Look when it comes to winged humanoid creatures, authors have plenty different opinions, this is mine

I have a problem, too many of the names I use start with L and S

Cipher Clue: Forward is the opposite of back, you take as many steps as a triangle has sides

Chapter 10: Cambiash, city of fairies

The next day found Dipper and Will sitting on Fay's office, the room had a sole bookcase going from the floor to the bottom, two cabinets at its side and various shelves filled with objects of differing origins, some Dipper had never seen on his life and other's that he was sure had disappeared through time. In the center of the room laid a birch wood desk surrounded by an arm chair and two couches, two doors of different shape and colors stood on the side walls, finally a black door with stained glass on the upmost part leaded to the main room they had been up to now, Dipper had asked Mabel to take care of Fable for today, both seemed pretty thrilled with the idea, Fay seemed pleased at the lack of rodent just as much, so he guessed everyone won

Currently, the demoness was leafing through an old book that occupied most of her desk, some sort of bestiary by the pictures, a few corrections in shimmering maroon made it look like Fay had decided to make notes with blood, and that lead to Dipper pondering whether blood would be better or worse than ink for paper, he was about to ask when Fay finally found the creature she was looking for

"Ah ha! Here we go, Fairies"

The text was in what looked like runes, the picture depicted a young looking woman with leaf-shaped wings hanging from her back, her body seemed to be made of plants and her ears were pointy, the eyes looked cat-like, Fay grinned

"Not to be confused with pixies, those are the size of a hummingbird, nor Faeries, those are actually people from the town of Fae, I ignore if they still exist; I don't get out much"

Dipper guessed the one he had seen when he was younger had been a pixie then

"They suffer of a very similar curse as I, meaning that they cannot lie, they hold me in esteem due to me teaching them the ways of sarcasm, so they shouldn't be too hard to convince"

She turned her head up towards Dipper, lips pulled in a way that spoke of weariness

"On the other hand, they have a particular fondness for pranks, so I'd advice going prepared"

"What's the worst they could do?"

"I wouldn't know, as I said, they like me plenty"

"You think they'd try anything deadly"

Fay shook her head no

"They have experienced my anger on one occasion, and their kin solely forgets"

"Is that a good thing?"

"It means they won't try anything dangerous if they know it'll lead to Fay getting angry, she has more powers than truth and sarcasm"

"You do?"

"I don't talk much about it, I rarely ever use them as they have quite the nasty side effect on me; I used two have eyes"

Dipper swallowed, Will coughed

"Too much information"

"Sorry, I get carried away"

"Yeah, ok, I'm going to try not making you angry"

Fay smiles broadly, her teeth look particularly sharp now that Dipper's really looking, she closes the book with a heavy sound and stands up

"That said, I trust you will have no troubles getting back, and I'm sure I can reverse anything they might pull on you"

She strode towards the right door, it had a circular shape on the upmost part, almost red in color, a golden round handle and a carving of a dragonfly, it looked like something taken out of a fairytale; Dipper guessed it was fitting, he was curious about the door on the left, smaller than the one on the right, the wood was painted white, the handle glinted silver and the constellation of Leo was carved in the wood, he wondered if perhaps it had anything to do with Regulus, mystery seemed to surround the star demon and somehow, Dipper felt like it was connected to him, he was brought back to the matter at hand by Will

"We should get going"

Dipper nodded and left the door on the left alone for now, he could always ask Fay about it later, he was sure she would answer

~L KDYH WKH DQVZHU VKHHWV WR HYHUB FRGH WDLORUHG IRU DO~

Fay opens the door to reveal an archway of trees leading to a cave, she watches as Dipper and Will cross the door and closes it behind them, she turns and faces the door on the left, It was obvious that the human had been interested in it, and honestly Fay was a bit abashed that he had decided not to ask right then and there, perhaps it was a bit worrying to know that Dipper trusted her to inform him about it if he were to ask, not that Fay had any intention or reason to hide where the door lead, but trust was a rare thing between species such as theirs, and Fay knew her fair share of disasters cause by misguided trust. She would have to tell him eventually, she owed him that much, and she had no intention of causing him pain of any variant

There were many truths, each person views the world differently, some create world of their own where the only truth is their own until that world is shared with others and it too gains many truths, lies are born then, but Fay has forgotten what lies are like or if they exist at all, she reasons they must for how would she be blocked from something that doesn't exist. Her own truth is complicated, it tangles with many she gains from meeting with others, but as far as she's concerned, she's not trustworthy; this is something Dipper Pines has yet to learn

~DO VWDQGV IRU DOHADQGUD'V OLEUDUB IBL~

The cave runs deeply into what Dipper guesses it's a mountain, it connects with other caves with a system of underground tunnels, light with glowing crystals of different colors, they make a great job at allowing Dipper to see but he keeps close to Will regardless, the system seems rather intricate, the tunnels are spacious though, Dipper guesses it's so the fairies can fly through them, they don't have to walk too long to find outside light again, the exit opens into a city surrounded by mountain, multiple holes that reconnect with the underground system, the buildings seem to be arranged in circles, leaving space for roads and streets and leading to a circular plaza, closer to the plaza, a circle of buildings with roofs imitating mushrooms, made for the stores and main buildings, each with a sign to identify it, the entire place was very colorful, the inhabitants were even more so

There's one fairy waiting in one of the entrances to the city, a creature with long firefly-like wings, dressed in what looks like flower-made clothes, only Dipper is pretty sure there's no flowers that big, and they are big, though tinier than humans, the fairy perks up when they spot them and they fly to them

"Hello, welcome to Cambiash, the home of fairies"

"Merry met"

"My, you have wonderful manners for a human"

Dipper felt like retorting but Fay's voice ringed in his head, fairies didn't have the ability to hold their opinions to themselves, however, they were very capable of mischief, it was better to appeal to their good side

"Merry met, are you Lully?"

The fairy chuckled in amusement

"A polite human and a forward demon, there's a wild concept, yes I'm Lully"

The fairy dressed in petals of different tonalities of violet, her hair was pink and her eyes were purple

"The shroom said our patron would send you to retrieve her books"

While Will talked with the fairy about which books in particular they were here for, Dipper was wondering how a mushroom could deliver a message and whether or not it was on purpose that the plaza looked like a huge fairy ring. Before he could voice any of this, however, Lully had finished talking with Will and started flying through the streets, Will made a signal for Dipper to follow and went after her, Dipper decided he could always borrow Fay's glossary to read more into fairies, much of what he knew probably collided with what was; for now though, he had a fairy and a demon to catch up to

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