AGELESS CAMPAIGN, Episode II, Part VI.

[orchid blossom]

Still holding Callum's hand, she passes through the wall behind him. Based upon speed gauged from prior train travels it appears that they are travelling at close to sixty-miles per hour, faster than the quickest race horse ever ran. They are leaping towards the other carriage running alongside but it is too far away, and they start to fall. But Callum manages to maneuver in the air and get his arm and leg to pass through the closed doorway of the opposite carriage, while still holding onto Abby's hand with the other arm.

He swings his second leg up and inside next, as Abby now grabs his hand with both of hers. Thankfully gravity no longer seems to be a factor so the weight of the rest of her body is not dragging her down. She dares not look down either, as from looking up at the carriage from where she is, it is certain that from the waist down she is currently underground.

Abby wasn't quite imaginative enough to defy gravity, but if she could pass through the wall of a coach, she could pass through the ground. As long as she didn't look. The power of disbelief might not be able to quite manage that.

As long as she was practicing her believing, she also believed that her still tender arms weren't going to scream at her after this was all over. She began to pull herself up Cal's arm as if it were a rope. She then used it to swing slightly, until she count shove her foot through the side of the carriage and onto the floor.

 

[Queenie]

Neferka says, "Well, if she doesn't I still have one other sister who is even younger. And if that vision the goddess showed us is true Ahmed and I will one day have a son."

Ruby shivered a little, "Well, I am sure you and Ahmed will be very pleased to have a son and your country will also celebrate with you. I, on the other hand, don't think babies are in my future. And that's probably a good thing I wouldn't even know what to do with one."

 

[Silver Moon]

Ruby shivered a little, "Well, I am sure you and Ahmed will be very pleased to have a son and your country will also celebrate with you. I, on the other hand, don't think babies are in my future. And that's probably a good thing I wouldn't even know what to do with one."

Neferka lowers her voice and says, "I will need to talk to High Priestess Sabah, but I am hoping that they are not in my near future either. That vision was three dozen years into the future and the young man looked to be maybe half that age."

 

[Silver Moon]

She began to pull herself up Cal's arm as if it were a rope. She then used it to swing slightly, until she count shove her foot through the side of the carriage and onto the floor.

With Callum's assistance they are soon inside. She quickly notices that they are not surrounded by Russians but are instead inside of the Stuart family's coach. Still on the floor of the coach he tells her "Keep thinking of the floor as solid, I need to release your hand."

Callum lets her go and then climbs up onto the coach's seat and sticks his head through the roof. She hears him say "Driver, disable that other carriage, non-lethally if at all possible, and then turn us around." He then floats back down into the seat and walks out of it into the center floor.

 

[orchid blossom]

With Callum's assistance they are soon inside. She quickly notices that they are not surrounded by Russians but are instead inside of the Stuart family's coach. Still on the floor of the coach he tells her "Keep thinking of the floor as solid, I need to release your hand."

Callum lets her go and then climbs up onto the coach's seat and sticks his head through the roof. She hears him say "Driver, disable that other carriage, non-lethally if at all possible, and then turn us around." He then floats back down into the seat and walks out of it into the center floor.

"Of course it's solid, it's a floor," she muttered to herself.

Once Cal returned, she asked, "How long until we're solid again?"

 

[Silver Moon]

"Once Cal returned, she asked, "How long until we're solid again?"

He replies, "A half-hour, give or take ten minutes since I'm not sure if the dosage we each took was exactly half."

Unlike the carriage they just left, this one does not have the window curtains drawn. They hear a gunshot from above, which sounds surprisingly like an old-style flintlock pistol rather than a more modern revolver. An explosion follows, with the right rear wheel of the other carriage erupting in flames. The wheel disintegrates and the axle strikes the ground, but the driver is able to slow fast enough and turn in the direction of the fallen axle to prevent the carriage from overturning.

Their own carriage then makes a wide turn and heads back in the direction they had traveled from at top speed. Callum sticks his head out through the door and yells up "The Hotel de Vendome, quickest speed possible until we reach traffic."

 

[Queenie]

Neferka lowers her voice and says, "I will need to talk to High Priestess Sabah, but I am hoping that they are not in my near future either. That vision was three dozen years into the future and the young man looked to be maybe half that age."

"I understand. Back in Promise City, I had a special friend who made a tea to help with that. Unfortunately I don't have any now. But I have faith the Priestess can help you. I'm sure the two of you need some alone time together, first. And as royalty and someone who knows about magic, I'm sure you get to do something about making your life longer, so you'll have plenty of time for babies."

 

[Silver Moon]

"....I'm sure you get to do something about making your life longer, so you'll have plenty of time for babies."

Neferka adds, "Yes, and if I'm not having babies then I will be also be able to enjoy the company of other men, as there would be no questions regarding paternity of a child."

 

[orchid blossom]

He replies, "A half-hour, give or take ten minutes since I'm not sure if the dosage we each took was exactly half."

Their own carriage then makes a wide turn and heads back in the direction they had traveled from at top speed. Callum sticks his head out through the door and yells up "The Hotel de Vendome, quickest speed possible until we reach traffic."

"At first I thought you must have called the carriage somehow, but the Grand Duke seemed more plausible."

She began to consider the seat as part of the floor and therefore solid, then sat down.

"Glad you picked up my cue there, not that it was subtle. We've never had a need to try to signal each other before. We may need to work on that. And that Marcel is lucky we didn't have to fight our way out. I almost went after him a couple times even before that.

So, what's at the Hotel de Vendome?"

 

[Queenie]

Neferka adds, "Yes, and if I'm not having babies then I will be also be able to enjoy the company of other men, as there would be no questions regarding paternity of a child."

"Or there's that... Are both you and Ahmed planning on having harems...of sorts?"