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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 -
the Connecticut Yankee summons Demon Cam
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from_scratch
connecticut_yankee
"There are ensuite bathrooms. This is the king's castle, after all, and more relevantly also mine.
Literacy, probably not. We could just tell the seneschal that this prisoner is to be treated well. It is his job to take care of details."
Literacy, probably not. We could just tell the seneschal that this prisoner is to be treated well. It is his job to take care of details."
connecticut_yankee
"No. But that's fixable." He turns to the first servant he sees. "Excuse me, but who's in charge of the castle these days?" After he has his answer, he returns to Cam and says "All right, let's get this fellow locked up. The man to leave him with is just around that way."
connecticut_yankee
"Hello! Yes it's me, I'm back. A black knight in my employ captured the king of Wessex, and I'd like the prisoner to be treated well. No chains or dungeons; give him my room, make sure he has everything he needs, and just make sure he doesn't leave it when he wakes up. We'll be telling him to do things later, and I'd like him to like us."
The man is surprised, but this is part of his job description. Before he can get a word in edgewise Hank turns around and declares "All right, let's pick up the next one!"
The man is surprised, but this is part of his job description. Before he can get a word in edgewise Hank turns around and declares "All right, let's pick up the next one!"
from_scratch
"Will you need help," Cam inquires, "putting your scary black armor on again?" Towards the ship and its contained scary black armor they go.
connecticut_yankee
"Very definitely. Actually, would it be simpler to just leave it here and make another one around me again? Someone will be extremely happy to store quality like that in our armory."
connecticut_yankee
"Fair point. Most armor is more one-size-fits-none. But this being the exception, there's something to be said for keeping it unique."
from_scratch
"Ha. Anyway, it should be pretty easy to put on, there's magnets and zippers and stuff involved hiding in cunning places."
connecticut_yankee
"Really? That's impressive; I didn't even notice. And that's in addition to everything else? It's probably not worth literally a king's ransom, but only probably."
Hank hops back in to the ship.
Hank hops back in to the ship.
from_scratch
"I mean, we do plan to ransom some kings, in a manner of speaking. If all they can cough up is stuff that I can make in five seconds flat I'll be very disappointed. See how far you can get with the armor on your own and I'll do the zippers in the back if you need me to."
connecticut_yankee
"This may take a while." Hank attaches pieces gradually, but nowhere near as gradually as he expected to. There are very few clattering crashes.
"Well, we do plan to ransom kings for unorthodox political concessions. Those are worth more than the usual."
It takes a few minutes for Hank to look scary again.
"Well, we do plan to ransom kings for unorthodox political concessions. Those are worth more than the usual."
It takes a few minutes for Hank to look scary again.
connecticut_yankee
"Bernicia. I can't give the distance and direction, but we can follow above a certain Roman road until a city on a certain river. Start out going east and I'll be able to say which road to turn north at."
connecticut_yankee
They pass above the spot where Cam made the arch, though they're going farther and faster now. Eventually they turn at Dere Street and after that, "I think that's probably the River Swale. Which would make that city our destination. British maps never reached this far, but can you make an atlas from your world to check?"
connecticut_yankee
Hank catches it. "We're looking for Catraeth, and this says there's a city below us called Catterick. Throw in a millennium or two and it's probably the same place."
connecticut_yankee
Looking intimidating at the front door, politely hammering at it, walking into another throne room.
(Hank may be attracting attention on the way in. It's a side effect of wearing the world's scariest armor.)
(Hank may be attracting attention on the way in. It's a side effect of wearing the world's scariest armor.)