The Snack Den

[Firox]

*Vay then cleans the ?'s messy paws with another towel*
*smiles watching ? giggle*


*pours the juice in it's cup with the straw*
*Grace takes the Dr. Pepper this time*
Vay to both: "enjoy it"


*Grace behaving this time as ? rests on her right side, mainly she is 'right pawed' so the messing around paw is bandaged up and hurt, trying to play around will be hurtful*




*everyone takes their choice of drink*
*only Arval and Joseph also take the Dr. Pepper*
*Vay and Sherrie take the coffee*
*rest, Linette, Zoran, Jyo, six young ones, and myself, we go with either mango juice or strawberry juice*

[?]

*drinks and starts to finish food* ^^

[Firox]

*I pass ? a small bag, rolled up so its fresh inside*
*I pass Grace another bag*


*inside them are five pastries - two chocolate chip cookies, a cream cheese and strawberry jelly filled Danish-style pastry, a cream cheese filled chocolate donut, and slice of apple pie*
I tell both: "enjoy the dessert"
*Grace smiles and gives thanks*


*I then pass one to everyone, and I get one for myself too*

[?]

thanks ya * sits and noms them next* 

[Firox]

*Grace eats almost all... passes ? one of the chocolate chip cookies*


*I go with ? next, asking nicely*
"would you like pizza party-style day, or have a pie day?"
*as I nibble the apple pie slice, some of the sticky filling getting on my paw*
"or something you likes to eat, likely throw around after"
*I giggle*


*the six young a bit full from the fries and cheeseburger, do somehow manage to finish of all the desserts*

[?]

*noms it happily* pie sounds good * relaxes after nomming it* 

[Firox]

"sounds... go.....eeeeppzz" 
*as I get playfully shoved to the right, landing on my face, and the half pie slice lands on my nose*
*Arval stands on ?'s left, as I lay on the ?'s right side*


*aside from giggling and looking down to his right, Arval tells ?*
"gives me time to experiment with a recipe a friend shared while visiting the town's park... a beef, cheese, and bacon meat pot pie for the main meal with a tasty gravy sauce on top...."     
*Arval next gets shoved left by me*
"that sounds good, fruit pie for dessert"
*as the pie filling rolls down nose, pass muzzle, onto floor below*


*Jyo from behind Grace and ? - playfully messes with the right flicking ? ear* "pie day will be good - pie for meal and pie for dessert"
*keeps trying to paw at ear*   


*I giggle and grrr, suddenly nip and pull that tail, Arval looks right, doesn't even bother him much, does tell me while wagging it away*
"you know, it doesn't tickle as much as the others, its similar to ?'s and your's"
   *I giggle with that 'dumb looking" facial expression*
*Arval* "its mostly thick and bushy, the more ticklish skin below is protected by all the thick fur"
*I look at ? - with that "really? is that true?" kind of look on me*
*Arval just runs a comb through the part of tail fur I was nibbling*


*Grace laughs at the funny scene, with ? still resting on her right side*
*the six watching from the couch also giggle and laugh*
*smile at the idea of pie*

[?]

*nods and flicks ear, giggles and nods while settling down*

[Firox]

*Jyo misses the next pawing... slides down past ?, lands on Arval and myself*
*for now we just lay there, thinking of the "pie day"*
*Vay wraps a blanket around us... cleans of my nose with a wet clean towel*
"heey... eee... that.. tickles..."
*she has to hold my head still to clean it off*




*places ?'s head on a pillow, then wraps a blanket around it and Grace*
*Grace curls up, wraps tail around ?, making sure its tucked inside the blanket too*


*Vay lays down behind Grace, wrapping herself with the same big blanket*
"have a good nap everyone"


*Sherrie lays on the hammock*
*Linette and Zoran nap around each other again by the window ledge, thanks to Joseph, they both can nap peacefully for a while*






*Joseph takes the six to the laptop area so all seven can play games, lower the volume and and shuts curtains so sound doesn't bother many around*

[?]

*yawns gently and settles down * night 

[Firox]

*next day*
*Sherrie had woken up, leaps down from hammock, and went with Joseph to take over as guardian of the six younger ones* "I'll take over sweetie, take care of the meal"

*Joseph, Arval excited for the day, head into the market to grab lots of items for the pies, even some more Dr. Pepper soda*
*Jyo goes along to keep them company and help carry the items back*




*Grace still has ? wrapped up with tail, and blanket to keep cozy while sleeping*
*Vay behind them*
*Linette and Zoran soon start to wake and stretch, head over to where the six are to also play some game with them*


*in the mean time, I get up and start prepping the meat*

[?]

*yawns and relaxes while watching*

[Firox]

*Grace starts to wake, without trying, flicks tail by ?'s paw twice as she yawns awake, stretching a bit, aching paw still recovering*


*by now, Joseph, Arval, and Jyo arrive from the market, as Vay and I set out all on the table*


*after some gaming, Sherrie tkaes the four with Leafyz, to read them a book*



*as we all greet ?, Joseph invites ? to come over and watch*
Joseph: “just sit on one of us and get a good view of the pies being prepared – would you like to watch with me, Jyo, or Arval?”
*all three of them get low on couch so ? can jump on one of their head – luckily the six younger ones are distracted, injured Grace, along with the two Leafyz and Sherrie, keep them busy by reading them a book, all four helping out*

[?]

*nods* sure  *jumps ove and watches*

[Firox]

*Joseph has a working plan, informs us - to be silly, Jyo picks up ? with psychic and sets on Arval's head so it can have a nice higher view*


Joseph: “if we work together, we can do many pies at once, hopes it works out for all, the ingredients are ready – Vay can you help out with sauce and veggies, also water when needed. Firox you can prepare the meat, only half cooked as the baking will take care of the rest. Arval, Jyo, and myself will do the dough”
*all of us nod, knowing what we will do*
Joseph: “easy part is the fruit dessert pies, since its almost done, just to put them together, lets get started”


*before starting, Arval passes ? a tasty glazed donut to nom while watching all knead the dough*


*I know how to make the dough, so I tell all three how to make the dough, how to make the sweeter ones for the dessert, same recipe, just a small difference, just some cinnamon for tasty flavor*


*Jyo, Joseph, and Arval happily mix the dough, having fun along the way, even making it a silly fun 'competitive' to see who can make more of the same size, giggling and taunting each other – Jyo made the sweeter one for dessert pies, Joseph and Arval made the others for main meal*
Arval - “the one to lose will get to battle ? first and admit defeat”


*Arval passes ? a small ball of the sticky dough* 
Arval whispers to ? - “who will you throw it to?”


*also trying to make it fun for ? to interact with all*