LITTLE LINA

' i'm just a little RAY OF SUNSHINE !! ' Angelina DiMaggio. 21. Witch.

[destrecier]

At the empty store, formally his failed, doggy daycare, Aidan gave a look that said that things were over and that he was done. It was a look of finality. Everything was cleaned up and ready for the next sad sap to take over. “Yeah, I can’t wait to leave.”

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not far behind aiden was angelina, young and ever-optimistic angelina, with a broom in hand. looking up from the small pile she had made, she responded, “ aw, c’mon, it’ll be okay ! ” setting her broom against a wall, she hop-walked over to him. “ so it didn’t work out this time. you can try again. people love dogs ! ” sure, that wasn’t totally the point of his canine daycare, but she had her heart in the right place.

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rosemariethomson:

“That just means you’re a trendsetter.” When she was in high school, people would always tell Rosemarie she was a trendsetter. But Rosemarie just copied her sister’s style – her sister who wanted to be a fashion designer. She glanced up at the sky and wrapped her arms around her abdomen, wondering where her sister was now, before turning her attention back to Angelina. “That’s a good look too. It’s not too flashy but with the right jeans it can look very put together and stylish.” There were days where she loved to wear jeans and days when she couldn’t even stand the sight of them. “I think that makes you the most qualified to answer; you have the most experience.”  Rosemarie sighed, wishing she had gone to disney as a kid. “That’s so cool that you got to work there. All your friends back home must have been really jealous.” 

calling angelina a trendsetter was definitely a stretch, but it was a sweet compliment. graphic tees were a staple in her wardrobe, including lots of things with disney on them. some of the merchandise even came over with her from california. “ jeans always make me feel too constricted. is that weird ? ” it was sort of a rhetorical question, but if rosemarie answered, there’d be no problem. “ i’m a big leggings and tights lover. ” she laughed. “ my friends liked asking me if i could get them into the park for free a lot. they’re lucky i’m such a nice person, ” the brunette quipped with another light laugh. “ it was a little stressful, at first, but it was definitely a cool experience. ” and she would kind of give anything to have it back. “ but the petstore is fun too ! i love working with animals. ” if and when she went back to school, she was definitely going to go into animal studies to become a veterinarian.

[terminvtus]

“I had a vision that it would become extremely unfashionable to have shirts of this style so I’m throwing them out.” She explained to her guest. Mohana couldn’t remember why they were in her apartment, but they were and she couldn’t find the energy to kick them out. She wanted to focus all of her energy on folding the clothes that she wanted to get rid of. She couldn’t risk it looking like trash in her spotless home. She was too proud of the minimalist decor and the warm earthy tones in the accenting pieces. Something about having so little by choice felt so right. “So, spill it, what do you want? Did I leave my door open, are you selling girl scout cookies, or what?”

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despite not being entirely sure what mohana was - there were lots of different supernatural types that could have visions, right ?  - angelina replied casually, “ that’s cool, getting visions of the future. i just glow in the dark. ” she laughed. “ they’re nice shirts though. i like the ruffles, ” she continued, leaning against the doorway. “ you left your door open, and you looked kinda distressed. i was gonna ask if you were okay, but then you kinda answered before i could ask, and here we are. ” there was a pause. “ did you want help folding ? ” she asked, tilting her head just a bit.

[linaisms-blog]

survivingdane:

And back to the judgmental glances, directed at the hand that was suddenly wrapped around his. He sighed, even rolled his eyes, but made no effort to shake her off. If she wanted to think she was helping-let her. “It most likely is. But I’ve dealt with this particular manner of beast before.” He scowled, finally setting aside his curiosity to listen to the other, taking a step back when she tugged at him. “Very well.” He still stood in front of her, sharp gaze fixated on the tree line, hair standing on edge as he watched for any sign of aggressive movement, magic bristling with anticipation. But it was quiet as they moved away. “You don’t have to be so concerned about me. I can handle myself you know.”

when he stepped back, she finally let go, satisfied. “ i have too, ” angelina replied. “ well, not the new orleans type. i used to deal with socal beasts, but. ” she shrugged. the couldn’t be that different. “ i don’t doubt that. you seem like a pretty tough guy, ” she continued with a half-smile. “ i just don’t want anyone getting hurt while i’m around. ” the witch knew she sounded a bit like a child, but meaning every word. it was just as much her job as the mayor’s intern as it was her own attitude. there was a pause. “ is that your way home ? or can i point you in the direction of a safer place to go exploring for the evening ? ” the smile had grown, playful as she took a step back, making a gesture toward the way behind them.

