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Teeka
The micro deer happily danced around the Clan caves, ringing their bells. Every time one of the dragons tried to catch one, it would dance away, thoroughly enjoying the game of chase. It actually took several hours before Duskshadow noticed the discrepancy in the amount of bells on each one..... and several more before the Clan realized with certainty that no, in fact, there were
not seven deer to be found, but only 6.
By the time Taliesin thought to use his music to enchant the deer and lure them to a food source where they would settle down, the entire day had passed, and the dragons of the Clan were quite exhausted--all except for the Nocturnes, who had slept through the whole thing, and two others....
Norberta hadn't even noticed the deer, as she was too busy trying to enchant the parchment she was working with. Having finally successfully managed to get it to react the way she wanted it, she attached it to a Storm Seeker, and sent it on it's way, completely unaware that her mischievous niece had already answered the Letters Prank the day before. The bookworm Ridgeback mage settled back, satisfied that the parchment would provide hours of frustration for any intellectually inclined dragon in the lair, as it claimed to show the way to a nice treasure, but would constantly change what it said in mid-sentence... unless it was tapped, and a certain key phrase was spoken. She wondered how long it would take before those who sent her the owls thought of using the phrase--and if they would bother to tell whoever else in the Clan got the parchment, or just enjoy watching the fun.
After sending the parchment she looked up, startled to see the rest of the Clan slumped exhausted on the ground. Noticing a grazing Micro Deer nearby, she wandered over and poked at its neck, fascinated by the tiny bells tied there, and by the fact that the deer was out of the pens where the Clan kept them. The Deer pulled away, dancing out of reach, and Norberta pursued it, still trying to swat at the bells.
Much to the horror of the rest of her Clan, the playful Micro Deer immediately abandoned their food and scattered in favor of this new game... all 6 of them!
Meanwhile, Flamecaster, who had realized early on that the Deer were a retaliation to his mate's Perfume Prank, had been working on his own answer for the other Clan.... all he had to do was find a nice object to hold it......
(Will post that tomorrow: Had to have Norberta's answer to the Owls, since she didn't know about her niece's Perfume Prank.)