[Day 2, Night - A House South of Town]

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[Written into the ground alongside one of the houses to the south of town tonight are a series of strange letters, forming a rough circle near the wall. A figure of approximately Loki's build, not there during the day's exploration, leans against the wall at the corner. The door to the house is open.]

[Some hours after the sudden switch from day to night, Loki stands in front of the door, a candle before him, a kitchen knife in one hand and a spoon in the other. He checks the mirror set carefully in the darkness, nothing yet visible in its surface. Then he strikes the knife with the spoon's handle, and he holds his breath - and he waits.]

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[allsneakandnoplay]

... [shakes his head sharply to clear it...]

You okay, kid?

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[Rubs absently at his chest.]

It had not the time to reach me.

[allsneakandnoplay]

Good. That was risky.

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Perhaps. But it was a risk that bought what was needed.

[allsneakandnoplay]

It did give me an opening. Ugh, what was that?

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[Well, that sure is Sherlock over there, and that sure is Chrono already checking out the circle, so:]

...not what was intended.

[allsneakandnoplay]

. . . What's that supposed to mean?

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I intended to speak with something else altogether. Whatever manner of thing that was overtook the creature I called.

[allsneakandnoplay]

. . .In other words, you summoned something, and that thing piggiebacked its way in?

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And then overwrote it.

[allsneakandnoplay]

And you have no idea how this new creature operates.

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[Shhhakes his head and shifts slightly, away from you.]

Its power must be extraordinary, to have managed what it did. I've no notion further than that.

[allsneakandnoplay]

[sighs...]

Are you okay, other than that? Do you know how to send it back, if it's still alive?

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[Considers it, for the first time.]

...I might make the attempt. Though what might become of the place from which it was called remains uncertain.

[allsneakandnoplay]

If you do, I suggest you don't do it alone.

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If I do, I'd prefer it to be the final resort.