trade my soul for a wish

[from_scratch]

This is a successor to "call me maybe", which is getting crowded.

Cam is dipping a grilled cheese sandwich into a bowl of tomato soup when he feels the summons. He goes ahead and grabs it. Doesn't even drop the sandwich.


with Mark (kappa)

with Adanya (Aestrix)

with Sable (kappa)

with Ari (andaisq)

with Metella (kappa)

with Miles (kappa)

with Isabella (Eva)

with Steel (Rockeye)

with Daphne (Maggie)

with Edie (Maggie)

Comments

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"What's a concordance?"

[from_scratch]

"It's when any pair of the non-mortal worlds overlap. Mortal world doesn't participate, but when Hell overlaps Fairyland, say, we get to send mail."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Oh, cool. So you have penpals? ...But not a social circle in Hell? That's a little strange."

[from_scratch]

"I have penpals but not a close social circle in Hell. There are people who know me and we like each other for the most part, but I take a lot of summons and I'm pretty introverted and my old violin teacher and library buddies and so on will think nothing of it if I'm gone for a few decades, the pen pals will notice first."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Okay, that makes sense. You play violin? Is it gold plated?"

[from_scratch]

"I sense you have figured out why I picked violin when I decided to learn an instrument."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"I love that song. I actually have a friend who's an incubus who plays the violin for the same reason."

[from_scratch]

"And I thought I was so creative. But anyway, I have a few violins back home and which one or ones I make here will depend on the circumstances."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"It's a popular song. Reasonably popular, anyway. Tzarsik says that demons who actually try to collect souls hate it."

[from_scratch]

"My kind of demon can't actually do that but it's a popular myth that we can. Yours can pull it off?"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Yeah, I think so. It doesn't happen very often."

[from_scratch]

"When it happens, does it involve violin contests...?"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"No, they apparently dislike it because they feel mocked."

[from_scratch]

"What happens to people with their souls stolen, and how does the transaction in fact occur?"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"I don't know. I can introduce you to Tzarsik if you want, although if you do he'll probably assume you want to sleep with him."

[from_scratch]

"...I mean, is he cute?"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"He's an incubus. They're all cute," she says archly.

[from_scratch]

"I mean, it'll depend on if we get along, but I do want to know more about all the numerous interesting species around here."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Ooh. Well, I'm happy to be your native guide," she says, a little flirtatiously.

[from_scratch]

Cam giggles. "How very generous of you! I really appreciate that."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"In all seriousness--I would be happy to show you around, regardless of whether or not you're interested in sleeping with me. I would also be happy to sleep with you regardless of whether or not you want me to show you around."

[from_scratch]

"I require the showing-around a little more urgently than the sleeping-with but both appeal."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Okay then! So we get back to campus, we find somewhere to stash your summoner, and then I set about finding people who can tell you things."

[from_scratch]

"Where does one normally stash comatose summoners?"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"I have no idea, I don't usually need to hang onto anyone I have reason to leave unconscious. We could claim you're his cousin and check him into a hospital?"