where: Gilded Ink who: @gildedxink

Roan knocked at the door of the tattoo parlour. The sign clearly said "closed", but he could sense the other witch's mind inside the building, and he had hoped to be with them alone when he asked for his tattoo.

"Patrick, go see if you can get their attention," he told his raven, who quickly took flight and started picking at every window until he could get Monty's or Max's attention. In the mean time, Roan thought over how he was going to explain what he needed. He had a piece of paper with the runes for the tattoo, but if Max knew anything about blessing runes, they would wonder why he wanted to burn a protective spell into his skin. Would he tell them he was being paranoid, or hunted, or simply thought the runes looked cool? He didn't have time to decide before the witch showed up by the door.

"Hey, Max, sorry to bother you outside of your business hours. I- would you spare me a moment of your time? It's important," he started and then, his expression turning compassionate, added, "I should have come by back in autumn, I was truly devastated to hear about your parents' passing."