call me maybe

[from_scratch]

Cam is out flying. There's a decent cloud of atmosphere around the gold plane, now, millenia of demons making air around themselves for comfort and not sealing it up because why would you bother. There's a small forest, here - the effect is kind of ruined by the lamps it has to grow under, but it's still pretty.

He feels an open summons and lets it grab him -

with the Joker (kappa)

with Ripper (kappa)

with Darren (Aestrix)

with Minus (kappa)

with Emma (Marri)

with Facility 3141592 (armokGoB)

with the admin (kappa)

with Jarvis (kappa, Aestrix)

with Miles (kappa)

with Hank (Nemo)

Comments

[neverbeatme]

"Probably better to ask Chris about that kind of detail," she says. She gets out a phone and calls her aunt.

"Hi, Chris. If I had a source that could get you arbitrary diamonds, what kinds of sizes and cuts would you prefer? Also, I made a new friend and we need to buy him a phone." She listens to the response, laughs, and then relays information about a variety of types of diamond her aunt would like for various purposes - mostly very small ones, the size to go on a ring, but a few significantly larger.

[from_scratch]

"Is your aunt the witch who is not as much of a mess as other sources on magic?"

[neverbeatme]

"Yep."

[from_scratch]

"Are we friends, now? I'm still way back in 'not giving out arbitrary information about future technology'."

[neverbeatme]

"In this case 'friend' was meant to communicate 'person I expect to be talking to and cooperating with frequently in the near future'."

[from_scratch]

"Okay. How are we getting me my phone?"

[neverbeatme]

"Well, I could go get it and then mysteriously find you again, but I'm going to guess you won't be fond of that option. And mysteriously finding people takes time and effort I could be putting towards better things. Relatedly, it might interest you to know that Slayer senses definitely think there is something up with you, but aren't clear about what. I can tell vampires from anything else and some kinds of demon from each other if I pay attention, and sometimes I get a read off an especially powerful or strongly affiliated magic user; you're just some unspecified kind of slightly weird. But it's an indication that getting rid of the wings might not completely do the job of letting you pass for human."

[from_scratch]

"How many people are going to be sensing me Slayerishly, though?"

[neverbeatme]

"One, I hope, since if you met another one that would indicate I was dead. But if Slayerish senses in particular get something from you, it's likely that there's some other kind of magic somewhere that gets something from you too. And I wouldn't know what kind it might be or who might have it. Magic doesn't tend to come in perfectly unique kinds without any overlap in scope. There's only one Slayer, but there's other magic that improves your strength or reflexes or lets you sense things most people can't or gives you unreliable, uninformative, and unpleasant prophetic dreams. Can you tell which part of the Slayer package I like the least? I bet you can."

[from_scratch]

"I'm going to guess it's the improved reflexes," deadpans Cam, "I don't blame you, those sound terrible. Okay. So I'm detectable via nonvisual means, potentially."

[neverbeatme]

"Yeah. I thought that might be useful information. Anyway, regarding getting you your phone - do you particularly want to come along and shop for it? Either way, I think the simplest thing to arrange would be to meet back here or at some more easily findable landmark at some agreed-upon time tomorrow; the only difference is whether I bring you a phone or we proceed to go get one. I know the town better than you do, so you should pick a meeting place you know you can find."

[from_scratch]

"I can find this park bench tomorrow morning, does this park bench tomorrow morning at like I don't know eight work for you? And I will trust your judgment on phones, do you need the diamonds in advance?"

[neverbeatme]

"Diamonds in advance would be nice but isn't strictly necessary. This park bench tomorrow morning at eight works just fine."

[from_scratch]

Cam shrugs and drops a little bag of diamonds into her hand. "I will see you tomorrow, then? Are you planning to surreptitiously follow me after I leave?"

[neverbeatme]

"I'm not going to surreptitously follow you. I'm going to go home and give my aunt her diamonds and check out your future medical research."

[from_scratch]

"And is whoever has been reporting to you on suspicious demonic activity going to surreptitiously follow me?"

[neverbeatme]

"Whoever has been reporting to me on suspicious demonic activity is not present, not particularly good at surreptitiously following people, and not planning any such thing as far as I know."

[from_scratch]

"I didn't notice being followed," Cam points out, "so obviously their skill at surreptitious following suffices. Although then again I also wasn't on the lookout for stalkers. Anyway. All right then. Hope your aunt enjoys her diamonds."

[neverbeatme]

"Thanks. See you tomorrow."

[from_scratch]

Cam waves.

[neverbeatme]

James waves back. Off she goes.

[from_scratch]

Cam waits around for a while, then wanders, makes sure he knows where the crypt is but doesn't stop there, goes back to the library and gets a large book and hides his computer in that book in an armchair in the corner and does notetaking, and then eventually meanders back to Sherlock's place.

[eversomuchfun]

He will find Sherlock sitting in his bed in his slightly secret room, drinking tea and reading Hound of the Baskervilles.

[from_scratch]

"Hi. The coat isn't sufficiently concealing. I made friends with someone claiming to be the Slayer and gave her a small bag of diamonds and a set of DVDs full of medical advances."

[eversomuchfun]

"Well that's interesting. What did this Slayer look like? Did she offer a name? Why diamonds? For that matter, what did she want with the medical advances?"