"More than you'd think," said Shirley. She looked behind her and crouched down to peer through one of the little square windows. "But we keep it hush hush like you'd imagine." Her little ears twitched on the sides of her head. "Someone's commin'."
"That'll be Vidia," sighed JW. Oh, thank goodness.
"Oh, good, Iv'e been meanin' to talk to her about a recipe. You can't catch that girl no easier than you can catch a breeze in a basket."
"Don't I know it." JW rested his hands on Ginko's shoulders...but soon couldn't help himself. One drifted up to play with his long furry ears. "Maybe she'll let you keep this part."
His ears flicked and he glanced toward the door when Vidia's imminent arrival was announced. Okay, good, the sooner this was dealt with the better. Then JW could stop worrying and he could stop trying to force himself not to worry.
Then his ears flicked again when JW started messing with them. He glanced behind himself again with a snort. "I'm pretty sure I stick out enough already, thanks."
Shirley lifted a brow and looked between them. Some things she knew and other things she didn't. Hmmmmmm. JW, meanwhile, was oblivious and just kept playing with Ginko's donkey ears, making them flop forward to cover parts of his face.
"We'll get you a straw hat. No one will ever know."
A truck door slammed and Vidia's light footfalls could be heard before she knocked on the door.
Shirley, being a thoughtful behemoth of a werewolf, shuffled out of the way so that the door could open. Vidia didn't wait to be invited in, she was a witch, she belonged everywhere.
"Alright, alright, let's see how bad things have gotten." She put down her message bag and looked between the three creatures, easily dwarfed by all of them. "I've seen worse. Not fallen down any more stairs, have we?"
"I'm pretty sure they'll notice if I start wearing a hat all the time."
Ginko was just about as oblivious as JW, but the sounds of Vidia's arrival caught his attention, and his ears gave a sudden, surprised flick.
"Ah-- hey. That's good to hear." His tail swished back and forth and his shoulders lifted a little as he glanced sheepishly toward JW. "No, uh. Not recently."
"No they won't," JW insisted. But then it was time for him to shut up because help had finally arrived.
Vidia marched up to Ginko and reached for his face without hesitation. She spread his remaining eye open and had a good look, then she grabbed his chin and forced his mouth open.
"A good horse," she said. "I'll take him."
Shirley nearly keeled over and destroyed the coffee table from laughing so hard.
He held carefully still as she examined him, obediently opening his mouth. He didn't know how this worked, so all he could do was assume that she knew what she was--
--really. Ginko's nose scrunched up in vague irritation and he made a noise that was probably intended as some kind of objection.
"Like hell you will," barked JW. Vidia laughed but JW's tight little frown remained.
The witch's brows furrowed as she thought. She eyed the man's hoof hands, the make of the spell, and made a few disappointed humming sounds.
"The solution could be very very easy. Or it could not be."
"That's real helpful." JW slumped and finally stopped playing with Ginko's ears.
"I've been using those woods for years and I've never run into anything like this," said Shirley. Her own little ears perked forward.
"You are smart," said Vidia simply. "You must pay the faeries--a token. Just what, though, can be tricky to suss out. It could be something simple as a saucer of milk or as complicated as a little chair made out of cut sapphires."
Ginko kind of resented the implications of that bit about being smart, but he kept his complaints to himself. He didn't have much room to talk, given the circumstances.
"How do we figure out what it is?" He doubted it would be as simple as asking them what to do.
"Trial and error," Vidia said with a grim little frown. "I do not think it is permanent. Fey are fickle. They get bored easily."
"I've got a whole junk drawer we can bring." JW spoke up. "Odds, ends, a lot of metal. They love metal but we have to be careful.."
Vidia and JW shared a shudder, a memory of an adventure that had taken place before Ginko even came into the picture.
"I have some old jewelry," said Shirley suddenly. Vidia actually gave a little jump, having forgotten the giant werewolf was there looming behind her and taking everything in. She let out a deep, gruff laugh before continuing. "A lot left over from when my daughter moved out and some of my own, from here and there, swaps, you know that. No silver of course."
"Of course," said JW. "Thank you." He turned to Ginko, feeling dumb now that he was slowly coming down from his high. He guessed it really wasn't that big of a deal that he couldn't drive them to the witch's trailer. They wouldn't have had Shirley's input. And...well...who knows if the stress from the drive would have made things even more difficult for poor Ginko. "How are you feeling?"
