~*Imladris Christmas Party*~

[Alatáriel]

'Lëo can't use a spork... or knife... I refuse to give her one...' Ala said snickering, 'The only thing I will give out to her is a spoon.' Ala gave a sheepish grin, and then fed her faerie a small lemon slice. Lëo grumbled then continued with the spoon. Taking out a different CD, Ala placed it in the CD player. Dom listened but continued to bandage his flesh wounds.

Finally, Ala was almost completely dry after the Why does it always rain on me? schtick. Suddenly, the song began to play on the CD player.

'Oh, no... I'm going to getting wet again...' Ala grumbled, but suddenly another cloud popped up above her head. 'Bah!'

'OW!'

'What? Aren’t you supposed to be bandaging your flesh wounds?'

'Yes, but the rain burns it. What is it? Acid rain?'

Ala shrugged then took out an umbrella and placed it under the cloud.

'OW!!!'

'What now?'

'The rain slides off the umbrella and right onto my arm! We are tied to each other, you know!'

'Yes, I know. I am not blind... shouldn’t you be done bandaging the flesh wounds by now?'

'Erm... there is a lot of them...' Dom eyeing the cat curled up in a basket. Dom's eye and the cat's ear twitched at the same time.

'HEY! DONT THINK ABOUT DOING ANYTHING TO TWITCHY!' Ala whacked Dom with her squeaky penguin.

'Hey! I wasn’t going to do anything to him!' Dom replied, flinching at the penguin.

'HMPH!' Ala put the umbrella away as the song ended and the cloud disappeared. Dom grumbled and bandaged the last of his flesh wounds. Ala sipped at her drink and waited for the next stage in the party. 'This thing isn't even half over, is it?'

'No.'

'I think it’s going to drag until the next holiday...' Ala said.

'Seems so.'

Ala blinked, then set Merry on the bar in front of her and used him as a pillow, waiting for something to happen.

[Elentari the Second]

*I should read this, I really should...*

We should also close this, put up a 'term-time party' - or not - and then put up and Easter party thread.

Not really Christmas anymore...

Love,

~ Elentari II

[Elentari]

Tari sat in darkness. The only light came from a snowglobe she held in her hand. The light was dim, but there was loud music coming from the globe. The Istari-Elf sat in total silence, caressing the snowglobe.

"It died. How could I let it die?" Her voice was not full of sorrow, merely regret.

A hand touched her shoulder. Well, a hand tried to touch her shoulder but went through it. Tari's spirit friend smiled at her.

"Let it go," said the spirit-friend. "Start a new party for the birthday celebrations."

"But what if people were going to post, but haven't got round to it yet?" Elentari's eyes sparkled as the light from the party in the globe lit brightly then dimmed down again. It was probably some more fireworks, or some mischief. "I shall give them until the end of the month to post, then I shall close the party."

"I wise choice, my friend," whispered the spirit, who then faded with the darkness as Tari returned to her body at the party.

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The party will close by 1st March

[Mippin]

Mip slowly put on her coat, and sighed. Billy grabbed her by the shoulder and stopped her from packing up everything.

'Come on, Mip. Maybe Tari's right. We've still got Easter.'

Mip tilted her head and turned back to look at Billy.

'The holidays will spread. And the remains of the christmas party will burn. And...and all that was once green and faerie-ish will be gone. There might not be an easter, Bill.'

With this thought, Mippin continued to pack her things away. Billy looked at Mip concerned, but helped her with her things. They loaded all the equipment into a limo, which suddenly materialized from nowhere to take each person back home.

Mip looked at Ala and Uncle Dom, and Lëo and Agent Lofty. They were all solemnly looking at Mippin packing up. Ala had put everything in place, and locked up the bar. Lëo had gave up on trying to break free. Dom had gathered up Gizmo, and stayed away from Twitchy. Mip nodded, and bade them come with.

As they piled into the limo, and were ready to head up to their home in the North. Billy had an idea.

'Stop.' he told the chauffer. 'Take us south.'

'South? But that would lead us past the remains of the party!' the driver replied, bewildered.

'Yes,' said Billy. 'The closer we are to the party, the further we are from danger of losing Easter. It's the last thing Tari [or anyone else] would expect.'

'Well, that doesn't make much sense to me, but you are all fairly small. Perhaps you are right.'

Dom shouted out. 'Are you mad?! We'll be caught!'

'No we won't.' said Billy calmly. 'Not this time.'

Mip, Ala, and Lëo all watched this amused, and agreed with Billy. The driver shrugged, and Agent Lofty wondered if there would be any nooks near by where they were going.

'I always liked going South,' whispered the driver, who was interrupted by Mip.

'Kinda like going down hill?' she asked.

'Er..yes.' the driver replied, and then they were off, into the heart of the dead remains of the party.

[Elentari the Second]

Mippin said:

'The holidays will spread. And the remains of the christmas party will burn. And...and all that was once green and faerie-ish will be gone. There might not be an easter, Bill.'

Weirdness in all its glory, Mip...

~ Elentari II

[Alatáriel]

Ala wondered what Mip had planned up, but decided to enjoy the moment, while they still were in the limo, and took out her uber-spiffy camera phone. Dom started eyeing the phone, his eye twitching.

'Can I?'

'No.... this is a brand new uber-spiffy camera phone! I'm not going to let you eat it...'

'But I won't eat it. I... I... swear on myself!' Dom said, grinning.

'Sorry, but one cannot trust one that swears upon themself...' Ala said, snapping pictures. Dom grumbled and slunk down in his seat.

'It didn't take this long to get there before,' Dom said.

'Maybe we are trapped in a vortex... like thing...'

'Maybe...'

20 minutes later...

'Okay... I really think something is wrong... are you by any chance cursed?' Dom asked, inching the other way.

'Why would I be cursed?' Ala said reaching out to double-poke him and snackling as he dodged it.

'Fine, did you do something?' Dom said, relaxing a bit.

'Have I ever done something?'

'You did turn me into a sqwerl once... which I think I still am... in... another place...' Dom replied.

'Yes, but did I get you un-turned into a sqwerl?'

Dom paused at the 'un-turned', but then said, 'Well... not yet...'

'Oh, but I shall!! eventually...'

Dom didn't respond. Ala took out a laptop and uploaded the pictures. Ala pulled up a virtual map and located their position. 'Well thats odd.'

'What?' Dom asked, looking at the screen.

[Ophelia]

Ophelia came down the stairs from her room . She saw that the room was slowly but unstopably emptying . Everybody was packing and gathering all the stuff and saying good-byes but Ophe didn't have a reason to hurry . No things to pack she had but her own mind and will to leave .

Elentari was siting and watching all the leaving people , looking unhappy and a bit sad . Ophelia just sat by her side and grabed two glasses and a bottle of green absinthe , pouring some into the glasses .
"Here`s to a party that shall never be forgoten ! Cheers Tari !"
It seemed to Oph that Elentari made something like a fade smile .

[Elentari the Second]

It came, it went, and I didn't even attend....

Ai, ai, the end of the party is nigh!! It's almost upon us!!!

[Elentari]

Tari was the last of the guests to leave. She re-buckled her sword belt and picked up her staff and shield. Using magic, she gathered her awards and made them float along just in front of her. The lights flickered out, and all that could be seen was an eerie glow from the Istari-Elf's eyes. The party had come to an end.

"Until next time." Tari walked out of the award hall and locked the door behind her.

[Istawen Aeros]

Done, closing, moving.