Mama eda AU 2.0

Elsewhere and Elsewhen 2.0

Few days later.

Luz looked up from the book she was reading and looked at the echo mouse running in his wheel. "You and me both, buddy. I can't figure out what I messed up when I made that ding-danged door."

There was a knock at the door and Oswald poked his head in with a drink in his hand. "Kiddo? You wanna come down?"

"Not now, I'm busy!" Luz added another note to the cork board, which was already covered with notes about the portal.

"Oh. That's too bad," Oswald said slyly. "I was hoping you wouldn't miss the party."

"Party?" Luz looked up from her book. "What party?"

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Hooty clinked his glass with a spoon and said, "It is so nice to be surrounded by all of Lulu's dearest friends!" Lilith sat on the couch surrounded by Gwendolyn, Morton, Lilith, Steve, Eda, King, and Tiny Nose. There was also another woman Hooty did not recognize, but Lilith claimed she was a friend, and any friend of Lilith was invited to Hooty's party.

"Yeah!" Steve cheered. "All hail Lilith!"

Hooty continued, "We're here to celebrate the new assistant curator of the Supernatural Museum of History. Here's to you, Lulu!"

Everyone raised their drinks. "Cheers!"

Lilith accepted everyone's toasts with an awkward smile.

Luz came downstairs and saw the party. "Hooty! Did I miss the toast?"

"Yes, but not the 'app-pellet-tizers'." He handed Luz a plate of owl pellets. One of them was still moving. "You want a- There's an extra one. I'm working on it."

Luz quickly declined the offer. "No, no, no! That's okay. Uh, where's Lilith? We want to congratulate her."

She got her answer when a whip grabbed one of the owl pellets and flung it into the hand of a short witch wearing a small pair of glasses, a purple tunic, khaki pants and long boots. The witch put the whip away and said to Lilith, "Oh, I wish I could stay longer, but I must be off on my next adventure. It's such a delight to see my little bookworm back in the historical world after all these years."

Lilith said, "Uh, thank you, Flora, but it's just a small job. Only an assistant. I'm surprised you even heard about this."

"The Emperor wanted to make sure you weren't getting into any trouble. And to clear out your office. I left a box of your knick-knacks inside. Wish you took more from my tutelage, dear. History's supposed to be exciting after all!" Flora then used her whip to grab onto a passing griffin's leg and flung herself upwards before landing on the griffin's back and flying off.

Luz was in awe. "Who was that?"

"Flora D'splora. Bad-girl historian, celebrity, and my formal mentor in the Emperor's Coven."

"I have questions about that name."

"And I have questions about MY LIFE! All I ever got to do was desk work, while she goofed off riding wild snake horses and-"

"SNORSES!" Luz said with wide eyes.

King groaned. "No name merging."

Luz stuck out her tongue and went, "Pppppppbbbbbbbttttttthhhhh!"

"Well."

"-and, and eating mummy jerky!" Lilith ranted on, not paying attention to what her nephew and Luz were doing. "Well, I can be just as exciting as Flora. I'll come up with an exhibit that'll knock the Titan's socks off!"