Editing Thessaly the Witch

'''Thessaly Gray'''

I've lived in Seattle all my life, though my parents are originally from LA. My mom, Jen, is an art teacher at Sols, and my dad, Martin, runs a downton rock club, Wreck. I have a half-brother, Evan (my dad's son by his first wife). He's a troublemaker, to put it charitably. Uncharitably, he's a dick and a moron. I also have a little sister, Rain. She's still in Elementary school, but she's damned smart for her age.

As for my school, it's ok. It's full of some real stuck up assholes though. When I first came here, I tried to make friends with one of the popular girls, but she brushed me off. I think she didn't like that I didn't flatter her endlessly and act submissive. I may not be a preppy princess, but having a parent involved in the music scene got me a small yet strong group of friends and admirers at school. Besotted guys and girls alike make me mixtapes, and I rarely have to use my own lunch money. One of the shy girls has started dyeing her hair like mine. It's kinda sweet and flattering. A few of the jocks have started calling us dykes though.

My friends & I, we spend our free time hanging out behind the dorms, talking about music, judging all the sad, sorry suckers that mill around the campus, occasionally plotting to sneak off into the city for gigs. Most of us are in the Mercury dorm, so it's easy to arrange our little pilgrimages in privacy. I also spend a lot of evenings just hanging out with my best friend, Luca, in his room. Well, I did, but not for a while. Things have been kinda awkward since we spent the night together.

Since I've been spending more time alone in my own room, I've been reading a lot more. I've gotten quite into stuff about the occult. It's intriguing how you can do magical things by applying your will in particular ways. I've been trying some of it out, and it seems to actually work! I've taken things from people, small things like hair, handwritten notes, and make-up, and used them in rituals to spy on them from my room. It's fascinating to see how people behave when they think nobody is watching. This new power is very, very exciting. I'm keeping it to myself for now, but I am wondering if there's anyone else around here who is like me.

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Skin - Witch
Look - Coy, deep eyes
Origin - Awoken
Stats - Hot 0 (with my +1), Cold +1, Volatile -1, Dark +1
Moves - Sympathetic Tokens, Hex-Casting (Wither, Watching)

'''Strings'''

"One of the others caught you rummaging through their friend's stuff, but kept quiet. They get a string on you."
Cameron. I was sneaking up behind him & Caleb as they were walking into class, trying to slip Caleb's wallet out of his pocket, when Cameron turned his head and spotted me. I drew my hand back in a flash as they stopped suddenly, and I don't think Caleb noticed anything amiss, but I think Cameron saw a guilty look on my face. I tried to breeze over it by flirting with him, then dashing off for class. I really hope he doesn't say anything about it to anyone.

'''Sympathetic tokens'''

Jenny's hair, taken from her hairbrush when I asked to borrow it just before a class.

Veronika's bracelet. It fell off during an outdoor dodgeball game at the school Sports Day, and I surreptitiously picked it up out of the grass and pocketed it.