The naming of Buttercup, as told by Buttercup.
It all started one weekend at the start of our second semester of
school. I had known The Keeper of Friendship and The Keeper of Mirth for
quite a while since they lived only two floors above me and we all came
from the same home town. Those two sacky guys had The Tot and The
Immortal Sketching Spirit come to Madison for a weekend. My roommate,
Dr. Benway, invited everyone to come to my room to view the mystical
fractals his computer could draw. All had partaken of the holy herb
except I. I had work to do before I could play that night, and was just
finishing up as they all arrived in my humble room. We began to discuss
certain wonderful things and leave a small part of ourselves with each
person. As I spoke with The Immortal Sketching Spirit he said, "You
should be a Rafan." After asking if I would like to be one I decided to
say yes. After some celebration the Rafans had to decide on a name for
me. At first the Keeper of Friendship asked me about my idols and
favorite Presidents. As I thought, I realized that I had no favorite
President and no one that I looked up to. My friends began to
concentrate on a name that would suit me well when Maxwell said, "Lets
call him Reeses Peanut Butter Cup." Then it was taken as, "Reeses can
be his first name, Peanut the middle, and Buttercup the last. How do
you like that?" by The Keeper of Friendship. I said that i didn't like
it at all because it was to long. Then Max had the idea of just
Buttercup. I liked it because it is a silly name for a man to be called
by. Boo Boo was woken from his sleep to be fed the holy herb once
again. He shared kindly with the Keeper of Friendship as he christened
me with the name of Buttercup. Boo Boo then shared his wealth with the
rest of the Rafans present which were The Keeper of Mirth, The Keeper of
Friendship, The Tot, The Immortal Sketching Spirit, Maxwell
Silverhammer, Fuzzy Bear, and Dr. Benway. That is how I became known as
Buttercup to many a poor soul who has met me and partaken of the holy
herb with me.
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