We have been up all night working on building the dybbuk box back at the Claw. I don't even know what time it is, "46 hours to destroy the Aglaeca before she destroys us" Nancy says
We all look at her, "Give me some updates. How is the dybbuk box looking?" She asks
"Well, as far as mystical spirit-trapping deices go, this thing's junk" Nick says
"Why?" Bess asks
"In order for a real dybbuk box to work, it needs to be made made from a certain kind of mahogany wood, uh that is blessed by this rabbi who died in 1761. According to AJ's notes, he figured that out halfway through building, hence...junk" Nick says
"There's another option" Ace says
We all walk over to him, "I found an operational dybbuk box. Made in 1756, blessed by the rabbi, all the things. On loan from a private collection at a Museum of Antiquities just outside of Boston. I have a plan for how to get it" Ace says
"Did AJ even say how the box works?" George asks
"Uh, yeah. We, um, we fill it with meaningful objects from the ghost's life and a totem from their death. That's the bait. Once they get drawn inside, they're trapped. Ghost in a box" Nick says
"Our portents were pieces of the Aglaeca's death. Our portent sand should work as a totem of her death. And as for something from her life, well, we have to figure out who she was" Nancy says
We head to the back and I help Nancy lift down the board to our Aglaeca work, "The sea shanty said her name was Odette Lamar. Per Marvin family records, she was a wealthy heiress from France and Captain Douglas Marvin's first wife" Nancy says
"And a brilliant businesswoman" Bess says
"Bypassed a paywall for an academic library. Found some rare research" Ace says
"Yes, the Lamars owned land in France, but Odette was the one who figured the soil was ripe for vineyards. She turned the family holdings into a prosperous olive oil business" Bess says
"According to history, Odette married Captain Douglas Marvin aboard the Governance and died of consumption" George says
"But according to the shanty, she was betrayed, robbed and murdered" I say
"I found her picture" Bess says and shows us
"They took everything from her" Nancy says
"And she wants to take everything from us" George says
"We won't let her. Ace, you will get the box. We'll fill it with portent sand. Skylar, Bess, and I will find something that would have been meaningful to Odette" Nancy says
"AJ left behind a bunch of equipment. Ghost tracking stuff. George and I can see if anything there might help" Nick says
"Great, let's finish this once and for all" Nancy says
"Uh, and what if we don't?" George asks
"I already wrote my obituary" Ace says
"You what?" Nancy asks
"Loving son, Scout, vintage automobile enthusiast" Ace says
"Beloved member of the Marvin family. Known for her quick wit and sublime sense of style" Bess says
"Have you no faith?" Nancy asks
"We can have faith and still prepare for other possible outcomes" George says
"The only outcome is that we win" Nancy says
It is now morning and Bess, Nancy and I are trying to find Aristotle, "So, I did ask Aunt Diana about Douglas Marvin and Odette, but all she knows is that some of the Lamar vineyards ended up under Marvin control...um, but they were sold off a few years ago, so..." Bess says
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Twin Flames
Fanfiction"Two souls that are always meant to be together...Sometimes it takes time...Sometimes it takes a parallel universe or something...But the thing about twin flames is that nothing can keep them apart...They are a magic onto themselves and together the...
