Dani Desai

#he's in her connections!#c: haku

"It's alright, I definitely heard them but I'm waiting until they yell at me." She said, a sheepish grin spreading across her face. Dani had spotted Haku during her slow walk towards the exist and figured she might as well join him, she didn't get to see them much. Plus she always felt like she was just waiting for something to happen when they were around, something good. A much better feeling the the one she got from some of the other people in this town. Her sixth sense always working overtime since she got there. At least that was how she thought of it.

"I've gotta admit though- I don't really get art much. Maybe I'm just not that bright? It's hard for me to understand the deeper meaning to the pieces without it explained. Do you get it?"

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𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫: @evermorehqsstart !! 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: central cinema

" what ?? no , , , no , i can handle it . i promise !! " kiara insists through clamped teeth , which are currently tearing open a pack of m&m's to dump inside her tub of popcorn . " scary movies are just that , , , scary movies . besides , we already bought the tickets . it's a little too late to back out now , don't you think ?? "

a look to them , the mischievous raising of her eyebrow . " unless you're the one who's scared , , , don't tell me you're chickening out !! "

Dani rolled her eyes dramatically. "Oh please, I love scary movies! I was just double checking that you'll be alright." She told the other girl. And it was partially true. Dani loved scary movies, sometimes. The only genre she couldn't handle was anything dealing with witches. Just hit a little too close to home for her. Other than that though? And it was fair game. "What about this? The first person to scream has to buy our food after?"

#c: kiara

"Just the prototype," he admitted, a bit glumly. He never liked having to shelf what felt like a good idea. But once it failed, it was too hard for him to look past it. Especially when thee were so many ideas rattling around his mind that might not be failures. "I put it on the backburner after the... incident. I could always revisit it."

"You definitely should!" She told him, trying her best to be encouraging. "What inventions have you been able to make?" Dani asked him very curiously. This was obviously a guy with some seriously good ideas. "Can I see them?"

#c: lewis

sk8rrgurrlmiriam

Miriam had decided to spend the afternoon at Java Lava to try and finish a few projects for work. Her third coffee was already nearly gone and it wouldn't be surprising if she went for a fourth. She was typing away at her laptop when a silhouette approached. Miriam pulled one of her earbuds out and paused her music before looking up towards the voice that spoke to her. "'Sup, Dani?" she greeted casually. "Just some stuff for work, nothing to exciting." She let out a light laugh. "Feel free to sit." She gestured to the empty chair across from her. "I need a break from my screen anyway." She pulled the other earbud out then closed her laptop. "What's new with you?"

Dani was eager to take the invitation to join her though did her best not to show it. "Thanks," She smiled as she took the seat. "Not to much! Mostly just either hanging out here or at the library! There's lots of interesting books there! But they definitely need to update it a bit. They barely ever get anything new! If I could actually write anything, I'd add to the library myself." She sighed rather dramatically and a little sad. She truly tried writing, quite a bit actually but never seemed to be able to finish anything more than a few pages.

#c: miriam

"Which time?" He winced as he said it, realizing that maybe having that issue more than once was... not good. But he was young! He was learning! "Hey, I was just trying to make sandwich making easier. I kind of forgot about the whole... 'some people are deathly allergic to peanut butter' thing..." He pulled his bottom lip between his teeth, thinking. "Then there was the shell-fish-automatic-sheller..."

#c: lewis #dani thinks lewis is the coolest and smartest person shes ever met btw #well maybe not coolest #but definitely smartest

Her eyes widened a bit when he implied that an 'allergy incident' had happened more than once. Then as he continued to describe it, she couldn't help but to laugh. "Okay but an automatic sheller sounds like such a good idea! Please tell me you were actually able to make that." Dani said excitedly, already trying to think of where she could possibly get some cab in this town to use it on.

Who: Dani & Miriam @sk8rrgurrlmiriam Where: Lava Java

Dani was surprised to see Miriam. Or maybe she shouldn't have been considering they were in a public place and everything at Lava Java was amazing. But still, she hadn't expected to see the other girl there at that moment and sitting by herself! This was a perfect opportunity to go and talk to her!

" Hey! Whatcha working on?"

#c: miriam #sorry its so short

"Thank you." He wasn't shocked by her reply, he thought it was pretty genius himself; while it might have been a compliment, he only took it as confirmation. "T-shirt canon would definitely be too big, unless someone wants to gnaw on giant marshmallows as they sip their cocoa, which doesn't sound all bad. A waver," Lewis decided aloud, snapping his fingers. "I could have them sign a waver! Honestly, I should probably start doing that with any of my inventions... don't need another allergy outbreak..."

