Buffy's Basket of Potpourri, Musings, ask Buffy, etc Options

[Elisabeth Hollow]

Kayla laughed when Buffy threw herself at her. "Don't get lost in there. I can't afford to hire a team to get you out!" She nodded to each of the guests, but stuck her hand out to Jerric, grasping his firmly.

"Well met, brother." she said in Nordic. She then noticed the pictures.

"What is that...thing on the beach?!" She exclaimed. "That could eat a horker whole!" She sipped the wine carefully.

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Maxical

"Dearest Buffy, we could never forget you on your birthday, even the ones we can't meet." Maxical held Buffy tightly in a squeeze, then nearly jumped in excitement at Buffy's words.

"We can? Oh, I hope the men drink themselves to a stupor quickly, I can't wait to see all your new clothes!" She turned to Jerric with a laugh, calling across to him.

"Jerric, have you played the new drinking game that is all the rage in the Nord taverns? I learned it from my friend Eyja. I think of a word and you try to guess it. If you are right you have to down your ale in one gulp. Wait, or was that if you are wrong? Well, either way you have to gulp your drink. Guess what word I'm thinking of? Dear gods, you are right! How did you do that? Drink up, and let's play again! BWAAHAA!"

Maxical turned back to Buffy. "This will be wonderful, just like old times in Bravil. Remember how funny Delphine would get trying on clothes? I wish she could be here, I haven't seen her in too long."

Maxical curled back on the sofa with a sigh and relaxed smile, glancing between Buffy and Lildereth.

"Hannibal always said friendship is about wavelength, not frequency. He was right. To me it feels like too long between times when we are apart, but the friendship is always there the same as it ever was when we meet again. It is a feeling like coming home."

Just then the door opened and a tall red haired Altmer entered with an attitude that could only mean one thing. "KAYLA! Are you here all the way from Anvil?" Maxical sprang off the couch, tipping over a goblet of wine on the table. "Oops! Kayla, you have come!" She waited for Buffy to emerge before climbing on a stool to kiss each of Kayla's cheeks in salute.


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[Grits]

“A high elf who’s more Nordic than me!” Jerric exclaimed. “Wind at your back, sister. Now you’ve heard most of my North words. I’m from the Gold Coast.”

Darnand folded his hands in the traditional manner. “Well met, Kayla.”

Lildereth gave the tall elf a nod and a smile.

“Well,” said Jerric, grinning around at the circle of women. He wouldn’t mind seeing Kayla in one of Buffy’s skirts, but he couldn’t think of a polite way to suggest combining the drinking game with the changing of clothes. Maybe Darnand would come up with something. He raised his tankard. “In case I reach an early stupor, here‘s a glass held high to you, Buffy. They say friendship doesn’t need words, and I’ve gone and used a bunch already. So I’ll just say happy birthday and sit down next to the bread. Don’t worry. I’ll keep it safe.”

Lildereth rolled her eyes at him. “Happy birthday,” she said to Buffy.

Darnand lifted his goblet. “May you enjoy many more.”

[Elisabeth Hollow]

Kayla grinned. "Don't beat yourself up, Nord." She shot Darnand a wink and a smile at Lildreth. She raised her glass to Buffy.

"Happy birthday! May your arrows always fond their target! " She drank the wine down quickly. She then turned to Maxical.

"Come here, teeny Khajiit, and give me a proper hug." She bent her knees to bring herself to Maxical's height.

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Maxical

Maxical raised her glass of sparkling water. "Yes, a very happy birthday dearest Buffy, and to Aravi wherever she is may the sand always be warm on her feet."

She took the toast sip, then pounced on Kayla's invitation for a hug. "New friends become old ones, I hope you come every year when Buffy has her birthday gatherings. And maybe we'll meet in Anvil again soon."


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[Elisabeth Hollow]

"Of course! You'll have to come to my birthday celebration as well." She sat on a nearby bench and leaned back against the wall, crossing her legs. "I hope Aravi comes soon."

