My bunny slippers just ran for cover

[will_you_still]

Morgan doesn't strictly need to sleep. Even if she didn't want to put up with the annoyance of constantly having a caffeine buzz and having to ask for coffee on almost every summon, there are naps. Naps can keep a daeva going for quite a long time.

But there's something unutterably pleasant about curling up in a proper bed in pajamas and just sleeping. And then waking up and getting breakfast in those pajamas. So she does that, because immortality's a long unpleasant time if you don't enjoy the little things every now and then. Like adorable bunny slippers and soft pajamas and sleeping in.

She's midway through a fruity salad thing that counts as the standard fairy breakfast when she feels the summon. Showing up to a summon in pajamas? Eh. If they're proper summoners she bets they've seen worse, and she doesn't particularly care if they think she's unprofessional.

She puts her spoon down and accepts the summon.

Comments

[will_you_still]

Morgan nods.

".... Did she start moving to the spot to intercept me and Leviathan before or after the Leviathan attack?"

[acanofworms]

"During the attack, a while before the Leviathan disappeared."

[will_you_still]

"She hadn't seen me until I showed up - shit, we have to move."

[acanofworms]

"Doctor, I trust you can get a good enough telescope to see the Simurgh soon?"

"We started looking into it as soon as you told us about Morgan. There's a tinker that owes us a favor currently working in Alaska, but you'll need to fly there."

"Of course."

[will_you_still]

"Is it ready now?"

Why did she spend so much time on the relief effort if she can kill the bastards causing the mayhem that's it the slaughter stops-

[peterxy]

"Yes," says the Doctor. "Door."

A portal appears back to where they came from.

[acanofworms]

Alexandria speaks into her earpiece, requesting transportation.

[will_you_still]

"I can fly us there, if it'd be faster. Might need directing, though, so."

[acanofworms]

Alexandria shakes her head. "It'd be strange if we didn't leave with Protectorate vehicles. Once no one's looking though that might be a better idea."

[will_you_still]

Nod.

Auuuuugh whyyyyy it was the perfect moment to shoot the Simurgh out of the sky whyyyyyyyyy did she not knooooow auuugh.

[peterxy]

They leave by tinker jet. Eventually they're high enough and going fast enough that Morgan can move them the rest of the way to Alaska.

[will_you_still]

She can just move the jet. This involves going to the cockpit so she can see what she's doing well enough, but that's not very hard. She accelerates slowly so as not to hurt the jet or its passengers, and starts to decelerate before they get there for the same reason. At no point in time do they reach her top speed, but she needs them to show her where the telescope is. So, she'll keep it sane.

[acanofworms]

It's still really fast, though Legend catches up with them mid-trip (he's mostly made of light at that point).

"We found Mary O'Brien and brought her somewhere safer," Alexandria says at one point during the trip.

[will_you_still]

Well, Morgan can't turn any part of the jet into light, so she has to put up with it being breakable. She doesn't have this problem when flying herself or things she's trying to murder!

"Oh, good. Thank you. I might want to visit her later, if I can without putting her at risk. She trusts me a great deal, and... might need someone to talk to."

[acanofworms]

"Absolutely," says Alexandria.

Eventually they arrive. Legend stops being light.

[will_you_still]

Telescope!

"Nobody get their hopes up, I doubt this'll actually work."

Let's find the Simurgh! Where is she?

[peterxy]

She is:

...somewhere, probably, but it's not immediately obvious where even if Morgan looks approximately where she'd taken the Leviathan.

[will_you_still]

Mmhmm.

"Is there a place she's usually located? Have you been keeping tabs on her?"

[acanofworms]

"Yes there is and yes we have, but she hasn't returned that we've noticed. The only reason the Protectorate is not freaking out about her is because we know you're behind her disappearance."

Well, mostly know.

[will_you_still]

"Ah. ... Think she's hiding behind the Moon?"

[acanofworms]

"That would be entirely within the realm of possibility." Alexandria doesn't mention Clairvoyant because: other people.

[will_you_still]

Yes, that makes sense.

She frowns, thinking.

"... How does this telescope hold up in vacuum?"

[peterxy]

...well it is now time for the Tinker in residence to brag! Brag using words like 'titanium alloy' and such, about his this telescope could withstand being thrown at the Moon, yadda yadda. Basically it's really really strong and holds up pretty well in a vacuum.

[will_you_still]

"Excellent. So how does everyone feel about putting this in space with some doodads that make navigation easier and having it orbiting the Earth during the the next Simurgh attack? Since I can't get near her anyway..."

[acanofworms]

"That sounds like an excellent idea," says Alexandria, who really can't mention Clairvoyant knowing exactly where the Simurgh is. "The next attack is likely to be the Behemoth, though, if the Simurgh is evading us like this. We need to assume she'll find a way to continue doing so, if she has been able to work to prevent you from finishing the Leviathan off, until she decides to attack."