His smile widened when he pushed past some old dusty and rotted pieces of wood, and he saw a tome partially buried under crumbled stone and brick. An old tome, to understate it. The way it was bound, the material used, the layers of dust on and around it... this was something that made his heart stir, his mind race, and his imagination run while.
He was Evan Fyrane. Son of Lindsay Fyrane and Casey Kiczys. He was born with his mother's necromantic powers, and her feline features had shown up later in his life.
But he had inherited just more than her physical feline features... he inherited the natural curiosity of a feline. As such, when he learned that an old building that had formerly been a mage library had been quarantined was set to be demolished, he HAD to search it. He HAD to see if he could find any books that they might have missed when they relocated the library so long ago.
That was what he'd inherited from his father. His love of reading and discovery.
He'd been searching for close to 3 hours, when he finally hit paydirt. He wanted to see what was in this book. He needed to see what had been lost for centuries. Millenia. He dug the book out from it's makeshift 'grave', and made his way outside the building. Once he looked around and saw nobody was around, he used his mana to teleport to the apartment that he and his sister were renting out. It wasn't anything special, nor was it anything they spent a lot of time in, but it was somewhere they could go when they needed to be alone. Once he was in the living room, he looked at the book one more time, before sitting down cross-legged in the living room area of the place. He sat the book down in front of him, and then thought for a moment, looking around.
He placed 4 crystals around him, charged with mana, and activated them, forming a barrier around himself and the book. He then laid down several rune circles, putting layer after layer of barriers around, before taking a deep breath.
"All right." he said to himself, his ears twitching and his tail swishing.
"...let's see what's inside." he said, reaching for the book and slowly opening it.
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A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
He opened the book, and there was an almost invisible outpouring of mana. He could barely see it, and it looked merely like the heat in the air , but he could feel it.
He also noticed that the book was notably difficult to close if he were to decide to.
Seemed it was all or nothing for the moment. He had to dive right in and find out what was in the book. He was curious, after all.
---
Vicki froze a moment before looking around. She was in the middle of a meeting, and in the middle of a sentence when she'd felt it.
Old world mana. Back from when it was still known as Magic.
"Oh shit..." she said quietly before looking to each of the people in the meeting.
"I'm sorry. Something has come up." She stated, her voice level, her eyes calm, but her words denoting a certain urgency. The crystal in the staff she received from her Aunt was also glowing a bit, it was picking up on the magic too.
"I need to tend to something. This will be readdressed later, I'm sorry for this, but this is important." She added before just leaving the room swiftly.
He also noticed that the book was notably difficult to close if he were to decide to.
Seemed it was all or nothing for the moment. He had to dive right in and find out what was in the book. He was curious, after all.
---
Vicki froze a moment before looking around. She was in the middle of a meeting, and in the middle of a sentence when she'd felt it.
Old world mana. Back from when it was still known as Magic.
"Oh shit..." she said quietly before looking to each of the people in the meeting.
"I'm sorry. Something has come up." She stated, her voice level, her eyes calm, but her words denoting a certain urgency. The crystal in the staff she received from her Aunt was also glowing a bit, it was picking up on the magic too.
"I need to tend to something. This will be readdressed later, I'm sorry for this, but this is important." She added before just leaving the room swiftly.
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Several of the people in the meeting were looking confused, some were looking offended and irritated, but others were looking just as concerned as Vicki had looked. It seemed that not everyone had felt it, but some of them had.
As Vicki swiftly made her way down the hallway, she almost ran into someone that had been taken in for questioning. Literally. They had rounded a corner, and were about to race down the hall, when they saw that Vicki was there, blocking the way.
In a panic, they aimed some fire mana at her, before a small stream of sand was blasted into their right eye, causing them to shake and sputter for a moment... and then collapse, asleep.
Sure enough, a few seconds later, Vito rushed up.
"Sorry." he said.
"The guy managed to get away from security, so I was called in to take him down." he told her, hefting the mage up.
"....I'll move." he then mumbled.
"Something tells me that that wave of strange mana I felt is why you look so hurried and concerned." he added, stepping out of the way.
