Coraline lazed about on the couch in the living area of the dorm room. Her feet were up on a pillow, and neck was on the arm of the chair. In her hands was a pouch, into which she set small amounts of each material she needed from the pile at her side, on the table.
”A pinch of epsom salt... one vial of crushed whale bone… Tear of a virgin, that one was easy... A lock of hair…” She stopped. She was missing a lock of hair. She looked into the mirror in the corner. Her own hair was quite short. Was she really willing to part with it?
No, better to find another way first. She could steal some from Brecken… No, she wasn’t sure that what he had even counted as hair. Nanya might oblige, but she shuddered to think of what the girl might want in return. She hadn’t quite figured her out, but she knew there was something odd about that girl. That left… Margo. Oh, shit, wait, Margo was perfect! She’d hardly notice a lock missing when she could change her shape on a whim. Floating up from her seat, she drifted across the room to the door of her dear friend, to pay her a visit.
She didn’t knock, she never did. It hadn’t lead to any uncomfortable situations… Yet. Her head poked through the walls of Margo’s room, and, in a singsong voice, she cooed. ”Margo, heeeey! How ‘ya doing? What’s up?” Came her voice as she floated in, attempting to butter the naive girl up before popping the question.
”A pinch of epsom salt... one vial of crushed whale bone… Tear of a virgin, that one was easy... A lock of hair…” She stopped. She was missing a lock of hair. She looked into the mirror in the corner. Her own hair was quite short. Was she really willing to part with it?
No, better to find another way first. She could steal some from Brecken… No, she wasn’t sure that what he had even counted as hair. Nanya might oblige, but she shuddered to think of what the girl might want in return. She hadn’t quite figured her out, but she knew there was something odd about that girl. That left… Margo. Oh, shit, wait, Margo was perfect! She’d hardly notice a lock missing when she could change her shape on a whim. Floating up from her seat, she drifted across the room to the door of her dear friend, to pay her a visit.
She didn’t knock, she never did. It hadn’t lead to any uncomfortable situations… Yet. Her head poked through the walls of Margo’s room, and, in a singsong voice, she cooed. ”Margo, heeeey! How ‘ya doing? What’s up?” Came her voice as she floated in, attempting to butter the naive girl up before popping the question.