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[7/20/2014 9:13:51 PM] Canto: Okay. Last session you guys went to a nice club, which was invaded by a jealous/insane airbender.

[7/20/2014 9:14:17 PM] Canto: After subduing him, you guys went on to another club for some more uninterrupted debauchery.

[7/20/2014 9:14:43 PM] Canto: The second club was not invaded.

[7/20/2014 9:15:56 PM] Josie: Josie probably let Howard drive her home.

[7/20/2014 9:16:35 PM] Canto: Over teh course of the evening, you guys and Howard filled Rafe in and brought him up to speed.

[7/20/2014 9:17:01 PM] Rafe: Rafe seems much more excited about the whole thing than Hank did.

[7/20/2014 9:18:33 PM] Canto: So in addition to wanting Rafe as an actor, he wants Rafe on his little field team. You ladies need a man around! How else will people know who to address!

[7/20/2014 9:19:50 PM] Josie: Josie will make damn sure they address her. One way or another.

[7/20/2014 9:21:36 PM] Ella: Ella does not care, one way or another. She seems to be too busy with being a goof.

[7/20/2014 9:21:59 PM] Rafe: Rafe is your man! (Deal with it.)

[7/20/2014 9:22:33 PM] Canto: So, the next morning rolls around.

[7/20/2014 9:23:15 PM] Josie: Josie will turn up at work well-dressed and beautifully coifed, as usual.

[7/20/2014 9:23:49 PM] Rafe: Rafe showed up at their hotel to ride along with them.

[7/20/2014 9:24:05 PM | Edited 9:24:55 PM] Ella: Ella is up at her usual time, and goes back to browsing the chapterhouse library, if nothing happens.

[7/20/2014 9:24:26 PM] Canto: Are you heading into the chapterhouse, then? Howard has business business to get back to.

[7/20/2014 9:25:28 PM] Rafe: If that's what they're doing! (Rafe's the new guy-- go with the flow)

[7/20/2014 9:25:32 PM] Josie: Josie just goes to the chapterhouse.

[7/20/2014 9:27:38 PM] Canto: You learn that there were three other similar incidents that happened across the city. Two men and one woman, all undiscovered empowered people, apparently went nuts.

[7/20/2014 9:29:22 PM] Josie: ... we have to work out a way to find these people before they come into contact with these holes in reality.

[7/20/2014 9:30:01 PM] Rafe: Do you have any ideas? If *they* don't know, it's not likely we'll be able to just ask.

[7/20/2014 9:31:06 PM] Canto: You do, however learn that strings have been pulled and the Old North Church has been closed to the public due to a gas leak.

[7/20/2014 9:31:32 PM] Canto: Theo isn't around when you roll into the chapterhouse, but Anya meets you guys.

[7/20/2014 9:31:44 PM] Ella: Hi!

[7/20/2014 9:32:21 PM] Rafe: Rafe smiles and bows a little. "A pleasure to meet you again, Anya the Zmeya."

[7/20/2014 9:32:31 PM] Josie: Good morning, Anya.

[7/20/2014 9:32:44 PM] Josie: Is there a reliable method of finding people like us?

[7/20/2014 9:34:30 PM] Canto: Anya:  Not really. Not without some celestial event that makes you all glow in the eyes of the oracles.

[7/20/2014 9:35:00 PM] Josie: ... did we glow?

[7/20/2014 9:35:18 PM] Josie: Is there an after effect that might be made visible somehow? Perhaps with a magical gadget? .... where's Theo?

[7/20/2014 9:35:20 PM] Rafe: Don't you always, Dr. Black?

[7/20/2014 9:35:59 PM] Canto: Anya:  Theo is out hunting his necromancer. When we took control of the church, the old priest that was tehre went to ground.

[7/20/2014 9:37:17 PM] Josie: Josie smiles at Rafe.

[7/20/2014 9:37:34 PM] Canto: Anya:  There was another argument earlier. Fortunada wanted him to oversee the team at the church. Prometheus refused.

[7/20/2014 9:37:36 PM] Josie: Only with the souls of my enemies that I've collected.

[7/20/2014 9:37:45 PM] Josie: ... wait, wait wait.

[7/20/2014 9:37:51 PM] Josie: He's out there hunting a necromancer *alone*?

[7/20/2014 9:37:58 PM] Josie: ... I don't suppose you could set him on fire for me.

[7/20/2014 9:38:30 PM] Canto: Anya shrugs. "He can handle a necromancer.  It is finding him that is the hard part."

[7/20/2014 9:38:37 PM] Rafe: Is he not capable enough?

[7/20/2014 9:40:48 PM] Josie: No one should be out there alone.

