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John Constantine ([personal profile] talentforlying) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2017-12-15 09:29 am
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Library, All Friday

To be perfectly honest, John had not left the library last night, with something crawling at the edge of his magical senses. Why go out and be a potential snack, when he could make it come here, to him, and a perfectly good ambush?

Radio had confirmed some of his suspicions, and then the distinctive pull of a second portal somewhere else started humming at him, and Constantine started hauling out the records of invasions past and stacking them on various tables.

That still didn't feel right, this energy felt too eldritch for most of these, but it was as good a place for the kids to start as any.

The Fandom High Library is open. Coffee's on, and if you ask nice, John'll whip you up a proper tea.
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livingartifact: (this is my little book)

Re: Research

[personal profile] livingartifact 2017-12-15 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
And Jenkins would probably love to talk shop with John about those layers of protections most other times, but he was a bit busy just now being prickly and suspicious about his doppelganger. "I am sure that's all very lovely for you," he said, opening the book again. "Tell me, how familiar are you with 'primordial creatures' that are purported to live beneath this island?"
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[personal profile] talentforlying 2017-12-15 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"We talking the rock elementals that are sleeping down there, or something else?" he checked. "Most of the primordial elementals tend to be fairly inactive, just phasing between planes, unless someone stirs them up."
ruinedartifact: (I'm very tired of you)

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[personal profile] ruinedartifact 2017-12-15 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Giant slugs don't seem very rock-like to me," Jenkins said with a roll of his eyes.

"Mm, yes," Jenkins replied. "Loathe as I am to agree with my compatriot here, I suspect we are dealing with something rather more . . . squishy. Than rock elementals."
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Re: Research

[personal profile] talentforlying 2017-12-15 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, then, why didn't you start with slugs?" Constantine sighed, fishing around in his pocket for a smoke, if he was going to have to deal with both of them. "Haven't seen any, to tell the truth, though true primordial gastropods are generally a bad fucking sign."

"Rot, corruption, things waking that ought not wake, that sort of shite."
livingartifact: (this is my little book)

Re: Research

[personal profile] livingartifact 2017-12-15 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Indeed," Jenkins agreed, not seeming to mind the cigarette in the least. Or even much notice it. "The sort of bad sign that has, apparently, been seen here before." He flipped to the end of the book. "And I quote: 'Last, the Beaste was found in the 1760s. We credit the Good Work of Sir Thaddeus Crowley, whose efforts vanquished the Creature before it could wreck its Terrible Havock upon us all. May God have mercy on us.'"
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[personal profile] talentforlying 2017-12-15 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"First off, why would anyone trust a fucking Crowley to do what they say they did? Second... where, exactly, do we think he 'vanquished' them too? Is this the result of him pushing them forward into time, or are they just finally coming home from somewhere else?"

John ran a hand through his hair. "There's experts I could call in, but odds are they'd only make things worse."

Mister E always did SO GREAT around kids.
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Re: Research

[personal profile] livingartifact 2017-12-15 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's just what we said," said Jenkins.

Jenkins ignored him. "I suspect, Mr. . . . Librarian. . . , that we are once again going to be best off dealing with this problem ourselves."

"And ourselves," said Jenkins. "That is why we've all come here, after all."

Jenkins probably should have taken the time to ascertain why his doppelganger had arrived, shouldn't he.
talentforlying: (the high cost of (magic) living)

Re: Research

[personal profile] talentforlying 2017-12-15 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"You can call me Constantine." Because like fuck he was handing over his name with weird magic afoot. Who knew who was listening?

He turned to Jenkins-the-Second. "You couldn't have opened with the fact you're here to stop these fuckers, and aren't just the island playing twinsies for a day? Bloody fucking hell, what the fuck is wrong with you? Maybe instead of making us play guessing games, you tell us what you know."
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Re: Research

[personal profile] ruinedartifact 2017-12-15 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Must've slipped my mind," Jenkins said, examining his fingernails. He had enough memories from the last thousand or so years that the hollowing process was taking its dear sweet time with him, but new memories didn't have much chance.

"Honestly, Mr. Constantine," said Jenkins. "I wouldn't trust this man as far as I could throw him even if he did tell us everything."

"Some cultists from a hell dimension are here to end your world." Jenkins looked up, eyebrows raised, as though he'd only just recalled that information. "The slugs are a side-effect."

Jenkins threw his hands in the air and went to go look at some other books.

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