Fifth Negotiation

[prodigious_mage]

[action]
[Oh, gosh.  How adorable.  Today, there is what looks almost like a lemonade stand set up outside 1448 Mitchell Road, complete with smiling, cherubic face shining forth underneath a large sign that reads . . . um.

WILL USE MAGIC SPELLZ TO IMPROOF LIFE FOR MONEE OR COOKIES

Whoever passes by will be treated to a little boy shouting:]

Heyyyy!

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[wolf_faerie]

[Huffs and puts her hands on her hips.] I've got plenty of magic. I don't need any more.

[prodigious_mage]

What, really?! But you were so surprised about the blizzard . . . Well, I bet I can do a lot of things you can't.

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[wolf_faerie]

Heehee, is that so? Well, can you do this~?

[And just like that, one minute Aisling is standing there--]

[wolf_faerie]

[--and the next minute, a white wolf with familiar green eyes is standing in the exact same place.]

[prodigious_mage]

Wha . . . !

[Palom is impressed! But only for a few seconds! Assuming a nonchalant expression, Palom briefly raises his staff and seconds later, there is a Pig standing where he used to be.

. . . It changes back pretty quick, though. Pigs aren't nearly as cool as wolves and Palom knew it.]

N-Nothing special.

[wolf_faerie]

[Changes back just as quickly as she did before, looking quite pleased with herself.]

I've been a salmon and a deer before, too. What about you?

[prodigious_mage]

....Everything!

[That is such a lie. Even Palom can't keep a straight face with that lie so he sighs after a few seconds.]

Just pigs and frogs. I'm supposed to use it to hurt other people, actually.

[wolf_faerie]

Why would you do that? That's silly. I use it to hide.

[prodigious_mage]

It's the kind of thing that's useful when there are monsters invading.

[wolf_faerie]

Monsters?

...what kind of monsters?

[prodigious_mage]

All kinds.

[He blinks at her for a second or two.]

If you know magic, you don't have to be scared. They're easy to beat away.

[That is a massive lie, but Palom's ego wouldn't allow him to say otherwise.]

[wolf_faerie]

There are some monsters you can't beat with just magic.

[She sounds like she's speaking from experience.]

[prodigious_mage]

That's when you find a Paladin and you hide behind him and cast magic from there.

[wolf_faerie]

A Paladin?

[prodigious_mage]

Like a holy knight. Anyone who's big and strong works, really.

[wolf_faerie]

Oh. There's nobody like that where I'm from.