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Cam is out flying. There's a decent cloud of atmosphere around the gold plane, now, millenia of demons making air around themselves for comfort and not sealing it up because why would you bother. There's a small forest, here - the effect is kind of ruined by the lamps it has to grow under, but it's still pretty.
He feels an open summons and lets it grab him -
Cam on Barrayar
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from_scratch
from_scratch
Female angel. It is pretty obvious that she has been an angel long enough to determine that her favorite color is black. She looks sort of like an inkblot, down to the whites of her eyes. It's hard to tell what she's looking at.
thisvorlunatic
"Stylish," Miles remarks. "Hello. I'm conducting preliminary interviews for one of two jobs. The first is general angelic assistant to this demon, who is likely to need his wings removed and reattached every so often and his conjurings cleaned up after and so forth; the second, starting most likely a few weeks from now, is medical angel in a local hospital. Are you interested in either of those?"
from_scratch
She looks between Miles and Cam, tilting her head, possibly imagining imaginings.
She shakes her head.
She shakes her head.
thisvorlunatic
"All right then. Thank you for your time." Dismiss dismiss dismiss. Do not think about what the inkblot angel is likely to be imagining.
from_scratch
"Angels go in for a lot of interesting cosmetics. Demons sometimes do too, but it's less reversible and more likely to hurt, so fewer of us experiment with it. I've considered horns, but imagining the results of disliking them was a deterrent."
thisvorlunatic
"If we find you a nice friendly angelic assistant, you will have more freedom for cosmetic experimentation," Miles suggests as he erases the latest circle. "Anyway. Next!"
from_scratch
Next. "Horns on Barrayar. What a bold fashion choice that would be."
thisvorlunatic
"You would have to be very careful to remember to have the angel take them off before you went out in public."
He completes the circle, still giggling.
He completes the circle, still giggling.
from_scratch
The new angel seems to prefer green, although she doesn't take it nearly as far as her inkblot predecessor. She curtsies. "Summoner."
thisvorlunatic
"Hello! I'm conducting interviews for two possible positions," he says. "Job number one: general angelic assistant to this demon, including taking his wings on and off and cleaning up miscellaneous objects when he's done with them. Job number two: medical angel in a local hospital. Does either of those sound good to you?"
from_scratch
"I'm only halfway through my medical course but if that's good enough - why do you have a demon? Why are you giving your demon an assistant?"
thisvorlunatic
"He's very handy for terraforming planets," Miles says brightly.
from_scratch
"...Oh," says the angel. "Well, if half a med course will do I can do that, and if it won't I hope you find someone else who can do what you're looking for."
thisvorlunatic
"Half a med course is better than no med course. I can put your name down," shrugs Miles. "I'll summon you again in a few weeks if there's room for you."
thisvorlunatic
"Thanks for your time, Thiranvera," he says, writing it down with a note about the half a med course. Dismiss, dismiss, dismiss.
from_scratch
And then she's gone.
"All these angels probably think we're on Earth. Gravity's wrong for Mars or Luna."
"All these angels probably think we're on Earth. Gravity's wrong for Mars or Luna."
thisvorlunatic
"Well, they will be slightly surprised when I summon them again, then, won't they."
Erase erase.
"Next?"
Erase erase.
"Next?"
from_scratch
"Oh my god it's you!" exclaims the next angel (female, bronzewing pigeon feathers, bedecked in jewelry) - to Cam.
"Oh my god!" echoes Cam. "It's you! How long ago did you die? I worried about you! There were loopholes -"
"Oh my god," giggles bronzewing-pigeon angel. "He's letting you talk, oh my god, you can talk. Hi!"
from_scratch
"Hi! But seriously, were you okay, you left loopholes, did you get instructions off the Internet or what -"
"I totally did get instructions off the internet but don't worry I didn't get murdered switching demons, I just, there was this guy, he was a human - actually we got married later! I lived to be sixty-eight and then, surprise."
"Oh, good for you, I'm glad you were okay. How's Heaven treating you?"
"It's okay but - okay, actually, I'm taking summons because I want to talk to my granddaughter, is there anything I can do for - sorry, summoner. Hi, summoner. Can I get extranet access for a little bit to talk to her? What do you need?"
"Er," says Cam.
"I totally did get instructions off the internet but don't worry I didn't get murdered switching demons, I just, there was this guy, he was a human - actually we got married later! I lived to be sixty-eight and then, surprise."
"Oh, good for you, I'm glad you were okay. How's Heaven treating you?"
"It's okay but - okay, actually, I'm taking summons because I want to talk to my granddaughter, is there anything I can do for - sorry, summoner. Hi, summoner. Can I get extranet access for a little bit to talk to her? What do you need?"
"Er," says Cam.
thisvorlunatic
"Unfortunately," says Miles, "we're kind of in the wrong universe. Sorry. Would if I could."
from_scratch
"The wrong what now?"
"A completely unrelated mortal world," says Cam, "only just recently discovered daeva. They don't seem to funnel into the concordant worlds, but they can summon and un-summon just fine. So you're going to want to go home and try to catch a summon back to the usual mortal world if you're looking for your granddaughter."
"Oh."
"Hey, you never told me your name. Can I stop referring to you as, erm..."
"Oh. Sorry, yeah, uh, it's Rachel."
"Good to hear from you. Write me a letter sometime, don't even bother sending it through Fairyland, considering -"
"Yeah, sure. Hey, it's nice to see you've got a cushy summon going."
"Very cushy."
"Good for you. Uh, bye, I guess."
"A completely unrelated mortal world," says Cam, "only just recently discovered daeva. They don't seem to funnel into the concordant worlds, but they can summon and un-summon just fine. So you're going to want to go home and try to catch a summon back to the usual mortal world if you're looking for your granddaughter."
"Oh."
"Hey, you never told me your name. Can I stop referring to you as, erm..."
"Oh. Sorry, yeah, uh, it's Rachel."
"Good to hear from you. Write me a letter sometime, don't even bother sending it through Fairyland, considering -"
"Yeah, sure. Hey, it's nice to see you've got a cushy summon going."
"Very cushy."
"Good for you. Uh, bye, I guess."