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Location: Sunnydale Library (day three)/Tamper and Trick (day five) - Voice
[Backdated to day three]
It's become clear the problem is getting worse, not better. At first, Tara thought it was just some kind of strange disease, confined to Extras, but it has rapidly become obvious that the situation is much worse than that. She's called DG, grabbed Dawn, and checked on Willow - she doesn't want to push her girlfriend, but things are serious enough they could use all the help they could get. Sunnydale Library is, she thinks their best bet for specifically occult knowledge, and this definitely falls firmly on the creepy-crawly side.
Tara's not much of a leader, and she wishes Giles were there, but Willow's in no shape. She needs to get them together and see if there's anything they can do. So here she is, with a huge pile of books, and her fellow witches, and breathing a small prayer that there's something they can do.
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[Day Five]
Tara knows that she shouldn't have gone back to the shop. There were supplies there, though - things that could help with wards, or healing, and it wasn't so far from the castle.
Too late now.
She's pumping the power that she can into the wards, and she's dragged some display cases in front of the doors and windows for good measure She can't hear much outside, but what she can hear... well, it's not very heartening.
In a lull, making sure her voice is steady, she picks up the tablet. "This is Tara Maclay. I don't know about the other sections, but W-Wilde is unsafe to travel. If - if anyone didn't know." She hesitates a moment, then adds, "I'm okay. But I don't think I'm going to get back to the Castle v-very soon."
[OOC: Combined to avoid spamming the comm, because I let this week slip by! Day three is for Dawn and DG and optionally Willow. Day Five is open for tablet replies; if anyone is running through Wilde and needs refuge or something, I'm open to whatever. PM me and we'll sort it out. Please feel free to backtag either of these forever.]
It's become clear the problem is getting worse, not better. At first, Tara thought it was just some kind of strange disease, confined to Extras, but it has rapidly become obvious that the situation is much worse than that. She's called DG, grabbed Dawn, and checked on Willow - she doesn't want to push her girlfriend, but things are serious enough they could use all the help they could get. Sunnydale Library is, she thinks their best bet for specifically occult knowledge, and this definitely falls firmly on the creepy-crawly side.
Tara's not much of a leader, and she wishes Giles were there, but Willow's in no shape. She needs to get them together and see if there's anything they can do. So here she is, with a huge pile of books, and her fellow witches, and breathing a small prayer that there's something they can do.
--
[Day Five]
Tara knows that she shouldn't have gone back to the shop. There were supplies there, though - things that could help with wards, or healing, and it wasn't so far from the castle.
Too late now.
She's pumping the power that she can into the wards, and she's dragged some display cases in front of the doors and windows for good measure She can't hear much outside, but what she can hear... well, it's not very heartening.
In a lull, making sure her voice is steady, she picks up the tablet. "This is Tara Maclay. I don't know about the other sections, but W-Wilde is unsafe to travel. If - if anyone didn't know." She hesitates a moment, then adds, "I'm okay. But I don't think I'm going to get back to the Castle v-very soon."
[OOC: Combined to avoid spamming the comm, because I let this week slip by! Day three is for Dawn and DG and optionally Willow. Day Five is open for tablet replies; if anyone is running through Wilde and needs refuge or something, I'm open to whatever. PM me and we'll sort it out. Please feel free to backtag either of these forever.]
[voice] - day five
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What about you? Are you okay? Is anyone else there with you?
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I-I'm by myself..... I've been reading though. Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors? Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
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I can't say I did, no.
Do you have anything to eat?
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I guess as long as the tablets stay on, we can at least talk to each other? I wish I could help.
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I'm fine, Tara...
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Though aren't they already dead?
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[ location ] lazy people who are sick choose brackets! /jif themesong idk
So, protection spells? I'm thinking those might be good.
( ooc | day three! )
[Location: Sunnydale Library] forevar
[She knows she makes Dawn uncomfortable, and she knows why, but it still hurts sometimes that they can't be as close as she'd like. But for now, they have a job to do, and people to help. Almost like old times.]
[Location: Sunnydale Library] <33333
I mostly meant for like... buildings? Or us, but if there's a 'don't bite me, hungry zombie' spell I've never heard of it.
[Location: Sunnydale Library]
[And she suspects salt circles don't work on zombies.]
But I don't know much about any zombie spells, so it's kind of... research-y, improvise-y times? Unless you've all dealt with a lot of zombies in the future.
[Location: Sunnydale Library]
She hurried through the doors of the library with her helmet still on, having roared across the city at top speed to join the meeting. She caught the end of their conversation before joining in, frowning in concern.]
It's not just the Extras. [She pulled off the helmet, revealing tousled hair and a face that was pale but determined.] Cain's been bitten and he's getting worse.
[Location: Sunnydale Library]
But when Tara said she was going to the library, Willow took a look at the tablets and eventually decided to head out to help. So, just after DG enters, Willow turns up, pushing her way into the not-quite-building just in time to hear DG speak about Cain. ]
I-it's true? The zombie thing is true?
[ And then she realizes there are more people here than just her and DG. There's Tara, of course, and Dawn. Willow doesn't know what Dawn saw of her glitch, but she finds she doesn't want to know. Hanging back by the door, Willow just tries to decide if she should stay or flee before someone throws a well-deserved book at her head. ]
[Location: Sunnydale Library]
[DG was only dimly aware of what had happened to Willow. She'd been a child for the duration of it and hadn't been in a position to help. The fallout had been eclipsed by the current state of the city. Maybe, when this was over, she'd be able to do something to help.
Maybe.]
[Location: Sunnydale Library]
Dawn was thinking of us finding ways to protect buildings. But if Cain's been infected... m-maybe we should see if we can find a cure? Or both.
[Location: Sunnydale Library]
We could try a barrier spell o-or something like that. It'd take a lot of energy, but we might be able to at least make something strong enough for the residents to hide together.
[ The cure she's not so sure on. ]
[Location: Sunnydale Library]
[DG believed that. Not just because she had to - because the alternative was that it was already too late for Cain - but because that was the way that magic worked in her world.]
[voice] - day fiiiive~~~ /spams forever
Tara? A-are you safe? [ Can she try to come get you, is there anything she can do aside from worry? ]
[voice] - day five for the rest of the thread
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[voice] - dear self, read previous tags first
Is there anything I can do? [ Read: "You're really okay?" ]
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