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]

"And you begin to understand what I mean about magical theory. The answer, as far as I can tell, is 'they guess wildly and are rewarded in no sensible pattern.'"

[imeanforever]

"How frustrating."

[eversomuchfun]

"Indeed."

[imeanforever]

"What happens when they guess wrong?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Failure. Of wildly varying kinds."

[imeanforever]

"Well, that sounds concerning. Do they get spells that do the wrong thing, or nothing, or just spontaneously die...?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Any of the above."

[imeanforever]

"Grand."

[eversomuchfun]

"There are vague trends. Spontaneous death is usually reserved for people who were trying to do something very difficult or powerful or destructive. I would be surprised to hear someone died of spell research trying to invent a new scry in a way I wouldn't be if they were trying to invent a potent curse. But there are few guarantees."

[imeanforever]

"I assume I would wind up inconvenienced in some way if I stumbled across something that would normally kill me."

[eversomuchfun]

"A very reasonable assumption."

[imeanforever]

"I'm amazed there's this much prior art if it's so dangerous."

[eversomuchfun]

"What amazes me is that most of the biggest advances in the human magical tradition seem to have been made hundreds of years ago when the human population was comparatively small. Then again, being outnumbered by demons at every turn might be a strong motivating factor in trying to gain power by risky means."

[imeanforever]

"How much does the human population change in a few hundred years...?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Between 1900 and 2000 the human population of Earth went from a little less than two billion to a little more than six."

[imeanforever]

"This entire round planet will be overrun."

[eversomuchfun]

"Yes."

[imeanforever]

"Do they have some plan for dealing with that?"

[eversomuchfun]

"There are multiple planets in the universe."

[imeanforever]

"Oh. And they have those fast flying vehicles."

[eversomuchfun]

"The problem of successfully conveying humans to other planets and setting up self-sustaining colonies there is not trivial to solve and has not been solved yet, but it can be solved and there's no reason to think they'll completely fail to get around to it."

[imeanforever]

"That's reassuring."

[eversomuchfun]

Shrug.

[imeanforever]

"I was worried I'd have to eventually think of a safe way for mortals to colonize Fairyland."

[eversomuchfun]

"If you do, I'm sure it will help. But it's not strictly necessary to the survival of the species."