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survivingdane:

Eyes dropped to the outstretched arm to the Angelina’s face, back to the arm, a brow arching in an unspoken ‘really?’ before he stepped past. “In New Orleans? Well, I wonder what that could be.” Finding a wolf wasn’t anything entirely out of the ordinary–but one so close to town? That was cause for some concern. “I wasn’t planning on it.” He mutters in response, keeping his eyes on the nearby treeline. “Back up and just–don’t move too quickly.”

she hadn’t noticed him stepping around her arm until it had all ready been done, and angelina reflexively reached out, dainty hand fumbling, but then wrapping around his hand. “ please, ” she said, voice dropped to almost a whisper. she didn’t know the kid, but she also didn’t want to see his body on the local news that evening. “ that might be something more than a big dog. ” she very gently tugged back, like a small child would. “ c’mon. you too. ” he seemed smart enough, but he’d moved beyond her barrier, so he wasn’t that smart, in her opinion.

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rosemariethomson:

“Sure, but they’re small which makes them easy to forget about. And you can’t really tell what they want. Like it’s obvious when dogs want to go on a walk but not so much when hamsters want to go on a walk,” she explained. That was just Rosemarie’s opinion. She didn’t even know that much about animals. Her only experience with them was from her friends’ or the class pets. ”I bet. I mean you get to spend the day around animals. What could be better than that?” She didn’t know if that was true seeing as she’d never worked in a pet shop, but she assumed it was the case. “Where do you want to travel?” Rosemarie asked. “Even if you do, you can still make room for a dog in your life.” Her expression was serious, but there was laughter in her voice. 

the opinion was a very valid one, and the more angelina thought about it as she walked along, eyes scanning for the big blonde dog, the more she gained confidence in herself. “ i really like kids too, ” she replied. “ little kids. they’re a lot like animals, i guess. they need a lot of attention and care, but they’re so so loving. ” she wanted to work with little kids when she got older, maybe as a preschool teacher, or a child therapist. “ it’s kinda silly... ” for the first time, the brunette got sort of sheepish. “ i want to go around the world and visit all the disney parks. since i worked in california’s all ready, that one’s all ready crossed off my list. there are five more to go. ” she’d had that dream since before she graduated high school, before getting the job at disneyland anaheim, when she was just a preteen with a season pass and a heart full of expectation and wonder.

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nicoletterothschild:

Sadly, she nodded. “Yeah he did-for a couple days I honestly hated him for leaving me there. He tried, but he couldn’t handle it so he locked me up. He promised he’ll come back, but I haven’t seen him since.” A little sad smile tugged her lips as she kept thinking about it before she looked up. “They did? I’m sorry about that….”

the initial heartbreak wore off, and was replaced with a certain type of anger. “ well, ” angelina huffed. “ he doesn’t deserve you anyways. ” coming out of the park, the two of them entered the neighborhood, her neighborhood. “ it’s okay. there were a lot of other reasons why people called me and my family crazy. me glowing like a lightbug was just one of the dumber reasons. ” it was especially odd, her being called crazy for an ability that wasn’t so heavily based on her emotions, but people could be very cruel to the things they didn’t understand.

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nicoletterothschild:

She shook her head at her question. “It’s alright to ask-my husband put me in there once I was turned into a hybrid. Preston-that’s my husband-thought that it would calm me down when I couldn’t control myself-my hunger, how I killed-but in reality in was a hellhole. They diagnosed me and found out I had hysteria and also they mistaken me for schizophrenia. But I’m not a schizophrenic, I promise.”

being the hopeless romantic she was, angelina’s heart broke over the statement. “ he just handed you off to someone else ? didn’t even try to help you control yourself ? ” her eyebrows had furrowed as she spoke, in confusion and disbelief. “ how... rude. ” it was the best she could come up with. “ i’m so sorry. ” her words were genuine. “ i believe you, don’t worry, ” she reassured the other as they continued their walk, smiling over at her. “ people used to think i was crazy too, because of my powers. so i get that. ” but she hadn’t been thrown into a psychiatric ward for talking to the occasional dog.

