blood sweat tear

[imeanforever]

He's moving her to a different court to see if it'll improve her attitude. She's allowed to fly. It's been a long, long time since she was allowed to -

She is only allowed to fly to her destination, not anywhere else. She notices that she is not where she should be, that she cannot progress to where she was told to go, and she careens out of control when her wings won't flap anymore, and she crashes.

---

with Miles (kappa)

with Minus (kappa)

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[eversomuchfun]

"Hm," says the mortal, regarding her thoughtfully.

[imeanforever]

[eversomuchfun]

"As much fun as this little interlude has been, do feel free to give the answer away."

[imeanforever]

Does that -

She opens her mouth and this time sound comes out.

"I'm under heavy orders and I can mostly only do things you tell or permit me to do."

[eversomuchfun]

"Well, that's annoying."

[imeanforever]

[eversomuchfun]

"And will it solve this irritating puzzle if I permit you to do whatever you like?"

[imeanforever]

"Yeah," she breathes, suddenly relaxing and starting to cry.

[eversomuchfun]

"Lovely."

He sits on the floor and pours himself a cup of tea from the cooling kettle.

[imeanforever]

Promise does not intrude on his tea-ing. She just cries softly.

[eversomuchfun]

He sits. He drinks his tea.



He says, unenforced, "Want to talk about it?"

[imeanforever]

"I - I - had a bad master. Went through a tear. Now I can't do any sorcery I suppose and I don't know if I'll ever see my tree again but at least he doesn't have me anymore."

[eversomuchfun]

"Well. Welcome to Sunnydale. Is this orders business a property of you in particular, or of the entire place you came from?"

[imeanforever]

"Of fairies."

[eversomuchfun]

"Fairies, that's a new one."

[imeanforever]

"There's lots of kinds. I've met a mortal once before, but it was years ago."

[eversomuchfun]

"Do I qualify as mortal in this context?"

[imeanforever]

"Unless you're missing your wings, yes."

[eversomuchfun]

"That I am flightless is not in dispute."

[imeanforever]

"Then yes, you're a mortal. As far as I know it's just fairies and mortals. Are you an unusual kind of mortal?"

[eversomuchfun]

"I think we may have to throw out the term 'mortal' as hopelessly ambiguous. I am not human, though I once was. I am the most common kind of nonhuman on this planet. Relative to humans I am also significantly less mortal, a distinction that many other kinds of nonhuman cannot boast."

[imeanforever]

"Oh. I didn't know mortals came in nonhuman. But if you can die you're a mortal."

[eversomuchfun]

"That isn't how the categories are structured around here."

[imeanforever]

"Okay."

[eversomuchfun]

He shrugs. "But perhaps you're not interested in the local taxonomy."