does not anymore work

[campanas]

Here, in a place where she is quite an unexpected sight, is:

an eight year old girl with brown-flecked white wings, looking dismayed and lost.

with Prime (Aestrix)

with Edie and Emily (Maggie)

with Gloria (Maggie)

with Gren (Rockeye)

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[campanas]

And it is delicious for eating.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Not all at once. Gloria's not that irresponsible.

[campanas]

Pen only wants two slices.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Two slices is probably fine. Gloria won't object. And then she gets started on making something that isn't dessert.

[campanas]

That's all right too.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Chicken parm. Parmesan chicken is what she will make.

[campanas]

No complaints here.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

She will probably make some mistakes--it's been a while since she did something like this--but it will turn out edible.

[campanas]

And so it is et. "Thank you."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"You're welcome."

[campanas]

Pen is in the mood for another book, and has some left. She goes and reads one.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

It is after a few days spent more-or-less like this that Gloria gets a text message.
"Hey, kiddo, door lady found the bar again."

[campanas]

"Ooh!"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"You remember the way there or do I need to pull up a map?"

[campanas]

"Think remembering. Probably. ...By flying. Okay flying?"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"It's dark out, flying's fine. If it weren't it would be my job to remember the way."

[campanas]

"Okay."

So they go out and Pen picks up Gloria and manages to find the house.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

The Milliways door is inside the house, and no one else is home, so the owner can't come to the door, but luckily it's unlocked. Passing through the house reveals that it is not very tidy, but also not unsanitary.
And then there is Milliways.

[campanas]

"Yay! Holding door please?" Pen asks the collective of house-person-and-Gloria. "Real quick." She steps into Milliways.

[she_sells_seashells]

Presently, another door spontaneously generates to the side of the one the lady is holding for Pen, and a person steps through it, and the extra door vanishes. This person's entire bearing-and-then-some screams I AM SO SUPER MAGIC. "Hi, Pen. You got lost, huh? Who are these people?"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"I am a random bystander who is leaving now," house lady says quickly.
"Hi, I'm Gloria Scott," Gloria says, stepping into the bar and letting the door close behind her. "I have a reputation for dealing with weird situations, so when someone saw a little girl wandering around who wasn't any known type of supernatural being, they brought her to me. I've been looking after her for the past few days."

[campanas]

"Made cake!" vouches Pen.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Well, thanks for looking out for Pen. You ready to go home?" Shell Bell asks Pen. When Pen nods, she disappears. "On behalf of her mom, anything you'd like done with really quite unfair torrents of all-purpose magic as long as you have our attention?"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"...Off the top of my head...there's a particularly nasty man running around who has zero compunctions assaulting people and doing things like changing their species without their consent. We've been trying to track him down and get rid of him for years with no success." She rubs the side of her neck.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Get rid of him meaning?"