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 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:51 pm
"Oh, back that way." She pointed a thumb over her shoulder. "I don't think I'm too far off course really, the houses here are sort of the same style."
She smiled encouragingly: "Do you want to go see if we can find your home? Or at least find a street that seems familiar."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:56 pm
The dark-haired girl thought about this for a moment. "Are you sure? They don't like guests very much... and it's a long way away. I wouldn't want you to get scared." Gal hesitated. "I could walk you home instead if you'd like." She wasn't really afraid of being out alone, lost or not.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:01 pm
"No way, I can't just let you wander around lost and alone, you know." Maddy was far too into saving the other girl to be deterred by now. And seriously, how awful would she feel if she just left Galleai to her own? She seemed a bit too detached from the world to make it home safely on her own - Maddy got lost often and had experience, not to mention a cute smile and doe eyes that'd make anyone cave in and give them directions.
Not that it was much use, apparently, but hopefully Galleai would remember a street or a house that looked familiar and they could find the right way. Besides, she had her jacket, right? Might freeze to death without it.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:08 pm
Maddy's cute smile and doe eyes were just the sort of thing that the twins were attracted to in a victim. Galleai, of course, didn't actually know this. But she did know that she was still part of the coven, even if Nicola didn't really want her anymore. So if they did find the house, at least the butterfly-girl would be safe with her.
"Alright." Galleai said, nodding. "So... that way then, I think?" It could possibly be meant as a comment but ended up sounding like a question.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:11 pm
"Alright!" Maddy said with considerably more enthusiasm, taking the other girl's hand and leading her down the street.
"You know, you could totally borrow a pair of socks from me too, you're gonna lose your toes if you keep on like that." She rambled as they made onto another street.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:20 pm
Maddy's hands were warm. That was the first thing Galleai noticed. The coven's skin was always cold. Galleai marveled at this fact and it took a moment for her to register the girl's second offer. "Socks? Oh, no, thats okay. Really. But thank you." She said bumpily as she was pulled along behind the enthusiastic girl.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:22 pm
"You sure? Because I saw this documentary once where this skiing party had gotten in an accident and gotten all frostbitten and lost their toes. It was awful." She didn't mention that she'd had nightmares for weeks after that documentary and that her mom had officially forbidden her from watching Discovery channel again without supervision.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:27 pm
Toes falling off? "I... okay." Galleai consented. Maddy seemed so convinced that something terrible would happen if she didn't put on something warmer. "I guess next time I go out I should wear more clothing." She didn't know where this warmer clothing would come from, but she was sure she could find something.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:43 pm
"You should." Maddy nodded again as she let go of Galleai's hand and sat down on the steps leading up to one of the houses here. They'd gotten a few streets further, and the butterfly girl quickly took off her shoes to get a pair of socks for Gal.
"Not that your clothes aren't pretty or anything. They really are." She paused in her tugging to throw an admiring look at the aforementioned outfit. "They're just more suited for summer, yeah?"
"Aha!" She cried triumphantly, holding out a pair of thick woolen socks to the other girl. They were the thickest she had, but they still might not be thick enough, Maddy considered thoughtfully.
"Here," she said, taking off another pair to give to the girl - not as thick as the first, but still thick enough to be warm, "take these too, okay?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:03 pm
Donning the proferred socks, Galleai glanced at the other girl. "You're very generous." She said, and then all of a sudden it hit her. "Cabbages." She muttered under her breath. And then, as if she'd said nothing, "I hope your feet dont freeze because of me."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:09 pm
Maddy had missed the whisper and went on obliviously; "Nah, Mom always frets too much and makes me wear a ton more than I need." Which wasn't entirely the truth, because she did actually freeze very easily - but there was no reason for the other girl to worry when she had even less clothes on than Maddy.
She did her laces again and got up from the stone-step. "Ready again?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:17 pm
Nodding, Galleai stood up and shyly held her hand out to Maddy. She liked holding the other girl's hand. It was warm and oddly comforting. "Yes, I'm ready."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:19 pm
"Alrighty!" Clasping their hands with a grin, Maddy set off once again.
"So.." She said a few streets later, looking around at the houses that were becoming more and more scarce as they went on. "Anything look familiar yet?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:26 pm
There was a streetlight with one lamp out. Galleai pointed at it. "There. I turned at that one." One of the streets leading away from the light was dark and roughly paved. Ominous looking, and in the distance a faint light could be seen. "Down there, I think." She squinted into the darkness and nodded. "Yes. Down there."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:40 pm
Her enthusiasm dampened considerably at the sight of the scary-looking road, but Maddy wasn't about to give up now. With a shaky smile and an unconscious squeeze of the other girl's hand, she started down the road.
"You know, you should ask your, um, coven to teach you the phone number, just in case. I'm sure they have one." She added, still not entirely sure what a coven was, but sure that anyone and anything living in this day and age had a phone, even if it was rarely used.
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