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WHO: Ceana & Tully
WHEN: Tuesday afternoon
WHERE: Liam's shop
WHAT: Two creatures from the Old World

The hours Ceana spent doing nothing at home had been starting to grate on her, especially with the knowledge that the sea was so close but she couldn't return to it. She knew only that she had to fill her time with something so had started looking into the idea of getting a job.

Having never had one before in her long life, she wasn't exactly sure what she was good at and her 'job seeking' more more a quest to discover the sorts of things that humans did to pay their way. But she'd grown bored with that now and had started just browsing through shops.

When she walked into this latest one though, something felt different.

Tully was hiding behind the counter. It was safe there from customers and horrible people who insisted on buying the best things. It clearly looked better just where it was! What did they want it in their stinky house for? Stupid interfering Alastair.

So Tully was hiding, a bit. When the bell above the door rang, he peeked out to see who had come in, hoping it was Liam back from his errand. It was someone else though, someone who felt familiar-immortal. He jumped up and leaned over the counter, staring at her.

"You're Irish," he said, by way of greeting.

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-24 12:12 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Sometimes," Ceana agree with a little smile of her own greeting. "Well spotted." Her accent was American enough, just brushed with the Scottish and Irish that had made her. "And so are you."

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-24 12:21 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He narrowed his eyes slightly. "Yes. How did you know?" He looked her up and down suspiciously. "What do you want?"

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-24 12:26 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"You spoke," she reminded him and then frowned. "Are you not open?" she asked, looking around the shop. "I'm browsing. And my name is Ceana."

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-24 12:41 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Tully looked upwards, then down at the counter. "Oh. That. Yeah, I guess." He pointed at the sticker on his shirt, which read, Hello! My name is: TULLY!!!!!. "Nice to meet you... Ceana. Please feel free to look at shit. Stuff. Around. Here. I am happy-" he smiled widely, "-to help," he said, a little mechanically, reading it off a cue card he was trying to hide under the counter.

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-24 12:45 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Ceana's own smile was smaller but far more amused. "Do you actually work here, Tully?" She looked around the shop. "What do people do when they work in a store?"

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-24 12:56 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Tully snorted. "No, why the fuck would I work here?" he laughed, then glanced over his shoulder, hoping Alastair hadn't heard. Not that he really cared. "I'm minding it," he said with a shrug. "I think I'm supposed to sell you stuff. I dunno what half that crap is, to be honest." He went around the counter and then hoisted himself up to sit on it, slouching with his elbows on his knees. "So what're you then?"

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-24 01:00 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"I don't really have any money with me to buy things anyway," Ceana told him, following Tully over towards the counter. "Selkie," she said. "If you know what that is. And what are you?"

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-24 01:33 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Of course I bloody know. I'm a leprechaun." Tully rolled his eyes. "So where you gonna nick stuff then, if you don't have money?"

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-26 02:27 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"No, just looking," Ceana assured him. "My kind are more for having things stolen from them than for stealing." Then she asked, "do you really grant wishes?"

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-26 05:26 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Tully pulled a face of disgust at that and slouched more. "Ugh. Yes. I suppose. If I have to," he grumbled, rolling his eyes. "I hate doing it, it's tiring." He got a sly look on his face though, and smirked like a cat that got the cream, but didn't explain.

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-26 01:15 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Can you grant them for yourself?" Ceana asked with interest, leaning against the counter as she watched him. "Or convince people to make the wishes you want them to make?"

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-26 01:51 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"No I can't grant my own wishes, don't ya think I wouldn't be minding this shitty shop if I could?" Tully rolled his eyes again like she was the biggest idiot. "People wish what they wanna wish. I just... interpret it." Again he looked sly for a second, then narrowed his eyes at Ceana. "Wait, you're not plannin on doin anything stupid like tryna capture me, are you? You won't like it if you try'n force me to do things for you."

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-26 02:11 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Ceana smiled slowly, the expression mischievous. "I don't usually have to force men to do anything for me," she said. "I only have to ask."

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-26 02:24 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Yeh well, I'm not a man, I'm a leprechaun," Tully replied, looking haughty. "And that's not the way it works. I can't do wishes for people if they ask. You have to catch me or save my life."

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-26 02:33 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Well, I don't need or want any wishes," was Ceana's answer. The only thing she wished for, even a leprechaun couldn't give her. Then she looked curious. "But what's to stop me grabbing you right now? Are you stronger than a normal man?"

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-26 02:45 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Woulda though you'd know a thing or two about capturing a beastie. Can't just grab a fellow," Tully said. "I may not be stronger, but I'm smarter. All up here, see?" He tapped his temple with a smug look on his face.

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-26 02:47 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Ceana frowned and then reached out to try and snatch him. She didn't have any wishes or need any, but she was curious to see if she could now.

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-26 02:51 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Tully was off the counter and backing away in a flash. He could sure move if he wanted to. "Hey! What did I just say!" he said, looking annoyed. "Don't grab at people, it's rude!"

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-26 02:56 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Just checking," Ceana told him with a shrug and a tiny devious smile. "How else would I know you were really a leprechaun and not some charlatan?"

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-26 03:27 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Tully puffed out a breath and shook his head. "Why would I lie? You're not even spending any money." The real reason he hated granting wishes was because he was giving things to other people for free, things he could never give himself, and letting Liam catch him so they could try and make wishes for each other hadn't worked. Leprechauns were just immune to other leprechauns. He didn't actually know if it extended to other fairyfolk, but he didn't intend to test it.

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-26 03:51 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"I thought your kind always lied?" Ceana queried, cocking her head a little to the side. "I wouldn't know if you were even capable of telling the truth, really."

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-26 03:58 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"My kind? What about your kind! Deceptive seal skins lying around all disgusting and empty, and then you trick people into marrying you! Awful!" He pulled a face, then looked thoughtful. "So who's got your skin then? You sure wouldn't be walkin round here if you were free."

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-26 04:04 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Some mortal," Ceana said with an expression of annoyance and distaste. "He wants to prove that all of this-" she gestured between the two of them "-is true. He's not very smart though, so he won't succeed."

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-26 04:07 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Eugh. Why?" Tully didn't see the point, really. If people knew he was real, he'd have them chasing him around night and day trying to get wishes. Sounded awful.

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-26 04:14 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"He thinks it's important," Ceana sighed. "It won't work though. People won't ever believe in this side of the world, and that's fine with me. I don't want mortal men camping out at the ocean trying to kidnap him."

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-27 01:44 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Tully shrugged. "I sure ain't gonna help people believe in us." He shook his head and folded his arms, relaxing a bit while making sure he stayed out of arm's reach.

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-28 04:51 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Neither am I, obviously," Ceana reassured the leprechaun. "He trots me out sometimes, tells people what I am. But it doesn't do him any good." Ceana smiled with amusement at that. "A selkie on land is a human, so he can't prove a thing. He just looks mad to the rest of them."

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-28 05:43 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Well he is mad, tryna keep something like you captive and whatever else he's doing." Tully just didn't like the idea of captivity at all. "You want me to help you look for your skin?" And who knows, maybe he could kind something else worth stealing too, as a shiny bonus?

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[info]sealonging
2012-04-28 05:52 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"He's nice enough for a human, but I don't like being stuck here," Ceana pouted. At his question she brightened and smiled. "You'd do that?" she asked and then, suspicion creeping in, she added, "what would you get out of it?"

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[info]pot_o_gold
2012-04-28 06:06 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Tully shrugged and looked a little shifty. "Weeeell, you know, if there happens to be a shiny thing just lying about..." he suggested, picking up a trinket off a shelf.