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Maxical

Maxical plunked down beside her on the bench. "I hoped too, but a courier arrived just before you came that said Aravi will not be able to make her party this year. When is your birthday celebrated? I will make sure to be there, wherever you celebrate it." She dug her elbow into Kayla's side. "Look, Jerric's eyes are drooping. Soon Buffy will let us see her new clothes. She lets me try hers on when we visit. I don't have any dresses, only pants and armor."


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[Elisabeth Hollow]

Kayla's face fell. "Oh. I'd hoped to see her this year. I missed her birthday last year, as we had only met recently. But there's always next year." Kayla let out a shriek of laughter when Maxical elbowed her. "Very ticklish!" She turned red and covered her mouth with her hand.

She cleared her throat and resumed her relaxed position, slinging her arm over Maxical's shoulder in a friendly gesture. "My birthday is the twenty-fifth of Last Seed. At least, that's the birthday my parents gave me." She leaned her head back against the wall.

"I don't have any dresses either. You can't do too much in a dress, and it gets me in trouble when there's alcohol involved. I stick to pants and that's that!" She laughed and pulled Maxical in for a side hug.

[Grits]

The friends drank a toast to the absent (and very missed) Aravi.

Then Jerric joined in the discussion. “Darnand has a lot of dresses,” he said, pointing at the Breton’s robe.

Darnand cleared his throat. “Nord, let us resume our dice game. Unless you are prepared to concede and pay up.”

“Ha!” Jerric could take a hint, once he had been smacked in the face with it. If they didn’t let the ladies get on with their girl talk sooner or later someone might spike his wine. “Elf, I’ll get us a room. That elf,” he clarified, pointing at Lildereth. “I might take a nap. And fear not, I’ll keep the Breton from brawling.”

“Jerric!” Lildereth called after them. He could hear the smile in her voice. “When you order your side of beef, send over some strawberries.”

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[Acadian]

Buffy grinned at her fellow mage. “Don’t worry about Jerric's teasing, Darnand. I still wear my University-issue robes sometimes for sleeping or rain when it gets cold. Even though I’ve had them tailored and enchanted to repel water, I still affectionately call the robe my ‘green bag’.”

Her face then turned serious as she lifted the hem of her skirt above her ankles and pointed to one sandaled foot. "As you can see, I cherish the butterfly toe ring of resist frost you gave me last year. It gave me the idea to enchant Superian's saddle pad in the same manner and is ever so helpful when we venture into colder climes." As the two humans prepared to leave, Buffy blew them kisses. “We’ll take good care of Lildereth.”

She then opened her several wardrobe armoires and looked at her sister wood elf encouragingly. “Lildereth, I bet anything in here will fit you perfectly.” Turning to Maxical, she said, “I’m sorry that none of my stuff has tail holes. If you find something you love, I bet we could modify it for you. Try some of it on.” Looking up at Kayla, she giggled. “Oh, I want to put all my long skirts on you so I can see what they’d look like if hemmed to the knees! And I'm sure I probably got at least one or two of Ardaline's dresses mixed in with mine from when she, I and Delphine last had a clothes party down in Bravil. Ardaline's beautifully elegant and statuesque so those should fit you perfectly!"

As she began pulling out clothes, Buffy added, “Oh, I almost forgot! Those three trunks are full of shoes and that cabinet over there is chock full of accessories like bracelets and earrings and things for our hair. More wine?”

[Elisabeth Hollow]

Kayla blinked at the incredible girlishness that flowed from Buffy's mouth.

"Ah, uhm, sure. I didn't have any female friends growing up, so excuse me if I seem a tad modest. I've never even heard of...clothes changing parties." She giggled and cleared her throat. She picked up a piece of potato bread and washed it down with a glass of wine.

"Oh wow, this is delicious! Maxical, tell S'jirra she is a GENIUS!" As she finished her second glass of wine, she gave Buffy a thumbs up signal. "Alright, I think I'm ready to take my clothes off in front of a bunch of women!" She laughed hard at her own joke.

