[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#B0C4DE]Avery Zain[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#B0C4DE]Location:[/color][/b] Restaurant – Chicago, IL 
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[color=#B0C4DE]”If you can resist burying the helmet into my back, I think I’ll be able to handle everything else,”[/color] I chuckle and lead her into the restaurant.

It’s set up like most old-school dinners, with rows of booths around the perimeter, a few tables and chairs, and then stools around the countertop. A robust older woman greets us from the counter.

”Sit anywhere, darlings. Coffee?”

[color=#B0C4DE]”Please, thank you. Kimiko?”[/color] I turn to ask, not sure if she drinks coffee. 

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#006400]Caden[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#006400]Location:[/color][/b] Caden’s Home – Chicago, IL
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The worry I’m feeling doesn’t go away, especially not with Nero’s less-than-confident appearance. [color=#006400]”You’re hiding something, something you might not want to tell me yet. Which is fine, but Nero, if there’s something I can do, you have to tell me. If removing all you have from Hell is going to be suspicious, maybe you shouldn’t.”[/color]

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#DB7093]Cassiopeia Claire Alistair[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#DB7093]Location:[/color][/b] Mystic Dreams – Chicago, IL 
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I glanced up from organizing my supplies and tilted my head to the side, staring at the door as I thought about how to explain that. [color=#DB7093]”Not so much like fox spirits. Spiders are ancient and have a lifetime of knowledge. When they take up residence in doorways, they are watching, keeping an eye on what is to come. If evil is near, spiders create a barrier. If good, they great it like an old friend.”[/color]