The Pepper

Guess what the royal grapevine has been steeping this season?  Go on, sit yourself down with a respectable cup of tea (and under no circumstances do you accept  Spiderwebby’s infernal brew — trust us, we’ll get to that catastrophe one of these days), because this holiday edition is positively juicier than Tea_Roll’s Sunday blend after a double steep and a questionable splash of something experimental. And by experimental...well, you can figure out that part. Cauldrons Out of Control and Webby Refuses to Blink Spiderwebby’s Weather Witchcraft  once again has caused more chatter than a goblin at a gala. And at this point, the only truly astonishing thing is that anyone is still pretending this is fine. ( Looking at you, Empress. Maybe. ) Sources that are very reliable confirm that on Luminaire, the temperature was a balmy 70 degrees across the Empire of Nyota. If you remember the old scrolls, it is highly irregular for mid-winter unless someone’s  *cough*webby*cough* ...