It was funny, Hildegarde decided, that the two people she thought she'd never speak to again showed up at her doorstep on the same day. The woman seemed to shrink as she stared at the reflection of her old friend, a wistful look on her face.
"Fuck it. I'm already going to try and fix things with Ecks, so why not her too?"The facade of a confident grin grew on Hildegarde's face. "Tell ya what, Viv. If you get me the name of the hostel and his room number, I'll catch up with you after I catch up with him. Deal?"
"Sweet Ansgar, I'm getting way to soft for this job."---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"...And then she told me she was sorry, but I didn't want to risk her being evil so I left."
Eckhart sat on the hostel bed, fiddling with his necklace. Belladonna sat next to him, tail curled around her legs. "Wow." the cat said, clearly bemused. "You just attract these people, huh?"
"Bella, it's not funny!" the boy said indignantly. "What if she comes out of the mirror to kill me now?"
"Oh, calm down Tuna Fish. When she touched me, I was able to claw her. You can just bust her head in with your hammer if she shows up."
Eckhart shrunk back. "Bella, that's really violent..."
The cat licked her paw and began to smooth out the fur on her head. "That's just it." she meowed. "I've been thinking, if you were less passive, these girls would stop showing up. They're attracted to that."
The boy shrunk back even further. "W-what do you mean, 'attracted'?"
Belladonna looked up at Eckhart, purring. "I mean all these women are trying to get into your pants, Eckhart."
"Ew!" the boy cried as the cat laughed. "Come on, don't even joke like that!"
"Damn it, now I'm going to start believing it too. Fuck my life."