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[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)

Comments

[whatamithinking]

"Understood. If a situation gets bad enough that I'm tempted to do anything I'd regret under normal circumstances, call Jane instead."

[thaumobabble]

"If that's understood I can torchable the both of you right now."

[whatamithinking]

"Alright."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Absolutely understood."

[thaumobabble]

"This, also, will not feel like anything, which I imagine is not the most reassuring feature for an immortality power to have, but," she points at Emily, then Edie, "you're all set. This doesn't make you invulnerable, so if you do something dramatic like fling yourself into the sun you will just keep torching, get Jane to send help."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Noted. Not that I prefer to get into any situations that are lethal at all..."

[whatamithinking]

"But thank you."

[thaumobabble]

"You're welcome. And with that, this is -"

[bellfounding]

"Hi, I'm Pattern."

[autokinetic]

"Aegis."

These people are all three different ages, albeit with the same face. Aegis is wearing a space-military uniform proclaiming her a decorated admiral; Pattern is in embroidered jeans and a nice purple t-shirt and a halo-crown that matches the colors.

"I think we're set for Glass-specific needs," Aegis adds to Glass.

[thaumobabble]

"I'll get out of your way, then."

Glass vanishes.

[autokinetic]

"So this is like Peace: Retro Edition, huh? I'm gonna check for buggers real quick stealth-like," says Aegis, and she disappears again.

Pattern is blank-minded like Glass or Pen; Aegis is shielded as though she's a telepath herself who objected to the concept of telepathy existing in the first place.

[whatamithinking]

"Oh, that's interesting. I'm not getting a thing about what's actually going on in your minds from any of you, but you're very definitely the same person. Except one of you is a telepath."

[bellfounding]

"I'm kind of surprised you're getting that much. But yeah, Aegis is me if I was born a mutant in 2155 and grew up in orbital military school, Glass is me if I was from dragons-witches-etcetera world and gay, etcetera. I think Aegis would take exception to being called a telepath."

[whatamithinking]

"I'm...sorry? Her mind feels like my father's when he doesn't want to be read, and what he's shown me of what my mind feels like when I don't want to be read."

[bellfounding]

"That's all she does; she has no active abilities. Everybody else makes do with wished wards."

[autokinetic]

"No buggers," says Aegis, reappearing, "anywhere, lucky you."

[iamnotpolaris]

"What are buggers and why are we lucky not to have them?"

[autokinetic]

"They're aliens and there was a big war with 'em in Peace. Won it, they surrendered, but it was a big hassle. We need to name this world. Could do theme names for places with mutants, like the Sunshine worldfamily? Calm? Quiet? Tranquility? Man, we need better procedures for unBelled worlds."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

The adults exchange a look which is presumably opaque to outsiders.

[whatamithinking]

"My parents find this ironic, for reasons which I would describe as injokey if they found it funny instead.
...Speaking of the dangers of properly immortal people! There is one dead person from our world who really really should not be resurrected uncarefully."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Erik tenses, his fingers curling into white-knuckled fists.

[bellfounding]

"What, just one?"

[whatamithinking]

"One in particular. At least one. This one person who almost managed to cause nuclear war. And also is the guy who murdered my grandparents. In Auschwitz. Because he was a literal Nazi doctor. And had a mutation that let him absorb and store any kind of energy, and then release it later to devastating effect. If I were you, I wouldn't do magic to any of him you find, because I wouldn't put it past him to store that somehow."

[bellfounding]

"Okay, Jane, find him, show him to Glass, scan the worlds," says Pattern, waving a hand, "in case there are more or he's related to Addy or something, but, like, don't worry, we are not in the business of resurrecting Nazis as a general rule."