Most Likely A Refuge

[whatamithinking]

It was probably safe.

The bar was...unusually reticent, in the lower layers of her mind (and she hadn't pried further; she wasn't sure if she'd be noticed; she wasn't sure if offending would get her kicked out, and regardless of whether it was actually safe it was safer than anywhere else she'd been for the past...three years?) so she couldn't be sure this place wasn't really a trap of some kind, but the higher layers gave a plausible explanation that didn't involve being a trap, and whatever else it was warm and dry and had food. Her guard was probably a full 25% down. Positively trusting, these days.

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[whatamithinking]

Oh, cool.

And when the metal is all set up it can learn that it is susceptible to vigorous petaling.

[onceandforall]

It will learn this lesson, yes indeed.

[whatamithinking]

"...Thanks. To both of you. And--I'm sorry, again, for--at the beginning." She looks at the somewhat scrappier scrap metal. "I think I had better get this stuff back to the Bar and then go home."

[onceandforall]

"Good luck."

[whatamithinking]

"Well, unless I'm drastically mistaken about what this spell can do, Iiiii'm about to go kill the Sentinel I was trying to hide from when I ducked in here."

[onceandforall]

"Enjoy."

[whatamithinking]

"Oh, I will. The one good thing about this situation is that the use of nonsapient machines to carry out the slaughter means I don't have to restrain my vengeful impulses one bit."

[onceandforall]

Snort.

[whatamithinking]

"...Would you and your handy telekinesis help me haul this back in?"

[onceandforall]

"Sure." Haul haul.

[whatamithinking]

And once it has been confirmed that this is all of it she returns to her world to invite extreme prejudice upon some Sentinels.

[onceandforall]

And Bella sits back down next to Not-Thorny Edie.

[whatamithinking]

"Regardless of whether or how much her actions ought to obviate any sympathy for her, I feel really sorry for her version of Mom and Dad."

[onceandforall]

"Yeah."

[whatamithinking]

Hugs?

[onceandforall]

Hugs.

[whatamithinking]

"Maybe I should hang around for a significant chunk of time, in case of more persons who could use my world's magic productively."

[onceandforall]

"Not a bad idea."

[whatamithinking]

"And I certainly don't object to spending more time with you."

[onceandforall]

"I'll probably stay at least a few days."

[whatamithinking]

"Then I shall probably also stay at least a few days!"

[onceandforall]

Giggle.

[whatamithinking]

"...I like you a lot. And I wasn't strongly expecting to see you ever again, last time we parted ways, and it was a very pleasant surprise."

[onceandforall]

"Yeah, likewise. We - still can't expect to cross paths regularly. I get doors whenever I want to fly to Buffalo, I guess, but you're stuck with random."

[whatamithinking]

"I'm going to see if I can get a spell to get doors. I don't know if it's even possible, technically, but there's no harm in trying."