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Hi! I'm Chloe Vara. I'm 27, and a witch. Let's be friends!

[elizabeaufort]

❛ I think, this year will be the first time I’ll try to enjoy Halloween. ❜ In her past ‘Halloweens’ she was working, or traveling. There was no in between. Ever since she moved to live in this place, she’s allowing herself to enjoy 'this’ life.

[definitelychloe]

“Oh, well I’m so glad for you!” Chloe smiled gently. She was curious as to why other Halloweens might have been so difficult to enjoy. However, she worried her curiosity might be seen as poor manners. Even if Chloe did not know enough about good manners, she wanted everyone she spoke to to feel comfortable. Instead of talking about why previous years were not enjoyable, she decided to ask about this year. “What are you planning on doing for this year? Are you dressing up? Any parties that you are looking forward to?”

[definitelychloe]

lostandenchanted​:

Mira nodded her head. They would be able to put the fireworks at a good-ish distance away from them. It would make the viewing better. Mira shrugged her shoulders and looked over at Chloe. “I don’t know I feel like there’s so many good uses for fire.” Mira smirked and then sent her friend a wink. “So what have you been up to lately?” She asked as they approached the entrance to her home town. It felt like it had been forever since she actually got to hang out with Chloe. Mira was glad that they were able to hang out and have this time together. 

“There are so many uses for fire, yes. Heating things, warming a room, making food better, candles... Oh, did you need any candles?” Chloe was very slightly oblivious that Mira might have other ideas in mind about fire. Mostly she didn’t want to believe that anything could be dangerous about something she liked very much (fire). “What have I been up to?” She echoed the question, not sure how she was supposed to explain that her anxiety wasn’t doing her any favors. For months now, she had been dancing around the problem that her good (human) friend Daniel had stumbled upon Traceless. Revealing the supernatural world to anybody was not something that Chloe took lightly. Friends were like family, but friends also had a lot of other things going on for them and possible scary secrets. It was all a very bad situation. “Uhm... Baking and business... things. What have you been up to besides... Las Vegas things?” She hadn’t really been to this town so much. There were an awful lot of doors in Traceless, and she didn’t use them to travel much this. was all very exciting.

[definitelychloe]

devilsroast​:

“Maybe some other things?” He asked curiosity prickling at his mind as he cocked his head to one side, fingers moving to trail over other items in the shop. “But yeah yeah!” he said grinning and sucked in a deep long breath, eyes closing for a moment. Then when he opened them he pointed. “Over there, someone was admiring those stones for a good long while,” he then turned until his eyes landed on the shop keep. “They had a taco for lunch, brisket?” He guessed, though it wasn’t much of a guess, he could smell the meat lingering on the breath of the person. “That’s without much thought, if I really wanted to focus I could follow someone’s scent around the town. Great for hide and go seek, horrible when someone farts anywhere near you.” He grinned. 

Chloe tilted her head to one side. Just knowing things like that was so foreign to her. Sometimes she could guess or possibly intuit what someone was thinking or feeling, but that wasn’t her magic at work. “Oh. Oh no. Is that a regular problem? It probably wouldn’t have been very nice in my house, but I never really noticed because, well, not a good nose like that! I like hearing about these things that you can do. That’s not at all nothing, but I don’t think we should try hide and seek.” It wasn’t that Chloe was a sore loser; it was just very important to her that games were fair for everyone, and it would be no fun to just find people all the time. Disguising how one smelled sounded so very complicated. As she made her way toward check-out, she considered whether she should have eaten something different for lunch. “Those aren’t trivial skills to have at all. If I had a nose like that, I’d just use it for cooking and wouldn’t want to figure out much else.”

