i'll get stronger over time -open-

[Zoe Rayne Travis]

Zoe frowned as she sat down in part of the Waste Land. She liked it here - it was an escape from Blake and there was hardly ever many people here. Also, although there were some tigers here, it was a good practise for trying to repel her poison. She lazily got up from her position and headed towards where she had spotted a flower a little while ago. Picking it up with one of her gloved hands, she inspected it for about ten seconds, twirling it around with her telekinesis. Still not smiling, she watched as it slowly froze over, the frost and ice gradually covering it - from the bottom to the top; winding elegantly upwards. Once the plant / flower was entirely frozen, she lifted her hand up, straightened her fingers and tensed them so that her hand was entirely straight and firm. With a quick swipe the flower shattered, bits of ice going everywhere. A smirk appeared on her face - this never got boring no matter how many times she did it. Maybe soon she'd be able to do it with her mind.
A set of heavy footprints dragged her out of her thoughts and alerted her that she was, in fact, not alone any more. Briskly turning around, her eyes widened when she saw a tiger only a few mere feet away from her. She froze, not knowing what to do. The tiger took this for it's advantage and jumped towards her, aiming to attack her. Swiftly dodging and rolling onto the floor; wincing at the hard and painful landing. She barely had time to think before the tiger lashed out at her once again. Next, she levitated some of the stone and twigs around her and threw them at the animal. It stunned the mammal for a few seconds so she decided to try freezing it to the spot. It worked as she saw it struggling and trying to break free from its bonds with no avail. Relaxing, she wiped the beads of sweat off her forehead and sat down, breathing heavily (hey, she was physically weak). Looking around to see if anyone was near her, she carefully tugged off her gloves and stared at her hands which were so pale and soft from not seeing the light much and not having much contact with other things. But this moment of tranquil did not last for long as she soon heard the sound of ice cracking and the tigers footsteps bounding towards her. Shifting her body around, she was scared to see the tiger heading straight for her. By now it was too late to put her gloves back on and there wasn't enough time to defend herself. So the only thing she could do was to try and touch it. Diving onto the floor, elbows painfully grazing the floor; she gently pressed her hand against the tiger. As expected, it stumbled and passed out but at least it didn't die or hurt her. Quickly, she pulled her gloves on again, fearful that someone might have seen what she had done.

[Waverly Pandora Travis]

Waverly walked silently towards her cousin, doned in black trousers with weapons belt, tight black corset and a leather jacket, it could be said that Waverly was looking pretty badass. She also wore a pair of black gloves. Was a lot better to avoid leaving fingerprints. Wav had heard of some witches who could trace you through a fingerprint. She watched her cousin fight the tiger, she was preparing to jump in and save her cousin, when Zoe's magic flared up. Unlike Zoe Waverly had full control over her power of poison. “Well well, big cousin, Nice to see you again. Its been to long” she said in a slightly patronising tone. Waverly wanted to be killing again. She knelt down, tore one of her gloves off, and pressed a hand against the neck of the unconcious tiger. Feeding poison into its main artery, she soon killed it. “You always were soft” she sneered. Mercy. What a stuid concept. Swinging her blond ponytail over her shoulder, her ice blue eyes fell onto her cousin. The family resemblance wasn't really there. Their features were so different. Waverly was blond, blue eyed and cold looking. Her cousin was brunette, with brown eyes and was warm looking, the kind of person you would want to go to if you were in pain or upset. Wav was the person you went to for revenge. Those were the jobs that Waverly loved. The revenge jobs. They were always weirdly satisfying. She wondered what her cousin thought of her. Did she approve? Probably not..

[Zoe Rayne Travis]

Zoe jumped in fright when she heard Waverly speak. She had never really spoken to her cousin much and they didn't tend to exactly see eye to eye. Both of the two had control over poison magic but Wav was so much more better at it. Her eyes widened when she saw the tiger's body slump and appear to stop breathing. Typical. Waverly never had any mercy on people or creatures. Despite being five years older than the teenager, she was much less tough and in comparison was like a butterfly to a lion.
"W-why are you here then? And I'm not so soft..." She was a person of few words or had been lately because of him. She had to admit that it was mainly her own fault that others had not seen much of herself lately, seeing as she had isolated herself from others but what else was she to do? It wasn't like she really had anyone to confide in anyway.
Zoe put her hands down by her side, touching the ground. She grabbed fruitlessly at the ground, as if she was distressed and ice started to spread around the area, little by little. Once she had pulled herself out from her thoughts and realised what she was doing, she swiftly draw her hand back and scrunched her hands into balls in her lap. She would have stood up to greet Wav earlier but honestly didn't feel like she had the energy to do so.
In the midst of the awkward silence that followed, she hesitantly looked up at Waverly.

[Waverly Pandora Travis]

Her cousins fright made Waverly giggle. “Cousin, I won't hurt you” she said softly. Waverly may not see eye to eye with her cousin, but she loved her. As much as she hated admitting it. She usually covered it with sarcastic comments and a cold outlook on life. “Please you look like your going to cry over that damn tiger. It was going to kill you!” Waverly exclaimed angrily. She rolled her eyes as her cousin showed off her ice powers. Typical Zoe. “What has you so bloody wound up?” she asked, Waverly seemed to be more relaxed than Zoe and that was saying something. Waverly never relaxed. She was always on guard.

She wasn't sure if Zoe knew of her profession. She looked around the wilderness, and then down at her cousin. “Oh for god sake stand up” she exclaimed shaking her head at her cousin, it was hard to talk to someone when they were knelt down. Waverly was not going down to her cousins level. She would come up to her level.

Waverly fiddled with her straight blonde hair, and smoothed her leather jacket. Something she'd had made from the hide of a wolf she'd brought... and then killed for the fun of it. She smirked remembering the wolf. It had been fun killing it. She'd killed it slowly, and taken her time something she didn't do often. Waverly had never been very patient. She cocked her head from side to side to appraise her cousin. She looked incredibly vulnerable and soft. Waverly was working on getting her to toughen up. She may even try and help her control her magic. That might go to far, the blonde really didn't like to stick around to long.

[Zoe Rayne Travis]

Zoe abruptly stood up soon after Waverly virtually commanded her to. Despite the fact that she was much older than her younger cousin, she was soft and let people walk all over her; even her cousin. And Blake. Shaking her head at the thought of her boyfriend (if she even could call him that with all the things that he had done to her), she lowered her eyes away from Wav, almost refusing to make any eye contact at all with the blonde.
Having not seen her a lot in the past few years, moments that she was with the assassin were rather awkward, their opposing and different personalities clashing. Replying to her cousins question, she said in a small, quiet voice; almost a whisper, "It may have been aiming to kill me, but I'm sure that there must have been some other way to solve the issue. I already knocked it unconscious, you didn't have to go and kill the poor animal. Think about it - it might have been trying to get food for it's family or relatives."
Zoe was in no way an animal activist or an animal lover, in fact; most of the time she had not a care in the world for them but she just wanted something to defend herself with. She may have been a vulnerable cowards but she hated people basically telling her that she was one. It made her feel bad and useless. She curled a lock of loose hair around the back of her ear as she dared to look Waverly in the eyes for once.