Gemini Bookstore

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"Likewise, Brandon." She replied, giving him a grin before waving once more at the shelf. "Come, I'll help you find the book you're actually looking for."

[☣ EMᕈRESS SERΔ ☣, Supreme Mod of Overcomplicated Projects]

He felt a little bad that she'd figured out he was lying, but...she seemed really nice and not bothered by it at all, so he was grateful. "Thank you..."

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Diana gave him a nod before going over to the shelf, putting her hands behind her back as she looked it over.

[☣ EMᕈRESS SERΔ ☣, Supreme Mod of Overcomplicated Projects]

Brandon put the book she'd given him back in the empty space on the shelf. Then he scanned the other books in the same category, looking for the one by the author he was searching for.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Diana just looked them over, since she had no idea who the author was.

[☣ EMᕈRESS SERΔ ☣, Supreme Mod of Overcomplicated Projects]

A moment or two later, Brandon finally spotted it on one of the higher shelves and pulled it down to make sure that was the one he wanted.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Diana reached out to get abother book from the shelf as well, turning it over so that she could see the cover.

[☣ EMᕈRESS SERΔ ☣, Supreme Mod of Overcomplicated Projects]

"I think this is it..." Brandon said once he had read through the whole inside flap. He supposed that she would want to know since she had tried to help him previously.

--End--

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

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Tahlia's usual spot was the worn velvet chair at the back of the shop. She usually read a thick book as she waited for someone to enter the store.

But today, she sat on a stool at the front of the store behind the counter.
She was gazing at the blue rose plant absentmindedly, thinking about everything that had been happening lately.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

It took a while for Constantine to finally find the bookstore, but he eventually did. But in his defense, he hadn't known where it was... or that it existed in the first place. Had it not been for Diana, who had apparently gone to the place a few times, he wouldn't have found it.

His first impression of the bookstore was that it was huge- far too huge for someone who just wanted to go in and quickly grab a book... unless he had a group of people helping him find it. Which he didn't. So he ran a hand through his fair and just browsed the volumes and labels, bored out of his bloody mind.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

There was a thud from back in the store and Tahlia realized that someone had come in at some point without her realizing. She stood and shook her short hair out of her eyes before going to locate the person.

When she saw him, her eye brows raised slightly. Then a flash of a blind vision hit her. It was rather strong, but as usual she saw nothing. When her sight returned, she spoke.
"Hm, hm, can... can I help you?" She asked, a little shaky at first.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"Yes, I think you can." He said, finally stepping away from the shelves and looking over at her. "Do you have any books on dark magic?"

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Tahlia nodded, rubbing her hands together. "Do you have a specific kind to narrow it down?"

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"Illusions." He replied, although he was surprised that they would willingly hand them over to him. "These are legitimate, right?"

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Tahlia thought for a moment. "depends. Are you a student? A proffessor? Or just a traveller? Because students were prohibited from anything other that information. I can't give out spell books."

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"A professor." He said simply, leaving it at that.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

"Can you prove it?" Tahlia said, figuring it was simple enough for a student to claim they were something else.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Constantine gave her a look before pulling out his wallet, taking his teacher I.D. out and handing it over to her.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

"They're giving out I.D. cards now? Fancy. You could have just told me your name," she read the name on the card, "John. I have a list."
She winked before handing it back to him. "Upstairs. Follow me."

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

John raised an eyebrow at the wink, but followed her nonetheless. Om his way there, he studied the... employee, for lack of better word. He didn't know her name, and he certainly didn't know what her position was. "Perhaps I just like to show off my seemingly perfect photo to people."

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Tahlia snorted. "Well they say confidence is important. So good for you."
She went up the wooden stair case, leading towards the advancedmagic texts.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"Does it help that I'm British?" He asked, smirking a bit as he followed. "I've heard that girls like an accent. Do you?"

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Tahlia rolled her eyes, continuing forward. "That's where you're mistaken. You see, I'm a woman. And I bite."
They walked past a few shelves before turning and going towards a door at the end of the aisle.
"What type of illusions were you going for? I assume it's deep stuff if it's dark magic."

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"So do I. I'm glad we've got that dealt with, Love." He replied easily, not one to stop at that. "The darkest you can find." He replied, because what he felt at the dance.. it was pretty strong.

((I dont think he told her about illusions haha. Just dark magic. ))

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

((He did. She asked him to be more specific. He said illusions.))

