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Max heads home, writes up everything he remembers from the trip to the moon with Cam and Adana, and then when his girlfriend gets home, he presents it to her happily.
"Also," he adds, once she's been updated. "The portal hub in Pantheon got a ton of renovations, I think we're calling it the Belfry now. It's very cute."
castmyown
ask_nicely
"Right. Then - I guess we're just waiting for everyone to wake up or - recover from magic backlash."
royal_obligation
Rain would very dearly like to whisk his queen away now. They're not even needed anymore, the daeva are here and the dragon's apparently handled. They could probably stick around in case he wakes up and needs another knockout spell, or something, but - the daeva are here, and they are actually invincible. He and Katydid are not. He's not worried about himself so much, but her? After having a very strong emotional response at a lookalike of her being in danger? She needs to be some place safe right this instant.
Picking her up and taking her away is tempting, but not an option. She might protest, and he also doesn't want to draw any sort of attention from their alts about the state of their relationship. So just saying it out loud is out, too. He's pretty sure trying to get the message to her by intense staring is an effort doomed to failure from the start. Also creepy. Very, very creepy. Let's - not do that. New plan, try talking.
"... Is it," he says carefully, like there is no ulterior motive to the words and he just miraculously thought of this now, "completely safe for non-invincible people to be here?"
Picking her up and taking her away is tempting, but not an option. She might protest, and he also doesn't want to draw any sort of attention from their alts about the state of their relationship. So just saying it out loud is out, too. He's pretty sure trying to get the message to her by intense staring is an effort doomed to failure from the start. Also creepy. Very, very creepy. Let's - not do that. New plan, try talking.
"... Is it," he says carefully, like there is no ulterior motive to the words and he just miraculously thought of this now, "completely safe for non-invincible people to be here?"
from_scratch
"I mean, I made the weights very heavy, but if the dragon is magically strong or something I'm not even sure we want the critters here, Phix would just be hard to drag."
royal_obligation
"Then Iobel and I should not be here, we don't know how resurrection will interact with familiars or spirit animals, it might bring us back unmade."
He manages to keep his voice steady and even. Rain's kind of proud of himself for that. Looks like practice at court's good for something after all.
He manages to keep his voice steady and even. Rain's kind of proud of himself for that. Looks like practice at court's good for something after all.
come_midnight
"Have Rae tell Cricket, or mirror us, if you need us," suggests Iobel. She heads back for the Hex portal.
royal_obligation
Rain happily returns through the Hex portal with Iobel. Ha. Victory.
As soon as they are through and the portal is back in its hiding place, he abruptly scoops Iobel up into a slightly clingy hug.
As soon as they are through and the portal is back in its hiding place, he abruptly scoops Iobel up into a slightly clingy hug.
royal_obligation
"Hi," he murmurs into her hair. "Turns out, there was an - I was - Phix looks like you. And she was pinned under a dragon. For about half a second my head was entirely screaming."
royal_obligation
"Fine. I just - needed to hug you and know you were okay and have you be very far away from the dangerous dragon."
royal_obligation
That makes him snort with laughter. "I - what constitutes a 'closer look'? Are you secretly bleeding and neglecting to tell me?"
royal_obligation
"Ha! Wouldn't it be for your peace of mind, too, if you only 'don't think so' instead of knowing for sure?"
come_midnight
"I'm not going to pretend you'd have to drag me kicking and screaming to the proposed inspection, now."
ask_nicely
Meanwhile, Adana looks at Idania and asks, "Is it possible that I could get a vial of the holy sand? So we don't have a repeat of - being unable to be found."
onthewind
"Not really my call to make, sorry. Rae's the one that hands out the vials."
"Perhaps," chimes in Rae. "But I barely know you."
"Perhaps," chimes in Rae. "But I barely know you."