Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)

20th of August 2006 A.D.

This is probably not the best idea, you think looking up at Rosie's darkened window from among the rows of scientifically arranged begonias. Scratch that, it is is definitely not the best idea, but it's what she wants, what she needs. First the drugs then her parents basically locking her up, they had all just wrapped her in narrower and narrower circles. It is not like I'm planning to take her to a rave, you reassure yourself.

Thankfully the babysitter, a no-nonsense older lady who apparently does this for all the kids in the neighborhood out of the goodness of her heart, or to hear Rosie's half-brother because she hates fun, has settled in in front of the TV already watching old movies. Thus you rise on the silent currents of your own will all the way up to the window...

Lost 1 Essence -> Now at 11/12

"Fuck! Molly is that you? What the hell!" You wince at the volume.

"Sorry, sorry... I was just surprised OK, you could have warned me. I had a rope and everything," she whispers guiltily.

"Didn't think about it." And what does it say about me that I don't consider flying anymore remarkable than walking?

That you are beginning to gain a proper grasp of your place in the universe Munificent Sovereign Without Malice, the demon in your head informs you.

"Is that a normal wizard thing?" Rosie asks as pick her up and float down.

"No, it's actually a me thing, it is a 'me being very weird' thing in fact." As Bob had explained it flight was very hard for wizards because normally wind capable of lifting a person off the ground would also lash out at everything around said caster creating basically localized hurricane conditions. On top of that even if one could manage the flight it would make air, fire and water based evocation basically worthless because all those transmitted through the air. The spirit had concluded with: 'maybe Merlin could do it but he probably had better things to do with his power'. You of course don't have to do any of that stuff. It feels like nothing so much as releasing yourself from the bounds of Earth, like this is your natural mode of locomotion and gravity's an imposition.

Looking in on the babysitter again you find her still on the couch though not quite where you had left her. Had she gone to the window when she'd heard Rosie swear? Well if she had she had missed you flying her down. You do not care how much experience someone has babysitting, they aren't taking that one in stride.

You bite back a giggle and when you share the thought Rosie has to muffle her own laughter.

"Let's... let's get out of here," you half-whisper under your breath, trying and failing to keep your composure.

So you do. While you can no longer cast that 'notice-me-not' spell you learned through trial and error, the veil as Harry and Bob call it there is plenty of camouflage in just being a pair of teenage girls out and about. You have a baseball hat to hide your hair, Rosie is wearing some slightly baggy clothes but otherwise you are home free... all the way to Black Rider.

"Woah Molly where'd you you get that?" Rosie sounds almost more impressed with the car than with the power of flight.

Rather than dwell on Katrina Holt and the parting of her head from her neck you just reply: "Police auction, I made some money with magic and he wasn't that expensive because..."

"Greetings Mistress," the spirit says in a vaguely James Dean flavored synthetic voice.

"You were not kidding about things being weird huh?" Rosie asks after a moment.

"Nope," you reply maybe a little smug, well OK a moderate amount of smug.

Not that Rosie lets the moment hang too long. "Mistress, what is this a BDSM thing?"

You are quite proud of the fact that you do not blush even a little bit as you roll your eyes. Now for the bigger question, where to?

[] Meet with Harry and Mouse for ice cream, or if Harry's not in the mood just with Mouse

[] Go looking for Rose of Autumn, two birds, one stone maybe you can introduce Rosie to someone new

[] Call Thomas, he is supposed to be your assistant right? He can assist you in finding a good time that's not too stressful on Rosie

[] Head to McAnally's Pub, sounds like a good place for both of you to meet new people and it's Accord Neutral Territory so even if someone nasty is there it's not like they can do anything

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OOC: You almost got caught there which would have been an... interesting conversation. But lucky for you equal dice on stealth vs alertness means stealth holds.