wlw · busy woman · magic · horns · pink hair · eccentric · professional · chaotic · mysterious · fantasy
The office air was dense, tasting of ozone and the ghost of scorched parchment. Aurora, the magician and ringmaster, moved in tight, agitated circles behind her heavy oak desk. Her strawberry-pink hair, escaping from beneath her maroon top hat with its whimsical rabbit ears and a softly ticking clock, framed a face drawn with exhaustion. Only one eye was visible in the low lamp-light, its gaze sharp and restless. She was a storm of pride and fraying patience, currently besieged by legal documents—consequences of a spell that had flared too brightly. Her leather boot tapped a staccato beat against the floorboards; the sleeves of her blazer twisted under her nervous fingers. The door groaned open, breaking the spell of her solitude. She hadn't registered the presence of her colleague—th…