Mirror-Forced to All

[spell_on_you]

[The clouds part and the Hunter's Moon shines a crimson red over the sleeping Main Street. Maybe the rest is a little uneasy. Maybe it should be. Three strangers appear in the mirror, the castle behind them, white walls turned red by the moonlight. The redheaded one steps forward.]

Greetings, apprentices!

I see thee all tucked in thy beds as borrowed magic flows through thy veins. Well, no longer! When we come into power, all thy magic will be ours and ye would be our bread and our meat and our servants hand and foot. Whatever we shall need of ye.

Unless of course, thou woulds't like to move ahead of the line....

To die!

[she laughs, full shrieking cackles, as do the others]

I look forward to see thee wriggling like worms on hooks.

Oh, and if thou are expecting help to come from any quarter.

[she holds up three crystal pendants to the mirror, in which apprentices can see a Merlin, Hades and Dreamfinder, small and unconscious within]

Thou wilt not receive it.

And so the reign of the Sanderson sisters begins!

[there is a clap of thunder and a brilliant flash of lightning... and then they are gone. But are not far.]


[you are now entering a dangerous time, apprentices. The blood moon will stay in the sky for two nights instead of one before a massive storm on the fifteenth clears it out. As the month continues there will be more rainy days than not and more nights filled with wild storms.

Also you might find music a bit more addicting than it should be. You might find yourself apprehensive around candy, as if expecting it to bite back. And if you feel as if someone is watching you through a mirror-- it's only because they are]

Comments

[dream_is_a_wish]

[Wait. His eyes widen and he puts his hands on her shoulders.]

Was it a big old book with an eyeball and, and a creepy looking candle that smelled really, really weird???

[strangeandunusual]

That's the book. [her voice was practically dripping with dread] And I didn't smell it, but ... if that's the book, I'm pretty sure that was the candle, too. What would Hades have really used them for?

[dream_is_a_wish]

Yeah! That's what Mr. Hades had in his rooms when he called Blair and I over! He asked us to light the candle 'cause well, there's a lot of Dream energy happening but not a lot of Nightmare energy.

So he said he was feelin' kinda weak. But when Dreamfinder lit the candle...it was a black flame and, everything felt different. I didn't like it.

[strangeandunusual]

"If that were really Nightmare energy, I think I would have felt something more around it ..." She scowled. "He lied to you both. He took advantage of how much you would have wanted to help..."

Her choker glowed as she set her jaw. "Ooooh, if I had enough Sparks I'd summon up a Sandworm to swallow him whole, just like that CREEP Beetlejerk!"