At least there will be cake.
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Iola
And I thought explaining twin nieces that had just happened to wander in from The Interior was tough. Still, I guess I can’t just cut you loose or dump you on someone else.
Do you have any idea who send you here, or why?
Hellena
None. All I can call up are brief flashes.
Iola
I’m afraid that seems to be the rule, literally, rather than the exception. Now that you have living bodies, any memories from before tend to fade quickly. Like you, these two barely recall any of their own existence from before finding themselves here. Even if I try to remind them of what they said when we first met, it slips away.
The good news is that whoever did this really, for real, wants you alive and safe. It takes some high level magic to force a new adult manifestation. Or three. Changing you back would literally be murder, so no one’s going to be in a hurry to restore you to what you were before. But even if I did know anything about your past, my connections with the spirit world are tenuous and hazardous at best.
So, Happy Birthday.
Narration
Syrens (AKA mermaids or homo seira thálassa) don’t wear shoes, or panties, or anything they’d have to abandon on the shore. Iola will leave her jacket behind because someone finding it is nowhere near as creepy as someone getting their hands on one’s used undies.
And I thought explaining twin nieces that had just happened to wander in from The Interior was tough. Still, I guess I can’t just cut you loose or dump you on someone else.
Do you have any idea who send you here, or why?
Hellena
None. All I can call up are brief flashes.
Iola
I’m afraid that seems to be the rule, literally, rather than the exception. Now that you have living bodies, any memories from before tend to fade quickly. Like you, these two barely recall any of their own existence from before finding themselves here. Even if I try to remind them of what they said when we first met, it slips away.
The good news is that whoever did this really, for real, wants you alive and safe. It takes some high level magic to force a new adult manifestation. Or three. Changing you back would literally be murder, so no one’s going to be in a hurry to restore you to what you were before. But even if I did know anything about your past, my connections with the spirit world are tenuous and hazardous at best.
So, Happy Birthday.
Narration
Syrens (AKA mermaids or homo seira thálassa) don’t wear shoes, or panties, or anything they’d have to abandon on the shore. Iola will leave her jacket behind because someone finding it is nowhere near as creepy as someone getting their hands on one’s used undies.
Is there a reason why Shaed resembles an un-tattooed Akane? (honestly thought it was Akane at first)
Love her outfit by the way
Crap, entering details (even false ones) can cause a mistype at times, please delete these two posts when you get the chance
Is there a reason why Shaed resembles an un-tattooed Akane? (honestly thought it was Akane at first)
Love her outfit by the way 😀
You forgot about Hellena’s hair going from red to purple
Just figured that that was just the lighting of the restaurant
Small typo in Iola’s fourth bubble: she is rolling her ‘R’s like she is from Gorrrre (‘hurrry’ instead of ‘hurry’)
[Guesticus]&[AndyOH!]:
Also, in the 2nd bubble, it’s “SENT”, not “SEND”, in this context.
Eh, just say that having twins or more runs in the family. That may even be true IRL for humans.
Uh, I seem to have borked blockquotes… Sorry, didn’t expect that.
[Guesticus]:
It seems that today’s page puts to rest my theory (from yesterday’s page) about information-sharing, with a resounding “NO”. What little has been learned so far, seems to reside solely with Iola (because she learned it 2nd-hand, from the girls), & it doesn’t seem to be enough to enable her to put the pieces together. At this point, Iona-&-Ione might not even be able to recall Ace anymore, much less their connection to him.
(I wonder if Ace ever accepted their “FB-Friend” request? He seemed dubious at the time.)
Ace might not have stood-out in Iola’s memory, when they were both at that beach-party, but his connection to Iona-&-Ione has DEFINITELY pegged him as a “Person Of Interest” by now, so she’ll be most interested to hear from him when he calls her from space.
What about a skirt that retracts over the crotch? I thought that might be useful for Medusa or any other naga or whatever that can switch to legs. Drew it on paper a few years ago when I thought ”The Gates” my still have a chance. Skirt/shorts in 1.