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Fisher (tenth_life) wrote in light_of_may, @ 2012-02-10 21:13:00

Do you believe in magic?
Who: Allegra and “Penny”
Where: Many Paths
When: Afternoon



Oh, Gretel thought. Oh this…this could work.

All around her were possibilities. They lined up like freshly minted soldier on the shelves. They napped studiously between the books’ pages. They curled up in the jars and tubes. They hung neatly wrapped in pretty bushels. They dozed in the unlit candles. Dozens upon dozens, rows upon rows, heaps upon heaps—oh, it was Christmas morning. In August.

Ah, bliss.

“Hey, it says this stuff has grape alcohol. Is that even legal?”

Ah…reality.

Smile welded into place, Penny Chess turned to her companions. “Jenna, it’s not, like, real alcohol. I think. It’s probably like the stuff they put in perfume and stuff. Here, let me see.” She plucked the rubbed-capped vial out of the other girl’s hand. Agrimony Spagyric Tincture announced the clean little label. It was a handy weed, especially when one considered the glamor of its diuretic properties. She knew a number of witches who’d swear by its effectiveness against toxicity and hemorrhage.

Of course, they were witches of a wholly other hue. Gretel herself has previously used with significantly less protective dealings in mind.

“I think it’s for bladder glitches.” She crinkled her nose. “Ew.”