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tamingthemuseTitle: Transmission
Author: naughty_bangles
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: All mine!
Prompt #465 Flashback
“Amazing”, Athcas said, leaping toward Stefanie. The human was standing in the middle of what felt like giant-sized leaves and stems, looking around her, eyes wide open. Before the pink fairy could reach her, her gaze locked on the newcomer, the one that had started it all by putting his gem on her shoe.
“What have you done to me?”, Stefanie screamed at the little creature, now her size. “Make me big again! Do you hear me? Make me big again!”
The fairy cocked his head, then turned to Athcas, who has just reached them. It began speaking to the pink fairy in a language Stefanie didn’t recognize, and that didn’t sound like the words he used to make her small.
Athcas replied in the same language, gesturing toward Stefanie. A small chat continued between the two. Stefanie was boiling inside, frustrated to not understand what they were saying, but she managed to contain herself until Athcas seemed finished.
“Sogum here says you can’t access their lair in human size”, the pink fairy finally translated. “That’s why he transmuted you. They will give you your size back now if you really want to, but you will have to stay in the car while I talk to Eg. I think they didn’t realize you wouldn’t like being transmuted without knowing first.”
Stefanie sighed. Being suddenly so small was disturbing to say the least, and she really wanted to get back to her normal size. But on the other hand …
“That’s ok, let’s go see Egabot. But if they can’t change me back after, I’m going after them.”
Athcas smiled, and spoke a little more to the other fairy. From the look on Sogum’s face, Ath had smoothed her talking a bit down. The fairy gestured them to follow him, and soon, they were hiking through a forest of corn.
It was cold down between the corn, where what little sunshine that went through the clouds didn’t reach the ground. Stefanie shivered. It was a creepy scenery, even worse than the corn field at normal size.
Before, the green, scaly fairy began to sing in the weird language Athcas and Sogum had used earlier. It was a lively sound, and soon, the atmosphere around seemed to lighten up. Sogum joined the chanting early on, and after a couple of repetition of the chorus, Athcas began to sing too, with an enthusiasm that reduced its lack of singing skills. Stefanie didn’t join the chant, feeling self-conscious about her voice and the fact that she didn’t know the words, but she caught herself humming the melody on more than one occasion.
The lair of the wild fairies was actually underground, which explained why Stefanie couldn’t have reach it in her normal size. She was expecting it to be cold, but after a dozen steps or so, they passed along big luminous rocks planted in the walls that let escape a nice heatwave, making the corridors warm as well as lighted.
The lair was made of dozens and dozens of corridors and rooms, forming a maze for anyone not from around there - and maybe for the one living in them, Stefanie thought. It seemed too big for one to know it inside out quickly.
The scaly fairy left them at the first big room they crossed, and they had to follow Sogum in several more corridors before reaching a small room, where a fairy was lying in a rustic bed. From its red skin and horns, Stefanie supposed it was the infamous Egabot. Parts of its body were covered with a greenish, solid substance that she didn’t recognize. But again, there were very few things she knew down there.
When he saw them, Egabot slowly raised to a sitting position, and motioned for them to come closer.
“Salamander told me you were looking for me”, he said with a deep voice that went well with his devilish look.
“Yes”, Athcas replied seriously. “We are investigating your disappearance. I guess we have solved it.”
“You can’t go back to Pioga and tell where I am”, Egabot replied.
“What? Why?” The pink fairy looked disappointed to say the least. If it couldn’t report on Egabot, it wouldn’t have anything to counterbalance the fiasco of its own mission.
“I would show you, if you were of another species”, Egabot replied. “But I doubt your brain is malleable enough for a transmission.”
Athcas shook its head slowly, but then raised its eyes to Stefanie. “Mine isn’t, but hers… She’s human, their brains are so basic.”
“Wow, wait, what are you talking about?”, the human said, taking a step back.
“Oh, come one, Stef”, Athcas gestured for her to come closer to Egabot. “It’s just a transmission. Egabot is going to show you what he saw when he was attacked. Just take his hand. It’s gonna be ok.”
Stefanie eyed Athcas suspiciously for a second, then took a step further toward the bed. She figured that if they wanted to harm her, they could do it anytime. With her normal size, she had an advantage, but without it, she was the most useless being in the room. They could force her to do anything.
And to be honest, she was curious.
“If I get hurt, you’re gonna pay”, she said to Athcas before taking Egabot’s hand.
The change wasn’t as impressive as television made it look. It was more as if she suddenly remembered something she hadn’t actually lived. The memories were a bit more vivid, the pictures clearer. She saw the past being reacted in her head, for the point of view of Egabot. She saw him being threatened, then attacked by fairies she didn’t know, and then again being rescued by a group of wild fairies, where she recognized Sogum and the scaly fairy. The pictures stopped when Egabot was brought to the lair.
She stayed silent for a second, trying to make sense of what she had seen.
“So, what have you seen?”, Athcas asked eagerly.
“He was attacked by fairies. I don’t know them, but I think they were part of your government.”