[definitelychloe]

lostandenchanted​:

Mira nodded her head. “I promise no one will be around that we don’t know about.” She told her smiling. “Right I forgot about that.” Mira laughed watching the fire flicker on and off Chloe’s palm. “Man I think I would light so many things on fire.” Mira chuckled to herself thinking of all the trouble she would get into if she had the ability to control fire. “How far away can you be?” She asked. “Also can you set it on a certain location?” Mira was curious. She didn’t exactly know how certain magic worked for everyone. She was starting to learn her own but that was nowhere as cool as witch’s magic. “I’m jealous. I want to start fires…I mean be able to manipulate fire.” Mira said with a laugh. 

“Uhm, I can set it in a certain location if it’s close without seeing it, but I’ve never tried it from too far away. Across a house, for sure. If I can see it, at least twenty meters away. Maybe more? It’s not something I’ve tested.” Chloe was tempted to play with the flame again as they walked, but it was probably a huge hazard to play with fire this close to a bunch of fireworks. Hmm, maybe showing Mira the flame wasn’t her best decision that she had ever made... “If you ever need fire for anything, let me know? Everyone’s magic works so differently. What would you use the fire for? It sounds like you have more ideas than I do.”

[definitelychloe]

runnlngwlththcwolvcs​:

AS chloe pointed towards the man, sapphire watched him curiously, listening to the other woman’s words as she spoke. “ ooh, i love birthdays! ” saph spoke in a hushed tone of excitement, before shaking her head to get her mind back on track. “ stay focused saph. ” she told herself. “ um…honestly, i’m at a loss. no clue. do you know what he does for a living? maybe we could find something work related to distract him? ”

“Uh... I think he does something with sales, but I don’t know exactly what that means. I don’t think it’s insurance. I have a cousin that’s in insurance sales, and it didn’t sound like his job worked quite the same way...” Chloe wasn’t very good at keeping on topic either, so there was a good chance of this conversation getting derailed if it kept up. “He doesn’t know me, I think, so maybe I could ask him about what he’s selling because he... looks like a salesman? Hey, what do you think a salesman would look like?” At this point, Chloe was completely baffled on what to do because she couldn’t reach the client to ask for more information.

[definitelychloe]

@runnlngwlththcwolvcs​ - Sapphire

Chloe gestured over at a person walking into the cafe and put a finger to her lips. It was what she hoped was the universal ‘shush’ gesture. Chloe could be loud when she didn’t have her excitement under control, but she was in stealth party planner mode for the day. “It’s that man’s birthday, and I’m supposed to make sure he doesn’t find out that there’s a party in the works for him in a few hours. How do you think I should distract him?” It wasn’t the most normal person to ask someone else just passing by, but Chloe was all about soliciting ideas.

[definitelychloe]

lostandenchanted​:

Mira tilted her head. “We really don’t need one. I promise.” She said with a giant smile. This was going to be a lot of fun. She waited for her friend as she saw the internal debate going through Chloe’s mind. She knew that she could convince her. The desert was the best place to do it. “I’m positive. We’ll be going on land that’s been with my family for a long time. Come on.” She nodded and reached over to grab some of the fireworks. “We have to get lighters so we can light them up!” She said jumping a little bit. “Maybe a water bucket you know for safety reasons.” Mira said giving her friend a wink. 

“Okay, but only if you promise that nobody’s going to be around. I don’t want anyone to get hurt. I mean, I also don’t want us to get hurt, but like... Hurting is bad.” Chloe followed Mira, sure that this was as safe as it could be even if she was still very nervous. At Mira’s suggestion, flicked her wrist to produce a small flame. “Oh, we don’t need a lighter or a bucket, Mira. Unless they would make you feel better to have, I just- I’m really good with fire.” She flicked her wrist again to extinguish the flame. Honestly, she didn’t even know how to use lighters. She needed to know how to use the oven, sure, but creating or even putting out a little flame was basically instantaneous.

