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Animal-Balancing Contest (evening, FHT - first floor lobby)

Rory arrived in the lobby balancing a tank with a wee turtle in it against one hip, a box from J,GOB in the opposite arm, and a flying puppy on a leash leading her.

She tied Vladdie to the leg of a table, set Yoda's tank and the cake down, and looked around to see what she still needed to set up.

[~~Yes, even crack-addled ideas like this need OCD threads. Wait for 'em.~~ They're up, but play on the contest itself won't start until 5:30 EST.

ETA: And yes, it originally said it was in the afternoon. This is now set about 8:30 PM FHT.

SON OF ETA: You can eat cake now. Rufus is here!]

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"My feelings precisely," 'Herb' said. "If he's happy, then who needs riches? Money is not everything. Long as you've got your health, and a good center of gravity."

"And how is your health? And center of gravity, if it comes to that?" 'Mitzi' asked. "If I may be so bold, you're seeming quite chipper. Not, of course that I would have anything to compare it to, being as I have never seen you before in my entire life."

"I am feeling as well as one can for a Monday," 'Herb' said. "Certainly well enough to spend time with friends, if I was to have friends here. Which I do not, as I am a tourist."

"Had a little case of the Mondays myself earlier, but I'm better now," 'Mitzi' said with a smile. "Too bad you don't know anyone here, but as you can see we're fairly welcoming to strangers - especially ones with as fine a dress sense as yours. That shirt? Exquisite."

"Why thank you," 'Herb ran his hand down the front of it. "I am told it brings out my eyes."

"Certainly makes other people's eyes pop," she replied with a bit of a grin. "Er, that is, why yes, such a lovely shade of, what color are they again, dear?"

"Brown, my good lady," 'Herb' said. "Just like the good earth below. Not that I'm much for farming. No green thumb."

'Mitzi' checked her own thumbs carefully. "Nor do I, it seems. Which is lucky, as I'm afraid green might clash with my outfit. Besides, we Heffenpfeffers prefer to hire others to deal with any activities involving dirt or the like."

"Understandable," 'Herb' said. "I myself am in sales."

"Really? and what sort of a, um, 'line' are you selling? ~~Other than the obvious, of course.~~" she said looking very interested.

"Refrigerator shelving," 'Herb' said. "With a sideline in freezers."

"Now isn't that a coincidence!" Mitzi exclaimed. "Why, I was just saying to my Raoul the other day, 'Raoul,' I was saying, 'Our refrigerator shelving is horrendously out of date. There *must* be something more fashionable we can get for it!' What a stroke of luck running into you here!"

"How indeed fortunate!" 'Herb' said. He patted himself down as though looking for something. "I am sadly without my brochures, or I would sing to you the virtues of the ST-2000 model, fresh off the factory floor."

'Mitzi' looked a little taken aback. "Well, obviously we wouldn't want to talk business *here*. That would be a little crass, don't you agree? Although, if you did want to drop me by some of those brochures later, I would be very pleased to look at them."

"None about freezers, though. I'm not fond of them." She leaned in a little closer as if to impart something in the strictest confidence. "They keep the food very cold, you know. Like ice. Most inconvenient when you want to use something right away."

"You should talk to my pal, Rocco," 'Herb' said. "Do you a nice line in microwaves."

"Really?" she raised her eyebrows. "And these go right in the freezer to keep the foods from getting so cold?"

"Those would come after, to warm the food up," 'Herb' said. "Addmitedly I do not know the technical details of it."

"I'm not sure," 'Mitzi' said slowly. "I've already tried sweaters and mittens for the food and they don't seem to be particularly useful. Perhaps if this Rocco were kind enough to stop by he could explain it to me himself sometime. Is he an attractive man, this Rocco?"

"Not for me to judge, Mitzi," 'Herb' said. "He is as the good Lord made him."

"As are we all, Herb," she replied with a sigh. "Though it seems that the good Lord took a little more time with some of us than with others. You, clearly, he put a little effort into."

"Kind of you to say, Mitzi," 'Herb' said. "You are not difficult for tired eyes to look at either, if I may be saying so."

"Why, thank you, my dear. You may have just gotten an extra couple of sales of refrigerator shelving out of me." 'Mitzi' replied, fluttering her eyelashes. "Even if I need to buy a few new refrigerators to have somewhere to put them."

"It's a good investment," Mitzi. "Proper organization, buy in bulk - the savings pays for itself."

"I like the way you think, Herb. Like it a lot. One would almost think you'd seen my basement."

"I've seen 'em all, Mitzi," 'Herb' said. "You learn these things in my line of work."

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