and so it starts

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TWO YEARS AGO:

Nellie Armon and Adrienne Martinelli had managed to defeat Caspar, the follower of Set who had stolen Osiris’ crook. Before he died he swore revenge, and Nellie had expected him to return to follow up on his word.

CURRENT DAY:

Death had not been kind to Caspar, who staggered down a path away deeper into the land of the dead. He had been running from Ammit the devourer for what felt like eons, after escaping right before his judgement. He was not finished yet, not until he got what was his. As he ran he chanted a spell, something that would shield him from Ammit’s view until he got to a safe place just outside his reach. A spot between the duat and the land of the dead.

He reached there soon enough, a spot of land that dropped off into pitch black matter. He could already feel his power being supplied and strengthened by the duat. It was time. So he began to chant again, a long spell that was older than some of the gods. Something born from chaos and molded by set. He could see the place in his mind, a brownstone on the east side of manhattan. One that was protected by thin spells and contained an unearthly amount of power provided by its inhabitants. Now he just had to choose his bridge.

One person would be his host on earth, the same way that a god finds hosts in mortals. And over time, he could force their consciousness out of the body and claim it for his own. So he began to search.

His search wasn’t as under the radar as he had hoped. In the house lights started to flicker, gaining the attention of some of the inhabitants. The temperature began to rise, overheating those that were wearing sweaters and jackets.

Then the animals went crazy, real and shabiti alike they screamed and hissed and howled, something falling upon their ears that their owners couldn’t hear. The walls shook and windows rattled and someone ran to the training room to see if Devin had been practicing a new spell (but she was in her room with Marina, trying to clean up glass from a picture frame that had fallen).

This continued for an hour prompting some of the mentors to gather in the main hall and search out the source. That is, before everything went dark.

In the underworld Caspar honed in to the nearest living being, before letting go of the spell. He had done it, and he was about to enact his revenge.

Subject: Re: and so it starts Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:35 pm

Adan was sitting at the piano bench when everything happened. Of course he was, it was winter and that meant that he would have to play various holiday tunes, like “Deck the Halls”, “Here Comes Santa Claus”, “Hanukkah, O Hanukkah”, and many more. Not really, those were the only three songs he learned because he didn’t really feel attached to any of the winter holidays. He really just participated for the nog and rum.

As soon as his fingers touched the keys, the lights of the mansion started to blink as if they couldn’t decide whether they wanted to be on or off. He stared up at the fissures with a slight frown before rolling his eyes; it was probably someone (Sinbad) tampering with the outlets. What he didn’t know was that Sinbad was sitting on Juno’s bed, flirting with her by whispering things about how he could make her lights flicker. Adan placed his hands of the keys and was about to play again - when he suddenly got too warm and slipped off his jacket, tossing it to the ground. Alright. Time to -

“MMRRROOOOOWWWWW!” The shrill hiss/shriek of a cat sounded from the library behind him, and a half-stone cat ran out of the doors and up the stairs with a few very confused words shouted in Italian. Adan heard a few dogs bark - even his fiance’s shabti dog - along with different hisses and rattles. At the sound of a disgruntled lion and the trumpet of an elephant, he decided that it was time to strap his prosthetic back on and make his way to the kitchen as quickly as he could, where he found the other mentors waiting or just arriving.

“Who the fuck is messing up my piano time?!” Adan shouted over the earthquake that had began to happen, nearly falling onto his face if it weren’t for his iron grip on the counter. He thought that Roman had casted enough protection spells to keep stuff like this from happening for at least three years. But Roman had tried, and once his spells were broken he had raced around the House to find Ruth. He had to know she was okay. Adan looked to Aliana and, with a straight face and at the most poorly timed moment in the universe, said, “And you’re probably very...shaken up over this, yeah?! In more ways than one?!”

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Aliana was grading amulets. Instead of essays and such, the Brooklyn House Training Facility liked to grade people based on how they actually preform the spell or make the amulet. So, she had a pile of poorly shaped, cracked amulets from a bunch of new trainees. She was just hoping that none of them would explode in her face. Half of them had already crumpled on contact, unsuccessfully preforming the spell they were meant to do. She kinda wished she could grade the older kid's amulets, they were less likely to explode. Although her chances of turning into a monkey went way up.

Aliana pulled another amulet out of the pile. It was painted in purple and green, with the name Samantha scrawled on the back. She held her breath and activated it, holding it at arms length just in case it would explode. Instead the lights started to flicker weirdly. She was pretty sure she didn't assign them to make an amulet that does that.

Aliana pulled a (hopefully) red pen out of her mug on her desk and started to write some notes on the grading sheet before something different happened. The ground started to shake and her mug toppled off the desk and smashed on the floor. Her large shabiti dog, kitty, stood up from her place on the floor and began to bark before dashing out the door. Aliana followed the dog, interested to see where she was going. As she made her way downstairs, she saw that more animals, shabiti and real alike, were also running around.

When she walked into the kitchen, some other mentors had gathered, along with her fiance. He took one look at her and said, "And you're probably very...shaken up over this, yeah?! In more ways than one?!"
Aliana only sighed. "Goddammit, Adan."