Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Though many students might prefer going to London, Maldon provides closer amenities for those without a car or unwilling to pay for a cab. Several pubs are available, though the Rose and Crown is notable for having been where Excalibur spent a good deal of their downtime. Also of note is the Plume Library, home to many rare books.

Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue Oct 04, 2016 4:49 pm

Wanda's steps are light as she wanders around Maldon, window-shopping for the most part. She has a travel mug in one hand and a beat-up messenger bag slung over her shoulder. She stops to peer in the window of a bakery, contemplating the shop's contents.

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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:29 pm

"Sweets, sweets, and more sweets, and not a witch in sight," a slightly accented woman's voice says from behind her, chuckling.
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:32 pm

Wanda straightens up and turns around, "An interesting turn of phrase. There are certainly plenty of sweets in the shop."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:41 pm

The woman is quite tall, though that's probably not unusual to Wanda, and has long, unruly black hair.

"It's a story where I am from," she smiles toothily. "Gingerbread houses and fat children."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:47 pm

"Doesn't end well for the witch," Wanda says as she idly sips at her coffee, "But it's a decent enough cautionary tale."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:49 pm

"It is an interesting thing, yes? How we made children's tales of burning witches alive."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:53 pm

"A barbaric practice, but I have a hard time mustering any sympathy for a witch who tries to eat children."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:08 pm

"It always changes though, doesn't it? Maybe when the tale was first told, the witch was just someone's daughter."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:12 pm

"Everyone is someone's child," Wanda points out. "Unless you're implying that the person the character was based on, assuming they existed, wasn't actually going to eat the children, which is an interesting theory and not one I've heard before."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:18 pm

"Have you read much on witch trials? It's rarely that straightforward. No, perhaps a crop failed. Perhaps a hen stopped laying. Perhaps someone was caught kissing the burgomaster's daughter in the barn."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:27 pm

"But now you're changing the subject. We're not talking about fairy tales anymore. Such incidents could have a hundred causes except perhaps the whole 'kissing' incident, but there was certainly no need to blame any of them on a witch when simple 'bad fortune' would do. People like having something concrete to blame though. Personally, I'm a big proponent of "And it harm none..", though the sticking point always seems to be that definition of 'harm'."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:45 pm

"Oh, but we are talking about fairy tales, still. Because people want ever so much to be right."

"Nobody is a monster until they're made one."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:52 pm

"History has witnessed quite a few monsters and would beg to differ with you," Wanda says. "Your statement implies an external cause, but some people just insist on being monsters."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:28 pm

"Do you really think so? Some people are just bad?"
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:31 pm

"I think some people continue to make, shall we say, poor choices, regardless of evidence and consequences. I'm not sure what else to call that."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:08 pm

"It's easy to call a choice poor when you haven't lived it."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:42 pm

"Well, we are speaking of witch trials which haven't occurred in some time and most certainly not within our lifetimes, so it would be rather difficult to have lived that."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:45 pm

"...yes, it would have." She smiles enigmatically.

"I am Isolde. You are?"
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:57 pm

"Wanda. Have you been in Maldon long?"
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:06 pm

"Oh, a few weeks maybe. It's a pleasant little town."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:12 pm

"It certainly seems that way. I can't quite place the accent. Where are you from?"
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:15 am

"Würzburg, but I have not been back in many years."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:19 am

"Ah, Germany. Certainly an interesting place to visit. Everyone should leave home at some point though."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:36 pm

"Oh yes. It was definitely time to be on my own."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:57 pm

"So what brings you to Maldon? It's not exactly a tourist mecca."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:20 pm

"I've heard interesting things about a school here."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:24 pm

"What sort of interesting things? There are many things that could be said about the schools here."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:26 pm

"There is one that is not just any school, yes? A special school."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:30 pm

"You'd be correct. It's a special case, of course."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:59 pm

"It's fascinating to me, the idea of celebrating being different."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:04 pm

"I don't know that everyone necessarily 'celebrates' it, but it's certainly more accepted than it is in other places."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:14 pm

"I'm not sure what dressing up in brightly colored costumes is, if it isn't celebrating."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:21 pm

"I confess I don't quite understand some of the costumes myself."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:11 pm

"They draw attention, yes? Why else would you dress like that?"
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:57 pm

"Who says I do?" Wanda says with an eyebrow raised.
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:13 pm

"Ah, but you are special, aren't you?"
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:22 pm

"That entirely depends on a person's definition of special."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:51 pm

"You're not from here, and you know much about the school."
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:00 pm

"Compared to the people I have associated with for quite some time, I'm not particularly special," she hedges.
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Re: Walking On An Approximation of Sunshine

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:27 pm

"There is no need to be modest," she smiles toothily.
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