fandomtownies | The Magpie Emporium; Friday [11/03].

Even though Graham had announced the Jelly Bean Party at the Maaaaaaagpie Empooooor~rium tonight, he knew not everyone had the chance to catch radio, so he was absolutely sending out a text to all his friends and pretty much anyone else that Fandom decided needed to know about as soon as he got to the store that morning after his broadcast (and after picking up breakfast, because he was really craving waffles after that!), and then he very, very quickly took care of all his usual tasks when he came in to get them out of the way so he could work on making a big sign to put up for all passersby to see:

JELLY BEAN PARTY!
Here! Friday! Tonight!
Bring your favorite jelly beans
and let's PARTY!

And, with that done, and without there being...much set-up involved in a jelly bean party, Graham then decided to show his new best friend, Squire Axe O'Lotl, around the store (Garret, it turned out, was going to be spending the day with Triumph in the stables--cavies gotta cavy!), which eventually lead into....well, an adventure.

And adventure that basically meant having Axe A'Lotl axing a lot of the shelves and boxes, with a great deal of enthusiasm and sound effects, in their great hunt to discover the mysterious famed Jellybean Tree, so that they may chop in down in time for the grand Jelly Bean Party!

Look. He had fun here, alright?

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"If you do figure it put," said Graham, "I would love to know what it is!"

A person's favorite jelly bean flavor was an important thing to know!

"Mine's popcorn," he added, helpfully, because she was probably just dying to know, right?

"I didn't know popcorn was a flavor you could have for these !" Belle smiled at him again.

"I suppose I ought to try it if it's your favorite. And as many others as I can to figure out what my favorite is."

"And that's the whole point of the party, really!" Graham said, taking a moment to lean over one of the bowls and bags until he spotted one that looked like a popcorn one. "Arden said she didn't know there were so many flavors, either, so I thought this party was a great way to introduce her to the Woooo~nderdul Woo~oo~ooord," there were tildes, so you knew Graham was doing waggly fingerd, "of Jee~eellly beaaaaa~ans!"

He'd plucked up a bean and gave it a toss in the air like flipping a coin, then caught it, and held it out to Belle, unflurling his hand to reveal the bean settled in his palm, and he bowed.

"Your popcorn jelly bean awaits, my lady."

"Thank you good sir," Belle said, grinning at his antics as she took the offered jellybean with all the solemnity such a performance deserved.

She popped into her mouth, chewed it carefully, and nodded as she swallowed. "A very interesting flavor. I'll have to try more before I can make a final decision, of course."

"Oh," Graham agreed, emphatically, though he may have spent the whole time Belle was thoughtfully chewing holding his breath, "of course. No one should make such an important decision such as their favorite flavor of jelly bean on just the first one, especially not during a jelly bean party! But you definitely started with a good one. Though I am pretty biased."

"I will take your recommendation under advisement," Belle said seriously. "Perhaps something a bit fruitier for the next option?"

"Hmmmm," Graham rubbed his chin a little, considering the options there and thinking of ways to narrow the scope a little.

"Any particular color?" he asked.

"Perhaps red?" Belle said. "Red could be so many different fruits I'm bound to find at least some I like!"

"Ooooh," Graham nodded his approval, grinning as he started to seek put a variety of different jelly beans in shades of red, until he had about five distinctly different onces, "lots of good fruity opportunity with red! Of course, you could get a rogue cinnamon."

He held out his hand again, with the beans perfectly balanced in his palm.

"Choose wisely!"

Belle smiled approvingly and reached for the first bean.

"Cherry, I think," she said. "Quite nice but not terribly exciting."

Be careful what you wish for, Belle.

The second one was pomegranate though she couldn't identify the flavor.

Then there was the third bean. Which was...spicy. Belle coughed, looking quite startled. "Hot pepper, I think!"

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