banners and flags.

[Chika]

The little ratonga enters the pub, and drags a huge sack with her.
Obviously it's taking her some efford, and she pants as she finally reaches the corner of the pub, where a large table is.

Quickly she removes her backpack, and rumages through it. A huge grin apears on her face, as she pulls out some paint and a brush.

Carefully she puts the stuff on the table and opens the sack.
She pulls out cloth after cloth and puts them all on top of each other on the table.

She takes the brush in one hand, and puts it in the paint.
Carefully she puts the wet brush on the cloth, slowly writing...   F.S.S.

Although she tries not to spill any paint, it drips on the floor, and while she straightens her whiskers a big black spot apears on her nose.

Then she takes a step back, and looks at the... mess.
She nods statisfied and heads to the bar.

"Hulloooos! Yous gots some cheese for Chika?
ooh and milk?"

She smiles and climbs on a stool, while she waits for her order.

"Chika's waiting for Sollery, yous seen her? Sollery was going to help Chikas today."

Anxiously Chika watches the door.

[Jezerai]

*looks up from her ale and watches the busy ratonga with curiosity*

Greetin's there, Chika!  I ain't seen Sol around yet but she's likely ta be by sooner or later. 

*gets the plate of carefully prepared cheese Quince has stored specifically for the little Ratongan family members and pours a glass of milk* 

Sure ye dinna want a wee bit of ale with tha?  *quirks an eyebrow*

*peers at the painted material* 

Wha be this, wee mousey friend?

[Alirrin]

Quince strolls in and sees Chika and Bou.  "Oh good, you found the cheese plate!  I hope you like the cheeses I got!"

Seeing the artwork, he pulls up a chair to get a better look.  "What's this?"

[Gialy]

*little pale Fae dressed in very ragged hides comes in nervously*


*fliters over by Chika*


*grabs a piece of cheese and zips toward the door*

[Chika]

Chika looks with big eyes at the plate with the most delicious pieces of cheese.

"Oooh thankies Boucedy!"

Just as she puts the second piece in her mouth she sees Quince pull up a chair near her 'art work'. She picks up the plate, and milk and walks over to the table again, to explain her artwork.
With a full mouth she replies.

"Daf if for ouw new fquad."

Nodding fast to underline what she just said, she swallows the chunk of cheese and puts down the plate.
She drinks her milk and puts the brush in her little paw to start painting again, when a little pale Fae flies over.

"There!!! see what Chika means! That is whats the F.S.S. is for!"

Her brush, wet with black paint swings towards the Fae who stole her cheese and now heads to the door.
Black paint trails towards the Fae.

"Chika's cheese! STOP her!! Quiche, yous tell her!"

[Gialy]

"There!!! see what Chika means! That is whats the F.S.S. is for!"

Her brush, wet with black paint swings towards the Fae who stole her cheese and now heads to the door.
Black paint trails towards the Fae.

*Turning to stick her tongue out at Chika the little white fae gets a blob of black paint right in the face*

"Chika's cheese! STOP her!! Quiche, yous tell her!"

*unable to see Gialy flys into the door hard*

~Smack!~

*and falls to the floor unconscious*

[Kiaria]

*sails in from the back room*

Greetings! Greetings to all of thee...!  Darlings, I --

*stops at the thud*

*looks all around*

What tis this thud I hear..?

*peers down at Gialy*

Sweet goddess above, tis most terrible!

*gracefully gestures while murmuring the incantation*

*heals Gialy*

There. Art thou aright, little lovely one?

[Solerei]

*barges in through the door, pretty much tramplling the Princess and the recently thudded fae*

You have those banners ready, mou...er, Tonga? Righto! Let's get painting!

*plops down in an empty seat across the table from Chika and grabs a brush*  There's swattin' to be done!

*humms an anthem in progress* A-swattin' we will go, a-swattin' we will go, hi-ho, the Faerie'os, a swattin' we will go!

[Alirrin]

"So what is this all about, then?"

[Chika]

Chika looks up, from the Fae, to Kiaria and then to Quince, who seems to get slightly impatient when he asks what this is all about.

"Dat fae stole Chika's cheese!
Chikas and Miss Sollery have had some talks, yip yup!
We decided that somany fae can never be good for Qeynos, they are swarming in like a plague of flies, they do!
All we need now is a gnome to invent us a Fae Swatter. Then the F.S.S can really take off good, huh Sol?"

She grins at the Fae with the black eye, quickly jumps on a table to hug Kiaria and turns towards the stack of cloth banners-to-be, to continue painting.

"Oooh, F.S.S. is te Fae Swat Squad!"

[Alirrin]

Quince stares at the ratonga as she says

"Oooh, F.S.S. is te Fae Swat Squad!"

"You ARE kidding, right?  Sure, some of them are a bit rambunctious, but .... they are people, you know!"

[Solerei]

*chimes in, from painting* Aye, but with a few good swats, they might be less annoying people!

*she get swatted all the time and sees no immorality..especially that Elajia...she needs swatted!*

It's like a spatula...think o'it as...flipping 'em!

[Kiaria]

*returns Chika's hug with a smile of delight*

*kisses the air beside both furry cheeks*

Tis a swatter for the lovely little fae?

*frowns faintly*

Both of thee shall needest me, for thou might swattest too hard.  I shall heal /firm nod

*settles gracefully nearby, snapping slender fingers for her usual hot tea and single cookie*

Pray, who else partaketh in this Ef, Ef, Ess?

[Solerei]

Ooh, good idea, Pr...er, Lady Kiaria!  Ye can fix 'em up...press their wings, fix their hair up.  Will be perfect!

*paints another banner*

[Alirrin]

"I ... I really hardly think that swatting is the correct solution ... ... "

Quince looks around for someone to talk some sense into the ladies ...

[Solerei]

*thwacks a spatula against her hand* We won't thwack hard, Master Q!  Want to see!?

*levels the spatula at the halfling behind*

[Chika]

Oh hey now yous lissen mr Quiche!
Chika's seen some nasties thingies happening with that spatula! *points at the spatula Sol is holding and lands ungracefully on the halflings behind*

Chika actually believes the F.S.S. will be less dangerous than that spatula thinkiethangie theres!

Besides, dat Fae stole Chika's cheese! And with Miss kirra healing dems if we swat too hard yous must agree dat it's perfectly normal *nods to herself and rumages in her backpack*

Yous know Mr Quiche? Chikas has something for yous, she does!

*She pulls out another brush, dips it in paint and hands it to Quince*

F.S.S.  it reads!  *points at an unpainted banner*  Yous can do it, and yous will be happys when we can swat dem Fae all togethers!

[Alirrin]

Quince stands, paintbrush in hand, totally nonplussed ...

[Jezerai]

*looks from Solerei to Chika to the fae, considering*

Righto!  *she grabs a paintbrush*

Them silly fae needs swattin'!  Silly bug people ... *starts painting and muttering to herself* ... Flyin' ... Can't tell the difference between fae and ... *her mutters are punctuated by comprehensible fragments*

[Wroethgar]

>>comes tumbling through the swinging doors leading to the kitchen, leaping up onto the bar, tumbling last night's leftover drinks all about, steins clattering across the floor, all foor paws supporting himself as he watches them all<<

Whatcha doin?