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rosemariethomson:

Rosemarie marveled at how much she had in common with Angelina. It made it so easy to have a conversation with her. It was the berath of fresh air Rosemarie desperately needed in her life. “Lucky you!” Rosemarie used to beg her parents to take her to LA all the time. She wanted to spend the day hunting down celebrities. She would even beg them to take her as far as DisneyLand. Every once in a while, her parents would give in to her incessant nagging. They would take her around LA to different tourist attractions. They never took her to Disney, not wanting to spend the time in such a crowd. “That sounds so cool. Is that where you got your excellent sense of fashion?” Rosemarie stared at Angelina in awe. “It’s Disneyland as good as it sounds?”   

excellent sense of fashion ? that was a heck of a compliment, in angelina’s opinion. her smile brightened, widened, warm as the sun. “ sorta, ” she confessed with a shrug and another laugh. “ i mostly just developed my own sense of style as i grew up. ” there was never once specific style or choice she’d followed as a kid, just picked what looked nice, what had her newest favorite thing printed on it. now, though, the witch paid a bit more attention. “ i’m sort of a graphic tee and skinny jeans kinda gal, but i like to branch out. ” hence the solid colored, flowy top and leggings. “ i might be a bit too biased a person to ask that question, ” the brunette answered with a laugh. “ i worked there for two years, so my immediate reaction is going to be yes, absolutely, it’s as magical as everyone says it is. ” she always sort of thought walt disney was a warlock, if she were honest.

[survivingdane-blog]

“You look like you’ve seen a ghost. Then again, you very well might have in this city.” It certainly wouldn’t surprise Gareth, the allure of Nola brought something new everyday. Some new curiosity–or nightmare depending on one’s point of view. “What’s got you so spooked?” 

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staring into the shadows that slunk through the nearby tree grove, angelina kept her arm out in front of the boy, protecting him. “ dog, ” she replied, brown eyes still wide, spooked. “ big dog. ” werewolf, maybe. but the witch wasn’t aware weather he knew of werewolves, so she kept it vague. “ i wouldn’t go any closer. it’s still in there. ” she could hear it, the heartbeat of an animal, the staticy thoughts of something feral, beastly, lurking just behind the foliage.

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nicoletterothschild:

“For a couple of months now,” she answered. “I moved down here to start over with my life-my old one….let’s just say my old life was just me staring out of a window of a asylum and I wanted it to get out….until I finally did and never looked back.”

asylum ? angelina didn’t want to be rude, didn’t want to press, but she couldn’t help but be curious. “ i’ve been here for four-ish years now, ” she offered in response. “ we moved here from southern california when i was seventeen. my dad said it was time for a change. ” the witch shrugged. she’d always been under the impression there was more to it than that. “ is it okay to ask why you ended up in an asylum ? ”

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rosemariethomson:

Rosemarie basked in the sunlight. Her heart ached for her old home in California. She missed the constant sun and warm weather. She missed the wind on the beach and the sand between her toes. Most of all, Rosemarie missed her family. She felt so empty without them, like she was missing a part of herself. If her sister was still alive, she and Rosemarie would be eating ice cream or having a picnic on a day like this. “You have the hardest animals to take care of. You must be very responsible for caring for them.” Her voice was serious. “It sounds like working at the pet store is the perfect job for you. You can prove you’re responsible, and after taking care of the dogs there, you can see if you’re ready to take care of a dog that’s your own.” She smiled encouragingly at her new friend. “It’s a good thing you still have a lot of time to get a dog. It doesn’t have to be now.” 

the statement caught the young witch by surprise. were bunnies and hamsters really the hardest animals to take care of ? “ i didn’t know that, ” she said aloud, voicing her thoughts. “ i always felt like they were the easiest. just feed ‘em, give ‘em water, and put them in a ball to run around every once and a while. ” the thought of her hamster minnie running around in her bright blue ball made her smile a bit. “ i like working at the pet store. it’s the best job i’ve had. ” it was also the only job she’d ever had, save for her internship, but that didn’t really count. “ maybe i’ll get one after i travel a bit, ” she mused aloud, smiling a bit. “ dogs are great companions. it’d be kinda nice to finally settle down with one, as long as i don’t get all caught up on some french lover or anything. ” she laughed.

