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[The continuations of the Halloween Ball post with Gwendolen and Hotaru, and also the Marisa and her friends and Yuuko!]

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From:

stillnot2

Well, there're some dangerous people around here tonight, you see -

[Yuuko said with a winsome grin, and then took a photo of him with her Phone.]

- Since this is supposed to be a convention of witches, and we witches tend to be a dangerous lot, all things considered, after all!

[And then, she sent his photo to, along with some more text messages.]

...Done! Say, Garrin-kun - What do you think of eating some dinner with us while you wait? It'll be fun, I'm pretty sure...

From:

puellamagia.livejournal.com

"Well, true" [though most of the witches here seemed much more respactable looking than that shady lot Gwendolen was with back in their home world] "Ah, sure. I would not mind. That you for inviting me, miss Ichihara"

From:

stillnot2

OK, then, let's go!

[Yuuko said, and then, they all went to the Kitsune family's udon shop. Yuuko looked at the possibilities for a few seconds, and then fiddled with her Phone, sending some more messages. Yuuko then looked at the menu, wondering what Gwendolen would decide to do, and whether she would make it if she did try to come. Maybe the girl with the hat would come with her, if she did decide to come here...]

...Why don't you try our special curry udon set, sir? It comes with some pickles and a salad!

[The little fox boy said to Garrin with a smile.]

Edited Date: 2015-12-01 07:15 am (UTC)

From:

lilcharmedwitch.livejournal.com

[Garrin gave a bit of a start at that. He was still not used to the animal people in this world]
"Er, yes. Thank you, I would love to try it.] [he smiled politely. For those who knew Gwendolen, it seemed her twin was much nicer than she was]

From:

stillnot2

[Yuuko nodded at Garrin, thinking. What a nice boy - Was this one one of the ones who'd grown up in different world from Gwendolen?]

- So how come you didn't grow up with your twin sister, hmmm?

[She asked with a grin.]

[And in the meanwhile, the kitsune boy was asking the three other witches for their orders.]

From:

puellamagia.livejournal.com

[Garrin sighed and leaned his chin onto his hands on the table, looking thoughtful]
"Well we were seaparated since we were babies. I don't know how yet. I just know my parents, at least my adopteive parents as it turns out, found me abadoned in a feld as a baby. But I've always had dreams about my sister. like some kind of mind connection. And the other day I found a photograph of her and our brth arents. It was quite a shock, but I just knew...

From:

stillnot2

[Yuuko nodded at that.]

A photograph, huh?

[And then, their udon sets arrived!]

[Yuuko thanked the kitsune boy, but then paused as another set of possibilities passed through her mind.]

...It might be best to eat while we can, Garrin-kun...

[She commented, and then looked at Marisa and her friends.]

And you too, Marisa-chan, Alice-san, Patchouli-san.

Itadakimasu!

[And soon enough, a pair of witches came in through the door!]

...Why noodles? I don't remember giving permission for a noodle shop -

[One of the witches complained - And then, her mouth dropped open as she caught sight of Garrin!]

...What??? Oh, no - What is the Sacrifice doing here!?!?

[She hissed under her breath.]

From:

lilcharmedwitch.livejournal.com

[The other witch gaped as well] "And why is she suddenly dressed like a boy? "
"I don't know... " [the first witch checked a magic scan] "Wait a sec, this says she's actually still by the fountains. Which means that girl, or boy, isn't her."
"But I thought we made sure there were no other versions of her around?"
"We did. So this is odd. We'll have to investigate this"

From:

stillnot2

[Yuuko huffed at that, and then turned toward Garrin.]

...The Sacrifice? Oh, my, if that doesn't sound omnious...

[Aand that was when a version of Kagamine Rin and Len passed right outside the Udon shop's door, dressed as an halloween witch and warlock!]

[Yuuko grinned as she saw the witches eyes widen.]

- But - But but but, we made sure that no other version of Gwendolen Chant would be able to enter the grounds! The Lady even used a lock of hair she'd gotten when she'd first became her teacher -

[One of them gabbled. Yuuko snickered, then - Gwendolens, Gwendolens, so many Gwendolens. It really was confusing, no?]

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puellamagia.livejournal.com

"There must be some sort of explanation! Come on, lets go get them!"
"But, what about the Gwendolen boy right there? What do we about about her, him"

[Garrin has not noticed the other witches muttering about Gwendolen as he was too busy chatting it up with the three witches from Gensokyou]

From:

stillnot2

[Aand that was when a beautiful woman in a black cloak arrived on the scene!]

[The other witches looked at each other, and immediately came to attention.]

...Lady Lucia! We, we -

- Silence, you fools. This had better not have been a false alarm - I have better things to do with my time then catar to your idiocies, after all!

