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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 -
from_scratch
ask_nicely
Well, he's got her there.
"Nnnno I can in practice be just as scary as that implies. But I am not going to."
"Nnnno I can in practice be just as scary as that implies. But I am not going to."
toblameforit
"That's nice of you," says Tony. "I'm sorry I can't really, like... point you at random problems that can be solved with transmutation, magic isn't publicly known around here and a lady with wings and a halo showing up at a hospital is proooooobably gonna cause a stir. Although I guess if you have good transmutation you can maybe ditch the wings and halo and be a sneaky angel? But I still dunno where to send you to do your sneaky angeling."
ask_nicely
"I can ditch both," agrees Adana. "I actually also made both. So it's really not a big deal."
She plucks her halo out of the air, swats it, and it dims to being a simple white and fluffy-looking circlet. She's going to leave it intact aside from being off because it was a pain to make, and she would rather avoid spending the time it takes to do it again.
"Any reason for me to keep the wings? Downside to ditching them is the time it takes to remake them. So if they go they're going to be gone unless I get several hours to myself to remake them."
She plucks her halo out of the air, swats it, and it dims to being a simple white and fluffy-looking circlet. She's going to leave it intact aside from being off because it was a pain to make, and she would rather avoid spending the time it takes to do it again.
"Any reason for me to keep the wings? Downside to ditching them is the time it takes to remake them. So if they go they're going to be gone unless I get several hours to myself to remake them."
from_scratch
Cam's wings shift a little. He could remake both for her really fast.
But he's staying quiet for the time being. She would not be reassured by the offer of this convenience.
But he's staying quiet for the time being. She would not be reassured by the offer of this convenience.
toblameforit
"I mean, basically if you go outside like that you're gonna get some serious attention. So I guess... keep them if you wanna keep them and... don't plan on going outside at all while you're here?"
ask_nicely
"... That would put a serious hamper on helpful things I can do while I'm here. Nah, I'll ditch them."
Then, quite casually, she converts both of her wings into the cloud-like substance she's accustomed to working with. It's not instant, but it passes over both wings like a wave, changing them from white and feathery to white and... fluffy. She then reaches back, removes the - now large amount of fluffy cloud-like stuff no longer attached to her back, balls it up, and politely puts it down in a corner that seems appropriate.
"There. Angel in disguise."
Then, quite casually, she converts both of her wings into the cloud-like substance she's accustomed to working with. It's not instant, but it passes over both wings like a wave, changing them from white and feathery to white and... fluffy. She then reaches back, removes the - now large amount of fluffy cloud-like stuff no longer attached to her back, balls it up, and politely puts it down in a corner that seems appropriate.
"There. Angel in disguise."
ask_nicely
"It's... I don't actually know what it's called. I'm kind of new to angeling it up. But it shows up naturally in Heaven, and it's pretty much the perfect thing to transmute from when I'm making things. It's also pretty easy to turn things into it. You can mess with it and study it if you like, but if you lose or destroy any amount I'll need to replace it if I want wings again."
toblameforit
"Well, turn something else into it, then," he says, and looks at nearby tables for something he doesn't need. "Turn this into it."
'This' is a large empty mug with a company logo - Stark Industries - on the side. He zeroes in, grabs it, and holds it out to her. There is a tiny bit of dried-up coffee inside.
'This' is a large empty mug with a company logo - Stark Industries - on the side. He zeroes in, grabs it, and holds it out to her. There is a tiny bit of dried-up coffee inside.
ask_nicely
"Sure," she shrugs. She takes the mug, and then turns it into a modest amount of cloud-fluff. Upon close inspection, it seems to glow, very very faintly. "Here you are." Adana holds it out to Tony.
toblameforit
"Thanks." He takes the cloud-fluff. He pokes it curiously. It's still mug-shaped, but deforms easily when prodded. Squish!
ask_nicely
Adana giggles a bit, too. "Some angels have taken up fluff-sculpting. If you're curious."
toblameforit
"That sounds amazing. Also, how sure are you that demons are evil, because so far all this one's done since he got here is be kind of adorable?"
ask_nicely
"... I mean I wouldn't bet my immortality on it? But the one demon I have met was very - definitively not a nice person. I've also heard lots of stories about demons not being nice people in general, but... I'd need to talk to him to find out? And to do that the binding would need to be snapped and I am - really nervous about actually being able to take a demon on in single combat if it comes to it. Because if he decides that the world would look way better if it was in the middle of a sun, guess who's the only daeva present to stop him and or clean it up after?" Wince. "Lots of people would die. Like, I hate gagging daeva on principle, but not so much that I will risk lots of lives on it."
She looks at Cam. "... Sorry. If you are actually nice. If you're like the demon I met, kindly go fuck yourself."
She looks at Cam. "... Sorry. If you are actually nice. If you're like the demon I met, kindly go fuck yourself."
from_scratch
Cam's not actually bound, so when he doesn't remember off the top of his head whether a particular gesture is permitted by a gag order and he's trying to pretend to have one he has to guess.
Well, it doesn't sound like she would be terribly likely to know either.
He places his hand over his heart, face wounded.
ask_nicely
She doesn't actually know about the particulars of gagging, she's both never been gagged and never gagged anyone when she was a summoner. She only knows stuff from what she's heard from other angels, or the snippets she read in a book while panicking and trying to save a colony. Not very helpful for tipping her off on the demon present not actually being bound.
"Like I said. Sorry."
"Like I said. Sorry."
toblameforit
"...how does the whole binding thing work, exactly?" he inquires, idly squashing his fluff-mug into a ball.
ask_nicely
"When you summon the daeva, you lay out constraints on their circle and while they are present where ever they're summoned they are bound by those. You give them a task to do that they can agree to help with or not in exchange for payment of various types, and while they're present there are certain things that they can't do. Like, it's standard to bind an angel to not kill people while present, or for fairies to keep to a speed limit of how quickly they can move things. Since, move any object a certain speed and you've got bullets."
She sighs. "If I were a summoner I could just check to see if he's bound and what the conditions are, but I'm not. If I could see the circle itself, I'd be able to tell then, but I don't know where it is or if it's even here anymore. If it was like mine then it's probably gone now."
She sighs. "If I were a summoner I could just check to see if he's bound and what the conditions are, but I'm not. If I could see the circle itself, I'd be able to tell then, but I don't know where it is or if it's even here anymore. If it was like mine then it's probably gone now."
toblameforit
"Okay, but let's hypothetically say this circle was a, like... random arrangement of words and geometric shapes," he says. "I'm thinking the odds of accidentally including a binding are even lower than the odds of accidentally summoning something in the first place."
ask_nicely
"Well, yeah. That's why I'm a little skeptical that it was an accident. Is there someone who would - I don't know, figure out how to summon daeva and then summon some daeva in your basement for various reasons?"