Ritual

18th Jul, 2005 at 6:22 PM

Andrew leapt back from the counter with a squeal. But when the toaster danced across the counter again, he ran from the kitchen only to collide with Rachel.

Recovering her balance with practiced ease, Rachel brushed past and turned to glare at the appliance. She held up a bag of coffee beans. "Who loves you?" The bag vanished from her hand and Rachel blew the toaster a kiss.

Andrew looked at her blankly.

Rachel led him back into the kitchen. "Let me explain the ritual involved in getting a coffee without offending the Retjull demons that live in the toaster..."

open_on_sunday — challenge #121: inanimate objects
Part of the London!verse and the Wolf&Declán!verse

mood: amused
noise:the crew cuts — earth angel

Comments

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elen_ancalima

18th Jul, 2005 08:47 (UTC)

LOL! Brilliant. Thank God I don't have to do any rituals to get my cup of coffee ...

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redwolf

18th Jul, 2005 13:15 (UTC)

Rachel does have the Retjulls well in hand. She brings them offerings of coffee and they worship her as a demi-god.

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heckthecat

18th Jul, 2005 09:29 (UTC)

LOL! I love that! I don't really follow the Wolf & Declan-verse series you do, or much of what you write, being that I'm not familiar with the fandoms, but a cursed toaster is a universal thing. I, personally, used to regularly belittle and humiliate my toaster in hopes of keeping its morale low so it wouldn't subjugate any of my other appliances and take over the kitchen. I adore the image presented by this story ^_^

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redwolf

18th Jul, 2005 13:17 (UTC)

Nice to see you drop by.

The toaster isn't so much cursed as infested with small coffee-addicted demons. If you don't perform the correct rituals before raiding their coffee supply, they get tetchy.

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laridian

18th Jul, 2005 10:59 (UTC)

I just had a weird flashback to Real Ghostbusters cartoons. ^_~

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redwolf

18th Jul, 2005 13:18 (UTC)

I didn't see much of that, so I hope the flashback was good.

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moonbeamsfanfic

18th Jul, 2005 12:53 (UTC)

I wouldn't be the least surprised if Andrew and Rachel find they get along famously...

Love the blown kiss afterwards. That's totally something I'd do. ;P

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Typo: "Who do you love?"

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redwolf

18th Jul, 2005 13:20 (UTC)

I'm sure you have much geeky, researching joy. Or at least many adventures rescuing from the Retjulls.

Got the typo. Thanks!

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tinpanalley

18th Jul, 2005 13:40 (UTC)

So cute! God, Andrew is such a wimp!

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redwolf

18th Jul, 2005 22:34 (UTC)

In his defence, the Retjull demons in the toaster were having a lend of him.

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edenfalling

18th Jul, 2005 20:08 (UTC)

*snicker* Air-kissing toasters... what IS the world coming to?

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redwolf

18th Jul, 2005 22:35 (UTC)

It would look that way to Andrew, but Rachel is talking to the demons that live in the toaster.

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pheral

19th Jul, 2005 15:26 (UTC)

poor andrew, terrorised by a toaster. cool little fic idea.

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redwolf

19th Jul, 2005 22:36 (UTC)

Technically, the demons that live in the toaster, but they didn't show themselves to Andrew at the time.

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irishvampire13

19th Jul, 2005 21:00 (UTC)

Oh, dear. Caffeine-addicted toaster demons. That can't be all that good.

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redwolf

19th Jul, 2005 22:38 (UTC)

They were removed from a client's office and Rachel gave them a home in the kitchen. They like her. A lot. They do tend to catch out the unwary though.

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irishvampire13

19th Jul, 2005 23:17 (UTC)

Sounds like everybody's happy, then. Still, she might want to keep 'em on decaf, just in case. *grins*

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redwolf

19th Jul, 2005 23:32 (UTC)

Caffiene demons on decaf would be a bad thing. I may have to remember that for future use.

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