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27. Johnny Warlock

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In the Fair Lands, the true-born fairies are considered the upper class of society, and with class comes wealth. The fae don't use cash, but a system of golden coins called flourettes. After everything that went down with Brea that led to the destruction of her life as she knew it, she did the only thing left for her to do, taking all the flourettes she could snag from her fae family as a way to survive and fleeing in the mundy realm. In a shocking revelation, the shops of the London slums don't accept fae currency, and all the coins in her bag were useless, leaving her to resort to selling her magical fae blood to get by. Those coins were useless until as a member of Checkmate, she discovered Bewitched.

We've talked a LOT about the Oblivion Bar, the bar of the Shadowpact, the last line of magical defense. Bewitched is the direct opposition to the Oblivion Bar. Bewitched is home to the dredges of magical society, and just like Oblivion, Bewitched has got its own Flippy. Theirs, however, is not a bully-able young man with flippers for hands, but instead a one-armed, blonde-haired adonis.

Bloodfruit's gang of cohorts were reluctantly let into the bar, but Warlock's disposition toward them changed drastically when Bloodfruit pulled out a stack of her flourettes. As the group got adjusted to the environment and its small handful of patrons with endless drinks at their disposal, courtesy of yours turly, Bloodfruit sat herself at the bar across from Johnny Warlock, and the two clicked pretty much immediately.

It's hard to explain what exactly clicked so well given how far removed we are since the last time we've met, but it was one of the first times since her escape from Faerie that Bloodfruit was able to feel genuinely good and accepted. More than that, she felt glamorous, perhaps seeing just a glimpse of what could have been should things not have gone so wrong for her. And Warlock, he saw her. Not as some shifty, untrustworthy fae but as a legitimate companion across the counter of the bar. But maybe that's just because she was paying him and he's good at his job.

I've made it super obvious time and time again but I constantly feel an odd nostalgia for Bewitched, maybe for just being one of the integral sessions for making Bloodfruit into who she is.

Hint for #26: I've got one more double ranking left, and here it drops.