well-behaved doors

[campanas]

Pen' was just going to go practice singing. (She likes singing. The words are all lined up for her already and she doesn't get them wrong.) But this doesn't look like the practice room. So it's probably the magic restaurant.

Pen knows about the magic restaurant! You can go in it, and get food or things to drink (she has bracelets!) and then you just go back out the door and it's been no time at all and you're right where you went in.

She goes in. She is going to have cake.

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[campanas]

"Course there rules," snorts Pen. "Not making trouble, I say so before! Some places being magic trouble. Home like that, we not have visitings there, we go other places for visit."

[aestrix]

"I wasn't aware, I apologize. I'll take the one with the least rules, then. More interesting things to see," he says. Silver-tongue, c'mon... Accept the lies he's feeding you, silly child. Please?

[mind_game]

"The Alethian afterlife subworld, Rêverie, Thilanushinyel, and Chronicle are most open to visitors who are going to make conspicuous displays of otherworldliness. If you're willing to stay put on single colony planets, Origin and Rainbow are available, and it's possible you could talk your way into Atlantis if you do pass a tourism check for Belled worlds in general."

[aestrix]

"Hmm," says the man, pondering. He looks at Pen. "Which do you think is the prettiest? My wife likes hearing stories about places I go. I'd like to give her a nice one, when I come back."

[campanas]

"I not gone too many places. Been Rêverie, it has enchanted things."

[aestrix]

"Then I'll go with that. If I get bored of it, I can always ask to go to another, yes?" he asks, reasonably.

[mind_game]

"I'm not a taxi," says Jane. "You'd have to make it worth somebody's time if you want to make a lot of trips."

[aestrix]

The man frowns, a little. Then, he takes a deep breath, and the smile returns. "I apologize, again. Just 'Rêverie' and back home, then. I'd hate to trouble you."

He really doesn't care if he troubles her in the slightest. He's rapidly losing his patience - in his world, he's very used to getting what he wants.

[mind_game]

"Waiting on some Bell to be available to clear you. Ideally Rose, since Rêverie is her world."

[campanas]

"Rose the one Mommy has three kids so has another Keziah is Céleste and another Ariel is Hyacinthe, plus her Dars is Yseult."

[aestrix]

"Ah, I see. So they'd be the other versions of your siblings? That would be interesting to see. While I wait, do you mind if I let my wife know where I'm heading off to? She might worry, otherwise."

His mate has been known to tear up mountains to find him if she worries too much. It's one of the reasons he loves her. Most dragons would just shrug and find another mate.

[campanas]

"Don't close door, it stops magic if you closed it," advises Pen.

[aestrix]

"Ah, I see. Thank you, I'll act accordingly," he says.

That doesn't matter. He doesn't usually speak with a voice, anyway. Most dragons think it's beneath them, his mate included. He gives a little wave to Pen and Jane, then heads back to the bar. The man opens the door out to the street, and pokes his head out.

Love? he sends. I'm going on a trip a little further than usual, don't worry, my darling, I'll be back before you know it.

Bring me back an interesting souvenir, my heart? You know what I like, she replies, amused with him.

Always, love, he replies with a natural smile to his illusion form. Then his head returns from the door, and it's closed. Mate has been informed, that part of the country is safe (from that particular problem, anyway).

Humming a tune, he returns to Pen and Jane. "She's been informed. She'd like some kind of souvenir - I won't trouble you about getting it for me, I would just like to make sure it's alright?"

He's not saying what the souvenir's likely to be. His wife likes shiny things, as much as he does.

[mind_game]

"There's no reason you can't remove medium-sized nonmagical objects that don't already belong to somebody from Rêverie if you're allowed to go there at all."

[aestrix]

Hrrm. They're likely to make him put anything stolen back before they let him return... He can always find something unique to the world, his mate would like that almost as much. Then he can make a quick run to a palace or something and grab the biggest gemstone there. Unless he sees something really, really irresistible in Rêverie, he knows some places with really nice trinkets.

"Sure," he replies, with a shrug.

He may or may not stick to that rule. He's not sure yet.

[mind_game]

"And Rose can come give you a couple minutes' worth of checking-out now."

[beheld_beauty]

Here she is. "Hello. Hi, Pen, you found Milliways all by yourself?"

[campanas]

"I did finded door. Ate cake! Met person. He wants visiting Rêverie."

[aestrix]

The man inclines his head, smiling at Rose. "I would! I like exploring new places, and this seems like an interesting place to go."

No lies, not yet. Perhaps later, if she asks something a bit more in-depth, though.

[beheld_beauty]

"May I ask whether you are any of non-human, magically capable, or possessed of advanced technology?"

[aestrix]

Oh, he can't resist. That's such a good opening to dramatically reveal himself. He's nothing if not theatrical.

He grins. "I am certainly not human."

There is a bit of rumble, and his illusion tears open to reveal a humongous grey dragon. He is neatly curled up, his wings folded, and his head's lowered to be level with Rose. Sparks dance between his two horns, and just his head dwarfs Rose and Pen entirely. Glowing yellow eyes consider them both.

And I am somewhat magically capable, he says, a little smugly, in a publicly broadcasted sense of words that bear only vague similarity to what he originally sounded like.

That is probably an understatement.

[campanas]

Pen is enthralled.

"Again again again!" she exclaims, clapping her hands.

[beheld_beauty]

Rose pats Pen on the head.

"I'm going to need a summary of what you can do, besides, apparently, be a dragon and appear otherwise and use this form of mental communication."

[aestrix]

He laughs, softly. He kind of enjoys having Pen be amused by him, it reminds him of his hatchlings.

I am capable of more illusions than just appearing to be other than a dragon, along with a personal specialty in, his horns and claws spark a bit, harmless but somewhat threatening, Electricity. My mate likes seeing lightshows.

[beheld_beauty]

Rose does not look threatened.

"Are you going to harass, attack, steal from, spy on, or otherwise interfere with or upset anyone who lives in my world if I let you into it?"