#ooc

I thiiiiink yes

Even as a merit, there are limits to where and how she can fly

No rush. She has time to find out and learn. Heck, i think i mentioned you could have the wings getting slowly stronger over time until one day she can do it. Maybe in a week she discovers she can glilde!

And then from there dot dot dot.. if you go with it

yup!

"I will fly on my father's wings..." (something like that, good song from only okay movie) 🙂

ha

Right now, she needs to sort out what hopes were false

oh, what she hoped for was very likely all true, but the 'granting' was false

In someways it can whet the appetite with a 'I want that'

Yeah

But some of those things seem very impossible in the real world

She doesn't want or need to be a hero of firnost

"But a full belly, that dream can come true!"- Wart the pragmatist

But yes - a full belly, a good job, feeling safe and wanted?

If the challenge had dialed back just a little, I think she would have been a goner.

it was close nod But the more she fought, the more it offered, which worked against it

Yup

Heck, if it had kept her as a happy art teacher who was dating Sassy on the side it might have gotten her there

Yup!

But noooo, evil illusion land had to get pushy. Stupid evil

Agreed

but honestly, for me as St that was kind of fun to just keep the build up going. What? not good enough? well, I'll tellya what I'm gonna do! I'm going to throw in this freehold! Still not enough? For you my friend, Firnost sees you as a heroine! AND... if you buy into this now, you get absolutely free a Sassy happy to accept and like everything YOU do.

(Felt like I was selling a gold watch for a dollar in Guys and Dolls)

Yeah

And the more it built, the more she hesitated

And the more she hesitated the more it built. Stupid Evil

Yup

But fun for me, and I kind of planned it that way so feeling pleased overall that it did.

I'm rather impressed with Coradel for catching on relatively quickly. I thought she might be the one who would most go 'Yes, comfy chair! I like' and stay there

See - I think, conversely, the better-off characters would be most likely to notice

Like, Z is curious and contrary and... well.. her life is GOOD right now

what could it offer her? magic? She's getting that, and she enjoys the journey to learning it, because she values the knowledge over the power

A fair point.

Where as Sparrow probably felt like she was thrown a life line

yup!

Maslov's hierarchy

Zara is all blue & orange

Sparrow is struggling with purple and green. Doesn't mean she doesn't ALSO need those, but...

Wow, haven't seen that chart in over ten years

But really - it makes sense. Z's early rp was very much focused on yellow - friends and family.

nod it does make sense

And because Bird isn't very secure on basic survival needs...

Everything else is suffering

Yes. I do find it ...kind of funny. Zara got a five sux fair fortune on August. That is actually Lotto win level stuff. If August got a million bucks, he could buy the building, but would Sparrow take it? Even if it got her past the Purple threat?

Catch 22 possible there depending

I don't know

August did get her to accept a roomie