South

The southern part of the city has a chic family-oriented sort of charm to it. Here, small locally owned shops run rampant, neighbors often know each other by name, and the monthly socials are an event not to be missed. In the South, children can often be seen safely playing in the park or on sidewalks and in the weekends, families often take to the beach to enjoy the warm waters surrounding the city.

What You'll Find Here

Ascension Center of Equitation
Hyde Park
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
The Outskirts
The University of Sacrosanct

do not falter; the dark approaches


Posted on May 02, 2020 by Sorcha Northwoods
South
do not falter - the dark approaches

The day was winding down which meant I had a little more time to finish preparing a few of the salves and moisturizers I had been working on all day. They were merely refills for the ones I had sold but a common staple of my shop that seemed a best seller. It was the little bit of my essence that I fused within it which held in the moisture, evened complexions, and naturally allowed the body to replenish the youthfulness of the skin. It wasn't a cure all. I wasn't that skilled and I was pretty positive no witch had ever created a spell or potion that could make one youthful forever that didn't require some sort of counter, such as blood magic, sacrifice, or other darker arts. It was not an aspect I delved in, despite the manifestation of my shadow powers. Shadows were just absence of light and not necessarily born from evil though over the centuries they had been cast as it's leading role.

The bell above my door jingles as another customer enters. With the sun setting, it was coming time for me to close up shop for the evening and begin my trek home, but I would never turn down a customer. I remember those days when I sold my wares on the back of the Ark, desperate for any kind of currency. I remember when my last shop in the east had been ransacked, a warning from who knew, and I had been homeless and bereft again. Broke. The feeling of not being able to get a good meal on a hungry day. The feeling of struggling. I would never go back to that again. I had come so close to delving into areas that were better left hidden.... A darker side of me that desperation had called up.

No, my shop here was doing magnificently enough that I was considering a Now Hiring sign. I wasn't wealthy enough to pay a premium rate but there were plenty of young people in the city who wouldn't mind working at a shop for base minimum wage. It wasn't like this was some franchise and I didn't plan to be the over-the-shoulder boss. Selling was an art but I couldn't expect everyone to be as well versed as I was by now.

I wipe my hands down on an apron, remove it from my waist, then appear around the corner. Sorcha? I pause as my name is spoken, my emerald eyes falling on the girl before me and my brow scrunching in confusion. She was pretty and I could sense that she was not human, though not witch either, but her face was alien to me. "I'm sorry," I say as I step forward, offering an apologetic smile. "Have we met before?" I was sure my name wasn't on any signs and there were very few in the city that knew me, a side effect of my constant disappearances and lack of a social life.




witch - 30 years - healing touch/shadow immobilization
Sorcha
?dante

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