how are you feeling?

[small_magics]

[It seems that perhaps we should speak,] Isibel says to Lycaelon. She wishes him a cup of tea, wherever he is, hovering in the air waiting for him to take it. [Though I confess I do not know where to begin.]

Comments

[guiltless]

"My ingot power is that I go to this place in my dreams with a bunch of... kind of distilled versions of me in it? And I have for a really long time, so I'm used to them by now, and I've figured out that they're ultimately pretty harmless if you take them on their own terms and therefore so am I. It, uh, took a lot more figuring than it sounds like."

[thinklikethis]

Sandalon is listening in utter fascination.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Huh. So your opinion is it's safe to mint Arianna and let Bonding happen or not, whichever?"

[guiltless]

"Yep," says Sandy. "And, you know, don't then turn around and drop the guy into a basically literal Hell where the only obvious career paths are torturer and tortur-ee. But like. I don't think you're going to do that anyway."

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Not on anybody's agenda," agrees Elspeth.

[guiltless]

Sandy shrugs. "So there you go, that's my advice."

[her_imperial_radiance]

"All right. Do you want Jane to drop you back in Eos before I go pass that along, or not?"

[guiltless]

"Yeah, might as well. Nice meeting you," he says to Sandalon.

[thinklikethis]

"...And you as well," Sandalon manages.

[mind_game]

And yoink.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"If there's anything else Arianna or Isibel should hear, now would be a good time to tell me," Elspeth tells Sandalon.

[thinklikethis]

"Um... I don't want to bother a dragon," says Sandalon. "And I don't want to be famous or do spectacular magic or anything. But... if the dragon would like to meet me... I don't think I would mind." He ducks his head. "That's all."

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Okay. Bye."

And Elspeth goes back to the group and relates what went on.

[pythbox]

"Really," says Arianna.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Elspeth bursts out laughing.

[pythbox]

"What?" she says indignantly.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"It's just cute."

[thaumobabble]

"I can confirm that I haven't, actually, seen a perform-unspeakable-acts attractor stuck to Chainsaw, let alone Sandy. I can go have a look at Sandalon, I guess."

[small_magics]

"If you wouldn't mind."

[thaumobabble]

Pop. "Hi, Sandalon, I'm one of Isibel's alts, looking over your template features, don't mind me."

[thinklikethis]

After one deeply curious glance, he appears to take this elven-literally, and commences ignoring her in favour of his neglected carving.

[thaumobabble]

Glass inspects him, then pops away again.

"Yeah, nothing spooked me there."

[small_magics]

"Very well. I suppose we may as well grant Arianna her wish."

[pythbox]

Arianna bounces again, gleefully.

[small_magics]

And Arianna's wish is granted. Presumably to the fascination of Elasirae, who hasn't seen this done before.