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[quote=Grace]"[color=#FF5757]Purpose... Hold on, I'm new and trying to piece everything together, there's just a lot of information on the table right now. Your uh... Uh... Master did say that Vashti wanted to be cured of being a big lizard thingy right? Killing Vashti isn't curing her, so maybe... Don't do that next time?[/color]"[/quote]

Given the Jaw's nature, he was difficult to read the Apparition like any other human being. He had no facial expressions, nor did the beast gesture or even change the tone it speaks in. The only way to get its true feelings was from its words.

"We were not made privy,"

"To this information,"

At this moment each of the Jaw's skulls looked at each other and after a brief moment of silence, they all faced Grace yet again.

"Regardless,"

"We were protecting our master,"

"From the beast,"

"We will give the beast the benefit of the doubt,"

"But should she attack us again,"

All three skulls leaned into Grace's face until they were merely inches away. They moved slowly not to get the impression that they were going to attack her, but given the Jaw's inherent nature Grace was probably intimidated in some way. They spoke in unison when they said,

"We will show no quarter."

Madison was pretty quiet when the Jaws spoke... not that she was intimidated by the thing given that she defeated him in combat before. She was trying to understand how he thinks, and get some reason why he attacked Vashti. Trying was the keyword here because it was probably impossible for her to decipher the thought process of a dinosaur. From what she gathered, the Jaws saw Vashti as a threat even after she transformed back. Madison sighed as she finally spoke.

"Please," Madison said, "Don't do anything unless I tell you to, this... wasn't helping."

She sighed and the Jaws were silent before he said.

"Very well."

"We will obey."

"Master,"

"... And don't call me that," Madison rolled her eyes up into her head.


[quote=Grace]"[color=#FF5757]I know that most of the coven does not agree with each other, that's been very clear, but I should at least let you know that you're not alone in your corner anymore, I now know your side and will help as best I can.[/color]"[/quote]

These words, even if they could be bullshit, really brightened Madison's day after this. Though she thought about it and maybe it wasn't Grace that was the only person... and maybe she was being as overdramatic as Vashti for flipping out like that and assuming that everyone was conspiring against her. Madison shook her head as she sighed, she placed down the bottles of wine as she placed her hands on her hips. At the end of the day, everyone's human and makes mistakes, but she at least saw herself as being better than Vashti in that regard. 

And she wasn't a little bitch either.

"Well, thanks sis," Madison looked her straight in the eye, "I really appreciate it, and I mean that."

[quote=Grace]"[color=#FF5757]Stupid question but uh... Will you kill me if I try to pet you?[/color]"[/quote]

"We will not,"

"However,"

"We are no mere pet,"

"If you touch us,"

"We will not kill you,"

"We'll just stop at-"

"Okay, that's enough!" Madison interrupted and awkwardly laughed. The Jaws retracted and then disappeared and she wished that Vashti would understand what happened... however, Madison knew that Vashti was beyond convincing or saving. Well, at least she's aware that the Jaws is capable of some degree of sentient thought. However, Madison had to admit that some of the others had a point when they said that the Jaws was dangerous. And she was going to take her dangerous ass out the door with their liquor.

"We should hang out sometimes though-" Then Madison heard some footsteps approach.


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[quote=Lyss][color=D3D3D3] “I will be by your side to bring down Saul, but we’ll have to leave for Miami as soon as possible. The stronger the curse becomes, the harder it will be to stop her. And we must help our own before we try.”[/color][/quote]
[quote=Maya][color=FireBrick]“I’ll join, I don’t have anything that needs curing, but I know others do, and I’d rather avoid meeting a horrible end because I didn’t help. The more of us, the better, or something.”[/color][/quote]
[quote=Isla][color=f26522]“I’ll also come! Wait… what are we doing?”[/color][/quote]
[quote=Quinn]"[color=#FFD700]I'm in. I said I was going to pay more attention and now I'm going to help the living shit out of everyone.[/color]"[/quote]

Despite it all, Kimberly couldn't help but crack a smile at their enthusiasm. She wasn't even sure if they'd even get past Annabelle killing their friends, but they did. Maybe she just underestimated the humanity of a bunch of witches. However, Lyss was correct, they had to help each other before they helped her. Which she understood, nor was she going to pressure them on.