As Vicki swiftly made her way down the hallway, she almost ran into someone that had been taken in for questioning. Literally. They had rounded a corner, and were about to race down the hall, when they saw that Vicki was there, blocking the way.
In a panic, they aimed some fire mana at her, before a small stream of sand was blasted into their right eye, causing them to shake and sputter for a moment... and then collapse, asleep.
Sure enough, a few seconds later, Vito rushed up.
"Sorry." he said.
"The guy managed to get away from security, so I was called in to take him down." he told her, hefting the mage up.
"....I'll move." he then mumbled.
"Something tells me that that wave of strange mana I felt is why you look so hurried and concerned." he added, stepping out of the way.
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
"Vito... that wasn't mana." Vicki told him simply.
"I'm heading to the roof to try and scrye for where. Come find me if you want more information." Was all she said simply before heading off. She didn't have time to dawdle to talk, after all. As it stood, she needed to make her way up there to get a read on the location before it was too late, before it faded enough for a faint idea.
Although... there was the possibility that it was already too late. She knew that.
She had to try though.
"I'm heading to the roof to try and scrye for where. Come find me if you want more information." Was all she said simply before heading off. She didn't have time to dawdle to talk, after all. As it stood, she needed to make her way up there to get a read on the location before it was too late, before it faded enough for a faint idea.
Although... there was the possibility that it was already too late. She knew that.
She had to try though.
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
She'd gotten to the roof, and was there for only about 10 seconds, before Vito followed.
He emerged behind her, and looked around some.
"Wasn't mana?" he asked her, referring to what she'd told him earlier.
"That... makes little to no sense." he said.
"But I won't interrupt. If you need to scrye, then scrye." he then told her.
"Just let me know if you need anything."
He emerged behind her, and looked around some.
"Wasn't mana?" he asked her, referring to what she'd told him earlier.
"That... makes little to no sense." he said.
"But I won't interrupt. If you need to scrye, then scrye." he then told her.
"Just let me know if you need anything."
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
"It was magic." Vicki told him as she looked for a quartz that may have been strong enough.
"That's how old it was. It's nothing like what you or I know of today. It's old old OLD world magic. Like before Dad was born old." She told him with a sigh as she found what she was looking for and sat down on the mat that she'd had put up there specifically for scrying. There was unbelievably good 'reception' for tha tup there, the mana in the air boosted it.
'I don't even know if this will work... I connect with mana, not magic..." she admitted before sighing and giving it a try.
The quartz was all over the place, but after a few minutes it did seem to isolate itself on one area.
". . . Southern Ontario...." She said after a moment before sighing.
"Vito... I have a very bad feeling about this."
"That's how old it was. It's nothing like what you or I know of today. It's old old OLD world magic. Like before Dad was born old." She told him with a sigh as she found what she was looking for and sat down on the mat that she'd had put up there specifically for scrying. There was unbelievably good 'reception' for tha tup there, the mana in the air boosted it.
'I don't even know if this will work... I connect with mana, not magic..." she admitted before sighing and giving it a try.
The quartz was all over the place, but after a few minutes it did seem to isolate itself on one area.
". . . Southern Ontario...." She said after a moment before sighing.
"Vito... I have a very bad feeling about this."
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
".....Southern Ontario?" Vito asked.
"As in, where Sammy and them are?" he asked further.
Vicki just nodded in response.
"Hoo boy." he then mumbled.
"Should we go there?" he asked. "If nothing else, to see if everyone's okay?" he asked further.
"Or should we exercise extreme caution?" he then asked her.
"As you said, this is unknown, and obscenely powerful."
"As in, where Sammy and them are?" he asked further.
Vicki just nodded in response.
"Hoo boy." he then mumbled.
"Should we go there?" he asked. "If nothing else, to see if everyone's okay?" he asked further.
"Or should we exercise extreme caution?" he then asked her.
"As you said, this is unknown, and obscenely powerful."
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
Vicki sighed.
"I.... have no idea what to make of tht." She admitted.
"It could be in a different location, I honestly have no idea." She paused a moment.
"Do you want to go check?" She asked.
'I can't really leave here quietly too easily." She added before pausing, 'If not, I can call my sister." She added after a mometn.
