we have a complex relationship with our sisters and our cousins

[dark_light]

Amariah is starting a circle in her yard - minting and enchanting can pull heavier duty than witchcraft, and faster, too, but they won't scale unless she wants to hand out copies of her trump cards; novel spells will, since there are many witches across the globe.

And then Jane asks if she wants to be visited, by Juliet's Sherlock - Minus - and Amariah's reply is "Sure, I could take a break." Because she's been at this for a while now and was just about to wish a crick out of her back for the second time this afternoon.

She puts down her pitcher of oil and waits for him to appear.

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[eversomuchfun]

"Boo."

[dark_light]

"Hey you!" says Amariah, greeting him with a hug.

[eversomuchfun]

Awww. He hugs her back.

"Hey yourself. How goes the witchcraft?"

[dark_light]

"Decently enough. Trying to generalize the immortality spell I used for Kas, making sluggish progress, the alethiometer would be so much more useful if it spoke English but I'm afraid I'll break it if I tamper with it and there are only the two of them. Good, you remembered to wish for not-a-daemon before coming."

[mind_game]

[I wouldn't put anybody in Alethia who didn't want a daemon or wish against the event,] Jane puts in.

[eversomuchfun]

"Yes," says Sherlock, "for which I am very grateful, because no one likes to create intelligent life by accident."

[mind_game]

[Excuse you.]

[eversomuchfun]

"As one accident to another, I don't believe I require excusing."

[mind_game]

[I was a thrillingly pleasant surprise!]

[dark_light]

Amariah stifles a giggle.

[eversomuchfun]

"Congratulations."

[dark_light]

"A daemon isn't so much new intelligent life, anyway," shrugs Amariah. "More like - a subagent. But inconvenient to have if you don't plan on it."

[eversomuchfun]

"So I've been told."

[dark_light]

"What's on your mind lately?" Amariah asks. "I don't get lots of visitors."

[eversomuchfun]

"It occurred to me that I have a friend in another universe whom I can visit whenever I like. I liked."

[dark_light]

Amariah laughs and flops onto her back in the grass around the edge of the bare spot in the yard where she casts her circles. "That's what makes Jane such a pleasant surprise. That and her scintillating personality."

[eversomuchfun]

"That looks fun," he observes, and flops down beside her.

[dark_light]

"It's comfy. I magicked the grass specifically for comfort and non-itchiness and so on. Because me and Kas have loooots of privacy out here," she chuckles.

[eversomuchfun]

"How delightful," he says. "I am so happy for you."

[dark_light]

She rolls over to face him instead of the sky. "I just bet. It's a nice house. I complain about the alethiometer, but it does us routine favors of which I quite approve."

[eversomuchfun]

"...Did the alethiometer buy you a house? That's awfully nice of it."

[dark_light]

"No, it told us where to find a house we could just move into without anybody objecting," laughs Amariah.

[eversomuchfun]

"Well, that's just as lovely, I think."

[mind_game]

There is a loud beeping noise from inside the lovely house.

[dark_light]

Amariah sits up.