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aldersprigTwenty-Seven: The Train
“Am I really here?” Raizel muttered to the Diamond Raven. It felt unlikely. She had been trying for this for what seemed like months, even if it had only been days, and here they were, on the platform, buying two tickets for the train.
That she had the Diamond Raven with her, that she was carrying a kitten, and that she was being followed by a rich woman who still hadn’t quite stopped muttering about her husband, the sword - none of that seemed unusual anymore. That she still had to unthrone a Poison King, tell stories about a Jade Knave, and that she still owed several other quests to several other beings - she was beginning to think that this was her life, to go from place to place solving other people’s problems.
“If you are not here, then neither am I, and I am fairly - although not totally - certain that I am here, and so must you be, too.”
“Did you really just bargain me an entire stable of assistants?”
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“Am I really here?” Raizel muttered to the Diamond Raven. It felt unlikely. She had been trying for this for what seemed like months, even if it had only been days, and here they were, on the platform, buying two tickets for the train.
That she had the Diamond Raven with her, that she was carrying a kitten, and that she was being followed by a rich woman who still hadn’t quite stopped muttering about her husband, the sword - none of that seemed unusual anymore. That she still had to unthrone a Poison King, tell stories about a Jade Knave, and that she still owed several other quests to several other beings - she was beginning to think that this was her life, to go from place to place solving other people’s problems.
“If you are not here, then neither am I, and I am fairly - although not totally - certain that I am here, and so must you be, too.”
“Did you really just bargain me an entire stable of assistants?”
read on…
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Date: 2018-01-20 06:28 am (UTC)I like that the spectre has a sense of humor. I'm kind of surprised, though, that the woman didn't completely wig out when it appeared. Though she's been dealing with various sorts of supernatural to get to this point; perhaps she's inured to it.
Also, given her behavior toward Raizel, I wonder if her husband actually would want to come back. He seems unresponsive in his sword form. Maybe some of the various supernatural she's visited once might be able to communicate with him?
Meanwhile, Raizel has already dealt with one slave, to that slave's astonishment. I have to think that'll change the relationship between the two. Or at least I hope it'll change the relationship.
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Date: 2018-01-20 02:53 pm (UTC)Raizel is getting towards her original goal! She’s even on a train!
(This has been a blast to write so far..)