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[center][i][h1]Full Moon Madness[/h1][/i]
[i][h3]Part 1[/h3][/i][/center]

[center][b]Location: The Red Devil
Time: 8 p.m.[/b][/center]
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There was nothing more inviting or more familiar to Marie than the smell of The Red Devil, not because it was particularly pleasant, but so much of her time had been spent among its diverse patrons, performing magical services or dispensing her knowledge to the plethora of other witches in Puck’s service. So accustomed was she to the atmosphere of the bustling tavern and Puck’s habitual, and somewhat obligatory, mingling with patrons that she was surprised to see him confined to his office, peering down at the growing stacks of contracts that eternally collected on his desk.

Puck, feeling Marie’s prying eyes, turned his attention to the tired, young witch and her ethereal companion, his signature grin at the ready. 

[color=A52A2A][b]”My darling Marie, I didn’t think I’d catch you snooping around my tavern until you’d finished your quest. Has something happened?”[/b][/color]

Marie rolled her eyes lovingly and waltzed through the door to his office, taking off her long coat and resting it on the back of the chair opposite Puck before taking a seat. 

[color=FFE4B5]”Let’s skip the part where I pretend to not know that you watch pretty much everything I do in that mirror of yours out front.”[/color] Her tone was impatient, but only because she had been through quite the ordeal this evening. She gave Puck an apologetic look before continuing. 

[color=FFE4B5]”But no, everything is fine. It wasn’t nearly as smooth as I would have liked, but I should have expected as much. Still, I found Gwyneth’s Eye. A simple hagstone, but something powerful enough to help me locate her other items . . . at least, I hope it can.”[/color] Marie sounded more than a little dejected. Since receiving the hagstone, she had gained no further insight from Gwyneth. No visions or whispers, no surfacing memories, nothing of any substance. She counted the Eye’s retrieval as a win, though she worried for the future of her quest. 

Puck noted Marie’s looks of desperation and responded with a little more warmth in his voice than usual. 

[color=A52A2A][b]”Worry not my dear, I have complete confidence that you will succeed. And, on that note, I have a little information that might be to your benefit.”[/b][/color]

Marie perked up slightly. 

[color=A52A2A][b]”There have been several disappearances in New York as of late, many bodies turning up with missing limbs, large claw and bite marks, some not appearing at all. It would seem that an Alpha wolf has been increasingly active in that area, but none have been successful in tracking him down.”[/b][/color]

[color=FFE4B5]”Wait,”[/color] Marie interrupted, head tilted and voice filled with utter confusion. [color=FFE4B5]”What has any of this got to do with Gwyneth? I thought you weren’t sending me to complete contracts right now.”[/color]

[color=A52A2A][b]”It’s less of an order and more of a suggestion.”[/b][/color] Puck replied with a wide grin, eyes turning back to his desk, hands fumbling with papers. 

Marie sighed. 

[color=FFE4B5]”Puck, I don’t have time for this. What aren’t you telling me?”[/color]

Pucked amused himself with signing papers and making revisions as he spoke. [color=A52A2A][b]”My dear, what I’m not telling you could fill volumes. It’s what I am telling by not telling you that’s important. If you wish not to busy yourself with the affairs of werewolves then by all means, end your quest now and return to work.”[/b][/color]

Marie looked furious, but there was nothing to be done. There was nothing she could do to keep Puck from being as cryptic as demonically possible. But she had learned to interpret a majority of his stops and pauses, she knew that everything he said held double meaning. 

With much hesitation, she stood up, dramatically pulling her coat from the chair and stomping over to the door. 

[color=FFE4B5]”Fine, I’ll go find the suit and send White Witch to investigate. Just, give me a little more to work with when I come back.”[/color] 

Off she went to the workroom to change. Holt, who normally follows Marie closely, stayed behind at Puck’s request to speak of private matters.