[7/20/2014 9:41:05 PM] Josie: ... technically he's not ... really part of our team, though.

[7/20/2014 9:41:37 PM] Rafe: He works here, right?

[7/20/2014 9:41:37 PM] Josie: From now on, we work in pairs or threes unless there's a very good reason not to.

[7/20/2014 9:41:55 PM] Josie: Among other things, that'll mean if we go crazy suddenly our partners might be able to subdue us, or at least run away.

[7/20/2014 9:42:01 PM] Canto: Anya smiles. "Did you receive a promotion?"

[7/20/2014 9:42:17 PM] Rafe: Rafe grins slightly.

[7/20/2014 9:42:30 PM] Canto: Anya:  Besides, he is not alone. Mr. Quentin went with him.

[7/20/2014 9:42:43 PM] Josie: Oh, good.

[7/20/2014 9:43:03 PM] Josie: ... that man's mind was not a pleasant thing.

[7/20/2014 9:43:19 PM] Rafe: Mr. Quentin's?

[7/20/2014 9:43:35 PM] Josie: Oh no, I haven't been inside Mr. Quentin's.

[7/20/2014 9:43:38 PM] Josie: The wind man.

[7/20/2014 9:44:20 PM] Rafe: I'll have to warn you... you go in my head, you might never want to come out.

[7/20/2014 9:44:48 PM] Josie: That's what they all say.

[7/20/2014 9:46:39 PM] Rafe: So... what do we do here?

[7/20/2014 9:47:47 PM] Canto: Anya:  Fortunada asked me to pass on a message before he retired for the day. He wants you to go to the church and check on the team we sent there.

[7/20/2014 9:48:25 PM] Josie: All right.

[7/20/2014 9:49:15 PM] Canto: Anya:  Render any assistance they might need. Maybe look around the neighborhood and see if anything is amiss.

[7/20/2014 9:49:41 PM] Rafe: Sounds easy enough.

[7/20/2014 9:50:14 PM] Josie: I'll drive.

[7/20/2014 9:50:36 PM] Josie: Josie holds up her keys.

[7/20/2014 9:50:55 PM] Rafe: If you like. Otherwise I can.

[7/20/2014 9:51:11 PM] Josie: I'm good at it.

[7/20/2014 9:52:11 PM] Canto: So you head out to the church? Unless tehre's any other business you have at the Chapterhouse.

[7/20/2014 9:52:17 PM] Rafe: Rafe smiles. "I'm sure."

[7/20/2014 9:52:45 PM] Josie: Josie does! And she does drive.

[7/20/2014 9:53:26 PM] Ella: Ella puts her book back in its place and scrambles into an open seat in the car.

[7/20/2014 9:54:16 PM] Josie: Josie still drives like a precision racecar driver.

[7/20/2014 9:55:29 PM] Canto: You head to the Old North Church then.

[7/20/2014 9:56:04 PM] Josie: Josie does! And she *is* a good driver.

[7/20/2014 9:56:25 PM] Rafe: Rafe seems to enjoy the trip!

[7/20/2014 9:57:53 PM] Josie: Josie slides into the best parking spot available and doesn't even have to adjust, before hopping out of the car.

[7/20/2014 9:58:01 PM] Josie: ... is it going to bother you if I talk in your head?

[7/20/2014 9:58:35 PM] Rafe: Depends on what you say.

[7/20/2014 9:58:38 PM] Ella: Ella scrambles out of the car.

[7/20/2014 9:58:43 PM] Canto: You arrive at the church. There are a couple of cars parked, but there's not much going on. There's anotice on the door that says the place has been shut down temporarily due to safety concerns.

[7/20/2014 9:59:25 PM] Josie: Mmm, good answer.

[7/20/2014 9:59:41 PM] Josie: Should we walk around the block first?

[7/20/2014 10:00:04 PM] Rafe: I'm still new here. I'll follow your lead for now.

[7/20/2014 10:00:44 PM] Ella: Yeh, scouting about seems like a good idea.

[7/20/2014 10:01:29 PM] Josie: All right.

[7/20/2014 10:01:53 PM] Josie: Josie takes Ella's arm and starts walkin'!

[7/20/2014 10:02:17 PM] Canto: How are you all dressed, anyway?

[7/20/2014 10:02:51 PM] Rafe: Rafe is dapper, wearing a very nice suit and hat that are in style.

[7/20/2014 10:03:30 PM] Ella: Ella is dressed warmly, with her hair *barely* stuffed into a hat. A few ringlets have escaped, however.

[7/20/2014 10:03:52 PM] Josie: Josie is wearing a pretty sapphire suit, with a fashionable hat.

