barring emergencies

[the_very_best]

Bella's not sure where she has wandered. She thought she was about to walk into a shop, but this appears to be an unattended bar. With none of the windows associated with the shop she thought she was entering. It could be an elaborate psychic assault of some kind, but it doesn't feel very... assault-y... and she was in the middle of a town and doesn't think any humans want to sic their 'mon on her. It's strange. She approaches the bar, looking around warily, hand hovering near her belt.

with Max (Benedict)

with Earth and Lightning (kappa)

with Ann and Sabrina (kuuskytkolme)

Comments

[from_scratch]

"Thanks, I made it myself."

[just_a_shadow]

"How's that work?" asks Fire. (Snuggle snuggle. Nope, Shadow and Fire are not going to stop hugging anytime soon.)

[from_scratch]

"I'm a demon. Demons can make stuff, and that includes my wings and tail. And we're indestructible. Earlier Earth detached my wings to see if that counted as hurting me and then tried my tail to see if he could do it without me letting him; it seems like I'm still normal amounts of indestructible relative to elemental stuff."

[just_a_shadow]

"Huh," says Fire, absently petting Shadow's hair. "Can I try setting you on fire to see what happens?"

[from_scratch]

"Shine, can I get a heal if it's bad? If it's just a singe like it would be if I touched a hot stove it'll heal fine by itself but if it's nasty I'd rather not wait."

[pythbox]

"Sure, no problem," says Shine.

[from_scratch]

Revelation holds his hand out to the Fire. "If you can get past the first couple layers of skin that'll be plenty to prove that you are extra special on fire."

[pythbox]

Fire takes Revelation's hand.

Now Revelation's hand is covered in fire. Lots and lots of fire.

[from_scratch]

"Ow. Ow, okay, I don't think you're magically harmful but you're still hot, all done now."

[pythbox]

Fire shrugs and lets go.

[from_scratch]

Revelation shakes his hand through the air and it self-repairs. "Okay, I will be careful with elemental handshakes but not paranoid, good to know."

[pythbox]

"I would hate to be you," Fire remarks.

[from_scratch]

"Why's that?"

[pythbox]

"You can't get hurt worse than that, right?" he asks, gesturing to Cam's recently singed hand.

[from_scratch]

"Not if I'm not deliberately screwing around with myself. If I wanted to saw off my own hand at the wrist nothing's stopping me."

[just_a_shadow]

"I guess that's okay," says Fire.

"You're weird," murmurs Shadow.

"It occurs to me," says Earth, "that there's nothing stopping us from finding the local alt of you two now. Unless she's under a scry ward at the moment."

[from_scratch]

"That would be nifty!"

[imeanforever]

"Please make sure she knows not to let me hear her name."

[just_a_shadow]

"Okay," says Shadow. "Um... am I just going to be shadewalking into some mage's house by myself? Because that's scary."

"In the interests of not letting Promise hear her name by accident, Revelation could go along," says Earth. "It would leave the door unprotected but hopefully not for very long."

[from_scratch]

"I don't suppose we could do something radical like drop a note in her lap first?"

[just_a_shadow]

"If I'm shadewalking to drop a note in her lap I'm still shadewalking into some mage's house by myself," says Shadow.

[from_scratch]

"I'll come with you, I'm just saying we don't have to loiter on the first pass."

[just_a_shadow]

"Okay," says Shadow.

"She looks like her," Earth says helpfully, indicating Promise. "Only closer to his height, and human."

"I can find her unless she's warded, then," says Shadow. "Should we go look?"

[from_scratch]

"Sure."

To the door again.

[just_a_shadow]

A similar routine ensues, with Revelation and Shadow being made invisible.

"If you see weird things and you don't like it, close your eyes," Shadow advises before he steps into the shadow places and takes Revelation with him.

Then he looks for someone who matches the provided description.