[The woman said briskly, and then gestured at the udon shop.]

...So this is the place?

[Garrin's mouth dropped open as he saw a woman peer into the udon shop. She was so beautiful! But then, he sighed a bit as he realized that though this woman was beautiful, she also had a mean and calculating look in her eyes.]

[And then, the woman's looked at Garrin, and her mouth dropped open, too]

...Eric Chant!? No, that can't be, there's no way he could be here -

[The woman muttered under her breath.]

Edited Date: 2015-12-15 05:26 am (UTC)

From:

puellamagia.livejournal.com

[Garrin stirred uncomfotably. This woman was familiar, he may have seen her though some of Gwendolen's memories he sometimes saw. And he had a bit of a bad feeling about her.
Marisa looked up and waved] "hey lady lucia!" [she knew she was an old friend of her mother's]

From:

stillnot2

[Lucia stared at Marisa for a moment, and then she coughed.]

...Oh! Miss Marisa, is that you?

[And then, she pasted a fake smile on her face. Lucia didn't get Merida, to be honest - How could such a powerful witch be so lovey-dovey with a mere mortal, or muggle, or whatever the magicless were called here, anyway?]

[And then way she went on and on about how she loved her dear daughter was - Ugh. Lucia hoped she'd be dead before she got that mushy-brained. She'd used to make fun of people who believed in "love", but not anymore - The truth of the matter was, "love" was this horrible, currupting, vile thing that ate people's sanity, and that was it.]

[Thank goodness she'd been able to avoid "love"'s curse, so far, Lucia thought, and then wondered why Gwendolen Chant's face had popped into her head. But never mind that for now.]

- It's so good to see you! Is your mother here, too?

[She hoped she wasn't, to be honest, buuut.]

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gensokyou.livejournal.com

[Marisa shrugged, tilting her hat back up] "Nah, she's out doin her own Halloween stuff. too bad" [Actually, Meridia had seemed fairly upset at the invitation one she found out who it was from. Did something happen between them?
Meridia had warned her daughter not to attend the ball and they had argued for a bit, but the older witch finally let up, knowing that Marisa had a right to experience witch gatherings. ] "So, you're the one hostin this shindig? Sweet!"

From:

stillnot2

[Lucia sweatdropped at that. Shindig? Sweet? Ewwww! The girl sounded like - like one of those pampered magicless school students or something!

[And then, she took a deep breath, and schooled her expressions.]

- Oh, that's too bad, but I'm glad you're here, of course, Miss Merida!

[She lied baldly, and then looked at the other people there, especially the male Gwendolen lookalike. Her eyes, however, slid right over Yuuko, who was daintly eating one of the chicken dumplings that came with the curry udon set.]

...Say, I have an idea - Why don't you and your friends all come with me to the dais, so you can see the ceremony properly?

[And then, she smiled at the young blond man.]

- And as for you, young man - Hmmm. Have you ever heard of somebody called Gwendolen Chant, by any chance? She looks a lot like you do, you see...

Edited Date: 2015-12-23 06:29 am (UTC)

From:

puellamagia.livejournal.com

(Garron brightened up at that and nodded urgently) " yes, she is my sister. I have been searching for her! Do you know where she is here? Ease tell me!

From:

stillnot2

[Lucia blinked for a moment at that, and then she smiled.]

...Why, of course!

[And then, she gave Garrina a languad smile.]

- Say, why don't you and your friends come over with me, to where the ceremony is taking place? Gwendolen is supposed to be there shortly, you see...

[And once she had the male Gwendolen lookalike, Merida's daughter, and all the people she assumed were their hanger-ons in one place, it would be much easier to keep an eye on them, she was pretty sure.]

[The only problem was if she could actually keep them under control, once they figured out what the ceremony was about, but she was pretty sure she had enough manpower to do that. Of course, it would be best if they didn't try to interfere at all, but...]

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lilcharmedwitch.livejournal.com

"yes, of course" [Garrin nodded again.]
"gounds good, ze!" [Marisa chirped, slurping up noodles rather sloppily]
[Alice and Patchoui were taring at Lucia cooly, sensing there was something suspicious about her. And that was saying something considering that Alice's mother was a demon goddess and Patchouli was best friends with a young vampire aristocrat]

From:

stillnot2

[Yuuko, in the meanwhile, had finished up her food, and was now paying the Fox Boy for the entire crew's dinner.]

- Thank you, Yuuko-san - And please do visit our humble establishment again!

[The young kitsune said with a smile and a bow. Yuuko bowed back with a grin, and then turned toward Lucia with a seemingly careless smile.]

