the ground could open, he could still say please

[slavophile]

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[imnot_likeyou]

Okay. We'll see you soon.

[He didn't even get to tell her who he was dating. He lets her go with that, then turns back to Allison with a sigh.]

She'll be here in a week.

[matriarchate]

( She'll find out soon enough. )

Let's hope she's more concerned about the Colony than who Dean happens to be dating.

[imnot_likeyou]

Rowena's glib, but she takes things like this very seriously.

[He smirks.]

And she doesn't even know about you yet. There'll be plenty to keep her occupied.

[moralitypolice]

( "I didn't know was something to know about," she teases. Her reputation proceeds her. She's not surprised a witch of Rowena's scale has heard of her.

Meanwhile, Bonnie leaves Isaac to finish unpacking and makes her way back into the main room. She asks Allison to give them a moment, laying everything out on the table-so-speak. )

And, ever since, my magic isn't just off, it's uncontrollable. I've lost it before, but this is something different. Magic is about intention and conviction, but the targets of my spells, even minor ones -- I hurt Ryan. I -- magnified the sounds around us, instead of drawing everything silent. I don't know what to do.

[imnot_likeyou]

[Sam nods as he takes it in, listening to the story. He can't say he has direct experience with it, but he might be able to find something in the archives.]

What was the artifact called?

[moralitypolice]

A damnum essentia. It traces back to the Colony.

( And beyond, she gathers. )

[imnot_likeyou]

Give me a minute to let me see what I can find.

[He nods, before doing a brief scan over the books to see what they have (10) and if what he needs isn't there, he'll go digging in the library to see if the Men of Letters have anything.]

[moralitypolice]

( A 10 gives him brief mentions of it and other dark objects like it. It traps the user's magic. It's rare, and there are smudges around any useful information. Nothing about magic recovery or anything else. But, it's used to weaken witches. )

[imnot_likeyou]

[He returns to the table and shakes his head.]

Not much. But I do have a very powerful magic friend coming, so if we can take a week, she might have more answers for you.

[But because he should probably warn her.]

Rowena MacLeoud.

[moralitypolice]

( When you roll for recognition, a 17 is impressionable. )

I thought Rowena MacLeoud was dead.

[imnot_likeyou]

She is. Sort of.

[A beat as he swallows because sometimes the best way to say something is to just spit it out.]

She's the Queen of Hell, so that gives her some leeway to come and go.

[moralitypolice]

She's - did she just appoint herself Queen of Hell?

( How does that even work? )

You're friendly with the Queen of Hell.

[imnot_likeyou]

They needed someone to take control. She was willing and able.

[And as far as them being on friendly terms with the person controlling Hell ...]

It happens more often than you think?

[If he had a nickel ... he would only have two nickels, but weird that it's happened twice.]

[moralitypolice]

A lot happens more than any of us think. Okay. We'll consult the Queen of Hell. Thank you.

( As strange a sentence as that is. )