Dandy bearing gifts

[capture_eternity]

Dorian Gray enters from his world with a stack of parcels, and deposits them with the bar.

Among them are gifts for:

1. Kili -- a silver art nouveau comb that might read as 'elvish' to the dwarf's sense of style
2. Noriko Ashida -- a set of very ornate Imari tea bowls in a luscious brocade pattern and a note saying 'I got to 24 without having to fiddle anything!'
   
3. Alana Bloom -- a very lovely silk kimono with a large, ornate floral ornament, painted by hand on the entire garment
4. Nancy -- a roll of shiny guineas still valid in her time, wrapped up in a beautiful warm blue cashmere shawl
5. Athelstan -- a new-fangled fountain pen, with a slanted nib that will produce lines of different width depending on  angle, so the result will be very similar to a proper feather quill, plus an inkpot with black ink, and two vellum notebooks
6. Little!Rae -- a set of 1890s books re-telling Greek, Roman, Germanic and Irish myths, with lavish illustrations
   
7. Rae Seddon -- a set of lovely copper cake forms
8. Bossuet -- a large bottle of very superior gin, and a set of silver brushes with stylised art nouveau cats on it, obviously meant for brushing some luxurious, spoiled feline
9. Joly -- a brass microscope from the 1890s, with all the necessary glass slides and tiny tools
10. Tahno -- a silver teapot with slightly risqué neo-classical depictions of satyrs frolicking all over the main body of the implement
11. Jane Austen -- a set of quills, with an ornate inkstand
12. Ganymede -- a set of lovely wide sight-hound collars, in subtly different shades of blue, made of smooth leather and silk padding, for all the dogs
13. Guppy Sandhu -- "The Selfish Giant And Other Tales" by Oscar Wilde, bound in pale green linen, with contemporary illustrations
14. Autor -- a pristine first edition of Debussy's Suite Bergamasque, signed by the composer himself
15. Cecil Palmer -- a dozen pairs of bright purple silken socks, and a first edition of 'The Sign of the Four'
16. Jack Benjamin -- a copy of Teleny, bound in yellow silk with a damask pattern of orchids
17. Jason Todd -- a book from the 1890s about the potential technology of the future; even flying cars are already a thing
18. Morticia Addams -- a little venus flytrap in a gilded flowerpot
19. Eric Northman -- a helmet with horns on, probably purloined from a production of a Wagner opera
20. David Detector -- a bottle of apple brandy
21. Minx -- a fur stole
22. Ethan Chandler -- a bottle of really good whiskey
23. Master of Ceremonies -- a bottle of good absinthe, and a long coiled-up twisted bull-whip made from the skin of a whale's penis
24. Ellen Park -- a long, sharp, no-nonsense sword with a cross-shaped hilt

Comments

[guppy_sandhu]

Dorian gets a pretty box of hand made fudge from Guppy :)

[i_am_your_host]

A bottle of absinthe. Very nice.

A whip made of whale penis skin.



...What?

[patterns_bloom]

Alana gasps when she opens the package, plucking the kimono around the collar to draw it out. She rubs the cool fabric between her fingertips, amazed and confused by Dorian's gift. She sends him a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Don Melchor from 2010, and the following note:

Dear Dorian Gray, she writes, unsure of how to proceed. Thank you for your generosity. I'm not quite sure how to repay you, but I will think of something. The kimono is absolutely gorgeous, and I will treasure it, just as I treasure our budding friendship.

Yours faithfully,
Alana Bloom

[hot_water]

Tahno snickers at the satyrs. He has no idea why Dorian's getting him a gift, but hey, sure, he'll take it. The boy sends back four ornate teacups trimmed in gold with similar depictions of blue and green nymphs.

[herr_bookman]

Autor is stunned. He didn't think Dorian thought of him that highly, and a gift of music--autographed by Debussy himself!--is too thoughtful, too generous, and almost too much. The boy is floored, and he has no idea how to respond.

After some thought, he sends a basket with the following: multiple croissants of many flavors, blue gunfoot steak with truffles growing out of it, and a mini-croquembouche of somewhat slimy, orange-pink eggs--which will be the sourest food Dorian has ever tasted or ever will taste again.

Dear Dorian: Thank you for the composition! I look forward to playing it on the piano. My apologies for the giga ant eggs, though they should be a new experience. -A.

[myshootingstar]

Minx has been home for most of the holidays now that her leg is healing but she pops back in to grab a book she left behind and finds the gift. She can't help but smile, running her cheek against the lovely soft fur. "Oh Dorian, you sweet man."

She leaves him a quick note.

Darling Dorian, thank you so much! It's beautiful. Next time I see you (and if I'm healed enough to drive) I promise to take you for a lap around Thunderhead in one of the fastest cars of my time.
Yours, Minx.

[inspector_blueeyes]

David accepts the gift with a quiet inward smile. He returns the favour, leaving Dorian a bottle of Killepitsch.