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In which Cimorene and Kazul are surprised by a young girl, a very large cat, and a blind man (who happens to be rather young himself) and many things happen as a result
(part 6)
"Well, well, well. What have we here? One queen of the enchanted forest, one king of the dragons, one exceptionally large cat and a young girl. So Cimorene, just a social visit or do you have a problem?"
" I don't but these two do." She pushed Daine forward and Altra went of his own accord.
"This is Daine, a magician of a sort from a different world and this is the honorable fire cat Altra, also from a different world though likely not from the same one."
"I am honored to meet your acquaintances. Please come inside." Morwen went inside. Daine studied her as they all entered a sort of dining room/kitchen/living room. Morwen was a little taller than herself with hair a color that reminded her of butterscotch tied up into a sensible bun. She wore long black robes with billowing sleeves that looked like she could fit a horse in, she took a pair of spectacles out of them now and gazed at her.
After she finished her long appraisal of Daine, Morwen turned to a door in the back of the room and opened it, revealing an extremely well-stocked pantry. 'Was that unicorn hair? What would she do with that? Oh well.' Morwen pulled a medium-sized picnic basket out of the pantry and set it in the middle of the room.
"Now I have a chance to try out my new 'Picnic basket of plenty'. Telemain and I finally managed to replicate the spell on Ballimore's Cauldron of plenty. I haven't used it to do much of anything yet, just a dinner or two. Oh, and it does dessert too! Well let's get on with it then." She tapped the top of the basket and said " four lunches please!" Altra glared at her "Sorry. Make that five lunches please." The picnic basket obliged, revealing five fine lunches, one dragon-sized and one that looked like some sort of exotic fish. "Thank-you." Morwen said, lugging the basket back to the pantry. "How about going to the sunroof, I just added it and we'll be less crowded." Everyone showed their agreement in one form or another and Morwen turned back to the pantry door. This time the door revealed a bright, sunlit porch that was indeed quite large. "But that was just the pantry!" Daine exclaimed. "Of course it was dear but don't you agree that it saves so much more space this way?" "I guess it does." Daine replied, clearly abashed.
They all shuffled into the room, including Kazul, who did it with a surprising lack of difficulty. Kazul settled into a corner with a large plate sitting on an even larger table. About ten cats came out of unknown hiding spots and settled on Kazul, who didn't seem to notice. A comical-looking kitten came up to Daine and uttered a hesitant hello. The cat had a single black face mark on his otherwise white body, it looked like a question mark framing his eye.
"Hello little one. What's your name?" she purred at it, trying to get it more comfortable with her. The kitten appeared to puff up his chest and said proudly "Quiz II, and who are you?" "I'm Daine. My, aren't you a fine cat?" Quiz II lost any tension he might have still had and leaned into her petting. "Daine, aren't you going to come get your luch?" Morwen inquired. "Surely. I'll get it now." "I see you've met Quiz II. He's a card but he is rather handy sometimes." Daine could hear Quiz purring at being called 'handy'.
She took her lunch - some sandwiches with an interesting looking filling - and sat at the smaller table meant for human which Cimorene and Altra were already seated at. Morwen joined them a short time later and they sat, Daine retelling her story and Altra telling his and Karal's. "So, the boy's disappeared huh? No problem, we'll just ask the mirror where he is." Daine stifled a giggle. Eyebrows raised and Daine said (with a very large smile on her face) " A magic mirror? This really is an enchanted forest, isn't it?"
"Quite." said Morwen as they all turned back to the door.
Author's note(s) ~ I'm sorry this is moving so slowly, but that's just the way it is. I'll try to speed it up a bit as I go along. Please READ & REVIEW!
In which Cimorene and Kazul are surprised by a young girl, a very large cat, and a blind man (who happens to be rather young himself) and many things happen as a result
(part 6)
"Well, well, well. What have we here? One queen of the enchanted forest, one king of the dragons, one exceptionally large cat and a young girl. So Cimorene, just a social visit or do you have a problem?"
" I don't but these two do." She pushed Daine forward and Altra went of his own accord.
"This is Daine, a magician of a sort from a different world and this is the honorable fire cat Altra, also from a different world though likely not from the same one."
"I am honored to meet your acquaintances. Please come inside." Morwen went inside. Daine studied her as they all entered a sort of dining room/kitchen/living room. Morwen was a little taller than herself with hair a color that reminded her of butterscotch tied up into a sensible bun. She wore long black robes with billowing sleeves that looked like she could fit a horse in, she took a pair of spectacles out of them now and gazed at her.
After she finished her long appraisal of Daine, Morwen turned to a door in the back of the room and opened it, revealing an extremely well-stocked pantry. 'Was that unicorn hair? What would she do with that? Oh well.' Morwen pulled a medium-sized picnic basket out of the pantry and set it in the middle of the room.
"Now I have a chance to try out my new 'Picnic basket of plenty'. Telemain and I finally managed to replicate the spell on Ballimore's Cauldron of plenty. I haven't used it to do much of anything yet, just a dinner or two. Oh, and it does dessert too! Well let's get on with it then." She tapped the top of the basket and said " four lunches please!" Altra glared at her "Sorry. Make that five lunches please." The picnic basket obliged, revealing five fine lunches, one dragon-sized and one that looked like some sort of exotic fish. "Thank-you." Morwen said, lugging the basket back to the pantry. "How about going to the sunroof, I just added it and we'll be less crowded." Everyone showed their agreement in one form or another and Morwen turned back to the pantry door. This time the door revealed a bright, sunlit porch that was indeed quite large. "But that was just the pantry!" Daine exclaimed. "Of course it was dear but don't you agree that it saves so much more space this way?" "I guess it does." Daine replied, clearly abashed.
They all shuffled into the room, including Kazul, who did it with a surprising lack of difficulty. Kazul settled into a corner with a large plate sitting on an even larger table. About ten cats came out of unknown hiding spots and settled on Kazul, who didn't seem to notice. A comical-looking kitten came up to Daine and uttered a hesitant hello. The cat had a single black face mark on his otherwise white body, it looked like a question mark framing his eye.
"Hello little one. What's your name?" she purred at it, trying to get it more comfortable with her. The kitten appeared to puff up his chest and said proudly "Quiz II, and who are you?" "I'm Daine. My, aren't you a fine cat?" Quiz II lost any tension he might have still had and leaned into her petting. "Daine, aren't you going to come get your luch?" Morwen inquired. "Surely. I'll get it now." "I see you've met Quiz II. He's a card but he is rather handy sometimes." Daine could hear Quiz purring at being called 'handy'.
She took her lunch - some sandwiches with an interesting looking filling - and sat at the smaller table meant for human which Cimorene and Altra were already seated at. Morwen joined them a short time later and they sat, Daine retelling her story and Altra telling his and Karal's. "So, the boy's disappeared huh? No problem, we'll just ask the mirror where he is." Daine stifled a giggle. Eyebrows raised and Daine said (with a very large smile on her face) " A magic mirror? This really is an enchanted forest, isn't it?"
"Quite." said Morwen as they all turned back to the door.
Author's note(s) ~ I'm sorry this is moving so slowly, but that's just the way it is. I'll try to speed it up a bit as I go along. Please READ & REVIEW!