RowynTwo today because I forgot yesterday's. My inattentiveness has spared you the cliffhanger!
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
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Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Two #Apothecaria today because I forgot to post yesterday's
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
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Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Image hidden for injured li'l rattie pic aww 💔
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
(Umbral has the journal open to pages 108 & 109: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45587160@N08/53038557771/in/album-72177720307338567/ & https://www.flickr.com/photos/45587160@N08/53041361528/in/album-72177720307338567/)
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Honor's Journal (public)
Summer, Day Sixty-Four: Jumpier Seeker found the cottage before me, of course, and came back to let me know. “Not far now. Maybe a mile on this road.” I held out my gloved hand to her. “How does it look?” She landed, ruffling her dark glossy feathers. “Could be worse. The shutters are intact and ...
Satsuma@rowyn adds another person to the waiting list for Honor’s clarity potions
Kelkyag@rowyn
Nit: Per Cassie's journal, Cassie didn't develop the mind-clearing potion(s) because of her encounter with (apparently) Elandarel, but because she was worried about possible demonic influence. What her mind-clearing potion revealed to her was the covered-up conversation with (apparently) Elandarel (and no apparent demonic influence). (Also some lingering influence from earlier encounters, IIRC.)
Nit: Per Cassie's journal, Cassie didn't develop the mind-clearing potion(s) because of her encounter with (apparently) Elandarel, but because she was worried about possible demonic influence. What her mind-clearing potion revealed to her was the covered-up conversation with (apparently) Elandarel (and no apparent demonic influence). (Also some lingering influence from earlier encounters, IIRC.)
@rowyn whelp! that’s…honestly a pretty reasonable response so seeing that level of glamour/reality warping going on in Cassies house after she was kidnapped but definitely not a helpful one
@Satsuma Also, Umbral has read the entirety of Cassie's journal *very* recently.
including this page https://www.flickr.com/photos/45587160@N08/53041361528/in/album-72177720307338567
109 Apothecaria week 6
@rowyn yeah there’s a lot of “dont trust elves around cassie” in that journal 😬
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Pondering Miss Smoke, and Rocky, and Pebble, and the alert dolls, and the serpent yarn, and summonable demons, and familiars, and mental and emotional manipulation, and ... I have philosophical, moral, and/or ethical questions. Where are the lines between "people" (ill-defined) and very fancy tools ("things")? (Possibly variable by perspective or loudly disagreed about.)
@rowyn
Miss Smoke and her cauldron were available for sale (with only one local prospective buyer when Miss Smoke was defined as a witch's assistant).
Gren says Rocky needs a keeper and to be given tasks, but Rocky can also want things for itself, and design and implement them.
What is the demon & summoner relationship? I don't think it's appeared on the page yet, but mental influence of the summoner on the demon has been mentioned, as well as (Tartarus) demons being manipulative.
Miss Smoke and her cauldron were available for sale (with only one local prospective buyer when Miss Smoke was defined as a witch's assistant).
Gren says Rocky needs a keeper and to be given tasks, but Rocky can also want things for itself, and design and implement them.
What is the demon & summoner relationship? I don't think it's appeared on the page yet, but mental influence of the summoner on the demon has been mentioned, as well as (Tartarus) demons being manipulative.
@kelkyag
Gren thinks of Rocky as similar to a working dog: will not do well without things to do and will not do well without someone to look after it.
Cassie regarded the alert dolls in a similar light, though alert dolls generally have less autonomy than Rocky. But the Magnus-doll came out with more than usual.
Cassie regarded Miss Smoke as a person, leading to Cassie telling Miss Smoke on the day she got the cauldron that Cassie would help Miss Smoke leave if she wanted to go.
@rowyn
Rocky as a working dog may not be wrong, but maybe it just needs to learn writing, negotiation, and budgeting, and it could be a full member of society and a professional carpenter who also enjoys traveling and needs to see a mechanic rather than a doctor.
The alert dolls other than Magnuslet seem much closer to running a program than making decisions, yes. It'll be interesting to see what Magnus's doll does while out adventuring.
@rowyn
Cassie treats Miss Smoke as a person, albeit one with a very focused job; I'm curious how Miss Smoke's bond with Cassie compares with Blackpaw's. Anna seemed to think of Miss Smoke as part of the cauldron, a tool. The demon who sold the cauldon to Anna (and possibly made it), probably similar, though maybe demons have rather different views on personhood? (Miss Smoke also seems to be gaining capabilities at a good clip, though is that learning and growing, or powering up with use?)
