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Val popped over for breakfast and to drop off a pair of belated b-day presents: a new pair of black Vader-style gloves (Coincidence? Ask and the world will deliver.) and a sketch she did of me (facing away from the artists) seated on the Harbor Park fountain's ledge and touching the waters with my fingers. That's getting framed and hung over the fireplace, making it the only piece of art I have hanging up in the house. We talked a bit longer, Charley came up, and it prompted me to act on some things I've had brewing on a back burner for a while. I texted Mouse, found out we've still got at least a week before the trip to Mount Doom will happen, and then I called Charlie up to see if he'd be game on using my talisman to take a quick trip to the umbra.
Val came over to provide backup in case trouble happened. Charley got a quick lesson on how to use a talisman and the assurance that I'd roast anything that threatened him in the umbra, then off he went. I kept overwatch from the real world, campfire blazing in case there was a need for flames or other kinds of energy, but.... It actually went off well and without a hitch. (Other than Val having brought over her stormcrow spirit buddy despite my asking her not to. Was tempted to set the thing on fire before I calmed my ass down.) Charley's apparently fairly accomplished with Entropy--moreso than me--as I suspected earlier when we dissipated bad luck from that intersection many months ago. He seemed more adept at it than me then. I wonder if the Euthanatos also tried recruiting him? He'd make a terrible one, though. Probably.
Val came over to provide backup in case trouble happened. Charley got a quick lesson on how to use a talisman and the assurance that I'd roast anything that threatened him in the umbra, then off he went. I kept overwatch from the real world, campfire blazing in case there was a need for flames or other kinds of energy, but.... It actually went off well and without a hitch. (Other than Val having brought over her stormcrow spirit buddy despite my asking her not to. Was tempted to set the thing on fire before I calmed my ass down.) Charley's apparently fairly accomplished with Entropy--moreso than me--as I suspected earlier when we dissipated bad luck from that intersection many months ago. He seemed more adept at it than me then. I wonder if the Euthanatos also tried recruiting him? He'd make a terrible one, though. Probably.
- Have a more serious discussion with Charley about his father, his family, and his future.
- Talk with Quin about his grandfather: sounded almost as if he might have been a Dreamspeaker.
- Talk with Mouse about the energies drying up at the bawn's edges.
- Investigate "ley line" I found out in WWNP earlier to see if it connects with Mt. St. Helens--and if it backtracks to the caern. Now might be the best time to poke around there without getting noticed.
