by Victoria Valentine » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:03 am
"Hm. The... bugs sound like a better means. But first... well, the more unpleasant matters have to be dealt with first."
She took a deep breath, then pulled out a stick of lipstick and drew a circle on the wall. "Goddess, I hate doing this. Do try not to jump, all right?" Then she took a small mirror out of her purse, smashed it in her hand with her fist, then threw the shards, blood from her palm and all, at the circle where they seemed to spread like water into a silver film inside the circle's boundaries.
"Hear me spirits, heed my call,
Know my purpose in this hour,
Come and seek me, one and all,
Meet me in my place of power,
State your price and for all I ask,
My honor goes before me,
But if you fail to do thy task,
Your end will lie before thee!"
Then Victoria thrust her cut hand into the shimmering 'mirror,' and there was a red flash as her avatar passed through it. Her hand passed just into the surface, and her avatar's clung to it, in equal parts still within the room. Victoria kept her eyes shut. "This... might take a few minutes. I have to judge the spirits that will know anything useful against what they're going to want from me in return. I'd really rather not inadvertently sell half my soul today." She didn't want much, really... enough information to start looking. Occasionally you got a real deal and something truly useful for not much cost, but that was rare.