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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.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
"I will try very hard. I am very smart," says Mehitabel.
salus_populi: (④ genuine)

[personal profile] salus_populi 2013-06-22 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes you are," says Aelise.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Where's your aunt?" Mehitabel asks.
salus_populi: (⑧ comfortable)

[personal profile] salus_populi 2013-06-22 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Somewhere in the orbital rings. She knows we're here; she'll be along."
alicornucopia: (minibell)

[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay. What do I call her?"
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[personal profile] salus_populi 2013-06-22 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
"You call her Kers."
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay."

Mehitabel goes on staring out the window. "Is there a lot of stuff people know about how Gifts work?" she asks.
salus_populi: (⑨ casual)

[personal profile] salus_populi 2013-06-22 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
"There's some. I don't know what qualifies as 'a lot'."
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
"I want to learn it. It seems like it will help, I think."
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[personal profile] salus_populi 2013-06-22 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
"You can learn whatever you want."
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes," agrees Mehitabel. "Teachers and stuff are useful for finding the best things to read to learn whatever, though. Is Kers good at that?"
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[personal profile] salus_populi 2013-06-22 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
"She's pretty good at it, yeah."
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
"That is good and important if I am going to fix the world any time soon," Mehitabel nods.
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[personal profile] salus_populi 2013-06-22 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
"I wouldn't get your hopes up about doing it in the next decade," says Aelise. "All things considered."
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Well," says Mehitabel, "maybe not, but it would be good if I did, so I shouldn't waste any time just because maybe not."
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[personal profile] salus_populi 2013-06-22 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
"True. But on the other hand, it's not nice to be disappointed because you didn't solve a complicated problem unreasonably fast."
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Being disappointed would waste time," Mehitabel says after a moment's thought. "So I won't do it, at least not very much."
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes," agrees Mehitabel.

And finally she has seen all of the Earth she wishes to behold just now, and she sets about finishing her book while they wait for Kers.
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[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Kers shows up just before the end of the book.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Hello," says Mehitabel politely. "I'm a secret. Are you Kers?"
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[personal profile] queensidecastle 2013-06-22 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
"I am Kers," she says. "And you're Mehitabel."
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes. I'm not a secret from you," says Mehitabel.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-22 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
"I am supposed to live secretly up here and figure out how to fix the world," Mehitabel says.

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