Slayers Switcheroo
"Tea, Please"
 

    "Waiter! I want this, this, this, and this," Lina pointed to several items on the menu, "Oh, and a couple of these, and some of those on the side...oh and how could I pass up one of those, oh make it two!"
    "Can I have some more tea over here, please?" Zelgadiss yelled from the back.
    "Aw, there's rice on my shirt and it's crusty and sticky and EWW!!" Amelia picked the grunk off the front of her shirt.
    "I have a bib if you want," Gourry offered the thing to Amelia.
    "Hm. No, thank you, that's fine..." Amelia blocked Gourry from view with her hands.
    Gourry shrugged and stuffed it back into his pocket. The short, stubby waiter smiled ominously, watching the feeding frenzy. A bell dinged in the kitchen and the cloaked waiter rushed in and returned carrying a mass of dishes that looked impossible for a being that size to carry. He placed the plates onto the table, enough for a small army to consume. Sliding the tea in front of Zelgadiss, the waiter then scuttled back a few feet and grinned.
    "You have my permission to leave, now," Lina said, waving to the waiter after inserting a large brown thing into her mouth.
    "Yes, I do, don't I," the waiter smirked, turned and entered the kitchen.
    "Does this taste weird to anyone else but me?" Amelia chewed thoughtfully.
    Gourry nodded and shoved some more chicken into the black hole.
    "Mm," Lina swallowed.

    "Do you actually get to taste the food, or are you saving that for pleasure later on in life?" Zelgadiss' sarcasm was directed at Lina.
    He took a sip of his tea, "Hmmm," Zelgadiss swished the liquid around in his mouth and thought about it for a few seconds, then swallowed reluctantly. He brought the cup to his nose and inhaled. He set it down and proceeded to examine it. Zelgadiss eyed it and poked his index finger into the luke warm tea, "Hmm..." and touched it to his tongue, "doesn't...taste...like poison..."
    Amelia dropped her fork and knife, refusing to swallow the mash in her mouth. Lina swallowed hard and neatly set down her eating utensils onto the table. Gourry continued to feed. Lina left her seat and stood behind Gourry. A violent whack later, partially chewed chicken was sprayed forward. Lina commenced toward the kitchen, but rapidly lost momentum, swayed, and collapsed onto the floor. Gourry collected Lina and planted her in her seat, stumbling to return to his own, barely making it. Amelia fell face first into the offending item laid out for her on the table. Zelgadiss stood up and began to circle to his right, around the table, tempted to poke Amelia to wake her up. He saw Lina, head down, and went to shake her but clutched his head instead as he felt kind of dizzy. He lost consciousness.

Tsuzuku...