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)

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[eversomuchfun]

Tea picks up some fiction and sits at a table and reads.

[imeanforever]

Reading! Promise can just read all day, that seems like a plan.

[eversomuchfun]

Yes indeed. Well, unless one of them gets hungry, but Tea seems not to.

[imeanforever]

Promise does, but she doesn't want to haul all the way back to the crypt in the middle of the day. Two meals a day will do it.

[eversomuchfun]

In that case, reading all day it is. Promise can learn about whatever nonmagical aspects of Earthly existence she likes!

[imeanforever]

She learns so many things! And has to ask Tea for context on a lot of them.

[eversomuchfun]

Tea is full of context.

[imeanforever]

How useful of him!

And eventually the sun is low in the sky and they should go back to the crypt and feed plants to Promise and then go to meet Royal at the school.

[eversomuchfun]

They do this. Sherlock stops on the way to the school to steal more blood.

[summa_iniuria]

Royal is waiting in the library, reading a book.

"Hi," she says when they walk in.

[imeanforever]

"Hello."

[summa_iniuria]

"I have your phone." She hands Promise a mortal artifact of the appropriate type.

[imeanforever]

"Thank you. How do I phone?"

[summa_iniuria]

Royal is happy to explain the basic functions of this mortal artifact.

[imeanforever]

Promise picks them up well enough. "Thanks," she says again.

[summa_iniuria]

"No problem."

[imeanforever]

"Is there a particular time at which I should call Castle? I imagine it would be alarming to have this thing start making noises unexpectedly."

[summa_iniuria]

"It's customary to avoid calling people when they're likely to be sleeping or have recently woken up, unless there's an emergency. You can assume Castle is awake and willing to receive calls anytime from late morning until a few hours after sundown."

[imeanforever]

"Okay."

[summa_iniuria]

"Now, was there anything else you wanted to look up while you're here?"

[eversomuchfun]

"What are the odds you've already found and taken possession of the Gem of Amara?"

[summa_iniuria]

...Royal laughs.

[imeanforever]

Blink blink.

[summa_iniuria]

"I haven't. Yet," she says. "But you're right that it would be fairly pointless for you to try to catch up to what I've been able to find out from these books. If I'm impressed with how you handle your sun ward I will tell you everything I know about where to find it, and if I'm not, I'll have a significant head start."

[eversomuchfun]

"I'll leave it in your hands, then," he shrugs. "Promise, shall I fetch your books so you can pick up where you left off?"