[definitelychloe]

devilsroast​:

Dominic tilted his head and nodded as he picked up another stone. It seemed to call out to him, a light blue stone that had the small label of ‘Celestite’ in the basket. He held onto it ready to purchase it whenever they were gonna leave. “Huh, maybe ill go through the door and go see Millie’s place. She does Tarot readings I believe.” he muttered, more to himself than to Chloe but it was also his way of making a mental note. He had to say it half the time to remember to do it. ADHD fairy sure did like to boink him on the head a lot. “I do!” he said with a nod. “The being an animal thing can be great,” he shrugged. “Comes with the issue and awesomeness of being able to smell everything.” He snorted a laugh, “Like everything. That can get overwhelming at times. Same with the hearing most everything too.”

“I’m not one hundred percent sure everything that Millie can do, but I recommend her based on what I know of her. She can certainly help better on that front than I can. I can...clean and bake and... maybe some other things, but it’s not the same,” Chloe said, wishing that she hadn’t talked so much about herself after saying that. “Do you want to tell me more about that while we check out? I think we have everything we need to make the potion now. Or- well- If you don’t like talking about werewolf things, I don’t want to make you uncomfortable ever.”

[definitelychloe]

nighttcrrors​:

This entire situation confused Deacon. Not the idea of swapping, that was pretty self explanatory, but the why behind it. Why would someone want to switch the entire town? What was the purpose behind all of this? That was the hardest part of the case to figure out. Maybe since Chloe had been swapped she would give him some insight. “The body you are in, whose is it? What creature are they?” Deacon was curious about what instincts she had in that moment. “Sorry if I’m grilling you. I just am curious about it all.”

“Her name is Sofia, and she’s a vampire,” said Chloe, voice rising half an octave when she said ‘vampire.’ It made her feel a bit funny to have anyone referred to as a ‘creature,’ but she could imagine much worse terminology. Chloe shifted her position, clasping her hands behind her back so that they would stop fidgeting in plain sight. Nothing about this situation felt quite right or real, but she didn’t want Deacon to see her panicking. Unfortunately, Chloe was bad at hiding her feelings at the best of times, so even in someone else’s body her trepidation showed on her face. “I, uhm, don’t really know her well, so this is very much a mystery to me.”

[definitelychloe]

lostandenchanted​:

Mira wasn’t sure exactly which cousins she was referring to but that was okay, she really didn’t need to know. “Yesssss.” Mira said once her friend gave her permission to have the fireworks. She did a little dance and then clapped her hands. “Do you honestly think we’re going to get a permit?” She asked Chloe giving her a look. “We’re going to go to my house and set them off in the desert obviously.” Mira said rolling her eyes. “You won’t get in trouble in the desert no one gives a crap what you do in the middle of nowhere.” She said with a quick nod. Mira smiled and then giggled. “Oh this is so exciting come on! Do you need help?” She asked Chloe looking back at her friend to make sure she was okay. 

Smiling, Chloe decided that asking Mira about this had been a good decision. It always made her feel better to see other people happy. “Uhm, I don’t know if we could get a permit on short notice, no. I don’t even know how these fireworks were even bought in the first place. There are a lot of logistics involved here!” Chloe considered the desert option. Wide open spaces, no people around... it seemed a lot safer than setting them off in Traceless, which had more flammable things happening. “If you’re sure that nobody would be around to get hurt, and it’s really like the middle of nowhere, then it makes a good amount of sense to me. I probably could use some help if you want to take some, yes, please and thank you?”

[definitelychloe]

devilsroast​:

“Really?” he asked eyebrows shooting up. “I know nothing but it seems interesting. Uhhh honestly whatever you think is interesting or fun to learn. I just think its cool. Magic and the like. Yanno? I just wolf out and have wolf qualities but being able to do lots of things? like that? Its neet.” Dom explained, rambling on for a few moments before he caught himself and gave her a shy smile. 

“I’m not naturally gifted with any sort of divination or communing with spirits. That’s not how my magic seems to want to fit best. I know I’m doing something when I try to do things like that, but it doesn’t quite work.” Chloe fidgeted with some of the shop supplies, unsure if she was making sense. It was like being the right size and strength to hold open a door, but not able to figure out the best position to put- so she wasn’t of any use to help someone walking through it. That was the best metaphor she had, but she’d confused the last person she’d explained it to. “Tarot done right can offer some comfort or point out what to look out for in life. Someone else could explain it better than me. I think it would be interesting to do what you do. Having a familiar isn’t the same thing as being the animal. And don’t you have strength and such all of the time?”

