This isn't where Raafi went to sleep. He'd set his bedroll up on a comfy patch of moss under a tree, and now - he still has the bedroll, at least, and his pack, but the tree and moss are nowhere to be seen, replaced by a strange metal room with still, stuffy air and an implausibly clear night sky out the window.
"Hello?" he calls, getting to his feet.
"I'll need to talk to Raafi when he gets back for specifics; he said tomorrow or the next day for that."
"Logistically what am I looking at on Oerth, are Pelor's people going to contact me at some point..."
"I haven't talked to them yet but I'm sure they'll be on board, this is right up their alley, and if you'd rather work primarily with them I don't think I'll mind. The exact logistics will depend on what you want to do, but Raafi can teleport six times a day if he isn't doing too much other big magic and you should be able to stay in any of Pelor's or Lastai's temples, which means any city, most towns, and a fair number of smaller places - the limitation on smaller places is going to be more about what Raafi knows of than where the temples are. Oh, and he doesn't like to use up all his teleports before bed, so really count it as five a day. Going out once you're there - the wings aren't great, honestly, but an illusion spell will fix that if you don't mind one, and you shouldn't get into trouble in any case as long as Pelor's church knows who you are and what you're doing."
"I can take off the wings and tail. Though then I will not be able to fly. Oh, I should ideally be summoned by people who know all of the major Oerth languages. Separately if no single person is such a polyglot."
"We can get you some wizards. Common will let you get by nearly anywhere, though. And wings are fine, it's just that those are close enough to our fiends' aesthetic that you'll worry people."
"I could put on angely looking ones. Might have to practice with them before I could fly normally again and I hear they're not good for swimming."
She nods. "That would be fine. In natural colors, if you don't want to stand out, brown or black or something."
"Black is typical for demons who go feathered, I might do that just to cause slightly less controversy in Hell."
"I picked mine out of a catalog! Is the tail an issue, I like having a tail but I can give it up."
Wag wag. "I'll have to pick out a new kind of wing when I'm done with this summon, can't get a catalog here."
"I did! I wouldn't want to copy them in case they have other skeletal adaptations though."
"That makes sense. It still gives you an idea of what people will consider pretty normal, though."
"I don't think I should be... pretending to be a half-birdfolk? That seems like it would collapse fast."
"Mmhmm. But the more unusual you look the more likely people are to ask about it - if you get wings like that they might think birdfolk, they might think you're a high-tier druid, they might think you got a transmuter to do it, there's a number of things that could be, but if you have the same wings in blue, that's not really something that happens."
"And I want to be plausible. Okay. Can I do the thing where I answer honestly but unhelpfully, e.g. 'I got them out of a catalog'."
"We don't have catalogs. In general that should be okay, though; a little rude but not a surprising response to someone asking a stranger personal questions."
"I expect you'll mostly be talking to people who already know what's going on, or can be told - do you have anything in mind that you might need outside help with?"
"Mmhmm. Well, we can figure it out as it comes up. Is there anything else you'll want while you're there?"
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