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[Action -> Written on the 18th]

[After a conversation with Buffy, Katie's on the hunt. This week, anywhere between the 14th to the 18th, she's looking for a man with red skin who may or may not be incredibly old (by her own thoughts on the matter) but she's reliably informed he might be able to help her.

That's not gonna work out so well, mind. But such is life. On the 18th, she hunts through town as a kitten, because by this time she's getting too much attention. That, and asking fellow cats for possible directions is less attention-getting when you're a cat yourself. 8|

In the end, though, she has no luck. So loathe as she is to use her journal, she tries asking outright on the journals; written and hopefully as anonymous as possible.]

[Written]

Dear John with the red skin,

Can I have my magic back, please?

[Seems legit.]

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[18th / sometime after Vash and John's replies.

Raine is keeping an eye out for signs of Katie--if not heading right out to the beach to find her-- because the very suspicious behavior she noticed earlier in the week combined with the strange and outright blatant messages here warrants a little talk.

And maybe some bakery-snagged muffins for ammunition.

A person looking for John in order to get something back usually only means one thing, after all. If she can't find the girl--kitten or otherwise, though she may be girl, considering the message--, she'll resort to using a message, herself. For now though, she'd rather keep the attempts in person.]

[If she looks in the library, that's where Katie will be, at one of the back tables and kicking her feet in frustration. Vash got on her nerves, and John...

She's sort of slouched there with her chin in her hands and looking like she's been grounded for a month for no good reason.]

[She makes a few other stops, before venturing inside the library. She doesn't expect to find Katie here, though she at least means to ask anyone inside if they've seen -

and then she spots the girl herself, and is saved the trouble. Imagine that.

It doesn't take her long to cross the room toward her. Although her echoes are more than likely to herald her arrival before she does. Oops. At least the water isn't very high today - it quietly is, but Raine has more concerns.]

Katie. [A gentle tone, with some firmness behind it. An unspoken lets talk, sliding down to sit near her.]

[It's definitely hard to miss Raine's arrival, as Katie's scowl down at her kicking feet turns into a softer frown at the water that suddenly flows across the carpet. She glances up a half second before Raine speaks, and then ducks her head back down immediately.]

What?

[That's rude.]

Is something wrong?

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I think you know the answer to that. [But she's not being very pushy. A little adult-like, but that can't be helped.]

I know lots of answers. I study very hard, you know. I'm not sure which one you want.

Why don't we start with why you're not sitting down here in the library?

Don't people come to libraries to read?

[There is, in fact, a book next to her on the table. It's about vampires.]

I wasn't asking about what other people do.

Oh. What were you talking about then?

[Hi I'm a small child and I'm being difficult.]

I was talking about what would not bring a certain very curious girl who doesn't ask suspicious questions here. [She's calm, as usual, taking note of the book and title--it could mean just about anything, but with Katie one had to be careful.]

Oh. Well, it certainly wouldn't be vampires. Is what were you talking about a suspicious question?

It's a part of it all, isn't it? You haven't been completely yourself for some time now. Since... the spring.

I am never completely myself. It's not any fun to be just one person, after all.

There's something you're missing.

There's lots of things I'm missing.

[And she looks startled, because that's close to an admission. And Katie looks back down at her feet.]

Things that you can't talk about?

Always.

[There's a significant pause, before she continues.] And there's... John. You'll be in the tunnels, when he's finished. Tired, and very woozy.

[That gets her pulling back, looking startled.] The tunnels? Why the tunnels?

That's where he lives.

[...oh. That's rather nervewracking.]

Does he make house calls?

No house calls or exceptions.

[...is that really the only way she can get her magic back? Katie looks visibly upset now, staring back down at her feet.]

Then I suppose I will have to make the best of it and go there.

He'll... bring you there when he's ready. It's the when-you-come-back that I'm concerned about.

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