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Morgan doesn't strictly need to sleep. Even if she didn't want to put up with the annoyance of constantly having a caffeine buzz and having to ask for coffee on almost every summon, there are naps. Naps can keep a daeva going for quite a long time.
But there's something unutterably pleasant about curling up in a proper bed in pajamas and just sleeping. And then waking up and getting breakfast in those pajamas. So she does that, because immortality's a long unpleasant time if you don't enjoy the little things every now and then. Like adorable bunny slippers and soft pajamas and sleeping in.
She's midway through a fruity salad thing that counts as the standard fairy breakfast when she feels the summon. Showing up to a summon in pajamas? Eh. If they're proper summoners she bets they've seen worse, and she doesn't particularly care if they think she's unprofessional.
She puts her spoon down and accepts the summon.
Fairy Revan in the Wormverse
notinoz
mxglam
They might.
Glam is happy! And will have to make friends with the other Wards who mostly know them as "that kid who kept handing us our asses." Fun.
Glam is happy! And will have to make friends with the other Wards who mostly know them as "that kid who kept handing us our asses." Fun.
notinoz
Well, Glam could always ask to be moved to a different city, but - yeah. That'll be fun.
Do they need her to be present for any sort of public announcement about this? Since she's Glam's legal guardian.
Do they need her to be present for any sort of public announcement about this? Since she's Glam's legal guardian.
notinoz
All right then.
Well, everyone has her e-mail and she's not needed for anything, she can just fuck off.
What to do, what to do. How much information is there on warlords in Africa? She bets she can take all of them, but maybe not. And if there's a good starting place for her conquest, she'd like to know it.
Well, everyone has her e-mail and she's not needed for anything, she can just fuck off.
What to do, what to do. How much information is there on warlords in Africa? She bets she can take all of them, but maybe not. And if there's a good starting place for her conquest, she'd like to know it.
That depends on what she'd consider a good starting place. For instance, there's this warlord... warlady? Called Moord Nag who has been in power for quite a while.
notinoz
Hmmm. Could be a good idea, show that she's powerful enough and going to stay, but it also could be injecting more instability to an already unstable area. What's she done to the structure of the place she's in charge of?
Well, the fact that her power relies on her pet shadow creature eating people may partially answer that question.
notinoz
It answers it well enough for her liking.
Let's have a grand entrance, then. Are there any bounties open on Moord Nag?
Let's have a grand entrance, then. Are there any bounties open on Moord Nag?
Not that many. She is after all limited to Namibia, and honestly who cares about Namibia?
(Not the rich people who do not live there and have no reason to care or even know that Africa is not in fact a country.)
(Not the rich people who do not live there and have no reason to care or even know that Africa is not in fact a country.)
notinoz
Well, not ideal, but that's okay. She cares about Namibia. For example: what are the major languages spoken there?
Quite a few of them, actually! English is the official language, but less than 1% of the population speaks it as their native, though secondary education is in English. 60% of the white population speaks Afrikaans, and it's the closest to a lingua franca there, spoken by most people. As a household language, Oshiwambo dialects are the most commonly spoken, comprising 48.9% of the households, followed by Nama/Damara (11.3%) and Afrikaans (10.4%).
notinoz
She does actually already speak Afrikaans, but not understanding all languages of a place that she's planning to be in charge of - bugs her. She makes a list of the major Oshiwambo dialects and looks for a place she can learn Nama/Damara.
Now, what's the government of Namibia like? She expects it to be in complete shambles, but if there's something of it left maybe she can try to salvage it.
Now, what's the government of Namibia like? She expects it to be in complete shambles, but if there's something of it left maybe she can try to salvage it.
If she speaks Afrikaans, she probably knows Moord Nag means 'murder night' and also recognizes her shadow pet's name Aasdier as 'scavenger.' And the current government of Namibia is Moord Nag. She expects tribute in people, and doesn't care about much else otherwise.
notinoz
Yep, she recognized those things. She's not going to be sad about spacing/killing her at all.
Is there any trace of the previous government left? Or some kind of organization for who gets to be eaten?
Is there any trace of the previous government left? Or some kind of organization for who gets to be eaten?
Other than people who created organizations themselves to avoid having Moord Nag just walk around their villages eating random people, nope.
notinoz
Charming. She'll see if she can work with that, but - this seems like a good blank slate. Everyone's going to be completely terrified of her at first, but she thinks 'not literally eating people' is a pretty solid improvement over the last person in charge.
She calls the Protectorate, and asks if they have any information on Moord Nag they'd like to share with her.
She calls the Protectorate, and asks if they have any information on Moord Nag they'd like to share with her.
If she put her mind to it she'd probably be able to deal Triumvirate-levels of damage. That's about as much as they know.
notinoz
Right. Nobody cares about Namibia. Ugh.
Do they think she's too dangerous for the Birdcage and should summarily be shipped off to space, or should she try to haul her back to prison? (She'd much prefer to kill her, but she's trying to make nice with the Protectorate.)
Do they think she's too dangerous for the Birdcage and should summarily be shipped off to space, or should she try to haul her back to prison? (She'd much prefer to kill her, but she's trying to make nice with the Protectorate.)
The Protectorate would not be super happy with her in the Birdcage, no, since she would probably kill everyone there and possibly use the power obtained to escape.
notinoz
Yeah, fair enough.
Well! Instead, Moord Nag gets to die. Morgan's pretty okay with this.
But before she goes and does it: does she have enough funds leftover for a series of satellite phones to hand out to villages to get a slightly shoddy but technically functional warning network set up for managing her territory?
Well! Instead, Moord Nag gets to die. Morgan's pretty okay with this.
But before she goes and does it: does she have enough funds leftover for a series of satellite phones to hand out to villages to get a slightly shoddy but technically functional warning network set up for managing her territory?
notinoz
Yeah, she kind of figured.
Right then. Major bounties besides the Slaughterhouse Nine that could get her some money?
Right then. Major bounties besides the Slaughterhouse Nine that could get her some money?
...potentially. Their powers aren't all that well understood. There's something about manipulation of dead matter, and illusions, and a pocket dimension, and apparently if one's alive so are the other two.