[@Slendy]

Scott mentally cheered, a wide grin stretching across his face. [color=c4df9b][i]Victory![/i][/color] The Book! It was massive, and it was [i]here![/i] He knew witches who would... well, they would sell their souls if they hadn't already done so. This was fantastic! Finally a plan that didn't blow up on his face! Immediately after thinking that his head snapped around the room, checking all the dried herbs just in case something had caught fire. Everything [i]seemed[/i] okay, but he narrowed his eyes suspiciously at the candles around the room. [color=c4df9b][i]Hmm, maybe I should put those out soon?[/i][/color] He waved his hand in their direction, extinguishing the flames.

Which then immediately relit themselves.

Scott pretended not to notice.

Something strange was happening in his circle, there was... more than there appeared. The man was talking though, he must be Belle, and to think Scott was expecting a beautiful woman! Clearly that was not the case. The man flipped from excited to threatening in a very short span of time. Why was he threatening Scott again? Oh, of course, Scott had just kidnapped this man from wherever he was.

[color=c4df9b][i]I really hope there were no humans present, that could be bad...[/i][/color] Scott muttered a small prayer, not focused to anyone in particular, that he wouldn't get in trouble for snatching a man from thin air out of a big metropolis with cameras all over the place or something.

Deciding not to offend the man by turning him into a toad so Scott could read the book in peace, he tried the diplomatic approach. [color=c4df9b]"I've spent ages looking for that,"[/color] he pointed to the book in the man's hands, and then continued in what was definitely [i]not[/i] a pathetic-pleading-child-wants-another-bedtime-story voice, [color=c4df9b]"I was hoping to maybe take a quick peak at it?"[/color]

He paused.

[color=c4df9b]"Please?"[/color] He added hopefully. [color=c4df9b]"I wont break it and I'll totally pay you in like demon's blood or something!"[/color] He said in a rush, he was now committing to the diplomatic route. Of course demon blood was valuable to a practitioner like Scott, but unless Belle was planning to change colors or grow horns anytime soon then the stuff was useless to him. Realizing this, Scott added, [color=c4df9b]"And-... and- Well I don't know, what do you want?"[/color] He couldn't think of anything that was valuable that he was both willing to part with and worth something.

Finally that niggling itch in the back of his mind that something was not right here snapped into focus. Immortals were present. As soon as he realized this Scott focused his magic, it was peculiar seeing the two spirits seem to suddenly glow into existence. Their malevolence made him pause his immediate response of 'Can I help you?' to  silent consideration. [color=c4df9b]"You are aware of your parasitic tag-a-longs, yes?"[/color] He asked after a moment. He was eyeing them appreciatively. They would make excellent fuel for a healing spell. Their deaths would be such a shock of light energy he could probably even resurrect something. Just the possibility was telling, Scott was many things, but a talented healer did not make that list.