"Right. Of course." Of course it would be trial and error. He supposed it was good to hear that this likely wouldn't last, but he couldn't bring himself to be all that optimistic about how quickly the effects might go away.
So, trial and error it was.
"Yeah - thanks, both of you, for helping with this." He answered JW's question with a lopsided shrug. "Alright, I guess, considering what's going on. The, uh... hooves ache a little, but that's about it."
He rubbed at the back of his neck, frowning at the prickle of fur progressing toward his back.
Shirley and Vida bid them farewell but not so farewell that Vidia wouldn't be too far in case things got out of hand. Or out of hoof, depending on how things went. Shirley was quick to shift back into a shape that would fit through the door and return with a big walmart bag full of old costume jewelry of varying quality. She also left the pair a couple of turkey sandwiches and gave JW a stern look before leaving.
JW furrowed his brow and sorted through some of the jewelry, occasionally sticking himself on sharp back pieces of earrings and clasps.
"I don't know how she expects you to eat that," he grumbled about the sandwich. Either Shirley was onto him enough to know that he wouldn't mind holding the sandwich for Ginko or she was trying to pressure him into eating both of them. "We need to hurry before I end up having to ride you back to the tree."
"Well, it was a nice gesture, anyway." He leaned over to look into the bag, then up at JW again. "So we're heading out right away, then? No other... preparations or anything."
He just wanted to be totally sure before they accidentally ended up wasting valuale time.
"What else is there?" It came out as a snap--but JW quickly reined himself in. "Sorry, Clover. I guess I'm still more freaked out than I thought I was...do you think we should do something else--WATER! We'll need water!"
He clapped a hand to the side of his head before just pinching the bridge of his nose. That was stupid. Water. Were they going to have time to sit and drink water?
Havoc's tail waved slowly by his ankles as he paused in his snack to really take in the new Ginko. You could tell by just looking at his face that he was trying to come up with some shitty pun to spit at him.
"Amazing." He took a big bite of the cookie and thought harder. "Man." Crumbs decorated Ginko's shoulder. "I'm really losin' my edge. I can't think of nothin' you probably haven't already heard in the past hour."
"Sorry it's so difficult for you." He reached up to brush the crumbs off. "But, no, probably not."
It was slowly occurring to him that this might have been the stupidest thing that had ever happened to him. Ginko sighed and started to go to sit back down on the couch, but, considering his current situation, thought better of it. He'd just sit down on the floor, then. Good enough.
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"That'll be Vidia," sighed JW. Oh, thank goodness.
"Oh, good, Iv'e been meanin' to talk to her about a recipe. You can't catch that girl no easier than you can catch a breeze in a basket."
"Don't I know it." JW rested his hands on Ginko's shoulders...but soon couldn't help himself. One drifted up to play with his long furry ears. "Maybe she'll let you keep this part."
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His ears flicked and he glanced toward the door when Vidia's imminent arrival was announced. Okay, good, the sooner this was dealt with the better. Then JW could stop worrying and he could stop trying to force himself not to worry.
Then his ears flicked again when JW started messing with them. He glanced behind himself again with a snort. "I'm pretty sure I stick out enough already, thanks."
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"We'll get you a straw hat. No one will ever know."
A truck door slammed and Vidia's light footfalls could be heard before she knocked on the door.
Shirley, being a thoughtful behemoth of a werewolf, shuffled out of the way so that the door could open. Vidia didn't wait to be invited in, she was a witch, she belonged everywhere.
"Alright, alright, let's see how bad things have gotten." She put down her message bag and looked between the three creatures, easily dwarfed by all of them. "I've seen worse. Not fallen down any more stairs, have we?"
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Ginko was just about as oblivious as JW, but the sounds of Vidia's arrival caught his attention, and his ears gave a sudden, surprised flick.
"Ah-- hey. That's good to hear." His tail swished back and forth and his shoulders lifted a little as he glanced sheepishly toward JW. "No, uh. Not recently."
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Vidia marched up to Ginko and reached for his face without hesitation. She spread his remaining eye open and had a good look, then she grabbed his chin and forced his mouth open.
"A good horse," she said. "I'll take him."
Shirley nearly keeled over and destroyed the coffee table from laughing so hard.
