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tamingthemuseTitle: Snowflake
Author: naughty_bangles
Fandom: Original work
Rating: PG
Prompt #467: Snowflake
Warning(s): None
Word Count: 776
The operation wasn’t painful, luckily, but it was pretty unpleasant, as one could expect when flowery potion was introduced in ears. An hour after she had taken the potion, Stefanie was still monitoring her body’s reaction, in case there was something not that good in the potion. So far, she had been just fine, but she didn’t exclude a delayed reaction.
On the other hand, when Sogum had suggested that they left Egabot to rest, and move to the main room, she had understood it directly. It was magical, and completely worth the risk.
Since Egabot’s big reveal, Athcas had been distressed, and so of not so much use to Stefanie while they navigated among the wild fairies. She didn’t blame it; it was a lot to assimilate, the idea the government it was serving wasn’t the righteous figure it should be. But as a human among a totally unknown world, she could use a little help. Unexpectedly, or maybe not so much, this help came from the healing fairy, Sogum.
“During your stay among us, maybe you will want to learn more about our people”, she asked Stefanie while they were resting in a corner of the main room. Fairies had been eyeing the human for the past ten minutes, obviously not used to see a representant of her species, much less of her current size, but the curiosity seemed to be dying down already, to Stefanie’s relief. She wasn’t sure Athcas had even noticed, so engrossed it was in its thoughts.
The human looked at the fairy with eyes wide open. “You can tell me? I mean, you don’t have any rule against giving information to the enemy or something?”
Sogum smiled. “You do not think it wise to give too much power to our enemies, indeed, but you are not one of them. We wouldn’t have led you in here if you were.”
“Well, that sounds logical”, Stefanie agreed.
“Besides, the flowers showed me you are bound to our people from now on. You may as well understand us better.”
“Ah, yes, Ath told me your … species? … is linked with flower magic, or something”, Stefanie recalled. She wasn’t sure she wanted to go into the whole “bound to the fairy people” part just yet. It sounded too much like a lifelong prophecy she didn’t want to hear about.
Sogum chuckled softly. “It’s true we Ilkka have a special bond with flowers, and I guess that, to your human eyes, we must look pretty much the same, when, in fact, we are very much like snowflakes: the same in essence, but each individual is unique in their abilities.”
Stefanie smiled. “Humans are like that too.”
“All living creatures, really. Nature has a way to make things at the same time recurrent and unique. You will learn it with time.”
“Why do I have the feeling you know something about me that I don’t?”, Stefanie asked.
“As I told you, the flowers have showed me that you are to play a bigger part in this than you may think. That’s my ability: flowers show me what has been, is, and will be.”
“I thought you were good at potions”, Stefanie commented. “But I guess the fact you brought one to Egabot doesn’t mean you are the specialist.”
“Indeed, I am not the one you made Egabot’s medicine, even if I probably could make a effective one if I were to learn properly. But Frajish is better at it than me, but she prefers to stay with her cub as for now.”
“So you’re helping out. That’s cool.”
“That’s how things work here. Everybody helps everybody, and the tribe stays in harmony.”
“That’s a lot less like humans do, honestly.”
Sogum chuckled. “Yes, your species seems to be … more ruthless, if I can say. And yet, here you are, helping a fairy in a quest that is none of your business.”
Stefanie winced. “Well, I feel a little guilty… Athcas wouldn’t be in this mess if I hadn’t accidentally closed the portal. Really, helping Ath is just a way to make things right.”
“You can’t be blamed for something you didn’t know about, Stefanie, and going this far is repaying this debt tenfolds. Don’t belittle the compassion that lead you here.”
Stefanie didn’t know what to say. She didn’t see her participation in this little adventure as heroic, or anything like that, but it was difficult to argue with Sogum on it. Plenty of people she knew wouldn’t have gone this far to help a stranger - some wouldn’t even do it for their loved one. Maybe what she did was indeed special.
