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Daphne is not in the relatively safe areas of her hometown or college campus, so it isn't really all that surprising when she suddenly is in a random forest instead of walking back to her car.
It's a little surprising; normally she is permitted to enter random forests of her own will. But not that much.
She starts walking, looking for whatever inane plot she will be required to participate in/thwart this time.
Eventually she sees a cottage. She makes for that--random houses in the woods are prime weird shit locales.
She knocks on the door. "Excuse me! I don't know what's going on here but I'd rather get it over with sooner rather than later so I can go home!"
imeanforever
"I didn't realize the mortal world was so dangerous for mortals apart from the whole mortality thing."
"I have a worse time of it than most. Most people go through their lives never encountering situations like I deal with on a regular basis."
"We're not sure, exactly...we think it might have to do with something I found out about myself a little less than a year ago, but that's pretty private and I'm not really interested in sharing it with as many people as it would take to make serious headway on figuring it out."
Dorm! Dorm room!
Little Bird writing Overbite's brother an email requesting his presence and a nickname that won't make him throw a hissy fit!
Little Bird writing Overbite's brother an email requesting his presence and a nickname that won't make him throw a hissy fit!
imeanforever
"That would be nice, but it would be even better if I could borrow something to draw with."
And Little Bird fetches Jawbreaker! This takes a little while because she doesn't know exactly where he is but she finds him sooner rather than later.
"Hi. You apparently have magic which may or may not be what I'm familiar with and I'm not to tell you my name."
imeanforever
"Right." She sets the notebook aside. "My magic is called sorcery. It involves knowing my environment and the thing I'm trying to do magic to very well, as well as an invisible environmental factor called harmonics that have to be found through trial and error. It can do things like lights or turning people invisible or growing plants faster."
"Well, that's definitely nothing like the magic I know. Our magic can accomplish arbitrary tasks and works through gestures, incantations and sometimes rituals."
imeanforever
"There is a court," says Promise, "in my Fairyland, run by a sadistic sorcerer-collector who likes psychological tactics and when those don't work, or even when they do, is a consummate master of orders with no loopholes."
"Ah."
He turns to Little Bird. "Have you gotten in contact with--with Overbite's brother yet?"
"Yeah, before I got you."
"That's good. He's far more accomplished at this sort of thing than I am."
"Understatement."
"Well, he's had seven hundred years to work on it."
He turns to Little Bird. "Have you gotten in contact with--with Overbite's brother yet?"
"Yeah, before I got you."
"That's good. He's far more accomplished at this sort of thing than I am."
"Understatement."
"Well, he's had seven hundred years to work on it."