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It was chaos out here. 

It didn't take a genius to tell that shit went down here - cars were flung, there were craters in the ground, ghostly webs, and more! Britney didn't know why Leon and Alizée were there or who these other strangers were, but they seemed calm with Sully, so they were excellent in Britney's book. Bianca was here, but by the time Britney had recognized her, she hauled ass out of there. Britney wanted to ask her what in God's name happened here, but she knew even if she called her Bianca was likely to ignore her and keep going.

Alizée ran over and gave her the second hug she received in over an hour - and this one didn't squish her titties that badly. Britney was happy to see Alizée, and it warmed her stomach to get such a warm reception from her friend. However, she listened to everything, even these people... they were throwing all sorts of accusations towards Alizée, who insisted that [i]nothing[/i] happened here. Britney held onto Alizée by her shoulders as she smiled incredulously, saying,

[color=f4eb93]"... It doesn't look like [i]nothing[/i] happened here."[/color] Britney followed that statement with awkward laughter. [color=f4eb93]"Alizée... have you been night stalking again? I thought you said you stopped."[/color]

Britney looked Alizée dead in the eye, as her expression did not slightly change.

[color=f4eb93]"Do [b][i]not[/i][/b] lie to me."[/color]

[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/FcbtMmB.png[/img][h1]Auri Auclair.[/h1][/center][right][b]Interactions:[/b] Jack ([@Blizz])[/right][right][b][code]Flowers and Canvases.[/code][/b][/right][hr][hr]

Everyone trickled out in groups, and Auri hoped they would chase after their lead rather than just go fool around. It seemed like many people were not taking the threat of Father Wolf seriously and seemed more concerned with squabbling and wasting time. Her store was also in ruins, and she wondered if she should have just led the group to the base of operations where she had spent hours (well, it would have been hours without the butterfly staff) decorating! However, one person stuck around despite it all...

[quote=Jack][color=6644ff]”It wasn’t a waste of time, calling us here. If I knew we were being picked off sooner, I’d have Father Wolf buried by now. And I know you had high hopes for reuniting us, but we haven’t been a family since we sealed away the Snake. The coven [i]was[/i] a family for many of us, myself included, but what we have now is nothing more than memories. The longer we spend dwelling on the past, the less time we have to focus on what is happening. Give them time, they’ll return sooner or later, once they’re ready. They won’t let this stop them from finding who is trying to kill us all.”[/color][/quote]

"... It wasn't," Auri agreed. 

She sighed as she walked over to one of the paintings she had for sale. [url=https://i.imgur.com/y6xEkvD.jpg]A little witchy piece reflecting her time in the Coven[/url], and she held it with both hands as she sighed.

"It was a family for me, too...[i] despite[/i] the issues I had with Daisy and Ashley," Auri awkwardly laughed, hoping Jack didn't want to pry that up because that was [i]not[/i] a bridge she wanted to go down right now. She placed the painting down. "I'm just worried that either the killer is lurking among us or... a part of something bigger."

She awkwardly tugged at her collar as she thought about her conversation with Kali in the back room. 

"This [i]obviously[/i] has something to do with the Stygian Snake, and from what I hear from Lynette, there are [i]lots[/i] of other organizations of Paranormals out there - not[i] just [/i]in St. Portwell! Maybe [i]someone[/i] out there wants the Snake; who knows."

She sighed.

"If only we still had Kari... we probably would have found this Father Wolf and been about our day... but, I digress. These are the cards we have been dealt..."

She looked off to the side.

"But, you should get a move on," Auri grabbed onto her butterfly staff and tapped it on the ground, releasing a swarm of glowing butterflies; they quickly cleaned up her poor flower store that had been ruined during the debacle earlier. "I'm going to head to that strip club to see if Judas and his Wolfpack are behind this... and hope nobody does anything too brash or stupid."

However, Auri knew that she was aiming a little bit too high here. It [i]was[/i] the Coven, after all. Even if it's been ten years, they haven't changed much.


