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Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:31 pmby Nailah Weaver
"I'll see what I can do. Keep it exposed, I'll try to draw it out." she says and unceremoniously clears off a table by sweeping all the clutter to the floor with her arm so she can start
drawing on it with a piece of coal.
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:08 pmby Narrator
While Nailah was drawing, the shadowbeast continued cautiously trying to approach Robyn, first from one angle, then the next.
You're just delaying the inevitable, girly. This one is mine. Leave now.
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:17 pmby Robyn Delaney
You think you're frightening? I've lived frightening. She held the staff aloft, moving towards the center of the room. She tried to spur the light into greater radiance, trying to corral the thing with it.
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:38 pmby Nailah Weaver
Meanwhile Nailah finished drawing the circle and hurries to the next room, returning with one of Isabel's rats in a cage, placing it on the table in the middle of the circle. She gently places her hand on Persephone's forehead and begins chanting.
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:51 pmby Narrator
The light was strong--and then, it seemed to burst into even greater prominence from the aid of Nailah's chanting, as if the bulb had been replaced by one of higher wattage.
The shadowbeast screamed out in a soundless, deafening cry, and faded away, slowly but surely.
Back in the "real world", Persephone coughed up a lungfull of black ichor.
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:55 pmby Robyn Delaney
Nasty thing, Robyn's avatar spat. As bad as this memory was, she couldn't interfere with it, so she slowly began backing out of the room, keeping an eye out for any more surprises.
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:56 pmby Nailah Weaver
Not wasting any time or giving the thing a chance to try anything else Nailah clasps her hands together in a flash that mirrors it's metaphorical equivalent inside Persephone's mind and binds the black thing into the rat.
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:47 pmby Narrator
The father figure spat in disgust, as the mental Persephone whimpered. No other "surprises", per se, as she headed back towards the wooded area.
The black glop squealed as Nailah sealed it into the poor rat, now a Rat of All Evil
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:52 pmby Robyn Delaney
Should I check the other door?
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:55 pmby Nailah Weaver
"I'm fairly sure we got it out of her, but she still seems rather withdrawn."
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:31 pmby Robyn Delaney
I really wanted beat that man, but not really my place. She looked towards the other door.
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:20 pmby Samantha McManus
"It's not the man himself. It's a memory of him."
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:29 pmby Nailah Weaver
"Oh I know exactly where the real one is." she says quietly. She still sounds perfectly composed, though Sam would probably be able to tell she really isn't.
Re: All Saints Day
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 8:23 pmby Robyn Delaney
I'm aware of what he is, which is why it's not my place.
Re: All Saints Day
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:31 pmby Samantha McManus
"Doesn't mean Social Services isn't getting a call."
Re: All Saints Day
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:37 pmby Nailah Weaver
Nailah stares off into space and almost absentmindedly picks up the cage with the rat inside.
"I need to take this somewhere safe... If she comes to, please tell her that everything's going to be fine and her father will never lay a finger on her again..."
Re: All Saints Day
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:46 pmby Robyn Delaney
Robyn faded back into existence, leaving Persephone's mind behind. "That was... well... I'm not sure what that was."
Re: All Saints Day
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 2:12 pmby Samantha McManus
"New experience for you?"
Re: All Saints Day
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 2:26 pmby Robyn Delaney
"I'd practiced a bit looking into people's heads in school, but nothing of that scale... or danger."
Re: All Saints Day
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:20 pmby Samantha McManus
"That isn't even how far down the rabbit hole goes."
Re: All Saints Day
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:23 pmby Robyn Delaney
"If feels more... confining than the Astral. The rules feel different."
Re: All Saints Day
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:35 pmby Samantha McManus
"That's the thing. You're playing by the rules of a particular person's subconscious. Things want to flow in very specific ways, and while they can be forced, it's both difficult and potentially damaging to the person."
Re: All Saints Day
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:00 pmby Robyn Delaney
"I definitely prefer the Astral."
Re: All Saints Day
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:20 pmby Samantha McManus
"Don't let the fairy tale looks of the Astral fool you. There's far worse there."
Re: All Saints Day
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:28 pmby Robyn Delaney
"I've seen some bad things there. I've created a few bad things there."
Re: All Saints Day
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:55 pmby Samantha McManus
"And even then it's likely you've only scratched the surface."
Re: All Saints Day
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 3:02 pmby Robyn Delaney
"Probably. I could really use some help in that department."
Re: All Saints Day
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:22 pmby Samantha McManus
"You're really certain you want to get deeper into that?"
Re: All Saints Day
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:24 pmby Robyn Delaney
"I really want to do something other than be a person's fear."
Re: All Saints Day
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:56 pmby Samantha McManus
"...now that's a sentiment I know all too well."
Re: All Saints Day
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:52 pmby Robyn Delaney
"I thought for a while that was all I could do. Then I went to school and there were other possibilities open to me, but because of the fading thing, they discouraged me. Of course, I did some exploring on my own."
Re: All Saints Day
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:46 pmby Samantha McManus
"And there's something damaging to that being what your power can do. Not to other people mind, but to your own mentality."
Re: All Saints Day
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 2:23 pmby Robyn Delaney
"What do you mean?" She seemed confused.
Re: All Saints Day
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:08 pmby Samantha McManus
"At least in my experience, you start to wonder if that's what you are."
Re: All Saints Day
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:12 pmby Robyn Delaney
"If all I am is people's fears? I've..." She looked down at her hands. "I've thought about that before. Even used it to protect me sometimes. If I am other people's fears, then can I really be afraid of them?"
Re: All Saints Day
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:20 pmby Samantha McManus
"And I didn't mean to give you something new to worry about, just to say that I've been down that road."
Re: All Saints Day
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:25 pmby Robyn Delaney
"I appreciate it," she said, looking at Sam. "Do you think we could schedule some time to work on these things? I'd really like to get a better handle on what I can do. Especially since one of the teenagers seems to think I'm some sort of expert."
Re: All Saints Day
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:29 pmby Samantha McManus
"If you can accept a little oddity from me, then aye. I can appreciate that I took a stranger path than most."
Re: All Saints Day
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:30 pmby Robyn Delaney
"We're all a little mad here, aye?"
Re: All Saints Day
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:34 pmby Samantha McManus
"Aye, but people talk," she smirked.
