Fairy Feud – Make a Call

Happy 4th of July to those in the United States and welcome back for the second installment in the Fairy Feud adventure! In the last post, readers voted to fake a call, hoping to scare the fairy away.

If you’ve never participated in an adventure, here’s how it works. You’re the main character in the story below. At the end of this section, you’ll be given two choices on what to do. Leave your vote in the comments and next week, I’ll post whichever option gets the most votes.

If you missed last week, you can read the beginning of this Adventure here. If you don’t want to hop back to the last post, just know you’re at a hotel sitting out by the fire pit. You were about to enjoy nachos when you spotted a fairy. Since you don’t want to get snared in its shenanigans, you’re going to fake a call in hopes of scaring it away.

Let’s see what happens next!

Fairy Feud – Make a Call

There’s a flicker of orange to your left. It’s far enough away that you think it’ll be safe to fake a call.

“Hey, George,” you say, putting your phone to your ear. “What’s up?”

The orange flicker darts away down the stone patio wall and vanishes into the hedge on the far side. Still “talking,” you pick up your nachos and finagle your way through the door and into the bar where you find a seat near an older couple eating a late dinner.

You finish your “conversation” and hang up.

With the couple nearby and the short, dark-haired server at the bar, it’s unlikely the fairy will bother you now.

You select a chip covered in cheese and steak and start to take a bite.

Heat radiates against your left side and the cheese goes from slightly gooey to liquid. It turns the chip to mush and streams back onto the plate.

You’re afraid to look over but the heat’s still there and your entire plate is now liquid cheese.

“I won’t melt you,” says a husky female voice.

“You’ll destroy my dinner though,” you mutter.

“Price of leaving the fairy’s territory and entering mine.”

Finally, you look over. She’s a flame-haired woman with cobalt eyes. At a distance, she’d appear like any other human. But you’re not looking at her from a distance. You look away, her heat making your eyes water.

“Fire elemental?” you guess.

“Right on the first try,” she answers. “Name’s Vanessa.”

Dang. You’ve never encountered an elemental before. From with your know, you just moved from the pan to the fire.

“I could tell the fairy that you just lied to him,” she says, “but I’d rather not indebt you to him. He’s kind of a pain. Or you could do a small task for me and I’ll keep mum. What do you say?”

Is she bluffing? There’s a chance she’s at war with the fairy and won’t involve him at all but if you’re wrong, you’ll be right back to where you started.

On the other hand, a favor owed to a fire elemental? You have no idea where that might lead.

Do you…

Call her bluff?

Owe her a favor?

Thanks for joining in the Adventure! Leave your vote in the comments below and we’ll see you next week.

Blessings,

Jennifer

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