[IC] Something Wicca this way comes

[Blue2]

She entered the store as the previous customers walked out. You'd seen her before. She came in regularly, entering just a little before closing time. She seemed fascinated by the old books on magic you displayed. She'd look through them with great interest, pausing here and there to read a page before she'd turn to the novel section and found a novel to buy. It had been so every friday without fault since you'd taken over the store.

The young woman nodded to you and walked straight towards the magic display and started leafing through one of the spellbooks. She didn't seem to find what she was looking for, as she finished the book an started on another book, one that was about potions. At several pages she stopped to consider the contents.

[Avanhelsing]

The young man at the front desk didn't know what he was looking at. It was one of his ktjers old books and there seemed to be something different about the book. It felt... Old and yet new at the same time. It was as if he had known this book all his life and yet he had never seen it once. Still it was clearly important since he had found it in his old collection.

Owen looked up at the woman in his store. She was always here and he had no idea who she was. Owen set his book down and walked over towards the "magic" section. He figured it was all just made up since Magic wasn't real. "Pardon me,miss. I always see you here and yet I have no idea who you are. I'm Owen. "He said with a soft smile on his face.

[Blue2]

The woman startled as you spoke, but she quickly turned to smile. "Yeah, it's an amazing collection you have here." She said, brushing her black hair out of her face. Quite surprising to find it in a common book store. Ah!" Se blushed at her comment. "Not that your store isn't any good,sir! I mean, I love the regular books here, I just-" She looked apologetic at you as she realised she was again implying the wrong thing. "Uh, I'm Rachel." She finally settled on. "H-how did you come by this collection?"

[Avanhelsing]

Owen felt that there was something different about this girl. Again it felt like she knew something that he didn't know. The magic section was his mother's favorite area but Owen rarely went into the section but this woman for seemed to like it. Owen kept that same smile. "Oh. The books were my mother's. She always said that they were important for some reason. She never told me why... So what brings you to my shop?"

[Blue2]

"I like books." Rachel looked at the potion book she'd been looking at earlier. And when I saw these in your shop I knew I had to come back here." She looked over the collection before looking up at you again. "Your mother sounds like a special woman."

[Avanhelsing]

"My mother gave me a love of this bookstore. "Owen said looking st the books like their were all priceless treasures. "I feel like I never knew the real her. She was always hiding something from me. Like there's something there that I couldn't know..." He said with a bittersweet tone. "This place was her legacy and I have to keep it going. "

[Blue2]

"I see." Said Rachel. "Well, if these books were hers, could it be she practised wiccan?"

[Avanhelsing]

Owen gave Rachel a shrug. "I have no idea honestly. She never really was that open about her beliefs and all that. Kept my brother and me out of the loop for her life. I wish she would have told me about her life. Now that she is dead..." Owen said looking downtrodden for a second. "Have we met? I feel like you are familiar?"

[Blue2]

Rachel shruggen. "You mean other than the fact that I've been visiting this shop for a while now?" If you helped your parents out before they died, you might have noticed she started showing up just after their deaths. If you hadn't been able to do that, she would just be anothe regular customer to you.

[Avanhelsing]

"I mean I remember seeing you in the shop after they died but that's it. Did you know them? Everyone I ask about my parents just look away when I ask about them. I keep trying to ask around. Maybe someone could explain why the books no longer seem so old. It's like I see those old books in a different light.." He said seeming a little confused. There's something he's trying to understand but just couldn't reach.

[Blue2]

"Maybe it's magic." Rachel smiled at the pun, but she sounded sincere, as if she truly believed it.

[Avanhelsing]

Owen just gave her a look that was both parts confusion and belief at the same time. "Maybe it is. I mean my tattoo is "magic". "He said doing fingerquotes as he pulled up hos sleeve to reach the tattoo. Anyone with magical knowledge would recognize that it was a rather strong power bonding circle. It appeared to worn out. "Had that since I was five. It got really light after my parents died. "

[Blue2]

She studied your tattoo with great interest for a moment. Suddenly she wlked to the bookshelf next to the magic section, grabbed a book and handed it to you. "You should go help your customer." She barely finished her setence before tge door bell chimed and a middle-aged woman walked in.

[Avanhelsing]

Owen looked at the book and shrugged as he turned to go talk to the new customer. He didn't recognize her but still plastered his usual smile on his face. "Hello! Welcome to the Twisted Tome. Can I help you with anything? "He asked as he glanced at the book he had been given.

[Blue2]

The book you had in your hands was called 'A Vegan's oven. Best oven recipies for vegetarians and vegans.'

The woman looked at you. "Hi, yeah, maybe you can. It's my daughter in law's birthday and she loves cooking and baking, so I was thinking of buying her a cookbook. But she's vegan and I don't quite know what that means. I don't want to insult her. Do you have anything for vegans?"

[Avanhelsing]

Owen glanced at the book and gave a small scowl. He hated vegan food. Then the woman asked for a book just like it. He held he book up and showed it to the woman. "This is the book for you! It's exactly what you need..." He said as it sunk in how the woman had known exactly what book to give him for this lady. He sold her the book and walked back towards Rachel. "How? How did you know I needed that book for that woman? I didn't even see her come in..."

[Blue2]

Rachel had been looking through one of the books again while you were helping the customer. She handed you the book she'd beennlooking at. On the page she sowed you was a mark quite similar to your tattoo. It explained what it was and in detail what each section of the tattoo did. "I guessed it was time when you finally addressed me before I came to the counter myself."

[Avanhelsing]

Owen looked down at the book and his confusion only grew on his face. "By using the powers of magic one can bind the magic of a person... That makes no sense. Magic isn't real. It's just a random tattoo. "He said clearly not believing her. "Sure I could move stuff at random but that's nothing new..."

[Blue2]

"Telekinesis?" Rachel asked. "That's definitely a magic power. If thesebooks belonged to your mother, 'I'm guessing you inherited it from her." She paused to see how you were taking it.

[Avanhelsing]

Owen clearly was not taking it well at all. His face was a mixture of confusion and worry. "Magic power... Okay now I know you are crazy. My mother just owned a book store. She wasn't some sort of crazy broom riding witch..."