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General Jinjur and her army,

as illustrated by John R. Neill for L. Frank Baum’s 1904 book The Marvelous Land of Oz.

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Dewstow Gardens

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Charactober

Day 8: any non human character

Jack Pumpkinhead - Return to Oz

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Landscape art by eniosta.eth

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The walk to Gillikin Country had been uneventful, which was surprising for Oz. In comparison, the first time Tip left his home he'd stumbled across an army of women planning a coup against the Emerald City. And that hadn't even been the strangest part of that particular adventure.

This time the trip had taken him less than two days, and he hadn't encountered many people at all. Now that he had made it far enough into the land of the Gillikins that the grass was a deep shade of purple, Tip felt his pulse quicken. He hadn't been to his childhood home in a long time, but the farm he'd lived on until the age of 12 was less than a mile away. He didn't know if Mombi still lived there, but if she did, he didn't want her to see him. She would undoubtedly have some questions he wasn't ready to answer yet. He picked a spot on the ground to rest and rummaged through his pack until he found a small glass bottle that looked for all the world to be empty. Nevertheless, he could feel the contents sloshing around inside when he pulled the stopper from its place, and it certainly had a smell.

He took a small sip and scrunched his nose with distaste before replacing the stopper. It was disconcerting not seeing his own hands when he put the bottle back into his pack. Being invisible had always felt odd, but he wouldn't stay that way long. He had an hour before the potion wore off. After hiding his belongings in the limbs of the nearest tree, Tip continued his trek toward the small farm.

He didn't make it very far before his plans changed. The clearing he'd come to after leaving the copse of trees wasn't as empty as he'd expected it to be. Tip had prepared himself for the likelihood that he would see Mombi again, but he still felt a small shiver when he laid eyes on her. He gave a start before remembering that he couldn't be seen. Slowly, he crept his way closer, and that feeling of apprehension he'd had at seeing her again grew when he realized that she was performing some kind of ritual. How had she regained her powers? He watched with fearful curiosity as the air around her was filled with a sudden explosion of darkness before returning to it's normal state.

But where there had once been an empty space in front of the old witch, a person now stood.

#This is long #sorry #open rp #open starter #land of oz

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