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As they got closer, a girl kicked the door open, and banged pots and pans together, small orbs of white smoke trailed out around her. She looked no older than 13, but her gray hair said otherwise. "GET OUT YOU WISPY MOTHER FUCKERS" She screamed as her silk robe blew from the orbs.

"..." She looked to Madison. "/Yes./"

2016-01-19 00:02:34

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My jaw fell open and I put my axe away. "What the /hell/ have we stumbled across." What are those things? Will-o-the-Wisps?

2016-01-19 00:04:47

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The girl took notice of who was there, and lowered the pots and pans. "Oh don't mind me enchanted one. Just doing some spring cleaning."

"I think the proper term is /who./"

2016-01-19 00:07:26

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"Good point. 'Enchanted one'? ...that sounds a lot better than 'enchanted puppet'. Spring cleaning? It's summer." The seasons still apply here, right?

2016-01-19 00:11:34

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"Why would you be a puppet? I don't see any strings."

She gestured to the girl and looked to Madison.

"Is it Summer? It feels Winter today."

2016-01-19 00:14:33

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"Oh /shut up/, just because I don't have strings doesn't mean I'm--that would be because of what she can do." Of course, the cold doesn't bother me. I can't feel it.

2016-01-19 00:16:58

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"Oh, is she a wizard too?"

Ivory shook her head. "I'm just...me."

The wizard reached over and put on her spectacles. "By Merlin's beard, /just/ you? You're the /queen/!"

2016-01-19 00:18:07

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She said 'by Merlin's beard'. /She said 'by Merlin's beard'/. "I told you, Ivory! You have your very own kingdom."

2016-01-19 00:23:45

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"Okay, fine, sure. Whatever you say."

"What can I do for the queen today? You need potions? Trinkets? I'm getting rid of somethings so I have plenty to spare!"

2016-01-19 00:25:40

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"/Yes whatever I say/, this isn't even a debatable fact. You actually have those sorts of things?"

2016-01-19 00:26:24

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"Of course I do! What do you need?" The Wizard looked to Madison now.

2016-01-19 00:28:12

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"....uh. If you're really worth your salt, I guess...is there anything that could get rid of this?" I gestured to myself.

2016-01-19 00:29:18

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The wizard blinked. "And what's wrong with that? I thought you /wanted/ that when I first saw you."

2016-01-19 00:30:46

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I stared at her. "..../what/? Of course I don't! Why would I?" When she first saw me? As in, five minutes ago, or...?

2016-01-19 00:31:28

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The wizard went inside for a few moments before she returned with a tall wicker basket. "Here." She handed it out to him. "If you can collect me ten frozen frogs from the lake nearby, it might be enough."

Without thinking, Ivory took it. "Deal." Why not? What's the worst that can happen?

2016-01-19 00:36:10

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That doesn't seem so hard. "Thanks. ...but seriously, why would I want this?"

2016-01-19 00:39:20

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"You tell me." She shut the door. There was the sound of clattering inside.

"...Well she was something." Ivory spoke once the wizard left.

2016-01-19 00:40:58

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".......I still don't understand. I can't think of any possible reason why this would be ideal."

2016-01-19 00:41:52

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"Maybe you wanted to one with nature?"

2016-01-19 00:52:49

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"Fuck nature. You're the treehugger, not me. And even then, this is way too excessive..."

2016-01-19 00:54:16

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She started to move towards the lake. At least, where she assumed it was. Might as well. "You're not a tree."

2016-01-19 00:56:30

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"The first time my nose grew after I turned fully wood, there was a little twig with a leaf sticking off of it. That's pretty damn close." I took the wicker basket from her. No, I'm not letting her carry that.

2016-01-19 00:59:30

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"That's because- what? Do you not trust me with a basket?"

2016-01-19 01:04:58

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"No, you just shouldn't have to carry it. Because what?"

2016-01-19 01:05:44

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"And why not?"

2016-01-19 01:06:18