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]

"The latter."

[imeanforever]

Promise snorts. "Are you done thinking or do you need a while longer?"

[infinitely_stranger]

"I have had sufficient time. I accept the proposed arrangement."

[imeanforever]

"Would you like Tea to leave when you give your name?"

[infinitely_stranger]

"That may depend on how likely Tea is to eavesdrop."

[eversomuchfun]

[imeanforever]

"Would you like to be permitted to follow me a few hundred meters into the air before you give your name?"

[infinitely_stranger]

Snort. "Sure."

[imeanforever]

"Proposed wording: 'you may, taking no extraneous action, follow Promise where she leads of her own uncommanded will'."

[infinitely_stranger]

"Functional," diagnoses Arcane.

[eversomuchfun]

Tea transmits the order.

[imeanforever]

And Promise shows Arcane out of the crypt and flies up.

[infinitely_stranger]

Up go fairies.

[imeanforever]

Promise goes up a little higher than she expects Tea to be able to hear, and puts her ear near Arcane's face.

[infinitely_stranger]

"Sierulyperinon."

[imeanforever]

Promise takes a deep breath. And says, "I rescind all your orders."

[infinitely_stranger]

"Thank you," says Arcane.

[imeanforever]

"You're welcome."

Down go fairies.

[infinitely_stranger]

"What a harmonically fascinating place," he comments.

[imeanforever]

"I wonder if Castle can just copy your harmonic sense. Tea was the test subject for a spell that was intended to do that - and did, but also made the harmonics near him even wackier."

[infinitely_stranger]

"A potentially interesting and valuable experiment."

[imeanforever]

"Castle's magic is themed around that game Tea had you playing, only with the actual pieces involved."

[infinitely_stranger]

"Interesting. I look forward to learning about mortal magic."

[imeanforever]

"Moooost of it is a mess."

[infinitely_stranger]

"In what way?"