How does your garden grow?

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:56 pm

Isolde makes her way into Wanda's room, heedless of whether Nailah's in there or not.

She lets out a frustrated sigh as she sits down.

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:00 pm

"Something wrong?" Wanda says, looking over from where she's in the process of pulling off a sweater.

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:02 pm

"Never have children," she grumbles.

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:08 pm

"Not really in the cards at the moment," Wanda says, raising an eyebrow. "Problems with yours?" She finishes pulling the sweater off, revealing a curved black lined design from hand to shoulder on her right arm.

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:09 pm

"She's difficult. As always."

"...what's that?" she says, eyes narrowing at Wanda's arm.

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:12 pm

"Marker," she says, glancing at it. "Long story."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:15 pm

"I've got time," she says, sitting up and giving Wanda her full attention.

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:20 pm

"I bumped into Miriam and she was having some... unusual difficulties. I had to do something to stabilize the situation," she says, reaching for another shirt. "Moment of inspiration and I drew this and it seemed to do... something when I used it in my working."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:22 pm

"What did you draw?" She asks, craning her head to get a better look.

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:26 pm

She holds her arm out for Isolde to see. "I'm not sure. Felt sort of like vines." The design starts on her palm and loop up between her fingers and around to the back of her hand where it runs up her arm, twisting in on itself up to her shoulder. It wasn't particularly detailed and smelled like permanent marker.

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:28 pm

"Vines... but not thorns?"

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:31 pm

"Not thorns explicitly, no," Wanda says, sounding uncertain. "What's going on?"

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:32 pm

"I had a dream some time back. You were in it."

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:40 pm

"Based on how you're acting, I'm going to guess it was a bad dream."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:42 pm

"As it turns out, someone was trying to invade my dream. Seems to have been the same ones that tried to kill me with the booby trap awhile back."

"They posed as you in my dream, and they had thorny tattoos that they used in their workings. The same that were on the chest that exploded."

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:49 pm

"Well, it wasn't me," she says, holding out both her arms. "Never had any tattoos."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:51 pm

"I mean, I know that. I knew by the end it definitely wasn't you."

"The... consultation on that is why you got invited to the Raven's Crest."

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:56 pm

"Hmm," Wanda makes a thoughtful noise, "I take she was at least helpful or you wouldn't have agreed to the visit."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:02 pm

"The markings were druidic in nature, apparently. But the thorny ones were twisted to some dark purpose."

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:15 pm

Wanda looks at the marks on her arm, "You don't think... I did something dark do you?"

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:20 pm

"No, no," she sighs.

"That's why I was making certain there were no thorns."

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:48 pm

Wanda rubs her hand absently, "Okay. Good. It was just a spout of inspiration and I was worried."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:01 pm

"It's certainly... interesting that you managed to come by that on your own."

"Are you sure it's not from the books I brought over?"

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:11 pm

"I don't think so," Wanda said, "just seemed like an appropriate thing to do."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:13 pm

"And what did it do when you tried it?"

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:39 pm

"Seemed to grant some stasis to whatever Miriam was doing, maybe? I'm not 100% sure what was going on. She seemed to be having some sort of episode."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:44 pm

"Stasis, or perhaps... stability," she muses.

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:53 pm

"Similar but subtly different concepts, yes," Wanda says after some reflection.

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:54 pm

"I think one is a bit more in your wheelhouse, eh?"

by **Wanda Johansson** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:57 pm

"I suppose. I don't really know the dimensions of my wheelhouse."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:58 pm

"Nature isn't stagnant, but it's often stable."

by **Wanda Johansson** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:05 am

"I've just never felt a working work like that before. I mean, I've done the sorts of things everyone does, but this was... different."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:07 am

"You're not who you once were, I'd say."

"You can talk to the weather in a language it can't ignore, but I don't think that's all you can do."

by **Wanda Johansson** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:14 am

"I'm inclined to agree. And it's frankly frightening," she says, looking at her arm.

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 6:46 pm

"We talked about this, didn't we? You're never not going to be special and important."

by **Wanda Johansson** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 6:48 pm

"I'm not saying I don't want it or am not going to deal with it," she responds defensively, "That doesn't make it less scary."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 7:18 pm

"Then don't deal with it alone," she says simply.

by **Wanda Johansson** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 7:25 pm

"I'm doing my best not to," she says, "Just, not like there's someone you can just call up about this stuff."

by **Isolde Schwarz** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 7:26 pm

"There is, but now you know she's obnoxious."

by **Wanda Johansson** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 7:31 pm

"Seems to be a habit with long-lived individuals," she teases, reaching out to touch Isolde's face with her marked hand.

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