Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Up until recently maintained as a museum, the childhood home of the Braddock family has been pressed into service as classroom space for the University. Additionally, the increased demands have led to the main ballroom being converted into a cafeteria for University students on a meal plan. The old library has been bolstered with college textbooks.

Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Thu May 11, 2017 10:54 pm

Sean had buried himself in work both school and magic related. Things on campus had been feeling odd as of late and he dragged himself out of his workshop. He wasn't sure what it was and for some reason he found himself staring at the front of the library lost in thought.
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Postby Samantha McManus » Mon May 15, 2017 9:05 pm

"You know," Sam says, coming up behind him, "it's probably still going to be there if you blink."

"I mean, I know object permanence may have taken a hit with what happened at the Point and all, but..."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Mon May 15, 2017 9:57 pm

"W-what..," Sean said snapping out of his reverie and turning towards Sam. "Oh, quite... Just couldn't help but expect it to sprout wings and fly off while carrying on
about some underking of books."

Sean was apparently a rambler.
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Postby Samantha McManus » Mon May 15, 2017 10:05 pm

"I'm just teasing, for the record. I... realize things were a little weird when last I saw you."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Mon May 15, 2017 11:15 pm

"More weird than now? That feels like an accomplishment of sorts," Sean smiled softly. "
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Postby Samantha McManus » Mon May 15, 2017 11:30 pm

"It's been awhile but... the argument about the crawly thing, aye?"

"Just... wasn't in the mood, and all."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Mon May 15, 2017 11:37 pm

"Bygones and all that, aye," Sean said, "Not worth holding a grudge over. Hopefully you feel the same way."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 12:07 am

"Things have only kind of... gotten weirder from there on out."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Tue May 16, 2017 12:20 am

"Like what?" Sean askes. "Been buried in tomes and runes up to my ears these last few months."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 1:04 am

"Kind of a crash course that the supernatural is real, and that realizing that still leaves you with people thinking you're crazy."

"So I guess not that weird by your standards."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Tue May 16, 2017 1:14 am

"Yeah, even here you get sent for an evaluation for believing magic is a real and fundamental part of reality," Sean said knowingly. "You'd think in a place where people already shoot lightning out of their arses they'd be a bit more accepting, but perhaps picturing politicking with pixies is a bit... problematic."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 1:55 am

"Seems more like the fact that mutants can do all of these things makes for a 'more rational' explanation for things with a lot of people."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Tue May 16, 2017 2:10 am

"Suppose it would be different if there were more than a handful or two of mortal mages running around," Sean shrugged. "Or if the supernatural society hadn't hid itself so well in all the nooks and crannies of the human world."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 6:26 pm

"Just makes... figuring shite out harder."

"So why are you staring at the library?"
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Tue May 16, 2017 8:53 pm

Sean thought back to the envelope, the man who'd given it to him, and the odd sense of familiarity. The odder sense that the page belonged to him and the need to find more of the pages.

He said it was my birthright. Whatever that is supposed to mean.

"Just... an odd feeling I've been having," Sean said unsure how to put it into words. "Like the pieces of a puzzle are all here in front of me and I can't make them fit together because I don't know what the puzzle is supposed to look like at the end."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 9:08 pm

"...bloody hell do I get that."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Tue May 16, 2017 9:14 pm

"It's bloody frustrating, aye?" Sean sighed. "Somebody forgot to include a user manual or at least not give it to you piecemeal by randomly tossing mysterious posh people saying "birthright" this and "birthright" that at you."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 9:16 pm

"Apparently the picture for me is weird and loud, and likes getting into fights."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Tue May 16, 2017 9:46 pm

"Mine is a tiny posh man giving me one page from a book," Sean said, "A useful magical book but still one page at a time."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 9:52 pm

"That... sounds like sort of a candy in an unmarked white van thing."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Tue May 16, 2017 10:06 pm

"And yet not the creepiest magic related thing to have happened to me," Sean said, "But yeah, suspicious, and lacked the usual magical contract trap... which makes it even more bloody suspicious really."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 10:19 pm

"You said he was little?"
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Tue May 16, 2017 11:02 pm

"Short, maybe a bit over a meter. Guess dwarf or little person would be the correct term maybe," Sean said, "Smile like the Cheshire cat."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 11:15 pm

"That has to be the weirdest coincidence."

"There's a woman here. Possibly... a very old woman, who said she was visited by a dwarf."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Tue May 16, 2017 11:18 pm

"Who was that?" Sean askes
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Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 11:20 pm

"Calls herself Isolde. German. Also... a werewolf, apparently."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Tue May 16, 2017 11:38 pm

"That's amazing. True werewolves are supposed to be incredibly rare... Er, I mean is she new faculty or did she just wander onto campus?" Sean asked.
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue May 16, 2017 11:40 pm

"Well she's been locked up since she bit my girlfriend, so you'd probably have to ask the Headmistress if you can see her."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Wed May 17, 2017 12:07 am

"I'll have to ask if the headmistress about seeing here then," Sean said, "Your girlfriend is alright then? Did she contract lycanthropy?"
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Postby Samantha McManus » Wed May 17, 2017 12:10 am

"Howling at the moon, fur, the whole nine yards."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Wed May 17, 2017 12:32 am

"That's... well, incredible really," Sean said, "Terrifying no doubt for your girlfriend and for you, but incredible. I could try to help if you wanted, but I'm not sure how easily such a thing could be reversed if your girlfriend even wanted it reversed."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed May 17, 2017 12:36 am

"Well she's... managing, aye? Apparently that thing about attacking your loved ones isn't real."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Wed May 17, 2017 12:43 am

"Well, that's... good at least," Sean said, "Managing is likely better than most would do."

Sean paused for a moment.

"How are you managing?"
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed May 17, 2017 12:45 am

"Well I guess I'm finding out that what's weird in her now... really works with what's weird in me."

"I feel a little guilty about that, sometimes."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Wed May 17, 2017 1:58 am

"Ah, well we all want to feel like we've got a place we belong," Sean said, "Was one of the reasons I pretended to be a mutant rather than running around telling everybody I'm a wielder of phenomenal cosmic power."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed May 17, 2017 2:04 am

"It's just kind of a strange thing to think about, aye? In a 'I like you as a werewolf but then again I'm probably crazy anyway' sense."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Wed May 17, 2017 2:06 am

"Suppose it would be if you do not like her as much as a not werewolf, aye?" Sean asked. "Like you're only keeping her around because you both like howling at the moon."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed May 17, 2017 2:11 am

"Well no, it's not like that. It's just... something clicked, I guess."
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Sean Hall » Wed May 17, 2017 2:24 am

"Clicked how?" Sean asked curious about why Sam felt so connected to werewolves.
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Re: Sometimes you just can't leave things alone ((Open))

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed May 17, 2017 2:29 am

"Oh god, this is going to get embarrassing, isn't it?"

"I guess when I'm... in the zone, or whatever you call it, I like... violence. I like things that can cause it. Weapons, predators, that sort of stuff. Something like a fistfight has a music to it. A battle is like a symphony. I can just feel the give and take, where everything is flowing."
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