[7/20/2014 10:04:00 PM] Rafe: (also with coat, scarf, and gloves since it's really cold, I suppose)

[7/20/2014 10:04:27 PM] Canto: It's December in Boston, yeah, it's cold.

[7/20/2014 10:06:27 PM] Canto: The neighborhood seems pretty normal! Lot of brownstone buildings and apartments. There's a bar a couple of blocks away, and a diner.

[7/20/2014 10:06:30 PM] Josie: Josie has a different coat on today. It's white.

[7/20/2014 10:08:03 PM] Rafe: Beautiful day today.

[7/20/2014 10:08:20 PM] Josie: I think it's going to snow.

[7/20/2014 10:09:11 PM] Rafe: Even better.

[7/20/2014 10:11:40 PM] Canto: But otherwise the neighborhood looks normal!

[7/20/2014 10:12:02 PM] Josie: I think Howard might be right in liking California better.

[7/20/2014 10:12:27 PM] Rafe: Do you? I haven't been to California.

[7/20/2014 10:12:54 PM] Rafe: Have either of you spent much time up here in New England?

[7/20/2014 10:13:07 PM] Josie: Quite a bit.

[7/20/2014 10:13:14 PM] Ella: Not much.

[7/20/2014 10:13:17 PM] Josie: ... it's just the church. Let's go in.

[7/20/2014 10:13:33 PM] Rafe: Right to business then.

[7/20/2014 10:14:01 PM] Ella: Adventure!

[7/20/2014 10:14:48 PM] Canto: The door is unlocked.

[7/20/2014 10:15:26 PM] Rafe: Rafe will open it!

[7/20/2014 10:16:25 PM] Canto: You're met by Tabitha, the firestarter that Hank danced with the other night.

[7/20/2014 10:16:38 PM] Josie: Josie smiles at her. "Weren't you at the dance?"

[7/20/2014 10:16:42 PM] Ella: Hi!

[7/20/2014 10:17:21 PM] Canto: Tabitha smiles. "Yes.  Tabitha Smith."

[7/20/2014 10:17:31 PM] Rafe: Rafe smiles at her. "Good morning."

[7/20/2014 10:17:52 PM] Canto: She smiles at Rafe. "I don't recognize you."

[7/20/2014 10:18:41 PM] Rafe: Rafe turns on the high-wattage smile. "Rafe Windsor. I'm new, but it's a pleasure to meet you."

[7/20/2014 10:18:50 PM] Josie: He's a charmer. Watch out.

[7/20/2014 10:19:11 PM] Canto: She chuckles. "I can tell.  Are you here to check up on us?"

[7/20/2014 10:20:56 PM] Rafe: Something along those lines.

[7/20/2014 10:20:58 PM] Josie: And offer any help we can.

[7/20/2014 10:21:22 PM] Ella: So, how are things on your end?

[7/20/2014 10:23:15 PM] Canto: Tabitha:  Well, we have a ward up around the tear, which seems to work to block most of the energy it's generating. I'm not much in the way of spellcasting, so I've taken it upon myself to toss the priest's office.

[7/20/2014 10:24:08 PM] Rafe: Did you find anything fun?

[7/20/2014 10:25:30 PM] Canto: Tabitha:  Nothing terribly interesting. Actually, I'm going to go check on the guys int he steeple if you want to take over rooting through his office.

[7/20/2014 10:25:41 PM] Josie: Happy to.

[7/20/2014 10:28:55 PM] Canto: Tabitha smiles! She leads you to the small office.

[7/20/2014 10:29:49 PM] Josie: Josie looks up.

[7/20/2014 10:32:38 PM | Edited 10:32:59 PM] Ella: Ella looks down, checking the underside of whatever table-like space-occupier/paper holder the guy had, the undersides of any drawers, and also looks under any decorative items/behind wall hangings and clocks.

[7/20/2014 10:33:00 PM] Canto: Tabitha leaves you to it!

[7/20/2014 10:33:33 PM] Josie: Josie searches.

[7/20/2014 10:33:34 PM] Ella: I found some dust!

[7/20/2014 10:33:43 PM] Ella: And gum. Ew.

[7/20/2014 10:33:53 PM] Rafe: Rafe will pull out some of the furniture to look behind it.

[7/20/2014 10:33:58 PM] Rafe: What are we looking for?

[7/20/2014 10:34:23 PM] Josie: Aberrations.

[7/20/2014 10:34:32 PM] Ella: Documents, trinkets, who knows?

[7/20/2014 10:35:16 PM] Ella: Although, I doubt the guy would write anything incriminating down, if he's smart.

[7/20/2014 10:35:52 PM] Ella: Maybe in a different language, or filtered through a cypher...

