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paige specter - 26 debt collector we made it magic ✩

[specterpaige]

continued from here; @specterparker

“You’re too affected, and that’s the difference between you and I,” Parker pointed out with eyebrows raised, shrugging his shoulders. “I just separate my emotions from my physical self when I really need to.”

Paige nodded her head and then sunk back into the couch of their apartment. “I don’t know how you do that,” she looked over at Parker and then leaned over to rest her head on her brothers shoulder, “that seems impossible. Like, emotions are intense..” she trailed off, “I wish I could put my emotions in a bottle and save them for later.”

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rottingjudgement​:

“Paige, you are a walk in the park compared to your brother. I will tell you that to his face if that helps.” She meant it too. That boy needed a good humbling and Paige needed the confidence boost. As long as the boss was out Meg was playing by her own rules, as she normally tended to do. “I can drink to that,” she said in agreement. Anyone who hated Hades was a good person to her. And there were not a lot of good people left. “Well, since we are chums or whatever we want to call it, if you ever want a lesson in being a stone-cold bitch, let me know.”

Paige couldn’t help but laugh at Meg’s words, “You should’ve seen us when we were kids, complete opposite,” she rolled her eyes at herself and was going to leave it at that. She didn’t exactly like talking about her past. But the conversation continued on to Hades and when Meg offered to give her a lesson in being stone cold, she tilted her head. “Oh? How does one do.. that?” She was interested, but she honestly had no idea if she could pull it off.

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liightfoot-x​:

His recent trip called for a restock and his appetite didn’t agree with the cash on hand. So reaching into his pockets Barley took out his shopping list, cranberries could be mini apples if you didn’t think too much on the taste. ‘Or the fact that apples usually grew to be much larger’ he welcomed the interruption of “Paige”. His face lightening up, smile growing larger when she mentioned his name. “uh of course we should totally does that. My characters and yours interacting, creating dust as they walk along the path of adventure. And yes, Barley Lightfoot at your service.”

Paige couldn’t thank the higher powers enough that this was actually going well. Barley was smiling, seemed excited, and Paige couldn’t stop her own smile from growing. “You know anyone that could run it and be a good dungeon master?” She tilted her head with a grin, “because just the thought of our characters kicking some ass sounds too good to pass up on,” she laughed and then held out her hand, “It’s wonderful to meet you Mister Barley Lightfoot,” she blushed a red on her cheeks, “I’m really glad this is going well, I was nervous to come talk to you.” She confessed.

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tweedledumtoby​:

Toby could tell that Paige’s demeanor was different than the night before — while at the rave she was having fun and being sociable, now she seemed tired and distant, though he didn’t blame her. He never really felt that great after drinking, either. He was used to being hungover at Wonderland, though, so the music, lights and people didn’t bother him as much as it used to.

“Same,” Toby replied with a smile, motioning to the broom in his hand. “Sorry to hear that. You need some water or anything?” He asked. Despite not being a bartender or anything, he was never reprimanded for going behind the counter and helping with drinks. He’d been there long enough to know how to do most jobs at the club. “It was fun! I’m glad we got to hang out.”

Even though Paige was tired and hungover, she couldn’t stop the little smile forming on her lips at Toby’s simple reply. “Any dust mites that need stopping?” She asked, voice a little flat but overall interested to know how Toby’s shift was going at work, “Water would be a blessing, Toby, thanks,” she let her head hang, rubbing at her temples before looking back up at the male, “I know, me too, maybe we could hang out again without all the..” she motioned with her hands all the lights, “chaos.” She chuckled to herself and then let out a little sigh, “When do you get off? Free soon? I just gotta..” she trailed off, get some payment from some dude she didn’t even know for Hades, “catch up with someone for someone else.”