A waiver was definitely a good idea, for many things really. But she couldn't help but feel like a waiver would especially be necessary for 'inventions' as he called them. If he was inventing things, then the first people to use, or experience them should definitely be giving their written consent. If only so he doesn't get sued. Dani couldn't hide the laugh that escaped when he mentioned the allergy outbreak. "What did you make that caused that?" She asked curiously between her giggles.

#c: lewis

LOCATION: christmas market seating area FOR: @evermorehqsstart ( open )

"There has to be a more efficient way." Sure, it was the first day open and the square was packed, but if the employees had better equipment, the lines would surely move faster, save them complaints . . . "A marshmallow shooter. Why is that not a thing?"

#c: lewis #totally just assuming connection if thats okay #they're the same age!#maybe went to school together?

Dani's eyes widened at the suggestion, slowly looking over at him. "That. Is. Genius." She told him, completely serious. The girl had zero clue how to build anything like that but had full confidence in Lewis. "Would it work like a t-shirt cannon? OH maybe you could just use a t-shirt cannon! No- those are too big. Unless you're shooting giant marshmallows at people. But that seems like a bit much. You need something for regular sized ones. That shoots one at a time. Maybe directly into peoples mouths! Unless that's a choking hazard."

She shook her head, "Not immediately before or after at least." The only strange occurrence that she had witnessed was when the Sanderson Sisters came back to life, but that was forever ago at this point. Of course that didn't mean they didn't have anything to do with this though.

"Do you think maybe...." She looked around, leaning in closer so she could whisper, "Witches could have had anything to do with this?" Dani asked. "I know some who are living in the town and they are very very evil."

Terence's eyebrows crashed together at the question and the following statement.

"Witches?" he asked. "Like as in Harry Potter?"

He probably sounded like he had lived under a rock his whole life, which, in some cases, he kind of had, and while his Clumsy education continued each day, his exposure to the concept of witches was pretty much Harry Potter and The Wizard of Oz.

"Maybe we can try to interview them. They might have some information we can use!"

Dani shook her head, thinking for a moment. None of the witches in Harry Potter were quite like the Sanderson Sisters. Maybe Umbridge came close, but not quite.

"More like Hansel and Gretel- you know how they meet a witch who tries to eat them? Yeah- they looooove eating children. I'm surprised we don't have a bunch of missing children in this town. But I guess they know I would rat them out as soon as the first one goes missing. They tried to eat me when I was a child." She quickly explained.

"NO! We absolutely cannot interview them! They'd probably lie to us anyway. Plus I need to stay far away from them- I shouldn't have even mentioned them." Dani shook her head, hoping this would be enough to get Terence to drop the idea. She'll just have to up her surveillance on them. She had been getting a little lax recently.

#c: terance

"I wonder if someone out there is close to cracking the magic," Terence wondered, thinking of Zarina and her experiments, his own desires to bring pixie dust to Evermore and solve that problem for his friends.

What would having that type of power do for them here? How much more ground could they cover if they could fly from place to place instead of being stuck on these Clumsy legs and feet for everything.

"Did you notice any surge in strange occurrences before or after?" he asked Dani, turning back to her with an encouraging smile.

#c: terence #dani blames everything on them

A small smile tugged at the corner of Terence's mouth as he leaned over the table to peer at Dani's notebook. Their collective interest in the mysteries of Evermore was the thread that brought them back to this secluded corner of the library with some frequency, but Terence found more and more that he just enjoyed her company.

"Shadow dimension?" he mused, rubbing a hand over his chin.

"It kind of just feels like a scare tactic, you know? Keep the rest of us in line."

A wry smirk crossed Terence's face as he plopped back into a chair, scratching his forehead.

"I guess what freaks me out the most is who might get taken next."

Like Molly, he thought to himself, heart squeezing. He swallowed hard, shoving that particular nasty thought to the back of his head.

"I could see that, especially if somebody pissed off whoever's doing this somehow. Got too close to the truth. Maybe they took someone close to them, or maybe it was one of the victims themselves." She mused.

Dani had most of the names memorized at this point, having tried to figure out if there was some connection between everybody. Of course the most obvious connection was they all lived in this same town, but other than a few over lapping friends she couldn't find much else out. Then again her resources weren't very vast so her 'research' in it of itself was pretty flawed.

"That's so true, we definitely shouldn't expect this to just be some one off event! We've gotta keep our eyes out for anymore strange phenomena."

#c: terance

@dani-desai

"So now that everyone is back I'm even more interested in all the myths and legends around this town. Maybe one of them has some kind of answers, you know?" Terence gestured wildly as he paced in front of Dani, their usual haunt in the back of the library mercifully devoid of other watching eyes.

He paused, running a hand through his hair.

