Title:    Puer Les Cousins, or ... You did WHAT to the Limo??? (1/1)
Authors: Cousin Shelley and Arletta Asbury
Faction: Cousins
Time:  Sunday Evening
      Immediately after "Cousins Come Calling, or ...
              Multi-Speciesism Forever"
Date:  Sunday, July 15, 2001
Disclaimers: All participants used with permission


Getting back into the limo after the UF party, the cousins were
relieved that the UF had chosen not to retaliate -- other than to
let them know, that they knew who had attacked them.  Most of the
Cousins were still a little wary, but even Celeste had relaxed a bit.

"I can't believe they wanted my *signature*!" glowed
Deborah happily.

Brandi smiled at her and said, "I wonder how they knew
you did the mural?"

Tser looked up and said, "or how they knew it was us
that pulled the attack at all?"

"I know nothink!  Nothink!" said Cousine Celeste in her
best Sergeant Schultz imitation.  Everyone stared at her
wondering just *what* she meant.

"I can't believe they let us out of there that easily,"
commented Tok, looking around nervously.

There were murmurs of agreement as everyone took a fast
look around inside the limo.  Nothing seemed out of place, and
several sighs of relief could be heard as the limo pulled away.

Gandalf, the vamp-kittie leader, had apparently decided
that this was the proper time to introduce himself to Janette
in LaCroix's body.  Jumping into his lap, he looked up and
said, "meow."

Janette at first looked startled, then *upset* when she
realized that cat fur was clinging to her impeccable suit.
Brushing the cat hairs off quite suddenly, she knocked the
unsuspecting Gandalf to the floor near the back where some
lumpy parcels, previously overlooked, were tucked under a
blanket. A strange growling noise could be heard coming from
*whatever* was under there.

Six cousins and one vampire in the wrong body all looked
at one another, fear growing on their faces.  Carefully,
Tser pulled the blanket off and saw three small cages beneath.
Bending down, she suddenly relaxed and put her fingers through
the nearest cage saying, "Oh Hi!  I've been missing you!"

At that point, some feet stamping could be heard from within
the cages.  Then some hissing sounds.  The five cousins not
bending over the cages were becoming frantic.

"What is in there, Tser?"

"What's making those noises?"

"What do the noises mean??"

"Oh, don't worry, skunks make those noises when they are
frightened or feel threatened.  They do that before spraying
because ... STOP THE LIMO!," she suddenly shouted.

In an instant three things happened, the limo stopped with a
lurch, six cousins and a vampire sprang thru the opened doors,
and an odd sound reached their ears followed by an even worse
smell.

"S-s-spraying?" Shelley asked unnecessarily.

"Spraying," confirmed the Cousine.  She'd had experience with
skunk-juice when her cat Scully had tried to adopt a baby skunk
as her new kitten last year.

"Phew," Deborah said, fanning herself.

"EEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!  It stinks!" said Brandi.

Then four *extremely* smelly vamp-kitties emerged.

"This is disgusting," Janette in LaCroix's body said to the
group.  "I'm going to ... bathe."  She flew off into the
night faster than the cousins could see.

The vamp-kitties, looking rather disgusted themselves, flew
off to follow her.

Looking around, Shelley saw they were outside of a bar.  Normally,
she didn't frequent bars, but she was pretty thirsty from their
close encounter with the skunks.  She looked at the sign hanging
from the bar, and gasped.  The letters were white on a black
sign and read "Le Pugh".  After attacking with skunks, then being
skunked back in the limo moments before, it seemed hysterically
funny to the cousin and she began to giggle first, then laugh
loudly.

The others all glared at her, failing to find the humor in an
undrivable limo and some interesting odors all around.  Then,
one by one, they looked up at the sign Shelley was pointing to
and began to laugh themselves.

"Hey, I could sure use a drink after all this, anyone else?"
Shelley giggled.

Heads bobbed up and down in agreement.  Tser, getting a
mischievous look on her face, ducked into the smelly limo and
retrieved one of the cages holding a spotted skunk.  The other
cousins gave her a wide berth as they entered the establishment.