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May and Isabella write Joel the white stag leader of the Christina Lake Regional Avalon. He is surprised. When he calms down, he has some suggested tweaks, which they make, and then they start envelope stuffing, a task accomplished substantially with magic.
They include, after some deliberation, a fundraising scheme: Isabella can heal people and they're planning to run around visiting lots of Avalons. If anyone would like them to visit their Avalon sooner rather than later, they can bid on the privilege, and while they're anywhere Isabella will heal needy parties. (They suspect, but have no affordances to test immediately, that May might be able to soak up some of the side effects of the healing, like an eaten spell. They mean to find this out as soon as possible.)
Before they mail out the final letters, it occurs to May to call her friends back in Toronto. She starts with Alli.
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maybeso
lyonhearted
"Meh, I don't care. I can appreciate nature, or whatever. Write angsty poetry about how tragically flightless I am. You know, as I do."
horsefeathers
Hee. "But seriously, do you guys actually want to go flying? We could go this weekend if you're free?"
horsefeathers
"I have mass in the morning, but if you guys can pick me up we could go right after?"
horsefeathers
Jenny starts to recite it, rolls her eyes at herself, and writes it down instead.
maybeso
And May tucks it into her notebook. "See you then."
And on Sunday at noon she and Isabella are there to collect Jenny.
And on Sunday at noon she and Isabella are there to collect Jenny.
horsefeathers
Jenny is waiting for them outside chatting happily with a tiny old man in vestments. When she sees May and Isabella, she waves. "Hey guys! Thanks for coming to get me!" The old man clears his throat and smiles at Jenny, who immediately adds, "Oh, sorry. Guys, this is Father O'Brien, he's been our priest for forever and ever."
Father O'Brien says, "I like to think I'm not quite that ancient," and winks at Jenny when she starts to stammer a denial. "Nice to meet you ladies. Jennifer here seems to think quite highly of you."
Father O'Brien says, "I like to think I'm not quite that ancient," and winks at Jenny when she starts to stammer a denial. "Nice to meet you ladies. Jennifer here seems to think quite highly of you."
maybeso
"Nice to meet you too. Jenny, ready to go or should we drive around the block?"
horsefeathers
"Just one sec, I don't think you need to drive, just gotta tell my mom I'm leaving. Be right back, 'kay?" Jenny says distractedly, and ducks sideways in search of her family.
Father O'Brien looks curiously at Isabella. "So, Jennifer tells me you have a rather unique childhood?"
"Oh, my apologies. I was referring to your mother's work. Jennifer showed me a printout before Mass; her friend sent her a story of how a childless couple came by their daughter. I confess to some curiosity; we haven't many runecasters here."
shesepankh
"Well, if you want a kid without breaking your priestly celibacy talk to my mom, I guess. I don't remember the process myself."
"I believe that's the case even with the usual process," Father O'Brien says, looking amused. "And dear me, no, I'm well past that age, bless you. It's some of my congregation that would benefit." A few couples he can think of in particular, but obviously he can't say who, and it's not like names would mean anything to her. "I don't suppose anyone religious has gone through the process, that might answer some questions? Or if you're religious yourself, and willing to humor me?"
"Not a speck?" he says sadly. He has found such joy in God's love, it always pains him to think that others might lack the same peace in their own lives.
shesepankh
"Nope, never. I didn't actually come intending to talk to a priest today, so, like, at the risk of totally failing to balance politeness with accuracy and at even higher risk of missing some key point of theology I don't actually care about, I find it really bizarre that people in general find the idea of an omnipotent omniscient omnibenevolent entity morally defensible, let alone empirically plausible."