[7/20/2014 10:37:33 PM] Josie: Josie searches.

[7/20/2014 10:38:02 PM] Canto: Ella finds some loose floorboards under a very nice rug, under the desk chair.

[7/20/2014 10:38:08 PM] Rafe: Rafe continues looking... particularly for dents, scratches, frayed edges, or anything else that looks like it might be hiding.

[7/20/2014 10:39:07 PM] Ella: Ooh.

[7/20/2014 10:39:27 PM] Ella: Ella attempts to pry up one of the floorboards.

[7/20/2014 10:39:35 PM] Ella: Neerg...

[7/20/2014 10:39:55 PM] Rafe: Allow me, Miss Burke.

[7/20/2014 10:40:07 PM] Ella: Ok then.

[7/20/2014 10:40:17 PM] Ella: Ella stands aside.

[7/20/2014 10:40:21 PM] Rafe: Rafe attempts to lift the boards (without shifting at first)

[7/20/2014 10:41:18 PM] Canto: It's not terribly hard. You find a spot in under the floor that contains an old wooden box.

[7/20/2014 10:41:34 PM] Rafe: Rafe pulls it out and places it on the desk.

[7/20/2014 10:42:09 PM | Edited 10:42:51 PM] Ella: Ella crouches behind the desk, with her head at about desktop-height, and pokes it curiously.

[7/20/2014 10:42:23 PM] Canto: There are some weird symbols on the cover of the box.

[7/20/2014 10:44:16 PM] Rafe: Well... shall we open it or find someone magical first?

[7/20/2014 10:45:04 PM] Josie: We're magical.

[7/20/2014 10:45:10 PM] Josie: ... but we're inexperienced.

[7/20/2014 10:45:16 PM] Josie: We should probably find someone.

[7/20/2014 10:45:37 PM] Rafe: I can go look for Miss Smith.

[7/20/2014 10:45:47 PM] Ella: As much as I want to, opening that thing without checkin' for magical residue could be an easy way to get splattered on the wall.

[7/20/2014 10:45:53 PM] Josie: Whatever will we do without you.

[7/20/2014 10:45:57 PM] Josie: Thanks, Rafe.

[7/20/2014 10:45:59 PM] Josie: Josie smiles.

[7/20/2014 10:46:17 PM] Rafe: Rafe smiles. "Hopefully not too much. I'll be back momentarily."

[7/20/2014 10:46:29 PM] Rafe: Rafe walks out to go seek the steeple!

[7/20/2014 10:46:43 PM] Ella: CAREFUL ON THE STAIRS!

[7/20/2014 10:46:54 PM] Josie: I like him. Oh, yes. No need to shout.

[7/20/2014 10:47:09 PM] Josie: Josie says in Rafe's head: Be careful on the stairs, they'll collapse if more than one person is on them at a time.

[7/20/2014 10:47:44 PM] Josie: Josie examines the box more closely.

[7/20/2014 10:48:03 PM] Josie: Those are Norse runes. It might be evidence of Thule involvement--or simply somebody Scandinavian.

[7/20/2014 10:50:37 PM] Ella: It is possible the guys who killed Davey were trying to pin blame on Thule, and Thule are just a bunch of unscrupulous grumps, but not inherently hostile. Pushy and manipulative, sure.

[7/20/2014 10:50:56 PM] Josie: Good point.

[7/20/2014 10:51:14 PM] Josie: ... It's just their association with Herr HItler that's prejudicing me, I suppose.

[7/20/2014 10:51:58 PM] Ella: Yeah, that's not gonna earn them any confidence.

[7/20/2014 10:53:21 PM] Josie: My friends in Germany haven't written me for ages.

[7/20/2014 10:55:18 PM] Ella: That's worrying.

[7/20/2014 10:56:14 PM] Josie: Yes. I don't know what's going on over there; I'm not sure anyone does.

[7/20/2014 11:00:07 PM] Josie: ... are you going to do your past-life regression soon?

[7/20/2014 11:01:03 PM] Ella: Yeh. I figure I might as well get the awkwardness over with. Besides, who knows what I'll learn!

[7/20/2014 11:01:14 PM] Ella: Like knitting!

[7/20/2014 11:01:28 PM] Ella: I could never get the hang of that.

[7/20/2014 11:02:14 PM] Josie: ... me either.

[7/20/2014 11:02:37 PM] Josie: I'm hopeless at crochet too. And I *can* sew on a button but that's about it.

[7/20/2014 11:02:49 PM] Josie: I did my regression and....

[7/20/2014 11:03:12 PM] Josie: I didn't really realize how lonely I was before. It never bothered me.

