1st Flight :: [Open Comment log]

[icnfly]

*Jacob had no idea what to think when he woke up in a strange room, but the first thing on his mind wasn't to check the book on his nightstand. He barely even noticed it as he wandered out the door. The place looked like a castle, and that was doing a good job of confusing and exciting him. So far he didn't seem to be in any danger, so there

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[needsnobottle]

[Tammy is in the orchard, checking out the apples. She's got the look of someone thinking very deeply about something, but is apparently distracted pretty easily when she hears something moving around near her. She peers around a tree and spots Jacob, and even for her, now, after seeing everything she's seen so far...

...yeah, a winged bird-guy still makes her pause for a minute.]

Uh...hey?

right;o!

[icnfly]

*He has enough apples, so Jacob is checking to see if any other trees are in the orchid when Tammy spots him. He missed her approach, but pauses and looks her way when she speaks.*

Hi. I'm kinda, um, lost or new here or something like that.

[needsnobottle]

No kidding.

[Tammy might not have gotten out a lot since her arrival but she's pretty sure she would have noticed this guy. But there was always the chance that she could have somehow overlooked a guy with wings and everything.]

Been here long?

[icnfly]

Not really, I'm not sure how long but it can't be more than a few hours. I just kind of...woke up here. Well not in the orchid, but you know what I mean...right?

[needsnobottle]

Yep, I can imagine. It's about par for the course for this place, it seems.

[She's trying not to stare at his wings, but it's really difficult. It'd be rude to ask...but when has that ever stopped her?]

So been a bird long?

[icnfly]

Still seems pretty weird to me.

*He grins and slightly opens his wings.*

All my life. I'm a hybrid, though, not a full bird. I guess its close enough to some people.

[needsnobottle]

[Wow, an honest answer, and he doesn't even seem perturbed. This is always a good sign.]

A hybrid, huh? How'd that happen?

[icnfly]

*He's gotten a lot worse than just that.*

Magic.
I'm not really sure how it works beyond that, though.

[needsnobottle]

Guess if you're used to that kind of magic a place like this shouldn't be too much for you to handle then.

[icnfly]

I dunno, other than hybrids and some other changed things about, magic doesn't get much press in my world. *God, that was weird to say.* So I'm not really used to it...and something gives me the feeling that nothing would make this place easier for anybody.

[needsnobottle]

Yeah, certainly didn't prepare me for this place.

[This is grumbled, she doesn't really expect him to hear that part.]

See, that's kinda weird, 'cause seems to me if people were using magic to create hybrids, that'd be the kind of thing people were all over.

[icnfly]

*He heard it, but he doesn't make anything of it.*

That's not really how it works. People don't control magic, it just kind of...is. Its too chaotic for most people to even want to get near.

[needsnobottle]

Huh. 'Cause I was under the impression that magic was...kind of something people would try and control, or destroy, if they found out about it.

[icnfly]

Maybe they tried to once when they first found it, but in most cases its safer for everyone and everything involved if you don't play with it too much. Unless you want to go crazy.

*He shrugs.*

I'm sure there are people who try to use it, but most are smart enough to be careful or stay away.

[needsnobottle]

Yeah, magic'll make you crazy.

[Tammy stuffs her hands into her pockets and nods towards the apples he's holding.]

Those any good?

[icnfly]

I think so, at least.

*He smiles and offers one to her.*

Help yourself, but since they aren't really mine I guess that offer's not quite as generous as it sounds.

*He chuckles a bit.*