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There was a Very Important Tea Party going on in her room today. Alluka had carefully put out her favourite tea set at the table and had deliberated for ages about which of her toys deserved a seat before picking out the usual suspects.
She made certain that she looked super cute--it was important to look cute for parties, right?--and doled out the tea and snacks with careful deliberation. (And if she was a bit stingy with how many snacks her toys got… they weren't going to eat them anyway. Alluka knew that from experience.)
It was a Very Important Party, but it was much the same as any other day that she held a party. It would have been disappointing, but she didn't let it be.
Everything was the same, right up until she'd finished her first cup of tea and had stolen the cup from the toy on the left to drink that too, when a shimmery, swirly thing appeared in the middle of her rooms. Alluka's eyes went huge in surprise.
Was this a new present? She grabbed the toy on her right--one of her bunnies--and hugged it to her chest as she went to inspect the shiny thing. Poking at it didn't shock her or hurt her at all, and her finger sank a tiny bit into the swirls.
Alluka looked down at her bunny and pretended it looked back at her. "You first," Alluka said, bouncing. "You can tell me about what's on the other side."
And if she lost the bunny, oh well, there were more where that one had come from. She had plenty of toys.
Taking a deep breath, Alluka gingerly held her bunny by the ears and shoved it through the swirly thing. It went through easily, but in her eagerness, she managed to stumble over her own two feet and… oops, she went in right after her bunny.
Alluka was saved from landing flat on her face simply by virtue of having flailed enough that she landed, hard, on her arms instead. And right on top of her stuffed bunny. "Your nose hurts," she complained, sitting up and brushing dirt off her sleeves, before picking up the bunny to do the same to it.
Wait a second. Dirt?
Alluka blinked. Then blinked again. Was--was she outside? She looked behind her, but the shiny thing was gone, giving her instead a dazzling view of water, and grass, and the sky.
"I'm outside!" she squealed, and turned around.
Somewhere in the back of her mind, Alluka knew that she was going to be in so much trouble later. But the swirly thing had appeared in her room. Maybe she was still in her room. Maybe her parents would believe tha--
A building in the distance caught her eye. "There's a castle!?"
[For one!]
She made certain that she looked super cute--it was important to look cute for parties, right?--and doled out the tea and snacks with careful deliberation. (And if she was a bit stingy with how many snacks her toys got… they weren't going to eat them anyway. Alluka knew that from experience.)
It was a Very Important Party, but it was much the same as any other day that she held a party. It would have been disappointing, but she didn't let it be.
Everything was the same, right up until she'd finished her first cup of tea and had stolen the cup from the toy on the left to drink that too, when a shimmery, swirly thing appeared in the middle of her rooms. Alluka's eyes went huge in surprise.
Was this a new present? She grabbed the toy on her right--one of her bunnies--and hugged it to her chest as she went to inspect the shiny thing. Poking at it didn't shock her or hurt her at all, and her finger sank a tiny bit into the swirls.
Alluka looked down at her bunny and pretended it looked back at her. "You first," Alluka said, bouncing. "You can tell me about what's on the other side."
And if she lost the bunny, oh well, there were more where that one had come from. She had plenty of toys.
Taking a deep breath, Alluka gingerly held her bunny by the ears and shoved it through the swirly thing. It went through easily, but in her eagerness, she managed to stumble over her own two feet and… oops, she went in right after her bunny.
Alluka was saved from landing flat on her face simply by virtue of having flailed enough that she landed, hard, on her arms instead. And right on top of her stuffed bunny. "Your nose hurts," she complained, sitting up and brushing dirt off her sleeves, before picking up the bunny to do the same to it.
Wait a second. Dirt?
Alluka blinked. Then blinked again. Was--was she outside? She looked behind her, but the shiny thing was gone, giving her instead a dazzling view of water, and grass, and the sky.
"I'm outside!" she squealed, and turned around.
Somewhere in the back of her mind, Alluka knew that she was going to be in so much trouble later. But the swirly thing had appeared in her room. Maybe she was still in her room. Maybe her parents would believe tha--
A building in the distance caught her eye. "There's a castle!?"
[For one!]
