Gut Feelings (Varian x Witch!Reader)

Wand Beats Karate

Varian ended up putting the marshmallow too close to the fire and it caught on fire. His eyes widened at the marshmallow and pouted before blowing it out. "I ruined it." He said and I giggled. "You can still eat it." I said and he shook his head no. "Here you go Lance." Varian said and Lance took the stick from him happily.

I rested my head on his shoulder as he grabbed another stick putting a new marshmallow on it. "You're putting it too close to the fire." I said and he rolled his eyes. "Milady, I know what I'm..." We both watched as his second marshmallow caught on fire. "Doing." He said pouting once more and blowing it out. I giggled and took the burnt marshmallow. I placed a new marshmallow on his stick and held it over the fire. I slowly turned it keeping it just high enough so it wouldn't burn.

After a couple of minutes, the marshmallow was a beauty golden brown color and I held the stick out for Varian. "How did you get so good at this?" He asked before putting the marshmallow in his mouth. "Death taught me." I said while looking at the fire. "You're very close aren't you?" He asked and I nodded.

"He's been there almost as long as I can remember. There were times before where he disappeared, but he kept me updated. This time, I'm left in the dark. The other times I could speak to the other deity's too, but I can't get in contact with them either." I and sighed. "He's probably just busy." Varian said trying to make me feel better. I nodded and handed him back his stick. "I'm going to call it night. See you guys tomorrow." I said and they all said goodnight to me. I picked Sunny up and headed into the caravan.

I sat in the caravan with Varian as we watched over Lance and Hookfoot's game of Rock Paper Scissors. "Scissors beats paper!" Hookfoot yelled at Lance. "Of course scissors beats paper. But this isn't paper. This is a karate chop." Lance said hitting Hookfoots hand a couple times. "Used properly by an experienced practitioner, it can be the sharpest, most precise cutting weapon in the world." Lance said trying to strike Hookfoot making him fall into a metal tub. "Hence, karate chop beats scissors." Lance said and I rolled my eyes.

"Guys! Guys! Guys! What is going on?" Eugene asked. "We wanna see who's gonna clean our room by playing Rock Paper Scissors, but he keeps tryin to cheat!" Hookfoot said glaring at Lance and Lance gasped. "Cheat? How dare you, sir! He's lying, Eugene!" Lance said crossing his arms over his chest. "Really?! Scissors always beats paper!" "And karate chop always beats scissors!" Lance said and Hookfoot threw a telescope at him, but missed.

"Alright let's settle this. Lance play me." I said and he crossed his arms over his chest. "I don't know. What's in it for me?" He asked and I rolled my eyes. You can put one item, and I mean one item, on the altar. If I win you have to clean the entire caravan. Deal?" I asked holding my hand out and Lance shook it. "Rock, paper, scissors!" We both said and he threw his karate chop while I held out just my pointer finger.

Lance was about to announce that he won when I smirked. "Looks like I beat you Lance." Lance stared at me wide eyes before scoffing. "Uh my karate chop says it beat your deformed scissors." My smirked widened as I gestured to my hand. "Oh this isn't scissors. It's a wand. Wand beats karate chop. I win." I said smiling. "That's cheating!" He said and I turned to Varian and Hookfoot. "What do you guys think?" "I think she won." Varian said and Hookfoot nodded. "Wand beats karate chop." Hookfoot said and I laughed while Lance tried to make an excuse as to why they were wrong.

The entire caravan started shaking and Varian looked at each other confused. We both went up onto the roof and saw a strange man with a rhino and what looked like a couple of overgrown badgers. "U-uh...d-do we know him?" I asked and received no answer. We all watched as the rhino roared and kicked up onto its hind legs before coming back to the ground.

"Why are we just standing here? Run!" Eugene yelled and the caravan took off. "Anyone want to take a guess as to who rhino man is?!" Eugene asked and Shorty appeared in a window near him. "I am happy to hazard a guess." Shorty said and I continued to stare at the man on the rhino. "Anyone other than Shorty?" Eugene asked and i stood up on the roof and moved farther towards the back to get a better look at him.