Author: naughty_bangles
Fandom: Original work
Rating: PG
Prompt #467: Snowflake
Warning(s): None
Word Count: 776
The operation wasn’t painful, luckily, but it was pretty unpleasant, as one could expect when flowery potion was introduced in ears. An hour after she had taken the potion, Stefanie was still monitoring her body’s reaction, in case there was something not that good in the potion. So far, she had been just fine, but she didn’t exclude a delayed reaction.
On the other hand, when Sogum had suggested that they left Egabot to rest, and move to the main room, she had understood it directly. It was magical, and completely worth the risk.
Since Egabot’s big reveal, Athcas had been distressed, and so of not so much use to Stefanie while they navigated among the wild fairies. She didn’t blame it; it was a lot to assimilate, the idea the government it was serving wasn’t the righteous figure it should be. But as a human among a totally unknown world, she could use a little help. Unexpectedly, or maybe not so much, this help came from the healing fairy, Sogum.
“During your stay among us, maybe you will want to learn more about our people”, she asked Stefanie while they were resting in a corner of the main room. Fairies had been eyeing the human for the past ten minutes, obviously not used to see a representant of her species, much less of her current size, but the curiosity seemed to be dying down already, to Stefanie’s relief. She wasn’t sure Athcas had even noticed, so engrossed it was in its thoughts.
The human looked at the fairy with eyes wide open. “You can tell me? I mean, you don’t have any rule against giving information to the enemy or something?”
Sogum smiled. “You do not think it wise to give too much power to our enemies, indeed, but you are not one of them. We wouldn’t have led you in here if you were.”
“Well, that sounds logical”, Stefanie agreed.
“Besides, the flowers showed me you are bound to our people from now on. You may as well understand us better.”
“Ah, yes, Ath told me your … species? … is linked with flower magic, or something”, Stefanie recalled. She wasn’t sure she wanted to go into the whole “bound to the fairy people” part just yet. It sounded too much like a lifelong prophecy she didn’t want to hear about.
Sogum chuckled softly. “It’s true we Ilkka have a special bond with flowers, and I guess that, to your human eyes, we must look pretty much the same, when, in fact, we are very much like snowflakes: the same in essence, but each individual is unique in their abilities.”
Stefanie smiled. “Humans are like that too.”
“All living creatures, really. Nature has a way to make things at the same time recurrent and unique. You will learn it with time.”
“Why do I have the feeling you know something about me that I don’t?”, Stefanie asked.
“As I told you, the flowers have showed me that you are to play a bigger part in this than you may think. That’s my ability: flowers show me what has been, is, and will be.”
“I thought you were good at potions”, Stefanie commented. “But I guess the fact you brought one to Egabot doesn’t mean you are the specialist.”
“Indeed, I am not the one you made Egabot’s medicine, even if I probably could make a effective one if I were to learn properly. But Frajish is better at it than me, but she prefers to stay with her cub as for now.”
“So you’re helping out. That’s cool.”
“That’s how things work here. Everybody helps everybody, and the tribe stays in harmony.”
“That’s a lot less like humans do, honestly.”
Sogum chuckled. “Yes, your species seems to be … more ruthless, if I can say. And yet, here you are, helping a fairy in a quest that is none of your business.”
Stefanie winced. “Well, I feel a little guilty… Athcas wouldn’t be in this mess if I hadn’t accidentally closed the portal. Really, helping Ath is just a way to make things right.”
“You can’t be blamed for something you didn’t know about, Stefanie, and going this far is repaying this debt tenfolds. Don’t belittle the compassion that lead you here.”
Stefanie didn’t know what to say. She didn’t see her participation in this little adventure as heroic, or anything like that, but it was difficult to argue with Sogum on it. Plenty of people she knew wouldn’t have gone this far to help a stranger - some wouldn’t even do it for their loved one. Maybe what she did was indeed special.
