Gathering Post : 2/24 - 3/2

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Re: Saturday

[yves]

Yves had been moving gracefully through the shop, silent and almost cat like, so when he brushed against Sunny, it was absolutely deliberate. He'd chosen this moment to be noticed.

"Planning on picking up a copy of Magical Tattoos and Scarification?" Yves asked, the amusement evident in his voice, even though he spoke in that familiar low and rumbling purr.

His hair was shock white today, and a few strands tumbled forward, hanging over one eye as he leaned slightly forward to speak in the young witch's ear. "I'm sure you'd look lovely with a dharma wheel right on your hip," he teased.

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

Sunny felt an annoying little shiver go up her back that she couldn't tell was surprise, revulsion or... no, she wasn't even going to allow other words. Ew. Refusing to be intimidated, Sunny turned to look at him and had to pause. That wasn't dye.

But whatever.

"Maybe I'll pick up a spellbook or two. You never know. Maybe something actually works." Even though what she actually kind of wanted to say was 'You are not allowed to talk about my hips.'

Re: Saturday

[yves]

"I think you'll find that in the right hands, plenty of it works," Yves assured her with a small shrug. "Even those void of magic can feel the tug of power. Twee though most of it is, there are a few gems to be found."

Yves held up the crystal ball he'd selected in show, crafted lovingly from quartz. It wasn't clear at all, full of impurities and other minerals- but there was something about it. A warmth it radiated.

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

Sunny looked at the crystal, at first closely as if trying to pick out just what there was that was setting it apart from the other dozens of crystal balls in the shop. And then she turned away sharply, as though afraid of what she might see. She'd seen visions in flame before, crystal was practically begging to be shown something. And quite simply, she didn't want to know. "Well. Stopped clocks are right twice a day and whatnot, I guess."

Re: Saturday

[yves]

Yves noticed her reactin, how could he not? Yet, for whatever reason, he didn't comment on it. At least not right that moment.

"Unless they're digital," the fae purred, placing the ball back into the basket he was carrying, which looked terribly out of place hanging from his arm.

"So, what in here has caught your eye?" he asked curiously. "The runes, the cards... Perhaps the garden gnome dressed like a wizard over there?"

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

The laughter came back into Sunny's voice immediately when she answered, "That thing is amazing."

She hesitated a moment before she admitted, "I've half an eye on getting a Tarot deck one of these days. A friend of mine does readings, and she'd teach me if I asked... but I haven't been able to pick."

Re: Saturday

[yves]

"In my experience, the deck tends to choose you," Yves replied. "Though I've never been much for fortune telling myself."

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

"Neither am I," Sunny admitted. She could read stars if she tried really hard, and the flame visions... didn't really count. "But it's a very European tool, and as such not part of my education."

Re: Saturday

[yves]

"And yet you seek to learn. A hunger for knowledge is an enviable trait," Yves smirked, his gaze just a touch too intense as he studied her for a moment, lessened only by the fact that he did, eventually, look away completely.

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

And all the same, Sunny found herself perhaps not entirely consciously taking a step away from him. But she went on softly, busying herself with looking at a display of ugly pixie figurines. "As children, Leopard People are taught that learning and gaining wisdom are the greatest ambitions in life. That goes over as well as most ideals, but it stuck for me."

Re: Saturday

[yves]

"Fae aren't nearly so eager to learn. At least, not my kind," Yves admitted. "My desire for knowledge has always made me a bit of an outcast."

Though that wasn't the only reason his kind kept their distance.

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

"I suppose when you live so long, there's no point being in a hurry about it," Sunny mused, not really sure if that had anything to do with it, but it was a possibility.

That and it seemed less offensive than, 'Given how into rules fae are, trying to be revolutionary probably isn't appreciated.'

Re: Saturday

[yves]

"It's more they have little interest in anything but what they know," Yves replied, nose wrinkling at the thought of his kin, and their tedious wars and rituals. "It's all so very black and white, repetitive and predictable."

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

"What's the point of that?" It seemed to her such a waste to have so much time and insist on not making the most of it. Then again, she was coming at it from a perspective of maybe having a century and some change, due to her magic.

Re: Saturday

[yves]

"I honestly couldn't tell you. I've never thought the way they do. I'm one of the few of my kind who've chosen to leave that life behind," Yves shrugged.

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

"Are we really any better?" Sunny couldn't help but ask. "We don't last very long."

Re: Saturday

[yves]

"At least some of you don't waste what time you have though. You learn, you want to explore and know things," Yves replied, speaking slowly, as though he was struggling with something. Though that struggle faded as he shook his head.

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

Sunny still frowned, turning her attention back to him more fully. "You okay?"

Re: Saturday

[yves]

"Fine," Yves said quietly, unaware that one lock of his hair had returned to it's usual dark brown hue. "Off day, that's all. I was up late last night, working."

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

While she'd thought she'd seen something like this before, now she was certain of what she'd seen. His hair. She asked sotto voce, "... Does your hair usually do that when you're tired?"

Re: Saturday

[yves]

Yves was silent for a beat, his expression hard to read as he forced his mind back through the conversation they'd been having, combing through the details. Though what he was searching for was something only he could know.

After a beat he smiled, then offered a small shrug. He seemed less looming now, nd no longer seemed to be attempting to enter her personal space, though his voice still returned to that low purr.

"My hair does as it pleases. It always has. As if it's off two minds. Something else my kin never liked. It's a sign of- Well, that's not important, it's all just superstition and whispers."

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

It was a mark Sunny didn't know the significance of, and of course she knew all about being stigmatized for marks she couldn't help but were laced with old superstition, so all she did was wrinkle her nose. "That sounds inconvenient."

Re: Saturday

[yves]

"You've no idea," Yves replied, a faint hint of amusement in his voice.

Re: Saturday

[akatawitch]

Sunny held up a single blonde braid and then arched an eyebrow in an expression that--however playfully--asked if he'd like to revise that statement. "Don't I?"

Re: Saturday

[yves]

Yves paused, then smirked. "Fair enough, perhaps you know exactly what it's like. ...More importantly, you know why their fears are nothing but proof of their ignorance."