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Rated: 18+ · Short Story · Experience · #2280015
Hey everybody! (Co-winner, Cramp!)
I was too excited to wait, and logged in early, but of course, eyestar~* Author IconMail Icon, efficient as ever, was already there.

"Hello, Sonali," she greeted me.

"Hello! Nice to see a face for the case!"

"The face is in its place," she responded.

"The face is in its place with much grace," I added, and both of us laughed.

Someone else was joining in. Who?

Ah!

"Hey deemac Author IconMail Icon - are you going to be IN and OUT of this meeting, or are you going to stay?"

"It depends," he replied.

"Depends on what?" eyestar~* Author IconMail Icon asked.

"Depends on whether Sonali has brought her pet duck along," deemac Author IconMail Icon replied. "If that duck *Duck* is anywhere about, I'm OUT. Otherwise, I'm IN."

Now, it's well known that deemac Author IconMail Icon is the King of the In-and-Out here on Writing Dot Com. What most people don't know is that he is allergic to my pet duck, and that is my fault entirely. I'd once turned that duck loose and it quacked all over his plots, ruining them.

"I take this opportunity to apologise," I said to deemac Author IconMail Icon.

He was about to respond when we realised that more people were joining in the meeting.

"Hallo, I brought coffee." That was Lilli 🧿 ☕ Author IconMail Icon and she was waving her WDC Coffee Mug about.

Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon who had also just entered, responded, "Nice to see your own mug and your WDC mug,"

"Sh, be polite, Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon." admonished Sophurky Author IconMail Icon. "You're a "The Writer's CrampOpen in new Window. judge, and I expect good behaviour here."

Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon smiled. "It's okay. She has a coffee mug, I have my beer mug. From one mug to another, I'm happy."

"Aren't you happy to meet us?" I asked, a little indignantly.

"Where there's beer, I'm always happy," Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon responded.

"This meeting shall now come to order," Sophurky Author IconMail Icon declared, in an official tone. "We are here to discuss the agenda for the day."

"We have an agenda?"

"Sh, Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon - I told you to behave. Yes, we have an agenda. You see the new emoticons that Writing Dot Com released today."

"I do see them, yes."

"Well, it's obvious we're going to open a virtual cafe. We have *Burger* and *Cheese* and *Yogurt* and *ForkSpoon*."

"Don't forget the *Coffeetogo* and *Croissant* and *Cereal*," Lilli 🧿 ☕ Author IconMail Icon piped up.

"Yes, yes, we have all those things. Now today's meeting is very important. We have to decide the flavours, especially for the *Yogurt* ."

"We have people from all over the world, here," eyestar~* Author IconMail Icon said. "It must appeal to everyone's taste."

"I know what Sonali would like," Lilli 🧿 ☕ Author IconMail Icon said, winking at me. "She'd like CHAAT flavour."

"You're right!" I replied. Chaat is my favourite Indian street food.

"I'd like ..." Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon was going to say something, but both Sophurky Author IconMail Icon and deemac Author IconMail Icon, who know him well, cut him short.

"No, Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon we're not having beer-flavoured yogurt," they said in unison.

Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon looked a bit hurt. "I was going to suggest strawberry. All cultures like strawberry."

"I guess we can close the meeting," Sophurky Author IconMail Icon chuckled. "Getting Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon to mention a flavour other than beer is like getting Christopher Roy Denton Author IconMail Icon to mention something other than chocolate!"

"Why isn't Christopher Roy Denton Author IconMail Icon here?"

"Who says I'm not?" came a voice. It was Christopher Roy Denton Author IconMail Icon. "Sorry I'm late, but I was hiding my chocolate. I know SOME folks here who have their eyes on my stash."

To my surprise, I wasn't the only one who looked guilty. I gasped.

"Lilli 🧿 ☕ Author IconMail Icon? You've stolen his chocolate before?"

"Yes. That time when you stole it, you gave me the idea. I waited two weeks till he let down his guard, and then I got into his stash."

"This isn't a confessional, people," Sophurky Author IconMail Icon yelled, calling us to order. "It's a convention. Now then - we have strawberry. What other flavours?"

"Hey, Sophurky Author IconMail Icon , all this food talk has made me hungry. Think we can take a break while I grab a bite?" deemac Author IconMail Icon asked.

EVERYONE seconded that.

The convention is now on a snack break.

Stay tuned for further flavours. I mean, developments.
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