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[indent] [b] “You should be there to go meet this girl.”[/b]

Arabelle glanced away from Georgie as her attention was turned towards Liao. What was it they were saying? She simply gave him a small nod, still a little confused. The skull was pulled from her hand and Arabelle returned to Georgie in time to hear her explanation of her “Garden.” Arabelle blinked and her mind raced. Then what Georgie said made perfect sense as a small tear in the fabric of reality was opened near her head. Arabelle peered inwards. Fields of bushes and flowers lay beyond, and… all of the sealed objects that once stood in the manor oddly stood between them. Arabelle watched the skull land inside like it was nothing but an unwanted piece of bone among Georgie’s collection. She could have peered inside for much longer, but the portal quickly dissipated into nothingness. The night was cold and dark again. As Georgie returned to her tea, Arabelle was left to compare Georgie’s expanse of lush green to her own bare innards of a mirror portal. If only she could decorate it.

[b] “Did she just walk away with the Horned God in her personal dimension?”[/b]

Arabelle pressed her lips together and took the seat that Georgie had just been in. She pulled her coat closer to her neck and took a moment to think about the situation as the others continued to plan. Oscar volunteered himself to go with her to meet the healer. She had to agree that he was the most pleasant of the Vanburens. Trisha and Shane agreed to go with the group that wanted to trap the cult. Arabelle was more concerned for that group’s safety than she would verbally admit. At least the cult would be distracted while her group spoke with the healer, but was it really the right move? Would they be able to handle a confrontation between the few of them that were going? She wasn’t sure if she should voice that opinion or not in case it dampened their spirit going into it.

She heard Ezra’s quiet words to Sabrina. He was right to say that Georgie shouldn’t be left alone with this cult on the loose. While the cult had no idea that Georgie now possessed the Horned God, she wondered if their tracking spells would latch on to her from now on. It wouldn’t be right to leave her alone now. Arabelle secretly hoped that Sabrina wouldn’t go with the group that would confront the cult. Especially now that Ezra agreed to join Arabelle’s attempt to contact the healer.

[b] “I don’t know if anyone here has anything that makes them stealthy.”[/b]

Arabelle gave him a sideways glance at this. Was he forgetting to mention her abstraction on purpose? If she had one mental image of the inside of the cult’s compound, she could easily sneak a few of them inside. Getting out would be their only concern, really. Sure, she had a bum shoulder now, but she wouldn’t need to fight. She just needed to get them in and out. [b] “At the very least, I know that I can get us quietly through just about any locked door.”[/b] So he was offering himself up in case things went south. Perhaps she could be the getaway car if he depleted himself without her help in the first place.

Arabelle rose slowly as Blu attempted to offer his help. She didn’t know Blu much, but at least he appeared to be selfless. He could make people feel better? She wasn’t sure what he meant by that, but perhaps it was a way to manipulate others emotions. It could come in handy for either team if applied the right way. That would be up to Blu to decide.

With her thoughts in order, Arabelle glanced at Oscar before looking Ezra’s way. [color=804061] “I think it would be best if Georgie came with us, if she chooses to leave the house. I don’t want her alone if she is to keep the skull, and I certainly don’t want her near the cult. If the others decide to confront them, Georgie should be far away from the fight that might ensue.[/color]

[color=804061] I don’t want the healer to know that Georgie has the skull, either. Instead, I think we should tell her that the skull is being kept in a place we can decide upon. If the cult attempts to retrieve the skull from that place, we will know that she isn’t worthy of our trust.”[/color]

Arabelle leaned back in the chair. [color=804061] “If the cult comes for Georgie, I can also get her to a safe location with only a mirror. The healer doesn’t know how I escaped from the manor, thankfully, so she won’t be expecting that either. In fact I don’t think any of the cult members know, but they must think I have some sort of way to get in and out of a room with no exit. Otherwise their hound would have gotten me.”[/color] She tried not to grimace in response to that horrible memory.

[color=804061] “I also want to make it clear that I don’t think the healer will lie to us if we speak to her. I can’t think of a reason why she’d hand the skull over to me when she could have easily overpowered me. I hit my shoulder when I ran from the hound, but I'm sure she could have done worse if she wanted to.”[/color] Arabelle tried not to flush with embarrassment as she admitted to that.

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