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obliviousluck:

Liam had to keep himself from laughing too loud. He had managed to keep his secret from Lina for months, but he wasn’t sure how much longer he was going to be able to hold off. Especially with how far off base she was. “It’s just a euphemism,” he laughed. “I’m just a poor dog who likes stealing things.” He was sure the ‘dog’ comment would fly under the radar. If not, he’d have some explaining to do, he was sure. 

his laugh made her smile, but she fought it down quickly, even though the jig was up as her lip quivered with the fight back. “ no it’s not, butthead, ” she replied, tossing a fry at him, it bouncing innocently off his shoulder. “ if you’re a dog, you’re one of the young and stupid ones. ” but where was she to talk, when she would literally heal anyone that asked for it ? “ i know magic when i see it, liam. ” if asked, she could easily justify it by the fact that she’d been living in new orleans five years.

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nicoletterothschild:

Nicolette followed her towards the pack near her home. The park sounded perfect to her-she needed to clear her mind of everything that had happened to her in the past couple of weeks, and she couldn’t help but have an idea in her head.

for a while, they were quiet, walking slow and casual through the dark park. it was peaceful, and with the air being a bit cooler than normal, angelina’s head was all ready beginning to feel better. “ so, how long have you been in new orleans for ? ” she asked, voice soft in the dark, only lit up by the streetlights an from not far away.

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rolloerikson:

Ah, to be young again. It was a sad thought that brought about hazy memories from another life long ago. Rollo smiled through it, peering down at the young woman as she laughed about the shenanigans of her friends. He appreciated the groups carefree attitude. They were enjoying life in this moment. There was a flash of envy. He quickly pushed that aside, as he always did. “I’m not worried. I remember what it was like to be young and wanting to impress when the eyes of a pretty girl were on me,” he glanced out over the number of women who stood beside her, “or a group in this case.”

at that point, her and the group of girls she had come with were sort of ditatched from one another. her girl friends were a few feet away, gathered together in a little cluster, laughing and watching the boys roughhouse. she, on the other hand, was next to the stranger. “ aaron - the one in the gray - his girlfriend’s in that group. she’s in the blue. ” she nodded from one to the other, catching sight of the dark-skinned girl in the navy dress and smiling fondly. “ darren, the guy in the black, he wrestles. hence the play-fighting, ” she continued, arms still crossed over her chest. “ they’re both idiots. taken one too many hits on the head. ” the witch laughed. “ i don’t know who they’re trying to impress. ” that wasn’t said in malice either, because all of the girls in the group were either taken or didn’t swing that way, save for her.

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rosemariethomson:

Whatever Rosemarie was wearing reflected her mood. Since she was always in a cheery mood, or at least seemed to be, her outfits were usually bright and coordinated. Even when she was jut going to relax or dress down, she planned the outfit out in advance. Whenever she decided to ‘bum it’, time went into cultivating the outfit to look messy but still cute. “I can see why. Dresses are very nice.” Rosemarie wore dresses when she felt particularly perky. “You can never have too much of clothes in general,” she confirmed.  Nodding her head, Rosemarie’s smile grew wider. “See, I came from the opposite side as you. I was born and raised in San Francisco. Although, I did go down to L.A. a few times, but I didn’t usually go much further than San Jose.” Her voice became distracted. Her thoughts drifted to the last time she was in Los Angeles – the day before her family died – and the voices in her head taunted her. 

rosemarie seemed like a dress girl, just like angelina. dresses were practical but stylish, a good outfit for when you didn’t want to wear pants. for the brunette, who worked in pants at both the pet store and city hall, that was often. they all ready had so much in common; the common home state only made things better. “ i used to take trips into la all the time, ” she said, nodding her head. “ my sister and i used to visit little tokyo and the fashion district for her projects and stuff. ” laurel had a long phase where she wanted to design clothes. “ but we tended to hang around disneyland more than anything. ” the witch had worked there for two years, after all.

[fluidtruths]

“This town is vastly overrated.”

[linaisms-blog]

“ bad attitudes are vastly overrated, mister grumpy gills. ”