Kept from the door...

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Kept from the door...

Postby Narrator » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:12 pm

It's late but not yet midnight when Wanda hears something collide woodenly with her dorm window. A sharp crack, but not that of glass.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:14 pm

Wanda starts awake, reflexes a little off, but her eyes dart to the window, her legs swinging out of bed as she tries to assess what woke her up.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Narrator » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:20 pm

There's a pause, and then another noise at the window. Silhouetted against the snowy grounds Wanda can see an acorn hit the glass and fall.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:25 pm

"What the..." She mutters to herself as she grabs for a robe and pulls it on, moving to the window to try to find the source of the acorn missiles.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:28 pm

Wanda catches a glint of two golden eyes glinting along the walkway below the window.

Thankfully they're attached to an outline that, while somewhat tall, is both recognizably human and familiar.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:30 pm

Wanda's mouth achieves a set that may not mean good things for Isolde. But she holds up a finger and moves to put something a little warmer on before she slips out of the room and downstairs to the front door of the dorm.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:34 pm

"What, did you have something better to do?" She smirks rakishly as Wanda emerges.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:38 pm

"I had just gotten to sleep," she says a bit tartly, crossing her arms.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:39 pm

"It's a beautiful night. You'll have many more chances to sleep."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:04 pm

"It's cold and my bed was warm," she half-complains. "But since I'm out here..."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:04 pm

"You want warm? I can do warm."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:06 pm

"You can have fur, of course you can do warm," she says, sliding an arm through Isolde's arm
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:08 pm

"Is that a request, then? You do always seem... interested in it."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:02 pm

"I wouldn't want to impose. I know it's not exactly... fun for you to change."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:23 pm

"Nnh. I dragged you out into the cold. The least I can do is keep you warm."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:39 pm

"If you don't mind then, I would appreciate it. I don't think warming the air around me would be a great idea."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:49 pm

She steps away from Wanda and, with a practiced air, strips down. Her frame is changing even before the last of her clothes are off, back popping and joints cracking as her vertebrae become visible, deep hackles releasing into the cold air. Her hands tremble as they grow thick and monstrous, but once they steady she quickly gathers her clothes into a surprisingly neat bundle that she passes to Wanda.

There are grimaces and noises as her wolf continues to emerge, but the discomfort seems to have passed by the time she's finished shifting. A great shaggy shape standing over Wanda, plush with winter fur but still humanoid and oddly feminine.

"Shall we?" She asks, her voice deeper but recognizable.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:55 pm

Wanda hugs the clothes to herself and leans into Isolde. "We shall. What inspired this?"
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:03 pm

"It's hardly fair if you're always the one initiating our outings, eh?" She says, putting a thick-pelted arm around the girl.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:11 pm

"True, but I also don't mind. I know people aren't exactly your thing."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:12 pm

"People, no. But I'm starting to realize room for 'person.'"
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:23 pm

"Well, I'm honored to be that person," Wanda says, attempting to give Isolde a squeeze with one arm, which sort of works. "I was happy to see everyone made it back from fey land more or less intact."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:25 pm

"Mostly. That blonde girl smells... off, now."

"Not my affair, though."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:38 pm

"Mostly Sam's affair by all accounts, depending on which 'blond girl' you're referring to."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:44 pm

"Oh you know, the one that used to reek of the Lady. She's changed, somehow."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:05 am

"She doesn't feel as... out of place as she used to. I haven't had a chance to talk to her about it though."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:06 am

"I might've asked Tereza when we were talking, but it seemed... prying."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:14 am

"I can see how 'your girlfriend smells strange, what's up' would be a subject you might want to avoid."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:31 am

"Oh of course it sounds strange when you say it that way."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:46 am

"So how would you have put it?" She raises an eyebrow.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:50 am

Isolde seems to consider this for a moment and gets a frustrated look.

"...better than that," she hedges.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:54 am

"I'm sure you would have something like 'something's different about Vivienne, everything okay?'"
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:03 am

"Yes, something like that. Perhaps best to ask directly, though." She concedes.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:04 am

"Probably best not to guess and neither of us is a mind reader, unless that's a werewolf power you've neglected to mention."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:22 pm

"I can tell you what a wolf is most likely thinking. That's less useful than it sounds."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:32 pm

"I'd hazard it would be some determination between 'food' and 'threat'. Which is only useful in that moment." She lets them walk in silence for a bit, then asks apprehensively, "Have you noticed anything unusual since you agreed to be my guardian?"
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:34 pm

"...unusual in what way?" She asks, narrowing her golden eyes for a moment.
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:36 pm

"Like... feeling things or sensing things. Things that you can tell aren't really *you*."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:45 pm

"...yes."

"Especially during the illusion. I could feel you were sick."

"I'd... imagine it's more unpleasant from your side."
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Re: Kept from the door...

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:49 pm

"I... could tell you were in distress during the full moon. It's sort of strange and phantom, but still there."
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