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Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:48 pm
by Wanda Johansson
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.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:46 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
A couple of sharp, precise knocks echo from Wanda's door.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:52 pm
by Wanda Johansson
"It's unlocked. Come in," she calls out, declining to get up.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:07 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"Your ex is back on campus," Isolde says, holding a plate of cookies in her hand as she comes in.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:34 pm
by Wanda Johansson
"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."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:46 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"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."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:13 pm
by Wanda Johansson
"Is that... a good idea?" She stares at the cookies as if they might come to life and bite her.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:38 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"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."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:21 am
by Wanda Johansson
"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?

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:22 pm
by Narrator
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.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:32 pm
by Wanda Johansson
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.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:16 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"If she's hurt you again..." Isolde curls a lip.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:30 pm
by Wanda Johansson
"No," Wanda says, her voice shaking. "She hurt me a while ago I think... I just... didn't remember."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:23 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"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."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:37 pm
by Wanda Johansson
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..."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:01 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"...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.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:23 pm
by Wanda Johansson
"No," she says through her crying. "I... You... can't..."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:35 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"I'm not... leaving you like this," she sighs.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:21 pm
by Wanda Johansson
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.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:35 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"...you really don't want me to hurt her, do you?"

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:00 pm
by Wanda Johansson
Wanda shakes her head in the negative. "No... I'd lose you too then."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:37 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"It's not as if she hasn't earned it..."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:20 pm
by Wanda Johansson
"Maybe... But we're not ones to talk about 'deserve'."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:43 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"Perhaps I'm not, but if you say not to go after her I won't."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:57 pm
by Wanda Johansson
"Don't..." she says, struggling a little with the tears. "It won't make anything better."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:29 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"...you and I have very different definitions of 'better,'" she huffs.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:40 pm
by Wanda Johansson
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.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:19 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
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."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:37 pm
by Wanda Johansson
"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.

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:19 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"...another student."

"I suppose I am, now."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 10:03 pm
by Wanda Johansson
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."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:06 pm
by Isolde Schwarz
"I'm not... destitute. You know that. Just because I've been nomadic doesn't mean I can't pay my way."

Re: Even If You Never Wish Me Well

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:48 pm
by Wanda Johansson
"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."