The Candy Man Can

[whatamithinking]

'Hey, Emily, it's safe to take your imaginary fingers out of your mental ears.'

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[iamnotpolaris]

'I did not require confirmation that it had been unsafe!'

[whatamithinking]

'Sorry.'

[not_only]

[iamnotpolaris]

'So apparently Terraria has nifty magic weapons that are powered by something called mana that can be acquired by eating something called mana candies. Magic weapons include a gun that shoots bees and a harp that fires harmful music notes at people.'

[whatamithinking]

Edie mirrors that to the demon and dragon, because it sounds interesting and whimsical. 'That sounds interesting and whimsical. So where do mana candies come from?'

[not_only]

'They're made out of the stars that fall from the sky at night,' says Sivath.

[whatamithinking]

'That seems like a very Terrariaish thing for stars to do.'

[not_only]

'Yes,' agrees Sivath.

[whatamithinking]

'So d'you have any of these things on you or should we door back to Terraria?'

[not_only]

'I have a bunch, but I think we should go back to Terraria so that I can make sure I definitely have enough for everyone and find magic weapons to give to you after you have mana to use them with.'

[whatamithinking]

'Sounds like fun.'

To the demon and dragon: 'Want to come along? Terraria is very strange and very nifty.'

[endragoned]

'Yes, we would like that.'

[whatamithinking]

'Awesome.'

She projects a tiny wormhole from where they are to where Emily and Sivath are, since they'll be wormholing around anyway.

[iamnotpolaris]

And Emily obligingly makes sure it is large enough for the dragon and not just the humanoids. Then she projects and enlarges the wormhole to Terraria.

[whatamithinking]

'...You should probably have a few (beads/markers),' Edie projects to the dragon. 'When Emily and I first came to Terraria we were randomly put on separate islands, and it was trivial for me to door back to her, but we don't have an armband in your size.'

[endragoned]

'Reasonable,' he agrees. Demon and dragon both smile at her.

[whatamithinking]

She beams back.

[endragoned]

'So, (beads/markers)?'

[iamnotpolaris]

Emily, who still has their bag, pulls out a few beads. And then looks at the dragon. "I don't think you can reliably hold onto these. Hang on a tick." She separates out a bar of Terrarian iron, sets it as a block, and uses some of it to make a bracelet for the dragon with the beads set into it. She hands it over. The beads are a bright green color.

[pythbox]

"Pretty," says the dragon, admiring his new bracelet.

[iamnotpolaris]

"Thanks. I've had a lot of practice," she says.

To Terraria!

[not_only]

To Terraria!

The three travelers who have already been to Terraria step through the wormhole portal with no trouble at all and arrive right where they meant to.

[endragoned]

The demon and dragon, on the other hand, are inexplicably diverted each to an island of their own.

[iamnotpolaris]

Yeah, that was predictable.

Emily starts paging through her armband's directory for the beads on the dragon's bracelet.

[endragoned]

The demon's and dragon's non-people are talking to them.

The dragon's says: "Greetings," and pauses for a moment and looks confused, and then continues, "Is there something I can help you with?"

They both find this hilarious.