Thanky-thanks and plot devices

First of all, huge apologies to everyone I didn't get around to sending pumpkins to - the wifi where I was staying over Hallowe'en was a bit dodgy and I managed to get out a few, but not nearly enough. Hopefully, I'll be somewhere more convenient next time. Thanks muchly to winter_june, dracones, ldydark1, sassy_cissa, nicevenn, sophia_clark, knowmefirst for my yummy noms.

Flu season and RL work continue to eat my brain, but thanks to you all, I'm still smiling. Here's a little something sati_lotus sent me to make me laugh and it worked. (Naturally, I'm all for the suggestions at the bottom where the number three would be on a normal dart board. Aside from another explosion - there's been at least one too many of those as it is.)