"I'm glad all of you are in," Kimberly said.

Though, Kimberly was not going to give up on Annabelle just yet... if there's a will, there's a way and the world of magic and the Extra-Normal had shown her some incredible things. Kimberly knew that nobody was above saying, but she also had that small doubt deep in her heart.

[quote=Herik]"I'll take your word Kimberly that none of us will die helping you, but the Dollhouse doesn't seem like the type of place we should get mixed up in. Are you sure you don't know anyone else that's not illegal that can help us? I need to be sure before we go knocking on Mr. Schmidt's door asking for a handout."[/quote]

This was a valid concern, Kimberly knew that. The Dollhouse was... scary and Kimberly only went with them before because they were simple to deal with [i]and[/i] they got the job done. However, there was one problem. "Unfortunately, I don't," Kimberly started. "I've been [i]trying[/i] to find somebody else but Extra-Normals that are helpful are few and in-betweens unfortunately. And I will [i]try[/i]-" Keyword here because she wasn't trying to buy thirty different cures when her priority, at the moment, was Annabelle Heart. "-to help you all out."

Emily thought the Recollection was... tragic. Nobody should have to go through that, and the only thing that came to mind was what if her sister was caught up in that? Emily wouldn't like it, but if Lyss says that Annabelle is beyond saving then she's probably right. She didn't believe that Lyss truly had their best interests at heart anymore, but she wasn't wrong about the supernatural. Still, there was something that the Reed girl had in mind about Luther Saul.

"Blake donates a lot of money into Saul's organization," Emily started. "Maybe we can get some information out of him." She shrugged.

One person came to mind that didn't join the circle and it was Vashti, who was pretty quiet during the whole discussion. Which kind of affirmed Emily's suspicions that she was only in this for herself, if that little outburst didn't tell her anything. If she had known that Kimberly wasn't useless beforehand she would have been a lot harsher when speaking to her earlier, but she figured that she should stop here. Emily noticed that Herik was doing a whole lot of not talking ever since Kimberly came and that outburst started, and she knew that silence told her everything she needed to know. Emily didn't want to look like she was targeting Vashti and lose Herik's support.

[i]However,[/i] there was something very important that came to mind that a lot of the group (I.E anyone with a brain) was hopefully already thinking: Vashti should be the last person to come. Regardless of her self-pitying and theatrics; at [i]best[/i] Vashti was useless, and at [i]worst[/i] a liability. Emily looked at Claudette and then looked at Lyss.

"Hey, I really [i]hate[/i] to say this-" Emily stopped as she even she cringed at her blatant lies, and drifted into her secretary demeanor. "-but [i]maybe[/i] we shouldn't bring Vashti on a trip to meet a shady black market organization in case she hulks out or something." There were [i]so[/i] many reasons not to bring Vashti along and she was hoping that they'd see the light for once in their God damn lives.

Claudette was silent for a few moments before she answered. "... I agree that Vashti should remain behind." It was simple; if Vashti snapped and transformed on the trip there or when they meet the Dollhouse, it would be a disaster! Claudette was counting on this cure saving her and some of the others. They couldn't risk it, also just why should she come?

[quote=Penni][color=goldenrod]“I’m going to join them. Make sure they don’t fuck this up,”[/color][/quote]

Kimberly felt Penny's hand on her shoulder and listened to her friend's secret message. She was hoping that none of them had any type of telepathic ability or enhanced hearing ability, but she understood Penny's concerns. The Coven so far seemed a bit... dysfunctional. She wasn't [i]just[/i] talking about Vashti's outburst, it was just that some of them gave her a bad feeling. Like one of them were going to find some way to mess this up even though Lyss made a [i]great[/i] first impression on her. So far Kimberly was going to give them the benefit of the doubt, but Penny? She knew that Penny got stuff done, but she wasn't sure if sending Penny off with a bunch of strange witches was the best idea. She'd give Penny the same courtesy but they were talking about how Vashti should stay behind. That was something that Kimberly agreed with but she had another thought.

