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Fantastic magical powers aren't the only things the daeva can provide. In fact, Adana's quite certain that in the grand scheme of things, the fantastic magical powers will be minor in comparison to the technology they can provide. Sure, she and Cam are powerful, but they are two people and they can't be everywhere at once. Technology, though? Technology is easy to scale. Get a few factories up, and over a few decades, the entire world will get access. And it's not like they're on a time-crunch, anymore.
Mind you, the fantastic magical powers aren't bad, either. Even if, as it turns out, it's impossible for Cam to make magic mirrors - they anticlimactically are ordinary mirrors. Similarly, Adana tries to turn a set of mirrors into the magical versions, but gets nowhere. It's probably safe to assume daeva are incapable of making magical items through their inherent abilities. They all find this fact a terrible pity, but it's not like they can complain, considering.
Most of her alts have started bothering her for her technology, and plans to neatly integrate it with their own levels of technology. Prime is the easiest of all of them - he is in a position in charge, has little to no masquerade issues, and Cam can make trips there whenever he likes. Cypress is the most tricky, since neither Cam or Adana can actually go to Chamomile. So Cypress and Ice pick a time to head over to Pantheon when Cam and Adana are free.
ask_nicely
prodigal_miser
"Oh, that'll be fun. The robots have a network, though, and they recognize people, so - we can take advantage of that? Have them politely ask people to leave after a certain amount of time?"
prodigal_miser
"You should probably not advertise that they're armed to the teeth," snorts her husband. "Scary high tech armed to the teeth robot soldiers are rather intimidating."
dark_light
"Well, it won't be mentioned the first time they go looking for someone who's overstayed their welcome..."
dark_light
"Naturally. But they are probably one of the better enforcement options if something needs, you know, enforcing."
prodigal_miser
"Yeah. I would suggest reinforcing them with magic, if mine weren't at such a high demand lately."
dark_light
"Yeah, considering how easy Cam makes it to replace their chassis and considering that they don't have individual continuities worth fretting about I wouldn't spend any mana on it."
prodigal_miser
He nods.
"You know. The - mages that showed up, ages ago. One of them dealt with architecture, didn't she?"
"You know. The - mages that showed up, ages ago. One of them dealt with architecture, didn't she?"
dark_light
"I think she said she could apply her skills to it, which isn't exactly like being an architect?"
prodigal_miser
"No preference. We can tell her together if you like, it can be a couple bonding exercise."
dark_light
"Sure. Next time we're on Earth we make a press release and then quickly fly away and go let her know."
dark_light
"She's still got her job at the portal hub and she can pass for a witch, which makes her citizenship issue less complicated if she opts to continue to do that, and means no need to make a separate trip to tell her. Although I guess her husband can't pass for a witch, so maybe they want to move to the colony too."
prodigal_miser
"Yeah. I suppose we'll find out. If she's finally figured out how to watch the news by now."
dark_light
"I mostly wish that she had figured out how to watch the news earlier for purely selfish reasons. Could have figured out the glitch in resurrecting mages with her husband, safe at home with all my tools, instead of stranded on another plane and you as the guinea pig."
dark_light
"At your expense. Once I'd found out about the glitch there would be no way we'd have traveled anywhere until I fixed it."
prodigal_miser
He sighs. "Yeah. Well. There's - not much we can do about it now. Unless Rain and Katydid manage the time machine."