Yonaka

Act 14~ The Hatter Family Pt.2 Getting to know you

The children snapped their heads towards Alice and saw a set of strange characters. One was a very tall bunny that had a very friendly vibe and the other appeared to be a vampire, although he seemed a lot scarier in comparison. "Yonaaa! Come here so you can meet the others!" Alice called from the manor gate. The trio ran up to her, still bouncing with exciment from their little game. "Where are your shoes?" "I have them big sis!" Yona snatched her shoes from Dee and huridly put them on. Once her shoes were on she properly greeted the two.

"It's nice to meet you!" She said in cheery delight to meet new people. Yona was much more lively that when she first came to The Country of hearts, her wounds were mostly healed by now and her dull eyes glowed brightly with a life that felt so far away before. Her smile was infectious and it was evident in the way that Blood and Elliot smiled back in response. Blood still had his usual smug grin but there was something a little more wholesome in it and Elliot's wide smile felt a little brighter than before. "It's to meet you too little lady, I'm Elliot." The large rabbit man greeted her enthusiastically. While Blood was a little distracted by her cutesy aura he still didn't let his gaurd down fully. "I am Blood, I've heard quite a bit about you Yona. Would you like to join us for tea? I want more of an opportunity to chat." The way he spoke to her felt more distant like he was holding her at arms length. Yona didn't mind though as she had full faith in Nightmares words that only a child could have.

"All you have to do is interact with the residents of this world. Not all of them will like you at first but after awhile they will love you." His words rang out in her head giving her some peace but she was not stupid she knew acting like a fool could potentialy make the faux vampire angery and angering a grownup was the last thing Yonaka want. "Yeah that sounds fun. I like earl grey, it smells really good." While her knowlegde on tea was limited it was still endearing to Blood that she at least had some decent taste in tea, he would definetly have to broaden her horizens more later.

They made their way to the main garden as a flurry of servants went past them in a hurry to set up the impromtu tea party. When they got to the table, Yonaka was seated between Elliot and Alice. The table was all decked out in elegant sweets, snacks, and of course deliciously fragrant earl grey tea. Alice and the twins chatted up a storm, catching up from the last time they saw her while Elliot started up a conversation with the little girl. "So I heard that Peter snatched you up and thats how you ended up here. I'm just wondering why the hell he wants a kid and how he knew about you?" Yona pondered on these questions before too but hadn't really had the chance to ask him so all she could reply is "I dunno." and then took and akward sip of her tea before picking up on the familiar scent of nutmeg and creamcheese frosting interupted her thoughts. "Oh, there's carrot cake here!" She exclaimed

Another topic that piqued the hare's interest. "Alice told me that you gotten really good at baking your own carrot cake!" Elliot exclaimed; He lit up at the thought of the delicious cake. "Yeah! It's my favorite so I wanted to learn how to make it all by myself. I think the hardest part for me was the frosting, the way I made it the first time I might as well have put staight creamcheese on it." Yona blushed in embarrassment
at the thought of her first few attempts, the smell of burnt cake still fresh in her mind. "Oh word? My favorite is carrot cake too, although I like carrots a lot in general." And so ensued an hour long discussion on carrots.

Meanwhile Blood much like the sun to a true vampire looked like he was going to burn at one more mention of the detestable orange root. "Oh, Blood! what kind of cake do you like?" He was snapped back to the conversation by the child's inquiery. "Hmm? Oh, I don't really have a preferance but if I had to say then probably chocolate, it pairs well with most teas. Though there is a bit of an art to pairing tea with the... appropriot snacks." he said while looking sideways at the carrot flavored atrocity sitting directly acoss from him. "Do you know a lot about tea?" that was the moment Blood's wall had crumbled. The look of genuine curiosty and wanting to learn about his one true passion was all it took. He didn't care if she fucked him up later (which he doubted that she could) but because now was time for tea. Another lengthy conversation, this time about tea.

As soon as talks had ended a sudden night period had fallen over them a

nd a new adventure had began...