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[open | woods] those magic changes

Jan 20, 2011 09:54

Dave isn't entirely sure whose fault this is. It's very likely that this is Balthazar administering another one of those little "tests" that Dave's grown to hate so much, but he can't figure out what the hell this is supposed to be. Why would his master just pluck him off of W 44th street and drop him, quite literally, into... Central Park? Dave ( Read more... )

david stutler, cassie holmes, winny carpenter

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harborofmyown January 21 2011, 00:35:26 UTC

Winny is lost. She just wanted to go out into one of the gardens. She doesn't know how she got lost, exactly, except that it's her and this kind of thing always happens to her. At least this time she's dressed for the weather, courtesy of the princess.

So there's a short girl about Dave's age staggering through the woods in a white coat lined with fur and heavy boots, talking to herself while she tries to make the comm work through her mittens.

"I don't even... like cell... cell... cellular phones, let alone know how to make them work, and why are they even here when it's... not really fairylike of them."

merlinianblood January 21 2011, 00:43:17 UTC

Oh, hey.

Another person.

What.

Dave blinks at Winny, headphones still covering his ears and muffled music still faintly drifting into the cold air, clearly bewildered by the fact that she's there at all.

His brain comes to one conclusion, and one conclusion only: IT'S A TRAP.

Upon realizing this, because it has to be true, Dave springs up from the log with two plasma balls in his hands, at the ready. "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!"

harborofmyown January 21 2011, 00:49:43 UTC

She screams, sticking her hands in the air and sending the communicator flying into the trees at the same time - until she sees Dave and his glowing ammo and screams again, wrapping her arms around her head and huddling down in the snow to a mantra of "Pleasedon'tkillmepleasedon'tkillme."

merlinianblood January 21 2011, 00:53:44 UTC

Okay.

Maybe this isn't a trap.

Dave goes wide-eyed at her display, jumping back a little at the first scream and then doing his own macho sort of cowering at the second. OOPS.

"Sorry!" He shakes his hands to displace the plasma and quickly holds them out in a LOOK I MEAN NO HARM sort of way. "Sorry, oh God, didn't mean to scare you-"

Way to go, Stutters. Way to go.

harborofmyown January 21 2011, 01:00:33 UTC

"Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain!" she squeaks out. If she's going to die, she's going to die keeping the faith as best she can. Can't be too careful.

Winny looks up at him from under the shelter of her hands. Those glowing things are gone, but she doesn't trust he's not going to throw something else at her. He's probably a fairy. A... skinny, apologizing fairy?

merlinianblood January 21 2011, 01:03:32 UTC

Dave opens his mouth.

Then closes his mouth.

No words come out.

He's just going to stand there, now, looking skinny and apologetic.

harborofmyown January 21 2011, 01:11:42 UTC

Slowly her hands come down. Slowly she gets up, stumbling a few steps back. Winny hugs herself, trying not to rock on her heels. "Um. Hello. There. Fairy-person."

merlinianblood January 21 2011, 01:16:16 UTC

"Hi."

He was about to say something along the lines of who are you? or what is this? but all that he manages is: "Did you just call me a fairy?"

harborofmyown January 21 2011, 01:23:37 UTC

"I thought- Is that. Not... right?" The self-hugging gets a little tighter and she hunches, waiting for the part two of his question - scolding. "Should I call you - is there something I'm supposed to - I don't really know how this works and I know I probably should since, the castle, is where I'm staying but I've never done this before and I was just starting to understand the rules of regular world...ness. Not this one. ...Hi."

merlinianblood January 21 2011, 01:27:18 UTC

"Castle?"

Did she just say castle?

PLEASANTRIES AND INTRODUCTIONS CAN WAIT. SHE TOTALLY SAID CASTLE.

The urge to say 'take me to your ruler' is so, so strong right now.

harborofmyown January 21 2011, 01:42:26 UTC

"Y.... yes?" His lack of response is making her nervous. Winny rocks back and forth for a minute before pulling her hood back up and looking at her feet.

She would like to go now.

merlinianblood January 21 2011, 01:57:13 UTC

Noticing her clear discomfort, Dave attempts to re-gather his thoughts and approach the situation from a different angle.

"Hi. My name is Dave. I'm sorry about the plasma. Where am I?"

harborofmyown January 21 2011, 02:26:03 UTC

"...Plasma- Whey? But. That doesn't- there aren't any. Cows or goats or... Were those... Glowing - were those glowing milk things?"

And she thought the world didn't make sense before the Wood.

merlinianblood January 21 2011, 02:31:33 UTC

"What? No."

Pause.

Blink.

"I have no idea what you're talking about. Did Balthazar send you?"

harborofmyown January 21 2011, 02:37:29 UTC

"....Oh. I thought - nevermindsorry." She looks down, and stays focused there for about five whole seconds berating herself before she realizes he asked a question. "Oh - n.... no? I don't know who that. ...Is. I'm just lost. A little. ....A lot.

merlinianblood January 21 2011, 02:41:47 UTC

AND SUDDENLY, COMMON GROUND. Dave almost smiles at her admission. He does, at least, look a little relieved. "Okay, good. I mean, not good, but... I'm lost, too. So now we're lost together."

It's always good to do things in groups, really.

"Do you have any idea where we are?"

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