Galactiga Pointe - Wednesday Evening

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi sat on a rock waiting for her friends with the crystal ball wrapped in it's dark silk cloth in her lap.

This was the same rock she sat on with Greg before he left and it put her in a very thoughtful mood.

This visit was certainly not a happy one either, but hopefully have happy results in the long term.

To cheer herself up as she waited, she sang.

Pastime with good company
I love and shall until I die.
Grudge who likes, but none deny,
So God be pleased, thus live will I.
For my pastance:
Hunt, sing, and dance.
My heart is set!
All goodly sport
For my comfort.
Who shall me let?

Youth must have some dalliance,
Of good or ill some pastance.
Company I think then best --
All thoughts and fantasies to digest.
For idleness
Is chief mistress
Of vices all.
Then who can say
But mirth and play
Is best of all?

Company with honesty
Is virtue -- vices to flee.
Company is good and ill,
But every man has his free will.
The best ensue.
The worst eschew.
My mind shall be.
Virtue to use.
Vice to refuse.
Thus shall I use me!

[[ooc: cut to them what know who they be.]]

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia walked up with the notebook holding all her current notes. As usual, her mallet was in her backpack. "Hey, Pippi."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Was sitting there as Nadia walked up, nodding her head and bouncing her foot to the beet of her song.

She began singing different words that were normally sung to a totally different tune but still fit the tune she was singing perfectly.

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour………
The weather started getting rough,
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew,
the Minnow would be lost; the Minnow would be lost.
The ship took ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle,
with...

"Hey Nadia." Pippi said.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia grabbed a pen and sat down with her notebook on her lap and her backpack with her mallet within easy reach. She looked out at the water for a long moment without speaking.

How easy it would have been for her to end up a ghost to haunt somebody. . . .

"Any new information?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe showed up as promised, carrying a messenger bag across her shoulders and neck.

"Hey guys."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia smiled a bit sadly at her. "Hey. How's Bel doing?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Hey Phoebe. Ya, is he okay?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe bit her lip and then sighed. "He's stressed and worried... he's falling apart, a little bit. Lana..." Phoebe shook her head, face pale. "Her ghost..." She sighed sadly.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia quietly put stars next to Bel and Lana on her list to show confirmation that they did have ghosts. "Well, we're going to help them."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

Alphonse arrived as promised, hands shoved into his pockets as he looked up. "Hello."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Hey Al." Pippi said smiling at him. "C'mon over here and pull up some rock."

[nadiathesaint]

"Hey," Nadia smiled at Alphonse. "How are you holding up?"

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Well... trying not to think too hard about it, and failing spectacularly."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe gave Al a faint smile. "We're going to find a way to fix this." She nodded determinedly.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe closed and filled in the rest of the circle and then recited a short incantation.

In this time and in this place
I call on forces to protect this space
Guardians of sand and sea
Let none who cause harm enter here
As I will so let it be

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi wishes she had something cool like that to say rather then, "Nice ball. Good ball... Prettyball."

As I will so let it be is a tough act to follow.

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

After Phoebe chanted her spell, for a quick moment Alphonse suddenly felt enclosed. He darted his eyesight around quickly, as if looking for something that suddenly covered around them, but found nothing. After assuring himself that nothing went awry, Alphonse faced Pippi again. "Ready when you are," he said, but mostly to calm himself.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia settled herself in, making note that that would be a very useful spell, should she turn out to be any good with magic. "Go ahead. I'll keep an eye out."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi nods and holds the crystal ball up between her and Al, once he places his hands on hers she thinks for a moment and then begins...

"Crystal ball I hold so dear,
Tell me what's the matter here.
Give me sight through time and space.
What torments the people of this place?"

Learning to speak formal Dragon wasn't just good for talking with Dragons it seems.

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

Alphonse's eyes widened in awe as the crystal ball began to glow. He quickly learned this was a mistake however, since the light became so bright he was reduced to barely squinting with his head turned away slightly. He tried his best to view the ball the best he could without hurting his eyes but it proved to be a bit of a task. While he might not be able to see it clearly, Alphonse took Pippi's advice and concentrating on hearing what was around him rather than seeing.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

As Pippi looks into her crystal ball, she sees the hazy image of a
clearing in the woods. The clearing looks very familiar, but she can't
put your finger on exactly why.

*gentle breeze rustling through leaves*

A creature walks into the clearing.

*crunchy of walking on dirt and dry vegetation*

It's hard to make out, but it looks like it has more than two arms, maybe six or eight. It begins to burrow into the earth in the center of the clearing.

*Scratchy noises*

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

After giving up on trying to look directly into the crystal ball, Alphonse shut his eyes tight. "I hear something," he quickly said aloud as soon as he heard.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Ya, it's working." Pippi said looking into the ball.

It never worked this fast before. Rhyming must have helped.

Shortly a group of people in dark cloaks ring the area where the creature has dug into.

*multiple footsteps, the occasional hushed whisper*

They appear to begin chanting something.

*Against (unintelligible) do we bind,
Our spirits (unintelligible).
(unintelligible) you will remain,
Nevermore to (unintelligible)

The ground shakes momentarily as if the creature is trying to come out, but then it stops and the earth is still.

*rumbling*

The people look happy but nervous and quickly disappear into the woods.

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

Alphonse listened and closely and intently as he could. It was hard, but he tried to picture what exactly what could be happening according to the sounds, too. Maybe it was outside? It certainly sounded like it, if he was correct about the bit with dry leaves or grass being crushed under one's foot.

And then, there were words; he couldn't make them out very clearly, but there were definitely audible voices there.

Even after knowing this much, though, he was starting to become more confused. What did this have to do with ghosts?

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

The light in the crystal ball quickly faded and went out.

Pippi shook her head and blinked.

"Okay, that was interesting."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

Alphonse cracked an eye open, and when seeing no extremely bright lights, he blinked, staring oddly at the crystal ball. "I... don't even know what to make of this."