of Baskerville for a few hours!

Shibuya Yuuri: I thought that it was just a legend that turned out to be false in the end?

Murata Ken: *glinting glasses* You thought that Mazoku were a legend too Shibuya. And Pochi. And Maryoku. And….

Shinou and Wolfram: Stop flirting you two!

Shibuya Yuuri: *whispering* Do hot headed blondes run in the family or something?

Murata Ken: *whispering* No they don't. They run in the corridors of the castle, chasing double-blacks. RUN! *starts running*

Shibuya Yuuri: Pant. Puff. Forget it….I need to save my energy to run till the fountain.

Shinou and Wolfram: CHEATERS!

A week later

Sangria is screaming

Doria: Is it a rat invasion?

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Dacoscas: I promise I cleaned my feet before coming in today!

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Gisela: Enough! What is the matter Sangria?

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Gisela is screaming

Anissina: Aha! Cloning technology has been developed!

Shibuya Yuuri: Did Dacoscas take a day off without notice again?

Cecile von Spitzberg: Did you finally realize that your uniform doesn't suit your hair color at all?

Gisela is telling everyone to read the PM that Greta sent Sangria

Forwarding to all

Private Message:

From: Gisela

To: Contact List (Shibuya Yuuri, Shinou…..)

Attachments: Note – Forwarded message attached.

Message: Original Message

From: Greta

To: Sangria

Message: Please forward this message to Papa Yuuri or Papa Wolfram

Dear Dad,

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new boyfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Dad and you. I've been finding real passion with Saralegui and he is so nice-even with all his sneakiness, plots of world domination, manipulation of other's powers and misuse of his own. But it's not only the passion Mom, I'm pregnant and Saralegui said that we will be very happy. He has now given up the throne and already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. He wants to have many more children with me and that's now one of my dreams too. Saralegui taught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone and we'll be growing it for us and trading it with his friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want. In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Sara can get better; he sure deserves it! Don't worry Dad, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your grand children.

Your daughter, Greta

PS: Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at Beatrice's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my new boyfriend

Everyone: NOT AGAIN!

AN: The biggest THANK YOU in history to all my reviewers, especially TheDarkWingedAngel, whose reviews made me wake up and update.