[Artalwen]

Arawyn let out a small burp after she finished her meal, and quickly covered her mouth, as if she was shocked that she had burped. She then got up and went into the kitchen, to see if she could be of any help before the party was to begin.

As she opened the door, she narrowly missed swinging it into another elf, who was busy trying to gather things to decorate a beautifully made cake that Arawyn assumed she made.

"That looks great!" Arawyn complemented, trying to create conversation. The elf looked up, noticing Arawyn, and smiled, yet quickly looked back down at her work. Arawyn noticed she was trying to design people, no, hobbits, on the cake.
"Hey! That must be a picture of the hobbits that this party is for! That looks really good!" Arawyn said praisingly.

"Naw, I don't even know what they may look like...I'm trying, though." The elf replied, concentrating on her work. Arawyn thought it might be best to let her be, for she herself did not know what the hobbits looked like either. So she went backwards, out of the kitchen, and sighed. She didn't know what she could do, with all the help already needed around. She spotted a chair near the fire that was empty, and went over to fill it.

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Carie noticed that the elf didn't notice her well, and her shyness overtook her again. She backed up, and quietly went over to an empty table, and sat down. She noticed a newspaper laying down, and picked it up, and with nothing better to do, began to read.