"I can't see it. What's my color scheme?"

"Blue and white--can you sense the shape of it?"

"Yeah, pretty much. And I can feel it." She pets her sleeve. "- Edie do you want to keep the healing or should I take it back?"

"I didn't realize I had it. Take it off, please, at least for the moment--we're going to have to fly back to civilization, it looks like, and 'midair' is almost as bad as 'in combat' for unpleasant surprises."

So Annie takes it back. Noseboop.

Aww.

They're going to have to make their way back through the winding corridors to get out, and then both sisters cast a spell each and grow wings and Edie asks how Annie would rather be carried.

"...what're my options?"

"Bridal, your arms around my neck and mine around your waist, or awkwardly clinging to my back and hoping it doesn't get in the way of my wings. ...I don't recommend the last one."

"First one sounds least terrifying."

Scoop.

Eeeee~

Flying is probably more fun when you can see, but oh well.

Yeah, probably. But it's still nice and Edie is carrying her!

That she is.

Annie is actually kind of adorable when she's being delighted by Edie's existence. She makes a firm note of that.

Annie continues to be delighted by Edie's existence for the entire trip.

This might be easier than she thought.

They contact relevant authorities, explain the situation as best they can, and are given a hotel room to spend the night in.

It has a queen-sized bed and a couch comfy enough to sleep on.

Um.

"How do you want to divvy this up?"

"Nnnormally Emily and I would take the bed, but..."

"I can take the couch, it's okay. I think my costume is taking some of the edge off the being warm but not enough that I'd want covers anyway."

"Okay. Um, let's see, pillows, presumably you don't want a crick in your neck."

"Yeah, a pillow would be good. Thank you."

The twins detransform, their dresses morphing into other clothing, and Edie finds a spare pillow in the closet and then frankly both of them are quite exhausted and Edie barely makes it under the covers before falling asleep.

Oh, and there's some stationery on that table over there, and a pen. If that's relevant.

Yeah, Annie's not that tired yet. Let's see, can she read in the dark. ...No but the text is the only thing she can see so the little nightlight in the bathroom will do plenty, the page doesn't have to compete with anything else in her nonexistent visual field.

She writes. She reads over what she's got. She sits up a bit longer, and then she tucks the pad of stationery into her costume's sleeve and flops on the couch and goes to sleep, murmuring to herself.

And then in the morning they are put on a bus back to the twins' hometown.

"So, um," Edie says, once they're settled and the bus has started moving. "What personality traits do you have besides the obvious?"

"...what's obvious?"