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The Horrors of Coventry - Concluded

Bah! Nal posted just a millisecond before I did and now I gotta edit my post >:C

jk im not really mad

The Horrors of Coventry - Concluded

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Eudora Esmeralda Erebus

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Location: Coventry 7th Floor
Interacting With: Sera

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Eudora tried to hold onto that fleeting sense of hope as she stared up the shaft. Praying that a meek little voice will finally speak up, but alas, the silence was her only reply. She slowly drew her head out, the disappointment settling on her face as she sighed into the dumbwaiter. "Poor girl," she muttered wearily to herself, "Why do you have to- Hey!" she swung her head towards the agent, mouth agape and eyes wide as she stared at Keenan climbing up the wardrobe, "Your leg!" she tried to yell out but it was too late, Keenan had already scrambled up.

She continued to stare up the hole, "Madman," she muttered before dropping her eyes, following the thick trail of blood he carelessly left behind. She shook her head at the rashness of the youth before stopping abruptly as she noticed something at the base of the wardrobe. Bloodied as it was, it glinted and her curiosity over took her and she stooped down to observe what it was.

She held the wardrobe up with a hand just in case it might fall and gently picked up the glistened object. She immediately recognised the style and design; it was a charm. Ironic seeing as it was a protection charm, but it was a charm nonetheless. A real one at that. Many existed with very little or no power, but this one was different. She could feel its power radiating off it and sending tingles down her fingers.

She carefully looked around, everyone seemed busy with their own thing and Eudora was sure no one would miss a tiny bracelet and so pocketed it, careful to first wipe the drops of blood off it.

Eudora felt like a mastermind sleuth until of course Sera come over and asked her about the charm. She nearly spun around and attacked after being so on edge after she was almost killed by a falling wardrobe. Witches do seem to have really horrible luck when it comes to things falling on them. "It's nothing, dear," she said nonchalantly, trying to brush it all off. "Just a little trinket I found," she said, offering the girl a warm smile. She sighed with relief once she switched focus to someone else while feeling her pockets protectively; the charm danced in her grip and she held onto it tightly. She'll have to look at it further once alone.

Her gaze trailed back towards the wardrobe, curiosity flaring again. If a charm of this much power was found outside it, who knew what lurked inside? Deciding to trust her gut, it kept her alive this long, after all, she stepped forward and gently turned the knobs, opening the doors and peering in carefully only to find...

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The Horrors of Coventry - Concluded

@Witch Cat: Quick edit needed, dumb waiter is on the 7th floor.

@Morose

Oh damn ok, sorry about that! Fixing it ASAP.

The Horrors of Coventry - Concluded

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Eudora Esmeralda Erebus

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Location: Coventry Attic
Interacting With: O.M.E.N. Agent and Sera

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Eudora's heart quickened and swelled within her, her breathing became shallow and her mouth dry. The excitement was slowly rotting into a sense of dread as she felt disaster approaching. Worry danced in her mind as they neared the top. Eudora's ears pricked towards the slight shuffling she heard, someone was up there. The blade grew heavy in her hand as they drew closer, the anticipation numbing her senses.

Once they got to the top, Eudora was drenched in a cold sweat and ready to fight. She then turned the corner only to be met with the sight of someone levelling a gun at the agent, her heart skipped a beat as she readied to hurl a blade at the gunner. Her arm stopped mid-way as she realised the other was safe. Relief washed over her and her hands retreated back towards her waist as she stealthily slipped the blade back into hiding. She mentally scolded herself for worrying. Honestly, what was there to fear?

She greeted the other people with a curt nod and a smile, feeling a bit of pride swell in her as she heard the agent say "official business". She was a part of official business, how exciting.

Midway into retreating herself into a pleasant corner of her mind, her eyes widened as that same poisonous dread set back in. Her eyes, like everyone else's, were directed towards the ceiling. The eerie creaks and groans. It was too late when she realised what was happened.

"Look out!" she tried to scream, only for her last syllable to be drowned out with a deafening crash as a cabinet fell through the roof. Eudora almost jumped out of her skin at that impossibly loud and dull thud. After the fall, she checked herself over, thanking the powers that be for protecting her. However, the agent didn't seem to be as favoured by them. Seeing the shards of glass embed themselves into the agent's leg, Eudora almost instantly dropped to her knees to take a look at them. Panic wrecked her mind as she hurriedly pulled out the larger chunks and with shaking hands wrapped her shawl around the leg. Her attention was momentarily divided as someone suddenly called out to her. A fair and beautiful woman with piercing eyes and for a moment Eudora believed that was the angel that was going to whisk the agent away.

