August Catch All

[knowntohisfriends]

[Catch all for Zara's characters for August. Starters inside. PM/Plurk if you want a thread! Or just post and we'll go with the flow]

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[outofthemanor]

"Employer," Wednesday corrected, tilting her head just slightly. "You will essentially be keeping care of the place for me, informing me of repairs and what not." Also werewolves tended to be a very good at showing how well a place could withstand damage. "The family have their own places."

[thelastjoy]

"Which makes it even more weird to me. I can get hiring Ghoul, but-" Girl cut herself off, shaking her head. "Not that I'm trying to make you regret your decision. We're grateful, really."

She shook her head again. "No, I figured that. If you guys own a bunch of property, none of you would want a warehouse. I meant more like, you know, your kind. Witches."

[outofthemanor]

Wednesday pauses: "Don't tar all witches with the same brush of snobbery."

[thelastjoy]

"I didn't that y'all were-" She stopped. That was exactly what she meant. Girl looked abashed. "You're nice. And I've meet other witches who are too! It's just, with everything goin' on, you kinda expect not all witches wanna have something to do with a wolf."

[outofthemanor]

"I'm not inclined to follow the party line," Wednesday said.

Truthfully, she cared very little about what the supposed 'Mother of Witches' said. She didn't like the woman or her polices, and as soon as she had found a way to free the Fae enslaved to her that did not end with them turning on her for others' foolish arrogance, she would do so

[thelastjoy]

"I can see that," Girl said faintly. She'd realized Wednesday was a little different from their first meeting, but maybe she'd misjudged by just how much. "You don't worry they'll get mad at you?"

[outofthemanor]

"No," because she didn't. If they got angry at her for associating with werewolves, it only showed their own intolerance. And frankly, in a modern society intolerance could be used to unsettle those in power.

[thelastjoy]

She cocked her head to the side and let out a short whistle. "You're kinda brave, you know. Wish more people were like that."

[outofthemanor]

"I could be considered incredibly foolish."

[thelastjoy]

"I might not know much about witch stuff, but you don't sound foolish to me. Sounds like you got a good head on your shoulders." Or maybe she's confusing a good heart for smarts.

[outofthemanor]

"I would hope so. The Addams line has strong genetics."

[thelastjoy]

"You're really into your family line." Girl couldn't trace back her own linage very father. Her grandparents had cut off her mother, she couldn't tel you any more than that.

[outofthemanor]

"When you spend most of your time hearing how abnormal your family is, you'd be inclined to support them at any point." It's a dry comment,and not the entire truth, but it is true which is the important thing. Wednesday would not be able to hold with disrespect - of any sort - to family.

[thelastjoy]

Girl bit her lip, head cocked to the side. Her immediate thought was that it had to be humans making awful comments. "Did people make fun of your family for being witches?"

[outofthemanor]

"Once," Wednesday confirms. "We're glad they don't burn witches anymore."

[thelastjoy]

She grimaces in sympathy. "Yeah. You guys are lucky you've got laws on your side now."

[outofthemanor]

There's another pause, as Wednesday considers that. "Perhaps, but people use that protection to allow them to do things that are otherwise reprehensible."

[thelastjoy]

Well, isn't that interesting. Girl has yet to hear many witches look at the rule that way. "You want the laws changed?" Girl starts. "You're talkin' about what they did to the fae, aren't you?"

[outofthemanor]

Wednesday has tendency to look at things from the other angle when compared to most.

"A change would not be a bad thing," she says slowly. "As it stands, witches are not being held accountable for their actions and while the anarchy that reigns from such a thing is enjoyable, it can also lead to perversion of the worst kind." Yes, she means what they did to the Fae, among other things.

[thelastjoy]

It's nothing Girl can disagree with. Well, maybe the anarchy part. At least not the kind she's seen the laws here cause.

"Maybe they ought to have you in charge of your coven. You might be able to talk some sense into the council." She figures Wednesday is intimidating enough to hold her own against them.

[outofthemanor]

"Perhaps," is Wednesday's only comment on that one.

[thelastjoy]

"The whole vague and mysterious thing would work for ya too." Well, for a witch leader. She's yet to meet a pack leader that did 'mystery' well.

[outofthemanor]

"Whether or not I have aspirations for leadership of a coven is not a thing to be considered at the current moment." Wednesday said with a tone that said maybe she was considering ... slightly higher thing.

[thelastjoy]

"Maybe for later then?" Wednesday was young anyway, and hadn't she mentioned being in university? Plenty of time to worry about taking over after that. "Or is the coven not what you're aimin' for?"

[outofthemanor]

"My aim is for my studies," Wednesday replied. It was a diplomatic reply, if ever there was one.