“Sahad.”
Hieroglyphs glow red on the doors of the Brooklyn House. The brunette opens the door just enough to fit through and enters, moonlight streaming past her into the tall room. She walks immediately to the kitchen, where Zia, Carter, and Sadie are eating, sitting around on the counters. Aster hops onto the island. “Trip went well. Got this for ya.” She throws an obsidian votive tablet to Sadie, who cheers.
"Welcome back." Zia passes her a can of Sprite.
Carter smiles. “We had a new recruit disappear for a quest a day or so ago, and we were hoping you might find him and keep him safe. He’s a Path magician, but I think he actually got in touch with Sobek.”
Aster sighs. “Little rebel. Alright, I’ll look into it. No rest for the wicked. But I have some things I need to look at in the library, and I need to talk to Jaz tomorrow about this.” She unzips her jacket, revealing a ribbon-trail of hieroglyphs all over her torso. Closer inspection reveals that they read as infomercial scripts. “Some rogue magician with a bad sense of humor.”
Sadie laughs. “Bad sense of humor?”
“Alright, true.”
The magicians talk about Aster’s mission, the upcoming quest, and the state of things, and all go to bed after about an hour.