bragnificent | IC CONTACT ➛ mask or menace.

[ Sabrina wants to close her device, yet something compels her to keep responding. It feels cathartic in the moment, but again dread sets in when the compulsion is gone. ]

harvey's my boyfriend or well... exboyfriend now
I sacrificed a classmate from my other school to bring his brother back from the dead
she was the one who had killed him
but I ignored the laws of life and death by bringing her back too. I thought I could fix everything
tommy wasn't himself and would never be a proper human being again so harvey had to kill him

i dont get it
brought them back how
what like zombies?
how

his body was brought back but not his soul
without the soul the body is just a shell
sort of like a zombie but without the brain eating
how?
I used magic to bring him back from the dead

are u joking?
like real black magic from some creepy old cursed spellbook? that actually happens in real life??

not exactly like that but yes, magic is real reggie

[ And she doesn't know why, but she's going to keep explaining. ]

I'm a witch, as is my family
witches have lived in greendale for years now
I've actually wondered why none seem to have settled in riverdale
or maybe there are and we haven't met any covens or witches from there yet

at least none that u know of
but listen
theres a lot of unexplained stuff that goes down in riverdale
im talking creepy and mysterious unexplained stuff
we've had fathers killing sons
a serial killer
evil nuns
a cult
and now a decades old conspiracy?
witches could actually explain a lot

but ok wait so hold the phone
like what does any of that really mean

riverdale has a cult? I've never heard of this
maybe there are witches

[ But even her aunties have never mentioned Riverdale witches... ]

it means as a witch I have a duty and responsibility with this power to my coven
and all these other things like completing my dark baptism which is basically our rite of passage when we turn 16
but instead I've made things worse it's probably even my fault my friend's uncle died when I attempted an exorcism on him

well idk if its really a cult
sure seems like one but tbh idk much about it at all

[ Dark baptism tho... wtf. ]

1st of all sometimes ppl even die during surgery and that doesnt mean they still werent supposed to be having it
i mean if someone needs a freakin exorcism its not like their odds were exactly GOOD either way
ppl in riverdale have died over less
2nd of all
how the hell is having magic not like, the raddest thing ever?

people shouldn't NEED exorcisms
not when demons are possessing them
I doubt you would like a monster burrowed deep in your body eating away at all your senses and ripping away your will and ability to move freely
slowly corroding your body until you're nothing left but an empty meat sack who can't move but is still conscious enough to feel every horrible bit of pain that demon puts you through daily

[ Reggie....... ]

magic is useful
but this life is not what you think it is
I'll have to give up everything I hold dear if I sign my name and I'll lose my freedom
nothing is worth my freedom AND friends

im not saying ppl SHOULD need them
but how else do u get a demon out
obviously i wouldnt wanna be possessed thats my whole point
like if someone gets possessed then theres not exactly an alternative
exorcism is worth the risk compared to being a freaking demon handpuppet

[ Honestly... ]

ok...
so dont, then
what happens then
u just live like a normal teenager?

there should have been but I wasn't strong enough to save him
just like harvey's brother

[ She's growing frustrated with herself because for the life of her she can't figure out why she's pouring out all these feelings. ]

I didn't sign my name
but I don't get to be a normal teenager reggie
I'm a half-witch so that means I'm caught between the mortal world and the witch one
it's not as simple as you make it out to be and it will never be

like what
how else do u get rid of a demon then

and wtf is with the attitude
i wasnt even making it out to be anything i was freaking ASKING
jesus
yknow this is kind of a lot right
so forgive me if i dont know all the rules to ur magic horror movie blood cult
fyi regular life isnt all that simple either
stop feeling so sorry for urself and figure out how to deal with it

[ It's the kind of response Sabrina dreads as she reads it. Here she thought people might be more sympathetic or understanding, but instead her stomach churns at "magic horror movie blood cult" and the rest of those words cut deep. ]

I know it is a lot
I'm sorry I don't know WHY I keep saying these things it's like a compulsion
also I KNOW regular life isn't simple but don't tell me not to feel sorry for myself because I'm NOT
you don't even know what it's really like and I don't know why I expected a mortal to get it

what do u even want me to say sabrina
u didnt like it when i said u just did what u had to
u didnt like it when i called it cool
u didnt like it when i said live however u want to
like i GET it ok
no i DONT know what its like to be a witch any more than u know what its like to be a human
like obviously, since thats impossible
but that doesnt mean everything we go thru or the decisions we gotta make are necessarily THAT different
what would i know tho i'm just a stupid mortal

you don't have to be a JERK about it
I didn't even mean to say all that it's like something is controlling me I don't know

[ Not that it fully matters right now because she's actually angry enough to continue going. ]

I didn't call you stupid so don't put words in my mouth

[ Though she feels bad being so quick to remind him he's mortal. That's something Auntie Zelda or Prudence would have done. ]

I just... don't want you assuming any of this is easy
you DON'T have to potentially say goodbye to your friends or be caught between not disappointing your family and hurting your friends or vice versa

ur sure acting like it
and im freaking tired of everyone always talking down to me like im some kind of dumbass
i dont know anyone whos life is easy
but why the hell would it matter if someone does think that
ur the only one here assuming things
2 of my friends got killed last year and now one of my best friends might have to leave town for god knows how long
maybe even for good
and my family might be in bed with one of the reasons why
not that i would know since when i tried to ask my dad what he knew about it he clocked me
at least u GET to say goodbye

[ Wait. Fuck, now who's suddenly got no filter? And not in the way that's pretty typical for Reggie, either. ]

shit
forget it

[ Well, now she feels absolutely stupid. ]

wait
what
oh my gosh reggie I am so sorry
I really am that's a horribly traumatic thing to go through TWICE

[ Which is then followed by a swell of anger in her chest. ]

excuse me?
your dad did what to you?

its fine
i didnt mean to tell u any of that
seriously just forget it

something IS going on
but no I'm not going to forget it reggie
did your dad hit you? does that happen often?

no
i mean not like all the time
my parents can just be kinda strict its not that big a deal

hitting someone IS a big deal!
especially if they're your child!

u dont even know my dad
plus it could be a lot worse
like as far as i know hes never killed or TRIED to kill anyone, unlike the dads of a few ppl i know

that doesn't make it right
if my aunts didn't hit me for killing another witch AND throwing off the balance of life and death I'd think whatever he's hitting you for is nowhere near worth it

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