i wasn't looking for this

[from_scratch]

This is a successor to call me maybe and trade my soul for a wish, which were getting crowded.

with Emily (Maggie)

with Alex (ErinFlight)

with Destin (Rockeye)

with Nick (Rockeye)

Comments

[iamnotpolaris]

"But. Yeah. I honestly cannot think of a better person to end up unexpectedly psychically bonded than the telepath who's never quite satisfied with how much people usually choose to share. It'll be good for her, probably, having another person who doesn't mind her reading whatever in their mind she wants. I...don't think I specifically object that it happened. It's just. A lot."

[from_scratch]

"And now your interdimensional jaunt has an attachment. An inextricable attachment."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Oh. Yeah. I mean, we were going to bring him with us anyway, that part hasn't really changed in the short term...I wonder what introducing him to our parents is going to be like. Papa's a geneticist, he's probably going to want to talk genetics to him or something."

[from_scratch]

"At least you're not imagining horrific inlaw-related strife."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Pff. No. I sincerely doubt Edie would have fallen for someone who was going to be irreconcilably opposed to our parents."

[from_scratch]

"Even though it's a magic thingamajig?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"She fell for them before the magic thingamajig happened, remember? If she hadn't, I promise you we would have an entirely different set of problems."

[from_scratch]

"Love at first TMI, right, sorry, I'm not accustomed to keeping track of this sort of thing."

[iamnotpolaris]

"No, it's fine. But...yeah, and now I'm imagining the kind of freakout Edie would have had if she were suddenly permanently in love with someone she hadn't already had feelings for." She shivers.

[from_scratch]

"This is pleasant by comparison, yeah."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I imagine it's going to be pleasant compared to a lot of things in the long run, as-is. Otherwise...man, I don't know what would happen. ...I don't know, if it had been the same people involved it might have been okay in the long term. If nothing else I'm pretty sure her protective instincts would be triggered too hard to be upset with them once she got to the 'only non-evil member of his species' bit." She shrugs. "Of course, if ifs and ands were pots and pans..."

[from_scratch]

"...it would get really hard to speak English?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Good thing I know so many other languages!"

[from_scratch]

"I did remember to thank you for those, right?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"I think so!"

[from_scratch]

"Good. ...So, I assume your sister is too busy to perform any experiments with fetching hats any time soon, what with the too much muchness."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Yeeaah, probably."

[from_scratch]

"Oh well."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Enh. No rush. I mean, if nothing else, if she's not doing that because of muchness, the odds that she'd end up doing other things for which hats might be relevant is also low."

[from_scratch]

"Yes, this is true."

[iamnotpolaris]

"...I wonder, if you get the metal thin enough is there a point at which she can perceive a mind but not do anything else."

[from_scratch]

"That would have some interesting implications, but do you have an actual application in mind?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"The fact that she finds not being able to perceive minds as being kind of weird and creepy? She's too polite to say anything about it, but I'm her twin, it's my job to make her life easier."

[from_scratch]

"Ah. Then, yes, for any hat recipients who cared not to creep her that would be a factor."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I was thinking more that I'd be more enthusiastic about the handing out hats part if they by default did not render the recipients creepy," she admits.