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You know, I finally figured out why I'll never be the first person to post one of these... you guys are three hours ahead of me! =D

 

Anyway, ignore that minor revelation and have an excellent birthday m'dear. =)

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Hey Canid, it's your birthday, we're gonna party like it's your birthday, we're gonna sip bicardi like it's your birthday, and you know that we don't give a .......

 

sorry, I couldn't resist! Happy birthday :D May your hunting me especially blessed today

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Wyvern strides into the Cabaret Room and winks towards Canid, grinning as he adds three more live rabbits to Peredhil's "healthy rabbit cake" cause. Placing 17 carrot candles on top of the living concoction, the overgrown lizard warns Canid that she'll have to blow them out before the bunnies have a chance to devour them... The greedy lizard then whips out a card on which "Happy Birthday" has been written in big, fuzzy letters and happily hands it to the birthday wolf, noting that tickets to the next showing of "Night of the Lupus" are inside...

 

Happy Birthday Canid! :-)

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Canid returns to her den the following evening to find all her moss and mushrooms eaten from the interior and baby rabbits bouncing in a carefree manner through all the openings to the various rooms of the pen.

 

"Cor... they had a good time, didn't they...." Canid mutters wide-eyed to Prospero as she observes for herself the fabled prolific nature of rabbits.

"I wonder if Minyex would consider switching to rabbit meat for a while." the other wolf replies.

"Only if I cut them to look like fish..."

"Why won't he eat anything but fish?"

"No teeth."

"What about piranhas?"

"He's never seen one and the first person to introduce him to one will part with a vital organ."

Prospero grins and several older rabbits dart nervously away.

Canid begins to grin *her* grin.... "I wonder if Legman would be interested in making long eared fish...."

"He's never dealt in aquatic animals."

"Mmm."

The grin remains.

 

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Wyvern watches with satisfaction from the doors of The Mighty Pen, the pleased expression on Canid's face as she admires her birthday present with Prospero.

Upon seeing the two wolves turn and head into the forest the overgrown lizard's mind turns immediately to more lucrative pursuits.

He darts in and hustles on toward the Recruitment Office to procure the list of members who had not yet paid their fees.

He swings the door of his office open and is greeted by what appears to be a colossal mound of living shredded paper.

Or at least it seems to be living as it is wiggling about like jelly hit by a spoon.

Wyvern reaches tentatively into the pile and withdraws one strip.

The edges are rough and appear to have been bitten.

Fuzzies?

Wyvern looks at the writing on it: his own.

"Valdar: Unpaid, Wiggly cabbages; Unpaid, Gwaihir: Un- this is my list!"

The almost dragon looks indignantly at the pile.

"You destroyed my list!"

He pounds it with a scrawny, scaly wrist.

A brown rabbit with red eyes emerges and stares menacingly at Wyvern.

"Now look here," begins the almost dragon, "this is my office and you can't just...." he pauses.

"You'll have to pay rent." Wyvern nods, pleased he had thought of a way to make the situation profitable.

He closes his eyes and unrolls his claws with a polite, business gesture.

"And I'm afraid you'll have to pay for the damages too. It will be about 200 geld for the shredded paper, 700 for maintenance, 400 for water bills, 200 electricity..."

As he speaks, more rabbits emerge from the pile. Some carry letter openers, others have abnormally large teeth. All rabbits united in their determination to protect the 'nest' against invaders.

"......so that totals around two-million-one-thousand-six-hundred-eighty-two geld. An extremely reasonable price for four weeks in such a desirable establishment as this!" Wyvern finishes triumphantly, finally opening his eyes.

The 60 or so rabbits assembled infront of him wiggle their noses in unison......

 

 

Thank-you all for your birthday wishes and presents! I had a lovely day yesterday and wish you all happiness!

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