demon cam vs the clam planet
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"I'm glad that cooperated with rather than replacing my indestructibility or something."

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Shrug.

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"I wonder what your brother wound up being. There's three options."

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"What are they?"

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"Demon like me, angel - they change stuff - and fairy - they move stuff."

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"What governs the selection?"

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"No way to be sure. My suspicion is personal suitedness to the philosophy underlying the magic."

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"Hm. We'll see."

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"...Actually. If he's an angel he'd be really helpful for navigating the horrible obstacle course. I'll mop up whatever force is at the portal and then you can portal back and see."

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"Sure."

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Fly fly.

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Now that they are well clear of the celestial circles, they can see for a long way in the approximate direction of the portal.

Something is glowing over there.

"That looks ominous," says Inlaith.
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"Yes. Yes it does."

Telescope powers activate.
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The portal is wholly obscured by a slowly expanding blob of burning goo. Noxious fumes billow this way and that in the lack of gravity.

"...Should I fetch Elarron?"
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"Yeah, that goo is nasty stuff. You might not want to be around it yourself at all, just send him through."

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"Sure."

He opens a portal, steps through, and closes it behind him.
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A minute later, it opens-and-shuts again, disgorging a differently-winged triplet.

"Something about nasty goo?"
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"Nasty goo! What kinda daeva are you?"

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"How do I tell?"

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"What did it look like when you woke up in the daeva realm?"

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"Bright. Stupidly bright. It didn't even have the excuse of being daytime, the walls were glowing."

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"Okay good you're an angel turn that goo into water!"

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"...Okay?"

He squints at the goo.
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"...It was explained to me as being like parlor tricks only quicker and easier but you probably don't have parlor tricks. It... should be pretty easy once you've figured it out...?"

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"Thanks," he snorts.



Enormous clouds of steam billow from the site of the goo. "Okay, I got some of it..."
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