Post Six: Trying Out An Old Skill

[witchofthechalk]

[If you are walking by 1670 Nelson street you'll see a strange sight. There is a small girl with a witches pointed hat sitting on the grass. She is wearing some large sensible boots that seem out of place with her normal outfit.

Oh and she also appears to be dead.
However if you look closer you can see a sign clutched in her hands that reads

I am not dead!

Approach?]

Comments

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

We are, but at the same time it's more like we're just there for the ride. We don't actually control the animal, we just see the world from their perspective.

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

Okay. And that... means you can understand what they're thinking, doesn't it.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Yes

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

[Talking to animals ffffff] Um, um... could you teach me how to borrow?

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

[Animals are actually quite boring]

...I'm not sure. Are you a witch?

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

[Ffff let the girl have her dreams]

... I'm not sure. Do you have to be a witch to do something like that?

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

You usually have to be. And even then it's can be difficult for witches.

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

Aah, okay. ... I can do magic tricks at the circus, but I'm going to guess that that's pretty different from being an actual witch, isn't it.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Witches tend to be good at slight of hand. But I wouldn't be able to tell you if you were a witch. I'm still in training myself.

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

He~h... how long have you been in training?

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Well I found out I was a witch when I was nine but I didn't start training till I was eleven. So about two years.

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

Really? Still, you learned something as hard as borrowing in such a short time- that's pretty amazing.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Actually I learned it by accident....I didn't realize what I was doing at the time.

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

By accident...?

Well, that's probably how a lot of people learn that they have powers, huh.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure.

...I was rather foolish and didn't tell the woman who was training me, about however.

[And yes, she's looking to the side. It's not one of her prouder stories]

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

[Coquelicot catches the look.]

... well... everyone makes mistakes, right? You know what you did wrong- that's all that counts.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

I learned a lesson that time.

[Never leave your body unattended, you never know what'll get in]

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

[Words of wisdom to live by]

Anyways, I'm Coquelicot. What's your name?

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Tiffany Aching.

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

Okay. It's nice to meet you, Tiffany!

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

It's nice to meet you too. Have you been here very long?

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

Um... a couple of weeks now, come to think of it. Time goes by pretty fast here...

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Yes it does. I've been here for about four months so far.

[magique-bonbon.livejournal.com]

Four months!?

I... I'm sorry to hear that.