>>5700663You nearly fall out of your chair with how casually she mentions it. The… the <span class="mu-i">OCCULT</span>, you sputter in disbelief, is she talking about <span class="mu-i">MAGIC</span>??
“And all that implies, yes.” Nods Mina with a deadly serious expression on her pale face. “What do you know?”
Not a <span class="mu-i">lot</span>, you grunt, apart from it being, like… <span class="mu-i">magic</span>.
“My father’s obsessed with the stuff.” She huffs as she glances at the walls around you. “He wanted this house to be <span class="mu-i">protected</span>, you know.”
With <span class="mu-i">magic</span>?
The girl nods again, letting her long, black hair fall across her shoulders. “He never got around to it, though-he was far too paranoid about ‘<span class="mu-i">inviting something in</span>’, whatever that means.”
You can almost feel a chill in the room as you press further. But magic’s just BS, right? Geek stuff!
“It might not be as false as you think…” Counters The Prez with a twinkle in her eye. “Didn’t you hear what happened up North a few months ago?”
It takes you a few moments to remember. She’s talking about that stuff that happened in <span class="mu-s">CLEARWATER,</span> right? They said that was some kind of <span class="mu-s">WIFI CONSTRUCTION SNAFU</span>!
“Not in the corporate circles, it wasn’t…” Mina says with a wink. “According to some of my father's business associates, something else occurred up there-something involving <span class="mu-s">NECROMANCY</span>”.
You nearly dry heave at the sound of the word. That’s <span class="mu-s">DISGUSTING!</span>
“... <span class="mu-i">Raising</span> the dead, not <span class="mu-i">sleeping</span> with them.”
Ohhhh, you nod, wait, <span class="mu-i">HUH?!</span>
“Do you see why I’m concerned now?” She asks with a faint quiver in her voice. “He may be my father, but if something were to happen tonight, well…” Her voice trails off as she brushes a few of her pitch-black bangs out of her face. “I <span class="mu-i">need</span> to be certain, Diesel.”
Okay, okay, you nod with an uncomfortable chuckle in your voice, you’ll look into it for her! That’s uh… that is what she’s paying you for, after all!
“Indeed,” She sighs with a hint of relief, “Whatever happens, just be prepared for <span class="mu-i">anything</span>.”
Always are!
>CONTD. 