II. CONFERENCE

"Why is the rum ALWAYS GONE?!"

"Because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into the most vile creatures!"

Sucellus glared across the conference table at Athena with the following words running across his mind a mile a second: "I shall have my rum whether you like it or not, you foul female beast, and I refuse to have the components of my beloved alcoholic drink prohibited by the likes of you. That's what we have Christians for, love."

"You seem to have forgotten, dear Sucellus, that you are in the conference room. All thoughts are heard." Athena's piercing eyes and widened grin added to the god of rum's humility.

Sucellus grimaced. The last time had forgotten that everyone else could read his thoughts he had tried to figure out all the words that rhymed with Nergal.

/Flashback/

"Bergal… Cergal… Dergal… um… Mergal… Vergal…"
(All the present deities glare at Sucellus, Nergal turns red.)
/End Flashback/

The Mesopotamian God of Death hadn't quite appreciated it.

"Alright, alright," the Pastafarian Spaghetti Monster croaked. He was the head noodle of the party operations, and no one messed with the head noodle. It just wasn't allowed. You also weren't allowed to put sauce on the head noodle, and you certainly weren't allowed to take a bite out of the head noodle. And if you made fun of the shape of his children you strangled you with his brain. Especially if you picked on the flinstone shaped ones. He likes those.

"Let us get on with the usual business. Where has Belenus gone? I miss his shininess." Hepasethus (not to be confused with Hepatitis, which is an unfortunately similar word) shifted in his seat uncomfortably (and obviously knowing of where Belenus had vanished off to). Everyone looked at him as this flew across his as well as their minds: He went to the other side what should I say oh no

"Hepasethus?"

Omegosh she knows my name

"HEPASETHUS!" roared the Pastafarian Spaghetti Monster, "I am not a she!"

It took several hours of the High Council to get back on topic, and even more hours before they continued planning the party.