<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/ELh6kfQ.jpg)</div><br/>OOC<br/>1) Ryan does care about Dannielle; they can target each other with magics at any range. This situation means that Ryan could (would ?) cast Shield to protect Dannielle.<br/>2) Ryan owes Fiona the answer to one specific question, and Fiona gets +1 Forward acting on the solution. The question is a bit vague - useful information on LSB. Fiona will get +1 forward when Ryan provides information about the possibility of a weapon. However, no +1 on delivering Ryan's brick.<br/><br/>Location: Mary's Books and More.<br/>People: Ryan (aka Archivist), Mary Sr., Little Mary<br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Dannielle's questions about her vision appeared to hit Ryan hard. The Wizard reached into an inside pocket of vis vest and pulled out a small leather bag. Shaking the bag, a silver locket with a chain fell out. Ryan opened the locket to show Danielle a pair of small pictures that faded with time. On one side was the grey-bearded man. Although in the image, he is much younger and has a goatee rather than a full beard. The other picture was of an Arabic woman wearing an older European-style pants suit.<br/><br/><strong>"He was my everything - savior, creator, mentor, lover, tormentor. There was a time when all that mattered to me was his affection."</strong>Ryan laughed bitterly,<strong>"Now, I know not what was genuine and was done to shape me mold me, what was done to make me better, and what was done simply to pervert me to his needs."</strong><br/><br/>The Wizard laughed,<strong>"He was fond of quoting Nietsche - that what does not kill us makes us stronger. In the end, he was right. He did make me stronger - strong enough that I no longer needed him, no longer loved him."</strong><br/><br/>Ryan sighed,<strong>"As to the darkness, what did Lord Acton say - power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I sought power to battle the evils of the world. Ultimately, I found that I was becoming as corrupt as they were. My acts might have been towards a different end but were as evil as those I fought."</strong>Ryan held up his hands and gazed at them,<strong>"In the end, my hands became soaked with the blood of innocents."</strong><br/><br/>Ryan shook vis head and looked at the brick,<strong>"And so it begins again, I'm willing to defend my family."</strong>Then vi looked at Fiona,<strong>"Go and deliver my message to the ones who threaten what is mine. Meanwhile, I will look for a suitable weapon to dispose of the Lord of Blood and Shadows."</strong><br/><br/>And then to Danielle,<strong>"I do not doubt your vision, but my old mentor could be simply lying to lure me back in, or he might just be mistaken. Still, it makes sense for us to be prepared. Go with the Hunter, see what you can ascertain of our foes. If they are true darkness and not merely a bunch of drunken idiots that don't understand Vegas, then they will be but the scouts of some serious darkness."</strong><br/><br/>