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[img]https://i.imgur.com/FcbtMmB.png[/img][h1]Auri Auclair.[/h1][/center][right][b]Interactions:[/b] Eve ([@LanaStorm]), Kali ([@Damycles]), Linqian ([@FernStone]), Edict ([@AtomicEmperor]), and Jack/Stormy ([@Blizz])[/right][right][b][code]Flowers and Canvases.[/code][/b][/right][hr][hr]

The hug was a very, very unexpected response for Britney. The gal was expecting people to throw stuff at her and curse her out, but a hug? That was entirely out of her predictions! It warmed her heart and eased that nervousness she had in coming here. Thus, she returned the hug, wrapping her arms around Eve as she felt her heart get a little warmer...

[color=f4eb93]"... Girl, you're squishing my titties."[/color] Britney said with a laugh before releasing her and stepping back, keeping her hands on Eve's shoulders. Everyone, so far, seemed to be receptive to her return, and it made her feel a lot better to follow through with her decision to return to the Coven. [i]And[/i] Lynette won't be able to tease her for chickening out. 

[color=f4eb93]"It's great to see you, Eve,"[/color] Britney said before looking her up and down... and she looked a [i]lot[/i] different. Almost unrecognizable.

[quote=Kali][color=#8670AD]"I almost thought you wouldn't show up. Still, you seem to be doing well."[/color][/quote]

The first to speak with her was Kali... whom Britney was equally surprised to see Kali. He looked very different from what she remembered and looked dashing in that suit. However, he seemed slightly different in the energy he gave off. From Britney's memories of the old Coven, he was very skittish up until the final battle with the Stygian Snake. She wanted to examine him, but he ghosted - not that Britney blamed him, as the war against the Apparition was... something else.

[color=f4eb93]"You seem to be doing great, too - you look great in that suit."[/color] 

[quote=Linqian][color=CD5C5C]”Hey Britney. You're late. Meeting’s pretty much over, actually, we're on the way to the strip club now for some much needed fun.”[/color][/quote]

Next up was Linqian, whom Britney never interacted much with... it was her brother with whom Britney was on excellent terms. However, she heard he was one of Father Wolf's many victims, which was a shame because she kept in touch with the guy and considered him a friend. Britney wondered how Linqian was holding up, but the girl didn't seem to have changed much since the Old Coven - so she decided to keep her distance, at least for now.

[color=f4eb93]"Fashionably late as always, girl!"[/color] Britney said with a smile, sticking her tongue out. The grave and dire tone that had overtaken the room was temporarily pushed out... before hitting her three times as hard. Britney sighed as she tried to force some levity, [color=f4eb93]"But, they didn't already ban you from all of them? Shocker."[/color]

[quote="Edict" but Brit will NOT call him that][color=f49ac2]"Brit?"[/color][/quote]

However, her face flattened once Britney [i]finally[/i] noticed Greyson. The last time she saw him, she told him she never wanted to see him again - and she meant that. It was surprising that Greyson even showed up... even more surprising that he was checking her walls for a crack yet again. Before, Britney was more than willing to let him in... as Greyson's tendrils etched across Britney's barrier, looking for a way in, he would have felt something familiar about it all. Something that reminded him of [i]home[/i]. However, Britney was never going to let him in ever again. There was that urge to slap the taste out of his mouth.

Fortunately, everyone dogpiled on him for her.

Britney slapped a hand on her hip.

[color=f4eb93]"Glad to see you haven't changed much, Greyson,"[/color] Britney said before looking him up and down. [color=f4eb93]"But, what in the world are you wearing? Halloween ain't for another week; take that shit [i]off![/i]"[/color] She laughed.

[quote=Jack][color=6644ff]"You're... Alive. I didn't think you would be."[/color][/quote]

Next up was Jack, being... himself. Britney was shocked to see that he was even [i]alive.[/i] She was there to see him off on his little adventure through the All-Verse; that was the last she had ever seen or heard from the guy. She was hoping that he wouldn't blame her if she assumed that he was dead. After all, there are threats in the multiverse, and Jack thought he could do everything by himself. Though, when he talked about the cactus...

[color=f4eb93]"... Hey now, he [b][i]loved it.[/i][/b]"[/color]

Tayla left, and Britney gave her a wave goodbye, and her vision landed on Luca immediately, trying to cut and run. However, it was unsuccessful as his bag of pills fell apart, and Drake went over to help him... Britney was going to keep her distance from him for now. She figured that the Rot was still adjoined to him, and that well of guilt returned. Her heart started racing as she felt a little weak; her breath sped up as she had to look away. [color=f4eb93][i]Don't say nothing to him, Brit. You'll only make things worse.[/i][/color] Britney thought to herself. Other people in the room, such as Drake and Sloane, were audibly ignoring her, and she knew that it was probably for the best. As long as she would remain in the Coven, she would be a divisive figure.

But, it was all for the greater good.

Auri walked over to her, holding the Butterfly Staff and that trademark smile on her face as she remembered it. "It's great to see that you made it-" 

The door flew open, revealing Stormy Carson. Britney remembered him being the shield that tried to protect them all during the Stygian Snake's rampage—one of her most vocal and open critics.

[quote=Stormy][h3][color=00FF98][i]"YOU!"[/i][/color][/h3][/quote]

[color=f4eb93]"... Heh, [i]me.[/i]"[/color] Britney didn't seem to be phased by the threatening display as she turned sideways to look at Stormy. She was certain that she would [i]not[/i] be able to talk him down.

[i][b]"ENOUGH!"[/b][/i] Auri shouted. The sound of Auri's staff hitting the floor of the flower shop was impossible to ignore as a wall of glowing butterfly apparitions separated herself from Stormy. Auri herself stepped through the butterflies as if it was nothing, as the butterfly's Apparitions contorted to allow her entry. She walked up to Stormy with that smile and said, oddly chipperly...

"She's here because I asked her to come," Auri started as she touched her chest. "If you're going to be mad at anyone - threaten anyone - then... direct your frustrations, whatever form they may take, at [i]me."[/i]

Her eyes drifted around the room as she said, 

"And that goes for [i]everyone.[/i]"

She sighed, spun her staff around in her hand, and stared him dead on.

"I'm going to ask you to calm down or turn around."