#shadowedstaff

“Heya, chickadee!”

Whether she likes it or not Douxie sweeps her up in a hug by the very nature of being taller giving her a tight squeeze as he spins round the once and sets her back down gently on her feet with a wide grin. Utterly shameless as ever but what can he say? He’d got rather attached to the idea of having a kid sister in the magical arts, could almost say one of the few good things to come out the whole Camelot 2.0 mess.

This was also an unexpected visit but then when you can throw up portals and skip across half the country in a blink it was hardly too surprising it was open to surprise gatecrashing a (Somehow eve more) ratty apartment though at least the time zones were a little more in their favour except when horrible mistakes were made in the middle of the night... It’s happened more than once with phone calls but he’d been lucky so far otherwise.

// THIS IS THE STORY OF A GIRL

WHO CRIED A RIVER AND DROWNED THE WHOLE WORLD

I’M THE GIRL

“Yeah, that would be me. You were with Douxie that night, right? Claire? And don’t worry, I don’t bite, kid.” Zoe just smiles lightly, leaning causally back into her chair. “Most of the time, anyways. I take it you’re the budding witch he’s told me about, and I have no doubt he sent you my way, huh? He’s got his hands too full as always.”

“Well, back when I got into magic in general, it was just called that. Magic. And it was forbidden in most places. Had a...rough few early years. That’s beside the point. I was a little scared of my magic at first. Magic varies person to person, mine is really tied to my emotions and that used to be a bit of an issue. But there’s all aspects to hedge wizardry, from using runes, to wands and staffs and potions and charms, there’s a whole world of magic to explore. And that’s arguably the best part about all of this, I’d say. I’ve dabbled in a little bit of everything, it’s the best way to figure out what you’re good at.”

Zoe shrugs, and then laughs a little sheepishly. “Sorry, rambling on aren’t I. There’s just so much, y’know?” Zoe casually inspects her nails, looking a bit like she’s holding back from talking on.

“Hey now, what could be more magical than saying up yours to the system, chickadee? Mean lets face it I jumped on the breaking convention circuit the minute I went from scrounging round the streets to living in a bloody castle when I was a teenager as an apprentice so what’s a few more, liking the punk lifestyle shoulda been the first giveaway in this day n age.”

and a new way to get back at merlin, sending his naive trollhunters to die at her feet, again and again. oh, how the current trollhunter could never know that she is bound beneath his silly little knight's feet as they seek to destroy gunmar - only a pawn in her plans anyway.