Meeting lost family (Jaela)

[Corwin]

Grinning, Jaela heads back out to meet up with Hanna, waving Baleruk over.

[Anastasia]

"HANNA!" Baleruk booms, landing before the planetar, "YOUR SLAAD INFORMED ME THIS DAY WOULD COME!"

"What?" Hanna says, deadpan.

[Corwin]

"Aww, you warmed up to the annoying thing?"

[Anastasia]

"I DEIGN TO FOLLOW YOU TO YOUR FAMILY. LEAD ME ON!" Baleruk bellows, heading out through the gates.

Hanna watches him go and follows, "All creatures deserve love, but I have not warmed up to him, no. 27 does what he wishes."

[Corwin]

"Oh, I'm sure he's not the only creature here you don't have love for," Jaela teases with a grin. "And speaking of the annoying thing that told my friends and family I was dead in the worst misleading way, why don't you actually do something about it? The way it looks is like you're secretly happy, you know."

[Anastasia]

Hanna walks with you slowly, "Being annoying isn't grounds to kill something. Nothing I do otherwise deters 27."

[Corwin]

"I would never advocate killing one of our allies," Jaela says matter of factly, giving her mother a long look. "It goes without saying we don't stab them in the back or otherwise betray them. No, I'm just saying that if you consider this an actual problem you're facing and not some strange comedy you could take measures. Instead of doing what never works, by which I mean complaining to Ithea or kicking it away, why don't you ask around for solutions you didn't think of? Examine the portal network with Elena? Use magic to explicitly seal off dimensional travel and moving through the walls, ceiling and floor of your room? Petition your sponsors at the Court for entirely fresh ideas? Celestia is close enough to an antithesis to the frogs, so you could always pick the brains of their contingent, too. But don't act like the choice is simply between two options of killing it or suffering comically for everyone's continued amusement."

[Anastasia]

"I have," Hanna sighs a little bit, "No one has any idea how 27 does what he does. The slaad can work in ways that are incomprehensible to anything else, and he's tied to a slaad lord. As annoying as it is, better that this focus is on me and relatively harmless, rather in a more malicious form. I will endure, and perhaps Ithea will find a way to get her slaad to calm down."

[Corwin]

"Okay, just let me know when you're over this martyr thing so I can help you out. Not gonna force you," Jaela responds, heading out to catch up to Baleruk.

[Anastasia]

"Jaela, if you can get 27 to stop what he's doing, I'll even make nice with Canderella," Hanna says, stopping before going out.

[Corwin]

"Okay."

[Anastasia]

"Okay? Just okay?" Hanna asks back. "Will you?"

[Corwin]

"I'll look into it because you actually asked," Jaela elaborates. "Not right now, obviously, and not promising results up front. No need to consider some form of payment, either, it's actually insulting to Candy so I was trying to gloss over it."

[Anastasia]

Hanna lets it go at that, the three heading out. "We're going to Arborea," Hanna announces, giving Baleruk a look, "Best behavior."

Baleruk leans down and glares at her, Hanna not batting an eyelash. "Best behavior," she repeats.

[Corwin]

"She means we use our indoor voice," Jaela helpfully translates for her.