Morpheus Tips on Entertaining Netherlings

 Welcome to stop #11… 

Today, Wonderland’s Wisdom Keeper is here to provide some unique insights into the likes and dislikes of netherlings. He asked that we dim the lights since he’s here without any magical camouflage in place. We can’t have him startling the humans who don’t believe in fairies, after all… 

Morpheus, you have the floor.  

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*tips hat* Thank you, luv.  

First, we’ll review the origins of Halloween with this mildly accurate, albeit humancentric, four-minute video that Alyssa batted her blue eyes and convinced me to share. *sighs*  To think I'm the one accused of being manipulative and using my charms to get my way. Once the video is over, if you’re still awake, I’ll share the dos and don’ts of entertaining netherlings. 

*claps hands* Wakie-wakie! Now that that jibberish is behind us, I’d like to make something clear. It wasn’t spirits that the ancient celts saw which convinced them to play dress up. It was in fact, netherlings. Proving of course that there are fairies among you, and All Hallow’s Eve is the one night we come out to play without donning our camouflage. 

In fact, there’s no doubt many of you have entertained netherlings at your Halloween events one time or another without even realizing it. There’s also no doubt you’ve committed some social faux pas through your ignorance. I’m here to assure that never happens again.  

*shakes out wings* I offer you, the Dos and Don’ts of entertaining netherlings: 

1. DON’T have bubbles at the party. Netherlings do not find them amusing. The picture below is photo-shopped. Take my word.  The tiniest of our kind have upon more than one occasion been chased by a stampede of bubbles. Rarely do they make it out unscathed. Most often they’re captured and taken on a wild ride until finally slamming into a tree branch or rock and ending up covered in sticky goo. Bouncing along without any control is not fun at all. *frowns*  I speak from experience, as you’ll see when you read Unhinged. Let’s show a little compassion, shall we? 

2. DO hold your in a large open area so your netherling guests might flutter about freely should they start to feel “spritely” (pun intended). *smirks* The more room we have to roam, the less prone we are to destructive tendencies. Although I’m not making any promises, either way.

                                                 

3. DON’T expose netherlings to human children. The photo below is another fake, I assure you. Ever since The Alice Incident, my kind are very wary of those tiny versions of you. And if sympathy for our feelings isn’t enough of an incentive, there’s one thing more you should consider. There are those of our kind who prey upon children. If you’d like details, read Unhinged. For now, keep them put away. You don’t want to stir that witch’s pot.  

4. DON’T hold the party in a glass house. I beg of you. Enough netherlings have met their bloody demises crashing into car windshields. Let’s not add to the statistics, aye? 

5. DON’T decorate with fairy statues. You might find it charming, but if you’d seen as many netherlings turned to stone by territorial bridge trolls as we have, you’d change your point of view. It’s hard to enjoy oneself whilst staring at a garden ornament that looks suspiciously like Aunt Nettleplum who once crossed the wrong bridge and has been missing ever since. 

6. DO offer the comforts of home. These toad “stools” are not only a charming play on words, they’re reminiscent of our own realm, and offer a variety of sizes so anyone may sit comfortably. A comfy netherling is a happy netherling, and is less apt to cause mischief. Less apt meaning you might have a good half-hour before the mystical hijinks begin.   

7. DO provide cupcakes. Everyone likes cupcakes. But please refrain from calling them fairy cakes. Bear in mind, as netherlings, we’ve had a fairy cake or two. Cupcakes are tasty, but they aren’t magical. They cannot change your size, or blossom to a field of sweet clover inside your mouth.  Inevitably, you will offend one of us, and we’ll do more than call you on the mat for your gross exaggeration. Quite possibly, we’ll give you a taste of magic you’ll never forget. Consider this a friendly warning.  

On that note, I have a sudden craving for some fairy cake, so I bid you farewell. *bows and transforms to a moth* *flutters away on a gust of wind* 

(Picture Attributions: Autumn Fairie by marcovdz ; Fairy by Phil Kates; Fairies by Natalie Archer; Fairy by Flood G.; Fairy by Terry Long; Toad-stools Gushi Soda; Fairy Cakes by Eriko Nakagawa)  

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Thank you Morpheus! 

Tomorrow is our twelfth and final post. You’ll get to take a peek inside Butterfly Threads, talk tattoos with Persephone, and have a chance to win some awesome prizes.  

Don’t miss out!  Hope to see you there.