bad witch coven

eda clawthorne. fifty. diamond in the rough pawn shop owner. the owl lady.

[edatheowl]

“ what is … happening … ? “ -Randall

“magic,” she answers simply, shooting a wild grin over his way as she waved her hands around to guide all of the floating objects to their correct homes around the pawn store. a large donation has come in of leftovers from an estate sale and eda was far too lazy to put everything away by hand. the scale of this spell was already starting to tire her out, but a few sips of her elixir would fix that right up. “unless you wanted to spend your entire shift unloading all of this?” @randallbxggs

[edatheowl]

“ when i write about my life , and i will , i will not be kind. “ (naveen)

with an amused smirk, eda just nodded her head and continued to lean against her staff, barely giving his words any real thought. if they were supposed to be a thread, he obviously didn’t know who he was dealing with. because as far as she was concerned eda would love the publicity of being mentioned in naveen’s autobiography, memoir, or whatever the fuck it was he planned to write. “do you need a spelling of my name? i’d prefer to be remembered as the owl lady - but eda will do as well.” @naveenmaldonia

[edatheowl]

naveenmaldonia​:

“Not particularly,” Naveen mutters under his breath, having seen more than enough of Eda’s magic to last him a lifetime. He’s frankly had enough of magic in general, finding himself yearning for the days where he was blissfully unaware of its existence. Despite the way he tries to stay calm, cool, and collected, there’s no hiding the way he jumps as Eda conjures her staff out of nowhere. “I made a promise to one of my friends not to get turned back into a frog tonight actually,” he laughs in what he hopes is a nonchalant way, but takes a small step away from her just in case. While he doesn’t thinks he would do it here in front of everyone, he isn’t quite confident enough to risk it. “So I’m gonna have to pass, but thanks for the offer.”

Watching the boy jump, Eda’s smirk only grows. It’s not that she necessarily gets joy out of making others uncomfortable - but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t find it amusing. It’s nice, after all, for her power to be acknowledged. “We could always try for the owl again,” she offhandedly comments, as if this was an actual conversation worth having despite the fact that she had no intention of using magic quite so obviously and openly in this type of setting. At least not anything bigger than the conjuring spell she’d just used. “Wouldn’t you want to give flying around a try? I think it’d be great for you.”

[edatheowl]

naveenmaldonia​:

“Mmmm do you though?” Naveen tilts his head to the side as he questions her power, too many drinks in to realize that he’s playing with fire. She turned him into a frog once and certainly has the power to do it again, but what little impulse control he does have is already gone for the night. “I’m pretty sure I remember you saying you meant to turn me into an owl.” He’s still not entirely sure whether that would have been better or worse than being a frog. “See now I know you’re lying just to hurt my feelings,” Naveen pouts, not that he’s the least bit offended by what Eda says. Truthfully most people seemed to prefer him as a frog, most people he knew having fun dressing him up in little outfits and carrying him around like he was a pet. But he’s not going to give her the satisfaction of knowing that. “It would’ve been a tragedy and you know it.”

“Want me to prove it?” she questions, an edge in her tone as she snaps her fingers together and then draws a little circle in the air, conjuring up her staff out of thin air. It’s all for intimidation, Eda at the moment having no plans to cast any type of spell on the boy again - but if he continued to push she couldn’t be held accountable for her actions. Or well, she could be but she wouldn’t listen to anyone who tried to do it. Leaning against the staff, she pets Owlbert at the top of it for a moment as she makes a point of looking Naveen up and down, as if fully inspecting him and the validity of his claim. “Nah. Might even be doing the world a favor if I turned you back.”

[edatheowl]

randallbxggs​:

Randall smirked as Eda continued to make fun of anything they possibly could about the masquerade. The food was definitely over the top, or Randall thought so, and Eda seemed to agree. He chuckled. “They just don’t wanna be seen serving normal food. They’re obviously using this as an excuse to show off.”

“It’s ridiculous,” she agreed, shaking head a bit before something caught her eye and an idea came to mind. Eda was hesitant to vocalize it at first, unsure if she could trust Randall quite yet - but decided in the end to just go for it. What was he going to do? Rat her out? Go ahead - she’d find a way to turn it all back around on him. Or simply use her magic to get away. And it’s not like it would be her first run-in with the royal guard. “How much do you think some of this silverware would go for? We could be making a decent little profit here tonight.”

