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After two days of variously boring meetings and plan-making sessions with high mucketymucks of the Golden Coven, Elspeth finds Milliways in a bathroom in the wolf village when she's trying to refill her water glass during Quil's daughter's third birthday party. It is mercifully not the house's only bathroom.
Hey, Libby, Bella! Orfeo, Elena! Here it is, in the house with all the partying going on! Ready to go? she says, herding the birthday girl away from the entrance.
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Off they go, then.
The magic door to Moonstone Palace is just down the hall. Libby has to herd everyone through, because she's the only one who can see through it, but they all make it.
It's a very pretty palace.
She gives them a moment to gawk before leading them on to Mars.
The magic door to Moonstone Palace is just down the hall. Libby has to herd everyone through, because she's the only one who can see through it, but they all make it.
It's a very pretty palace.
She gives them a moment to gawk before leading them on to Mars.
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"Would it have been a good idea to bring a change of clothes for Chris?" Orfeo wonders aloud as they go through door number two.
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And here they are on Mars.
"This is the emptiest city ever," says Elena.
"Pretty though," says Orfeo.
"This is the emptiest city ever," says Elena.
"Pretty though," says Orfeo.
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"Probably takes a while to accumulate enough people to fill up a place like this," Orfeo says.
"Which way is out?" Elena asks.
"And do you guys want a ride?" her brother adds. "This place looks big."
"Which way is out?" Elena asks.
"And do you guys want a ride?" her brother adds. "This place looks big."
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"This place is big," says Chris. "But I'm told there's public teleportation available."
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There are stairs, down into an open, underground room with a map on the wall and panels on the floor. Under the map are instructions: "To teleport: walk onto any panel, intending to appear at the station of your choice. Please don't linger in the receiving area."
"Pretty straightforward," says Orfeo. "Okay, which station do we want?"
"Pretty straightforward," says Orfeo. "Okay, which station do we want?"
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The siblings go after.
This station looks much the same, but with "Syrtis Station" instead of "Tharsis Station" on the wall.
This station looks much the same, but with "Syrtis Station" instead of "Tharsis Station" on the wall.
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And off they go!
Olympus's buildings get a little shorter around the edges, but not much; most of the work is done by the fact that it's on a mountain. It gives way to a mix of moss and grass and patchy shrubbery, full of birds who are not particularly afraid of any of them.
"Whoo," breathes Orfeo.
Olympus's buildings get a little shorter around the edges, but not much; most of the work is done by the fact that it's on a mountain. It gives way to a mix of moss and grass and patchy shrubbery, full of birds who are not particularly afraid of any of them.
"Whoo," breathes Orfeo.
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Elena howls with laughter.
"You want me to phase?" Orfeo asks her. "Usually easier to get the hang of doing it at will with someone to walk you through it in the packmind."
"You want me to phase?" Orfeo asks her. "Usually easier to get the hang of doing it at will with someone to walk you through it in the packmind."
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[Yes please,] says Decorative Tassel Chris, trying ineffectually to blow the mop out of her eyes.
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Orfeo looks down at himself and notes that he's not in uniform. "I didn't think this through," he says. "Either of you going to freak out about nudity? You want me to change behind the bush over there?"