[7/20/2014 11:05:29 PM] Ella: Ah. I guess you have to *have* something first to feel its loss.

[7/20/2014 11:06:23 PM] Josie: Exactly.

[7/20/2014 11:06:47 PM] Josie: I don't like being alone anymore.

[7/20/2014 11:08:18 PM] Ella: Ella grins mischievously.

"Well, we can get you fifty-something cats when you get back to California."

[7/20/2014 11:08:37 PM | Edited 11:08:47 PM] Ella: I'm sure you can take care of the other part on your own, too.

[7/20/2014 11:08:41 PM] Ella: ^_^

[7/20/2014 11:08:43 PM] Josie: I'd need a bigger house.

[7/20/2014 11:08:50 PM] Josie: Josie appears to be totally serious.

[7/20/2014 11:09:10 PM] Ella: Yeh, that's true.

[7/20/2014 11:09:17 PM] Ella: Maybe five cats.

[7/20/2014 11:09:21 PM | Edited 11:09:28 PM] Ella: Or three.

[7/20/2014 11:09:36 PM] Ella: Three is a nice number.

[7/20/2014 11:10:16 PM] Josie: I could start with three. Oh, I *like* that idea so much.

[7/20/2014 11:10:31 PM] Josie: In the previous life I had lots of people to help with the cats.

[7/20/2014 11:12:05 PM] Ella: I'll help! We can teach them tricks! Like Fluffy the Lion!

[7/20/2014 11:12:25 PM] Ella: ...Except Fluffy was a big ol' sheepdog.

[7/20/2014 11:12:32 PM] Ella: Not a lion at all...

[7/20/2014 11:13:09 PM] Josie: Our cats didn't do tricks,  exactly.

[7/20/2014 11:13:17 PM] Josie: They were as smart as humans, though. Well, some of them.

[7/20/2014 11:13:28 PM] Josie: Sandstorm was always a bit of an idiot.

[7/20/2014 11:14:36 PM | Edited 11:14:38 PM] Rafe: Rafe walks in. "Never fear, ladies! I have returned."

[7/20/2014 11:15:04 PM] Josie: Josie smiles.

[7/20/2014 11:15:08 PM] Josie: Or there's always Rafe.

[7/20/2014 11:15:23 PM] Ella: Heh.

[7/20/2014 11:15:29 PM] Canto: Rafe is followed by a mousy looking guy with thinning brown hair.

[7/20/2014 11:15:32 PM] Rafe: Rafe smiles at her, completely unaware of the topic.

[7/20/2014 11:15:41 PM] Rafe: This is my new friend, Jacob Kent.

[7/20/2014 11:16:08 PM] Ella: Hi!

[7/20/2014 11:16:38 PM] Josie: Good morning, Mr. Kent.

[7/20/2014 11:17:06 PM] Canto: Jacob:  So, apparently you found something?

[7/20/2014 11:17:28 PM] Rafe: Hidden under the floorboards here. Miss Burke found them.

[7/20/2014 11:18:26 PM] Josie: Josie shows him the box.

[7/20/2014 11:18:29 PM] Josie: They have Norse runes.

[7/20/2014 11:18:50 PM] Canto: Jacob:  And you're concerned it might be enchanted or something?

[7/20/2014 11:19:07 PM] Ella: Exactly.

[7/20/2014 11:20:18 PM] Ella: Specifically with a trappy sort of enchantment that turns nosy people into a jelly-like residue on the ceiling.

[7/20/2014 11:20:25 PM] Josie: Summon demons, open holes to hell.

[7/20/2014 11:20:30 PM] Josie: The usual.

[7/20/2014 11:20:52 PM] Rafe: Not to mention messing up our pretty clothes and faces.

[7/20/2014 11:21:36 PM] Canto: Jacob looks it over. "It's not magical."

[7/20/2014 11:22:15 PM] Ella: Ah.

[7/20/2014 11:22:27 PM] Josie: Josie tries to open it.

[7/20/2014 11:22:35 PM] Ella: Thanks. Sorry 'bout that.

[7/20/2014 11:22:37 PM] Rafe: Well thanks for taking the time to come down here.

[7/20/2014 11:22:45 PM] Canto: Jacob:  No worries. I'd better get back, though.

[7/20/2014 11:22:46 PM] Josie: I've never minded getting a bit messy...

[7/20/2014 11:22:48 PM] Canto: He leaves!

[7/20/2014 11:22:52 PM] Josie: Thank you, Mr. Kent.

[7/20/2014 11:23:42 PM] Canto: The box contains a journal and an old mirror with an elaborate frame done in gold.

[7/20/2014 11:24:27 PM] Rafe: Rafe takes the mirror and looks into it, checking his hair for good measure.

