This post...has gone places. It's more like a short story at this point (something about the idea of a fire among the clouds really sparked something in me!) but since I've already missed a round of posts and I'm running out of time to make Iris' return to the fold as backup look natural, I'm probably going to tuck it into a giant hider once things settle down. That way no one is obligated to read me chasing the white rabbit for x000 words!!!

In the meantime, an [i]actual scene-related[/i] post should finally be up tonight.