Justicar and Frank stare hopelessly into the empty box (which had
previously contained consumables that had been consumed).

	"Well, who says we need adult beverages for a party?" mumbles Frank.
	"I do," mumbles the Archbishop.
	"Perhaps someone else will supply, then."

	There is a faint tearing noise as Pillowspace is cleaved open and
Shouryu steps into the room.  "Happy Birthday, guys!" he exclaims.
	"Majordomo!  Glad to see you made it!" smiles Justicar.
	"And it looks like you brought-" Frank's statement is cut short
as there is a sqeal from another part of the room.  The three CoN Artists
turn to see Harley dashing towards Shouryu.
	"Shour-hon!  I'm so glad you could make it!" she exclaims, leaping
into the arms of the musician.  "Any celebration is betta when your
around, you know."
	"Um, Hi Harley," mumbles Shour.  "Um, Jus, didn't I tell you to
take care of this?"
	"I'm no dictator, Shou.  You know that.  She has a mind of her
own, and when women like her see what they want - "
	"Yeah, yeah," sighs Shour.
	"Now - what I wanna know is, what's in the box?" inquires Frank.
	"Aha - the box! Open it, you guys."
	Justicar picks up the box and takes the top off.  A pillow
immediately appears and bops him.  "How nice," he murmurs.
	"Figures he'd bring us a box of bops for our birthday," grins
Frank.
	"Not just a box of bops - it's a transportable gate to Pillowspace
that we'll use for the party," explains Shour.
	"Whatcha need somethin' like that for, hon?" asks Harley.
	"May I set you down?"
	"Do you have to?"
	"If you wanna know."
	"Harley," orders Justicar, "get off him."
	Pouting, she complies.  With his arms now free, Shouryu reaches
down into the box, and like a magician's hat and rabbit, he produces a
case of Sam Adams Cherry Wood Ale.  "Taaaadaaaa!"
	"Sweet!" exclaims Justicar in Cartmanistic fashion.
	"Okay - NOW we party!" grins Frank.

*KC and the Sunshine Band's 'Get Down Tonight' begins to play...*

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Hey, will someone kill those two newbies for me?  Geez...and how the hell
did we get a hotmail newbie, huh?

Where's Aoi when you need him?

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
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"Drinking until you throw up - just how old _are_ you?" - Ryoji Kaji
"Old enough to regret it." - Katsuragi Misato