JGOB- Saturday afternoon

[throughaphase]

Faye woke up late, in an apartment she didn't recognize. In a town she didn't recognize. Basically nothing about today was going as expected, but at least the apartment's owner had some clothes that suited her. (Hint: they mostly came from the side of the closet that had all Kitty's work clothes.)

But the most annoying thing about today so far was that she was pretty sure the girl at the counter made her coffee cold on purpose. Maybe Faye had been kind of bitchy in ordering, but when you were going too slow, she was going to tell you you were going too slow. But rather than giving the clerk the satisfaction of her going back and asking for another one, she took the lid off her coffee and concentrated on the drink until it started boiling. There was really no reason for that except she liked seeing when her magic worked. Or she liked showing off a little, whatever. The coffee was too hot to drink for a while now, but Faye put the lid on, raised her cup to the clerk when she was definitely looking, and faked a sip.

Sometimes it was all about the little victories.


[Kitty is Faye from The Secret Circle. Omg so open.]

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[so_hawkward]

Hansel wasn't sure how he'd ended up here, or why he'd woken up in a house, of all places, without his sister. Wandering through town wasn't giving him any answers, and when he saw the bakery, he stopped and looked wistful for a moment before going inside and frowning at all the sweets. Surely just getting a drink wouldn't hurt.

[throughaphase]

Faye watched him for a minute, finally asking, "Tough choice or something?"

[so_hawkward]

Hansel glanced over at her and smirked. "Or something," he said. "I don't think I can have any of it. Is the coffee good, at least?"

[throughaphase]

"It's decent. Could be better." Like if it was spiked, because that would help on a day when you had no idea where you were. Actually, it might help on a normal day, too. "Can you have that, or are you just into the ambience?"

[so_hawkward]

"I can have that. I just need to... avoid the sweet stuff." Hansel smiled softly at her and ordered himself a coffee, about as awkwardly as one could do such a thing. Then, he tried to pay with the coins he had, and the cashier just sighed and waved him away. "Is it me, or is this a weird place?"

[throughaphase]

"It's a weird place." Though Faye might be inclined to say it was him, too, because who walked around with that much leather during the day? "Gonna take a wild guess here: did you wake up somewhere nice and random, too?" she asked, sipping her coffee really, really carefully.

[so_hawkward]

"Very random, and with someone missing. I can't find my sister," Hansel said, sighing. "We've been separated before but not usually for good reasons."

[throughaphase]

"Sounds tough," Faye said, not sounding very concerned because that would mean worrying about other people's problems. Or, you know, caring that other people had them. "She's probably around here somewhere, in some person's apartment."

[so_hawkward]

"Did you wake up in a random place?" Hansel asked, taking his coffee and testing it with a small sip. "I've been trying to think of why we all might be here. It seems like a trap."

[throughaphase]

"I woke up in some girl's apartment, I guess," Faye said, not too concerned with it except for how she hadn't been able to find keys to get back. "Why, you think someone's got some reason to trap you?"

Because no one would be after her. Nope.

[so_hawkward]

"Oh, I can think of a few people who might want to get me in their sights. My sister and I might have made a few enemies in the past," Hansel said with a wicked smirk. "You haven't seen any really ugly witches lurking around, have you?"

[throughaphase]

Well that made this more interesting.

"I definitely haven't seen any ugly witches," Faye said sweetly. Because she was hot and she knew it, okay. "Why do you want to know?"

[so_hawkward]

"They're the ones who might have a reason to trap me. I'm Hansel," he said. "My sister Gretel and I hunt witches. You might have heard of us." They were pretty infamous, after all.

[throughaphase]

Oh, did Faye ever find this hilarious. This was when one of her friends would usually start warning her to shut up and she kept talking anyway, because there was absolutely no fun in shutting up.

"Oh, really?" she asked, leaning on the table and looking interested. "And what do you do with these ugly, wicked witches when you catch them?"

[so_hawkward]

Hansel was used to people asking questions, so he was learning to not mind having to explain himself. "It depends on the witch, and how much of a fight she puts up," he said. "Some of them we burn. Cutting their heads off is usually good too."

[throughaphase]

Hmm. Faye would rather avoid both those things. She had a feeling she looked much better with a head.

"I'd hate to get on your bad side," Faye replied. "What do you do to the pretty witches?"

[so_hawkward]

"There's no such thing as a pretty witch. Consorting with the devil leaves its mark," Hansel said matter-of-factly. "That's how you can tell when you're dealing with a witch." If it wasn't obvious, he and Gretel might not have been as good at their jobs.

[throughaphase]

Well, then obviously Faye was going to keep her head, because come on. She looked like this.

"You never know. I'm sure there are one or two hotter than average witches out there somewhere. Is that the only way you know?" she asked, sipping her coffee that was totally at a good temperature now after she'd boiled it magically. As you do.

[so_hawkward]

"Well, usually the casting spells and killing people is a giveaway too," Hansel said. "It's pretty hard to miss a witch when you find one, although most people don't see them. They don't really wander out and about, you know?"

[throughaphase]

"So I guess it's a huge deal to see a witch out in the wild," Faye said. "A real red letter day."

[so_hawkward]

"It is for me, but that's because I love my job," Hansel said, laughing. "I like to think I make the world a better place."

[throughaphase]

For personal reasons, she felt that was a bit psycho. But then she didn't kill anyone either.

Just came close to it sometimes. Details.

"I don't know," Faye said airily. "Maybe the world could use some magic. Liven things up a bit."

[so_hawkward]

"If the world had good magic, that would be one thing. But that's not how witches work," Hansel explained. "They're all just out to hurt people, so my sister and I hurt them first."

[throughaphase]

"And that's what we call generalization," Faye said. "Maybe all they want is to make their lives more awesome."

Because a big pshh to using her power to make anyone else's life better. Please.

[so_hawkward]

"By dealing with the devil? Killing and eating children?" Hansel sighed and shook his head. "There's nothing about that that's awesome."

[throughaphase]

"Wait, when did we get into child-eating? That's so gross," Faye said.

She couldn't even make some joke about being high in carbs. Just, ew.

[so_hawkward]

"That's my experience with witches," Hansel said, shrugging. "Particularly and personally with nearly getting eaten. It's just how they are."

[throughaphase]

Faye shook her head. "You've got some disgusting witches there."

Seriously, she liked having power and pushing her boundaries and all, but even she had her limits.