fingersĀ tapĀ onĀ theĀ barĀ top,Ā theĀ faerie'sĀ headĀ tiltingĀ toĀ theĀ sideĀ asĀ sheĀ watchesĀ oneĀ dorothyĀ galeĀ spinĀ oneĀ tooĀ manyĀ times.Ā boredomĀ hasĀ noĀ trueĀ cure,Ā notĀ forĀ someoneĀ likeĀ fayeĀ āāĀ itĀ isĀ onlyĀ dormant,Ā waitingĀ toĀ comeĀ backĀ whenĀ herĀ latestĀ entertainmentĀ losesĀ it'sĀ novelty.Ā puddingĀ &Ā pieĀ helpsĀ littleĀ butĀ itĀ isĀ betterĀ thanĀ beingĀ surroundedĀ byĀ nothingĀ andĀ noĀ one.Ā andĀ whoĀ knows?Ā perhapsĀ theĀ opportunityĀ toĀ amuseĀ herselfĀ (Ā andĀ perhapsĀ makeĀ someoneĀ else'sĀ dayĀ lessĀ thanĀ idealĀ )Ā willĀ comeĀ onĀ aĀ silverĀ platter.
andĀ itĀ did.
hazelĀ eyesĀ focusĀ onĀ theĀ fable,Ā narrowedĀ inĀ bothĀ wanderĀ andĀ annoyance.Ā fayeĀ couldĀ notĀ giveĀ lessĀ ofĀ aĀ damnĀ aboutĀ theĀ deadĀ witchĀ āāĀ theyĀ barelyĀ giveĀ aĀ damnĀ aboutĀ peopleĀ whoseĀ nameĀ theyĀ doĀ notĀ forgetĀ onĀ aĀ dailyĀ basisĀ āāĀ butĀ thereĀ isĀ somethingĀ denseĀ aboutĀ suchĀ aĀ celebration,Ā notĀ becauseĀ dorothyĀ isĀ onlyĀ aĀ fewĀ stepsĀ awayĀ fromĀ dancingĀ onĀ theĀ witch'sĀ grave,Ā noĀ āāĀ whoĀ isĀ toĀ sayĀ beingĀ aĀ witchĀ isĀ why...Ā whoeverĀ herĀ nameĀ is,Ā isĀ dead?
fayeĀ smirks,Ā thoughĀ itĀ doesĀ notĀ quiteĀ reachĀ herĀ eyes.Ā "dingĀ dongĀ theĀ witchĀ isĀ dead,Ā yeah?"Ā aĀ scoff,Ā aĀ sipĀ onĀ herĀ drink.Ā furrowedĀ eyebrowsĀ paintĀ themselvesĀ onĀ faye'sĀ expressionĀ āāĀ aĀ partĀ toĀ play,Ā aĀ reactionĀ thatĀ isĀ plannedĀ moreĀ thanĀ genuine.Ā "everĀ thinkĀ thatĀ maybeĀ thereĀ isĀ aĀ possibilityĀ itĀ wasn'tĀ becauseĀ she'sĀ aĀ witch?Ā youĀ couldĀ beĀ theĀ nextĀ victimĀ forĀ allĀ weĀ know.Ā andĀ iĀ don'tĀ knowĀ aboutĀ youĀ butĀ iĀ likeĀ beingĀ alive."
" I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYONE IS SO FUSSY ABOUT , " dorothy voiced , but the words were spoken between shallow and bitter breaths , having just teetered off the stage from a particularly grim performance ( the town's happenings had left little room for pallet - soothing whimsy , but perhaps her audience could have done without her celebratory merriment about the witch's fate ) . taking the scarlet fingertip of a stain glove between her teeth , dorothy tugged the costume piece off her tawny limb before discarding it behind her on the bar top .
" āāā anyone in their right state of mind would be relieved . feel , , , safer . " it were almost as if dorothy were self soothing ( as she was one to talk about what defined a right state of mind ) , shifting her bite to show her opposing glove the same attentions she had gifted the first . then , swirling on the stool so she was facing bar side , dorothy collected her thick , loose hair and pulled it over her shoulder , beginning to anxiously thread it into a loose plait , only to run her fingers through it and start over .
over . and over . and over again .
her eyes find the occupant of the seat next to her , eyes like that of a sleepy pup's as painted lashes framed droopy lids . she was so tired , their features blurring , a yawn burning her throat that she didn't let surface .
" i think we should give whoever did it a proper thanking . "
a šš„šØš¬šš š¬ššš«ššš« for ššššššš šššš set at š©š®ššš¢š§š & š©š¢š the eve the news broke of the murder . ( @detr1tus , @gravemist , @lcgendaries , @einchants , @daydreambeliiever , @unyearning / @unforsworn )