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

[summa_iniuria]

"I'm all ears."

[eversomuchfun]

"My companion has research projects of her own, and I'm after the Gem of Amara," Tea explains.

[summa_iniuria]

"This qualifies as innocuous?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Sure it does. I'm a nice vampire."

[summa_iniuria]

"Thrill me with your incontrovertible evidence," she says dryly.

[imeanforever]

"He's been perfectly nice to me so far," Promise says. "Given every opportunity to be otherwise."

[summa_iniuria]

"Yes, what is your side of this no doubt fascinating story?"

[imeanforever]

"I'm a fairy, you guessed right. Is this your building?"

[summa_iniuria]

"It's not literally mine, but I have semi-official permission to be here right now, which is more than I can say for either of you."

[eversomuchfun]

"I'd apologize, but I'm not actually sorry," says Tea. "But perhaps I should introduce myself. Sherlock Holmes, at your service." He gives a little bow.

[summa_iniuria]

[imeanforever]

"Mortals," mutters Promise. "I'm Promise, and in the interest of good faith I advise you not to give your real name."

[summa_iniuria]

"Anything to say for yourself, Mr. Holmes?"

[eversomuchfun]

"You're the Slayer. I'm a vampire. I have only so much good faith available."

[summa_iniuria]

"If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest assured that I shall do as much to you," says the mortal, raising her eyebrows.

[eversomuchfun]

...Tea bursts out laughing.

[imeanforever]

"I'm missing at least two things."

[summa_iniuria]

"Which two?"

[imeanforever]

"Why that was funny and what a Slayer is."

[summa_iniuria]

"Most relevantly, the Slayer's job is to kill vampires and generally save the world from evil," says the Slayer. "And that was funny because 'Sherlock Holmes' is the name of a fictional character and I just quoted something said to the fictional Sherlock by his fictional nemesis."

[imeanforever]

"Well, this vampire is mine, you can't have him."

[summa_iniuria]

"Then how do you feel about taking responsibility for his good behaviour?"

[imeanforever]

"I don't know what your personal standards of good behavior are, why I ought to consider myself subject thereto, or whether you'd decide to hold me responsible if I were less than maximally tyrrannical in managing him, which makes the question somewhat farcical."

[summa_iniuria]

"I am tentatively in favour of letting him live, but if you want him spared purely on the grounds that he is your vampire then it is implicitly your responsibility to keep him ethically fed and sheltered and discouraged from going on killing sprees," says the Slayer. "If this responsibility is not to your liking then I suggest you not go around claiming ownership of vampires."

[imeanforever]

"I'm not in favor of murder. If you attempt to kill my vampire, we have a problem."