Category: Borrowers

Blue on Blue...

1/18/2022

As the Baron and Dowager are taking home the book they borrowed from Atian's library to study, I thought this might be a good time to reveal a little about my new 'borrower' Arnie (or Armina when she is in BIG trouble).

To begin with, I am not a big music trivia person. I might be able to come up with a singer's name or a name to a song but never together which is why I find it funny how sometimes my characters talk to me through music.

Arnie is going to have blue accents as she is neither pyksee nor eemp but maybe a little bit of both (but don't tell the pykees or eemps that as they would feel insulted to be considered in any part a 'borrower'). As I am painting her nails, the song 'Blue on Blue' by Bobby Vinton popped into my head and yes, I had to look it up (*lol). The only the words that kept flying around in my head was the one line - "blue on blue, I can't get over losing you".

As I thought of my little "borrower" I wondered what could be worse than "borrowing" something, feeling the excitement of gaining it running through one's veins, and then to have to lose it when having to either swap it or return it? Remember, the Borrowers never steal for gain but 'borrow' things for knowledge and the bling (*lol). Now Arnie has her theme song!

What's next? Getting Arnie out of the kiln - but before she goes in for her final firing - I want to make sure that her "looks" will go with her wig and eyes... and hopefully, after all of this hard work, she will be revealed in the way she wants to be when she comes out of hiding.

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The Winter Solstice Party...

12/21/2021

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"Leave it to Hunter to be unpredictable. Here we should be having a little tea party and he turns it into the event of the season," growled the Dowager as she rode in a coach on the way to the Winter Solstice event. "Discussing the finding of a Dragon tablet doesn't make this meeting with Hungry any easier either. Now everyone will want to see him!

At least the King sent one of his Nytemares to pull my coach." As horses are few in the Realms, when a Nytemare is willing to take you somewhere - it is only because they wanted to or the Shadows' Realm King commands them to. Griselda was being given an extra treat, being able to ride in one of the King's coaches. "It is nice not to have to walk," she thought. "But he still is going to get an earful about this!"

As the Dowager traveled and was going over in her mind what she was going to say to the Shadows' King, little did she realize that the coach was being watched. Actually, all approaches to the King's castle were being watched! But by whom (or what) is the real question.

Each of the other Kings had their minions out scouting for any clues to the secrets of the Dragon tablet but as of yet, no one had seen the Borrowers. Drat had several of the Troll King's minions watching the trails through the forest (and of course following the Gooblin King's minions) while the Gooblin King had his minions watching the Troll King's minions. He had even put his mechanical bird to the task as it was to continuously fly over Hunter's castle to watch for any unexpected arrivals.

But with all of these minions on the lose, no one thought to check with Meen to see the invited guest list. Of all the guests she had delivered an invitation to, one was skipped over... No, it was not Hungry (as he had already arrived the day before the party so he could visit with Meen and see the Nytemares). It wasn't Snoop who already was sitting next to the entrance doors to the ballroom so he could keep a list of all of the attendees for the morning edition of the Bellwether.

Neither was it The Gooblin King and Troll King who were trying to be polite to each other (and it was killing both of them).

Nor was it the Baron who was presenting the Dowager to the Shadows' King while trying to hide his grin since he knew how mad she was that her little private tea party plan had become a huge event. It seemed everyone who was someone was there except... the Borrowers!

Now, why Meen had not added them to the invitation list would probably be based on the Borrower's history. Anytime a Borrower showed up anywhere, they had the habit of 'borrowing' something. It was worse at parties! So much bling and things to see, that they just could not keep their hands in their own pockets. Forks, knives, spoons, small furry animals, even shoes were known to have disappeared when the Borrowers appeared. (Most instances the items were returned eventually and in some cases even something better had been left behind as in the one instance when a glass of milk had disappeared but in its place was left a milk cow - even if the cow was someone else's, the fact that something better had been left cannot be overlooked.)

It didn't take long before everyone realized (as nothing had gone missing still) that one of the main reasons they had decided to show up for the party wasn't there! No Borrowers which meant no Dragon tablet. Yes, there was a real Dragon, and usually that would have been something of a spectacle, but this group wanted to see what all the hullabaloo was about regarding this newest find... or at least what the latest gossip was about. Since it wasn't here soon the guests started to make excuses as to why they needed to leave (but not until after filling their pockets with food from the buffet tables).

As the party dwindled down to just the minion staff and the few guests who had really wanted to just attend a party, Hunter lead Griselda, Hungry, and the Baron into a small sitting room for a quick private discussion. "It appears that the race is now on for who finds out what is on the Dragon tablet first," said the Shadows' King to the others as they sat. "I know this is not what you were expecting Griselda but I needed to know what you know about it."

