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]

"Perfect, I love it."

[mxglam]

Their cape turns black and they have a cane. "There should be a giant bunny."

[will_you_still]

"That starts tiny from when you pull it out of your hat, and grows bigger as time goes on."

[mxglam]

"Right! There should be card-trick related thingamajibs, too, and- well, I'll need to watch more magician shows."

[will_you_still]

"Tell people to check behind their ears, put a quarter there, have it explode in containment foam."

[mxglam]

"Hah! But I'm not sure I can do that. Part of the reason I tell people about stuff is that, well, passive expectation works against me, as well. I don't have quite the rep that anything's possible, yet, so people don't know to just expect anything."

[will_you_still]

"I think if you're working with a stereotype it'll help with that. People expect magicians to pull quarters from behind their ears, you know? And if you're acting like one, they might just check. But - yeah, bit risky."

[mxglam]

"No, I mean, the quarter's fine, it's exploding into foam that's probably harder to pull off."

[will_you_still]

"Oh. Yes, fair enough."

[mxglam]

"Something that's more in line with the theme's easier."

[will_you_still]

Morgan nods. "It's still fun."

[mxglam]

"My power's the most fun! And I really think I can use it to kill an Endbringer, if I believe really hard and everyone else does, too."

[will_you_still]

"It's definitely got a better chance than most of everything else," agrees Morgan. "But you'll forgive me if I try to kill them without you."

[mxglam]

"If you must."

[will_you_still]

Snort.

"Well. What do you want me to find out about the Wards for you, specifically? Sanctity of secret identity, what things are like there, what your day-to-day would be like, the power you have to defend yourself if they, I don't know, decide your gender identity is too confusing for them?"

[mxglam]

"All of the above, yes."

[will_you_still]

"Okay. Anything else you really care about and don't want to lose?"

[mxglam]

"Not anything that can be kept after joining up, no."

[will_you_still]

"... Such as?"

[mxglam]

"My freedom," they sigh dramatically.

[will_you_still]

Morgan considers.

"... I'm willing to be your official legal guardian and stick up for you if they get too. Freedom-encroaching or jerkish," she volunteers. "If that helps at all."

[mxglam]

Blink.

Blink blink.

Open mouth.




Close mouth.

[will_you_still]

"Too weird?"

[mxglam]

"Um. Too helpful? What exactly is in it for you? Why would you do that?"

[will_you_still]

"Because it would keep the system that has so obviously failed you from failing you further? Because I don't want you to get disassociated with the world and jaded and go villain for real? I get to see how the Wards work from a more inside view and how they fail so I can properly build something that avoids the problems they face? I have lots of reasons, pick one."