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[alicornucopia]

In Paraasilan, Esmaar, a pair of roommates are about to break a rule that, compared to the one about running in the corridors or even the one about unlicensed teleportation, is there for a good reason.

In unison, they complete their shared spell.

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with Adarin (Aestrix)

with Ekador (kappa)

with Brilliance (kappa)

with the admin (kappa)

with Teah (kappa)

with Katran (lambda)

with Hall (kappa)

with Joy (kappa)

with Kalinda (Christy Hotwater)

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[alicornucopia]

"Okay. So... I guess it could've been worse."

[aeskhyne]

"Bet it could, yeah."

[alicornucopia]

Korulen's fresh out of conversation starters. Silent walk back to the school?

[aeskhyne]

Silent walk back to the school, apparently!

[alicornucopia]

"You're in Mernan Hall," Korulen adds, when she's escorted him as far as the lift.

[aeskhyne]

"Okay. Thanks for all the stuff."

[alicornucopia]

"You're welcome," she says.

[aeskhyne]

And back to his room he goes, to put the cozy sheets on the bed! (Korulen has taken charge of Kaylo's shoes and can presumably be trusted to return them.)

[alicornucopia]

It is a bit later when there is a voice in his mind, Keo's to be exact: <How would you be disposed to spell your name, Teah?>

[aeskhyne]

<...I dunno,> he says. <I kind of just made it up. 'T e a h', I guess? Or - why?>

[alicornucopia]

<Well, most names mean something in Draconic, but yours appeared as a Draconic character as a sort of signature on a piece of paper purporting to explain the miracles.>

[aeskhyne]

<...That... isn't actually the only time that's happened? Some girl came and asked me if I'd sent her this note, and she said it said 'Teah' on it in Draconic. But I didn't actually send her the note. So I have no idea what that's all about. I mean, magic, I guess. But not more specifically than that.>

[alicornucopia]

<You didn't - hear it anywhere, or anything, it just popped into your head?>

[aeskhyne]

<Yeah. Well, as far as I know. Or... I think maybe I dreamed about it or something? I'm not sure. I don't tend to remember my dreams that well.>

[alicornucopia]

<Is it just a sound to you?>

[aeskhyne]

<As opposed to what? I dunno. It sort of... feels meaningful even if I don't know the meaning?>

[alicornucopia]

<It means something in Draconic as written down. If you were just picking a sound it's probably a coincidence, though.>

[aeskhyne]

<Yeah, a coincidence with extra fudge,> he snorts.



And his empathic signature vanishes.

[alicornucopia]

That's bizarre.

Keo knocks on his door.

[aeskhyne]

No one answers.

(Somebody's watching, though. Why did his body just go to sleep on the floor? He can sort of hazily remember the gist of what they were talking about...)

[alicornucopia]

Keo wants to know what's happening.

(A child wants his great-grandfather's dementia to go away. A princess in Oridaan wants people to stop trying to kidnap her. The Empress of Linnip wants to take over the world. A man in Iraam wants the potatoes to do better this year. A little girl on the beach in Ebrene wants to find the prettiest shell ever. A kid in Ekanedae wants fractions to make sense. An old lady in Criin wants her two-years-dead wife back -)

[aeskhyne]

All dementia can go away - the princess can have a luck blessing against kidnapping attempts - the potato farmer can have a luck blessing for those - the little girl can have an extremely pretty shell, all rainbowed and shimmering, peeking out of the sand in just the next place she looks - math tutoring isn't in his repertoire; resurrection takes too long, he'll come back to it if he can -

The Empress of Linnip can have, after some brief research, a small potted apple tree which sprouts before her eyes in a charming little flying pot and grows to a respectable size, producing a dozen exquisite red apples, several of which detach themselves and are converted into applesauce midair, landing in a charming little flying bowl that appears just when needed. The apple peels drop to the floor in a configuration that very clearly spells "no" in Ertydon. The pot and bowl flap their small and obviously decorative ceramic wings, clink-clink-clink.

And Keo can have a little flying Teah-note, expressing a near equivalent of 'damned if I know' in Draconic.

Now, back to that resurrection, if the old lady is still praying.

[alicornucopia]

Doctors and old people around the world are surprised. The little girl loves her shell. The Empress of Linnip is extremely alarmed by her apple tree, and much as she likes applesauce, she isn't eating it, she's shouting for guards and wizards and a priestess. Keo catches the note and frowns at it.

There the old lady is, sitting on her wife's grave leaning on the pyramid that marks it.

(A woman in Talp wants her friend to come home safe. An activist in Imilaat wants everybody to vote yes on urban community gardens. A toddler in Moyet wants his headache to go away. A tourist in Baveria wants his wife to be faithful while he's away. An opera singer in Rozarima wishes he hadn't had that cheesecake because now his voice is mucusy. A woman in Larotia's scarf has blown clean off her head and she wants it back. A member of Parliament in Esmaar wants to escape the referendum she's currently staring down because a reporter with a vendetta took a remark out of context. A wizarding student in Ertydo wishes big spells didn't hurt so damn much.)

[aeskhyne]

The Empress of Linnip has every right to be alarmed, and can do what she likes with her applesauce.

Luck-blessing for the first woman's friend - a fix for the headache, a fix for the opera singer's voice - the woman's scarf is now inclined to fly back to her whenever thusly carried off - the Ertydoan student can have the reservoir's attention called to him, which should at least help - and he doesn't have time to go back and look up how much CC that other petitioner gained or is gaining, because he's coming back to that resurrection.

Two years back into the history of the world - the dead woman's last moments, the patterns and structure of her brain - carefully, delicately recreated in the present, built up piece by piece and triple-checked until he's sure he has it right. Then the special effects: the pyramid glows, sparkling lights swirl through the air above it, and in the middle of this lightshow the resurrected woman appears, then floats gently down to earth. To give them plenty of time to enjoy it, he cures any miscellaneous ills they might be experiencing and gives them both a luck-blessing directed at health.

Now, how is the original CC petitioner doing? And do any more dragons want his attention?

[alicornucopia]

The toddler and the singer are both pleased. The woman catches and re-ties her scarf.

The women in Criin embrace; the one who was praying starts babbling incoherently, weeping into her wife's shoulder.

The original CC petitioner has experienced a gain of four points, so far, and hasn't noticed yet.

Here is a little iron miracle who wishes her parents would come get her too.