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In the morning, Isabella does her best to extricate herself without prematurely waking Adarin. They don't need to leave on anything like a tight schedule.
She's not nearly graceful enough to reliably manage this, of course.
dark_light
dark_light
"My Pathalan wanted to be a dragon or a firefly, but we had to settle as a flying bird because we're a witch."
headunbowed
"A dragon would be kick-ass. But it wouldn't be proper size, would it. It would be tiny."
dark_light
"Yeah, he used to turn into cute little dragons, yea big," says Isabella, holding her hands a few feet apart. "...Children's daemons can change shape, I don't think I mentioned, usual settling age is thirteen or fourteen, sometimes as young as ten or late as seventeen."
headunbowed
"Damn. Oh well," she shrugs. "I'm not gonna worry about it, I'll get what I get and go from there."
prodigal_miser
At a look from his sister, Adarin explains. "If you don't have a daemon in that plane, you're not considered a person. Thus, you are a weird zombie creature."
He enjoyed saying that way more than he should have.
He enjoyed saying that way more than he should have.
headunbowed
"Uh huh. Right, whatever. Guess it gives me a new avenue to insult the fuckwads that are in charge here, if they're not people. So, bonus."
dark_light
"I mean, you are clearly managing to be people despite not having, you know, souls. Somehow. But it's still kind of disturbing."
prodigal_miser
- but Adarin is not letting her say it. He calmly clamps a hand over her mouth and says pleasantly, "Not to my girlfriend. You like her, remember?"
headunbowed
"Mpfh," she responds in a grumpy tone.
She's released from gagging, and they go on as normal.
"Right then. So am I going now? 'Cause I can go now to funky animal friendship land."
She's released from gagging, and they go on as normal.
"Right then. So am I going now? 'Cause I can go now to funky animal friendship land."
dark_light
"You'll want to dress warmly. And Adarin might want to collect some things. And we have to find my mother, who is enjoying double moonlight and unfamiliar stars. Otherwise I think we can go."
prodigal_miser
"I'll want to collect some things, yeah. Finding your mother's easy, though - scrying. Though if she's starclad I am making my sister do it."
dark_light
"I cannot promise that she isn't starclad. I think she expects this introduction to take a while."
headunbowed
"Pff. Nah, I'm easy. We're already introduced, and we'll figure out my funky lodging situation soon enough. I'll grab some stuff, then I can go."
She gives them a little casual wave, then she walks off, disappearing into the maze.
She gives them a little casual wave, then she walks off, disappearing into the maze.
prodigal_miser
Adarin laughs, a little. "Yeah. I'm glad she didn't get yelly. That would have been awkward. But she likes you, so that's a plus."
dark_light
"I am currently convinced that she means neutrally, but that's good enough for most purposes."
dark_light
"Fair enough. I notice you did not actually identify or describe your assailant for her."