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It's a week or two before everything's nice and set up for searching for alts. All of the portals have been remade, spare mirrors have been created, and everyone that is allowed portal access gets a microchip. Even the gods. Rae accepts his without fuss, Perinixu - tolerates it. After a lot of questions. And a hefty donation from Cam in the form of another temple. Whatever, they managed it.
Cypress offers to do the scrying, but Prime shrugs him off. Which one of them is married and therefore has a wife to bang in his free time? Oh, right, yes, that's Cypress. Go, be free, twenty-something year old alt. Prime doesn't hate your happiness. (Much.) Now, if Prime gets married, they can divvy up the annoying work between themselves. But, not happening anytime soon, so he'll do it.
Exciting scrying happens. It involves lots of staring off into the distance and looking at places.
And then, he informs the various people arrayed around him in Pantheon:
"Found a set. A female Adarin, and a female Bell. Also a Zeviana and a - girl whom I don't recognize. And parents." Pause. "They're all living in the same house."
He dearly hopes they local Bell and Adarin are not siblings, that would make everyone uncomfortable. Oh, nope, look, the Bell and the Adarin just kissed. How quaint.
"Pretty sure they're not siblings," he clarifies. "Unless this is the plane of incest."
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darkest_evening
point_b
"Anybody want to come along and - you know what, Conduit and Revival should come with me to talk to Junebugs, because it's an instantly obvious thing about alts to explain where the hell the angels will come from and because you can prove that they work."
blink_and
"Ha. Okay, sure. That'll be fun on the news, we'll be even more celebrity famous."
ask_nicely
"Pff. Okay. Ready to go now." She gives Cam a goodbye kiss. "... Well, okay, now ready."
point_b
"Okay, off we go."
To Gemini with girl Adarins. Flicker flicker flicker.
The lady behind the Junebug office desk looks nonplussed by Older Winged Conduit.
"Hi, captain," says Flicker. "If you don't recognize me, I'm Flicker, this is Conduit, and this is Conduit's alternate-universe winged duplicate with different magical powers. Those magical powers are very good for ash-cloud-fixing. Conduit's going to put a portal over Ground Zero and lots of winged people are going to come in and turn ash into air."
To Gemini with girl Adarins. Flicker flicker flicker.
The lady behind the Junebug office desk looks nonplussed by Older Winged Conduit.
"Hi, captain," says Flicker. "If you don't recognize me, I'm Flicker, this is Conduit, and this is Conduit's alternate-universe winged duplicate with different magical powers. Those magical powers are very good for ash-cloud-fixing. Conduit's going to put a portal over Ground Zero and lots of winged people are going to come in and turn ash into air."
ask_nicely
Revival demonstrates by turning air into bright glitter, throwing it into the air, and then turning the assorted glitter back into air before it hits the ground.
"It's likely that we'll also help with ash cover in other areas, but it's important to manage Ground Zero first."
"It's likely that we'll also help with ash cover in other areas, but it's important to manage Ground Zero first."
point_b
"I'm not really asking permission, I'm just warning you so that people who know more about public relations than us can handle that when large quantities of winged people pour out from a portal over Yellowstone."
"Uh," says the Junebug captain.
"Do you need any of that repeated or clarified? Do you want to forward us to your CO, your twin, or a specialist officer?"
"...I think I got it. Thanks."
"Uh," says the Junebug captain.
"Do you need any of that repeated or clarified? Do you want to forward us to your CO, your twin, or a specialist officer?"
"...I think I got it. Thanks."
point_b
Flicker takes Revival and Conduit to the portal, collects helmets from Revelation, and then says:
"Ready to go be over Yellowstone just long enough to put a portal?"
"Ready to go be over Yellowstone just long enough to put a portal?"
point_b
Flicker kisses her, dons her helmet, steps through the portal, and brings her girlfriend to about a mile above the volcano.
There is smoke and ash everywhere.
There is smoke and ash everywhere.
blink_and
Yes, yes there is. Look upon this day and despair, smoke and ash, the angels are coming for you.
Portal!
Portal!
point_b
And back to the portal on Charlie's house!
"Iiiii need a shower. Or your alt's help, either way," says Flicker, doffing ash-encrusted helmet. "Reviiiival can all this ash get off me?"
"Iiiii need a shower. Or your alt's help, either way," says Flicker, doffing ash-encrusted helmet. "Reviiiival can all this ash get off me?"
ask_nicely
"Sure. Shoo, ash, this is not your home."
She makes a shooing motion, and clears the both of them of ash in a smooth motion.
Then, because ash is leaking through the portal, she gets to turning that to air, too.
She makes a shooing motion, and clears the both of them of ash in a smooth motion.
Then, because ash is leaking through the portal, she gets to turning that to air, too.
ask_nicely
And a flock of angels was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world.
It was a pretty good thing, considering.
It was a pretty good thing, considering.
point_b
The air-scrubbing angels do not engage with the public, as per their boilerplate agreement, but since power couple Flicker and Conduit have publicly taken credit, they get asked questions. And more questions. They are cheery and not very informative beyond:
"What did you do?"
"Sent a bunch of air-cleaning winged people through a portal."
"What were they doing?"
"Turning the ash into air."
"Where did they come from?"
"Well, the other end of the portal."
"Where did you find them?"
"It was pretty far away."
"Why were they helping?"
"I think I saw one of them take home a new espresso machine that a friend of ours got for him. I don't remember all of it."
"What did you do?"
"Sent a bunch of air-cleaning winged people through a portal."
"What were they doing?"
"Turning the ash into air."
"Where did they come from?"
"Well, the other end of the portal."
"Where did you find them?"
"It was pretty far away."
"Why were they helping?"
"I think I saw one of them take home a new espresso machine that a friend of ours got for him. I don't remember all of it."
At some point during the flock of angels, Rae (without any sort of prior warning or explanation of what he's doing) retrieves a piece of chalk and finishes one of the Charlie's circles for him.
Absolutely nothing happens.
"Disappointing," he observes.
Absolutely nothing happens.
"Disappointing," he observes.
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