"I saw that there was a dumbwaiter on the fourth floor, that's an only escape route. If Valeska is up there she will try and use that to try and escape, we go and cut her off on one of the floors. We need to also get him downstairs, he's injured." the woman said to her, and Eudora, too stunned to reply, nodded stiffly and with intense worry. She looked back down at the agent, placing a finger to his forehead and muttering a blessing. She then got up, skirt dancing at her feet as she hurried towards the dumbwaiter, feet thumping heavily on the floorboards. She didn't have time to be sneaky now.

Gliding across the room, she passed the fallen man, gritting her teeth to try to ignore him for now. Right now, all she had to do was intercept the girl. Flinging the doors open, she stuck her head inside, the smell of rust filling her lungs as she looked up. "Hello?" she called out, her tone even despite the rage of emotions within her, "If you can hear me, please, don't run! We can and want to help you!"

She held her breath and waited, every moment of silence feeling like an eternity of endless anticipation.

The Horrors of Coventry - Concluded

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Eudora Esmeralda Erebus

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Location: Bottom of Stairwell
Interacting With: O.M.E.N. Agent (@Morose)

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"A," Eudora muttered under her breath, excitement swelling in her. "T," sweat was beading on her forehead, now she was a true spy. A few more letters floated up, like leaves in the wind neatly arranging themselves into- "Attic!" she exclaimed, almost knocking over the scrying bowl in the process. She cleaned up the table in a hurry, hair bouncing frantically as she hopped from one place to another gathering items and her wits. She slipped her athame into her pocket, just as a precaution, along with wrapping her shawl around her despite the warmth. It wasn't for her, but rather for the girl. If they were going to find a scared girl who didn't know what's going on, something warm to wrap around oneself can go a long way. Eudora walked to the door and looked back into her room. Already she could imagine the newspapers hanging on the walls with lines connecting them and remnants of tracking spells. Inspector Erebus had a nice ring to it. She left her future plans at her apartment and bounded down towards the lobby. Time for some sleuthing.

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Back down at the stairwell, Eudora seemed fidgety as ever. Her fingers toyed restlessly with the blade in her sleeve as she looked up the steps. Who knew a few flights of elevated wood could be so intimidating? Just the idea that they were gonna go some place restricted, something seemed so awe-inspiring about it. Eudora shook that thought out of her head, she was a witch, doing the forbidden was her job. Walking up the stairs to meet some scared girl was nothing compared to what she went through. She flicked her gaze the agent and chuckled, "Deary, I am the heat," looking mighty proud of her joke, Eudora straightened her back, ready for action, "Now let's go find this girl,

She began to climb up the stairs, one foot after the other. Each foot sealing her fate further. Too late to turn back now.

The Horrors of Coventry - Concluded

Yikes didn't realise four days had passed! Will get a post up today! (Or tomorrow if something goes wrong)

The Horrors of Coventry - Concluded

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Eudora Esmeralda Erebus

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Location: Lobby→ Apartment
Interacting With: O.M.E.N. Agent (@Morose)

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Eudora cast her gaze down for a moment, muttering quietly to herself, "Tracking spell, tracking spell. Ahah!" Her eyes lit up as she continued, "I have just the thing! Don't worry," she turned to leave but stopped dead in her tracks. "Ah but first," she fished into her pockets and drew out a crumpled piece of paper, on it were poorly scrawled figures on it. It was her number. "My name is Eudora by the way," she smiled at the man and then walked away at a brisk pace, a bounce in her step as she was now invigorated with a new kind of zeal.

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Eudora now stood above the grand desk that was stuck to the farthest wall in her apartment. On it was a map of the surrounding area, a scrying bowl, candles, a picture of the girl she cut out from a discarded newspaper she found, and her old dusty flip phone that seemed to creek even if you just looked at it. She stared for a few moments at the phone, expecting a call but once none returned, she turned back to her little altar and rubbed her hands together, muttering words of encouragement to herself.

She took the photo of the girl, wrapping it with the map and setting it alight with a candle. "I invoke thee, elements of air and earth, find whom I seek," she closed her eyes and inhaled deeply, dropping the flaming map and picture into the blow just before the flames could lick at her fingers. "Ostende illum mihi quem quaero," she muttered, feeling the energy of the spell rushing through her and into the bowl. She watched with glee as the soot mixed in and turned the water black, soon the pieces of paper sank below the inky surface. The excitement that filled her after every spell made her feel as if she was casting for the same time again.

Eudora leant up and peered into the black water, she saw a wrinkled face staring back at her. A face with locks of storm grey hair, a tired face, but a fire that shone behind her eyes, and she saw the smoke from the flame rising and mingling in front of the face, giving it an otherworldly look. She coughed and looked closer into the bowl, expecting a change, a clue, a piece of the map to float up and show her location.

And then...

A.N.: (Hope you don't mind me combining some of the spell variants together for dramatic effect. Eudora's tracking spell still functions the same as all the others, so need to worry there.)

The Horrors of Coventry - Concluded

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