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inviiscviiclet​:

A lot has been on Violet’s mind lately, and while a part of her would like to say it was mostly due to everything that was going on with her friends, she couldn’t. Yes, the whole Wendy and Randy issue weighed enough within her mind, but most of what’s been bothering the raven haired girl wasn’t due to her own friends love lives. Instead, as ridiculously cliche as it may be, Violet’s been thinking a lot about her own love life. Or, guess, the lack of it she would say. And ironically, she usually didn’t bother much about things like this as she learned to get over crushes and obsessing over people a long time ago. So why was this whole thing regarding Anthony bothering her so much? Violet has yet to figure an answer for that,, and she most likely still isn’t when she heard a knock at her door. Aware she hasn’t invited anyone over, Violet thought that maybe one of her parents had stopped by, or Wendy left something from the day before. But when she opened the door and saw it was Paige. “Paige,…..hey! Didn’t know you were coming over.” She greeted, opening the door wider so her friend could come in. Noticing the bottle of her favorite red wine at hand, a small smile appeared on her face. “….If I didn’t know any better, I would think our psyche was linked, because…..I’ll be real, I’m going to really be needing that.” 

Paige couldn’t stop herself from letting out a chuckle as soon as the door opened and Violet answered. “I just thought I’d swing by and see if you wanted to hang out,” she smiled wide and then stepped inside when Violet opened the door for her, “Thank you,” she wiggled inside and then spun around and walked backwards, keeping her eyes on Violet, holding up the bottle of red wine, “I had a feeling,” she laughed and then waltzed over to the kitchen to get one of the bottle openers. Once she popped the bottle of red wine open, she looked over at Violet and leaned against the counter, “Today.. was a day, I’ll tell you that, but I’m glad to be here, I’ve missed you tremendously.” She let her head hang and let out a sigh, before looking back up, hair in her face that she blew away, “What’s up with you though? Any news in the world of Violet Parr?”

[specterpaige]

elsardelle​:

Elsa always loved libraries and bookstores. They were quiet, few people bothered her, and she could get lost in another world, or perhaps learn something new. It got her out of the chill of her bedroom, and got her out of the house and away from her work. Though, it could never get her away from her magic. It was the one reason she read so much, to find answers that she didn’t have about her abilities.

Having Anna and Angelique know about her magic was both a good and a bad thing. She felt like a weight had been lifted from her chest, but at the same time, she still didn’t fully know how to control it. She had her own coping skills, some good and others unhealthy, but they all had their flaws. She was starting to realize that she was never going to learn to control it on her own, and after searching and searching for more resources at the bookstore but finding nothing, she left in frustration. She had caught a glimpse of the scene unfolding in the store, a worker or trainee having a meltdown and throwing some books, and all Elsa could think was that she wished she could do the same. Throw some books, maybe freeze the place in frustration. It was tempting, so tempting, but she would never lose her cool in public, knowing she had a reputation to maintain.

She’d exited the bookstore and went near the back of the building, out of sight to inhale and exhale deeply to calm herself down. She’d tried every store in town to find books on magic, and she seemed to be hitting a dead end. Though, her anxieties seemed to melt away as she saw the trainee from the store come around the back, and quite literally shapeshift into another person right in front of her. Her eyes widened, almost speechless for a moment. “Did you just … Weren’t you the person in the store..?”

Paige felt a burning start to fill her chest. She knew she had to be more careful. God, if Hades heard about this she’d have a field day. Paige didn’t let her gaze meet the womans, and when she heard her ask if she was the person in the store, Paige shook her head fast. Lying maybe wasn’t her greatest ability, at least not when caught without any escape route. “I-I think you’ve got the wrong person,” Paige started to ramble, “that person was... unhinged, I mean how could they just throw a copy of Tender Is the Night like that across the room?” She tried to get herself out of this situation with her words, unaware how sketchy it was that she knew what book it was. After a moment of silence, Paige moved her gaze back up to the woman in front of her, and the burning sensation built up more and more until Paige couldn’t handle it. “Fine, okay, okay it was me, but you can’t say anything please, I’m begging,” she had a look of dread on her face as she thought about the consequences, “I-I know my power isn’t a toy but it’s nice to just not be myself sometimes you know, especially when I’m not doing it to do anything bad.” All she ever did now was use her powers at Hades discretion, and it didn’t feel good.

