And Shake My Rattle Bone [Finished!]

[Bee]

Helena was very pleased by the response, which was basically code for: as long as she kept it out of Mom's sight, she could keep it and do whatever. But she didn't like the idea of locking Simcha up in a drawer somewhere. That wasn't right. Simcha was a thinking, feeling little bunny who had already suffered enough, what with apparently getting flayed alive and then being sat on by a big, jealous stag.

Mom would probably look for it, too, and then claim she hadn't done her job properly, and then she would smack her with Simcha until she cried and then toss the bunny under a carriage or something. Helena seldom doubted that Mom would follow up on her threats.

She grinned at Sae. "See! We can make this work. You can come and visit Simcha any time. You're like her auntie or something."

[Bee]

"We can keep going and find out," said Mnem cheerfully. She was already making another lotus. And tossing together some amaretto and vodka for herself. It was quite amazing how much she wanted to drink when in the presence of her children. She also concluded that her entire family, herself included, functioned as one enormous magnet for every freakshow in the land. Sometimes this was entertaining. Often times it was annoying. She was not quite sure yet under which category this Sae child fell. At least she appreciated alcohol. And apparently had some odd ideas about the nature of reality. By the sweet goddess, if Helena had actually made friends with someone halfway intelligent, she would eat her Hair.

As if sensing her thoughts, the Hair fluttered nervously. Not eating the Hair then. Something else very extreme. Being kind to strangers.

"Well, you could be right. Or perhaps my spawn has just completely disconnected herself from any kind of reality at all. We have a long and proud tradition of insanity in this family." She sipped at her cocktail. "Out of curiosity, where did you get these ideas?"

[Greenie]

"Auntie?" Saethre scoffed with a shake of her hand. "That's lame. I want to be her crazy godmother, or something silly like that. Ooh, I know! The crazy godmother with five unidentifiable small pet animals that she rarely feeds but somehow keeps alive!" She enthused, then grinned widely and reached over to pat Simcha gently.

As for the booze, Saethre was already done with her first one. "Hit me with another one!" She asked (mostly) politely and (very) cheerfully. She held out the glass and beamed up at Mnem, who was much different than her two mommies yet had just about the same concern for her well-being both did at times. NEW MOMMY!

She did not voice this opinion just yet, however, as the otter realised perhaps after they'd all had more booze would be more appropriate. Also, more entertaining.

"Ideas?" She asked, blinking, "Which ones? That Simcha is alive or that I'm her crazy godmother with multiple barely-alive small animals? Which, if I might add, is at least moderately better than dead animals!" She stated vehemently. Her point, while somewhat non-related, was at least stated concisely.

[Bee]

Helena felt faintly like she and Simcha had been slighted by Sae's comment--as though any live rabbit could possibily compare in cuteness and valuable companionship that her darling Simcha provided her! And besides, Simcha was much easier to manage than a live pet. She always killed the live ones--Monty was the only household pet who managed to survive all these long years, but only because, according to reliable sources like Mom and Auntie Minh, true evil never died. She wouldn't need to worry about killing Simcha at all, by vritue of the fact that she was already quite thoroughly dead. That sounded like idea pet care, to her.

In any event, she forgot her indignation about a microsecond later.

"Probably the alive part," Helena said. She looked enviously at the drinks around her. It was just like Mom to deliberately exclude her from all the fun stuff.

[Bee]

Alcohol typically served as a depressant, but Mnem suspected that no amount of liquor was going to bring Saethre's energy back down to normal human levels. Which is one of the many reasons she felt absolutely no guilt at all for sliding the next lotus her way. She reminded her a bit of her eldest spawn, Ira, except she was even more enthusiastic. Mnem wondered if she could sic Saethre on people who annoyed her and talk them to death. She considered, for a moment, inviting Shinrai over, but that would mean talking to Shinrai.

She sent a mildly irate glance her daughter's way. She was staring at the vodka. Mnem poured herself another shot. "Eyes off mother's happy juice. This is the only thing that keeps you alive while you're sleeping." She sipped at her drink, and then said, to Saethre, "You don't have anyone who would mind you dragging in completely sloshed, do you?" Mnem was not particularly concerned about Sae's health so much as she was angry relatives pounding on her door, which might be an annoyance.

[Greenie]

"Alive part of what?" Saethre questioned, having already forgotten what they had been talking about, given that she had alcohol and two interesting people to stare at. Who wouldn't stare, if they had a green thing with a bunny on her head and a human woman with bright moving hair?

The otter eagerly grabbed the lotus and began downing it immediately, though the excessive amount she'd already had didn't seem to be affecting her just yet. That was likely because she tended to sneak alcohol from her mother's cabinet.. or seth's cabinet.. or.. cabinets in general.. when she was bored, though she often got caught.

Saethre wasn't exactly quiet, nor sneaky.

"Nah," Saethre responded dismissively, "I'll probably just go to Seth's house, and he'll be drunk too, and then we can be drunk together. It'll work." She nodded.

[Bee]

Mom was quite attentively listening to Sae, and Helena took her moment of distraction to grab the bottle of vodka and quickly take a long swig. If Mom and her new friend were going to drink, then damn it, she was going to drink too. She was an adult; she could make her own decisions. She was one of the cool kids. Nevermind that she nearly gagged on the influx of alcohol; she needed to catch up, since the both of them had already consumed two.

She wondered vaguely who this Seth person was, and if he could be persuaded to bring them any more alcohol. Not that Mom did not have a very impressive stockpile. Then she wondered if this Seth person was cute, and if Sae could introduce them at some point. Fresh manflesh was one of her few real joys in life.

"You should invite him over," she said, wistfully. "Getting drunk is always more fun with boys."

[Bee]

Mnem did not bother to yank the bottle away from Helena. Fine, then. If she wanted to get completely pissed, then Mnem was going to let her; perhaps she would drink herself into a coma or drunkenly flail her way down a flight of stairs. Helena's demise would solve a whole host of problems.

"You don't need to be throwing yourself at any more men," she snapped. In retrospect, she was uncertain why she had given Venka away rather than Helena. Venka was strong-willed and pretty and seemed to like girls. Helena was a neurotic ball of neediness that latched itself onto anything with a penis and clung to it like a very pathetic limpet. Helena had never done anything to redeem her existence. She took a deep breath and quelled her deep disappointment and budding anger. To Saethre, she said, "Is he some kind of relative? An uncle, perhaps?"

[Greenie]

Saethre snickered at Helena, but it came out as a loud snort instead, thanks to all the alcohol. Yay, drunken giggles! "If I invited him over," She started, "You would all get hit on and no doubt someone would die." She paused to think, her brow furrowing a bit, "I don't think I would die, though. I give his kids ice cream." She then nodded absolutely.

The otter managed to comprehend all of what Mnem said, and even thought up a response: "Aww, but she's rapist. That's what she does!" She exclaimed, nearly knocking her drink over at the same time, but managed to save it before any actually fell.

Perhaps this whole "get drunk slowly" thing wasn't working quite so well afterall.

"Relative?" She asked, then hiccuped quietly. "Naaahhh. He's like.. he's like.." She stopped, blinked a few times, then continued, "Oh, right. He's like a brother, but way hotter than my brothers and more fun. And has kids. And.. is fuzzy.. and brown. Oh, and blue. Kinda blueish around the edges. Oh and he's WAY HUGE, MAN." She ended, then hiccuped much louder and slumped back into her head, completely oblivious to the possible innuendo she had made.

[Kiki]

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