<div class="floatleft">(http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae282/caela_ecub/Brunettes/f9fe5328-dfec-48c4-9ebd-efcbba03efc1_zps882dd06b.jpg) (http://s980.photobucket.com/user/caela_ecub/media/Brunettes/f9fe5328-dfec-48c4-9ebd-efcbba03efc1_zps882dd06b.jpg.html)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Athena Stargazer-Smith<br/><strong>Position:</strong>PhD Student/Beginning Divination Professor<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Forest<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Rome<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Apology accepted, just don't play the creepy card again," she said with a smile and only a slight shudder. "Being startled, shocked, amazed, confused..all things I can handle well, stalker-esque creepy...not so much," she added with a warm laugh that seemed to fill their little bubble with her own mirth at herself.<br/><br/>She noticed the word games again but didn't comment. They didn't know each other well enough for her to demand he share all his secrets, so she would take what he,<em>could</em>share, for now. There would be time to ask for more information later, because it wasn't lost on her that he hadn't he was sharing all that he knew. Baby steps. She wasn't exactly baring all the darker corners of her own soul either.<br/><br/>Having watched him shift, she did the same, turning her body to face him, and crossing her legs into an easy lotus, leaving their feet and knees touching just slightly and making it each for him to take her hand and place his own amulet into it. Looking between him and the amulets now in her palm, her gaze was curious when they didn't seem to do anything at first.<br/><br/>His wink made her be patient, and when the amulets started to glow she laughed in delight, almost pulling away just to watch them glow! The only thing that actually stopped her from doing so when they started to shake in their palms was his other hand covering hers. Flashing him a sharp gaze, she saw his smile and her eyes narrowed slightly, suspicious of what was happening as the amulets seemed to be trying to dance a jog between their hands! His continued smile didn't exactly put her at ease since he hadn't told her what was going to happen, it reminded her a bit too much of her own smirk when she knew something someone else didn't and was waiting for them to find out!  She wasn't used to being on the receiving end of that particular game.<br/><br/>When he pulled his hand away and only one amulet was left she gave a small cry of dismay! Her amulet, her treasure that she had guarded since she was in her early teens was gone! In it's place was an amalgamation of the two amulets that had been there before. The light purple glow from the new amulet was lovely, but it wasn't<em>hers</em>and the look she shot Rome was accusatory and less than pleased. She wasn't quite angry, but she was clearly not happy either.<br/><br/>"Next time, theory first, demonstration second," she muttered before holding the new amulet up and watching it's glow fade until she simply held an amber amulet once more. Her annoyance couldn't help but to fade, however, as he continued to talk, speaking of other amulets, the possibility of combining them, and another possible step.<br/><br/>Tearing her gaze from the amulet she met his own, her golden eyes flashing slightly as she placed the new amulet around her neck, "And just what is that next step? What do you actually suspect these will, ultimately, lead you too?" she asked, her voice curious, the archaeologist in her peeking out as the woman tipped the amulet out of sight inside her sweater. She was glad the chain she'd had her own amulet on had remained through the process of the two amulets joining. She considered encasing it in a figurine once more but would practice with the new amulet when she returned to her own rooms. She had no idea how the combined amulets would behave if she started tinkering with it and she didn't want to risk anyone else if it decided it didn't like being tinkered with or hidden. Some magical items didn't.