"What tablet?" Hungry asked, but before Hunter could answer the Baron said, "This tablet that might have untold power." As he continued, Hunter only nodded his head affirming the Barons chilling words. "Hungry, some rulers are benevolent and just, while some are looking to expand their treasury or reputation. There are some who quest for more knowledge or power and some want to change things to be the way they want them to be. Several here tonight attended so they could see the Dragon tablet and had hoped to learn something that the others did not know. Since the tablet wasn't here, each is now heading to their realm to start the race to see who can find the Borrower with the tablet and get it for themself."

"A race you say? asked Hungry looking at the Shadows' King. "Are we in it?"

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A Borrower Starts to Appear...

11/16/2021

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A little bit about the Borrowers as one begins to take shape in the hidden region of my craftroom. The Borrowers have always been able to go back and forth between the Shadows and the Villagers, but they also can go into the other "domain" where the Outies rule. Even with all of this traveling, few have ever really seen one. Oh, they are talked about and people know they are real, but what they look like is mostly a mystery. But why?

Borrowers are often mistaken for Gremblins (they are distant cousins to what Outies call Gremlins but with one major difference - Gremblins never destroy anything or cause harm like Gremlins do, they only change the appearance of things making them harder to find) which the borrowers find humorous as they have no problems letting the Gremblins mistakenly take the blame for often a Borrower's actions. I mean who else takes the sock out of the dryer or moves the glasses or keys when one knew just where they had left them. But remember, a Borrower always replaces what they 'borrow' with something else or they return it if another thing catches their eye before they move on.

Borrowers don't use their magic to get in and out of places. They think that by using magic it is somehow cheating and lowering their 'borrowing' skills (which they are most prideful of). The thrill of the 'borrow' is being able to find a way in and out without anyone else knowing (that and maybe having someone else blamed - that is considered the perfect 'borrow' to a Borrower).

The Borrowers have several keys to all the portals they use (like the Brownies) which give them the ability to go back and forth between any place and dimension - but one key has been denied to them for many eons. It is a key of legend known to the Borrowers and they have been on the lookout for it but have never found it. Many have followed the clues to where it might be found but no Borrower even knows what the key looks like for sure. Was it a skeleton key, a padlock key, or maybe something different - like a key word?

Now that they have recently found a tablet written by the Dragons their hope is renewed that maybe it will lead them to the key! One small problem... they can't read it. Okay, maybe two small problems - the Borrower who will soon take shape has a thought - maybe their thinking has been a skewed? Maybe instead of looking for a "key"... maybe the "key" is something else entirely - maybe even a little Wish Dragon???

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The Minions Meet...

11/9/2021

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Tap! Tap! Tap!... went the gavel on the stone podium. Tap! Tap! Tap!... but with everyone talking, yelling, screaming, and arguing, nobody heard the minion standing behind the rock podium tapping the small wooden gavel she held in her hand. Realizing that it was not working, she reached down and pulled up a larger metal hammer five times the size of the little gavel, lifted it high above her head and slammed it down on the rock several times.

Each time the hammer hit the stone podium a loud booming noise rang out, reverberating throughout the enormous cavern chamber that all the other minions were in.

Quickly the loud roar of the minions quieted and soon all eyes were watching her as she threateningly bounced the hammer in one hand while holding the handle in the other. "If everyone will be silent we will start this emergency meeting of C.O.G. so we can get back to our other minion business." She continued when all eyes were watching her (except for the few younger minions in the back by the food tables trying to eat all of the sweets they could before the meeting ended).

"I am sure that by now most of you are aware of the discovery that was recently made and being a member of the Cooperation of Organized Grunts (C.O.G.) we have called here this special meeting to discuss what needs to be done about it."

After getting the crowd's attention with this statement, she started talking again as they slowly quieted down. "Fellow members of C.O.G., for those of you who have not heard the entirety of the situation, it has come to our attention that the 'Borrowers'..." and with the mention of their name a loud groan escaped the lips of each of the listening members. The speaker gave a minute for the group to quiet down again before continuing, "The 'Borrowers' have discovered a tablet left behind by the Dragons. We still do not know what is written on the tablet but we have heard that several different factions are trying to obtain it for their own purposes. We must get it first!" With that statement, the minion crowd again went wild and starting cheering and chanting - "The tablet... The tablet!"

"As minions of the various leaders in the Realms, we are the ones that make the wheels turn (quite literally) and make daily things happen. That is why we have organized to make sure that confusion and disorganization does not reign and that one day we will be recognized for our efforts and become leaders of these realms," she ended to the loud roar of approval and agreement from the other minions.

Again, waiting for the crowd to quiet down, the speaker continued, "But since it is not our way for violence, we must do something else to win their support. I have held council with several of the other minion groups and we have come to only one option that has the highest chance of success. We must convince the 'Borrowers' to join C.O.G."

The silence in the chamber was astounding! Even the younger members trying to eat the last of the cookies on the snack tables stopped chewing and starred at the speaker as if she had just grown another head. Have the 'Borrowers' join C.O.G.? They must have heard wrong...

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Blue on Blue...

The Winter Solstice Party...

A Borrower Starts to Appear...

The Minions Meet...

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