Cassie treats Miss Smoke as a person, albeit one with a very focused job; I'm curious how Miss Smoke's bond with Cassie compares with Blackpaw's. Anna seemed to think of Miss Smoke as part of the cauldron, a tool. The demon who sold the cauldon to Anna (and possibly made it), probably similar, though maybe demons have rather different views on personhood? (Miss Smoke also seems to be gaining capabilities at a good clip, though is that learning and growing, or powering up with use?)
@rowyn
<rereads> I misremembered: an adventurer brought Anna the cauldron from the Strange. They probably didn't think of Miss Smoke as a person, if they noticed her at all. Someone(s) presumably made and/or enchanted the cauldron, which may've included bringing Miss Smoke into being. Or maybe magical beings spontaneously appear in the Strange. Demons seem to have children, but the mechanical folks in the Strange ...?
<rereads> I misremembered: an adventurer brought Anna the cauldron from the Strange. They probably didn't think of Miss Smoke as a person, if they noticed her at all. Someone(s) presumably made and/or enchanted the cauldron, which may've included bringing Miss Smoke into being. Or maybe magical beings spontaneously appear in the Strange. Demons seem to have children, but the mechanical folks in the Strange ...?
@kelkyag Okay, it's really weird that both of us thought a demon had sold Miss Smoke's cauldron to Bits & Bobs. o_o
Miss Smoke: *chooses not to share how she came to be or why she's with the cauldron*
@rowyn
<side-eyes Miss Smoke>
You are going right after Old Witch Maeve on the list of beings likely involved in Cassie being dragged back into Elf Issues. (Maybe not deliberately involved, but ... awfully convenient and tightly targeted.)
@kelkyag The summoner-demon relationship really depends on the individuals and varies from "we structured this well and it's fine" to "this is a complete disaster for one or possibly both parties" and everywhere in between.
The potential for "complete disaster" is why summoning is so controversial in the setting. Underlands summoners and demons from the Strange generally get the balance right.
@rowyn
Summoning an actively hostile being who's been trained to be deceptive and manipulative certainly invites disaster for the summoner. Presumably the summoner thinks they know enough to avoid that.
Given gates and political relations, I wonder why anyone in the Underlands would still summon a demon from the Strange (or why those demons would put up with that), when they could just visit or write a letter.
@kelkyag (I also think about this stuff a lot. 😊)
@rowyn
Good to know! I'm not sure whether to ask outright or wait to see what else falls out as you write. :)
Please be warned that I was in the habit of talking with @aldersprig about her writing A Lot. Please never feel obliged to respond, and also feel free to tell me to knock it off.
@kelkyag Aww. I enjoy talking about my writing, too! ❤️
@rowyn
[I wandered off partway through typing this and am amused that you've already answered some of it.]
The alert dolls are perhaps below the threshhold of making independent decisions, though Magnuslet pusheson that a bit.
Is a serpent-yarn an animal? A demon? Is a knitting contest a fun game for them, or abusive?
The witch-familiar relationship is complicated -- at least clearly voluntary on both sides, but not fully knowing what they're getting into -- but also binds them to roles?
Seeker: "You're not stuck with a witch or a familiar; either side can end the bond if they're not happy about it. Most witches and familiars are happy together, tho."
Angaran: "Serpent-yarn is an animal. It enjoys being part of a sweater or scarf or whatever. I don't think it likes being knitted, or at least it doesn't like it when I knit it. I don't know how it feels about the knitting contest overall? Doesn't seem traumatized by it, tho."
@rowyn
Seeker: If you want to keep the bond, do you have to keep being witch and familiar? Could you and Honor run off to sea and be the ship's cook and the lookout?
Angaran: Now I'm curious what a serpent-yarn garment is like to wear. Are they actively snuggly or wiggly? Do they need feeding or other special care? Is serpent yarn common in clothing (in the Strange), or is it a rare or exotic fiber?
@kelkyag
Seeker: "That's like asking if we have to stop being a human and a crow. He's a witch and I'm a familiar whatever we're doing. And whether we're bonded to each other or not, for that matter."
Angaran: "It depends on whether they like you or not, but usually pretty snuggly. Serpent yarn isn't plentiful or easy enough to work with for clothing to be common with it, though."
@rowyn Magnus and Umbral have worked well together before of course, but they seem especially well coordinated now. I wonder if they grew closer on their trip, or if it being Cassie who’s in danger just was the perfect motivator?
@Satsuma Magnus: "...it's both, really. Every time I do something with Umbral, it gets harder to resent them the way I used to. Like during the trip, I could see how determined they were to protect the Underlands and also to make sure that all of us stayed safe while doing it. They saved me once, and Gregor too. And now with Cassie missing...well, I still want her to be mine, but I want her to be safe more. A lot more. And I know Umbral does, too."