A Long Night ~ by SaralynArati

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10 years ago

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"How?" Ifrit inquires, curious and a little disbelieving. "You need rest," Smoke Cat Watching answers. "If you stay here with us, for tonight or whatever pleases you, we can guard you against those who might be tempted to jinx you again, for instance." "That's very reasonable. Thank you. But I do not wish to keep any of you from your rest, either," says the djinn woman. "You won't," the shaman replies. "For now I will keep my secrets, but I guarantee that you will be safe until morning."

10 years ago

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"In that case, be doubly careful; if Woe does not know that you are working with us, I would be astounded. And she seems to me like someone who would spread that fact in as bent and malicious a manner as possible," says Springing Doe. "Thank you," Ifrit responds seriously, "I will be." Summer Wind adds, "You are also not safe from the mages; they do not officially approve of you, and that may be because some of them are already under the hulder's sway." "We can help you," suggests Smoke Cat.

10 years ago

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"It seems odd," muses Summer Wind, "that neither the mages nor the fey seem to know who created the wand, or how." "Or," Kanu contributes, "we are not being told all of the truth by anyone, which is also possible." The djinn woman sighs and appears wearier still. "If neither humans nor fey have the power to deal with the wand today, it is likely that it was not made by them in the past, not separately." "Collaboration," surmises Smoke Cat. "Yes, and that could well be viewed as anathema."

10 years ago

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Ifrit makes a stranger than normal laughing noise, which the humans interpret as something akin to a snort. "From her point of view, it might be. After all, she hasn't done anything to you... directly... yet." Springing Doe asks the question that is on the women's minds: "Is the wand really a piece of transformed fey?" "And if so, does it matter?" adds Smoke Cat. "No. The faerie can be killed; transformation is usually reserved for hellbeasts, devils, demons, and the like. And also, no."

10 years ago

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"So I understand," replies Kanu, who has yet to hear the full story told by Woe about the wand. "I would have come sooner, but I was jinxed. Powerfully. If it was completely the doing of Woe by herself, I would be surprised. Although I am... annoyed with myself that I apparently allowed her to backtrack me!" The blue woman visibly recollects herself and asks, "Are you all well after her visit?" "Yes, we are fine. She tried to convince us that this was just a misunderstanding. Is it?"

10 years ago