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[7/20/2014 10:47:29 PM] Canto: You go up to the steeple! There are very rickety stairs.

[7/20/2014 10:47:53 PM] Rafe: Rafe will climb up (carefully) looking for Tabitha!

[7/20/2014 10:52:34 PM] Rafe: ((?))

[7/20/2014 10:52:46 PM] Canto: ((Sorry, it wasn't blinking.))

[7/20/2014 10:53:29 PM] Canto: You climb up to the belltower. You find Tabitha and two other men, probably the spellcasters, clustered around a glowing crack in space.

[7/20/2014 10:54:43 PM] Rafe: Miss Smith. Gentlemen. We found something in the office with runes on it. Thought we'd have someone take a look at it before it blew up at us.

[7/20/2014 10:56:26 PM] Canto: They don't respond at first! They seem to be studying the crack in space raptly. Tabitha:  Can you hear that? It sounds like a voice, or something...

[7/20/2014 10:57:09 PM] Rafe: Rafe clears his throat a little. "So this is the... crack? What's the term for it?"

[7/20/2014 10:57:41 PM] Canto: Tabitha doesn't turn twoard you, leaning in to the Tear. "We're calling it a Tear."

[7/20/2014 10:57:58 PM] Canto: You feel very energized by your proximity to it as well.

[7/20/2014 10:58:11 PM] Rafe: Are you sure you want to get that close, Miss Smith?

[7/20/2014 10:58:32 PM] Canto: Tabitha:  It's apparently pretty safe. Do you hear that, Mr. Windsor? It sounds like a voice.

[7/20/2014 10:58:50 PM] Rafe: Rafe listens.

[7/20/2014 10:59:02 PM] Canto: you don't hear anything.

[7/20/2014 10:59:20 PM] Rafe: No, I'm afraid I don't.

[7/20/2014 10:59:28 PM] Rafe: Rafe moves a little closer.

[7/20/2014 11:00:40 PM] Canto: You do! You hear a voice. You think. It's very soft, just on the edge of hearing. It sounds like a woman.

[7/20/2014 11:01:15 PM] Rafe: Rafe steps up next to Tabitha to listen closer. "There *is* something there."

[7/20/2014 11:02:47 PM] Canto: Tabitha doesn't respond, rapt in attention. The voice... it's exceedingly pleasant. Soothing. You can't make out words... she seems to be singing, or chanting. It's beautiful.

[7/20/2014 11:03:38 PM] Rafe: Rafe looks at Tabitha, then at the two men. ((Do they look hypnotized or just curious?))

[7/20/2014 11:05:49 PM] Canto: They're staring intently. As soon as your full attention is off the tear, the singing fades and you can't hear it anymore.

[7/20/2014 11:06:36 PM] Rafe: Rafe claps one of the men on the shoulder and shakes his hand. "Hi! Rafe Windsor. We haven't met yet."

[7/20/2014 11:07:22 PM] Canto: He doesn't look at you. "Jacob Kent."

[7/20/2014 11:08:03 PM] Rafe: And your friend there?

[7/20/2014 11:09:06 PM] Canto: Jacob:  Hmm?

[7/20/2014 11:09:25 PM] Rafe: I don't suppose the three of you would mind coming down to take a look at something we found.

[7/20/2014 11:10:02 PM] Canto: Jacob:  Um, yeah, I guess I'll go. The others need to stay to make sure the wards stay up.

[7/20/2014 11:10:30 PM] Rafe: Sure.

[7/20/2014 11:11:03 PM] Rafe: Rafe lets him lead the way, but once his attention is diverted, he'll add, "Are you sure the wards are working? You all seem quite taken by the voice."

[7/20/2014 11:11:50 PM] Canto: Jacob:  Of course.

[7/20/2014 11:12:21 PM] Canto: Jacob:  Our job is to study the damn thing, which means we have to listen to whatever it might have to say.

[7/20/2014 11:12:39 PM] Rafe: Oh! Well that's much less sinister than I had thought.

[7/20/2014 11:13:21 PM] Rafe: I was afraid you'd all been hypnotized like the old Siren tales.

[7/20/2014 11:14:05 PM] Canto: Jacob:  Oh, no. Nothin' like that.