#earthrunes

the rest is color and lights and... well, even with the lantern, a dream dance can be something.

"You...you can see?"

The mortal soul leaves like a butterfly shedding a cocoon.

Chloe tries to hold on to her, to keep pressure on the wound even as the dream dance continues.

"Coradel, focus... focus on her being healthy... we need to use this glamour for the impossible while the impossible is happening"

"Imagein the woman you knew in her healthiest..."

A quick nod, and she stares into the glamour storm surrounding the mortal form before her. She crafts the image of Petra, at her strongest, at her most willful and carefree, wild and powerful and bold and laughing! Healthy and whole and full of love for her friends and her trueheart.

VIsions of her own past life come to mind... oh they were close, a lady who understood and laughed along side... one a Seelie wildfire, the other Unseelie Breeze each causing trouble in their own way but both with enough in common that it never felt alien. They...

"Yes...remember this...help me remember...." She flings a little line of glamour to her friend, to help her find her way.

The wound ..heals. And a hand grabs the side of her face, "Coradel? What on Earth are you wearing? What am I wearing? "

"Perdita?" She lets go of her wrist, and grabs her into a hug. "It's...you're here!"

The sidhe hugs her "Yes. Yes I'm... here. I ..don't know where here is... but...I was on ..silver and there was a horn.... and then I saw the light and it lead me here. There was a woman.. a mortal soul... moving along. She said you sent her so I... I told her where to go to be safe but...then I slipped into..." A look down at herself, "Oh thank goodness. She wasn't too old."

"No, not too old. But she's been ill, very ill, and they put their very ill in very banal places, Perdita. We need to get you out of here." A quick look at Petalmourne.

Petalmourn ponders "I'm torn, but yes with a bit of chicanery we might get her signed out... but quickly."

"What is the other option that has you torn?"

"We could leave her here, have the Margrave 'find her'"

"or I can take her now, but we'll have use a lot of the glamour we just gained"

"Can she last here? Until he finds her?"

"Is this one of thosse 'be heroic for shits and giggles' things again, Coradel?" Perdita asks

"if she forgets, he revives her.. very romantic. Just say your spies or omens found her." Petalmourn says

A deep breath, and a bright smile. "Oh, Perdita, it is so much better than that. Arvad is here. He's almost lost hope of seeing you again."

"Arvad? How do I know that name? who..he's important, isn't he?" She looks around as if to find him.

Petalmoourn says "You cannot tell Arvad we 'Brought' you here, Pedrita. It's the one condition for my help. We make a story up, or whatever is required. "

"Brought? Since when can anyone.. no I won't tell" She agrees, "Not if Coradel doesn't want me to."

"He has been. Perhaps he will be again." Then a nod to agree with Petalmourn. "This cannot be told, not at all. You found yourself in this body...that is all you need to say, ever. But you must know some of why your host was here." And she tells her quickly about Petra's condition, that her parents are desperate for a miracle.

"So, should I stay here or go with you? I'll risk the cold if you tell me too, Coradel. YOu know how I detest being timid in front of Fiona" Fondly

"Oh!" Another impulsive hug. "Stay here, Perdita. I'll make sure you don't have to stay too long. Sleep as much as you can bear to, and dream. The doctors might do many tests....they are trials you must overcome for me, sweetling."

Then she slips out of the plastic enclosure. "We must go."

The Liam touches the girl's arm "Fear not, Perdita. Right of rescue" ANd they move on....

It is a bit harrowing, as the nurse's station goes wild with 'events in room 244' and so on... but they avoid and slip away all but forgotten without having forgotten themselves

and the two make a daring escape....

(End scene)