pajama fashion

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Patrick has been hiding his toys again. (And, annoyingly, his siblings' toys as well.) For Jenny, this means that once her siblings fall asleep, she gets to spend the next hour hunting around for all the places he may have stuck something. Her latest find is Anne's stuffed unicorn, which was for some reason shoved under the bathroom sink. She doesn't need to wake her sister up for it, but she can at least go put it outside her door.

Except that when she leaves the bathroom, she's not in the hallway. She's in what appears to be a large, brightly lit bar. None of these things apply to her hallway. She feels rather out of place; t-shirt, pajama pants and stuffed unicorn are not exactly magic bar attire. (She thinks.)

As far as Jenny knows, there's only one person in her immediate vicinity who associates with magic. This doesn't seem like Soph's style, but it also doesn't seem particularly threatening. From Soph's explanations, evil magic is pretty up front about being evil. "I replaced your hallway with a restaurant" does not scream evil to her, it's just weird.

She ventures inside a few steps. "Soph? Soooooph, is this you?"

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[lexicality]

When the door has closed behind Jenny, it opens again. In wanders a yawning girl in fleecy pajamas.

"Um. What."

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"I don't know!" Jenny says. "I thought maybe my friend Soph did it, buuut you are definitely not Soph!"

[lexicality]

"Your friend Soph puts bars in hallways?"

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"Wellll no. But she is the only witch I know! And I don't know why someone I don't know would do magic at me."

[lexicality]

"...Okay, I admit this looks pretty magic, but you know of other magic, also?"

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"A little? Soph hasn't really shown me much. She turned a seashell into a cool magic knife for her sister? Ooooh! And magic glitter! There was lots of magic glitter."

[lexicality]

"That's a silly thing to do with magic."

[bright_and_beautiful]

"The glitter or the knife? The glitter was silly, yes, but that was sorta the point! Her sister really likes the knife though, it's easy to hide and it works on vampires." She grimaces. "And yeeeeah, vampires are apparently a thing, that was part of Soph's welcome to magic speech dealie."

[lexicality]

"I meant the glitter. Vampires? Like, bloodsucking creatures of the night?"

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"As far as I know! I have never met one and I am really okay with that. I will happily leave them to Bella and her knife."

[lexicality]

"Yeah, makes sense, I don't know anything about vampires but I wouldn't like to meet one. My sister's named Bella but she probably wouldn't like to meet one either."

[bright_and_beautiful]

"I feel like most people probably agree that we should avoid the evil bloodsucking demons!"

[lexicality]

"Then most people are pretty sensible. Why a knife? Aren't you supposed to use silver bullets? Is that werewolves?"

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A moment after the door closes behind her, it opens again. There is a pause, and then a confused soprano voice says, "Did you do this, and if so, why?"

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"I totally did not do this! Do you know Soph? I thought it might be her, buuut sorta just 'cause she's the only magicky person I know. Soph? Sooooph?"

[feyfortune]

"...I don't know Soph, who's Soph--are you a mortal?"

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"Er. Yes?" Jenny looks at herself. Ratty pajamas, worn stuffed animal, seriously intense bedhead. "Are there immortals that look this goofy, really?" Then she processes implications and takes a nervous step backwards. "Does this mean you are a vampire, not a human? I have a crucifix! I'll use it!"

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"...I'm a fairy. And I've looked that goofy plenty." And then, deciding that if someone didn't want an ungulate wandering around their weird...tables...area...they shouldn't have replaced a stable with it and not warned anyone, she opens the door and leads her unicorn inside.

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"Holy God in Heaven that's a unicorn!" Jenny shrieks in entirely unabashed excitement.

[feyfortune]

"Oh, yeah, you don't have those in the mortal world, do you? Her name's Penguin."

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Trivial concerns like "my hallway was turned into an interdimensional bar occupied by an immortal fairy" are summarily ignored in favor of the actual real life unicorn. "Oh my gosh, she's so pretty!" Jenny sizes up the unicorn. Years of managing eager siblings around potentially unfriendly pets manage to somehow overcome her enthusiasm and actually enforce safety habits. "Can I pet her...? Is that okay?"

[feyfortune]

"Oh, yeah, she's super friendly, I'm nowhere near risk-conscious enough to make a cranky primary mount a good idea."

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Jenny moves gingerly towards the unicorn, almost afraid the unicorn will vanish when she touches it. But no vanishing occurs. "Soooo soft," she hums happily. "Yes, you're a good girl, aren't you, Penguin? Such a pretty girl." Then to the woman with a laugh, she adds, "...why Penguin?"

[feyfortune]

"Because of her markings."

Penguin is mostly black with a white throat and belly and a golden horn.

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This seems undignified to Jenny, but she doesn't say anything to that effect. What if she's asked to stop petting Penguin?!

"I get it!" she says instead. "How old is she? Where did you find her? Can anyone find a unicorn? What other markings are there? She's so prettyyyy."