Fantasy Witches and warlocks among us [main thread]

[Zeebruh]

Bernard Trevisan
Interaction: h2h0e
Bernard looked towards Laurel and noticed she was upset "Now I've gone and brought back something painful I'm sorry for that, should've remembered that's a loaded question." Looking to his cane then towards the highway "I guess it's only fair that I tell you how I started down the path of a warlock, it happened a long time ago so I only remember pieces of it. Witch hunts had been a regular thing in my village for years but it was mostly angry ignorant farmers who have no clue of what a real witch is, grabbing some innocent man or woman instead of investigating the orphanage which held multiple born witches and warlocks. A few men came to the village, it looked like they had markings of a church or organization on their clothes and they were talking with the farmers who headed the witch hunts. Apparently they actually knew how to spot a witch and were rounding up the villagers to conduct a purge. To save the children babushka told one of the older boys to take us into the woods to hide, but the men found us and we were forced to scatter for safety, I must have ran for hours before collapsing from exhaustion. When I woke I was in a hut lying next to a fireplace, it was there I met my master she raised me and eventually taught me magic."

 

[h2h0e]

Zeebruh
Laurel wiped away her tear. She had a pang of guilt upon listening to her story. She had been so hellbent on revenge that she hadn't thought about how the witches felt about the whole conflict. Focus on what you are here to do, her thoughts told her. She exited off the highway, and soon after, she turned onto a dirt road that lead to the camp where her squad was located. She parked the Suburban a little bit down the road, a campfire visible. She shut off the engine and turned to Bernard. "How are you gonna do this?"

 

[Zeebruh]

Bernard Trevisan
Interaction: h2h0e
"I thought you guys would have least pooled some cash together for an apartment, doesn't matter the seclusion makes this easier." He remarked looking into the woods. "How are you gonna do this?" Exiting the car and placing some materials on the hood of the suburban "Pretty much what I was about to do to you" looking over how much he has "But I wasn't prepared for 8 so I'm going to have to alter the effects a little." Bernard taps his cane into the ground causing it to glow and radiate a green energy, holding the cane above the materials they begin to float and follow the movement of the cane. He begins to move and mix the materials, and as they mingle their color and state changes from vibrant blue gasses to a brownish liquid until finally settling on a black sludge. As the sludge floats in front of him Bernard focuses on it and says "Месть летит на черных крыльях смертей" After he says this the sludge splits into seven separate pieces and morphs into little black birds the size of a thumb. With a snap of his fingers the birds flutter onto his shoulders and settle there. Holding a mason jar in his left hand Bernard looks towards Ashe "You can stay here if you want, it won't take long."

 

[h2h0e]

Zeebruh
Laurel got out of the car. "You can stay here if you want, it wont take long." She nodded. They were all probably passed out anyway. She felt bad about letting Bernard kill everyone, especially Butcher. Suddenly, she was having second thoughts. She didn't want to argue with her... master. That word felt weird. She didn't like it one bit. Laurel bit her lip. Even though Butcher was so important to her, she was willing to let him go. She wondered if he would be able to fight his way out of this one or not.

 

[Zeebruh]

Bernard Trevisan
Interaction: h2h0e
Receiving confirmation from Laurel, Bernard walks to the campsite humming quietly to himself. Upon reaching the edge of the camp Bernard looks over the figures around the fire in varying states of inebriation before resting his eyes upon the one who appears to be somewhat sober "I'm guessing you're Adam? If thats the case we can get started." With a sharp whistle the birds on Bernard's shoulders fly at the other 7 members and imbed theirselves into the hunters mingling with their bloodstreams, immediately the hunters began to writhe in agony but are unable to stand. Looking to Adam "If I had enough materials they would have died in half a minute but now it looks like they'll suffer for a few more. I was talking with Ashe earlier and it seems she was quite fond of you so I'll let your death be relatively painless." As he says this Bernard taps his cane on the mason jar he was holding turning it into a shimmering liquid "проколоть" instantly the liquid morphs into a thick shard of glass and flies towards Adams skull piercing it. A few minutes later after the last hunter has left this mortal coil Bernard takes the glass from Adam's skull and reforms it into a jar and uses his cane to extract the black sludge from the dead hunters "Don't want you showing up in an autopsy." Capping the jar Bernard walks back to Laurel "Well I think that about does it. Are you ready or is there something you want to do?"

 

[h2h0e]

Zeebruh
"They don't know me by Ashe..." That's what she wanted to say, but the words wouldn't leave her throat. Instead, "Lets go eat that pizza" came out. She got back in the car and turned it on, but not driving yet. She opened the pizza box and grabbed a slice, even thought she wasn't hungry anymore.

 

[Zachjoker]

After a few moments a burst of fire errupted from the portal and Valek flew out his power had returned partly anyway and he felt stronger then ever. It felt amazing to have his wings and his horns back he finally felt complete. He walked over to Orchid and pulled her in hugging her. "Thank you for this and don't worry i'm still the Valek you know and love. Nothing will change that im still here to serve you." He felt like with his power restored he could finally do a better job of watching over her then he had trapped in that human body. FireMaiden​

 

[Zeebruh]

Bernard Trevisan
Interaction: h2h0e
Realizing he hasn't had anything to eat today Bernard grabs a slice and digs into it happily, he tears off a piece and offers it to his rat "Don't think I forgot about you." Finshing his slice and cleaning his mouth "So Ms.Willows, what now?" He looks to Laurel any hint of reservation gone "I understand you put yourself into this situation for survival but I'm hardly the kind of person who's going to keep someone against their will. If you truly want to stay and learn from me then I'll accept you but if you wish to leave I won't stop you. So I'll ask again, what now?"

Spoiler: Bernie and Cheezers

 

[h2h0e]

Zeebruh
"So I'll ask again, what now?" Laurel looked at the sinking sun, leaning on the steering wheel. She couldn't go back to hunting witches, they would freak. Even if she tried to cover up, it would be an obvious lie, because she didn't get the warlock who did it. But becoming a witch was against her moral code, or so she thought. After hearing what Bernard had to say about becoming a witch, she was wondering if she made the right choice in this conflict. Maybe she did, or maybe not. Even though she was still reluctant to becoming a witch, she stood by her word to do whatever Bernard had asked, and he didn't seem all that bad. "I'll stay. I would like to learn more about you guys, instead of just killing you off for something that happened when I was a kid." She shifted the car into drive and headed back to Phantomhive Manor.