“They CAN be nice,” added Sleepyhead. “But only if you’re heteronormative and heterosexual. and the chances of them being nice are better if you’re East Asian. But only Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese, or Singaporean or Hong Kong Chinese. And you have to let them sleep in your bedroom. And you must have…”
As Sleepyhead continued with his litany of his relative’s demands, everyone began to doubt whether his offer was worth it. @akionna thought back to her own travails cleaning the house for her own family visits.
@nevarmaor began comparing his roster. Did he really want sleepy’s Seshat or Malosi that much?
Proteus fantasised about drowning sleepy’s relatives and pocketing the gems. After all the offer was only to let them stay somewhere…
… being the consummate host she whipped out her blender.
“Can I offer you a smoothie?”
Hu Tao blinked in surprise, then slowly fainted.
“What did you do? What did you do?” Proteus complained loudly, rushing to his friend’s aid and ineffectually wafting his hanky over Hu Tao’s contorted face. Then, looking down suspiciously, he realized that Hu Tao was … was … grinning ear to ear!
“All I did was offer him a beverage. I use green tea for the base.”
Gan Ju jumped out of the bushes. “Is there a panda available here? Hi Baby!”
Bai Yeong appeared. “No, she belongs to me!” @Pandita 's expression was a mixture of amazement and amusement.
While the two newcomers faced each other grimly, Hu Tao removed the hanky, looking sad.
But then cTibs appeared and started playing his guitar and Hu Tao sang a perfect interpretation of Aerosmith’s Crazy.
In the end everything was quiet when suddenly …
SamMe invited herself to @Pandita’s kitchen. “That smells delicious! It looks like you’re cooking more than one dish?” SamMe asked, looking at all the pots and pans Tea was using to cook.
While Proteus was desperately looking for his hanky, Pike suddenly stood next to @sleepyhead and looked very thoughtful.
“Wasn’t there a mission or something? And now we’re playing with teddy bears… And where does all this kitchen equipment suddenly come from? Oh, wait, what smells so good here? Are those fried bamboo shoots!?”
Pike left sleepyhead and floated to @Pandita when suddenly…
“Oh dear, they have sent poor Gan Ju to the taxidermist” exclaims @sft1965
And then responding to @Pike. “Well we were in Helsinki with the FTP rebellion. @Sleepyhead lead a strike powered by the super duper rocket launcher on the two towers which appeared to succeed. The devs found it hilarious and invoked code that rebuilt them in moments. Then, @SamMe transported us all to Budapest for @PlayForFun cake day (weeks) international buffet. Gluttonous behaviour ensued. @Pandita was disappointed by the lack of Bamboo and started cooking, enticing @SamMe away, introducing her to a Vegan world…”
@sleepyhead exclaims “this not @Photon, he has been kidnapped and replaced with a cardboard avatar!!!”
Toxicandra wails.
Proteus is still searching for his hanky. “maybe someone will get me a new one for Christmas?”
Hu Tao still looking vaguely mauve after the colour incident, takes notes.
@Rook is just sitting under a more superior chair than last time and says nothing but thinks, “at least they are all clothed, apart from poor Gan Ju” and remains silent…
“Did you know it was originally two cities? Buda and Pest?” @Pandita intoned sagely as she added spices to her cooking. “I believe they were on opposite sides of the river, probably launching stones at each other.”
“Hey!” interjected @nevarmaor. “Maybe that was the inspiration for E&P!”
@sft1965 furiously furrowed his brow. “Why would anyone call their city ‘Pest’?”
“Well, why would anyone name their city after a sausage?”
It is Budapest 
