A Shift is Change
Katie decided to make her way to Joey's in the afternoon. She arrived and started cawing loudly to get Joey's attention before landing on a window sill and shifting back into her human form.
"Hey Joey"
"Morning" It was obvious he hadn't slept well, but the mask he had shown Jay and Katie sat finished on the desk.
"I have food and it's like, four. Not morning" She gave Joey some jerky, having a bit left in her pack after the trip to Ezra's place.
"Thanks...anyone else get murdered last night?"
"A mafia died from the serial killer, the feral was going to be hung but jumped off a cliff, and Weast died" Katie gave Blue some raw venison as he was being a good boy, staying with Joey all night and day as well as being a good emotional support dog.
"Did you say one of those murdering fucks bit it?"
"Yup"
"Who was it?"
"It was Kirsten. Dark cutting curse, bled out slowly"
"Wait......Amelia's own family?" Katie nods at Joey's question.
"That's..." Joey clenches his fists, his knuckles turning white,"At least she died in a way she deserved."
"Oh, by the way, if we stop by Ezra's place, don't mention Weast, it was brutal. They used a mind wipe curse on Weast then sacrificed her to the god of death, ritually, not pretty."
"Shit"
"Yeah"
"Poor Ez. Maybe now she'll see why those fucks have to die"
"Yeah, El and I went over and told her, I gave them jerky, learned Ezra's past, and both of them almost cried because neither of them have had jerky in years"
"I mean, I went the equivalent of 28 years without food, so I can relate"
"I lived in a forest my entire life, deer is my life, with the occasional bear"
"There was a scary Russian lady in the fog, we called her the huntress, sometimes she'd hunt survivors wearing an actual near head. She was actually one of the less psycho ones, at least she didn't make them suffer"
"I never trusted myself with a bear shift. Too much can make a skinwalker go mad. So...where we headed boss?"
"Dunno, I'm goin to Amelia's grave"
"I gave you a ride last time, it's your turn," Katie shifted into her raven form and lands on Joey's shoulder. Joey chuckled and shook his head fondly.
"You know, you're pushing it. Let's go" Katie nodded and cawed in agreement. As the two go closer to the graveyard, Katie flew off and came back with some wild flowers before shifting human and placing them by Amelia's grave.
"Here you go Amelia, some fresh flowers"
"Sup Amy, I dunno if you prefer me to call you that, but you're kind of dead, so I can't ask"
"It's cold, I think she might be here"
"I'm making new friends......we're going to avenge you" Katie stepped towards Joey and placed a hand on his shoulder before adding onto his statement.
"One by one" The two stood there in silence before Katie took a step back.
"C'mon Joey" Katie said softly, then shifting into a deer.
"Alright" Joey hopped on and the two made their way to Jay's shop. They arrived, Katie shifted back for the moment, and went inside, not seeing Jay yet.
"Jay? Ya here?" Katie looked around the shop before shifting into the raven and flying up into the rafters.
'I'm gonna scare the shit out of Jay' Jay came down into the shop with a fake smile on her face before Katie jumped down from the rafters as a human, landing softly.
"Hey~" Jay took a sharp intake of breath and her whole body flinched, which nearly sent her off-balance.
"God Almighty-. Why must you keep doing that" Katie snickered.
"The reactions are funny" A hint of a real smile on Jay's face showed she wasn't actually mad.
"It is not" Katie put a finger up.
"Just a little. Joey was here, don't know where he disappeared off to. Okay then...off to Narnia I go"
"Oh well, I'm sure he's around here somewhere. I'll see you later then" Jay waved goodbye to Katie as she shifted into a raven and took off towards Ezra's house. She peaked on the window and cawed to let Ezra know she was there. Katie saw Ezra quickly get up from the table she was sitting at to come over and open the window.
"Hello Katie!" Katie shifted into her human form, still sitting on the window sill.
"Sup"
"You can sit somewhere else ya know, there are plenty of chairs around"
"Yeah, but the window is comfy" With that comment, Katie got up and moved to an actual chair near the table. Ezra smiles and sits back down in her chair at the table, most likely to continue working on what looked like a sketch of someone.
"So, have you talked to anyone recently?"
"Gave Joey food, flowers for Amelia, scared Jay......that's about it"
"Is...Joey doing okay? As in better than yesterday? He kinda, spooked me, though I guess I probably shouldn't have yelled at him in the first place"
"Not really, didn't look like he slept much, and imminently went to Amelia's grave"
"...I'm worried about him"
"Yea, me too" Something outside seems to catch Katie's attention as she stared out the window for a minute. Ezra glanced out said window from her seat to see someone running around outside. Katie continued to look out the window for the next few minute before turning back to see Ezra working on her sketch.
"Sorry, so where were we?"
"Hm? Oh, we were talking about Joey, I was gonna ask if you thought It could possibly work with or if it could affect other people" Katie thought about the question for a minute before answering.
"Medium's probably"
"Maybe, but I don't know what the entity is"
"Don't know, 'm tired" Katie shifted and went into the rafters as a raven before falling asleep. Ezra continued to work on her sketch before taking a break and getting up.
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