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allishaw​:

     “No, you’re fine! We both could have been paying more attention.” It took two people to create a collision, so Allison smiled as she waved off the other woman’s apology, and noticed as she accepted the help to steady herself that the hand offered was shaking—not too terribly, but yet noticeably. It was then that she realized who it was she’d bumped into; she and Paige Specter were acquainted at least, if not necessarily friends. There was no reason they couldn’t become friends if they got to know one another better, though.

     “How are you? We haven’t run into each other in a while,” she commented lightly, then chuckled and added, “Literally or figuratively.” If she knew how to read people, and Alli was always something of a social butterfly, Paige seemed to be a bit on edge, and she wondered if she wouldn’t appreciate having an excuse to take a break from whatever stress she was currently dealing with. “If you’re not busy now, we could catch up over coffee or tea—my treat. What do you think?”

When Paige finally recognized who she bumped into, she felt her panic start to subside in rolling waves instead of a tsunami if it were someone she didn’t know. Allison Shaw. “Oh, Alli, hey,” she breathed out, and squeezed Alli’s hand gently as the two of them steadied each other. Paige needed that. “I am doing..” she trailed off, not sure if she wanted to dump her emotional baggage on Alli right then and there, “I’ve been better, but it’s nice to see you,” she reassured Alli and then chuckled at her comment and gave her a friendly smile, trying to warm herself up and distract herself from her anxiety, “you’re right about that, it’s always nice to see you though.” When Alli offered to get coffee, she hesitated for a moment but then took a deep breath. Maybe this was a sign for her to take it easy today—to not let Hades have such a hold on her emotions. “You know what? That sounds like a great idea,” she nodded her head, and for a moment, her face softened, her eyes daring to brim with thankful tears, “that, means a lot to me, thank you, Alli.”

[specterpaige]

jjoy-xx​:

“oo! the foam! They have a caramel salted one, and you have to try it. Of course not without some extra drizzel on top, but it truly is incredible. With a little coffee on the bottom. “ Joy couldn’t help but just wiggle at the thought of it all. “I - wait no, you don’t mix the foam. You gotta get a little foam with the coffee together and truly it makes the drink, and it’s better then a mouthful of foam. Trust me.” She stated knowing she was going a bit over the top and cleared her throat as she settled back down with a lovely smile. “Sweater swaps… that sounds like the new fall thing this year! I have plenty as well if you’d like! They… are .. well a lot of yellow, a few orange though!”  

As soon as Joy brought up the salted caramel one, her interest piqued tenfold. Paige perked up and nodded her head, “That sounds absolutely divine, I love anything salted caramel.” She jiggled to herself and before she let herself mix her cold brew with the foam, she stopped and listened to Joy. “Oh? That makes sense,” she tried to do exactly what Joy say, and when she got the perfect balance in her drink, she enjoyed the drink far much more than when she first had a sip, “Okay, you definitely know your coffee Joy,” she smiled and looked over at her, “I don’t think I own anything yellow, but I have some orange, very fall,” she mentioned, “we should go pick out some new fall outfits sometime.”

[specterpaige]

@rottingjudgement​: (from here)

Meg snorted, trying to figure out if that was a compliment or not. She is sure to Paige it is somewhat so she will take it as a temporary middle ground. “That’s….fair. I say I hate everyone with a stone-cold look on mine personally.” She smirked at the Specter, trying to figure out what she was angling for. “Is this….are we friends? Is that what is going on?” She was the last to know if anyone liked her so in Meg’s defense it was a genuine question. 

Paige nodded her head along to what Meg said, eyes turning down towards the ground, “you know.. you’re pretty badass for doing that.” She looked back up at Meg when she heard her question and Paige bit the inside of her cheek, “I don’t think we’re not friends, if that’s anything.” She bounced her foot a bit, “I know Parker and I can be a bit mischievous sometimes, but it’s like a fun way of letting someone know they’re alright, you know?” She smiled, “besides, anyone who doesn’t like Hades is good in my book.”

[specterpaige]

swizzlesmalarkey​:

“Okay, be honest with me. Was the music good? People liked it and shit?” Swizz asked, daring for the truth. Though he knew that it sounded like the guests had enjoyed his newer mixes, Swizzle was always insecure when it came to big events like the rave. “You can tell me if they didn’t, it was new shit, and sometimes it doesn’t hit like I wanted it to. Nothing I can do about it. Anyway, sounds like I missed a ton of drama while I was at the booth. Fill me the fuck in, and don’t tell me another fight broke out.”