[7/20/2014 11:24:55 PM] Josie: Josie reads the book.

[7/20/2014 11:25:03 PM] Josie: Josie is glad she isn't in Call of Cthulhu.

[7/20/2014 11:29:11 PM] Rafe: Rafe will also examine the frame and look at the back.

[7/20/2014 11:29:58 PM] Ella: Ella continues looking around the room while waiting for the others to finish stuff.

[7/20/2014 11:30:13 PM] Canto: There doesn't seem to be anything unusual. Just a weirdyl ornate hand mirror.

[7/20/2014 11:30:55 PM] Rafe: Rafe puts the mirror back. "Still handsome."

[7/20/2014 11:32:06 PM] Josie: Sehr schoen.

[7/20/2014 11:32:08 PM] Rafe: Rafe looks more closely at the box itself to make sure we didn't miss anything.

[7/20/2014 11:32:26 PM] Canto: It's a nice box.

[7/20/2014 11:32:37 PM] Ella: What?

[7/20/2014 11:33:08 PM] Rafe: You speak German, Dr. Black?

[7/20/2014 11:34:27 PM] Josie: Aber naturlich.

[7/20/2014 11:34:51 PM] Josie: It *is* one of the major scholarly languages, after all.

[7/20/2014 11:36:40 PM] Rafe: So what did you find? Or were you just referring to me?

[7/20/2014 11:37:25 PM] Josie: Oh, with the "pretty" comment? No, that was you.

[7/20/2014 11:37:39 PM] Josie: He murdered the old priest.

[7/20/2014 11:37:47 PM] Josie: And made sure no one would be able to recognize him.

[7/20/2014 11:37:50 PM] Rafe: Rafe smiles, but it disappears with the next comment.

[7/20/2014 11:37:58 PM] Ella: Well.

[7/20/2014 11:38:00 PM] Josie: And... ah, here's a list of names.

[7/20/2014 11:38:25 PM] Rafe: Just took his identity as a priest or is he a shifter?

[7/20/2014 11:41:45 PM] Josie: ... I'm not sure if he was a shapeshifter or used magic to achieve the same effect, but it was an existing identity.

[7/20/2014 11:42:23 PM] Rafe: So he could look like anything now. I wonder if your "Theo" is aware of that.

[7/20/2014 11:43:59 PM] Josie: He's not *my* Theo.

[7/20/2014 11:44:13 PM] Josie: If anything, he's Anya's Theo. They've known each other a lot longer.

[7/20/2014 11:44:35 PM] Rafe: Oh, I didn't mean it that way. Just that I haven't really met him.

[7/20/2014 11:45:01 PM] Josie: Oh. Point taken, I ought to have introduced you properly last night.

[7/20/2014 11:45:15 PM] Josie: Theo's wonderful, he helped me make a mechanical frog and a key that'll start any car.

[7/20/2014 11:45:24 PM] Rafe: It's quite all right. There was a lot going on last night.

[7/20/2014 11:45:43 PM] Rafe: That key sounds incredibly useful.

[7/20/2014 11:45:45 PM] Josie: He got stabbed when we met him. ... it was a bit of a mess.

[7/20/2014 11:45:53 PM] Josie: And it is. It's a good thing I'm not a car thief.

[7/20/2014 11:46:13 PM] Josie: Hm.

[7/20/2014 11:46:27 PM] Rafe: Something else?

[7/20/2014 11:46:28 PM] Josie: Well, this book describes the ghost engine all right, and how we took it to the chapterhouse.

[7/20/2014 11:46:30 PM] Josie: Josie reads.

[7/20/2014 11:50:08 PM] Josie: ... nothing about what their plan is.

[7/20/2014 11:50:16 PM] Josie: Just that they're accelerating it.

[7/20/2014 11:50:37 PM] Rafe: This ghost engine was what you found in LA? He had something to do with it? Or just his group?

[7/20/2014 11:52:00 PM] Josie: He has somethin...

[7/20/2014 11:52:03 PM] Josie: Aha!

[7/20/2014 11:52:17 PM] Josie: Thule, what did I tell you.

[7/20/2014 11:53:34 PM] Josie: Nothing about Germany or Hitler or any of that, Ultima Thule.

[7/20/2014 11:54:07 PM] Josie: I wish I could show this to Emil Goldberg, he'd know exactly where it came from.

[7/20/2014 11:54:12 PM] Rafe: Who?

[7/20/2014 11:54:37 PM] Josie: Oh, one of my German friends.

[7/20/2014 11:54:49 PM] Josie: He's a bit better on this sort of thing than I am.

[7/20/2014 11:59:19 PM] Rafe: So what do we do now?

