I forgot about this thread -- Pen, that was wonderful!
But alas, poor Nik, he unintentionally wandered too far from the dinner party, where the cooks were madly dashing about, preparing the night's feasts. A huge cauldron of boiling water held dozens of .... what were those things? Hmmmm .... Nik thought he'd take a better look to determine what it was bubbling away, when ... all of a sudden, a burly chef in his whites (which were all greasy by this point) blundered right into Nik. Well, all that was left was a pair of boots sticking out of that cauldron, and maybe a shard of the Zeppelin cd that he had been toting around in his back pocket......

