PART TWO
Ariscille, er… “Professor Arina” scurried back to the buffet tables when it looked safe to. She bumped into a few things along the way: chairs, tables, garden decor, people… Being a human was taking longer to adjust to then she originally estimated. They were so tall! At least she’d stopped tripping as much, but she wasn’t sure she’d ever get used to their long limbs.
She wasn’t sure she’d ever get used to their rich human food either, and as she finally reached the buffet again, her heart sang in anticipation. This crazy party crashing idea of Tora’s had been worth it for the food alone. The people and conversation? Boring! SO dull! But the food? The tiny sandwiches with cream fillings, the roast duck with gravy, the miniature cheesecakes with fancy syrups… this was the best idea!
He’d shown up at her lab with it out of the blue like he usually did.
“What if we made a human tonic and snuck into those fancy human noble parties with it?!”
The sheer absurdity of it was really what sold her on it. Oh that Tora always has such fun ideas! Jekk would kill them if he found out, but he didn’t need to know…
The tonics were working great too—it was the longest lasting batch she’d made so far at two whole hours! It was damn fine work, but probably most definitely illegal. Tonics had time limits for reasons, it spelled all kinds of legal issues if someone could
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