[12:00:28 AM] Josie: I'm... not sure, actually.

[12:00:36 AM] Josie: We should probably bring this back to the chapterhouse.

[12:00:49 AM] Josie: I wish we *did* know where Theo is, but there's no way to tell what their plans are from this.

[12:06:07 AM] Rafe: The three others are listening to some voice in the Tear, trying to see if it says anything, I suppose. Do you think we should check in with them and make sure they're ok before we go?

[12:06:22 AM] Josie: Yes. One moment.

[12:17:09 AM] Josie: ... oh no, no no no. Something is very very wrong, very wrong.

[12:17:33 AM] Rafe: What is it?

[12:17:45 AM] Josie: Singing.

[12:17:58 AM] Josie: ... it's really... beautiful singing.

[12:18:08 AM] Rafe: In the Tear?

[12:18:15 AM] Ella: Singing? Is it coming from the tear?

[12:18:26 AM] Josie: I don't know, it's the steeple.

[12:18:31 AM] Josie: Up from here.

[12:18:36 AM] Rafe: There was some if you listened close enough.

[12:18:49 AM] Rafe: That's what they were listening to.

[12:18:51 AM] Josie: It's in my *head.*

[12:19:01 AM] Josie: It's *wrong.*

[12:19:11 AM] Rafe: Mr. Kent was saying they were listening to it to learn.

[12:19:24 AM] Josie: NO!

[12:19:31 AM] Rafe: But they looked more like they were... hypnotized or something. He shrugged it off.

[12:19:32 AM] Josie: I'm not going up there!

[12:19:43 AM] Josie: You have to make it stop somehow!

[12:19:59 AM] Rafe: Dr. Black? Are you ok?

[12:20:02 AM] Josie: NO.

[12:20:16 AM] Josie: Tie me to something or something, please!

[12:20:31 AM] Josie: I want to go up there, you don't understand. Please, please make it stop, it's *not right.*

[12:20:33 AM] Rafe: Come on. Let's get you outside.

[12:20:51 AM] Rafe: Rafe takes her hand and pulls her through the door to leave.

[12:20:54 AM] Josie: No, I can HEAR IT from there.

[12:20:58 AM] Josie: Josie resists.

[12:21:20 AM] Josie: Please, just go upstairs and make it stop or knock me out OR SOMETHING....

[12:21:40 AM] Josie: Josie trails off.

[12:22:04 AM] Rafe: ... all right.

[12:22:09 AM | Edited 12:22:40 AM] Ella: Ella looks around for cotton balls or tissues or something similar to stuff in her own ears.

[12:22:21 AM] Rafe: Rafe heads back up to the steeple.

[12:22:33 AM] Josie: Josie dodges out of his grasp and runs up to the steeple ahead of them.

[12:23:20 AM] Rafe: Dr. Black! Wait!

[12:23:24 AM] Rafe: Rafe chases after her.

[12:23:28 AM | Removed 12:23:34 AM] Ella: This message has been removed.

[12:23:49 AM] Ella: Ella abandons her search and dashes after them.

[12:24:08 AM] Canto: Josie runs up first! The stairs are super rickety.

[12:24:21 AM] Josie: Josie runs up there.

[12:25:49 AM] Canto: Josie gets up to the belltower first, where teh three Council agents are clustered around the tear. Tabitha looks at Josie as she busts in. "You hear it too, don't you?  Isn't it wonderful?"

[12:26:15 AM] Rafe: Rafe is close on her heels!

[12:26:33 AM] Josie: It's amazing! What is it?

[12:26:40 AM] Ella: Ella takes up the rear, hands on her ears.

[12:26:53 AM] Canto: Rafe busts in second, with Ella right behind.

[12:27:43 AM] Canto: ONce again, you all feel invigorated by the Tear, as well.

[12:27:53 AM] Canto: Tabitha:  I don't know. I just want to listen and listen...

[12:28:04 AM] Rafe: You need to silence it.

[12:28:19 AM] Canto: Tabitha:  I could never do that.

[12:28:28 AM] Josie: No, it's beautiful! Just listen!

[12:28:34 AM] Josie: Nothing that sounds like that could be bad.

[12:30:51 AM] Rafe: ....it is.

[12:31:29 AM] Josie: No it isn't. What do you know anyway, you're new.

[12:31:53 AM] Rafe: ...I know beauty.

[12:31:57 AM] Canto: The singing is very loud. You can all hear it.

[12:32:23 AM | Edited 12:32:36 AM] Ella: Ella holds her hands tighter against her ears.

[12:32:37 AM] Rafe: Rafe shakes his head vigorously. "We need to get out of here. All of us."

