<div style="text-align: justify;">London, England, 2016 - Austin, Texas, 2016<br/><br/>Josephine really wasn’t too happy to go back to the US before she was fully recovered, both physically and emotionally. On the other hand, she knew that she couldn’t afford the luxury of resting when she was needed. Had anyone else been able to take her place, Josephine might have felt differently, but as it was, she was the only one who could communicate with the spirits and sense their intentions. All she hoped was that she didn’t happen to channel any hostile spirit this time around. It never ended well for her.<br/><br/>For now, though, Josephine had more important matters to worry about - namely, getting to the house where the problems were happening and checking it out to see what exactly was going on in it. <br/><br/>After checking out where exactly the house they needed to check out was - a small town named Rockport, in Texas -, Josephine made sure to arrange for a plane ticket and a rental car. She would have to find a place to stay once they reached the town, if one of her colleagues hadn’t managed to secure a place for them already. And hopefully, the family would have already cleared off the house so she could work without interference.<br/><br/>For now, though, she needed to get there, see the house, and see what kind of a presence was actually in there. From the little information she had, Josephine was worried. It seemed like this presence fed off of fear, or at least craved to cause it. And that was never a good sign. In her experience, Josephine had known these presences to be either ghosts that had been trapped in the houses through some attachment or - and she really hoped this was not the case - demonic presences.<br/><br/>Well, she would have plenty of time to think about everything during the over ten hour flight from London to Austin, so Josephine focused on the practical matters - packing lightly for the trip and carrying the essentials - her blessed crucifix for protection, an empty notebook to write down whatever she learned and a small camera in case she needed to record something - and getting in a cab for the airport. She was so used to travelling on short notice that going through these motions was already second nature. <br/><br/>Once at the airport, Josephine booked the first flight to Texas - since she didn’t carry anything but carry on, it had been a quick process - before sending a text message to Katie, Jean and Byron, as to save the time she would spend in calling everyone. The message would read simply: <span style="font-style: italic">‘At the airport, booked up. Should be in Austin in about 11 hours. Rented a car from the airport there and going straight to the town. See you all there. Cheers, Josie’</span>. Once she had sent the text, Josephine sighed and started doing some research in the town, as to know where they could find a place to stay, and the main places they would need - a library, the City Hall, police office and places of the sort, where they could find records. She also checked if they had a local hospital, as it could be a necessity, since they were apparently dealing with a hostile presence and someone could happen to get injured - more likely, either herself or Jean, as they would be the ones dealing more directly with the spirit or spirits.</div>