[center][h3][color=a0410d]Audrey Springer[/color][/h3][/center][hr] 

Audrey chuckled at seeing the compass. 

[color=a0410d]"Making your own luck,"[/color] she said, [color=a0410d]"Now that really [i]is[/i] witchcraft."[/color] 

Dropping down to her haunches, she looked over the fungi and insects that were slowly, but diligently, returning the dead tree to the earth. She could appreciate it, in her own way, though she knew she understood it much less than Rowan did. 

Looking up at her friend, she asked, [color=a0410d]"Hey, do you know which of these shrooms could kill a guy?"[/color]

Somehow, from her the question sounded off-[i]handed[/i], rather than off-[i]putting[/i].

[@Jumbus]

~~~

As Audrey and Rowan conversed deep in The Weeping Sam, Toby's call went straight to voicemail. 

[color=a0410d]"Hey, it's Aud. If you don't leave a message, I'm not returning the call. Even if you do, no guarantees..."

[i]Beep[/i][/color]