New Working Environment

[rockeye_stonetoe]

It's an average day. Nick the fairy is poking at one of his little electronics projects, paying attention to the incoming summons with half a brain, trying to grab one. But while a lot of fairies get summoned, equally many are looking out for summons. It takes a while unless you're really focusing on it.

He starts an automated test and gives the stream of summons his full attention, and gets one a moment later.

Comments

[impetuous_force]

"I think Roxbury's been arguing with some higher-ups about whether to go full speed ahead with that or not."

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Institutional paranoia works both ways. But, say, do you want anything I can help with? You're my summoner, not the USADI as a whole."

[impetuous_force]

"What do you mean? Like what?"

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"I don't know, that's why I asked. A gadget, maybe. I just think you're getting a bit of a raw deal for a good cause."

[impetuous_force]

"It's not as bad as I thought it'd be and I was probably going to wind up joining anyway. Besides, assuming you don't turn out to be the vanguard of some kind of invasion it's a hell of a good cause."

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Pff, as if fairies could cooperate enough to organize an invasion."

[impetuous_force]

"Can't they?"

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"I'm sure you could get secret society types, a couple hundred fairies looking at a common goal, but I think I told you fairies mostly don't do government. Not a one of us is used to following laws, following orders, and not being able to just fly away when we don't like them."

[impetuous_force]

"Anarchist fairies, gotcha."

[rockeye_stonetoe]

He nods, sips tea, and starts eating dinner.

[impetuous_force]

She hangs out and reads and takes notes on whatever she's reading.

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"...I forgot about mental defenses! I want them, if there's not some terrible drawback."

[impetuous_force]

"To you or to whoever casts them on you?"

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"...Either. I had assumed only the former was possible."

[impetuous_force]

"Roxbury mentioned witchcraft's addictive and dangerous. We can probably cough up a witch who's heavy-duty enough to do it without serious problems but they'd be a little tough to schedule for obvious reasons. I did my own mental defenses and I had to pretend to be sick for a week."

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"I keep forgetting that your magic has costs. Daeva don't get tired, and the only danger is not knowing what you're doing well enough and breaking things. Guess that's a 'not worth it' then."

[impetuous_force]

"I mean, I wouldn't go that far, I still did it for myself, but I can't just whip up a set of wards right now unless I want to be high for three days and pissy for four."

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"It'll wait for someone heavy-duty. I'm probably not being exposed to a lot of people who want to read my mind right now."

[impetuous_force]

"Yeah. I'll remind Roxbury." She flips to elsewhere in her notebook and writes this down.

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Lots of stuff that's happening at the speed of bureaucracy. When I agreed to stay here until otherwise permitted I assumed it'd be for one day, two at most."

[impetuous_force]

"Where else d'you want to go?"

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"I don't want to go anywhere specific, I want to have control of my location. I could just leave and wander the Earth or I'd be freaking out a fair bit more, but I can't do that without wrecking whatever working relationship I've earned and threatening to start spells flying."

[impetuous_force]

"You'd scare people, is I think the major concern."

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Not much different than being an unbound fairy on the other Earth there... I could fly through the non-touristy parts of the grand canyon. Eh, ignore my complaining if you want, griping about something makes me feel temporarily better about it even if it doesn't get rid of the thing."

[impetuous_force]

"I hear ya."