Even If You Never Wish Me Well

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Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:48 pm

Wanda frowns as she hangs up the phone, running her hand through her hair in a frustrated gesture. She tosses the phone onto her desk and moves to flop down on her bed.
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High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:46 pm

A couple of sharp, precise knocks echo from Wanda's door.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:52 pm

"It's unlocked. Come in," she calls out, declining to get up.
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High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:07 pm

"Your ex is back on campus," Isolde says, holding a plate of cookies in her hand as she comes in.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:34 pm

"That's..." She looks confused, "I don't know how I feel about that." She looks at the cookies, "I didn't know you baked."
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Wanda Johansson
 
High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:46 pm

"I can make you cookies. I'm German. We practically invented them."

"But no, these are from her. She seemed adamant that you should eat them."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:13 pm

"Is that... a good idea?" She stares at the cookies as if they might come to life and bite her.
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Wanda Johansson
 
High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:38 pm

"She had the shapeshifter make them. From... herself."

"I doubt they're poisonous because I may have made my desire to rip her face off known. But they're not... normal."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:21 am

"That's unusual." She reaches out, picking one up and smelling it. "They certainly smell fine, though I obviously don't have your nose." She ponders for a moment, inspecting the cookie before shrugging and popping one into her mouth. What could it hurt after all?
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High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Narrator » Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:22 pm

They're tasty anisette cookies, at least if one enjoys the taste of licorice. For a moment that's all they are until slowly it feels like the sharp sweetness spreads from her mouth throughout the rest of her. Bit by bit memories come flooding back. Dancing, holding each other, awash in the music. A sharp pain in her neck that fades as an almost comforting presence settles over her thoughts. Disagreements. Apology cookies. Tears in an overgrown graveyard.
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Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:32 pm

Wanda rubs her temple as the memories start to slip into the places that her mind had tried to patch over. They belong there, they certainly fit, but the experience is unpleasant to put it mildly. Impulsively she reaches for another cookie, not sure why but doing it all the same and popping it into her mouth. As the memories start to gain more focus, Wanda teeters between anger and sadness, tears held suspended in her eyes.
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Wanda Johansson
 
High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:16 pm

"If she's hurt you again..." Isolde curls a lip.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:30 pm

"No," Wanda says, her voice shaking. "She hurt me a while ago I think... I just... didn't remember."
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Wanda Johansson
 
High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:23 pm

"Because she's a coward and she took it from you."

"And she could have done this in person, so she's still a coward."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:37 pm

Wanda pulls her knees up to her chest, trying to become smaller or contain something, it's hard to tell. Outside it starts to snow. Inside, the tears finally reach the breaking point and start moving down her cheeks. "It... hurts. Like a phantom ache... I'm... not sure what to do..."
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High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:01 pm

"...I'm going to rip her face off," Isolde growls through gritted teeth.

"Just... later," she frowns, sitting down beside Wanda and putting an arm around her.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:23 pm

"No," she says through her crying. "I... You... can't..."
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High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:35 pm

"I'm not... leaving you like this," she sighs.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:21 pm

That seems to give some measure of comfort, though with the memories still sliding into place, the heartache becomes more palpable, even if Isolde wasn't strangely linked to her.
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Wanda Johansson
 
High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:35 pm

"...you really don't want me to hurt her, do you?"
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:00 pm

Wanda shakes her head in the negative. "No... I'd lose you too then."
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High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:37 pm

"It's not as if she hasn't earned it..."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:20 pm

"Maybe... But we're not ones to talk about 'deserve'."
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High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:43 pm

"Perhaps I'm not, but if you say not to go after her I won't."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:57 pm

"Don't..." she says, struggling a little with the tears. "It won't make anything better."
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Wanda Johansson
 
High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:29 pm

"...you and I have very different definitions of 'better,'" she huffs.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:40 pm

Wanda seems to be considering that, or she's just dealing with heartache in crying silence for a while, it's hard to tell. Finally, she puts her arms around Isolde.
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Wanda Johansson
 
High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:19 pm

Isolde looks helpless for a moment when Wanda hugs her, but eventually leans into it.

"I'm supposed to protect you. It's hard to deny that."
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Isolde Schwarz
 
High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:37 pm

"And you can't protect me if they send you to Muir for attacking another student." She leans her head on Isolde's shoulder, still sniffling.
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Wanda Johansson
 
High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:19 pm

"...another student."

"I suppose I am, now."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Fri Sep 14, 2018 10:03 pm

Wanda gives one of those chuckles-through-tears, "Only if you want to be, though I imagine the headmistress is going to demand you either enroll or take a job if you want to stay around."
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Wanda Johansson
 
High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:06 pm

"I'm not... destitute. You know that. Just because I've been nomadic doesn't mean I can't pay my way."
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Isolde Schwarz
 
High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:48 pm

"I wasn't suggesting you couldn't..." She sighs, "We might be able to get your confinement lifted if you signed on in some capacity."
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High Concept: Storm Druid
Aspect: Child of Earth
Aspect: A Butterfly Flaps Her Wings
Aspect: Putting Down Roots
Aspect: Wrapped In The Leash



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