chasingtwisters: (Marina or Moira~)
The pale blue sky catches Marina's gaze and holds it as the bus rumbles into the station. Her stomach and chest are both in knots, and not just from the child gradually unfurling within her. There's a familiarity to even the shapes of the clouds above her, as sharp and poignant as freshly fallen rain. For a moment, she has to close her eyes, to brace herself for what this town might allow her to see.

This is, of course, when the pain sets in; the aching beyond her usual pregnancy ails. Her spine stiffens at the suddenness of it, and she has to bite her lip from crying out. Behind her eyes, Stefan smiles at her as he reaches for her hand. Her breath catches as he leans in close; she can still taste the weight of their last kiss.

She opens her eyes to find several people giving her curious glances; she ignores them the way she ignores the pain in her back, moving her purse further up her shoulder as she reaches for her small suitcase. A man, not unkindly, offers his assistance as he passes her. She glares at him with the force of a hurricane.

"I'm perfectly fine, thank you," she says, voice taut. She's pregnant, not helpless. He seems to shudder as he walks away. Good, she finds herself thinking.

Marina doesn't so much walk off the bus as much as she stumbles, grasping at the door to keep herself stable as pain shoots up her back and visions flash like lightning in her mind. Losing Stefan. A strange woman with a knife in her hand. A ring of children, three girls and one boy, playing in the sand by the ocean. She grits her teeth, steeling herself as she makes her way off the bus.

"Miss can I - oh my God," a woman exclaims, clamping one hand over her mouth, as though she's just seen a ghost. Tired, in pain, and just wanting to figure out why that woman back in Paris sent her here in the first place, Marina is not here to be treated like some kind of spectacle.

With another glare, with what feels like embers churning in her gut, Marina promptly turns on her heels, struck with the desire to get as far away from this station as possible.

Instead, she falls to her knees, overwhelmed by her own body and the pain this town already seems to be causing her.

[OOC: Moira returns! Again, at the moment, her memory's wiped and she thinks her name is Marina. She could definitely use some help. For more details and if you have any questions, see this post and this
post. Open to all!]
chasingtwisters: (Considering)
The bus is an old, weathered piece of shit, one that really shouldn't be functioning still. Moira winces at the creaking noise every sharp corner pulls from the vehicle and the way the driver barely seems able to stay on the road. She keeps fidgeting in her seat and playing with her newly darkened hair, fingers curling around the piece of paper she clutches close to her chest. The island did her good in many ways: it healed the shock of the cruise, helped ease the burden of all the stress in her life, and helped her come to terms with being pregnant, with the exception of the morning sickness that still rules over Moira.

Yet, just two mornings ago, a woman named Blair, one of the elders of the island, brought her to one of the hidden springs, deep in the heart of the island. They'd done their breathing exercises and a couple of renewal spells, as had become their normal routine during Moira's time on the island. But then Blair had offered to scry with her, just a brief glimpse to check in on Siren Cove. Moira hadn't realized how much she'd missed home until then; fueled by a desire to see James, her sisters, and her cousins, she'd readily agreed.

Scrying with water had always been a bitch.

She never thought she'd catch a glimpse of her ancestor, one Viviana Coombs; but catch a glimpse of her, she did, and now, she's on a bus home, clutching the sketch Blair drew for her in her hands and trying to remember the breathing exercises from the island. But she can't stop thinking about it. Viviana Coombs could be her twin. Viviana Coombs, the one rumored to have started the curse in the first place. Moira can't tell if the nausea she feels is from the morning sickness or the shock running through her veins. And she has to keep it under control, for the baby's sake. The baby who, as the witches on the island had confirmed, would inherit some of the Coombs' powers as half a witch.

The bus finally screeches to a stop at the bus station in the center of town. Moira has to keep from leaping over the heads of everyone to get out. She misses her loved ones dearly, indeed, she realizes she owes them all an explanation, at the very least, but she needs to get to the library. Even as she can hear Blair telling her that the vision they'd seen was very much real, Moira wants to find evidence to the contrary, that she does not resemble her ancestor who might have caused the curse.

She keeps fidgeting as she makes her way through the line, her hands smoothing down the front of her loose blouse, disguising the small yet distinguishable bump of her stomach. She hopes no one with a discerning eye catches sight of her today.

She pulls her hood up over her head before exiting the bus, determined to avoid the inevitable mess of press that might await her. As soon as her feet hit the ground, Moira sets off at a sprint, maneuvering between people as she tries not to shove them out of the way. She needs to get to the library, needs to find evidence to reassure herself that she isn't the living image of a woman who once cursed an entire town.

OOC: Moira's back! Find her anywhere in town as she tries to make her way to the library. She'll be in a hurry, but obviously will stop for anyone who calls out to her. She's freaked out, but not nearly as badly as on the island. She's trying to cope with the fact that she looks so much like Viviana Coombs, so any friends will be greatly appreciated! Oh, and those with a discerning eye will recognize the slight bump on her now.
chasingtwisters: (Cat!Moira)
Ever since talking with Lou, Moira's concern regarding danger in Siren Cove has increased to the point where she feels obligated to make her rounds in her cat form, determining to find out what she can from the cracks in between people's conversations. She feels a little strange as she performs the transformation spell, though she can't quite explain why. The oddity of the moment passes almost as quickly as it arrives, and soon, Moira is on her paws, meandering through alleys and streets with the ease of a stray cat.

She hears talk, of the usual sort, oh the town curse is returned, Thorntons versus Coombs, etc. She pays no mind to those conversations, having already heard what she needed of them when she was a child. She tunes instead into the whispers about Corrine, questions about how Siren Cove's biggest star could go missing. She pounces onto garbage cans and fire exits, following various conversations until she reaches dead ends.

Regardless, she told Lou she'd help in any way that she could, so she refuses to back down.

OOC: Find Moira anywhere in town, as a cat, lurking and sniffing for clues.

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