After many long months of masquerading as a (not very good, but improving, I think) art teacher, I eventually identified five proto-fae and helped them find mentors who could be there for them as they found their way in the restrictive Realm that was their home, at least for the nonce.
I did not relish pretending to be human for all that time. I was able to get away for a weekend here and there. But I still had to disguise my skin, so as to avoid the Svart Alfar prejudices so many exhibit even in more openminded Realms.
Eventually, I found myself just off the ferry at White Owl Island.
Eventually, I found myself just off the ferry at White Owl Island. I don’t know what came over me: I suppose the proper-ish art teacher façade was too much and I needed to go far in the opposite direction. Taking the glamour off my skin in between Seattle and the Island just wasn’t going to happen: I barely managed the ears and clothes.
Of course, I’d barely got to the end of the pier before I started having second thoughts.
Of course, I’d barely got to the end of the pier before I started having second thoughts. Sure, I know the place only looks so pretty and proper. And sure, I know I’m certainly worthy of living in a place like this: I don’t need to be in some scruffy backwater just to prove I’m a badass.
But then I realised, as I turned toward the Sound from high above the beach, where I really wanted to be.
But then I realised, as I turned toward the Sound from high above the beach, where I really wanted to be.
So, fuck it: I slept on the boardwalk and vowed to go no further onto the Island itself.
Instead, at first light, I hired a rowboat and went across to the other island.
All things considered, it was nice to put the Island behind me and the Forest ahead of me.
All things considered, it was nice to put the Island behind me and the Forest ahead of me. I’m not really dressed to go having lunch in a coffee shop peppered with yummy fae mummies and their spawn, nor do I wish to play let’s pretend with Queen Gwyneth, who apparently likes being a simple little bookseller here. Or something.
Yes, and in the distance? That’s one house I won’t be visiting even if I’m back on the Island.
Yes, and in the distance? That’s one house I won’t be visiting even if I’m back on the Island someday. Might be sooner rather than later: they’re having some kind of shindig for Lughnasadh this week, and the DJ sounds kind of hot.
I felt better, turning my back on the whole thing.
I felt better, turning my back on the whole thing.
And the farther I made my way into the forest, the better I felt.
Eventually, I came upon a circle of vardos.
Eventually, I came upon a circle of vardos. Of course there’d be a Romani camp in here somewhere. Perhaps my luck was changing.
Then again, there didn’t seem to be anybody home.
Then again, there didn’t seem to be anybody home. Not that you’d be able to tell if they were. Romani can hear you coming from miles around, they say. And if they don’t want to be found, well, fuck you.
I decided patience was the best way to proceed.
I decided patience was the best way to proceed. After all, they’d have to come out, or come home, sometime, wouldn’t they?
Wouldn’t they?
Wouldn’t they? I settled in to wait.
What? This *is* my patient face.
What? This is my patient face.
Style Card:
Body: Maitreya
Head: Catwa, Catya Bento Mesh Head
Hair: .Shi, Octavia
Eyes: Mesange, Arum Eyes (Available NOW at Hipster Men Event!)
Ears: Lumae, Leevi Long Ears
Skin: Lumae, Ella Apoc (Catwa Applier) (Available NOW at The Indie Teepee!)
Leggings & Tank: Death Row Designs, Wasteland Leggings, Wasteland Torn Tank (Available NOW at The Indie Teepee!)
Necklace: .Shi, Evra Pendant
Wings: Evolved Creatures, Fae Bento Wings
Shoes: Death Row Designs, Dirty Combats (Available NOW at The Indie Teepee!)
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Spiffy photos taken with the indispensible aid of my LumiPro. I’d never try and make The Amazing Catwoman look patient without it!
