Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria part 2! Wherein Umbral offers options to some adventurers.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.tjwiffjr15oj

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria part 4: Wherein Cassie is invited again to visit with the Dark Ruler of the Underlands

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.s45g1vhouqzh

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria part 6: Wherein being a prince was too trivial to bother mentioning.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.9mmtzg33gras

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria part 7: Wherein Cassie finally manages to draw something other than Umbral.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.5oeu8aifoo13

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria, part eight: Wherein Umbral is unconvinced by Cassie's claims.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.c3fca3ftwv2i

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria, part 9 (of 9): Wherein Cassie may be a little distracted.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.n8gio2nx405t

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Five of #Apothecaria: wherein Cassie meets a flamboyantly-dressed and very lost adventurer.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.6k34t8flep9s

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Five of #Apothecaria, part 2: wherein Cassie learns a little more of her predecessor.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.3e3t7l37phq7

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Six of #Apothecaria: Wherein Cassie's potions continue to work better than they taste.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.nhms62dw01h

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day 27 of #Apothecaria: wherein Cassie sensibly searches for more liquid fire in the same place she found it last time.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.r2b9br1hxtwr

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day 27 of Apothecaria part 3: Wherein Cassie meets a friendly animate object.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.uxhku8fha052

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day 27 of #Apothecaria part 4: Wherein Peia does something useful.

Jounral text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.577nrpap58o

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Eight of #Apothecaria (note: the last two entries were also day 28; I had the wrong date in the header, oops): Wherein Cassie circles back.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.nbq9x2fiymab

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Nine of Apothecaria, part 2: Wherein Cassie diagnoses the cause as Too Much Stubbornness

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.i57t6zu1qmms

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Twenty-Nine of Apothecaria, part 3: Wherein Cassie receives an invitation to use faster transportation.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.2uvymif5fprh

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Thirty of #Apothecaria, part 4: wherein Cassie disturbs the rest of some individuals.

(Image hidden for eye contact and well-preserved corpse look, not gory but uncanny valley)

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.fwevqdwls7ve

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Thirty of #Apothecaria, part 5: Wherein Cassie learns more about the local demon.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.d5qd4ys2gneh

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Thirty of #Apothecaria, part 6: Wherein Cassie contemplates the inherent biases in any text.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.j8wwjrt0weqs

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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Day Thirty-One, part two: Wherein Blackpaw comes to the rescue of someone other than Cassie, for a change.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.movsawt39ac2

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Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

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@rowyn I genuinely laughed out loud at this one! (Sorry to Cassie.)
@Annmie Cassie grumbles. "You know, it's one thing when I stumble into a trap while exploring. Setting off a trap because I'm CLEANING is just WRONG."
@rowyn @Annmie Poor Cassie! To an adventurer, that ring might be worth a lot, but for her, it's just inventory clutter. Maybe she can use it to distract someone annoying...
@Tuftears @Annmie Cassie: "Meh. If it were worth a lot to an adventurer, I'd sell it to one. There's no functioning magic left in it now."
@rowyn @Annmie Ah, well, it might still distract a kobold!
@rowyn Look, a snowglobe-- wait no, probably a bad idea to pick it up and shake it. Still, it's a nice picture. ^.^
@Tuftears Peia: *flaps wings, looks annoyed at being shaken* "Just in case being bound here wasn't punishment enough, I suppose."
@rowyn One probably shouldn't agitate even apparently securely bound demons, no. ^.^;;
@rowyn
Backstory!
That certainly explains the all-present light in Peia's prison.
@kelkyag Cassie: "It certainly does."
Cassie: "Might explain why I've had such a hard time taking my own advice and avoiding the creature, too."
@rowyn @kelkyag It's probably safe enough... Probably. ^.^;;
@Tuftears @kelkyag Cassie: "Optimist." 😑
@rowyn @kelkyag Look at it this way, you're not a king or royal messenger, so there probably isn't a lot of point influencing you, and if she were to do something untoward, she might lose the only person who's willing to *read* to her!
@Tuftears @kelkyag Cassie: "The thing is, if a demon's manipulating you into doing something horrible, you probably won't notice."
Cassie: "Although having random strangers say that's not happening yet is somewhat reassuring."
Cassie: "But when it does happen, I probably won't trust you if you tell me it is." 😐
@rowyn @kelkyag Don't worry, I'm sure Umbral will keep an eye on you for us. ^.^

@rowyn @Tuftears
Well, Cassie didn't fall for lying to Peia about how long it'd been between visits. If all Peia can do is observe her immediate environment and talk with visitors, and Cassie is aware of how she's reacting to Peia and whether she's bending her own ethics ... that doesn't mean Peia can't talk someone else into making Cassie's life difficult if Cassie annoys her or turns her down. Hrm.

