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Annie is sitting with Ice and Phix in the Belfry. (Phix has determined that neither she nor Max knows near enough about runecasting to hope to approach Aya's little problem in the next, like, year at least, but she's taking notes to deliver to Iobel, who has not yet abandoned so much hope yet cannot be at this meeting for queen reasons.)
"If you could just say more about the subjectivity of it, it might give me an idea of something new to ask the alethiometer," says Ice. "Obviously having it look directly at Aya is an option, if it just can't get enough information off the necklace, but ideally we'd exhaust the possibilities first."
"Or Prime would just give her what she wants," mutters Phix.
"Let's not be weird and pressure-y about that," says Ice. "Annie?"
"...Sorry," says Annie. "I just had a mental image of Aya holding a soul bird and the soul bird looking at Prime and wanting to be petted and him refusing to do it. I think I would sooner let the alethiometer look at me than give her another - thing to pine about. I should work just as well, shouldn't I?"
"You might," says Ice, "unless reciprocated necklace arrangements look different or are different forms of breakable than one-sided ones, in which case you might not."
"Poor hypothetical soul-bird," murmurs Phix, scribbling.
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keep_busy
prodigal_miser
(... Cypress privately suspects the emotional stability test is 'take away the Adarin's Bell' but obviously that is a very bad idea.)
shesepankh
"Put you in an emotional boat, see how long it takes you to get your sea legs? I dunno."
keep_busy
"I assume me and Aldaras both get heavily dinged on this scale just because we're necklaced. He flips out if I get a cold," says Annie dryly.
castmyown
Max giggles and flops a wing on his girlfriend. "That probably dings you, yeah. But it's a - hard thing to guess. How are you so sure about it, Vern?"
prodigal_miser
"... It's a hard thing to explain," tries the daemon anyway. "But if something happens we both know that there's two of us instead of just him. So we're better equipped to handle various emotional turmoils."
dark_light
"For whatever it's worth I don't think it makes as much of a difference for Bells," says Ice.
"Although I can substitute for notebooks usefully under some circumstances," Path adds.
"But notebooks still work, so I'm not exhorting you all to come to Alethia with me and get daemons."
"Although I can substitute for notebooks usefully under some circumstances," Path adds.
"But notebooks still work, so I'm not exhorting you all to come to Alethia with me and get daemons."
prodigal_miser
"Right. I don't think everyone would be better off with a daemon. Just - us."
keep_busy
"Maybe Aldaras should get one if the alethiometer needs to look at a necklaced person."
keep_busy
"I'll ask him when he gets back from class. But with luck it won't come to that extreme and it'll be a more unpressured decision."
prodigal_miser
"Yes."
Even if Cypress sort of vaguely wants to pick up all of his alts and throw them through the Chamomile portal.
Even if Cypress sort of vaguely wants to pick up all of his alts and throw them through the Chamomile portal.
castmyown
"So our back up plan is 'Aldaras gets a daemon, and we try to persuade Prime to get one, too' if things keep as they are?"
keep_busy
"They're separate - prongs. Aldaras getting a daemon is to see if there's a way to un-necklace Spring. Prime getting a daemon is for Prime's general emotional health. We shouldn't need both interventions at once."
keep_busy
"And best case scenario he just stops tormenting her all by himself."
prodigal_miser
"Yes. Though, I'd say the necklace is tormenting her more than he is."
keep_busy
"The necklace makes her vulnerable. It doesn't hurt all by itself."
prodigal_miser
"... But it caused her to fall for a person that's in a very precarious spot, emotionally. Yes it doesn't hurt on its own, but it's responsible for the circumstances."
dark_light
"I think so. I have a few more question phrasings to try, anyway."
And the meeting disperses.
And the meeting disperses.
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