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[north_witch]

As there sometimes is--though there hasn't been in some time--there's a woman in tattered black silk with a grey goose on her shoulder seated at the bar, sipping something hot enough to steam and surveying the room with calm, slightly curious green eyes.

She hasn't been here in some time, and there are quite a few patrons she's never seen before.

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[good_witch_tara]

Tara turns and startles slightly at the sight of a goose in the bar. It's not that it disturbs or frightens her it's just...not something you see everyday. Not that anything in this bar is really something you normally encounter, even in Sunnydale. There's something intriguing about this new stranger, something in her eyes. And a tingling, sparkling aura of energy. Tara smiles. Another witch, she always knows when she sees one. Maybe the goose is a familiar?

She wants to walk over and sit with this sister in magick. But...her shyness prevails for now. Instead, across the bar, she says "Hi. I...um...I like your bird."

[north_witch]

Serafina looks over, and for a moment, her glance is assessing, as if perhaps she senses something about Tara, as well. Then, she smiles.

"His name is Kaisa," she says. "And I am Serafina Pekkala."

[good_witch_tara]

Connection made, Tara walks over and sits on the stool next to Serafina. "I'm Tara Maclay. It's nice to meet you Serafina. And-" she looks at Kaisa "You too, Kaisa."

[north_witch]

Kaisa bobs his head in a birdlike approximation of a nod, and says, clearly, "It is good to meet you, as well."

[good_witch_tara]

Tara startles again, then laughs. "Where do you two hail from?"

[north_witch]

"Lake Enara, in the north of our world," Serafina answers. "Which most we have met here do not know, though there are a few."

[good_witch_tara]

"I'm afraid I don't know it. I'm from Sunnydale, California. Well, I was, anyway, it kind of disappeared into a big hole a while ago." Tara pauses for a moment. Serafina is very, very beautiful and she finds her heart beating a little faster. She reflexively touches the ring on her finger.

[north_witch]

Serafina's eyebrows go up slightly.

"Are such occurances common, in your world?"

[good_witch_tara]

"Not whole cities disappearing, it happens from time to time, but not too often. Things like vampires, werewolves, demons, and...witches" Tara quirks her eyebrow ever so slightly "are pretty common."

[north_witch]

Serafina smiles a bit at the eyebrow quirk.

"I have never encountered vampires or werewolves in my world, although there are tales...as for witches, though, I am one myself--as I think you may not be surprised to learn? And 'daemon' is a familiar enough word in my world, though it usually means something different than in others."

[good_witch_tara]

Tara returns the smile. "No, I'm not surprised at all. I'm a witch too, I've been one most of my life. So's my fiancee. In my world, most demons are kind of evil, but there are good ones as well. Ones who consider themselves useful to society. And are good friends."

Tara always finds it easier to open up with another witch. A connection, both on the earthly and magickal level.

[north_witch]

Serafina nods. "I've heard them mentioned mostly in negative ways, but they usually seem to be...independent beings or spirits. In my world, a daemon is an animal companion who is with someone from birth, and no more good or evil than the person themselves. Kaisa is mine."

[good_witch_tara]

"Must be nice to have a companion. In my world some witches have an animal who helps him or her with her magick and...is a companion. A lot like a daemon, I suppose. Mine used to be a cat named Miss Kitty Fantastico. Well, she was mine and my fiancee's."

[north_witch]

Serafina smiles a bit at the whimsical name. "All humans of my world have daemons, whether they are witches or not, but a witch's daemon can help her in certain ways."