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Chelsa Dawning ([personal profile] warmfeelings) wrote2013-06-21 09:47 am

horrible cold

Chelsa buries herself in her friends, and the warmth of the world that Harley isn't on anymore. She doesn't understand him. She never will. But there's Corona, sun-scorching and intense; there's Amdon, her oldest and closest; there's Anneia, sweet and smiling; there's Sandre, cuddly and fun; there's Tima, pretty-kindling and empathetic; there's Pacco, bright and deferent; there's Jony, hot as a kiln; Lionara hot as molten glass. And Aelise herself, who makes so many compromises but who does love Chelsa after all.

Harley wasn't like that one cold, cold girl, who - she wasn't even technically a sociopath. Sociopaths kindle like everyone else. She was just - cold. Like an airless environment in which no fire can burn.

But Aelise had her killed, and Chelsa made sure no one would miss her, and if anything like that ever happened again, Chelsa has every confidence that Aelise would make it right. Harley's one thing. He can just be - out of sight, out of mind. Aelise would never expect Chelsa to compromise on the existence of such a terrible cold.
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Mehitabel continues inspecting rooms, and she chooses one, and puts her sole souvenir from home on the bookshelf.
queensidecastle: (ᛊ had better days)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Check out the computer," Kers advises.
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Mehitabel follows this suggestion.
queensidecastle: (ᛃ good harvest)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It is a pretty excellent computer!
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Mehitabel sets about fixing all the preferences how she likes them. "Aelise said you might be good at helping me pick out books to read so I can learn all the things I have to know to figure out how to fix the world," she says.
queensidecastle: (ᛊ had better days)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I might!" she agrees.
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I need to know how Gifts work and why people have wars and stuff," Mehitabel says.
queensidecastle: (ᛃ look alive)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right to the hard stuff, huh," laughs Kers. "I'll queue up some history."
queensidecastle: (ᚹ honey you're dreaming)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"History and science."
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Mehitabel nods. "How come you live up here?" she asks.
Edited 2013-06-22 18:10 (UTC)
queensidecastle: (ᛊ and telling you twice)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Because nobody thinks there is anyone living up here, which makes it a good place to hide. And the reason why I'm hiding is because I have a Gift," she says. "I'm a shield. A very, very powerful shield. So I keep my Gift covering all the people Aelise most wants protected, and I hide, because I can't cover myself."
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I cover myself," says Mehitabel. "How do you do other people?"
queensidecastle: (ᛊ PS: actually a witch)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"How do you cover yourself?"
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't even know I was doing it until today."
queensidecastle: (ᛊ had better days)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Kers shrugs.

"The point is, 'how' is not really a meaningful question between Gifts. No two Gifts work exactly the same way. I cover other people because that's how my Gift works, and I do it by using my Gift, and that's about as much useful detail as anybody's ever been able to get across without involving a telepath."
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wonder if I could do other people, though."
queensidecastle: (ᛏ does the paperwork)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"How would you test that?"
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"It would have to be somebody Chelsa wouldn't notice. Because I'm a secret," Mehitabel says, after thinking this over. "And then I would try stuff."
queensidecastle: (ᛃ was du nicht siehst)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"But right now, the only thing you're sure you shield against is Chelsa," Kers observes.
Edited 2013-06-22 18:33 (UTC)
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ye-e-es. But she didn't notice me not paying attention to the morning announcements, right?"
queensidecastle: (ᛊ PS: actually a witch)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right. But how are you going to experiment on people down there, without anybody noticing, when you're up here?"
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Would she notice if you didn't like the morning announcements anymore?" inquires Mehitabel.
queensidecastle: (ᛊ and telling you twice)

[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"As a matter of fact, she didn't."

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