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)

Comments

[eversomuchfun]

"Good morning. Well, technically it's late afternoon."

[imeanforever]

"I started in a forest where it was almost always late afternoon," remarks Promise. "How much would you mind having a gate to Fairyland inside your crypt? I've already mapped the room and should be able to make one, and if I aim it inside my tree that should be safe even if the outside of the place is being staked out. I could get a branch and plant it here and stop crowding you."

[eversomuchfun]

"Oh, go right ahead," he says.

[imeanforever]

"It might take any amount of time to settle. Days possibly," she mentions. "Where should I make it so that if it settles while I'm not paying attention you won't stumble into it? I don't actually know if you can get into my tree that way but it's not impossible."

[eversomuchfun]

"Can it be put anywhere? Why not there?" he asks, pointing to the wall at the head of the bed. "I don't make a habit of climbing onto my bed and walking directly into the wall."

[imeanforever]

"That's fine," says Promise, and she consults her map for a few minutes before finally saying, "There. Not an instant settle though."

[eversomuchfun]

"Oh well."

[imeanforever]

"Oh well. Can I have breakfast?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Sure."

Plants and plant derivatives!

[imeanforever]

Nom.

[eversomuchfun]

"Vampires don't actually eat food," he mentions. "We drink blood. Not yours; you don't seem to qualify as an animal for this purpose."

[imeanforever]

"We don't have animals in Fairyland to speak of. Are they hard to catch?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Not especially."

[imeanforever]

"Had you already caught one when I came through the tear last night?"

[eversomuchfun]

"I don't actually catch my own animals, I steal containers full of animal blood. Less tedious that way."

[imeanforever]

"Oh, okay. I guess stealing food doesn't have the obvious problems for mor- for non-fairies."

[eversomuchfun]

"Indeed."

[imeanforever]

"What else do you do with your time?"

[eversomuchfun]

Shrug. "In what context?"

[imeanforever]

"I'm going to be here for possibly weeks. The gate into my tree will take a while, I'll probably just move to a different part of Fairyland after that but that gate could also take a while, I want to know what good ways might be to spend my time between now and then."

[eversomuchfun]

"Oh. Hm. I could show you a library or two. Hellmouth optional."

[imeanforever]

"A library could be interesting."

[eversomuchfun]

"Options include the school library with informative material about magic and nonhumans, and the public library with no such material."

[imeanforever]

"The... school library... sounds obviously better then."

[eversomuchfun]

"The school library is somewhat more dangerous, given that there is a Hellmouth there and every so often someone tries to use said Hellmouth to cause some manner of mischief. And the public library has a much wider selection, it's just that most of it is written and curated by people who have no idea that magic is real. So their relative merits depend on your interests and risk tolerance."