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Zheng Mikhaila aka Zing gasps as Shalimar pulls her along "This is your chance for the big leagues ,Kid. "

"But I want to work smaller stages!" She protests

"Nonsense" He puts a jester cap on her "Now remember my finder's fee"

"What the furk is going on here?" A voice says down the hall. Nockerisms have been learned by Kylie

"I'm going to be a STAR" Zing shows a poster

It has a pose of a winged woman in an Uncle Sam hat pointing

Kylie looks at Zing, then eyes Shalimar. THen looks at the poster again

"Her legend awaits!" Shalimar declares!

The nocker takes the poster and BOPS Shalimar on the ehad with it "No"

"But Nocker Dearest!" Zing protests

"Hell no" Another bop, this time on her friend's noggin "you aren ot rushing off to some new hold without support. While UNSAINED... "

Zing mutters "Well...postered boarded is a war crime you know.."

"Fear not, Fellow Pooka. I am well armed with the deadliest of self defense methods!" The Skunk pooka flutters his black and white tail "So enguarde"

Kylie's eyes narrow "And I have a caulking gun. Whatever prank you're trying, it wont' be worth it"

Shallimar goes "Touche!" And turns to Zing "Kid, you're on your own..." And scampers off.

Kylie says "Come on, I know you love being a changeling but you can't go along with everhything, Zing. "

"Yes, Warden" Zing sighs

"And STOP calling me that" The nocker grouses

(End scene)

At the Barn, there is SLOTH.

The Bird was conquered.

Many potatoes mashed and slain.

Stuffing AND dressing. (Cornbread and sage)

Sweet potatoes (with marshmallows)

Biscuits and butter and gravy and sweet corn and Dagmar-insisted-upon-canned-cranberry-sauce.

Even CJ looks stuffed

Apple pie, and pumpkin pie, and pecan pie, and red-ribbon "Pup"kin cookies.

There just might be a snoozing pooka amidst the trolls.

On the TV, a Scarecrow sings of his desire for a brain.

Tove sings along nwo and then, she just can't help it...albeit a bit sleepily

"Pretty sure I died." Content.

Jaymes is on a big ass recliner.. Mumble grrff ("Pretty sure its your turn to be alive")

Tove humphs "You're both lucky to be alive. I'm going to have a chat with Olgar if he's going to start waking folks at oh my god in the morning for fights with balor on the trods"

But she soon goes back to singing

"Mmmph" ("Jealous?")

"Of having thallian try to stab me and getting thier blood all over me?" SHe scoffs "As if"

Chuckle from Jaymes ("She's a LITTLE jealous")

"Hey, I did the laundry."

"Yes you did, thank you" She says "now who wants to take out the garbage?"

Jaymes shares a look with Dagmar as if to say ("Why is she making liars of us by putting 'want' in there?")

"CJ. Kid's gotta start pulling his weight around here."

CJ burps, or at least releases gas

Jaymes chuckles again. Then rises "I got it."

"Thanks"

"Thanks, honey" Tove rewards him with a kiss before. He will be stinky after until he washes his hands

And he goes out.

Tove looks at her daughter "I can't believe your father invited you along. There was a time he would have been too worried for you"

"Glad he did. I got to help."

"Balor, like, don't even try to pretend to not be bad guys."