Pluffina rocked slowly back and forth in her rocking chair trying her best not to stare at the pink baby deed siiting on the table before her. A watched pot never boils as the saying goes and she supposed that the same held true fer baby deeds as well. However it was so close to activating that she could scarcly keep her eyes off it!!
She couldnt understand what was taking so long!! SHe was so excited to meet her new baby. She looked around the house and did another inventory. She supposed she had everything she would need. From her Pooterhead skin baby blanket (ima miss that poor llama) to her exceptional baby bed crafted by Bob McForge she had done her best to cover all the bases. Now there was nothing to do but wait.
Poor Bob was going out of his mind. She could hear him upstairs pacing back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. She began to wish that they had taken out that additional insurance policy on him as the click clack of his boots on the floor was about to drive her out of her mind. She even caught herself paging through her spellbook for a paralyze spell but she thought better of it.
He was trying so hard. He had spent hours lovingly crafting the baby bed and had even muted his smithing hammer so she could concentrate on preparing for the baby. He was so nervous that he had even bought what he though was an ultra rare box of cigars from a spammer outside Brit bank. He was heartbroken when he found out that it was nothing more than a book with a clever title. 3 million gold down the tubes, guess that saying about money parting is true.
So there they were waiting, waiting, waiting. Finally Pluff couldnt stand it a moment longer! She jumped from her chair and called to Bob. "Im so over all this waiting Bob!" she exclaimed, "what are we gonna do?!"
Bob poked his head around the stairwell, wary of any flying objects which may be directed in his direction. "Well hunny we could always call a gm."
"You know yer right," answered Pluff decicively, "this is taking way too long and I need to vent my frustrations on someone soon or Ill blow my lid!"
So she walked over to the desk and penned a short note, tied it around her messenger birds leg, and instructed it on where to take it. The bird fluttered off and she sat back down again trying not to stare at the pretty little pink deed. She was sure she had made the right decision about paging the gm. Sometime baby deeds just need a little help activating is all. Nothing wrong with that. She got to thinking about watched pots again and decided to fix herself a cup of tea while she waited.
Well it wasnt long before she heard a knock at the door. Bob rushed downstairs and let thier guest in. Lo and behold it was none other than Hector Firebrand, Storyteller Extrodinaire!! (hey its my story il tell it how i want to!!) He neatly sidestepped Bob's attempts to politely ask him to leave and walked straight to the deed and picked it up. Pluffy's heart leapt into her throat and she demanded to know what he was doing!
"Oh im sorry Pluff," he smiled, "the gm's are all very busy today werking on the 4th year Vet Rewards today (yea right) and they asked me to come by and see if I could help out."
All the blood rushed from Pluffy's face as the bards werds slowly sank in. She heard a loud thump and turned to see Bob crumpled in a heap where he had fainted. Now Hec was a decent enuff fella she thought but how much could he possibly now about baby deeds? THere was no way she was gonna let him get his fumbling hands anywhere near her baby deed! She hadnt carried it in her pack fer 9 months (10 if you really think about it and count the weeks) just to let Hector Firebrand come in and mess it up at this point.
She stood and reached to snatch the deed away from him but he deftly switched hands and turned away from her. It was so much easier to get the best of him before he became young again and try as she might she couldnt seem to get her hands on the deed. Hector, however didnt seem to be getting the point and he calmly walked around the room, inspecting the deed, muttering to himself, and avoiding Pluffy's attempts to retrieve her deed.
"Ahh i see the problem here," said Hec, "there seems to be a problem with this deed." A problem? A problem?! Yes there certainly was a problem in Pluff's opinion but it was nothing that couldnt be solved with a well placed flame strike.
"No no dont worry Pluff," he said, "i can fix this." He reached in his pack mubling something about section C, and took the deed over to Bob's forge. Pluffy's eyes widened as he laid the deed out on the anvil and picked up Bob's biggest hammer.
She stood frozen in fear as he raised the hammer over his head and brought it down with a loud clang!
Silence filled the room until it was broken by a glorious sound. Her baby screamed loudly and her heart soared!! Bob slowly roused himself to conciousness and Hector passed the beautiful little girl over to her ecstatic mommy.
He smiled softly and walked out the door. Pluffy stared behind him dumbfoundedly. She looked at her perfect daughter and a tear crawled down her cheek. She wrapped it up in the pooterhead baby blanket and said a little prayer as she watched the newborn drift off to sleep. Finally she could rest.