[edatheowl]

naveenmaldonia​:

“Have you ever thought that you maaaaybe shouldn’t offer to turn people into frogs if you don’t have control over your magic?” Naveen asks with an eyebrow raised, watching Eda expectantly. Considering she had been more than capable of turning him into a frog before he should likely be running away, or at the very least keeping his mouth shut. But noticing the way she seems so fucking amused around him, Naveen simply can’t give her the satisfaction. “What if I’d been stuck like that forever?” he shudders at the thought. For all he knows, if Eris hadn’t helped turn back to himself, he very well could have been. “You would be responsible for depriving the world of my beautiful face forever. Would you really want that on your conscience?” 

“Hey, I have perfect control over my magic,” she snaps, pointing a finger at the boy, not to cast a spell or anything but just to emphasis her argument. “I’m the most powerful witch on the island. No one else has nearly the amount of control or power I’ve got.” Or at least that’s how Eda’s always viewed herself - which was partially true considering growing up she was the strongest of everyone around her. It had never been her magic that she struggled with controlling, anyway - her issues only started popping up after she was cursed. Giving him an unimpressed look, she drops her finger and rests her hand on her hip. “Kid, you’re cute - but you aren’t that cute. The world woulda been fine.”

[edatheowl]

randallbxggs​:

Randall didn’t expect to be hanging around his bosses at the masquerade, but truthfully, he didn’t see himself hanging around anyone else he knew at the event. Both his bosses from his two jobs were genuinely decent to be around, so he didn’t see anything weird about it from his perspective. Eda was especially entertaining to be around as she continued to judge people in their line of vision. “Oh, I see it,” he answered with a chuckle, though he could say everyone looked like they wore potato sacks with his awful vision. “I can’t really decide what’s worse — the food options here, or people’s outfit choices.”

Continuing to watch the potato sack covered individual walk away, Eda snorted at her employee’s comment. This should probably be weird, but well the owl lady has never been a normal boss by any means. Really, the only thing strange about this scene was that King wasn’t sitting there judging everyone with them. “Oh it’s the food,” she’s quick to answer, completely confident. “It’s like they’ve never heard of anything normal and need to show off the fact that they’re rich and fancy. We fucking get it - you’re the king and queen. We know you’ve got money.” 

[edatheowl]

naveenmaldonia​:

Finally back in all his glory, Naveen is determined to make the best of the event. With a drink in one hand he mingles through the crowd, convinced that nothing can bring him down. Until he hears a familiar voice, that is. “Oh hell no,” Naveen groans as soon as he notices her coming close, immediately looking around him for the closest exit. While he’s likely safe from her here, doubtful that she would try anything too bold in a room full of people including the king and queen, he can’t be too prepared. “It wore after three months!” he practically whines, still not over it. “I did not sign up for that.”

Watching the boy react to simply her presence, Eda’s good mood only lifts. It’s not that she necessarily wants to be feared or put people at unease - but if that’s the price that she has to pay to finally get recognized as the powerful witch that she is, she’ll accept it. Though the smirk on her lips falters a bit as Naveen admits that the spell had only recently worn off - instead of fading a few weeks later as she had originally anticipated. “Huh...” Eda hadn’t cared enough to do a follow up on the kid, but perhaps she maybe should have... Oh well. Damage was done. “Well ya didn’t really sign up for any part of it, kid. Magic does as magic does, you can’t always control it.” 

[edatheowl]

jcytothewcrld​:

And that was a fact, not many people came close to Eda ( in Joy’s humble opinion ), and why shouldn’t she revel in that? Good for her. Glancing down a her own brightly colored frock and bright blue nails, Joy grinned at the word choice. It certainly was bold. “Thank you! If you want the new year to start of bright, what better way than wearing the colors for it?” She smiled widely and did a little spin, adjusting her mask as it slid a little bit from all the movement. “Are you having a good time so far?”

Well that certainly was one way to put it and Eda supposed she couldn’t argue against it. If wearing a bright yellow getup was enough to make Joy happy, who was she to give a shit? It’s not like either of her housemates were the epitome of fashion either and she let them get away with whatever they wanted. “I’m doing great,” she answers easily. “Haven’t run into any exes trying to get back together with me - which is always a concern at events like this, right? So I’m gonna take that as a win so far.” 

