[hr][hr] [center] [img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/01989bb2-ff31-778e-aace-bbd2c65febf4.webp[/img] [hr] [color=8a9a5b]Location:[/color] Hall of Ancients, Strange Academy [color=8a9a5b]Grimore:[/color] [color=8a9a5b]Skills:[/color] N/A [/center] [hr][hr] [i][color=8a9a5b]A collection of Simpletons and Jesters he says, yet he is the king of them all.[/color][/i] Was all Barty could think as Croan decided to open his mouth. [i][color=8a9a5b]Your standards you say? I didn't think the bar was so low to join a Coven. Careful or I may just step right over them without your notice.[/color][/i] He was about ready to tune the old man out when he finally said something of import. His eyes snapped over to Connie as she began to (over)react towards the news of their future exploits. Interesting, so the bookworm knew about what lay behind door number 12. He hated to admit it, but he was impressed. [Color=8a9a5b]”Then it seems half our Coven already knows what lies beyond the doorway, good. It'll help us in figuring out what's needed to ‘solve’ this Mystery. What's more fresh eyes may help us see things we may overlook.”[/color] Barty's attention now fully locked onto Connie. His eyes expressed boredom, but he was clearly searching her for something. Staring into her own eyes before he finally spoke. [Color=8a9a5b]” ‘To allow yourself to become something else requires knowing yourself’. Excellent, you knowing yourself should prove useful in this endeavor then. Help you to stray away from the madness.”[/color] He punctuated his statement towards her with a glint of a smirk, as if he was daring her to argue otherwise. But first there was the last of his Coven he needed to meet. One who seemed eager to know of the contents behind the door and looking quite well if he was to judge, which he always did. [Color=8a9a5b]”Hm, what if I just called you mine instead? Much shorter than those other names. But I love the eagerness to learn. So I'll give you a snippet of information on it. Behind the door is said to be a cursed object. What exactly it's cursed with I wont say, I want to see what new eyes bring to this experiment.”[/color] Really he shouldn't of even mentioned the curse, he would've loved to see if either of them could figure it out before it was too late.