Ninth Invitation

[alittleblackmagic]

[filtered to absolutely no one]
ATTENTION ALL STUPID HALF-BAKED WANNABE FEMALE MAGES WITH COOTIES NAMED RELM.

. . . You on the phone yet? Your presence is hereby requested at 1448 Mitchell Road.  You can bring your fake brother, too.

[To Mia, Canada, Shiraasan, Jigglypuff]
I figure if she's stuck in that house with a doppelganger, she could crash at our place for a while.  You guys OK with that?

Comments

[snackaholictank.livejournal.com]

I failed to protect Mia on several occasions, despite having the means and duty to do so.

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

. . . That's what you're moping about? The only way you'd be able to protect her is if you followed her around all the time, and I'm pretty sure Mia wouldn't agree with that.

[snackaholictank.livejournal.com]

I'm a homunculus. It's my job.

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, but you're not Mia's homunculus. You can only protect someone if you're with them when they're attacked.

[snackaholictank.livejournal.com]

Homunculi have the duty of protecting all citizens. It's our purpose.

This isn't the first time it's happened. I should have been paying closer attention.

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

I think you're shooting for omniscience here. And not even my ego is big enough for me to claim that.

[snackaholictank.livejournal.com]

Not omniscience. Even I realize that I cannot protect everyone.

However, allowing one of my own family members to be injured in such a way is substandard performance, particularly one who has been harmed before.

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

Hm. Well, you can go ahead and follow all of us around all the time, but you'd still have to split yourself into three. Anyway, I can take care of myself, Shiraa. And shouldn't you be a little concerned with your own safety?

[snackaholictank.livejournal.com]

...? Why should I?

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

Well. You'd vanish completely if you used up your magic, right? Who knows if that'd count as death. Maybe you'd just stay gone forever.

[snackaholictank.livejournal.com]

So? It's not like that wouldn't happen if I were at home instead. That's just the way it goes.

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

. . . Geez. You know what? I'm just gonna go practice creating a reverse Drain and you keep moping, K?