[at unicorn fuck club]
JRR Tolkien: hey George when are you going to finish that story about fire and ice?
Tolkien: I think we’re all on the edge of our seats to hear how it turns out!
Tolkien: and how many exciting feasts there are
GRR Martin: uh yeah sure I’ll think of something eventually
Martin: you know, when the mood hits
Tolkien: are you going to tell a story tonight?
Martin: ohhhh
Martin: I dunnooooo
Mercedes Lackey: I’ll tell a story!
Lackey: I just thought of 5 new ones while you guys were talking
Lackey: So I’ve got a few stories I just thought of
Lackey: Empire of Sand! Storm Rising! Honor of the Silent Master!
Lackey: The Feathered Keepers! Castle of the Beyond! Scrotum of the Basilisk!
Lackey: wait I thought of another
Lackey: The Bird Fighters Trilogy!
Mercedes Lackey: This is the story of Shrakmar Shrikdar, a griffin w nice glossy feathers & the best supraorbital ridge
Lackey: if you’re having trouble w these terms, just watch larry point them out as we go along
Larry Dixon: [massive harpy eagle poised on falconer’s gauntlet]
Tolkien: is that an eagle of Manwë
Lackey: oh no we’re just rehabbing her right now
Lackey: her official name is the murder of God but we call her pepper
Lackey: she’s very friendly
Tolkien: whats it eating
Lackey: we gave her a cow as a tiring
Lackey: Shrakmar the griffin king teams up w Glossywing Strongtalon the hawk mage, scion of the great wizard who’s also an owl, and also the red-shouldered lords of the winds
Dixon: don’t forget the kestrel-riding sparrowhawks of Northern goshawk
Lackey: of course and them too
Lackey: [knitting] Shraaakmaar Shrikdarr the griffin king lived happily ever after defeating the scourge of aspergillosis
Lackey: oh I thought 3 more stories as I was telling that one
Lackey: also a couple of songs
Lackey: and I knitted matching sweaters for everyone
Stephen King: oh hey John what are you doing here
Tolkien: I had to take a break from unicorn fuck club
Tolkien: Mercedes lackey has been telling stories for 3 days
King: oh yeah she's got a lot
Tolkien: she has SO many
Tolkien: she has all these rollicking adventure stories of magic & intrigue!
Tolkien: and NONE of them are about feasts!!
Tolkien: can you imagine??
Tolkien: just between you and me, I don’t think she understands what fantasy is all about to be honest
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