FoD: Hangover? Who said those cures worked anyway 1/1
author: Cindy Brewer
time: July 7th 7 am
place: The Happy Soluvaki Deli

Cindy stumbled into the kitchen area of the deli and
leaned back against the wall quickly shutting her eyes
as the room started to spin.  The next time she was at
the Raven she was going to find that bartender and ask
what the hell that green liquid was. She now knew how
Nick felt when he came out of a flashback. Not fun.

Cindy jumped three feet as a loud metal clang reached
her ears. Wincing and placing her hands over her ears
Cindy opened her eyes and glanced wearily toward the
center of the kitchen. She found Spifff getting the
Deli ready for the breakfast rush.

Spifff spotted her and grinned. "Oh good you made it."

The room rolled like the deck of the Titanic and Cindy
reached out and grabbed the metal counter. "Is there a
reason I'm here at the crack of dawn?"

Spifff's smile widened. "The crack of dawn was two
hours ago, give or take."

"Spifff...."

"Too much to drink at the Raven party last
night?"Spifff inquired with a wide smile.

Cindy placed a hand to her forehead. "I only had one
drink....I think."

Spifff turned to the blender on the smaller counter
behind her and began putting various things in it. "I
have just the thing to cure that....old family
tradition."

Cindy raised her voice to be heard over the blender.
The thought of anything that resembled food or once
was food made her stomach do the tango. "That's okay
really...I just need some aspirin."

"Top drawer by the sink."Spifff replied not shutting
off the blender as she flopped a piece of spinach into
it.

"Thanks."Cindy replied gratefully as she crossed over
and opened the drawer. "I don't remember much of the
party after eight o'clock or so. Anything interesting
happen?"

Spifff nodded as she began to count inventory and
check what stock they had. "There's definitely
something weird going on."

Cindy smiled as she leaned back against the sink.
"It's a war."

"I mean werider than normal."Spifff corrected as she
pulled out a bag of flour.

Cindy swallowed a couple aspirin. "Please tell me this
isn't shades of war 8."

Spifff shook her head. "Nope, no alternate characters
but the main characters definitely weren't acting like
themselves last night."

Cindy raised an eyebrow. "Was it only vamps that
seemed to be affected?"

"No Tracy and Nat were acting weird also."

Cindy moved toward the center counter. "Maybe we
should tell Schanke to stay on alert."

Spifff began to make pancake batter. "Not yet....let's
gather some more info and find out what's going on.
For all we know somebody could've just spiked the
punch at the Raven."

"Okay."Cindy replied as she leaned against the counter
grateful that her head was pounding less.

"Oh speaking of which."Spifff commented as she put
down the whisk and turned back to the blender. She
took off the top and got a glass out of the cabinet.
Picking up the glass portion of the blender Spifff
poured a healthy portion of the purple concoction into
the glass and placed it in front of the FoD leader.
"Here you go. One guaranteed hangover cure."

"Why is it purple?"Cindy asked warily as she held up
the glass to eyelevel.

Spifff laughed. "Best advice--don't ask what's in it,
don't smell it, just gulp it down."

"If you say so."Cindy replied as she pinched her nose
closed her eyes and downed the glass in three gulps.

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