[Acadian]

“Hee!” giggled Buffy. “Part of my name comes from my parents' inability to keep clothes on me when I was no higher than your knee. ‘Little-in-the-Buff’ sort of became ‘Buffy’ – or Boofy as you say. Gosh, it was after my mother died and I was nearly thirteen before my red-faced archery master, Daenlin, finally convinced me not to automatically drop my clothes at every stream or waterfall while we were hunting.”

She kicked off her sandals. “I have so many clothes, I forget all what I have so it's great fun to try them on – especially with friends - just to remind me what I have. So the rules are that when you take something off, you can’t fold it or put it away, you have to toss it up in the air. If all goes well, between the clothes and the wine, we’ll all wake up in the morning in terribly mismatched outfits, foggy heads and clothes carpeting the entire floor!”

With that, Buffy pulled the peasant blouse she wore over her head, tossed it at Maxical and began digging through one of the armoires. Then she paused and turned back to Kayla. “You know, not everyone's as immodest as wood elves. When I change clothes on the street, I use an invisibility spell so those around me don’t go all gawky. Would you like me to cast such a spell on you as you change?”

[Elisabeth Hollow]

Kayla laughed. "I appreciate that, Buffy. Please do. I have a few tattoos I'd rather not explain."

[Acadian]

Buffy recalled seeing the upper portion of what looked like a large scar that descended into Kayla’s blouse back in Anvil and suspected the Altmer’s reluctance had more to do with that than tattoos or modesty. Regardless, she was glad she had made the offer to ease Kayla’s awkwardness. Filling her small hand with emerald magic, she said, “When I touch you, the invisibility will last for several minutes. You can dispel it early if you wish just by opening a drawer or such. Trying on clothes and sipping wine, however, will not dispel the effect.”

With that, Buffy smiled and touched the taller elf on one arm, releasing a shroud of invisibility that engulfed Kayla from her auburn hair right down to her feet. “I can’t wait to see what you’ve gotten into when you become visible again! Oh, and I hope you’ll help me try on your armor later.”

[Elisabeth Hollow]

"Thank you." Kayla pulled her armor off and set it in the corner. "It's smelly, so do so at your own risk." She chuckled. She saw a gorgeous green blouse that was a little too low-cut for her tastes, and settled on a modest blue dress with short sleeves and golden embroidery around the rounded neck. She kicked off her boots and sighed in relief.

"I wonder what else dispells invisibility." She grinned devilishly and tossed a pillow at Maxical's face, then another at Lildreth.

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Maxical

Maxical hugged Kayla back. "I'm sorry, I'll try to remember so I don't elbow you again. I get in trouble all the time even wearing armor, and don't even drink alcohol...huh? Did someone mention strawberries?" She made her hands look like telescopes at her eyes and trained them in on Jerric, making a fake cought to catch his attention and drawling out her words.

"KA KA! Uuuh, yea-yuh. I'll take some too if you're offering."

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Maxical had already dropped her armor on the floor and was standing fully nude when Kayla mentioned her embarrassment. She flushed bright red, and grabbed up the dropped cuirass, holding it up in front of her. "Oh, I'm sorry, Kayla."

Buffy's peasant blouse struck her in the face, followed by a pillow from Kayla that she dropped the cuirass and caught before it hit.

"GAAAAH!" Maxical cupped her hand over her mouth and made her voice echo like the Arena announcer's.

"Aaaand we have MISS Boofy leading the round with a peasant blouse to the face, followed by Kayla using the old 'Pillow Surprise' trick...oh Buffy, this is exquisite!" She broke off the clowning and pulled a soft white snow outfit from the wardrobe.

"It's the same color as me! Can I try this on? Oh, Lildereth, this would look so beautiful on you!...Holy cow!" Maxical made her hands into telescopes at her eyes again and trained them in on Lildereth's breasts, then circled around with them till they landed on Buffy's.

