#dreaming

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The spear tears into the Witch's shoulder as the witch turns, but no blood!

"Baba Yaga on a Cake " the woman hisses, "Let me guess, Sparkles sent you! You're horning in on MY terrain.."

Alexis just snarls, encouraging her own blood-lust to rise, and closes the distance to strike with the ice.

"SHIT!" The Witch's eyes widen in panic at sight of the ice , she weaves back and flings something into the redcap's face...flowers? No, poppies.

For a moment, the redcap yawns, feeling really really tired.... then she rallies! She got made to dance earlier. This time? NO.

And she stabs forward with the ice...

Alexis knows how to shiv someone, and while the ice is slippery, and uncomfortable in her hand, she wields it just find and gets her cut into the belly o the witch. Turns out that's all that was needed. Much like how just one bucket of H20 killed one in a movie, one ice spike is enough here as the Witch of the Witch screams in pain and begins to smoke from the hole in her mid section "who told you it was winterwater? who told you? Oh.." Gasping "whoever thought a scar faced tramp like you could ever destroy a magical being like meeee..." Evaporating, her last words are "whataworld whatworldis this copyright?" sszzzz

Alexis stands over the puddle of clothing, breathing heavy and frankly, a little disappointed. "So. That's it?"

"well-tick" Klok says slowing down time to normal as he had sped her up some "I suppose it-tok is... but Toto is still ticktock running out there chased by tick Tok apes."

And a bubble appears, small at first, but growing larger in the room

The redcap stomps over to the window and looks out for the little dog, too.

"HELP!" Toto calls out as a winged Ape has finally caught him.

The bubble is now in the tower manifesting into her 'employer' and looks about "well well well" She takes a drag on her wand and lets sparkling smoke fly "Ice huh?"

Alexis chomps on the ice still in her hand as a bunk to hopscotch to the ape and dog.

That yanks them through the open window. The Winged Ape slams to the ground, drops Toto, and looks up to see the 'Fairy Mobmother' taking her rival's broom from a wall

He eyes the green smoke and then says "Uhm.. does your division have dental?"

Alexis pops him one and grabs the dog.

Toto says "Oh thank Dog, I thought I was going to... oh, you got her!" his tail wags

"Yeah, whatever." She tucks the dog under one arm.

"Hey, Sparkles. We good?"

"Yeah,, one more to go" She says "And I let you off the hook" Sparkles smirks "Or did you forget? There were four, you landed on one, so three of us... you just took down another, so now..two. I want to be THE Crimelord of Oz. Remember? "

Sparkling smoke is blown into Alexis face

She snarls. "Yeah." Flatly. "I remember. I'll remember just -fine-!" She spits out that last word, a warning, a threat.

"You're a good girl" Puff puff "Bit snappy,, but I can work with snappy, more accurately, I can put snappy to work. " She eyes Wingless, snorts, then Klok, then looks at Toto ..the last with distaste "I see you got yourself some helpers. Probably smart, but watch the dog. He's an asshole. Now, you're heading south and taking out that 'antebellum bitch' for me. I want miss glitter twang regretting she ever left her double wide broom."

A wide and humorless grin. "Vengence and malice cost extra."

"You trying to hit me up for extra?" the not so nice witch of the North snorts "How do you feel about doing the Macarena for a week?"

Wingless gulps and is now searching for something...probably the wand

" 'Bout the same as you'd feel doing a dirt nap after." Casually. Bored, even.

"Dog, you know how to get to this bitch in the south?"

"I do," Toto says

"FIne fine," The ambitious fairy god mobster says "What the hell do you want for 'extra'?"

"Mmmmm...." A gravelly rumble, thinking.

Then her expression goes still, and serious.

She puts the dog down. "You guys, take a hike. We're gonna chat alone."

Her eyes never leave the glitter-witch.

Klok heads out immediately

Perhaps the old fart really does have the tick tock wisdom of the elders.

Wingless however says 'But I need to find that THING" he says , meaning the wand that grants wings

Perhaps shy about talking about it in front of glitter witch

"Fine. Find it elsewhere, or later. Get."

Toto nips at Wingless heels "Don't ruin a good thing. move." And they two depart.

"Well? " the Witch asks when the door is closed

"You got any say or vision in the Autumn World? Like, can you see mortals and find 'em and stuff?"

"An' what about Fae?"

"I got balls" She says and then clarifies "Crystal balls. Who you wanting to snoop on?"

Alexis looks down, thinking so hard she frowns. "See. I don't really trust you, right? So that makes sharing hard. But...."

"There's a kid. Don't know if he's mortal or Fae or whatever. He'd be 15, I think."

"Yeah?" She says "And you want to know where he is... maybe see for yourself so I don't get the same peek? " She holds out her left hand, then with right waves her wand over it. A crystal ball with a apple and worm logo etched in it appears it that left hand and it swirls . A familar figure starts to form..

The redcap's attention is totally riveted, and she crosses to stare hard.

Holy crap, it's hard to see but... then it mists over "Ah ha... scrying's for winners, Dorothy 2. O. You get your peek AND sent hom with the stupid dog AFTER Drawl bitch is dead. Not before. Got it?"