"Wow, I sound nuts, don't I?"

#c: terence #my little conspiracy theoriest

"No! That's exactly what I thought too at first! But no one's every just disappeared this this. Not into the town at least." She sighed, frustrated at her own incompetence. Dani opened up her own personal notebook and flipped to her list of theories of what happened.

"Obviously something involving magic must have happened! I'm leaning towards them being temporarily send to some sort of shadow dimension. But I just don't see why whoever did this would bring them back! And with their memories intact as well."

Who: Zachary Binx @3hundredyears Where: The Library

Dani loved her job, so much that she often volunteered to stay for longer and helped out wherever she could. While she couldn't seem to quite get the hang of the Dewey decimal system, she had gotten to know quite a few of the sections enough to restock them. She was trying to finish up quickly today as she'd made plans but sadly time seemed to slip away from her. As if often did.

"Shit I'm sorry!" She exclaimed when she saw Binx. "I just have a little bit left, do you mind waiting?"

#c: binx

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"Of course!" While Anna was glad to have a chocolate business, it was also hard for her to not want to just give all of what she made away. She loved to see others enjoying what she'd made more than she liked getting money from it, which could be a... bit of a problem. Especially considering how much chocolate she enjoyed herself. "Then you and I will get along just fine," she giggled. "Really, your brother probably doesn't talk enough, so he doesn't get it. My sister can be like that!"

"My name's Dani, it's great to meet you!" She grinned at her. Dani had her usual group of friends and it had been a while since she'd met someone in town who she seemed to get along with so well. "Oh my gosh- is your sister older than you? Because it is totally an older sibling thing to try and give off this dark and brooding persona which totally doesn't even work." She rolled her eyes dramatically.

#c: anna

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Allison held the protection charm in her hand with a confused look on her face, unsure. "Well that's odd," she mused out loud. It had broken out of nowhere something that didn't normally happen, after all she'd made sure to defend herself against any bad intentions. "I might need to go buy a new one, and make a list to cleanse whatever it is that's on me."

#c: allison #can't believe it's taken this long for them to talk

Dani looked between the older girl and the charm with concern. She didn't know much about that kind of stuff, only learning a bit from Allison in the past and then doing small amounts of her own research since coming to Evermore, but she knew it wasn't good. "Are you going to be okay until then? What if it's something like really bad? Or what if it's connected to the missing people somehow! Like they're trying to contact you! Or what if it's a sign that you're gonna go missing next?" Usually she always tried to see the bright side, but with all the people going missing she was starting to spiral, worried that maybe the Sanderson Sisters, none of who were missing (conveniently), were somehow behind it. Which would make this all her fault.

snowmanbuildcr

"I've slept... enough!" Anna assured her with a smile, leaving out the fact that 'enough' meant two and a half hours, if that. It was okay, though, it was just one night. She had too much energy to go to sleep, and she'd still woken up early, which was strange because she would happily snooze until noon whenever she could. It must have been all of the anxious energy in town. "Do you really think so? You should try them all and tell me which one your favorite is! I mean, as long as it won't make you sick. I could probably eat a whole box of chocolate, myself. Between you and me?" Leaning closer, she lowered her voice. "I have. More than once!"

Dani should have been a bit more suspicious as to how much the other girl had slept but she also shouldn't be one to judge. Lord knows how many nights she's spent up way later than she should getting caught up in her research. Or reading a book. Or really just doing anything. Time always seemed to just slip away from her. "Can I? Thank you so much." She said excitedly, reaching for the next piece. As long as she kept it to just one piece of each kind then it should be fine! "Oh it's hard for me not to eat the entire box at once." She giggled. "My brother says that I burn off all the calories I eat by talking so much- but I think he just doesn't talk enough so I have to make up for the both of us!"

#c: anna

snowmanbuildcr

LOCATION: downtown FOR: @evermorehqsstart (open)

It wasn't the first time Anna had given free chocolate away, but usually the goal was to find new customers or get opinions on her new flavor combinations. Sat beside the little rinky-dink booth she'd put together herself, the sign swinging loose for the sixth time today, she had quite an array of boxes laid out. There was little she could do to be helpful, but she knew when she was struggling, chocolate always seemed to cheer her up! Even if just a little. Hopefully she could be the bright spot for those who were having a hard time right now. Leaping from her stool to her feet, she began to wave like a mad-man at the person that was walking down the sidewalk towards her, trying to stop them before they could pass. "Hi! We have free samples! By we, I mean me! Would you like one? Or two? Or even three! I have plenty! And they're fresh! Just made this morning! Except for the orange flavored bon-bons, those were last night... but it was like three am, so it was really sort of this morning... anyway, help yourself!"