Author: naughty_bangles
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: All mine!
Prompt #465 Flashback
“Amazing”, Athcas said, leaping toward Stefanie. The human was standing in the middle of what felt like giant-sized leaves and stems, looking around her, eyes wide open. Before the pink fairy could reach her, her gaze locked on the newcomer, the one that had started it all by putting his gem on her shoe.
“What have you done to me?”, Stefanie screamed at the little creature, now her size. “Make me big again! Do you hear me? Make me big again!”
The fairy cocked his head, then turned to Athcas, who has just reached them. It began speaking to the pink fairy in a language Stefanie didn’t recognize, and that didn’t sound like the words he used to make her small.
Athcas replied in the same language, gesturing toward Stefanie. A small chat continued between the two. Stefanie was boiling inside, frustrated to not understand what they were saying, but she managed to contain herself until Athcas seemed finished.
“Sogum here says you can’t access their lair in human size”, the pink fairy finally translated. “That’s why he transmuted you. They will give you your size back now if you really want to, but you will have to stay in the car while I talk to Eg. I think they didn’t realize you wouldn’t like being transmuted without knowing first.”
Stefanie sighed. Being suddenly so small was disturbing to say the least, and she really wanted to get back to her normal size. But on the other hand …
“That’s ok, let’s go see Egabot. But if they can’t change me back after, I’m going after them.”
Athcas smiled, and spoke a little more to the other fairy. From the look on Sogum’s face, Ath had smoothed her talking a bit down. The fairy gestured them to follow him, and soon, they were hiking through a forest of corn.
It was cold down between the corn, where what little sunshine that went through the clouds didn’t reach the ground. Stefanie shivered. It was a creepy scenery, even worse than the corn field at normal size.
Before, the green, scaly fairy began to sing in the weird language Athcas and Sogum had used earlier. It was a lively sound, and soon, the atmosphere around seemed to lighten up. Sogum joined the chanting early on, and after a couple of repetition of the chorus, Athcas began to sing too, with an enthusiasm that reduced its lack of singing skills. Stefanie didn’t join the chant, feeling self-conscious about her voice and the fact that she didn’t know the words, but she caught herself humming the melody on more than one occasion.
The lair of the wild fairies was actually underground, which explained why Stefanie couldn’t have reach it in her normal size. She was expecting it to be cold, but after a dozen steps or so, they passed along big luminous rocks planted in the walls that let escape a nice heatwave, making the corridors warm as well as lighted.
The lair was made of dozens and dozens of corridors and rooms, forming a maze for anyone not from around there - and maybe for the one living in them, Stefanie thought. It seemed too big for one to know it inside out quickly.
The scaly fairy left them at the first big room they crossed, and they had to follow Sogum in several more corridors before reaching a small room, where a fairy was lying in a rustic bed. From its red skin and horns, Stefanie supposed it was the infamous Egabot. Parts of its body were covered with a greenish, solid substance that she didn’t recognize. But again, there were very few things she knew down there.
When he saw them, Egabot slowly raised to a sitting position, and motioned for them to come closer.
“Salamander told me you were looking for me”, he said with a deep voice that went well with his devilish look.
“Yes”, Athcas replied seriously. “We are investigating your disappearance. I guess we have solved it.”
“You can’t go back to Pioga and tell where I am”, Egabot replied.
“What? Why?” The pink fairy looked disappointed to say the least. If it couldn’t report on Egabot, it wouldn’t have anything to counterbalance the fiasco of its own mission.
“I would show you, if you were of another species”, Egabot replied. “But I doubt your brain is malleable enough for a transmission.”
Athcas shook its head slowly, but then raised its eyes to Stefanie. “Mine isn’t, but hers… She’s human, their brains are so basic.”
“Wow, wait, what are you talking about?”, the human said, taking a step back.
“Oh, come one, Stef”, Athcas gestured for her to come closer to Egabot. “It’s just a transmission. Egabot is going to show you what he saw when he was attacked. Just take his hand. It’s gonna be ok.”
Stefanie eyed Athcas suspiciously for a second, then took a step further toward the bed. She figured that if they wanted to harm her, they could do it anytime. With her normal size, she had an advantage, but without it, she was the most useless being in the room. They could force her to do anything.
And to be honest, she was curious.
“If I get hurt, you’re gonna pay”, she said to Athcas before taking Egabot’s hand.
The change wasn’t as impressive as television made it look. It was more as if she suddenly remembered something she hadn’t actually lived. The memories were a bit more vivid, the pictures clearer. She saw the past being reacted in her head, for the point of view of Egabot. She saw him being threatened, then attacked by fairies she didn’t know, and then again being rescued by a group of wild fairies, where she recognized Sogum and the scaly fairy. The pictures stopped when Egabot was brought to the lair.
She stayed silent for a second, trying to make sense of what she had seen.
“So, what have you seen?”, Athcas asked eagerly.
“He was attacked by fairies. I don’t know them, but I think they were part of your government.”
