The Asylum

[Overread]

maybe - but its a crowded market that one. You've got your matches and cig lighters in cars - your little flicker lighter thingies and your common burning buildling - where does a little spark fit into all that?

[Rosemary]

*The drone of the Spitfire can be heard approaching*

ETA in five minutes, that's if I can find the landing strip underneath all this water!

[HoopyFrood]

I am a lighter that can come when called! Moves around by itself! Never runs out!

I'd be wanted by millions.

[Overread]

pffft but you do need feeding
and tending to
and you don't work weekends
and you'll want payment

and I'm sure you would run out at some point -- though it would have to be a pretty big party of people without lighters.

*lifts an ear* I hear something??

[The Ace]

The gargoyles move for cover as Freda rushes for the french windows.

Upside-Down Druid ?

[Rosemary]

*Wearing sou'wester, mac and wellies, Rosie sploshes in.* A little damp out there, aint it? *Divests herself of waterproofs*

Hi Ace *hugs*, hello OR *hugs*, and my dear Freda!

Hello little orange creature - are you new to our menagerie?

[HoopyFrood]

Howdy do, Rosie.

And I'm just the...er...fun-sized version of what I was before, really.

[The Ace]

"Hi Rosie," hands over a BB and hides the rugby ball Freda found yesterday.

[Rosemary]

Oh, it's Hoopy! Sorry I didn't realise it was you. What happened - someone shrunk you?

Oh thanks Ace! I could do with some BB after that splash landing!

Oh nearly forgot, here's some Pineapple Pringles Freda, thought they might make a change for you

[The Ace]

Freda bows to Rosie and scuttles off to stash the pringles.

[HoopyFrood]

Yep, was put in the washing machine at the wrong temperature!

Just trying a different size for a while. Different perspective, as it were.

[Rosemary]

Who one earth did that to you Hoopy? You must feel a bit uncomfortable being sooo small for a change!

*Rosie takes the BB and settles down in JD's Comfy Chair

What's wrong with her playing Rugby then Ace?

OR, haven't seen you for ages! What have you been up to lately?

[HoopyFrood]

Heh, just kidding. And being small is an interesting change...can fit on the sofa with plenty of room to spare for a start.

*Hops up onto it, folds her legs under her and gets comfortable*


Right, excuse me for a little while, need to go and exercise my cooking skills before I waste away to nothingness...

[The Ace]

It's a commemorative ball. How it got from Murrayfield to here in a week is a mystery.

Anyway, have you heard about Nixie and the Norse gods ? Looks to be quite a saga.

[Rosemary]

Well I did hear about Lord Frey visiting and mention of Loki. What's happened to that little princess Masa though?

Hope you are cooking up something good Hoopy.