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Elphaba isn't the wicked witch you're looking for (tothewesternsky) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2012-01-30 22:29:00

Entry tags:

claudia donovan, elphaba

Who: Claudia and Elphie
What: Meeting and showing Caludia around town a bit.
When: Not long after this
Where: Starting outside the complex, then around Lawrence
Warnings: Shouldn't be too high

This place certainly had quite the effect on Elphaba. Despite her current state of being blackmailed, having both herself and Galinda being watched, here she was reaching out to a new arrival. She still didn't understand herself with this new need for reaching out to people, but she'd credit that to Galinda and Elena's influence. Well, and Bonnie and Caroline when they had been there before. It really did seem that in the times when she was so close to closing herself off again and not letting anyone in, someone came along to make sure that didn't happen. Bonnie had done that when Jack had been sent back home. Galinda and Elena had done that when Bonnie had been sent back home. And now in the wake of Elena being sent back to her world, here she was actively reaching out to someone new. Perhaps it was also due to the fact she was getting so absolutely paranoid knowing she was being watched, and she just wanted to do something that seemed normal and mundane. So, she would do this and try to forget about being watched. Let Moriarty's men watch her, she wouldn't act any differently than normal. Though inwardly she'd want to constantly look over her shoulder, but she couldn't give off the feeling that she was in trouble or scared. Not now.

So doing her best to steel herself against those feelings, she changed her clothes, put her hair into a braid, then cast the degreen spell. Grabbing her coat, she told Galinda she was going out for a while to show one of the new arrivals around the city a bit. She walked over to the complex, sliding her hands into the pockets of her jacket. She could feel the eyes on her, and she knew that even without the green skin, Moriarty's men knew who she was. So she just kept herself in check and walked as though she didn't know they were there. No reason to tip anyone off that she needed to be watched closer than she all ready was.

When she arrived at the complex, she waited outside the door, looking up at the building. She'd been there so rarely, it always gave her pause to know how many displaced people lived there. And she had no doubt in her mind that they would form a lynch mob against her when it was revealed she was the one that was shielding Moriarty from detection by magic. She knew it wasn't her fault. Had she not helped the man, she'd currently be in jail and Galinda would probably be dead, or worse. But that didn't mean she wasn't trying to find some way out of it. She just needed to be very careful in doing so. Finding a loop hole wouldn't be easy, she knew that. But for now, she was going to be good, and she was going to potentially make a new friend. Which was still a strange concept to the witch. Even in the year she'd been here and the friends she'd made, it still amazed her when she was treated nicely by people and grew to be their friend.

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knocknockclauds
2012-02-02 06:10 pm UTC (link)

Claudia was still kind of confused on this whole Kansas: The Apocalypse thing, but she was just trying to go with what she was given and so far, she was doing all right. She had a place to stay for the time being until she could figure out a way to get home, if it was possible, though she was being told that it wasn't, so she wasn't putting too much stock into it. But Claudia was never one to entirely loose hope, either.

She was glad to have someone coming to show her around, though. The only places she knew at this point were the coffee shop she'd found when she first arrived and the complex, so this little tour that she was going to being going on would be a good way to start off her time in Kansas. She was at least sure of that.

She walked out the front doors of the building to find a very not-green Elphaba waiting for her. She smiled as she jumped off the last step and extended her hand for a shake, "Claudia, in the flesh! Nice to officially meet you."

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tothewesternsky
2012-02-03 01:31 am UTC (link)

When Claudia came out of the complex, Elphaba turned her attention to the other girl, returning the smile. Smiling, thankfully, came to her more naturally these days. And at least she had something to focus on now other than the eyes she felt on her back. She extended her hand, shaking Claudia's.

"Hello Claudia, it's nice to meet you in person." The question of whether or not Claudia was ready was obvious and went without saying. "Is there anything you'd particularly like to know where it is? Or shall we just go wherever the sidewalk takes us? And if you even say follow the Yellowbrick Road, I may hit you. Fair warning." Elphaba had to chuckle a little. Wizard of Oz jokes didn't sit well with her, for obvious reasons, but there were occasions when she did find them funny, if for no other reason than to poke fun at that stupid story that wasn't even true to begin with.

Before heading somewhere, she'd wait for Claudia's response. After all, there was a lot to see in Lawrence. Though sometimes the whole having plenty to do was very much lacking here. This was Kansas after all.