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[h1]The Greenwood Coven.[/h1]
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[quote=Sully][color=goldenrod]“Need a hand, Doc?”[/color][/quote]

The healing aura was doing its job, but Kashmira would like some assistance if a fight restarted... which she felt would happen given how passionately Naomi behaved. Not that Kashmira would blame her because what in the world was [i]wrong[/i] with this girl? Kashmira kept her eyes on Alizée. She was a pacifist, but Shiva allowed her to defend herself and the people she cared about if necessary. Kashmira grabbed the chalice, briefly halting her healing, as she opened Jess' mouth and poured it inside - then went back to healing. 

Jess swallowed, then her eyes shot wide open as she triumphantly hopped to her feet, flexing while shouting,

[h3][i]"... I live, bitches!" [/i][/h3]

She stood there momentarily; Pearl and the others sighed in relief.

[quote=Sully][color=goldenrod]“What the heck happened here?”[/color][/quote]

 Autumn, however, walked over to Sully and whispered in his ear,

"... We were trying to take Judas out. Jess was supposed to stand guard inside, but then she-" Autumn made sure to point at Alizée to ensure she knew she was talking about her. "-just... [i]walked out[/i] with Jess, and a fight broke out because you know we couldn't let that happen."

She glanced at Naomi and the others, then at Alizée before she continued to whisper.

"... Do you know her? Do you know why she tried taking Jess?"

However, Jess was standing there, with her hands on her hips, smiling like a fool as she said, 

"C'mon, Autumn, you know you can't whisper worth shit!" She said as she extended a hand towards Sully. "I can show you what happened if you took my hand! Don't worry, you won't get the cooties... this time."

Sully took Jessica's hand, and she pulled him into a Recollection, one where he would be a third party seeing everything from the second Alizée walked in to now. Afterward, Jess crossed her arms as she said,

"I'll let you make your judgment..."

[quote=Alizée][b]"How... How the hell do you [i]know[/i] each other?"[/b][/quote]

Pearl and Amelia then looked at Sully, trying to quietly tell him not to expose them as Greenwood while they were out of disguise. They trusted Sully...

... They didn't trust the others.

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[quote=Alizée][b]"Alizée, Leon. The Sycamore Tree Coven, or at least, well, it's complicated. And who the hell are you talking about?"[/b][/quote]


Naomi put on a shocked face as she sarcastically responded,

"Oh? You mean that Coven that broke up [i]ten years ago?[/i]" Naomi tilted her head as if she was astonished by Alizée's stupidity. The child that seemingly ended the fight wasn't receptive to Alizée, as he should, so maybe the goofy ass kid had some sense, unlike Alizée here. "Bull. [i]Shit.[/i]"

However, Sully and others arrived and Alizée ran into the tall-ass girl's arms. Sully came to help out Kash, and Jess was quick to rise to her feet... rather dramatically, Naomi might add. It was great seeing that Jess was okay, but there was still the matter at hand. Sully and the others asked what in the world went down here, and Alizée was quick to play dumb - even asked how [i]he[/i] knew them.

Like [i]Greenwood[/i] was the bad guy here.

[quote=Alizée][b]"How... How the hell do you [i]know[/i] each other?"[/b][/quote]

"... Maybe because all of us are good people, and we like hanging out with [i]other[/i] good people," Naomi chuckled as she glanced toward Sully. "Psychopaths like [i]you[/i] wouldn't understand."

Naomi had a lot of mouth and was [i]not[/i] going to let Alizée get even a [i]second[/i] of figurative breathing room.

[quote][b]"Nothing... [i]nothing[/i] happened here."[/b][/quote]

[i]"Bullshit."[/i]

Naomi hissed as, again, she would not let up on Alizée even for a second and narrowed her eyes at her. She wondered if she would use her little shadow hands on her because she was speaking [i]so[/i] out of tone to her. Naomi pointed at Alizée, ensuring she kept her eyes on her to dodge any attacks.

"This fuckin' psycho tried walking out of here with Jess, then squeezed her like she was some fucking chew toy over and again," Naomi pointed at the small crater that was left in the ground, then continued. "Then tried killing Autumn when she[i] dared[/i] to try and pry [i]our[/i] friend free."

Naomi put a hand on her hip and then rolled her eyes.

"I'm not sure if she's a part of your Coven, but you guys [i]really[/i] need to get her on a leash because, trust, there are [i]lots[/i] of people in St. Portwell who would have done [i]a lot[/i] worse to her."