#43: Banana Slug - Bar-B-Q

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The Bar-B-Que was being held in a formerly open field rather than in a building. Applause came from all around when the Maggi were seen to approach. A formation of bottles, mugs and glasses came sailing through the night air, suspended by SSmoke. The Maggi, as well as the Orcs helped themselves to liquid refreshment.

“WaterTribe!” Marc hollered toward the source, referring to their vessel and the quality of it’s crew. Not a one of them had a reverse gear. There just wasn’t any quitting to them.

“WaterTribe!, Tribe!-Tribe!, WaterTribe!, Tribe!-Tribe!, WaterTribe!, Tribe!-Tribe!, the return call wafted back over the buzz of conversation. Marc thought he heard the sound of drums. It was probably some just pounding on a table.

“That’s new.” Shelby said to Marc “WaterTribe huh?”

“Yessir. Trying to build a little unit cohesion” Marc replied.

“Good Man” Shelby replied. “I should have thought of that myself.”

“We’ve saved you some” the Dragon Lady, wearing an apron and holding a fearsome fork, said from near the grill “just a tiny bit. I had to beat them off.”

Shelby did a double take. What did he just see? Did he see a dragon wearing an apron cooking steaks? No. That could NOT be. It was a fabrication of his fevered imagination. He shook his head and blinked his eyes and looked again. Ah, it was indeed Kamiko Akiyama, the dragon lady. She appeared as she always had, as an elderly Japanese woman.

Had she spun an illusion using SSmoke? That would definitely be possible. He’d have to ask her about that later. It was appropriate to the occasion. He suspected it was going to get somewhat drunk out that night.

He said “We hurried the best we could, what’s that, Venison?“

Not much was said for some time. The beer, and the feast held their full attention.

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Eventually they were at the cigars and brandy stage. Some were seated, some were floating , apparently unsupported in midair, as was their wont in an SSmoke environment, time for the after action report.

“Oh it was AWESOME” Tommy said

“Yeah” Sally chimed in “I got a deer.“

“Phew” Tommy said’

“Phew, Phew!”as the blow by blow description, complete with sound effects was depicted in full animation.

The ‘mighty hunters” were recounting the tale of the hunt much like young men had around the campfire of their peoples for thousands of generations. Shelby let them get it out of their system, in fact he encouraged them. This was what it was all about.

This was Family. Perhaps they were larger in number than a typical city dwelling nuclear family. Perhaps they were of many races and not connected by blood. That did NOT matter. They were family. Perhaps they were a Tribe.

The Orc brothers, lately called the HugThugs, were grinning from ear to ear. They were protectors of the family.

This was their reason to exist.

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The Next Episode Is
#44: Banana Slug - Coffee Briefing…
The Previous Episode was
#42: Naomi -CatFish on RollerSkates…
The First Episode was
# 1 : Prologue…
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Book One: SoulStone
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