[hjviolet]

@definitelychloe​

“Oh shit, Chloe. Check this dope little frog my student gave me.” HJ held out a tiny paper frog in her hand. It was made of what looked like a neon pink index card and had a few creases that suggested this might have taken a couple tries. “Also do you like know what a MILF is? One of my students said his like older brother called me one and I have like no idea what that is.” 

[definitelychloe]

“It’s- it’s really cute! I love how the frog looks,” Chloe said, genuinely enthusiastic about the frog. She waved her hands around in excitement, but then dropped them when she realized what HJ’s follow-up question was. “HJ, oh, uhm... I can assure you that you’re not... one of those, uhm, abbreviations because it just- it uh, it’s when someone’s a mother, but the person who’s calling you that thinks you’re really attractive because you’re a mother. Or in spite of that? It’s, urhm, not super clear but it’s- your student’s brother isn’t saying very appropriate words about you, and that probably shouldn’t continue.” Chloe didn’t like to swear at all, so she was doing a less-than-successful job of navigating around this M abbreviation. It made her freak out at the idea of even saying it.

[definitelychloe]

lostandenchanted​:

Mira had been a bit out of it since Deacon had just as spontaneously left her life showed up again. “Hi Chloe…” She said looking at the box her friend was holding. Fireworks? Mira wanted to say something but instead just laughed. “I don’t think there really is a great home for fireworks but I’m pretty sure your house is not the answer. I guess I can take them?” She said tilting her head a bit. “Or we can just shoot them off now?” Mira said with a smirk. It wasn’t super dark outside but they didn’t look to be big fireworks anyway. “It could be a lot of fun!” She said starting to put a pout on her lips. She wasn’t exactly sure why she now wanted to set them off but she had become determined. 

“That’s true. My other cousins don’t know what to do with the fireworks either. We couldn’t figure out what to do with them, so I ended up with them.” It could occasionally be difficult to figure out who Chloe was talking about because she was very close to so many of her cousins. Any number of them could be significant to one of her anecdotes. In this case, the cousins that did not know what to do with fireworks were her two cousins that lived with her and did not want fireworks in their London flat. “Oh! You can have them if you want them. Absolutely But, oh, we could shoot them off now, even though I’m not sure if we need a permit or anything like that. It could be really fun, yes, but I don’t want to get in trouble... The colors would be really nice, though, I’m sure. How far away do we need to be from here to be safe?” She was buzzing with excitement at the idea of getting to use the fireworks with a friend, but also very scared of getting in trouble.

[definitelychloe]

@lostandenchanted​

Chloe, very confused, approached Mira with her arms full of some boxes. “Hi Mira! Is everything going well for you?” These boxes happened to contain a variety of fireworks, and Chloe was anxious about having to hold them.. “I had to take these away from my little cousin, but now I don’t know what to do with them. I don’t even know where he got them because she’s fifteen, but I don’t want them to go to waste. Do you know of a good home for... fireworks?” Chloe could probably make something interesting with her magic resembling fireworks, but she somewhat understood how her magic worked. Fireworks... she tended to leave those to the professionals. And unfortunately, she couldn’t figure out how to make use of these professionally without potential for uncomfortable conversation.

[definitelychloe]

danieleansworth​:

Daniel frowned slightly, not entirely sure why this woman he’d only just met seemed to want him to switch back to frequenting a different establishment. His first thought was that perhaps his company was awful, but that didn’t make much sense- it seemed Sofia went to both places, so it wasn’t as though she’d be rid of him if he were to switch as she suggested. “Erm - I suppose I hadn’t really thought of switching back?” Should he? He really didn’t want to, but he also didn’t want to argue. “I’m not sure about the coffee - they’re both pretty good? I tend to go for tea though.”