Tangentially, are we-the-readers "random strangers" to Cassie? We know too much.

@kelkyag @Tuftears I haven't figured out a formal way to work "Cassie talks to readers" into the narrative. I kind of think of it as a substitute for her chatting with characters in the setting, but it's clearly not a one-to-one thing where whatever she says in chat will get reflected in a journal entry somewhere.
@rowyn @kelkyag That does seem pretty reasonable. ^.^ Like she talks to some villagers about her recent happenings, and they commiserate with her, or go 'Oh, that's bad' when she mentions Peia, etc.
@Tuftears @kelkyag Yup! Or pixies or penpals or whoever.
@rowyn Casie, making a good impression on everyone except, maybe, the Baron. ^.^
@Tuftears Cassie: "The Baron made a very bad impression on me, so the feeling's mutual there."
@rowyn Well, can't win them all. ^.^
@rowyn oh. Yes, that may have really annoyed him.
@Anke Cassie: "...yes."
Cassie: "Giving him back his sword after he ran at me with it unprovoked just didn't sit right, you know?"
@rowyn Yeah... maybe negotiating him down to not attacking YOU and then giving im back would have worked, but then maybe it wouldn't.
Good luck, anyway.
@Anke Cassie: "At least he'll have to wait until he finds another sword before he can do it again."
@rowyn @Anke Swords are passe! Axes are the new hotness, because now he has an axe to grind with Cassie. ^.^;;
@rowyn kind of wondering if he was so worried about the sword breaking bc he’s tied to it somehow, in a way thats more important than just haunting the armor is
@Satsuma Cassie: "Hmm. Perhaps? He was sentimental about it, at a minimum."
@rowyn Great idea!
@Anke Cassie: "Oh, thank you! I've no idea what I'll do if I run into the Baron again, to be honest."
@rowyn Here's to hoping he'll recognise and not attack you
@Anke Cassie: "...I'm a bit concerned that I have annoyed him more than I intimidated him." 😓
@rowyn Awww Blackpaw, so FIERCE! ^.^
@rowyn Hey, hey, Baron, don't make Umbral remind you about CONSENSUAL ADVENTURING.
@Tuftears Baron: "If someone didn't want ADVENTURE why would they come HERE?"
@rowyn That's gorgeous! And Blackpaw is really good with his paws if he can catch echoes with them. ^.^ 90% magic indeed.

@Tuftears @rowyn
Indeed!
What does one store the echo of a baaaaa in?

Much appreciation to Penny for the tour-with-errands. :)

@kelkyag @Tuftears Cassie: "An echo bottle is best."
@rowyn @kelkyag Not a baa-ttle? ^.^
@Tuftears @kelkyag
Blackpaw: *purrs*
Cassie: *scowls*
@rowyn
Oooh, I had not imagined that liquid flire gave off nearly that much heat. Does it heat up the bottle it's in, if it's stoppered? Does it give off more heat when exposed to air, and does that use it up?
@kelkyag Cassie: "It'll heat the bottle, if you use the wrong kind. It doesn't get used up when exposed to air. It gets used up when you use it."
@rowyn
So once she's collected enough liquid fire, does Penny have an everlasting source of hot air for her balloon, barring spills & such? Or is that "using" it in some mode?
@kelkyag Cassie: "Oh, no, that's definitely using it. She'll need to replenish it periodically."
@rowyn
So how does the liquid fire get "used up" when it's being used to heat air for a balloon? If it's just sitting in its open tank heating the air above it, that doesn't seem more like using it up than having it exposed to air generally. Does Penny have to do more than have it sitting there being warm, and if so, what?
@kelkyag Cassie: "It's magic. It's used up by being used. Used for a purpose by a sentient being is different from existing."