Title: The Cracked Brass Bells Will Ring
Author: nothorse
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Prompt: court (for open_on_sunday)
Character: Dawn, Giles, Xander
Spoilers: Post-Chosen, ignores comics
Disclaimer: Not mine. No money.

Another game of "spot the prompt". It probably helps if you're over 40. Oh, and it's new drabble on the "Road to Zanzibar". Previous ones are here.

"It's definitely etruscan," Dawn looked up from the parchment. "and you're right, it's lullabies. Three actually harmless lullabies."

"Guessing from the ritual cleaning of the glasses," Xander sighed, "the harmlessity is a lot less, right?"

"Unfortunately, yes. If these lullabies get sung tonight at the ceremony, sunrise will see the fire witch freed from her prison."

"The fire witch being?"

"One of the Old Ones."

"Oh."

"Rather."

"So we crash this king's meeting, prevent the summoning right?" Xander grinned. "We'll need to dress up for this, right?"

"I'd assume."

"Yay! We get to see Giles in frippery by the lake."