Dreaming State || Aluwyn & Willow
"You're Cecilia." She muttered to herself, standing in front of the mirror, in Cecilia's apartment in Brooklyn. "You're a librarian and you don't know Willow, except maybe you've heard tell of her abilities, because she's worthy of that. Of course she is." She adjusted her bra and slipped on a dress over her shoulders. She could get to know Willow in ways she'd never had the chance to do before now, and that was good. So so very good. She pressed her fingers into her forehead, in a vain attempt to allay any nerves that seemed to be arriving. How very human, to be worried about things such as those. How human, how foolish, how awful.
She slipped on a pair of simple flats. This was nothing more than a gathering of friends, though she deserved to have her Willow back, she had to be careful. Finding her had almost been too easy, and Aluwyn was aware that she couldn't hope to have everything else work as smoothly as the search had gone. Because she had to be human now, though Willow was deserving of more than some foolish human. Because she was more than that, and Aluwyn had been one of the first ones to show her such things. And she knew that she would show it to her a thousand times more if that was what it took.
She rolled her tongue around in her mouth and grabbed one of Cecilia's bags from the posts in the hallway and made her way out of the apartment and to the metro station. Cecilia seemed to have one of those monthly passes that allowed as many swipes and rides as one desired without having to pay any extra money to refill the card. When the time came to do that, Aluwyn knew she'd have to figure out just how to go about doing that, but until then she could venture to wherever she pleased with no trouble at all.
And the power that allotted felt so good. There were clearly ways to gain power as a human, and while they were not nearly as satisfying as the powers she had as a goddess, but they existed, and that was all that mattered, in the end. Power was power was power, and if Aluwyn had it, she intended to use it, and use it damn well. A small smile crept on her face as she boarded the train and found a spot next to a woman who had bags of books surrounding her and a man who smelled like fresh cotton.
She only had two stops before 4th Avenue, and so she took a deep breath and shot Willow a text --- 'be there soon' and settled back against the seat, watching how all the humans conversed and interacted with one another. Thinking that they were the very best in the world. Oh, how silly they were, how little they really knew. She gave a small shake of her head, letting her hair fall around her shoulders.
And then the doors opened and the automated voice on the train informed the passengers that this was the stop for 4th Avenue. Aluwyn exited the train, clutching her bag close to her body as she made her way up the stairs and back into the sunlit world.
Applegate café was right across the street from the train stop and she noticed a flash of red hair right outside the entrance. This was it, this was the big moment and she took a deep breath and made her way across the street.
"Willow?" She called out. "It's me, Cecilia." A careful smile crossed her face. "Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long."
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