"... I'll stay behind with her," Kimberly said as she took a step forward around the time Penny let go of her. "The Dollhouse doesn't deal with me anymore, and if they find out that I'm in town they might get suspicious about a huge group of Extra-Normals-" I mean, not that you guys aren't conspicuous on your own.  "- moving into their city." Also, it's so she can get some space from the Coven without them acting like she's their savior.

Kimberly shrugged as she pulled out her camera and looked at it. "I'm going to remain here in Tampa and keep an eye on Saul and Annabelle and keep you all posted on anything that they're doing." That way, the Coven isn't scrambling around trying to figure out what's going on in Tampa when they get back in a few days.

"Sounds good," Claudette said before she turned to the entire Coven. The meeting went better than she thought it would! She thought that with the departure of Madison the whole meeting would fall apart but Ms. Walton saved the day. She sighed as she clapped her hands together and said, "Everyone, let's get ready and meet up back here in a few hours, ideally we can get to Miami before midnight."

Emily shrugged, "I can phone up Blake to get us a hotel in Miami... but I don't think we should get a five-star hotel. Too conspicuous." She suggested.

"Sounds good," Claudette said before she turned to Lyss, "... Let's see if we can catch Madison."

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The Coven was not aware of this, but they had another guest in their meeting. Somebody who didn't have their best interests at heart. Savannah Farrow, she was right there in the middle of the meeting, sitting on one of the pool chairs with one leg crossed over the other. Not one person noticed her because not one person could even perceive her. That was the power of her... abstraction? 

She listened to everything and found it frustrating how childish the Coven was... was Saul convinced that they were a threat when they're about to tear each other's throats out? However, they were after Annabelle Heart... then they were going to move onto Saul. They also seemed to have the government dogs in their pocket, however, Savannah was not going to let this slide. Part of her wanted to pull out a pistol and unload on the most capable members of the Coven but that wasn't going to do them much good. Especially since they were off to get a cure for their little problem...

When they left, Savannah also left, unperceived by the Coven to report her findings to Saul.

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[b][code]From Tampa to Miami.[/code][/b][hr][hider=Song that's playing in Madison's car][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5IvjazTtE8[/youtube][/hider][/center]

The Coven quickly assembled all of their things and got Blake to get them a nice hotel in Miami. Hopefully, they'd come off as a bunch of girls going on vacation rather than a bunch of Extra-Normal weirdos doing weirdo shit. At least that was what Madison was hoping... even though she technically quit the Coven. Claudette, Lyss, and Grace told her their thoughts on what happened and then told her their new plan. Madison was on board with only so that she can visit Miami, and help her sisters out. They were probably fine with her coming or didn't care enough to bother speaking up.

The words "Vashti's not coming" was all Madison needed to hear to grab her bags and engage in the impromptu drive to Miami. The only problem was that they stipulated that she helps drive some of them there, and she agreed. She just had to suck it up so that she could enjoy herself... though, she had to remember it was to help her sisters. So they had a caravan of sorts heading to Miami, Maya was driving one car she knew. It probably would have been easier to just take a train there but some of them were griping about missing the [i]"road trip"[/i] experience.

Well, Madison wasn't with putting miles on her car.

Still, she had no idea where the other girls' cars went and she wasn't worried about them. She stipulated that Herik doesn't drive with her. No offense to the big guy, but she could tell that he's on Vashti's side on this. Not that it matters given that Vashti's not here and maybe he'll stop trying to get some puss for one second and clear his head. 

Though, Madison realized how awkward the car ride was without people talking so she figured that she made a conversation. An awkward conversation. "You know I heard this song before in a twerking class..." Madison trailed off, "... At a church."

Okay, that wasn't helping, she turned to Grace as she realized that she had the perfect silence breaker!

"So, you ready to hit up the clubs in Miami? I know some places," Madison stated, "... If your girlfriend will let you go, that is. Heh." She chuckled to make it sound like a joke... even though she was pretty certain that Grace and Quinn were dating. Or at least horny for each other.