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After a long morning on the open ocean fishing Chester the collie decided to explore the market while his crew mates where selling up the load they had just brought back, there was the usual stalls of fruit and veg, the dodgy raccoon selling fake goods and the baker with fresh warm food. But to Chester there was another stall that he did not know the sight of, a tea stand being run by a rather old looking sheep in her shaggy wool coat.

"Greetings young man, are you interested in some tea?" asked the sheep sounding rather throaty. Chester looks over noticing she was talking directly at him "Err, yes, yes I am" wandering over he swiftly picks up the scent of many leaves and herbs overwhelming and drowning out the smell of fish even being nearby the docks. "Welcome to Baba's Botanical Brews. I am Barbara the sheep, pleasure to meet you sir. Here I grow and make my own drinks for the folks that wish to relax and just enjoy a good brew, is there anything particular you would like to try?" she narrated pointing out several of her teabags and even loose leaves.

"Anything for a fisherman, often sat rocking back and fourth in that boat for hours before anything snaps up the bait" Chester cheerfully laughed "oh ho but of course, I have a little something for everyone" responds the sheep "do take a seat on the stool and I'll make you up a sample cup, I'm sure your exhausted after the early start" while she prepares a cup the collie sits down unbuttoning his top and taking a quick break to browse his phone. He hears the sheep's groggy but somewhat soothing voice after a few minutes "done deerie"

Chester looks up with a smile seeing the steaming hot tea with the scent even a few others nearby are looking towards now, the collie gracefully accepts and sees the tea is still spinning even now. The collie somewhat mesmerized by the spiral still formed in the cup "drink up now while it's still hot" the sheep chirps up again gesturing towards the cup. With a nod Chester snaps out of it and takes a sip letting the flavours bounce around his mouth letting him have the full experience of the tea he was handed. After another few sips the collie starts to drift off with the sheep swiftly moving now to catch the poor soul and his cup "oh deerie seems your slowly drifting off. Just relax." her voice turning from old lady groggy to a mellow calming voice.

The spiral seemed to transport him to another realm, Sat in his sailing boat in the middle of what seems like a ocean of tea, looking around his crew mates where holding him up trying to force a cup of tea in front of the poor collie "drink up young lad, gotta have your tea, only ever need tea" all chanting the same thing over about tea. Regaining himself he could see all 3 of them around him had spiral eyes looking almost exactly like the spiral he saw in the tea cup this old sheep had handed him not more than 10 minutes ago. After escaping the hold of his crew to find somewhere safely Chester began shaking himself to wake up and doing all sorts to snap out of this hypnotic tea dream.

In the end he decided to jump overboard to escape his crew in the emergency boat. Only after getting some distance Chester looks back at his old boat to realise it was actually a floating teapot. The collie screamed out after what feels like a eternity floating on nothing but tea he wakes up looking around he is still sat in that same spot as he was earlier when he was first asked about the tea. "Excuse me, Sir? Are you ok?" the sheep questioned Chester. "oh, sorry I sorta fell asleep on the spot didn't I" he laughs it off as he shakes himself up and awake properly. The sheep nods "it's no worries, shame I don't have any coffee here just tea lad, this will only put you to sleep" she jokes "otherwise could have you wide awake and jumping about like a puppy haha." Chester can only stand and give an embarrassed nod with a sigh "thanks anyway err..."

"The name is Barbara, your welcome back any time!"

"Chester, and many thanks"

It wasn't till Chester got back to his ship he realised he had a marking on his right hand where he took the cup with his gloved hand the swirling hypnotic symbol, after scratching at it "huh... maybe I'm due for a cup of tea"