Prompt Word: Fast
Minervie and Chip 9
The unusually tall, gossamer wight of a woman sat at Minervie’s kitchen table with a steaming teacup in front of her.
“Before you start, have you been to see Mindy yet?” Minervie asked.
Barbera, the Banshee (but never say it like that, she abhores the alliteration) replied, “No, she’s my next stop.”
“Oh, wonderful, I’ll invite her over, it should save us all some time, no?” Minervie left Barbera at the kitchen table without waiting for a reply.
From the den, Minervie could be heard, “Oh Mindy, come over, I’ve made tea and biscuits, and Barberas come by with her latest, I figure it’ll save us all some time. … Wait, let me move the hat rack. …” <scraping noises> " … Okay, I’m ready." <whomph> “Mindy, welcome, come in, come in.”
Chip could be heard running down the back hall calling, “Is Mindy here?”
“Yes, and so is Barbera,” Chips feet suddenly stopped, “so come say your hellos.”
Minervie and Mindy came into the kitchen. Mindy sat down, while Minervie grabbed a teacup. Chip’s head peered around the edge of the hall. “Hello,” Chip said meekly, and then ran fast back down the hall.
Barbera tried to pretend it didn’t bother her, and started to pull out some of the merchandise she’d brought with her.
Minervie remembered something, “Oh, do you have some good crucibles? I had to get one in town in an emergency, and it isn’t the quality of yours.”
“What happened?” Barbera asked, concerned about the emergency.
“Oh, Chip was trying to help and got distracted.”
“Get me the old one. I’ll just hand you a new one, you know I guarantee my wares. Mindy, do you need anything?”
“I think I need a new broom with a <mumble> handle,” Mindy said.
Barbera put a beach cruiser bike seat with a broom stick adapter into Mindy’s lap, “Only three silver.”
“Oh!” Mindy exclaimed, and pulled the coins from her bag.
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