...OK, then, Garrin-kun - Let's go!

[And then, she snickered at Lucia.]

- You wouldn't mind if I tag along too, right?

[Lucia, in the meanwhile, was twitching as she focused on Yuuko. Why hadn't she noticed that such a - a eye catching woman was in the shop earlier, anyway? She wasn't sure how powerful the black haired woman was, but her aura was nothing to scoff at. Was she using a "notice me not" spell or what?]

...Yes, yes, that's fine.

[She groaned eventually, and then turned her attention to Merida's daughter and her friends, sniggering a bit as she sensed that they didn't like her a bit. Oh, yes, this was more like it - She was used to people who didn't like her or feared her, after all.]

- And what about you, ladies? Are you coming too?

From:

puellamagia.livejournal.com

"[of course." [Garring nodded and stood up]
[Lucia looked at the other witches]"You sould come along. The ceremony shall be starting soon."
"Aw, all ready?" [Marisa strecthed] "Gee, I didn't get to make acqauntainces with that manyother witches yet! Swap magc info and all that"
"Info that you can steal?" [Patchouli huffed, sippong tea]
"not steal!" [marisa winked]"Borowin and adaptin!"

From:

stillnot2

[Lucia huffed at that, then. Borrowing and adapting, indeed! What about sticking to the tried and true methods, like a decent witch would? Those girls and their facinication with the new fangled...]

[And then, she twitched a bit, as she remembered a much younger Gwendolen happily going through the spellbooks Lucia had lent her and making up her own spells on the fly. Why did she keep do that? And more important, how? Those classes of spells had been entirely new to her at that point in her life, and yet...]

[Because it's fun, silly!]

[Merida's giggled in her memories, and Lucia shook her head, annoyed. Magic wasn't supposed to be fun, damn it...]

[...And maybe Gwendolen was just better at those things then she was.]

[Lucia shook her head, then - Like hell Gwendolen was better then her! Gwendolen had been nothing but a normal spoiled witch-child when Lucia first met her, even if her aura had been blazing like a tiny bonfire - ]

(Oh, come on, now, Lucia - You didn't ever think she'd actually succeed in stealing her brother's lives, right? Even if it was you that gave her the idea in the first place. She was only friggin' five years old, after all!)

[......But Gwendolen had lost control over those lives already, and yet......]

(And yet, Dear Gwennie, even now, has much more power then you ever had, or probably ever will. It's like you expected her to turn from a mountain into a molehill once she lost the boost to her powers, but all she did was turn into a much smaller mountain! Right, Lucia?)

[Lucia shook her head, then, irritably. It made no sense - The young Gwendolen she'd first met hadn't been that strong or powerful, she was sure of it! Why was she still so much stronger then Lucia herself was, anyway?]

(...She was only three years old when you first met her, silly Lucia. And she was only five when she succeeded in stealing away the extra lives of a potential future Chestromanci!)

[The voice in Lucia's head laughed.]

(And how many years had she managed to keep those extra lives under her control, again?)

[Lucia shook her head at the voice inside her mind, irritably. None of that would matter anymore, once the ritual succeeded.]

[...Right?]

[And so she shook her head, and smiled at Garrin and the others, beckoning them to follow her.]

...Very well, then, everybody - Follow me!

[And soon enough, they all came to the place the ceremony was supposed to take place.]

Edited Date: 2016-01-11 05:51 am (UTC)

From:

puellamagia.livejournal.com

[It waas a large elaborate spell cirnicle in the clearing of the forest. the witches were gathering about, most of the witches were excited, some bored, some suspicious. Lucia takes her seat with the other higher witches at the small stage in the front. Gwendolen is there as well, beaming proudly, still clad in her ornate gown and crown. Garin lets out a soft gas upon seeing her and tries to go to her, but there seemed to be a magic barrier holding him back

From:

moon11

[Hotaru, in the meanwhile, was sighing as she looked at Gwendolen from the other side of yet another magical barrier. She was still dressed in her Halloween Witch outfit, and her wand was in her hands as she fiddled with it. Hmmm, OK, so it was a low powered toy, but it still could be used as a real magical wand if neccesary, it seemed...]

...Gwendolen-san - Are you really sure that just doing what they say is a good idea?

[Hotaru said, as she gestured at all the other witches and other people looking at them.]

- This feels awfully fishy, if you get my meaning...

From:

lilcharmedwitch.livejournal.com

"Shut up!" [Gwendolen hisses at her in annoyance] "You are just lucky that I convinced them not to turn you into something! Now you leave me alone until I have use for you!"

[Patchouli and Alice were frowning at the big spell circle on the ground, recognizing it as a dark magic one that involved a high level demon] "This can not be good..."