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II: [ Accidental Voice ] Magic Hour

[ There's a sound of pages rustling. With everything that has happened in Taxon - dangerous vampires running amok, crazy people bombing everything regardless of intentions or who they'd hurt - Piper feels as though she should do something. She consults The Book of Shadows and while she's not sure it will work, she decides to give it a try. ]

In this night and in this hour
I call upon the Ancient Power
Heed my words, I beseech thee.

In this circle that is our home
protect us from the evils that roam
And ensure our safety.

[ she waits for something to happen - but after a pathetic puff of smoke in the air, nothing did. She sighs.] Right. Of course that won't work.

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"Not you, noperino. It'll be a building-based thing, really. Sort of, hmm, set up a boundary and everything and everyone that lives within oughta be protected." Sort of like hanging a horseshoe over the doorway or a stronger version of a household's usually Buffy-style protective mojo.

She nods. "Okay," Piper agrees, stepping back to let him do whatever it is that he needs to do. She figures she'll need to tell Buffy about this later, and hopefully the Slayer won't get mad or anything.

Once he's satisfied with the general mojo, ley lines, or whatever the heck it is that Hermes is looking for, he turns to Piper with a grin.

"You ready to hatch up some supplies?"

She looks around, trying to see exactly what he's done.

"Oh," Piper says. They needed supplies? "There's... um. There's a hatch down the hall. What exactly do we need?"

"The best place to do this is near the front door. You'll need a bowl, a tall-ish stone -- about a foot high, and a bottle of olive oil. You hatch it, put the stone in the bowl, think about what you want or say your invocation again, anoint it with olive oil, and Bob's your uncle. Do it on a semi-regular basis and you've my protection." It's not quite an altar to a household god, but the same general principal applies.

"Sounds easy enough," Piper notes. "And it helps that getting these things aren't difficult, too."

She then looks at Hermes with a somewhat shy smile. "Well. I never thought I'd be able to say this to an Ancient Power personally but... thank you. Really. This will help a lot." Especially for her peace of mind.

"You're very welcome," he says with an easy, friendly sort of smile. Hermes knows full well that he can be a bit much and appreciates just how quickly Piper adapted to the situation. "I can't promise to be infallible, but I can promise it'll help."

"Which is still better than leaving it under the mercy of... whoever is running this place," she says. "And I can honestly say to anyone that at least this castle is now under the protection of a god. That has to be worth something."

"Exactly!" With a gentle grin he leans in and beeps her nose. "And now, I am off to go and do all the glorious, mysterious, and fantastical things that I do."

She laughs. "All right then," Piper tells him. "Take care, now. And see you around, I guess."

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