The DEADvent Calendar: Day 4

 Time for the second drawer!

This drawer has a mutilated gingerbread person painted on it. Inside is a large tissue bundle.

Inside that is a pale pink glass teacup and a little plastic gift box!

The box contains the tea. 

Sadie knew just what to do. She went to find Agatha.

"Hello, Agatha?"
"Why, praise Satan! It's Miss Sadie! And don't you look spiffing!"

"Agatha, I got this tea and cup for DEADvent and I was wondering if you could help me brew it?"
"In a tick. I'll fetch the pot."

"There you are. I'll have it black as your soul in no time."
"Oh...is it okay if I take milk and sugar?"
"Not if you're that festering fire-haired excuse of a child they call my mistress. But for you, I'm gladly obliged."

"Round about the teacup go, in the poison'd tea leaves throw...Milk from foul damnèd cow, sugar cane from razored plow..."
"Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and teapot bubble!"

"All righty, miss, there you have it. I'll be off to my cabinet."
"Wait! Come join me!"

I wanted to do a tea gift, partially to uphold my brand, and also because it suited a doll's tea party theme and allowed me to bring in old Agatha again and show how she might be able to have a positive relationship with someone. I think Sadie respects her like a nanny or grandmother and doesn't treat her as a slave, and Agatha responds well to her politeness on the matter of tea, which is sacred to her. This gift was improvised (I was lucky to find a suited teacup!) and isn't guaranteed to have been necessary as a buffer for my schedule, but I liked doing it at this moment regardless. 

Sometimes, the gift really is company and a good cup of tea.