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After Adarin and Isabella depart, Edarial gets back to juggling projects. Unsurprisingly, Iobel is a large help in this. Once she gets a handle on all of the things involved with being a monarch, he can not constantly be doing that alone. He still helps, he's still there doing monarch things and fixing the country, but now he's got a bit more free time to devote to other things.
Accordingly, there's a project he picks back up that he was only tinkering with before his marriage. He'd like to reinvent the fountain that heals familiars, have there be others in strategic locations, so that spellbinders don't need to rush to the capitol to avoid being unmade. Progress on the project's always been slow, there's a reason that it hasn't just been reinvented immediately after the spell charts were lost, but he's got some very good reasons to work on it with a near-obsessive zeal.
One day, to his utter surprise, when he goes to find another portion of the spell-chart to complete, he can't find it. He stares at the chart, stunned. Then he starts checking his work. It takes him a few days to finish the corrections.
Then he's done. He's remade a revolutionary spell chart.
He picks up the huge spell chart, does his best to fold it down to a reasonable travel size, and then heads off to show the nearest spell binder - Iobel.
royal_obligation
royal_obligation
Edarial gently repositions her so that they're both the most comfortable, then smiles faintly.
royal_obligation
Edarial can't help but feel sleepy, too, and the words are strangely soothing...
He's asleep soon after, leaning on Iobel, as well.
He's asleep soon after, leaning on Iobel, as well.
come_midnight
Eventually the operator of the canal boat wakes them up; they're in Emavan.
"Mmm," mumbles Iobel, yawning and finding herself kind of pinned.
royal_obligation
Not for very long, though - Edarial's woken up soon after.
He blinks blearily at everyone present. Then he looks at Iobel. "S'ry," he mumbles.
He blinks blearily at everyone present. Then he looks at Iobel. "S'ry," he mumbles.
come_midnight
"'S okay," she says, rubbing her eyes and sitting up and stretching. "Okay. Stuff. To do."
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Iobel puts Cricket on her shoulder; he's conscious enough to balance there but not to walk. She offers Edarial her hand.
royal_obligation
He takes it, sleepily.
It's probable that he might actually need to be led, actually.
It's probable that he might actually need to be led, actually.
come_midnight
Then she'll lead him. Aaaall the way to where they have their mirrors stashed.
"I'll call Isabella?" she asks, to confirm the plan.
"I'll call Isabella?" she asks, to confirm the plan.
royal_obligation
"Mhmmm," he agrees, rubbing his eyes.
He kind of wants to find a bed and flop onto it.
He kind of wants to find a bed and flop onto it.
royal_obligation
Edarial blinks sleepily at the owl.
"Cute," he says, in lieu of anything more intelligent.
"Cute," he says, in lieu of anything more intelligent.
dark_light
"Thank you," says Path, dryly. "Isabella and Adarin are both out plaguing the multiverse with utopias, but me and Vern are home. Is it about something a couple of birds can help with?"
come_midnight
"Well, now that you mention it I'm kind of curious to have a look at Vern, too, but what we actually need to do is talk to Zeviana, because her alt may do something extremely harmful and stupid if he knows a thing we can't remember if he knows."
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"We can get her," declares a pretty white bird who pokes her head into view. "I think we've got a mirror to her somewhere here - hello!"
prodigal_miser
"Thank you!" says Vern, and she scoots over to Path. "Path's more adorable, though, he is the cutest owl. Of all time."
Preen. Preen preen.
Preen. Preen preen.
come_midnight
"He's cute but I knew he was an owl and I know what owls look like - I didn't know what kagus look like. So you can call Zeviana and tell her we might need her to visit in a hurry for important reasons?"
dark_light
"I'll see if I can wrestle the mirror so it stands opposite yours," Path suggests.
They're small mirrors, so eventually he has this managed. He calls Zeviana's mirror.
They're small mirrors, so eventually he has this managed. He calls Zeviana's mirror.