"I.... have no idea what to make of tht." She admitted.
"It could be in a different location, I honestly have no idea." She paused a moment.
"Do you want to go check?" She asked.
'I can't really leave here quietly too easily." She added before pausing, 'If not, I can call my sister." She added after a mometn.
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
"Hm." Vito muttered.
"I can't leave here, either." he told her.
"We've got a high-profile criminal being brought in for his trial." he said.
"Remember? Sal, the Deep-Fryer." he went on.
"I'm supposed to be there as personal security, in case he tries something." he continued.
"...I suppose we'll have to call, see if anything's off."
"I can't leave here, either." he told her.
"We've got a high-profile criminal being brought in for his trial." he said.
"Remember? Sal, the Deep-Fryer." he went on.
"I'm supposed to be there as personal security, in case he tries something." he continued.
"...I suppose we'll have to call, see if anything's off."
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
Vicki sighed lightly.
". . . Right... that's today." She then said with a light sigh.
"I'll call Alice, have her check around." She then said.
"It's the best I can do for the moment." Was the last thing she said before sighing lightly.
"I'm actually really uneasy with this." She then admitted.
"This is serious. That magic shouldn't be here. I don't know where it was contained, but it's strong, and none of the modern mana barriers would be able to protect against it, whatever it was." She added.
---
Alice sighed as she got off the phone with her sister. She didn't know what to make of that, but she wasn't that worried about it.
Seemed she had some checking around to do. Not that it would be that much of a difficult thing of course. She would start once she was done at the hospital.
But to start, she called Darrell.
"Yo. I need you to check on Sammy, make sure she's all right." She commented.
"Seems somethin' is going on and Vicki wants to know if everyone around here is all right. I'm stuck at OLA for the moment, so I can't really break away yet."
". . . Right... that's today." She then said with a light sigh.
"I'll call Alice, have her check around." She then said.
"It's the best I can do for the moment." Was the last thing she said before sighing lightly.
"I'm actually really uneasy with this." She then admitted.
"This is serious. That magic shouldn't be here. I don't know where it was contained, but it's strong, and none of the modern mana barriers would be able to protect against it, whatever it was." She added.
---
Alice sighed as she got off the phone with her sister. She didn't know what to make of that, but she wasn't that worried about it.
Seemed she had some checking around to do. Not that it would be that much of a difficult thing of course. She would start once she was done at the hospital.
But to start, she called Darrell.
"Yo. I need you to check on Sammy, make sure she's all right." She commented.
"Seems somethin' is going on and Vicki wants to know if everyone around here is all right. I'm stuck at OLA for the moment, so I can't really break away yet."
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
"Ah, right." Darrel responded.
"Sure thing." he told her.
He was then silent, and she heard him sniffing and snuffling a little.
"I might come see you at OLA after." he commented.
"My sniffer's a bit weak right now. Might have a bug or something." he told her.
"But it's nothing... TOO serious right now." he assured her.
"Anyway, I'll call with the info."
"Sure thing." he told her.
He was then silent, and she heard him sniffing and snuffling a little.
"I might come see you at OLA after." he commented.
"My sniffer's a bit weak right now. Might have a bug or something." he told her.
"But it's nothing... TOO serious right now." he assured her.
"Anyway, I'll call with the info."
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
"All right, I'll be waiting." Alice answered.
"But thanks. I'll catch ya later, lemme know what you find out, if anything. If everyone's good, just text me or something." She added before they said their farewells and she sighed.
"I do hope that Vicki's concerned over nothing...." she muttered.
"But thanks. I'll catch ya later, lemme know what you find out, if anything. If everyone's good, just text me or something." She added before they said their farewells and she sighed.
"I do hope that Vicki's concerned over nothing...." she muttered.
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Darrel hung up, and sighed.
"Right." he said.
"Off I go." he muttered.
With that, he used a portal to leave his apartment, and appeared just outside the Fyrane manor.
Once there, he rung the bell.
"Hey! Sammy, you in!?" he called inside.
"Right." he said.
"Off I go." he muttered.
With that, he used a portal to leave his apartment, and appeared just outside the Fyrane manor.
