Post Eight: Advertizing?

[witchofthechalk]

[England has given her an idea and so there is another sign set up outside the house with a sign that reads

Tiffany Aching: Witch
-Disputes settled
-Help with problems
-Midwifery
-General witching

Fresh Cheese for sale

 

Tiffany is sitting on the lawn with her pointed hat on as she reads a book. It appears to be a history text book and she's making notes in a notebook to the side.]

Comments

Sounds good

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

[She smiles as he comes over]

Hello Al.

Yes. It's part of being a local witch. I've helped out with quite a few births.

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

Already? That must be amazing, helping people come into the world. [He chuckles, remembering something.] I saw a baby born before. All I did was flail and run around not knowing what to do. Good thing my friend Winry was there. Her family comes from a long line of doctors so she was able to help deliver the baby safely. We were trapped in a building because of bad weather.

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

It's one of the more satisfying of my duties.

[She nodds] That makes sense. I come from a lamb raising family myself. They always got the little ones to help out during the lambing.

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

Did you live in the country? That's where I grew up. Being in a city like this isn't such a big deal but seeing a really big bustling city for the first time was... interesting.

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

Yes. My homeland, the Chalk is up in the mountains. It's a very small place but most towns are around there. I've never seen a large city before.

This place is interesting though. It has all these strange "machine" things. Like auto-mo-biles [pronounced just like that]. Or even the telephone.

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

How do you get around in your world? In mine, we mostly used trains... There are some cars, but they're steampowered, not like the ones here. We have telephones, they work about the same.

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

Usually the carts that travel around. Witches sometimes use brooms to fly but everyone else has horses and the carts.

And if we wanted to talk to someone we had to go and visit them.

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I think phones are a handy way of getting in touch with someone fast like if it's an emergency... but I think that actually going to visit someone would be more fun than just talking to them over the phone.

[He gives Tiffany a grin, hoping she understand that applies to her too.] You get to see more sights that way and it's always more fun seeing them in person than just hearing their voice.

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

Definitley.

[And the phone is creepy.]

How have you been lately. I don't think we've talked in a while.

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

I'm... doing alright. I'm worried I might be regaining my armor.... I got my bloodseal back awhile ago and my helmet... I have to be extra careful now so I don't accidentally get the armor back too... I don't want to go back in there.

[He pushes past his worry though and smiles again.] Brother is still being... Brother. Everyone in my house is droned now expect for Dad and me... It's.. unnerving seeing someone you once knew act so strangely like that.

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

Do you think they could make you?

[She nodds at the last bit] I had two fake siblings get droned. Luckily we seem to have gotten a new person rather quickly.

If you want to get away from them sometime, you're always welcome to come over here.

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

I'm... not really sure. I hope not... Everything that I've gotten in the mail has been unmarked so I don't know what's inside of it until I open it. I know by now I have to be very careful...

Thanks, Tiffany. How are you doing? Things been okay?

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

That makes sense.

...things have been....interesting around here.

Have you talked to England lately?

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

[That doesn't sound reassuring.]

No, I haven't. [Sheepish grin.] I'm afraid of what he thinks of me still.

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

....Yes. Well I'd probably avoid doing so if I were you.

[How to put this]

....he's acting odder lately.

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

... What do you mean?

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

....

Well he called me America when we were arguing.

Also he told me that because he's going to be distracted over my well being, I am burden to him and that I'm only an obstecle in his way.

[...yeah that last bit. She's hurt by but just tries to brush it off as irritation. Also Al is one of the few people she'll tell about this]

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

... You're a burden to him because he cares about you?

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

He says that because he cares about me, he'll worry about me. And because of that I'll be a distraction to him.

For whatever reason he thinks I'm helpless.

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

[Al knows how that is, worrying about Winry when she's been used as a hostage against him and Ed more than once... but that's not going to stop him from caring about her and treating her as a very dear friend.]

Well... What can you do to show that you're not helpless? Because I don't think you are. [He smiles kindly.]

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

Thanks.
[She smiles back]

I'm not sure. It's just like...he refuses to see anything else. He's increadibly stubborn.

[She sighs]

I was thinking about trying to figure out more about Jane Smith, but I don't think I'm going to tell him. He'd just try to lock me in my room.

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

Jane Smith? Who's that?

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

The little girl who somehow ended the monster thing. I don't know how she did it, but she apparently has some power over the town.

[kimitoaruiteku.livejournal.com]

... The monster thing? [Al doesn't remember any of it, sorry, Tiffany! He just knows that he disappeared.]

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

Oh that's right. You were gone for most of it.

Well we recived reports that various people had been murdered and there was a list of suspects. A few days later more people were "murdered", and we had a new list of suspects. Though...some of us stayed on the list. People started to get strange notes about some people having been replaced and there were monsters pretending to be them that were attacking people.

They were showing the murdered people on the television sets. But no one could find the bodies...just the blood. Everytime people vanished, another suspect list came up and a few of us were always on it.

People started to hunt down and kill those people on the list. More clues came and people vanished. ....Sophie was killed and England was even more paranoid....because I was a suspect on all the lists.

And then...one morning we woke up to the little girl saying that boys were silly and that this had gone on too long. And....everyone was back...

[And she's pretty sure it was the most horrible thing she's ever been through. Which is saying a lot]