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--really. Ginko's nose scrunched up in vague irritation and he made a noise that was probably intended as some kind of objection.
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The witch's brows furrowed as she thought. She eyed the man's hoof hands, the make of the spell, and made a few disappointed humming sounds.
"The solution could be very very easy. Or it could not be."
"That's real helpful." JW slumped and finally stopped playing with Ginko's ears.
"I've been using those woods for years and I've never run into anything like this," said Shirley. Her own little ears perked forward.
"You are smart," said Vidia simply. "You must pay the faeries--a token. Just what, though, can be tricky to suss out. It could be something simple as a saucer of milk or as complicated as a little chair made out of cut sapphires."
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"How do we figure out what it is?" He doubted it would be as simple as asking them what to do.
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"I've got a whole junk drawer we can bring." JW spoke up. "Odds, ends, a lot of metal. They love metal but we have to be careful.."
Vidia and JW shared a shudder, a memory of an adventure that had taken place before Ginko even came into the picture.
"I have some old jewelry," said Shirley suddenly. Vidia actually gave a little jump, having forgotten the giant werewolf was there looming behind her and taking everything in. She let out a deep, gruff laugh before continuing. "A lot left over from when my daughter moved out and some of my own, from here and there, swaps, you know that. No silver of course."
"Of course," said JW. "Thank you." He turned to Ginko, feeling dumb now that he was slowly coming down from his high. He guessed it really wasn't that big of a deal that he couldn't drive them to the witch's trailer. They wouldn't have had Shirley's input. And...well...who knows if the stress from the drive would have made things even more difficult for poor Ginko. "How are you feeling?"
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So, trial and error it was.
"Yeah - thanks, both of you, for helping with this." He answered JW's question with a lopsided shrug. "Alright, I guess, considering what's going on. The, uh... hooves ache a little, but that's about it."
He rubbed at the back of his neck, frowning at the prickle of fur progressing toward his back.
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JW furrowed his brow and sorted through some of the jewelry, occasionally sticking himself on sharp back pieces of earrings and clasps.
"I don't know how she expects you to eat that," he grumbled about the sandwich. Either Shirley was onto him enough to know that he wouldn't mind holding the sandwich for Ginko or she was trying to pressure him into eating both of them. "We need to hurry before I end up having to ride you back to the tree."
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He just wanted to be totally sure before they accidentally ended up wasting valuale time.
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He clapped a hand to the side of his head before just pinching the bridge of his nose. That was stupid. Water. Were they going to have time to sit and drink water?
"The attic? Should we look in the attic?"
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Ginko glanced in the general direction of the attic in question. "Maybe? Is there more jewelry we could grab up there?"
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He stared warily at the ceiling.
"I'd have to leave you down here alone though..."
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"I'll be fine. Nothing's gonna happen that wouldn't anyway, right?"
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He turned back to Ginko and threw his arms around him in an awkward but still genuine hug. It was time to A S C E N D.
And once Ginko was alone, naturally, Trouble came around.
Trouble meaning a tiny winged man in a smart suit with a big mouth.
"Haha hooooly shit! Featherbrain wasn't kidding!" Havoc alighted on his shoulder with half a cookie clutched in his horrible little hands.
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...Aaaand here came Havoc. Ginko sighed and raised an eyebrow at him. "Hey. Yeah, no, he wasn't."
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"Amazing." He took a big bite of the cookie and thought harder. "Man." Crumbs decorated Ginko's shoulder. "I'm really losin' my edge. I can't think of nothin' you probably haven't already heard in the past hour."
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It was slowly occurring to him that this might have been the stupidest thing that had ever happened to him. Ginko sighed and started to go to sit back down on the couch, but, considering his current situation, thought better of it. He'd just sit down on the floor, then. Good enough.
"This is completely ridiculous."
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"Aw, what, you're just gonna SIT? Why don't you go outside and, I dunno, eat some grass!"
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"Is this really all you could be doing right now?"
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He leaned a hand against the side of Ginko's head and leaned around to get a better look at his single eye.
"Let's bond."
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He frowned at Havoc. One of his furry ears twitched.
"And how, exactly, do you want to go about that?"
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Here, he gave Ginko his biggest grin and the tip of his tail twitched innocently back and forth.
"You know he didn't take you out in the woods to just look at butterflies."
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