♅ fourteenth

[themistress]

[Mistress is in the lobby, lazily and irritably draped over a sofa that's still a bit damp from the ice it used to be encased in. She's paging through the journal, not really reading so much as scanning.

So much of the same.]

While I've come to understand that this holiday entails you all exchanging tributes, I'd like to know why, exactly. From what I've seen, nothing in this castle entitles you all to a Mass Tribute Day.

In any case, I've decided to be charitable and give you all a small token of my acknowledgment for this... celebration.

[And, at some point this morning, residents should have found an ornate gift box in the middle of their room. Inside is one of two things: if the resident is a child or non-human(ish), they got a beautiful, delicious cream puff. If they are an adult and human(ish), they got... well. At least it was wrapped.]

Comments

Dicktated

[i_got_this]

You know, this is actually something I can use. Castle just gave me a stupid coffee mug.

[themistress]

Excellent. See? I'm good to my subjects.

[i_got_this]

Wait ... subjects? What do you mean by subjects?

[themistress]

Hmm, do you prefer "peasants"? "Servants"? "Groveling rabble"?

Action

[sandoval]

[Sandoval has just come back from the kitchens, with a small bowl of chocolate truffles. Someone had been making them for a "Christmas" or what have you, but he still hadn't found a Christmas, and frankly he'd get much more enjoyment out of them than a Christmas ever would - even a merry one.

As he walks into the lobby on his way to his and the Mistress' shared room - well, more of an apartment, really, with the rooms they've added - he sees Mistress nonchalantly resting on the sofa, and he smiles as he comes up to her.]

Mistress, pumpkin! Care for a chocolate? Someone just left loads of them in the kitchen.

[themistress]

[She reaches out for a truffle.]

Are they hallucinogenic, or just poisoned?

[sandoval]

Neither, surprisingly! But they do have alcohol on the inside - quite tasty, too.

Someone left an announcement about them on the journals - and would you believe it - they were giving out these little delights for free! For some sort of "Christmas", I believe they said. Well, no matter. I took quite a few before all the Christmases could get to them.

[themistress]

Oh no no, peanut. "Christmas" is their bizarre little holiday where they all trade tributes. Can you believe it? Not a single one of them is even nearly as fearsome as me, and yet they think they should get tributes.

Dictated

[originalcopy]

You really are a weird ass chick you know that.

[themistress]

Yes, thank you!

[originalcopy]

[a sigh tinged with just a hint of annoyance]

That wasn't a compliment.

[themistress]

Then you shouldn't have phrased it as one!

[samson]

[There she is.

Brock strolls up to where Mistress in lounging, and places the re-wrapped thing ... he surmised was from her on the sofa.]

There. Tribute for you.

[themistress]

No thank you, I've plenty of my own. That's for you.

[samson]

But I don't need it.

[themistress]

A tribute is rarely something you need. It's simply something to enjoy.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Nora's just going to... stare at the thing for a minute. She knows what it IS, of course, she's not stupid and she had one back home. Just not one so... uh...]

What the hell is this made out of, anyway? Is that glass?

[themistress]

Yes, it is. Wonderful for playing around with temperatures.

[eat_me_beat_me]

playing with temperatures? Like what? Ice and shit?

[Excuse her while her teenage mind tries to wrap around the thought of putting something cold IN THERE]

[nihilo]

Much obliged.

[themistress]

Finally, someone properly grateful.

[nihilo]

That's a shame.

dictated;

[lord_wizard]

[He didn't often use things like this, but he wasn't unfamiliar with the idea. The material and shape are a little odd, though]

I am not sure who you are, but I am both intrigued and gratified by this gift.

Is is really durable enough for actual use?

[themistress]

Of course it is. It's solid, you know.

[lord_wizard]

I'd be more worried if it were. It seems like it's asking for an incident, though.