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.

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with Miles (kappa)

with Minus (kappa)

Comments

[eversomuchfun]

"Good question. Might be fun to experiment," he says. "Well, not if I caught fire, but I could put it out afterward. Why, can you turn people invisible?"

[imeanforever]

"Yeah. These harmonics might mean it doesn't last until I undo it, so you'd want to stay near shade even if it works perfectly in case it shredded sooner than later, but once I have this room figured out that's one of the things I can do."

[eversomuchfun]

"That seems potentially convenient."

[imeanforever]

"Well, it might or might not help with the sun, but yeah." Map map map.

[eversomuchfun]

Shrug.

[imeanforever]

"How long until you usually go to bed?"

[eversomuchfun]

"About six hours."

[imeanforever]

"That's probably enough time to map this whole room." She gets back to work.

[eversomuchfun]

He keeps out of her way and is amused by the struggling lights.

[imeanforever]

Promise systematically grids the room in columns, writing down her findings in bizarre symbology on page after page of graph paper. It's surprisingly compact.

She's in the last corner by bedtime. Her stomach is growling but she hasn't mentioned food.

[eversomuchfun]

"What do fairies eat?"

[imeanforever]

"Plants. I'm not picky and wouldn't recognize any individual plants here either. I can't chew solid wood."

[eversomuchfun]

"I can provide plants and things made from plants," he says. "Should I go shopping again before sunrise?"

[imeanforever]

"If it wouldn't be too much trouble yes please."

[eversomuchfun]

Shrug.

Off he goes, returning fifteen minutes later with another big cardboard box, less clearly labelled. It is full of plants and plant derivatives.

[imeanforever]

"This would be a good time to decide if you're going to be feeding me or if I have to get used to risking claims from every mortal who's ever interacted with that food, the land it's grown on, and the water it's grown with."

[eversomuchfun]

"I suppose I'll be feeding you, then. Unless there's some clever alternate solution available."

[imeanforever]

"If I vassalize someone first, I can take food from them without it being a problem, but I don't exactly have candidates lined up."

[eversomuchfun]

He shrugs. "So it seems like the most convenient option all round is me feeding you. Fine."

[imeanforever]

"Thanks."

[eversomuchfun]

He makes a noncommital sound and extracts a plant from the plant box to feed to Promise.

[imeanforever]

Nom.

"I'm Promise, by the way, I hadn't mentioned."

[eversomuchfun]

"Sherlock."

Click.

[imeanforever]

She relaxes a little bit but doesn't say anything immediately. Nom.

[eversomuchfun]

Plants and plant derivatives.