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Edarial is nine, and he's avoiding his mother again.
Exploring the palace gets old after a while, but the library's even worse, and he suspects that if he spent any more time in his room, he'd scream. So, exploring the palace it is. Berathyme's with him, anyway, so the palace won't be so boring. She tends to make observations he didn't notice himself, and that's always interesting, if not always useful. Corridor, corridor, guest rooms, oh yes that is the closet with all of the uncomfortably looking coats, he'd forgotten about that one. Berathyme observes that they've been used relatively recently, some poor souls must have suffered - and then he opens a door and there's something he doesn't recognize.
He stares at the bar in confusion, consults briefly with Berathyme, and then wanders in.
What exactly is going on here?
royal_obligation
she_sells_seashells
Nod, nod nod.
"The very first time I came here, I didn't realize about saving my shells and I got Bar to recommend me a meal and it was amazing," she murmurs. "I have dreams about it sometimes."
"The very first time I came here, I didn't realize about saving my shells and I got Bar to recommend me a meal and it was amazing," she murmurs. "I have dreams about it sometimes."
she_sells_seashells
"There was pasta with beef and peas and broccoli in it and a garlicky cream sauce, and an egg soup, and a strawberry milkshake, and chocolate cake, and it was so, so, so good."
she_sells_seashells
"Now and then somebody else tells Bar to get me something nice on their tab and it's always different and it's always amazing but it's the first one I remember best."
royal_obligation
"That makes sense. I'm glad other people get you nice food sometimes, even if I can't."
royal_obligation
There are lots of books. Edarial is expanding his repertoire of spells immensely.
Eventually, he yawns.
"... Can I borrow your room?"
Eventually, he yawns.
"... Can I borrow your room?"
she_sells_seashells
"Yeah, of course. It's over here -" She leads him down an unobtrusive side hallway to one of several rooms and pulls out a key and opens it for him.
royal_obligation
"Thanks!" says Edarial. "It should be past midnight when I wake up, so I can cast a hex."
she_sells_seashells
And Shell Bell reads, and naps, and coasts on her magic calories, and reads more.
royal_obligation
And then, Edarial is back up and wanders in.
"... Hey, Bar," he asks. "Does the - time thing wit the door possibly interfere with getting a new set of spells?"
"... Hey, Bar," he asks. "Does the - time thing wit the door possibly interfere with getting a new set of spells?"
she_sells_seashells
According to books from your world, your spells should reset when it is midnight in whatever time zone you bound your familiar. It is still whenever it was when you opened the door, in that time zone.
"...oh," says Shell Bell.
"...oh," says Shell Bell.