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

[imeanforever]

Huh.

[summa_iniuria]

"I'd also like to know just what happens if you hear my 'real' name, and what a 'real' name is, before I let you get any closer to my Watcher," she adds.

[imeanforever]

"Your real name is the first name you ever had. If I know it then you can't hurt me and I can give you enforced commands."

[summa_iniuria]

"Noted. How widespread is this property? Should I be worried about encountering other fairies who might be less friendly about it?"

[imeanforever]

"All fairies have this property and most of them are not as nice as me."

[eversomuchfun]

"Best guess, Promise is currently the only fairy of the relevant category on Earth," says Sherlock. "It seems unlikely but not impossible that that might change anytime soon."

[summa_iniuria]

The Slayer nods.

"Well, I'm definitely going to warn him about the problem before I let you meet him, but I'm not inclined to panic just yet. One reasonably friendly fairy is an acceptable risk."

[imeanforever]

"Thanks."

[summa_iniuria]

"I admit to some curiosity about your other research projects," she adds. "I might be inclined to help out, depending."

[eversomuchfun]

"Of late I have been tempted to look into the problems furnished by nature," says Sherlock.

[summa_iniuria]

She snorts. "The one that's getting under my skin most recently is definitely more in the societal vein, but you might have overheard that already."

[imeanforever]

"More references to mortal literature?"

[eversomuchfun]

"The Professor over here has apparently memorized one of my favourite stories out of my namesake's canon," says Sherlock.

[summa_iniuria]

"Tempted as I am, if I pick a nickname it's not going to be that," she says. "The Professor, if you're curious, was Mr. Holmes's nemesis."

[imeanforever]

"Are mortals frequently named after literary characters?"

[summa_iniuria]

"Not usually, no."

[eversomuchfun]

"I'm not a very usual person."

[summa_iniuria]

"That much is clear," she says. "I would like you to leave for now while I explain things to my Watcher, but if you come back in a couple of hours I'll have that sunlight ward ready, and if you want continued access to the books, we can discuss that then."

[imeanforever]

Nod.

[summa_iniuria]

"See you later," she says, and she turns back around the corner and starts talking to her mortal artifact again. "Change of plans, can you come up with a way to reliably ward a vampire against sunlight in the next two hours? It's a long story."

[imeanforever]

"I don't know quite what to make of her," Promise says softly when the mortal with the violent job description is out of earshot.

[eversomuchfun]

"I think she's charming," says Tea. "I know you're not very impressed by her decision not to attack me on the spot, but I really can't overstate how solidly reliable a policy 'just kill any vampire you meet' actually is if you value the preservation of human life. I am a very unusual vampire and the fact that she's willing to be convinced of that makes her a very unusual Slayer."

[imeanforever]

"Speaking of which I do not consider myself to have ownership of you but it was the likeliest way to get at the important parts of the actual concept, which mortals do not begin with an instinctive understanding of."

[eversomuchfun]

"I'm mildly amused that she picked up on the phrasing and hasn't put it down again, but I'm not offended, if you were worried about that."

[imeanforever]

"A little."