#fionamerridew

[moocha-muses]

“-c̴̝̯̣͛̆r̵̮͙̥̿͝a̶̟̎̄͑c̷̤̲̦̤̼̆̊͂͗k̴̡͚̺͐̉͝ ̴̲̘͔̱̃̿̉̉̆ö̴͇͙̟̭́p̴͉̬͚̭͈̂e̶̡̬͚͇̐̑͒̕͜͝n̸̛̻̜̱͈̑̓͛ ̶̱̰̱͕͉̚t̴̙͍́̉̋h̸̡͔̽̀͋̋e̵̛̮̱ ̵̘͉̲̟͉́ḡ̷̩̝͆̋ͅá̵͉̠͇͝t̷̫̪̟̞̔́́͐͜e̶̘͍̥̪̣̋̎͝ ̶̡̳̣̭̼̔̀́̈̕b̵̙̻̌ę̵̤̩̽t̴̨͉̣̜̣͐̃̌̒̎ẃ̵̜̞e̵̩͓͉̗̐̔̑è̸̲̯̟͓͛̅n̷̻̈́ ̶͖̾̅́̾ẅ̶̩͎́̓̕ờ̴̪̣̲̜͍͆͗́r̴̜̻̼͕̰̂͑͌ĺ̸͈̊̅d̵̺͛͗͐͛͘ş̶̛̲͒̃̍͘ ̷̻̜͋̿ś̵̼͚o̵̻̊ ̶̫̲̽͂̈́͗t̶̨̪̻̋͗́̀̊͜ḧ̸́͜ǎ̴͇̱̣̇̓̀t̴̡̩̺̠̽ ̷̹͕̺̔͂͠͠͝f̴̯̞̍́́͝i̴̲̔̈l̶̯̬̹̯͊̕ḙ̵͕̚s̵͇̣̋̌̓͠ ̵̱̜̰̙̃̽̅͘m̶̩̭̥̞͘a̸͇̗̎͝ÿ̸̢͖̟́̒ ̴͎̘̾̕͝b̶͖̈́͒̀e̸̡̼̗̽͛͑͐̏ ̴̡̬̣̹͎̂͋s̴̭̆̓͂h̸̬̪̕ḁ̸̧̡̧̛̟̀͑ŗ̴̹̖̃̾̃e̶̜͙͛̀̄̉̕d̷͎͚͍̔͗̋̃͜-”

“Whoa, it’s actually wor-”

[moocha-muses]

“- I put a sandwich in your pack for the road, and there’s a grimoire in case you get bored.”

“Thanks, Mr. L.”

“You’ve been an excellent apprentice, even with your obvious . . . hereditary defects. We send you out into the world with pride for ourselves and pity for your victims.”

“You guys are gonna make me cry.”

“Don’t. You can always contact us by whispering into the ear of a well-fed raven.”

“Or telling your secrets to a bee.”

“Or scrying.”

“You can just call me on your cell. Like a normal person. I hexed it to work interdimensionally!”

“Good work, Friday!”

[moocha-muses]

[moocha-muses]

“Okay, well, I’m - I’m just going to go peer into a perfectly still bowl of ink. J-just to make sure she made it okay.”

(Everyone wish her bon voyage! (Of course, we already know she made it back just fine, since we’re all following Fi’s uni adventures over at @pixeldolly!)

With this the portal is closed and the time streams are unlinked, etc., etc. But I’m sure we’ll see Fiona around, if she studies - dimensional portals can’t be THAT hard to open, right?)

[moocha-muses]

“I hate goodbyes, so you have to pass mine along to Apollo and Basil and Saffron and anyone else I made out with.”

“What, no. I’m not going to say goodbye for y-”

“Everyone needs to say goodbye right now, children. Chop, chop, darlings!”

“Thank you, Bee. Let’s get onto our places before we miss our lunar alignment window.”

[moocha-muses]

“Seriously, though. I’m gonna miss you, shrimp.”

“I’m not -”

[moocha-muses]

“If you really loved us, you’d stay.”

“C.mon, dude, I’m gonna almost miss the application deadline as it is. Besides, someone’s gotta teach Rowan how to harness the dark forces.”

[moocha-muses]

“- ‘as above, so below’ should be your mantra. Like effects like. There are plenty of ways to make a subject resemble your target - hair works well, blood works better, but if you can get a tooth or some bone scrapings-”

“Dad! You can write stuff in the blood onto a wax doll, right? What if you inscribe it into the bone?”

“Good question, Lock. Scrimshaw is a powerful tool in the witch’s belt. Let’s say the person you want to influence had knee surgery last fall, and you managed to bribe a hospital worker. If you’re working with a wax poppet or a cloth doll with it’s own knees, you can obviously-”