[bigherosixes]

eda & her different Looks™

BONUS:

[edatheowl]

With a drink in hand and a few more already in her system, Eda wandered around the ballroom in search of King or Luz when a familiar boy caught her eye. Wild smirk growing on her lips, she crosses over towards him, making sure to stay out of his own line of sight until she’s right upon him. “Hey froggy boy,” she greets once she’s close enough, lifting her glass in the air as she does so. “Told ya the spell would wear off eventually.” @naveenmaldonia​

[edatheowl]

“Is that person wearing a potato sack?” she asks, leaning forward to get a better look at Prescott crossing past their line of sight. Eda’s voice may be a bit too loud, but she didn’t care. Turning to look at her employee and people watching companion for the time being, she lifted a hand to point at the individual in question. “Tell me you’re seeing this too.” @randallbxggs​

[jcytothewcrld]

“Speechless, I am speechless!” Joy exclaimed, knowing without having to ask that it was her dear shopkeep Eda hidden behind that mask. “I don’t think anyone else would be able to pull this off!” Circling around her, she knew it was a little over the top but if no one else was going to say it, Joy would make sure Eda knew how great she looked tonight. // @edatheowl​

[edatheowl]

A smirk grows on her face as one of her more frequent customers compliments her, going so far as to walk in a circle around Eda to take in the whole look. “Well not everyone’s as good looking as me,” she points out, looking Joy up and down to take in her own outfit. “I could say the same thing for you too. No one else would dare go as... bold as that.” For the bright yellow dress certainly was a statement and a choice - but it fit the younger woman, Eda couldn’t deny that.

[edatheowl]

eda’s new years eve masquerade costume.

[iridcssalux]

“What… exactly am I looking at?” Iridessa questioned, tilting her head to the side as she examined the snow… sculpture? Was it supposed to be a person? She wasn’t sure, it didn’t look like any snow person she’d ever seen. “I don’t know if I should be impressed or not.”

[edatheowl]

Glancing up from the second snow creature she was creating, Eda grinned proudly at the girl as she got ready to answer - only to stop as soon as the kid admitted she wasn’t impressed. Scoffing a little, the witch rose to her feet and crossed her arms over her chest. “Kid, that’s a snow gremlin - of course you should be impressed.” Not that it was a surprise the stranger doesn’t know what a snow gremlin would look like, but Eda felt it was such an accurate display that it should still be impressive nonetheless.

[edatheowl]

deweydewncght​:

Dewey came stumbling through the door of the shop, cold hands shoved in his pockets. He regretting not heading back to the manor the minute the weather started getting worse, maybe he could have actually made it there in time. He was quite certain the manor still had power, considering a generator seemed like the kind of thing his great uncle would invest in. He had taken a second to look around the shop in awe, not even registering what the older woman had said to him. His eyes finally settled on the floating ball of fire in the room and he suddenly got very excited. “Whoa!” He ran up to it, leaning in perhaps a bit too close to examine it. “Is it real?” He very briefly considered attempting to put his hand through it to test it but that seemed like a bad idea. He could certainly feel the heat on his face, it had to be real, right? “How are you doing that?”

Finally looking up from her magazine just in time to see the boy leaning into her fire ball, Eda waved a hand to bring the flames closer towards her and further away from the stranger. “Of course it’s real,” she answers with a small scoff, taking a bit of offense to the question. As if she wasn’t capable of creating and maintaining a simple flame spell. “Magic, obviously. But the real question here is what are you doing? Shouldn’t you be tucked away in bed, kid?” Or maybe not - though he did look younger than Luz he certainly was within a close enough age range to her, so maybe it wasn’t quite his bedtime yet. But that still didn’t explain his presence in the shop right now.

[edatheowl]

Returning to her home in the forest was too much work for Eda to deal with once the snow had started falling harder and the wind picked up outside in a telltale sign of an oncoming blizzard. Which left her to settle into her shop, a place that was essentially a second home anyway and at least had a better heating system than the owl house. Or at least, it normally did, when the power was on. Though that hardly phased Eda, as she picked out one of the uglier long draping winter jackets she had on display and used magic to create an ever burning floating ball of fire. She had just pulled out one of the old tabloid magazines she’d recently become obsessed with when the familiar magical hoot of the front door rang out indicating someone else had entered the building. “We’re closed,” she called out, not even bothering to look up from the page she was reading. Nor did she put out the very obvious fire bobbing besides her and providing both warmth and light. @deweydewncght​