[12:33:25 AM] Ella: Ella extends a shadowy tendril towards the tear, trying to see if it will end up... inside.

[12:33:26 AM] Josie: You can go if you want.

[12:33:29 AM] Josie: I'm staying here.

[12:34:04 AM] Canto: Tabitha:  You should stay here, too, Mr. Winsor. And you, Miss Burke. Can't you hear it?

[12:34:33 AM] Canto: Ella's shadow tentacle brushes the Tear's perimeter.

[12:34:48 AM] Canto: Suddenly, it seems to turn *solid*.

[12:35:04 AM] Rafe: I can. And it's wonderful... but it's not right.

[12:35:43 AM] Canto: As it touches the TEar itself, there's a loud screech, and teh beautiful music stops, replaced by that horrible chanting you heard days ago on Theo's radio, when you first tracked the source of that signal here.

[12:35:45 AM] Canto: The spell ends.

[12:35:51 AM] Josie: Josie blinks.

[12:36:02 AM] Josie: Right, we need to leave. *Now.*

[12:36:10 AM] Josie: This time you might actually consider listening to me!

[12:36:21 AM] Canto: The Council agents rub their eyes. "Yeah, definitely."

[12:36:29 AM] Josie: Josie grabs Tabitha's arm and tries to hustle her down the steps.

[12:37:02 AM] Rafe: Rafe ushers the rest down as well.

[12:37:12 AM] Ella: Ella grabs a random person, too, and starts down the stairs, also.

[12:37:16 AM] Canto: Everyone gets out of the steeple.

[12:38:15 AM] Ella: I had no idea something like that was gonna happen.

[12:38:34 AM] Josie: Josie hands Tabitha off to Rafe and hurries back into an alleyway or sidestreet.

[12:38:50 AM] Rafe: Where are you going?

[12:39:03 AM] Ella: Hey, wait!

[12:39:27 AM] Rafe: Follow her, Miss Burke.

[12:39:39 AM] Ella: Ella does so!

[12:39:43 AM] Rafe: Rafe looks at Tabitha. "Are you all right?"

[12:40:22 AM] Canto: Tabitha nods. "Yeah, I'm okay."

[12:40:37 AM] Rafe: Rafe turns to the men. "And you?"

[12:41:20 AM] Canto: Jacob:  A bit embarassed. Damn siren spell. One of the simplest spells in the book.

[12:41:55 AM] Rafe: Classic Greek.

[12:42:19 AM] Rafe: You three should head back. Let them know what happened and get the right wards up.

[12:42:28 AM] Rafe: We'll be right behind you.

[12:43:57 AM] Canto: Jacob:  ... means there's something on the other side of that tear that's waiting. And it wants people like us.

[12:45:13 AM] Rafe: Rafe nods. "I'll find the others and we can talk about it where it's safe."

[12:51:19 AM] Rafe: Will you all be all right, then? I need to go find the rest of my team.

[12:55:56 AM] Josie: Josie returns with Ella, looking a bit more composed.

[12:56:09 AM] Rafe: Are you ok, Dr. Black?

[12:56:12 AM] Josie: Perfectly fine.

[12:56:32 AM] Josie: ... if I use my abilities it leaves me vulnerable to interference, it seems.

[12:57:59 AM] Rafe: What were you trying to do?

[12:58:05 AM] Josie: Check if they were all right.

[12:58:07 AM] Josie: And they weren't.

[12:58:41 AM] Josie: Next time I say something like what I said, please act quickly. I'm certain you'd never do anything permanently damaging, but ... it would be dangerous. If someone took me over completely.

[12:58:44 AM] Rafe: Rafe nods. "Maybe next time a quick trip up the stairs would be better."

[12:59:18 AM] Josie: I burned a man to a pile of ashes once.

[12:59:33 AM] Josie: It would be dangerous.

[12:59:40 AM] Rafe: He flew too close to the sun?

[12:59:44 AM] Rafe: Rafe smiles uneasily.

[1:00:07 AM] Josie: I don't like to be touched without permission.

[1:00:42 AM] Rafe: Noted. Shall we get back to the office?

[1:01:37 AM] Josie: Right. ... you should drive this time, please.

[1:01:42 AM] Josie: Josie tosses him the keys.

[1:01:50 AM] Rafe: Rafe catches them.

[1:02:25 AM] Rafe: Rafe leads the way back to the car and opens the doors for the ladies.

[1:02:26 AM] Canto: We shall end it there!

[1:02:27 AM] Josie: I think I'd give you and Ella permission. Especially if somebody was magicking my brain.

[1:03:38 AM] Canto: I'm assuming you're brining the mirror and the journal with you?

[1:03:49 AM] Rafe: Yup.