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

((Ahh. Okay))

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

((It was a while back so it's okay.))

She would have responded to his first comment but the second one caught her off guard a little.
"You're going to have to tell me why if I'm even going to consider giving you something like that."

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

((Okay))

Constantine rolled his eyes, because he didn't like explaining things. "Its for a class."

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

"I've met a lot of the students over the years and the darkest I can find seems like over kill," Tahlia said, crossing her arms.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"I know what I'm doing." He replied, mimicking the crossed arms thing.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Tahlia narrowed her eyes at him. "Get permission from the headmistress," she said seriously. "Or you'll get a basic book."

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"Is the Headmistress's permission all you need?" He asked, narrowing his eyes at her.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

"Just because I have them doesn't mean I like to give them out willy-nilly. I'm a collector- not a dark magic enthusiast that is ready to start another massive world destruction. So if you can get her permission and tell me why you need it, then I will consider it," Tahlia said, her eyes flashing gold.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"I'll do only one of those things, and thats all youll have to deal with because I need it for my job, and discretion is crucial." He replied, pulling out the permission he'd been given my the Headmistress himself. He was cocky, but not an idiot.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Tahlia scowled at the permission form.

"Look, John. I was being civil before. But you need to understand that I don't trust anyone from that school- you included. They got us into a big mess last time. So hate me for being cautious but your life was not destroyed like the people that lived here before.

"If something is so important that you are playing with dark forces, you better make sure that you're not the only one who knows about it. And you can bet on your british accent that I'll be bringing this to the Rep. And if that isn't enough, you'll have the entire Wisk Falls Pack to answer to. Got it?"

((The Representative is [will be] the one who deals with affairs between the town and the school now. Kind of like the mayor.
Wish Falls Pack is the hierarchy of werewolves/ shifters in the surrounding area obviously))

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"I'm not the only one, And the headmistress knows about it all. She authorized my research- even praised me a tad for it." He replied. "So unless you want to annoy her, I suggest you hand it over now. I'll even pay extra for it."

((A-okay 👍👍))

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

"Right, because I was oblivious to her permission slip," Tahlia said sarcastically. "I don't have a problem with White. The lady is good, like the last one. That doesn't mean that everything should be kept a secret when more than one thing is at stake," She finished, making her point known. "Remember then I said confidence was important? So is caution. And I can tell you already, I sense something bad in your future."

Tahlia never told anyone about her feelings- the ones she got from her blind visions, except Lacie anyways.
She put her palm to the door which, very obviously now, had no handle and no lock.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Constantine just narrowed his eyes at her, trying to see through her little... tip, if one can call it that. He knew there was nothing but bad in his future- he was John- Freaking- Constantine. So he wasn't disturbed in the least, because he already knew.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Tahlia's nails changed then into sharper, more deadly claws. She traces a secret pattern into the wood.

A glow emanated from the edges of the door until it was almost to bright to see. And just like that, the door was gone. An opening led into a room that was decievingly large as well.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Constantine looked at the door, or rather... well, opening there. Then he looked at Tahlia's claws, frowning a little.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Her hand returned to normal as she look at him. "Problem?"

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Constantine rolled his ryes and waved her foward, just wanting his book already.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

"You know, you're very rude for someone that wants something from me," Tahlia said.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"I wasn't rude until you were." He replied, shrugging.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

She just looked at him. "Then you must have assumed that what I was saying was meant to be anything other than straight forward. I'm blunt, not rude.
Sorry I'm Not falling at your feet," Tahlia commented before entering the room.

"Don't touch anything."

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Constantine just raised his hands, looking around as he stepped inside.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Everytging was organized just so. Tgere was a desk in the corner with a little lamp that hummed to life as Tahlia approached.

"Let's see," she said, looking through the note book that was illuminated by the light.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Constantine raised an eyebrow at the room, turning around in a small circle. He was no book geek, but even he knew this was impressive.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Tahlia knew the general book that she wanted and went over to where she knew it would be.
There were multiple dark magic texts but the one she wanted wasn't there.
"Maybe..." She said to herself as she wondered if she moved it.
If she had it would be written in the notebook.
She went down the list, not remembering when she last looked in the dark magic section. It was a surprise when she got to the last entry and there it was. Beside the title was her signature but there was no borrow or location.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"What is it?" Constantine asked finally, when she was done reading the book and he still didn't have his book in hand.