“It- it could be something to consider. Coffeeshops are very nice. This is a nice place, but so is that one. Is the tea that much better here?” Chloe tended to go for tea too, but she had to go for decaffeinated or herbal everything. Well, sometimes she got the real stuff, but regretted it pretty swiftly. But now she couldn’t drink anything without it being a weird experience. Nothing tasted right. “Maybe I should- I think I might be busy. It’s so lovely to chat, but I should- I should really go. To, uh, wash my hands.” She couldn’t go outside at this hour, so the bathroom was the only safe place. This was awful, but the conversation was not going well at all.

[definitelychloe]

bancroftbishop​:

  She was polite enough to introduce herself, and Ro couldn’t help but feel a twinge of guilt when he realized how abruptly he’d approached. “Shit, sorry, I’m Ro,” the witch softened the awkwardness with a well-natured laugh and a single-shoulder shrug. Until only 5 years, magic was unknown to him, and now being a witch himself, it felt like so much time had to be made up. And, since watching Zelenia’s ice magic, Ro didn’t have much experience with watching the taming of fire. His mind was clear and bright since breaking away from dark magic, and Roland wanted to see it all. 

   “What? No, no- nothing like that. I just… have you always been able to do this?” Ro, always wondered when his “big power” would kick in, when he could be impressive in his own way. Little spells and enchantments were most of what Ro could successfully do, his magic forced into him from a ritual rather than naturally occurring. He wanted to be able to tease fire, wield ice, read minds - whatever it was that set him apart. “Did you have to learn it?” 

Chloe tilted her head to the side in confusion. She wasn’t sure why the stranger was apologizing to her. “Uhm, everything’s fine. You have nothing to apologize to me for, I promise. It’s so nice to meet you, Ro.” The flame wane very slightly because there was sometimes a correlation to her powers’ efficacy and her confidence in them. Her powers were not otherwise linked to her emotions, which generally made them very stable if she did not fall into a bout of intense anxiety.

"How to control fire? I suppose I’ve always been able to do it. Since before I can remember. But the control wasn’t really there. That came over time.” Fire was so easy for her compared to most other types of magic because it didn’t take special memorization of spells to control. Her magic just naturally wanted to be fire. It felt personal to explain it like that, though, so she didn’t want to express it to a stranger. “Are you, uhm, a magic-user yourself? I don’t know a massive amount about how magic works for everyone else, but it’s nice to discuss sometimes.”

[definitelychloe]

devilsroast​:

She nodded her head giving herself – Chloe, a smile. It was just so strange and Sofia really didn’t know how to deal with the awkwardness that was this whole situation.  “Yeah sure, I can show up when the sun sets and we can go out then. But don’t worry about reimbursing me. I really don’t mind, if we switch back quickly we can move them to my business, someone there will use them or you can have them. Either way it’s really not that big of a deal.” she smiled. “Oh, yeah my job – You shouldn’t need to go there, but should you want to just to see I can show you, or you can just swing by. It’s on the Golden Coast. It’s called Phyrne. If you did go by without me, they’d most likely ask you to approve paychecks or buy more condoms for the place.” she chuckled.

“Okay, I’ll be ready to help whenever you need me. It could be a nice time.” Chloe always looked forward to grocery shopping. She was not entirely sure what someone that hadn’t eaten for quite some time might like to eat, but it might be helpful to cover the basics, at least. Even something seemingly mundane could be special. “Oh- uhm- I-” Chloe was at a complete loss for words because Phryne sounded like the exact opposite type of place that she would visit by choice. “I- can I- if- I don’t, uhm, I’m not very comfortable with...condoms? I, uhm, I uh, iif I don’t have to visit, I would prefer not to. If you, uh, need me to go I will but- but I don’t know how to buy condoms.” She fixated on the ‘condoms’ part because she could be truthful and say she didn’t know how to do any of that. The more concerning part was that it was a place where so many were even needed.