Once there, he rung the bell.
"Hey! Sammy, you in!?" he called inside.
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
He was met with silence for a moment before the door opened, obviously with her mana. He stepped in, closed the door, and followed it to her brothers room.
"Yo, what's up?" Sammy asked as she looked through something.
"Kinda preoccupied, so if it's important, may not be the best to ask now."
"Yo, what's up?" Sammy asked as she looked through something.
"Kinda preoccupied, so if it's important, may not be the best to ask now."
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
"Huh?" Darrel asked.
"I... was just checking up on you." he told her.
"Seeing if you were okay and all." he said further.
"Vicki and Alice are concerned, said something big happened in this area of the world." he told her.
"What's so important to preoccupy you?" he then asked her.
"Can I help in any way?"
"I... was just checking up on you." he told her.
"Seeing if you were okay and all." he said further.
"Vicki and Alice are concerned, said something big happened in this area of the world." he told her.
"What's so important to preoccupy you?" he then asked her.
"Can I help in any way?"
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
'Evan isn't answering his phone. Hasn't for hours." Sammy answered simply before pausing.
"He has tyhe keys to the place we keep together." She added before pausing a moment.
"Waiot.... something happened?" She asked, seeming to have worry in her voice more now than before as she stopped looking and turned to face him.
". . .. . any idea WHAT that 'something big' is?"
"He has tyhe keys to the place we keep together." She added before pausing a moment.
"Waiot.... something happened?" She asked, seeming to have worry in her voice more now than before as she stopped looking and turned to face him.
". . .. . any idea WHAT that 'something big' is?"
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Darrel just shrugged.
"I dunno any details." he said.
"I was just told to make sure things were all right here." he told her.
"That being said... if Evan's not answering his phone, that's a concern." he then admitted.
"Hmmmm." he mumbled.
"You know where he might be?" he asked her.
"Or is this a case of him being at that place?"
"I dunno any details." he said.
"I was just told to make sure things were all right here." he told her.
"That being said... if Evan's not answering his phone, that's a concern." he then admitted.
"Hmmmm." he mumbled.
"You know where he might be?" he asked her.
"Or is this a case of him being at that place?"
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
"I'm not sure, but if he's in trouble, the first place either of us go is to our apartment." Sammy answered honestly.
'Beyond that," she started as she ran her hands through her shoulder length hair, "I have no idea." That much was true, as much as she was loathe to admit it. There was very little that she liked admitting, and this certainly wasn't one of them.
"The problem though, si that we set up mana barriers. No one can mana in or ou t." She added before pausing with a sigh.
"And there are only two keys, but we pass them back and forth like the whore on the corner. If one wants privacy, we give them the keys, so they ahve both to not be disturbed."
'Beyond that," she started as she ran her hands through her shoulder length hair, "I have no idea." That much was true, as much as she was loathe to admit it. There was very little that she liked admitting, and this certainly wasn't one of them.
"The problem though, si that we set up mana barriers. No one can mana in or ou t." She added before pausing with a sigh.
"And there are only two keys, but we pass them back and forth like the whore on the corner. If one wants privacy, we give them the keys, so they ahve both to not be disturbed."
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
"Hm." Darrel muttered.
"Well, there might not be a mana way in." he said.
"But what about a mortal way?" he asked.
"How good is the security on the front door?" he asked her further.
"I might be able to pick the lock."
"Well, there might not be a mana way in." he said.
"But what about a mortal way?" he asked.
"How good is the security on the front door?" he asked her further.
"I might be able to pick the lock."
"There is no shame in deterrence. Having a weapon is very different from actually using it." - Ghandi
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
When he's in his mind, where he is, what he wants to be
"Surprisingly good." Sammy said.
"We're in the same place my grams used to use for her escape, so we've got all the security that SHE put in." She told him honestly.
'You're welcome to try though, I know you're goodw ith locks." She added with a shrug
"We're in the same place my grams used to use for her escape, so we've got all the security that SHE put in." She told him honestly.
'You're welcome to try though, I know you're goodw ith locks." She added with a shrug
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
Won't you take a chance on this night and follow me?
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Having you as a Voltie would be awesome.