a little young for that

[alicornucopia]

There is a red-eyed teenage boy - or so it would seem - positively interrogating the bar.

"Redreed wine?"

Aren't you a little young for that?

"I don't actually want any right now, but you know what it is?"

Of course.

"That... is interesting." He taps his fingers on the bar. "All right - I do, actually, want a chocolate iced planet."

And he gets a little square pastry, frosting on the top, and turns on his barstool to watch the comings and goings.

~~~

with Giles

with Lazarus

Comments

[alicornucopia]

"...wait, you can see magic, no one else can, and you work as a translator?"

[nonbird]

"I'm a good translator! And there are few enough people with magic in my world that the general population does not know it exists," he says. "I know some people who might like me to see magic for them more than I do, but they are slightly scary and I like translating better than I would like working for them."

[alicornucopia]

"I'll believe that you're a good translator, but - wow. How few is few?"

[nonbird]

"Few. I live in a big city and I'm out and about reasonably often and I can go as long as a few months without seeing any unfamiliar powers."

[alicornucopia]

"Wow. In my world there's only about that many dragons, but there's lots and lots of wizards, plenty of lights and mages and sorcerers..."

[nonbird]

"And what are all those things?"

[alicornucopia]

"Wizards are the ones who use channeling capacity. Lights are healers, mages do elements, sorcerers do telekinesis."

[nonbird]

"I see. Well, no I don't. Your world sounds interesting."

[alicornucopia]

"I like it pretty well," says Kaylo cheerfully.