[center][hr][b][u][h2]Raymond Salazar Vanburen[/h2][/u][/b][img]https://i.imgur.com/PMt0Iku.png[/img][hr][/center]

[center][hr][b][u][h2][color=c4df9b]Alexander Karamazov Vanburen[/color][/h2][/u][/b][img]https://i.imgur.com/HJlmPxP.png[/img][hr][/center]

[color=c4df9b][i]Why did I go with this again?[/i][/color]

	Alex's thoughts swirled in a spiral brainstorm, going everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Ezra was right; this was a dumb, half assed plan, born out of a wretched subconscious to rip and let rip. He did not even recall any specific tactics or strategems back in the mansion; just the general idea of going in here and catching them off guard... [i]hopefully[/i]. Did anyone have a good reason to assume that these cultist morons would not expect the Vanburens, their maid, and two paranormal experts that they paid to help with their stone problem to come after them other than the fact that the cultist morons seemed to lack the basic traits of an intelligent, sentient being? Perhaps Justin did; he was, after all, an expert in the realm of magic. Still, Alex had only decided to go with the rest of the family because he was concerned that doing something stupid without him in would end in an unmitigated disaster. This could just be his younger self speaking and overestimating his own ability to rein in madness (especially the one that was just brimming with absolute insanity... Nisha, was it?)

	Raymond, at the same time, was... just going along. He did not have any strong feelings towards one way or another; all that he was concerned about was seeing his half siblings remain unharmed in the process of kicking some wiccan butt. He had always been concerned for everyone else, which surprisingly included Junior. Nisha was just really weird, and Ray gave up trying to tell her to calm down from swinging around the trees like a monkey. It was pointless, it seemed.

[quote]Justin didn't have a whole lot of faith in these rich kids, but maybe they'll win by the virtue of the enemy being stupider but again they didn't have to go in blind. He turned towards the Vanburens as he said, "Alright, team, huddle."

Maybe he could motivate these people.

Or maybe he would be interrupted.

"... Why you all look like you're ready to go to war."[/quote]

	[color=c4df9b]"Chyort..."[/color] Alex cursed as the skeleton seemingly appeared out of nowhere. Mystical chains came out of thin air as he went into a defensive pose, trying hard not to make his bewilderment obvious. [color=c4df9b]"Who are you?"[/color] He would then whisper to the Spectre, asking it the skeleton's identity. After all, the Spectre itself was an Apparition, and maybe it knew a thing or two about the rest of its kind. It was clueless about the Triple Goddess and the Horned God, but seeing as how both it and the skeleton had some resemblance in terms of being something like undead, maybe it knew a thing.

[quote]“Are you her ex? Casual hookup?” asked Nisha loudly. These were the important, helpful questions that would crack open this mysterious intruder and spill the beans on his plans. Her smile was smacked from her face as she caught a sharp glance from Ezra. Under her breath, so she would avoid being hit by another piercing stare, she muttered, “You two do a lotta boning?”[/quote]

	"God, you're really weird...", Ray shook his head at Nisha. "You should go back to horny jail..."