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It's a somewhat flustered and exasperated Bilbo Baggins that strides into the bar today.

You see, it's Bilbo's birthday. And while for many people this means cake and ice cream and games with the people you like best, lately Bilbo had found it means trying to placate every branch of his vast family by inviting them all round for tea and then bobbing up and down to serve while they wish him many happy returns and get crumbs in the rugs.

He's almost rather ignore his birthday than continue to put up with this nonsense. Almost.

Fortunately, one of his pantry doors opened to Milliways.

Bilbo now has different plans for his birthday, and they largely involve staying off his feet.

He climbs up onto a stool. "Ale, please," he says and gets out his pipe.

[tiny tag: Gilderoy Lockhart]

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"They're both delicious," says Bilbo, helping himself to some huckleberries.

"Maybe I should make some tarts soon," she says, eyeing the huckleberries. "There might be something to your question about a taste connection between blueberries and mint - just a hint of blueberry juice in mint tea is delicious."

"Oh, my," muses Bilbo, "like sweetening tea with cherries."

He eats another few blueberries. "I wager these taste good with that cinnamon, too."

"Very few fruits and berries don't taste good with cinnamon," Rae replies with a smirk. "Apples are the fruit most people would think of in conjunction with cinnamon, in my world. Apple pie is made with cinnamon-sugar and a flaky, buttery crust."

"Yes, I can see that."

He tries a few berries on a fork full of cinnamon roll.

"Mmm...."

She grins at his enthusiasm.

"Mr. Baggins, would it be rude of me to ask what you are? I'm afraid I've never met anyone who looked like you do."

"It's not rude," Bilbo says. "I've been asked before.

"I am a Hobbit, from Middle Earth."

"You're a Hobbit," she echoes in surprise, her look brightening. It's clear she's heard of Hobbits before.

(ooc: Must sleep. Slowtime?)

"Yes," says Bilbo cautiously.

[ooc: Yes. Good night!]

"I apologize for my surprise," she says, "I've heard of hobbits before, you see, but you're just the first I've met."

"Oh? There are Hobbits in your world?"

[ooc: Don't canon puncture him, please.]

(ooc: No worries there - LotR doesn't exist in her world. And it's not like I'd canon-puncture without permission anyway. That'd be rude.)

"No, but they were mentioned by someone I met here. I asked if he'd like a cinnamon roll and some tea - I feed people for a living, after all - and he asked if I'd met many hobbits."

Admittedly, Glorfindel's thought progression isn't the easiest thing for her to follow.

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"How very odd," remarks Bilbo. "Though we do, on the whole, care for tea."

"He looked rather pained at the thought of tea - must not care for it," she shrugs, wryly. "Coffee's the more popular hot drink, back home, but there was definitely an increase in our number of customers, especially in the afternoon, when I convinced my step-father the coffeehouse should also serve proper tea."

There are apparently more Albion refugees in New Arcadia than they had known about.

"I'm not familiar with coffee," Bilbo says. "If it doesn't grow in the Shire it's hard to come by."

"It's a darker, stronger drink than most teas," she replies, snagging one of the cinnamon rolls for herself. Baker's prerogative. >_> "Can be rather bitter - I don't drink it, myself. It's often used as a stimulant when people are tired, to keep them awake."

"Why would anyone want to stay awake when they're tired?" says Bilbo. "Naps are one of life's greatest joys."

Along with new clothes and second breakfast.

"I totally agree," Rae says, emphatically. Occasionally it feels to her like she survives on naps. "But sometimes people get tired when they still have a lot left to do, and need something to help them stay alert."

"I can't say I know what it's like to have anything that urgent."

"Work. Jobs. The cops and SOFs guzzle down coffee like it's water, half the time."

"Tea is my go-to for staying awake when I've got to be at work three hours before sunrise."

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"Ah," says Bilbo. "Yes. Work. I could watch people do that all day."

Sunshine laughs. "I know a lot of people who could, but I'm not one of them. I much prefer to be busy than have too much time on my hands."

Too much time to think tends to put her in a dark place, mentally, rather than the sun-bright creature here talking with a hobbit.

The day can be filled easily, really," Bilbo says. "Baking, walking, shopping, paying visits..."

"That's keeping busy, to me. But just watching people work all day sounds awfully boring."

And a bit guilt-inducing. She doesn't do idle well.

"If I happen to pass someone planting a garden or brewing beer, I enjoy watching for a few minutes," Bilbo admits. "Perhaps not all day."

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