closed ⚡ step into the rainbow

[sparkstrikes]

Who: Lightning Farron & others
When: When the threads happen
Where: Where the threads happen
What: Closed catch-all for September
Warnings: N/A



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merrin.

[sparkstrikes]

[It's strange, being back at the Coven's headquarters again. It was her stubbornness the first time that kept her away, and her aversion now, but she made a promise that she wouldn't make the same mistakes she did back then and intends to stick to her word. She lingered around the classes for a while, taking an initial interest in Evocation and Enchantment magic, but she never did have a knack of studying by the book. Hands-on learning and experience were always better for her, and so it's inside one of their open practice rooms where she finds herself with a newly acquainted fellow witch.

She extends a hand out in front of her and stretches her fingers, trying to feel the magic in them. Whether or not it's the right way to do it is still a mystery, but that's what she's always done... with some success. Usually, it backfired on her in some way.]

I'm not great at this, just so you know.

[But that's why they're here, right?]

vex'ahlia.

[sparkstrikes]

[It pays well. It pays well. It pays well.

That's what Lightning tells herself with every step she takes down the muddy river in the giant rubber boots she was given for the treasure hunting job. They only do so much though, coming up to just below her knees, which are already soaked. The water is thick where she is, and with all of the algae floating on the surface, it's hard to get a good look at the bottom. Thank Etro for the gloves?

So far, she hasn't found anything and neither have the people around her, so she heads further down the river to the Harbour, and that's where she spots a familiar face. Wiping the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand (only to remember that it's soaked in mud water after), she practically wades over to Vex and grabs her attention with a wave.]

She got you too, huh?

[The Merrow woman, she means.]

Who buries their stuff in a river anyway?

[moneytwin]

[ Who would have thought that the first job she took upon regaining her usual form would have her knee deep in sludgy marsh-like waters? Her own love for treasure has definitely gotten the better of Vex this day, and she rather wishes she was instead sitting on the bank alongside Trinket.

Thigh high waders aren't fashionable, and honestly, barely functional. Grimacing as her feet squelch, her attention is easily pulled up by a familiar voice.

And Lightning gets a blink, and a arch of a brow. ]

Not quite the treasure hunt I had in mind. [rueful] I've seen weirder, though. Knowing our luck, it may well have been swept further downstream.

[sparkstrikes]

[Her legs tangle up in strings of algae as she wades a little closer, the water getting deeper the further she goes, where it's now coming dangerously close to flooding her boots. She flicks them off and violently throws them back into the stream, splashing a few people digging around nearby. But as she closes the distance between them, very slowly, she notices a few differences about Vex, and tries not to squint too much in confusion...

Hmmm.]

At that point, might as well give up. It'll be long gone if it got anywhere past the harbour.

[The Merrow woman did insist that she had buried it safely though... but she's hesitant to trust the word of someone who would do that in the first place.]

Made it all the way here from the inner city with nothing. These jewels or whatever better be worth it.

[moneytwin]

[ There differences are there, but subtle at first glance. Case in point: her eyes - no longer brown, Vex's irises are bright gold and the pupil slit like a lizard. There are also a trio of tiny silver scales set at the outer corners of her eyes.

Vex doesn't seem to have noticed, or, in the very least, isn't making too much fuss about them; instead, she offers an arm, in case Lightning needs a bit of extra balance moving through the slop and clinging mud. ]

Possibly. But you'd be surprised how much debris can end up caught before the waters flow out that way. [a snort follows] But her directions left much to be desired.

I can't help but think she likely buried things further out, but I don't fancy dunking myself any further into the river.

[sparkstrikes]

[Lightning is stubborn at first, not taking the offered arm until she almost trips and stumbles face-first into the water, gripping on just in time to save herself from an embarrassing demise. She grumbles when she straightens, but there's a quiet 'thanks' in there somewhere.]

One of us is gonna have to take a dunk in here sooner or later to dig for it. You up to it? 'Cause I'm not.

[She would never let Vex go alone, though. If one of them is going under, so is the other...]

[moneytwin]

[ There's a quick of one corner of her mouth at the stumble, but only a nod in response to the thanks. She's had to fight her own feet and fumble her balance not to capsize herself. It's not something to tease about. ]

I'm really not. [getting mud out of all that hair? Not a fun proposition] Although...

[she turns with care, looking towards the bank, where her faithful bear sits and watches.]

[sparkstrikes]

[Lightning follows Vex's gaze, only to land on the very obvious bear sitting on the riverbank, staring at them and the others trying to wade their way through. She grins but jabs a finger his way anyway.]

Who gave him permission to sit around and watch? [A rhetorical question, and a joke, because she continues on without expecting an answer.] You really think he'd wanna put himself through all that?

[She wouldn't say no...]