[ that's a color, she's about to say, but then... right. taste. well - jade starts digging into the (surprisingly deep!) pockets of her skirt. plucking out three piece of cherry fameboom (starburst, really), she holds them out for terezi. ]

I will repay you as soon as I can, but this is what I've got right now. Kiiiiind of wish they had let us keep funds, but oh well.

Well, if you put it that way it almost makes sense! [ eyeroll. ]

Really... it's like they did not expect a bunch of magic users to come back for us. Which is pretty silly! I mean, they would not leave their own in our custody probably...?

[ ah, that sounds more in line with what she expected. ]

So they made an example out of us... I see. In a way, us being taken must have been intended to be a scare tactic. It did not work, obviously!

I would very much dislike it if you risked any of those! Keeping you in one piece and alive is pretty crucial to the coven at large, Terezi. And multiple other people, of course.

[ like, have you MET some of these people, they are not logical in the least ]

The less risky part is why you are crucial to the coven.

[ AGAIN, HAVE YOU MET THE COVEN ]

Even if it already is too late, I still mean it. Besides, this is my first experience traveling... I don't know if this is the level of tenseness all these worlds will be.