zenderael_ol | [Dragonmail: Gabriel Chen]

I can take a break. All the letters in this book are starting to run together. What's up, honey?

My father's dead. Home invasion, he tried to stop it. Really late Saturday.

Jill and the twins are at her parents'.

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Don't suppose you want a chicken, by any chance?

Your father's dead? Oh, honey, I'm so sorry. :(

[...wait, what?]

What am I going to do with a chicken?

It's an egg layer, you could have fresh eggs? [If the dragons would even take it...]

I'm all right. Just trying to figure things out right now. Like what to do with his animals that Jill doesn't want anything to do with.

True, but I don't know that a live chicken would be a good idea in the World Library.

Would a dragon even take a chicken?

I know I'm here and you're there, so I can't give you a hug, but is there anything else I can do for you?

Dunno. Maybe if it were in a carrier so it wasn't too difficult to carry or something.

['learn how to warp back to Earth' is probably asking too much, umm]

Just keep in touch? Though if I wind up in Zen sometime I'll expect hugs.

How are things going there?

Always, honey! All the hugs ever.

Interesting, I guess? I got to meet the Mazda. I'm not sure she likes me much, though.

Man, Chief would be so jealous.

Why wouldn't she like you?

I know. I haven't told him yet, but that's only because I'm trying to think of adjectives other than "intimidating" to use for her.

Well, when she realized I wasn't exactly what she was hoping I'd be, I'm pretty sure she thought I was useless.

Just tell him she's good looking and he'll be happy.

What about the mages? Do they like you?

Duncan would care about that?

I think so? Most of them seem okay with me, but they're also still getting used to me. OH! Allen's here! He's a mage! You met Allen, right? He used to go to FCU.

Dude he fawns over her. Well, used to. I'm not sure if he still does now that she's real and all.

Probably best if you not mention this to her though.

Not sure. I mean I've known an Allen or two but I've no idea if any of them are the same Allen.

...really. I didn't know that.

Believe me, I wouldn't tell her. She probably wouldn't even know what to do if she found out some guy was in love with her.

Cute boy with short blond hair? Psych major? I said he was cute, right?

Not really a good description there.

Think I remember some blond psych major Allan, though. Kinda boring guy. He any more interesting now he's there?

I don't know about more interesting. He's cute and familiar, though, and, trust me, here, that's wonderful. I think he's trying to digitize the World Library.

Do the books stay still long enough?

Yeah, I guess it'd help to have someone familiar. [He's losing all the people he knows sob]

The ones I saw him scanning did, but I think the World Library only really moves the books around that you need or if you specifically call for it. If it's in the middle of scanning, I don't think the Library would take it away from him.

I kind of wish it was you here, though.

[Smug tbh]

Maybe you can figure out how to warp back here eventually.

Never spent a whole lot of time in the Library, though some people had their characters hate it because the books would attack them or such. No idea if that carried over.

Warping's really tricky, though. Even the really experienced mages sometimes don't even bother with it, just because it's so complicated. I don't even know if the Asha before me ever did it before he wound up in my room.

It really wouldn't surprise me if it did. The Library kind of has a mind of it's own, remember?

Try not to make it angry, then. You never know what'll happen.

It's something to think about, though. I mean, I can see it being really useful in other ways, even if you couldn't get back here. Escaping danger, for example.

I haven't managed it yet. I think she likes me.

It's true. I have to learn all this other stuff before I even think about trying, though. The Mazda may have my head if I don't.

I hope it's not too difficult. Keeps you busy though, I bet.

I should let you get back to things, probably.

Probably, but, honestly, I don't want to. All of this is starting to hurt my head.

You know you can always write to me when you need a break, right?

You should get a cute, fuzzy familiar. Then you'd have someone to snuggle between learning things.

Yeah, I know. ♥

Do Zen mages even have familiars?

Yeah, some do. I think mechanically they provided a boost to mana or spell power or something. Not sure how that translated, either.

Huh.

You know, I wouldn't mind something to cuddle.

[Aaaand it gives him a chance to potentially annoy the mage training him, so that's always a bonus]

I don't suppose you have anything small, cute, and fuzzy that Jill doesn't want to deal with? That isn't Gin, of course. (How's he doing, by the way?)

Gin's all right. Though I may have to get rid of him if I have to move, unless I can get him licensed.

Sadly all I have are chickens and goats. The goats do kind of like to cuddle, but they're not very soft and probably too big to transport by dragon. [He draws a '8P']

Wait. Move? Why would you have to move?

Haha, yeah, that's true. They don't really like transporting larger things like that. I guess I'll just have to drag someone here animal shopping with me.

Dad was paying the fees on this place. It's kind of expensive.

Could adopt a stray, if there are any?

Just be careful. Some of their cute, adorable little puppies and kittens grow spikes or stingers when they get older.

Oh. Well, you can't get rid of Gin. He's kind of like a part of you now. :(

Maybe, but I don't think Beatrice would like that much. How she puts up with me as it is, I have no idea, but a stray would probably push every single button she has, and she scares me.

We'll see. Might be able to find somewhere that allows pets.

Probably better to get one from someone who knows its lineage, anyway. No surprises.

[Dragonmail: Gabriel Chen]

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