feel-so-free
As ways to stop being a fairy princess go, Secret feels like the Princess is probably experiencing one of the better ones.
feel-so-free
"Mhm."
She curls up and goes to sleep. One of her wings is crushed against the ground and continually disintegrates and regenerates.
She curls up and goes to sleep. One of her wings is crushed against the ground and continually disintegrates and regenerates.
imeanforever
That looks pretty unpleasant, but she doesn't seem to mind.
Promise watches the Princess and tosses rocks at her gate. They land on the grass and not in the ocean. So far.
Promise watches the Princess and tosses rocks at her gate. They land on the grass and not in the ocean. So far.
imeanforever
And eventually the rock does not land on the grass.
"Secret. Wake up."
"Secret. Wake up."
imeanforever
Promise releases the Princess's feet after they've got ahold of her. "One - two - three -"
They toss her.
She lands with an audible thud, and sorcery doesn't work in the mortal world -
"AUNT MARIA, COME BACK -"
They toss her.
She lands with an audible thud, and sorcery doesn't work in the mortal world -
"AUNT MARIA, COME BACK -"
imeanforever
"AUNT MARIA!" sobs the Princess.
Promise marks the locations of the gates with deep clear gouges in the grass. She finds more of those little rocks and spells out ONE WAY GATES - YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN BACK - DO NOT ENTER. This is not a good long-term solution because someone will decide it's fun to fling their enemies through, but there's nothing to do about it right now until Arcane comes for a visit.
Having done what she can about that for the time being she takes off in the direction Secret went.
Promise marks the locations of the gates with deep clear gouges in the grass. She finds more of those little rocks and spells out ONE WAY GATES - YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN BACK - DO NOT ENTER. This is not a good long-term solution because someone will decide it's fun to fling their enemies through, but there's nothing to do about it right now until Arcane comes for a visit.
Having done what she can about that for the time being she takes off in the direction Secret went.
imeanforever
"If you stay away from there until my friend closes the gates you should be fine now," Promise says.
imeanforever
"May I command you to tell me the truth now to double-check your secret?"
feel-so-free
"I don't and can't have a name that works to vassal me with, and anytime someone would become my vassal if I was a normal fairy, instead they stop being able to be anyone's vassal ever, even if they already were they're not anymore and can't be again."
imeanforever
"Thanks. But I'd prefer it if you called me Promise anyway. Where are you going to go?"
feel-so-free
"I dunno! Somewhere. Around. Turns out being able to do whatever I want doesn't mean I know what that is."