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Tolly looked at Onora; "Two empty shot glasses, and two shots of what she's having. I'll also need a piece of brunt toast, the blacker the better, and a butter knife." Tolly smiled at Ive; "I thought having something pretty to look at will help you get over what happened back there."

Tolly chuckled; "Perfect, thanks Onora, I'll need the carbon to take the bite out of what I'm about to make. First we start with Carnath's brew, half a shot..." Tolly tapped the side of an empty shot glass and it filled halfway, "add half a shot of Vaccinium virgatum extracted liqour, small flower blueberry's is the common name for it, and add a little more or less until you get a deep purple look. The lighter the color the less bite, the deeper the color hope your throat is made of leather, or adjust the next step.

Tolly pulled out a clean handkerchief and laid it over the empty shot glass. he took the handle of the butter knife and dipped it in the full shot glass he just made. He put this end in his mouth and his one eye twitched a bit. He grasped the butter knife properly and picked up the toast. "Now you can add the carbon directly to the drink, but you will need to filter it out into the second glass, but for the demostration i'll use the tea bag method."

Tolly shaved the black crusty surface of the toast until there was quite a lot on the cloth. "now if the first two parts mixed together made your tongue burn harshly for a few seconds, then add more, but never more then a 1/8 of a teaspoon." Tolly usd the blade of the butterknife to push the cloth into the empty shot glass and setting the knife down he picked up the edge of it to shake the particles down into the glass. He twisted the open end off smoothing it down until he had a tight ball. He carefully lowered it into the full shotglass. "One minute or less is all your need to leave it in for." Tolly pulled it out slowly and set the stained cloth on the plate beside the toast.

"On rare occurances, you get a little side show to this drink, and if you make it enough you know by taste and adjustments how to make it happen regularly." Tolly slid the drink into clear view and picking up the butter knife he tapped the side of it and the liquid began to turn orange.

He picked up the shot and poured half into the clean glass and slid half to the end of the table and the other he slid across to Ive. "The acid of the blueberry's adds to the harshness of the alcohol, the carbon diffuses some of the acid so its not terrible to drink, and its a little thing I learned when breaking the rules at home."

Tolly picked up one of the shots Onora brought and sipped at it. "I probably could have done it without the long winded demonstration, but i figured you might want to try it on your own sometime."

Tolly smiled; "I assure you its one hundred percent safe, though chasers are recommended, and you seem to harbor the first one rather well." Tolly made two more, and slid it across the table to her. He threw his back, and chased it with the normal drink he had been sipping from. Tolly's eye twitched for a minute or two; and exhaled with sort of a wheezing sound. "Mmmm, been awhile, and what you were drinking is not exactly lightweight either."

Tolly spoke up; 'Ive..Ive..." Tolly never seen that done before, and glossy as her eyes were he was generally concerned for her well being. He got up and moved over and sat down beside her, he took one of her hands and held onto it softly. "I'm right here, but you look to be in the clouds right now."

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Toole had been dancing for awhile and he took it to the next level by taking a step up in thin air, slowly progressing the dance upwards towards the Island.

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Jezabelle stuck her head out from the hallway just enough to see all who was there. She noted Onora coming out of the kitchen before going back in, and Jezabelle crept back into the hallway quietly to return to the room. She checked on the sleeping Akira, before climbing back into her own warm bed, and going back to sleep.

Tolly rolled his eyes; "There is nothing to be sorry for, that's why i moved over here, last thing i wanted was you to fall over, and hit your head on some hard surface." Tolly smiled; running the same hand through her hair; 'You want to go home and get some sleep, you've had a rough day, and i promise to be a perfect gentlemen."

Tolly got up and reaching in, his strong hand pulled her from the booth, and set her up on her feet. Not relaxing his support he maneuvered, and bending his legs and using another hand picked her up. The door opened on its own as Tolly walked through it, and turning to face it, the door closed by itself, and Tolly turned to carry Ive to her house.

Getting her inside wasn't the problem, getting her upstairs into her room wasn't hard, but obviously she wasn't going to sleep in her clothing. There was also the ever looming problem of if she needed to use the bathroom, that sort of thing is fine to do when its your wife, but someone your dating or trying to date. "Ive, will you need help getting into your night clothes, or do you need me to help you into the bathroom?"

Tolly sighed; "No you won't, you'll catch a nasty cold, and last thing I need is you with a hangover and stuffed up." Tolly pulled the covers down as far as he could get them, and moving her about on the bed gently he got the covers down far enough to pull them back up and over her. He tucked the covers in and fished a pillow underneath her head. He kissed her forehead softly; "Sweet dreams" Tolly walked into the library and pulling a book down returned to Ive's room to pull up a chair near the window. He read by moonlight, and what the lamp on the table gave out, set low so it wasn't so bright in the room.