A Mingle!

[cobanpcs]

Who: YOU!!
When: Early Day 9 and onwards.
Where: A city corner!
What: WISHING WELL(s?)

At some point during the night a wishing well appeared in the corner, maybe it was a garbage can a second ago and you saw it blur, maybe it was a fire hydrant, maybe you just hadn't seen it before, but there it is!

There's a sign next to it reading: "Toss a coin, make a wish!"
(WISHES NOT GUARANTEED TO COME TRUE)

Maybe you don't have a coin, but Coba's got your back; there's a pail full of coins next to the well.

So go on, make a wish. Or spy on other people making wishes (Or steal the coins). Surely nothing can possibly go wrong.

Comments

[lockwouldnt]

Huh? I'm fine.

Just... [His gaze shifts towards the pixie.] Just seeing things, I guess.

[conjecture_this]

What sort of things?

[Because that idea encompasses a whole lot of options. The Pixie looks around her quickly.]

It's not Mara, is it?

[lockwouldnt]

Not unless Mara's her name. [Is it the pixie's name, though? Was he being species-ist without realizing it?

Mostly, he's just worried he got a contact high. So he gestures towards the Pixie.] Is she like, your version of Tinkerbell or something?

[conjecture_this]

[Oh! Nagi directs her attention over to the Pixie herself, realizing he can see her. It's becoming a little less surprising as time goes on in the city but still.]

Tinkerbell?

[While she isn't precisely sure who that is, she adds:]

She's a demon actually.

[lockwouldnt]

Sooo... exactly like Tinkerbell.

[he clarifies:] She's a fairy from this book I read as a kid. But kind of a demonic one.

[conjecture_this]

Ah, that sounds like an interesting book then.

[Or maybe a horrific one for some children.]

[lockwouldnt]

Kinda was. [He tilts his head again towards the High Pixie.]

So your, uh, "demon fairy." Is she like your companion? Partner? Whatever, some kind of weird special bond?

[conjecture_this]

[It's still an awkward conversation to get into with outsiders and Nagi's expression shows it some. She doesn't seem hesitant though in talking, her tone honest enough.]

A partner chiefly. In theory I do consider her my companion however. When I must fight she lends me her strength.

[A pause.]

Can you typically see supernatural things?

[lockwouldnt]

[The expression's enough to make him back off from any hard-hitting questions - after all, he'd react the same if someone tried to ask him questions about his inner wolf.]

Not sure. There weren't exactly... creatures like yours back home. [He shrugs. If they existed, they'd never resided in his hometown, at least.] Nothing that could go invisible, I mean.

[conjecture_this]

[Nothing like them back home. Nagi looks over at her Pixie, expression thoughtful.]

Perhaps this city simply renders more people capable of seeing you.

Well... I mean that isn't such a bad thing. If they don't get scared anyhow.

[That seems to dawn on her and Nagi looks back to the man.]

I assure you, my Pixie won't harm you.

[lockwouldnt]

[Maybe. Or more likely, Tyler's status as a supernatural allows him to see her. He's willing to bet on the latter, since there weren't fairies in Mystic Falls.

He blinks back surprise, though at the idea that the pixie might've hurt him.] I wasn't even remotely thinking about it, but uh, thank you?

I figure, if there's violence tonight, it'll be related to all the booze.

[conjecture_this]

... I suppose enough of it would have that affect on humans.

[Now she looks a bit dismayed. This many people, this much alcohol... there isn't much she can do about it if anything starts up. Not that Summoners are supposed to fight humans to begin with...]

[lockwouldnt]

[Crap, he hadn't meant to worry her - Tyler holds his hands out, partially in defeat but also to reassure her.]

Hey! I've got lots of experience in dealing with them. It'll be fine, I promise.

[conjecture_this]

[Whew. A big sigh goes here.]

I'm glad then. I am not versed in dealing with humans in more violent situations.

[lockwouldnt]

It's cool. Most people aren't. [He hopes. Mystic Falls seemed like the odd man out, in a sea of 'normal' cities across the country.]

If you're not, though.... does this mean vampires and werewolves aren't common where you're from?

[conjecture_this]

I have never experienced them myself, no. I would not discount them as a possibility however.

[The Pixie by now has settled on Nagi's shoulder and pipes up.]

There are a lot of things humans don't get to really experience out there.

[lockwouldnt]

Yeah, I'm starting to learn that. A guy thinks he's only got a couple of supernatural weirdos hangin' around, but nope, it ends up being an entire army or two.

[He shakes his head, though he's quick to smile to indicate he's teasing.]

So... wishing wells. Actual thing for you guys, or should I just toss a coin and move on?

[conjecture_this]

What's a wishing well precisely?

[That does answer the question somewhat, yes?]

[lockwouldnt]

[It sure does!]

Uh.... [How does he explain something he grew up with?] It's basically a place to donate money. You drop a coin in the well, in this case, and you make a wish on it. Sometimes it comes true, sometimes it doesn't.

[conjecture_this]

Oh! It actually works?

[Or maybe it's something like faith that it will work? Nagi leans over the edge of the well, peering down into it quizzically. Meanwhile the Pixie has settled on the bucket of change, hefting a coin from it.]

Let's give it a try!

... What should we wish for though?

[For a moment the demon is silent. And then her grin turns distinctly mischievous, her voice taking a teasing lilt.]

Let's wish for luck in love.