A Birthday for Gertrude

Yazeba keeps opening doors until she finds looking her herself from the door on the other side of the library. She also finds Yola dumping just about every book on the floor. She turns back into the library, stepping through the two doors simultaneously. "Hey! Put those back on the shelf! Shouldn't you be preparing the cake or something? Didn't Parish need some vegetables for it? Shoo shoo, go do your little parties instead of messing up my library. These books are precious" She stops to look at the book at her feet Yazeba's Book of Useless Spell-casting "Why is this even here?" She looks around suspiciously at every guest in the library who, by now, are mostly cowering, trying to disappear behind their own books.

Suddenly, she notices Parish rushing through one of the doors towards the burning flames of the boiler! "Burning amphibians! What is that frog doing? Hey! What are you doing to the boiler?" Yazeba steps into the other room to check what is happening. "One day! Just one day of peace to focus on my own business. It's not asking much, is it?"

As Parish tries to explain the nonsense that just happened, Yazeba realizes she doesn't need to keep the spell anymore. "Have you hit your head, Parish? That's how things have always worked. And Niviana is probably by the lake or something. Maybe the shower. I don't know. She likes water." Refusing any responsibility for it, Yazeba does notdispels the magic. The B&B is not completely stable yet, but most of the chaos is at least under control.

Yazeba stands really tall and wizardly scary as Gertrude interrupts her thoughts. "That's what I maintain Amelie for, isn't it?" she replies annoyed reaching for one of her cigars. She really needs one now. "What I told you to do? What did I tell you to do?" Yazeba lights the cigar and takes a big puff. "The only thing I told you to do was to not be in the way..." She takes some time to savor the taste of the cigar. "... Maybe get a job or something. I don't know what..."
Yazeba is interrupted by Yola's storming in with... the cake! She thought this was supposed to be a surprise, what is that old shrub doing? "Ah yes! Finally Parish managed to get the breakfast done. I was just on my way to check on him!" The witch turns to point to where Parish stood just a moment ago.

"Good then, I can get back to my witchy business then". Yazeba does some minor spell when she mentions business, and suddenly fireflies start raining from the ceiling and burying themselves deep into the cake. "Flies afire! Where did... Don't you just like the flavor of crunchy light?" She takes another extra long puff. "Just take it to my office. And a cup of herbal tea. I have work to do"