Marching Orders....

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 13552

She bows deeply, and the King then signals for her to rise.....

She does as instructed, and then notices that she is the only person in the throne room. Whatever this is, it is a private audience.

Oberon, standing as tall as a human man, looks down at the newest of fairies, and nods to himself.

"I must say, lass, this is the first time ever I have seen a Changeling Process occur at such a late stage in life," the noble King says, looking down at the six foot tall winged woman, "Nor have I ever expected it possible with one who's been baptized in the name of the One."

And the process also usually doesn't entail a gender change, Oberon mentally added to himself, looking over the fairy woman speculatively.

"One?" the fairy woman asks, perplexed, then smiling with dawning comprehension, "You mean the Lord?"

Oberon winces as the name is said, and it takes all his intestinal fortitude just to stand his ground and not go screaming from the room.

Ama'lis, horrified at what she'd done, stammers for forgiveness (all the while wondering why it should be possible for her to say that Word that causes others of the Fair Folk to flee, howling in pain). Oberon chuckles ruefully as he waves the fairy woman to silence.

"Be at ease lass," the king sighs, sitting on his throne heavily, fatigued, "‘Tis not as if you meant to do harm. However....."

The King's face grows reflective as he mulls over the latest babblings from the High Priestess of the Oak and the Ash.

"However, it does very well illustrate just why I can not have you in my Court," he continues.

"What?" Ama'lis whispers, horrified.

"Oh no, I'm not going to Order you to join the Unseelie Court, lass," the king laughs softly, "Rather, it's more of what the Oracle called a ‘.....lateral transfer to another Office.....' What, as I understand it, entails you going to another Court entirely.....not of the Dark Ones....but Something different."

"Sire?" Ama'lis asks, perplexed.

"Yes, we will send you now," Oberon says before Ama'lis can protest.

As the fairy woman fades from view, Oberon then says to aid the flame haired Aqualarian woman called Astra La Post.

  1. "She'll be your ticket into your new family and Court," the Fairy King says in departure as Ama'lis fades entirely from view.

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