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by **Miriam Bell** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 5:02 pm

"On what? The fact that you two share some kind of ephemeral connection?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 5:05 pm

"I think enough Morrigans have had a poke here that Will mostly wants that to be true."

"You know, given the 'you might be one of us, stay forever' bit."

by **Miriam Bell** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 5:32 pm

"Oh. Yeah. You're right, the whole 'we love and adore you and you'll always be welcome and have a place here if you want' thing is so annoying. Whatever, do what you want. You're a shapeshifter anyway so I'm sure you'll figure out a way to look however you want again." Miriam says, turning to leave for her room.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 5:40 pm

"So now we're back to you being cross with me over something I didn't bloody do, me being cross with you because you're too embarrassed to call me your girlfriend, and Will being cross with both of us because you almost did. Splendid. Good talk."

by **Miriam Bell** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 5:52 pm

Miriam responds in a mature and emotionally collected manner, conscious of other peoples' feelings. Just kidding, she stalks off and slams her door behind her.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 6:03 pm

Sam grumbles and sits down next to the cauldron.

"I can handle all the supernatural shite, this is the bit that trips me up," she says in the general direction of the burbling.

by **Wyll** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 6:24 pm

A general burble of agreement.

And then, after some more churning, the Ogre popped her head out.

"Talking hard. Much easier to understand when punching," Wyll agreed.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 6:55 pm

"...thought you said you couldn't do that," she says, sidelong.

by **Wyll** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 7:01 pm

"Punch? No, I do that good," the Ogre grinned.

"No, this is...this is part of me. Um. Explain hard.

I is Will. Like...like pillow over there is Will, or bakery boy is Will. Just with...Ogre flavor on. When you reach into cauldron, you....you get Will, but with different bits. And you get bits and pieces of different things to match what you need. Like...you maybe no want full, pure Ogre. Maybe you want Ogre who know how to, um, talk gooder. Or not so tall, or different color. So, you reach in, and you pick up mostly ogre, but also some other stuff, and you mush 'em together, and that makes clay...Will.

Before cauldron, Wyldclay decide which form to wear. No need muscles and clubs. Much more tricksy and word-words. But Cauldron is more...permissive. Come and go as please. Wyldclay just part of me now, and brings with him new ideas. Like ogre. But now Will can just be Ogre, and not wait for someone else to call Ogre.

...Ogre part of me no think about coming out until you show up. You suggest it, you put idea in head. New rules, still learning what I can do. You put Wyldclay in pot, and melt him into us. And now, me be ogre because me want to. Me see you need help. Us ogres stick together,"

Will's brow had furrowed from the effort of explaining it with the limited brainpan of this particular version of herself.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 3:28 pm

"Guess I look the part," she sighs.

"So how's being more than a whimsy treating you?"

by **Wyll** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 4:46 pm

"The past two minutes have been good, except my girlfriends are sad. And angry? At Will? And at each other?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 5:00 pm

"Aye well, things are complicated. We've got two telepaths under one roof an nobody bloody talks."

by **Wyll** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 5:12 pm

"Talk overrated. Action means more than word," Will nodded.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 5:52 pm

"A slammed door is a pretty clear message."

by **Wyll** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 6:41 pm

"So? You and I. Big, right? We can break door down."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:18 pm

"...might not get the reaction you're hoping for."

by **Wyll** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:20 pm

"Is sitting here likely to get good reaction, then?" Will asked, crossing her arms. "Let her alone in room, marinating in sulk?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:34 pm

"I think it's part of her skincare routine, honestly."

by **Wyll** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:42 pm

"She is less...clingy than me," Will acknowledged, with a huff. "Mebbe she need time. But me no have to like it. We bust down door, grab her, take her out, is better."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:59 pm

"Take her out in what way? To dinner?"

by **Wyll** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:15 pm

"....yes. Yes, that would be a good plan," Will said after a moment of letting that rattle through her brain. "Show her that she is important."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 1:49 pm

That's around the time Miriam's door swings open with enough force it would slam into the wall if Miriam wasn't holding on to the handle still.

"You know I can hear you, right!?" she asks as if she wasn't capable of closing off her telepathy to the point that she wouldn't.

by **Wyll** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:06 pm

The ogre frowned, furrowing her brow. Clearly, this had not occurred to her.

"But...you go in room, slam door, and we no shout. You eavesdrop?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:58 pm

Miriam stares at Will. Stupid blunt ogre calling her out.

"Yeah, well, my walls aren't very good at keeping things out right now." she huffs.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:23 pm

"Join the bloody club."

by **Wyll** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:29 pm

"Well..." Will said, furrowing her brow more as she tried to piece together what to do. "You...go back in room and plug ears. No fair eavesdropping. Closed door is pretty clear message."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:43 pm

"Well I guess it's open now." she says and lets go of the door handle. Though when she notices she did she crosses her arms in front of herself.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:45 pm

"Something you'd like to share with the rest of the class, Miss Bell?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:53 pm

"Not particularly, no." she snaps back but it's less acerbic and more dour.

"I'm not mad at you. Either of you. Not really. I just... It's not your fault you have some kind of connection that spans entire worlds while I... don't."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 6:46 pm

"I still think you're making more of this than there really is."

by **Wyll** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 6:48 pm

"Besides, you and Sam have connection we don't," Will nodded.

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 6:51 pm

"Yes, congratulations, I'm more insecure than you two." she says, avoiding eye contact with either of them.

by **Wyll** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 6:56 pm

"Me let you two work this out. You need space," Wyll nodded, lumbering her body up from her seated position and heading for the door.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 9:01 pm

"Look Will, you might not be up for this right now but I damned well caught the reaction with what Miriam said down there."

by **Wyll** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 9:04 pm

"This seems like issue that must be resolved between two girlfriends," Will nodded. "You two make up, get happy together once more. Then is good."

by **Miriam Bell** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 1:14 am

"Bloody hell... Okay that one's on me." Miriam admits begrudgingly. "You're both... you know. Important to me. Still doesn't mean I want to see one of you engulf the other. Not like that anyway."

by **Wyll** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 1:30 am

"Maybe I don't know. You don't like putting labels on things? That makes it easy for them to go missing," the ogre said, crossing her arms.

"It not dirty words, you know. You have to say what you want if you want to have it."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 1:08 pm

"And you didn't have to act so damned embarrassed when you almost said it."

by **Miriam Bell** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 1:57 pm

"The last girlfriend I had got fucked up by the bad vibes in my head, almost sacrificed by vampires and then broke up with me!" she bursts out before she can think better of it, though she sounds more defeated than angry at this point.

"Hardly something I'd call a coveted title." she adds quietly.

by **Wyll** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 3:39 pm

"And one of your current girlfriends tried to murder you, you know, to death. And just got a stark reminder that 'treat others as you want to be treated' doesn't work when you're a sentient ball of goo," Will pointed out.

"We're all broken here; we just have to decide how we want to arrange the pieces."

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