Behind the Curtain

[Coco]

"Speaking of careers, I believe I've divined your true calling, Mal. Clearly you were meant to be a critic," Coco replied sulkily, her grin disappearing in the wake of her unappreciated joke. Again her water glass came up and it's contents disappeared, ice and all. Now where was that waiter? They'd been sitting there forever and there wasn't even bread! Well ha, they didn't need bread! That just meant she'd have more money to spare, now that the tip was off the table.

"Not all heroes travel alone," she quibbled, "Certainly, there are many novels were the heroes are legion rather than solitary. Just take the fisherman's books. What are they called? Song of Icey fire? Oh! Or the Lord of the Rings! Both series have many heroes. And you're most correct, they only triumph through working together. If there are things in your life that you wish were true, you should find other brave fellows to help you make them come to pass."

[Morgan Bellanar]

Morgan covered her mouth with one hand, to try to stifle the giggle at Malory's comeback to the Fairest. Snub or joke, it was a good one. Morgan did get thoughtful though about when Cosima finished her latest speech.

She looked down in contemplation and mumbled, "Things...wish were true? Make them true." The raccoon seemed to be focusing upon that. She'd not wish for the impossible, for fallen friends to return was beyond mere fiction. The Beast doubted in such divine intervention being possible. There were other things she wished were true though, "E-easy ways to kill-ward Fairies, safe travel-trips, n-n-no perverts snap-camera my ass when I climb, and imporant-serious-current," there was quite a bit of venom for the third one. Upon stopping, Morgan looked directly at Coco, then to Malory, and back to Coco. "Food be good. Like-like our-order. Waiter slow. And...maybe, no-no-no heh, never mind no-nope. J-just food, not wanting other fiction-stuff at all, heh-heh, nope."

Morgan's attempt to claim no further desires was about as weak as it could get. It'd take an actual effort to even pretend that the raccoon didn't want something else. But she didn't feel like admitting to wanting something simply because of how cool it was, utility be damned.

[Coco]

"I suppose it would be prudent to take my own advice, now wouldn't it? Coco asked, heaving a dramatic sigh. "It also seems that I'll have to request that you scoot so I can go apprehend a waiter!" she continued, making shooing motions to the person sharing the same side of the booth. "They might just be giving us time to talk, which I suppose I did request, but enough is indeed enough. Leave it to me, friends! Nourishment I shall secure."

With that Coco eventually extracted herself from the booth and went to go prompt the wait staff.

A good ending point?

[Morgan Bellanar]

Morgan is good at inane, useless babble, though I too am find with end scene.