Paige rolled her eyes playfully at Swizz and stuffed her hands into her jackets pockets. "Look, I only had one good night without being preoccupied with anything so I may not be the best judge," thanks Hades, "and if I'm being honest when I first got there it was a little.. much, but after some drinks your music just hit different, you know?" She smiled and then let her eyes gaze down to the floor, "You're pretty talented, you should show me your process and everything sometime. Is it difficult? Do you have to get in a certain mood for it?" Paige squinted her eyebrows, not knowing when she might have to pose as a DJ while working for Hades—hoping it wouldn’t be anytime soon, "A fight... did not break out." Swizz did say not to tell him after all.

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@liightfoot-x​

Paige was a little nervous. After years of getting details about people Hades wanted to know, Paige had a good rolodex of information she knew about people around Walt Grove. One person in particular who caught her attention was Barley—having dug up some information on his interest in Dungeons and Dragons. Paige was also a fan, but she didn’t know if she could just walk up to him and ask to play. Could she? She mentally groaned and saw Barley in the snack aisle of the market, looking at dried cranberries of all things. Mustering up the courage, she walked over to him and stood beside Barley, “We should start a campaign together, I’ve been wanting to play Dungeons and Dragons a lot lately. I have so many characters in mind already. You down?” She looked over at him and gave him a little smile, “My names Paige, by the way, you’re Barley right?”

[specterpaige]

@inviiscviiclet

Paige had a long day working for Hades, and even though she had to take a breather every now and then, she managed to push through and get the job done. So when she finished up her job for the day, she sent Hades a quick text on her burner phone—just for Hades—and told him ‘finished for the day, if you need anything else bother parker please and thank you xx’ which she figured Parker surely wouldn’t mind. She had a rough day after all, and the two of them both knew she had her limits. Now all Paige wanted to do was unwind to the best of her ability, and what better way to do that then have some quality time with her best friend? So instead of heading home right away, she swung by the local market and picked up a bottle of red wine—Violet’s favorite—before heading over to Violet’s. When she got there, she took a deep breath and put on a smile on her face before knocking, wine in hand.

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tweedledumtoby​:

Toby had hoped to see Paige again after the rave. It was a lot of fun getting to see her outside of work, neither of them being held back by their duties and actually be able to talk and have fun. He’d been wanting to get close to Paige for awhile, and this was the first time he really felt like she had opened up to him some, even if it was just through taking some shots together.

He had to work the day after the rave, doing his usual lap as he swept the floor of Wonderland, but as soon as he saw Paige enter the club he stopped in his tracks and smiled. “Heyy, what are you doing here?” He asked, rambling a little nervously, “How are you feeling after last night?” @specterpaige​

Paige came into Wonderland on a job—given by lovely Hades—and she was dreading it already. When she walked in dressed in her favorite grey hoodie and jeans, not anything flashy to draw attention to herself because that was the last thing she wanted especially since she was feeling hungover, she was already feeling anxious from the flashing lights and all the people around her. She had to remind herself to take a breath, which led her to finding a place to sit somewhere in the shadows, but also gave her a good view of people, too. When her eyes landed on Toby sweeping the floors, she figured maybe waiting around to stake someone out at Wonderland wouldn’t be too bad after all. 

“Hey Toby, just working, you know,” she gave him a little grin and raised her hand to say hi, before grimacing at the change in pitch of the song that struck her migraine in the worst possible way, “rough, all over the place, not feeling it...” she listed one thing after another before shaking her head at herself, “last night was fun though, thanks for that.”

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jjoy-xx​:

Peaking over at the cup in the others hands she tilted her head. “You really gotta try and pumpkin spice, but from the looks of it you have something pumpkin! What did you end up with? I’ll have to give that a try!” She suggested with a warm smile. Looking out she nodded with a content sigh. “Sports are back, leaves are falling.. the cold isn’t ideal, but they have cute sweaters like yours!” Joy nodded as she turned a bit towards the other. “Of course! Coffee dates are essential things, not just for the caffeine either!”

