On the road somewhere in the South of Glacia, Saturday Morning (Fandom Time)

[heromaniac]

Momoko had spent Friday in Gotham City for the last of the tests Oracle was running on her, so her portal reservations had to change slightly. This meant she had a shorter layover, yay, but it also meant she was arriving in Glacia on Saturday and about twenty miles north of where Dinah had last reported their camp to be

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[glacial_witch]

"UNCLE SAETAN IS NOT UNDEAD!"

Being a guardian was different! Really! It was! There was even a reason, which she would totally explain to them whenever she figured it out.

"And, no, Momoko. Uncle Saetan is the High Lord of Hell and the Warlord Prince of Dhemlan. He'd probably cry if I were to offer him Glacia, too. This is Lucivar's father. And Jaenelle's. He was at my Offering, did you talk to him?"

Handsome, distinguished older gentleman? Fifty thousand years old? Drank the blood wine...?

"The answer is still no, Dinah!"

[heromaniac]

"Oooh! Hot old guy who looked like he was going to murder anyone who came close to you?"

Because that narrowed down the list, Momoko.

"I don't know that I talked to him or not. There were a lot of people there... And I was worrying a lot."

[blondecanary]

"He's just been not-alive for fifty thousand years," Dinah agreed, 'cause she didn't like Momoko to think Uncle Saetan looked like the Caritas zombies. "He's nice. When he's not deeply scary." She paused.

"Hmmm, what's that song I hear?" Dinah looked pensive, then elbowed Momoko. "Do you hear it? ~ I don't have a cooon-tract... I can do what IIII want...~"

SEND: PRINCE SAETAN, LUCIVAR, JAENELLE.

I'm a boy for four days! So's Momoko! Ask us how! (Or better yet, ask Karla!)

[glacial_witch]

THAT SONG WAS THE WORST SONG AND SHE WAS GOING TO STRING UP WHICHEVER BARD WROTE IT.

"He's not undead," Karla grumped. "His body never actually died. To be undead, the mortal body has to cease to be for awhile. And since he adopted Jaenelle, he's gotten lots livelier, too!"

Or so she heard.

[heromaniac]

oh oh! Was it dance time?



Wow, the No Contract dance was harder when you were a guy!

"So he's not technically dead, just not alive?" Yes Momo could dance and talk.

[blondecanary]

Dinah was doing the footwork too! That phone was bobbing a little bit, so Karla might be getting random images of feet, faces, hands.

"That, yeah. Jaenelle helps out, I think?" Dinah was very unclear on that part. Mostly because she suspected she didn't want to know. "Anywhoo. He and Lucivar and Jaenelle know all about it now!" She beamed at Karla as she did the waving part. "You were gonna tell them about that, right?"

[glacial_witch]

That dance. That daaaaaaaaance.

"...Eventually?"

Sure, that sounded convincing.

[heromaniac]

Was a thing of awesome and beauty and you totally wanted to see it again? OKAY!

"My mom punched me in the jaw and knocked me out cold the first time she saw boy!me. She thought I was some pervert attacking Kuriko. After that, I warned them about all of the stuff that could happen."

She did the small twirl, then, "You're lucky they're getting a picture first! now they're expecting something weird!"

[blondecanary]

"True that." Time for the arm-work!



"I think Kyle might've started thinking break-up because of this... on the other hand, Jaime handled it pretty well, once he quit calling me evil for teasing him." And waaaave! "Just think. It could've been talking ponies."

[glacial_witch]

"They weren't going to see me!" Karla was thinking about throwing a temper tantrum. "Why did they need to be prepared if they weren't going to see me!"

Did you ever think Jaime was calling you evil because you were evil, Dinah? Just as a thought?

Also, they had seen the talking ponies!

[heromaniac]

Momoko totally snorted. "Now you're sounding like Jaime when he turned into a girl." She dropped the dance and gave Karla a fond look. Kinda odd, coming from this face and gender, but maybe she could tell... "How were they never going to see you? You can't just up and quit what you're doing when stuff like this happens... well, unless you turn into a cat again. Because yeah, then you can't really to queen stuff."

[blondecanary]

Dinah was still doing the arm waves, but not the footwork. "You're gonna need a plan for when you're a cat, too. Although, maybe not much of a plan." Because: Cat. "Not saying you *have* to do it this moment. But hey, think of how this would've gone if you'd given people warning."

It would've been even weirder, probably.

[glacial_witch]

"When I'm a cat, I'll have an entire Court to make sure that things run smoothly in my absence," Karla drawled. "That's one of the things a good Court does."

"As for seeing Uncle Saetan and Lucivar...do you honestly think I'm going to go visiting when I'm like this? Believe me, all the preparation in the world isn't enough when a Warlord Prince decides to be an ass."

[blondecanary]

"If they are asses, then I will hit them." Oh, they would be so scared. Okay, not at all. "But again I say: you need to lighten up on this. Who knows how long Fandom is going to love you and give you this yearly 'gift.'" Dinah gave her a wry look, and then Momoko was ducking out of the video range to chase Ulrich and Kirt. "...Although, I'll help you with the smacking of Lucivar. Of course."

Sigh. And a shame it was that that's all it was ever gonna be. Sigh.

(Meanwhile Mark was lurking in the background, giving Dinah weird looks.)

[glacial_witch]

"Every two years," Karla corrected. "The one benefit of the double-time. And, during times I'm not fighting a war, I can wander off to Fandom or Hawaii or wherever and deal with it there."

Karla sighed. "You're still underestimating how much gender stuff is important here, Dinah. Julian was trying to kill us this morning. Honest and legit kill."

[blondecanary]

"Why?" Dinah asked, mystified. "If he didn't recognize you-- I'm assuming he didn't? I mean, what did he think was happening? Why didn't he listen to Warren, if he's still himself?"

Karla was so not wrong about Dinah not getting it.