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[color=1dd09e][i][b]Location[/b] [color=bdbdbd]⋗[/color] [/i][/color] The Patch.
[color=1dd09e][i][b]Interactions[/b] [color=bdbdbd]⋗[/color] [/i][/color] Hanna [@Prisk] | Kelly [@Bartimaeus] | Zhalia [@Benzaiten] | Simon [@Prosaic]
[color=1dd09e][i][b]School of Magic[/b] [color=bdbdbd]⋗[/color] [/i][/color] Abjuration & Evocation
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	[color=1dd09e]"Oh, I heard. Sometimes, you'd rather eat something that's less sweet but still counts as a guilty pleasure, right?"[/color] He joked along with them, sliding the absolute pyramid of fresh brownies across the table just a little into Hanna and Kelly's general direction, and then accepting the previously turned-down plate of apple pie. [color=1dd09e]"I'll take that off of your hands, thank you. But, both of you should try one of these if you're still hungry. They're still warm, and I brought plenty for everyone."[/color] The brownies Stormy brought looked to be about as big as someone's hand, and they smelled like they were just pulled out of an oven. He then proceeded to grab a plastic fork and help himself to the pie before him. [color=1dd09e]"This is [i]great,[/i] Hanna. Now I know why I came here.” [/color] That was an obvious joke to anyone who was familiar with him at all. Stormy would’ve come to this celebration even if there wasn’t any food, because people would be there and they would be there [i]together.[/i] In Stormy’s eyes, that was the part that mattered the most during any of the countless celebrations that witches adhered to- Togetherness. In a world where their mere existence was seen as a problem, it fell on the collective shoulders of witches everywhere to look out for each other when things got rough, and put off the hard times to come when food was put out on tables during a light show.



Regarding Zhalia, though? Stormy wasn’t sure what to say when Hanna asked. [color=1dd09e]”Ive heard rumors about her being in a bad situation, but that’s it. I don’t usually pay attention to rumors.”[/color] He was, after all, a high school teacher, who was around hundreds of teenagers daily. Kids were cruel and spread rumors like politicians spread paranoia… too soon? If Stormy paid attention to every rumor he heard about a student being gone for more than a day, or about what he said and then she said after he said, then he’d never get anything done. Stormy knew there was usually a person on the other end of those rumors, and even if they were true, rumors were typically negative things about people. This wasn’t the right evening for negativity. [color=1dd09e]”Whatever it is, I’m sure she’ll mention what is and isn’t true when she wants to.”[/color] That was pointed at Hanna mostly. Not for the sake of singling her out, but Stormy knew she liked to talk, and that she couldn’t really help it. It was just how Hanna was. [color=1dd09e]”Some people have things they don’t enjoy talking about during celebrations.”[/color] He said between bites of that pie.

When he saw Zhalia come over with someone else- what was his name? Simone?- he wondered if they heard him and Hanna talking about her, but all they did was grab some food and leave again. That would've been awkward. [color=1dd09e]"But if those rumors are true, then she must be here to get away from her surroundings. Anyone who has been in a cult would tell you it's a completely different world once you've left, and it makes sense that she'd be here. Lina wouldn't stand for someone being here if they weren't well-intentioned."[/color] He paused for a minute, finishing the pie. [color=1dd09e]"I think that's why we have these gatherings still. Witches have celebrated the turnings of the seasons throughout history, but we need each other just like humans. It's only fair we keep up the traditions when they welcome people into safer places."[/color] And now Hanna had [i]him[/i] talking nonstop. She just had that effect on people, didn't she? 

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