“I got pumpkin cold brew, with this very interesting foam stuff on top,” she made a funny face and then looked over at Joy and tilted her cup so Joy could get a better peak at it. “It’s pretty decent, I think it’d help if I mixed everything in it together, but then the foam wouldn’t be so foamy,” she shrugged her shoulders and then took another sip, before chuckling at Joy’s compliment to her sweater, “I’ll let you borrow it, I have so many,” Paige nodded her head at Joys statement, “exactly, they are a necessity.”

[specterpaige]

jjoy-xx​:

No one had asked, but Joy felt like she had jumped fully into fall with her pumpkin spice in hand. Not that it was a crime, it technically was spooky season, but she felt a wave of judgment all around her. A small sense of paranoia, but the joy it filled her with every sip was very much so worth it all. “Yes it’s pumpkin spice! I must have that look on my face where you can just mentally kinda see me in a scarf, and leaves falling huh?” She teased shaking her head. “I just can’t help it, they’re so good and everything is so pretty this time of year.” || @specterpaige

Paige couldn’t help but let out a small giggle, looking over at Joy with soft tired eyes. She hadn’t been sleeping that great lately, but who needed sleep when you could have coffee? Paige held a pumpkin cream cold brew in hand and brought it up to her lips, her sweaters sleeves covering most of her hands to shield them from the cold. “I think I’ll have to get pumpkin spice next time,” she nodded her head and relaxed back against the park bench, “yeah, it really is pretty this time of year, thanks for joining me on my coffee run this morning, means a lot.” Paige couldn’t describe it, she just really appreciated the energy Joy radiated—a lot better than anything Hades could radiate.

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specterparker​:

Maybe sending Paige on a break worked better than he’d ever imagined. To his surprise, she wasn’t on edge, but instead enjoying the small bit of free time he managed to get for her. It was really the least he could do, after getting her stuck in this job in the first place.

“I didn’t think this would actually work,” Parker admitted with a laugh, taking the drink she handed him and looking down at it. Well, he could probably use a drink after keeping watch on some random person all night. Still, despite that Paige was obviously having a great time, he couldn’t help but be curious of something, hating to ruin the good energy but had to ask. “You haven’t seen Hades at all, have you?”

Paige would admit the moment she stepped foot into the rave her nerves were getting the best of her—but with a couple drinks later of liquid confidence, she was having fun for once in her life. All thanks to Parker. “You’re the best, you know that?” She smiled, but a second later, her smile dropped when Parker mentioned Hades.

Just the name alone was enough to bring a chill through her bones, and her hand began to shake gently before she shoved them into her pockets to hide that. It was like someone had sucked all the oxygen out of her body and Paige had to remind herself to breathe. “No,” was all the managed to say, her eyes looking anywhere but Parkers face, “Have you?” She spoke quieter, eyes darting around the rave—her mind wanting to play tricks on her, making herself believe shes seeing Hades in the crowd everywhere. But she was just under the influence, she knew that.

[specterpaige]

It was the following morning after Paige’s “break” from working last night at the rave, and Paige was feeling a little extra fragile. She woke up because of a text from Hades giving her a new job today, and Paige already began to feel like she was standing at the edge of a cliff. It didn’t help that she had drank a lot last night, she swore she could hear her therapists voice in the back of her head saying, “while you’re on these meds you should avoid binge drinking because alcohol is a depressant and can worsen your anxiety once the effects wear off.” 

“Never doing that again,” Paige muttered under her breath as she walked down the street, arms crossed over her chest, squeezing her fists as she looked around town trying to spot someone—the person she was supposed to collect from. Just thinking about using her powers made her heart race, and not in a good way. She felt this burning sensation in her chest and it heat up every inch up her neck and wrapped around her head like a crown. Paige wanted to itch her scalp so bad, but she fought against the urge, only to close her eyes for a moment in distress as she kept walking, until she accidentally bumped into someone. 

“Shit,” Paige jumped back from the contact, “I am so sorry,” her voice wavered, and she reached out to make sure they were okay, hands trembling lightly.

@allishaw​