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I took the right from McAllister onto Polk and pulled my cruiser up in front of the City Hall steps. Like the City had said, there was a person in a trenchcoat there. And the City hadn't said, in so many words, that she was kind of dazed and confused. But I could figure that part out. It goes with the territory, being newly awake. I pulled up at the white curb just past the crosswalk, killed the engine, and got out. She came into better view as I got closer: Latina, way darker than me. Black or dark-brown hair, barely down past her jawline. A couple of inches shorter than me. Artsy-looking, classy-but-casual clothing under the coat. And her eyes were practically on fire. I don't know if a normal would have seen it, but to my shamanic sight, they practically glowed. Still riding high on the electric wave of having just had her epiphany. "Hello," I said when I got about eight feet from her. "I'm Inspector Martinez." No need to say "of the SFPD" when I had my uniform on and had just gotten out of a cruiser. "Vanessa Martinez. San Francisco sent me to find you. Told me you'd be here. I'll be your mentor."

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I took the right from McAllister onto Polk and pulled my cruiser up in front of the City Hall steps. Like the City had said, there was a person in a trenchcoat there. And the City hadn't said, in so many words, that she was kind of dazed and confused. But I could figure that part out. It goes with the territory, being newly awake. I pulled up at the white curb just past the crosswalk, killed the engine, and got out. She came into better view as I got closer: Latina, way darker than me. Black or dark-brown hair, barely down past her jawline. A couple of inches shorter than me. Artsy-looking, classy-but-casual clothing under the coat. And her eyes were practically on fire. I don't know if a normal would have seen it, but to my shamanic sight, they practically glowed. Still riding high on the electric wave of having just had her epiphany. "Hello," I said when I got about eight feet from her. "I'm Inspector Martinez." No need to say "of the SFPD" when I had my uniform on and had just gotten out of a cruiser. "Vanessa Martinez. San Francisco sent me to find you. Told me you'd be here. I'll be your mentor."
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Kagan MacTane (kagan@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2024 05:31:46 JST Kagan MacTane
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#WordWeavers Day 1: Introduce an MC from an antagonist's perspective
In my world, when the City awakens someone to magic, it also tells an experienced city shaman about it, and sends them to be the newbie's mentor for the first few months.
So this is Vanessa Martinez's first meeting with Ángel Castillo, just after their epiphany. N.B.: Though Ángel is non-binary, they didn't realize it at the time of this scene (2012) and Vanessa wouldn't have realized it anyway — hence the yucky misgendering.

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