“You’re the Gemini witches,” Marla explains which isn’t so unusual–Marla is R’s go to for explaining witchy politics that Patrick, as a vampire, will simply never understand–except for how she’s looking at R the way one might upon seeing a cabbage on a library shelf amongst various books. Confused, yes, but also strangely alarmed.
After a beat of silence, R confirms, “Yes, Zim and I are Gemini witches,” because that’s all she can think to say. In fact, Marla was the one to provide the term: R and her nephew have access to a larger pool of magic than any single witch might have otherwise, but they have to share it. R’s ability came to her late in life, because she was only ever able to use it after Zim activated it last year.
“No, no,” Marla says, “you’re the Gemini witches,” she repeats putting emphasis on ‘the’, “which means you have a seat on the council.”
Now it’s R’s turn to stare in confusion.
“What council?”
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Given the sheer size and variety of the country, there is no real way to govern all of the supernatural world while still keeping it a secret. In a way, the supernatural world is a bit of a frontier: lawless in some places, bits and pieces of territory claimed by those powerful and charismatic enough to maintain it. The company that R works for is one of the largest organization of supernatural beings in the country and they only number around sixty or so.
That being said, there are some efforts at creating governance, though mostly like sticks to like. While vampires and witches and werewolves and all the other creatures may no longer be at war, they are, at most, allies in a time of peace. Not a single nation, but many, only cooperating so long as it benefits all.
For the witches there is yet more variety. Different cultures of magic demanding different mindsets and morals. Where vampires and werewolves are tied together by their biology, witches are ultimately still human. What makes them different is what they can do, what they choose to do.
A witch can be as much a criminal as a normal human, but where a normal would need a gun or a bomb to cause destruction, all a witch needs is their magic and the desire to do so.
And so, the witches’ council, or one of them at least, which tries to bring order in a world without it.
And as the strongest Gemini witches in the country, R and Zim have a seat on the council.
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A/N: Realized it was approaching midnight, nowhere near done on any of the many DoS ficlets in progress (so many prompts!) so I had to mash this out real quick.
I’m unsure if I’ll be able to write anything tomorrow, actually, I’ve got some family stuff. I may do a cross post if need be.
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