"Geez, you guys. Where was I when the gods were handing those things out?" She put her ears straight up, pointing just the tips of them out to the sides while making her tail into a dancing 'S' shape. "All I got was ears and a tail."

Maxical cupped her hand over her mouth and made her voice echo like the Arena announcer's again. "And for Lildereth we have a stunning green dress, or rather a green dress she will look stunning in." She carried the dress over to Lildereth.


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[Grits]

Lildereth skinned off her clothes quicker than a Nord could wink. “I’ll get all the way dry before I try anything.” She combed warm air through her hair with one hand while she wielded her wine goblet in the other.

Maxical’s antics made her laugh out loud. She stuck out a hip to bounce Kayla’s pillow away. “How’s that for a tail? I didn’t even spill my wine!” A glance into the goblet revealed that it was already empty. “I’d love to try that green gown! It’s my favorite color. Will you try the white one, Maxical? I’d love to see it on you! Buffy, do you still have that vest you wore at the Red River Gorge?” A flush heated her cheeks. “And I can’t wait to play with your hair. Kayla, that blue is gorgeous on you! Redheads are so lucky.” She took a deep breath. “By the Bones, I don’t think I’ve talked this much in months!”

[Elisabeth Hollow]

Kayla laughed, finding herself less embarrassed. "It's alright, Maxical. I'm alright with others' nudity, just not my own." She flung another pillow at Maxical. "I didn't get much in the breast department either. It went all to my rear. I don't think I'll fit in many skirts." She let out an embarrassed laugh.

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Maxical

Maxical gaped at Lildereth. "I'd give anything to be that graceful! I can spill just thinking about moving. And how do you dry your hair without setting it on fire?" She pulled on the white outfit and preened in front of the looking glass.

"Oh Buffy, you didn't get this one in Cyrodiil. It is for snow, right? It is beautiful." She caught sight of Lildereth in the looking glass and spun around.

"Oh Lildereth, I knew that green would look perfect with your coloring. You look breathtaking! I can't wait to see that vest on you, wouldn't that make Jerric's eyes pop! That wouldn't look right on me, I'd look like a boy in girl's clothing wearing it."

She grabbed Kayla's arm before she could disappear again. "Wait, I want to see the blue dress on you...oh, Lildereth was right! Blue looks spectacular on you!"

Maxical pulled the white outfit off, turning to Buffy. "What color would look good on me?" She caught the pillow Kayla threw laughing at what she said. "Try having a tail there."


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[Acadian]

Buffy looked down. “I guess I’ve grown a tiny bit there the last couple years. And my hips too. Elves are late bloomers you know. But I can still see my toes!” She pulled on a pale blue silk gown that felt delicious as it slipped over her skin. “Maxical, is that beautiful red your natural hair color? I mean you can see with Lildereth and I that our drapes match the carpet, but with your white fur down there it’s hard to tell. And you know, Delphine is really the fashion diva, but for my two septims, you look like a sea of white in that dress you have on. I think you’d look stunning in one of my red ones.”

Buffy dug around in one of the wardrobes. “Here, Lildereth. This is that open front buckskin vest with the faded pink sash, but I’m with Maxical; I want to see you in that emerald gown. Oh, and you can put my hair up later, if I can style yours down over your shoulders. It’ll be nice to work with the hair of another Bosmer who understands about our ears. And Maxical, here’s another vest that’s laced up the front and bares your midriff. I bet would it look nice on you. Especially with a belly chain.”

She looked at Kayla, pursed her lips and let her breath out noisily in admiration. “Gosh, dark blue is sure your color! With the slightly flared cut from the waist it fits you quite well. With those great legs, don’t worry about it being short. I think there's a gold circlet inlaid with a sapphire in that middle chest that would really finish the look."

Buffy glanced in the mirror and wrinkled her nose while smoothing own gown and trying to see what the back looked like over one shoulder. "Does this one make my butt look big? I sort of like how the pale blue color matches my eyes, but it doesn't leave much of my shape to the imagination."