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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.
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"I think we're all set."
"I'll hold the door," says Lightning. He opens it. Earth walks through.
"I'll hold the door," says Lightning. He opens it. Earth walks through.
imeanforever
Promise and Revelation stand by to hear about the name of the amulet minder.
Half a minute ticks by. Earth comes back.
"Kisonde," he says.
"Kisonde," he says.
"No. Do you need to see her to make her do things?"
imeanforever
"No, not if she can hear me."
Promise flutters forward, Revelation following with careful awkward steps.
"Be silent, come here," Promise addresses Kisonde.
Promise flutters forward, Revelation following with careful awkward steps.
"Be silent, come here," Promise addresses Kisonde.
...Kisonde is silent and goes there. She is very confused and alarmed, but she is silent.
In the room where Kisonde was until a moment ago, there is a large rack of hooks with amulets hanging from them on chains. Earth moves past it to duck his head into the room beyond.
"We're all being stolen to be taken away and freed. I absolutely trust the people doing it. Does anyone want to stay behind?"
No one wants to stay behind. No one seriously doubts him about it. They know this Earth; he's been here a while.
"All right. Turn down your halos and follow us. Is anyone out flying right now?" He scans the crowd. "Ice twenty-eight - who knows where Ice twenty-eight is?"
A Shine stands up. "I'll go track her down."
"Everyone else, follow me. Fold your wings and turn down your halos so we're not too eye-catching. Luckily we don't have to go far - just out the front door and around to the side. I'll explain the rest when we get there."
In the room where Kisonde was until a moment ago, there is a large rack of hooks with amulets hanging from them on chains. Earth moves past it to duck his head into the room beyond.
"We're all being stolen to be taken away and freed. I absolutely trust the people doing it. Does anyone want to stay behind?"
No one wants to stay behind. No one seriously doubts him about it. They know this Earth; he's been here a while.
"All right. Turn down your halos and follow us. Is anyone out flying right now?" He scans the crowd. "Ice twenty-eight - who knows where Ice twenty-eight is?"
A Shine stands up. "I'll go track her down."
"Everyone else, follow me. Fold your wings and turn down your halos so we're not too eye-catching. Luckily we don't have to go far - just out the front door and around to the side. I'll explain the rest when we get there."
imeanforever
"Follow me," sighs Promise at Kisonde. "I'm really sorry about this, by the way."
Kisonde gives Promise an incredulous look, but (of course) follows her.
A parade of elementals troops around the corner of the building and back in by the other door, a journey of no more than twenty steps. Except that when they get there, it isn't the elemental barracks again; it's some kind of bar or something. They are confused. Earth directs them out to the lake area. Just as the last few are making their way out of the barracks, Ice and Shine land and follow the rest.
A parade of elementals troops around the corner of the building and back in by the other door, a journey of no more than twenty steps. Except that when they get there, it isn't the elemental barracks again; it's some kind of bar or something. They are confused. Earth directs them out to the lake area. Just as the last few are making their way out of the barracks, Ice and Shine land and follow the rest.
imeanforever
"We should probably do this in the yard," says Promise. "Well, elementals in the yard, Kisonde in here? Does that work?"
"Yes," says Earth.
Kisonde is really alarmed.
Lightning closes the door.
"Check all the amulets first to make sure we've got everybody," he says. "It'd be kiiind of a mess if we had somebody's amulet but they were out flying when we broke it."
"I did that, but we can double-check," says Earth. "Revelation, would you mind bringing the bag out to the yard and reading off all the tags and then bringing it back here?"
Kisonde is so fucking alarmed.
Kisonde is really alarmed.
Lightning closes the door.
"Check all the amulets first to make sure we've got everybody," he says. "It'd be kiiind of a mess if we had somebody's amulet but they were out flying when we broke it."
"I did that, but we can double-check," says Earth. "Revelation, would you mind bringing the bag out to the yard and reading off all the tags and then bringing it back here?"
Kisonde is so fucking alarmed.
imeanforever
"The plan does not involve harm to you," Promise informs Kisonde, "if me telling you that helps, at all."
Kisonde makes an eloquently sarcastic face.
There are neither any stray amulets not belonging to an elemental, nor any stray elementals not belonging to an amulet. Everything checks out.
There are neither any stray amulets not belonging to an elemental, nor any stray elementals not belonging to an amulet. Everything checks out.
"Now."
imeanforever
"Break all the amulets," Promise tells Kisonde. "And then you can talk again."
The prohibition on talking does not forbid rude gestures. She makes several, very emphatically, while reaching into the bag with her other hand and scooping out handfuls of amulets.
A red droplet of Fire vents its substance into a wisp of smoke; a gleaming metallic drop of Adamant cracks apart into glittering shards that dissolve immediately; a pearlescent Glass does something similar; Water melts and turns to vapor, Ice shatters and does the same, Shine goes out in a burst of light, Shadow in a burst of dark, and on and on. The empty amulet chains pile up on the floor.
Finally, the last amulet turns to dust.
"What the fuck are you doing," says Kisonde.
A red droplet of Fire vents its substance into a wisp of smoke; a gleaming metallic drop of Adamant cracks apart into glittering shards that dissolve immediately; a pearlescent Glass does something similar; Water melts and turns to vapor, Ice shatters and does the same, Shine goes out in a burst of light, Shadow in a burst of dark, and on and on. The empty amulet chains pile up on the floor.
Finally, the last amulet turns to dust.
"What the fuck are you doing," says Kisonde.
Several of them are playing with magic. The landscape is suffering some damage, but will survive.
One of the Shines, wings visible only by the glow they cast, lands in front of him. "Was that the amulet-minder we all went past on the way in? What did you do to her?"
One of the Shines, wings visible only by the glow they cast, lands in front of him. "Was that the amulet-minder we all went past on the way in? What did you do to her?"
from_scratch
"I didn't do it. Short stuff with the leaf wings is a kind of person who can command people to do things if she knows their name. Earth gave her Kisonde's and I'm along for the ride." He shrugs off his interfering garments and reappears his wings.
"...And what's your deal...?" she asks, but she doesn't stick around to hear the answer, preferring instead to go straight inside and look for Kisonde.
Who has just finished saying: "Yeah, I noticed. I noticed that part. That is definitely something I noticed. I was more asking how, and why, and why me, and in general what the fuck."
Who has just finished saying: "Yeah, I noticed. I noticed that part. That is definitely something I noticed. I was more asking how, and why, and why me, and in general what the fuck."