<div class="floatright">(http://imageshack.us/m/827/293/v311259.jpg)</div><br/>Sandra couldn't help but frown; she hadn't considered the possibility of blood magic, and she dearly hoped that that wasn't it.  Still, it sounded logical enough as a prospect.  "If that's the case," she replied, "then I'll be willing to shed some of my own blood into the pool to see if that'll open it up.  Our blood is more powerful than most, after all, so maybe it'll just take a bit of ours to do what takes a full human sacrifice."<br/><br/>The mention of the superstore made her nod.  "I don't really need to sleep all that often," she replied, "so I'm up for that if people want to investigate.  If we're going shopping, though, I'm thinking about that maybe we should all get those Bluetooth headset things?  Just in case things come up and we do have to split up."  She gestured to her ear, not really knowing the full details.  "You see them in the movies a lot, but I've seen a few people that have them as well..."