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The Park, Thursday Evening

It was a fine night for walking, Granny thought. Crisp, cool air with a nice sprinkling of snow. The city had been a bit rowdy as of late, but that was to be expected of cities. Part of natural selection. Cities'd fill up with people if they didn't constantly kill each other off. 'Course, no sane person would mess with a witch, so it weren't like she was in any danger.

Granny settled down on a bench and straightened her hat. She sensed some unusual life in the pond, but politely turned her mind away. Weren't proper to be poking around in the heads of things. 'Least, not without good cause.

[ooc: Open to anyone.]

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A squeal, a sudden stop from a Tachikoma Joyride (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/574766.html?view=22647086#t22647086) and the think tank came to a stop. Lifting the hood, Togusa looked around. "We're here."

Pippi's head poked out next to Togusa's.

"That was soooooo fun!"

Walter popped his head up next to Pippi's and Togusa's and looked around. The ducks looked entirely unimpressed and there was a strange old woman sitting on one of the park benches.

After his recent lessons with Alfred, Walter was feeling even more polite than usual.

"Good evening, ma'am."

"Good evening," Granny said, with a nod. It was nice to see a lad with proper respect.

Pippi's head bobbed in what may have been a curtsey.

"Good evening. I'm Pippi," she turned to Walter, smacking Togusa in the face, "This is Walter. And this," she turned to Togusa, smacking Walter in the face, "Is Togusa. Whom do we have the pleasure of meeting?"

Walter was ready this time. It wasn't as though she was hiding the Ruler of Doom in her braid. He caught it before it slapped him in the face.

"Pippi, careful with those things, okay?"

Rather than get beaten any further, he hoisted himself up and slid down the front of the Tachikoma to the ground.

Togusa caught the braid and weaved away from it, streching the wires in his neck as far as they could go before he let go to escape from losing an eye.

"Sorry. Didn't want to lose an eye."

"I am Granny Weatherwax," Granny said. "Are you students at the school?"

"Hello Granny... Ms. Weatherwax? Um, yes mam, we are." Pippi also hoisted herself up and sat on the edge of the hatch.

She spared a glance at Togusa trying desperately to keep his eye.

"Sorry." she said sheepishly.

She wasn't looking around the park... Certainly not for hawks... Oh no.

Walter stepped away from Tachikoma as it jumped up and down excitedly (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/575158.html?thread=22661046#t22661046), stepping between the excitable think tank and Granny Weatherwax. Not every old person he met could be capable of remarkable and unexpected speed, right?

Pippi tumbled down from the Tachikoma as it hopped (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/575158.html?thread=22661046#t22661046). But twisted in the air and landed like a cat...

A retarded cat. But a cat none the less.

Togusa calmed the Tachikoma down and took the cable out from his neck and hopped off. "It's okay, Pippi," he told the girl.

"Yes, ma'am, we are students. We are all new in town. Are you newly arrived or a resident whom we have not had a chance to meet before?"

Walter had stepped closer, but not too close, having learned the Alfred Lesson, one would hope. He just didn't want to see their new acquaintance squashed by an overeager Tachikoma.

"Just flew in this week," Granny said. "Staying over at the boarding house on Apocalypse Avenue." She suspected that some of the 'residents' of the boarding house might qualify for the Seamstress's Guild in other cities, but that wasn't the sort of thing you mentioned to children. "Up the stairs and to the right, should you ever need tonics or love potions."

"Are you a witch-doctor?" asked Pippi, wide-eyed.

"Certainly not!" Granny said indignantly. "I'm a proper witch. None of that hyphenate stuff."

"Proper witch? No hyphens? How do you become a proper witch?" Asked Togusa, interested.

"You don't," Granny said tartly. "Only girls can be witches. I was trained by Nanny Gripes. That's how it's done. One witch sees a girl with talent and she trains her."

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Granny blinked at Tachikoma. "My," she said. "Hope that bugger's well-trained."

"Of course it... Hmmm..." Her head turned to Togusa, whipping Walter in the face with one of her braids. "Is that why you almost never let it in the building Togusa?"

"Yeouch!" Togusa rubbed his eye. "Well, it did take a couple classes for me when the Major hacked me..."

Walter had opened his mouth to answer when Pippi's braid caught him right across the cheek where Alfred had hit him earlier.

Instead, he gave the back of her head a dirty look before remember it was Pippi, who was as likely to do that on purpose as Alfred was to wear bermuda shorts.

"It is, ma'am. Polite too." Togusa waved at the woman. The tachikoma actually lowered it's voice.

"Hello nice lady."

"Good evening," Granny responded, with a stern look. 'Nice lady', indeed! "What do you feed it?"

"Oil! Togusa feeds me natural oil!" It hopped up and down while Togusa tried to control it.

"Only on occasion, Ma'am."

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