Elorithryn watched with a smile as two women walked through her door. They were old friends, though she found them rather annoying at time. However, she was impeccably polite, as always. It was only with really close friends - people like Spook and Delorfinde, who were the best friends one could wish - that she really let her hair down and got in touch with her inner self.

But these two women were friendly enough. After all, she had invited them to tea. It was Wednesday. It always was.

Without even thinking about it, the two of them threw their clocks so that they landed perfectly on the hooks provided, and turned to Elorithryn.

"Oh, hallo! I haven't seen you in a while, how've you been?" Their host duly examined the clocks with sceptical interest. She wasn't sure she approved - her visitors kept changing their clocks far too often. She was happy with the one she was given for her eighteenth birthday.

"I see you've a new clock - Victorian? Tut, tut. You're going downhill, my dear." She paused, hurrying them inside away from the fierce window. "Come inside, do. I've a lake all ready for you.

"But yes, I've been fine. Of course, in the land of typos nothing is ever normal, but I daresay I'll manage. I've been finding it rather absurd recently - had you noticed? The papers are reporting a rising in the numbers of clocks in the country, and lakes are apparently all the rage at tea parties, or birthday celebrations."

"No, really?" Kate was shocked, but Gilda said nothing. "Well, well. These people must learn to touch-type."

"Indeed. And your clock, Elo? Still using the same one?" Gilda gestured to the battered silver alarm clock on the kitchen table, which was looking rather worse for the wear.

"Oh, yes. It may not look like much, but it keeps me warm and dry, and that's what matters."

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This is an in-joke. Unless you have been blessed with this knowledge by either myself, SpookofNight or Elorithryn, this story won't make any sense, so I advise you not to post.

Just friendly advice, of course. You may pick it up after a while, though by that time it will probably have entered the realm of the ridiculous.

Mind you, anything with us in it, well ....

This is not intended to be serious. The idea is not to write is spectacularly. The idea is to make each other laugh - and perhaps a few unsuspecting readers. Remember that if you are rating.

Delorfinde

Glossary

Clock = Cloak
Window = Wind
Lake = Cake
Cake = Lake
Serenaded = Serrated
Rice = Nice
FLOORED = 'LORD' (My novel)
WALLED = 'Memory' (3rd in series of above novel. I did not name it that! Blame Elo!)
Burpday = Birthday
Procrastonize = Protagonize
Woogle = Google
Dive = Drive
Kitten=Kitchen
Anger=Arger
Tablet=Table
Sand Witches=Sandwiches (duh)
Cuplakes=Cupcakes
Fake=Bake
Foam=Phone
Farty=Party
Deer=Dear
Bug=Rug
Thinging = Thingy
Flapper=Platter
Steaming=Steering
Yellowed=yelled
Cyberpens=Cybermen
Knit=Hit
Bagel Fish=Babel Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy)
Resignated=resigned
Confuzzled=confused
Beat=beet
Impotence=Importance
Pool=Fool
Gasket=Basket
Spike=Pike
Green's Biscuits=Brown's Biscuits (ask Spook, I've no idea what they are)
Bid for=forbid
Curtain=certain

Other
Strag= non-Hitchhiker
Frood= Awesomely together kind of guy

Note:
If a phrase is in square brackets, i.e [hi], it's a little 'aside' from the author.

More coming soon

updated Dec 31 '11 by delorfinde