[IC] Paranormal Activities [SporkoBug and Calle]

[Loksfjoer]

When the alarm in Benjamin's watch beeped to let him know he had arrived at the point of no return, he stopped to silence it, took a breather with his hands on his hips and turned around to get back. A sudden feeling of being watched came over him. After glancing around he took two steps before he noticed a movement. It turned dark afterwards.

Mike was thinking many thoughts on the way to the tearoom; he had read a lot of information that all needed their place in his mind and he tried to order it as well as he could. He almost passed the tearoom, but he remembered just in time this was where he had to be.
He entered the establisment and as he was the first he sat down at an empty table, checking out the modest menu.

[SporkoBug]

They puppeted the shadows around them as they slowly stepped towards Benjamin, they could tell by his movements that he had noticed something was wrong, but he had stopped his jogging. They felt their hair on their neck prickle gently as they maneuvered themselves to leap at him, calculating the speed and strength they'd need to knock him into the nearby shadows to capture him completely.

A grin slowly appeared over their face before they pushed themselves off the wall of shadows they had built up, using that momentum to slam into Benjamin and tried to get him into the shadows on the other side, using her shadow weaving skills to attempt to cover up Benjamins' mouth before he could try and get any sound out.

Harriet got to the tearoom not too long after Mike, she had a small carry bag filled with different things that she had over her shoulder. She slowly moved to push the door open and walked over to Mike as he had seated himself at an empty table and moved to sit across from him, gently placing her bag on the ground beneath the table and between her legs.
"Has the morning been good?" She asked, trying to start up conversation between the two of them before Benjamin appeared, which neither of them knew what was happening to him.

[Loksfjoer]

It happened too fast. Something pushed him into the shadows and Benjamin tried to yell but it felt like something was covering his mouth. His eyes were wide open and he tried to break free, but the struggle was futile.

Mike looked up when he heard Harriet. "We've done a lot of talking and some research. I realised I know very little of angels and demons and I'm not sure how I feel about all the information I got today. My head feels like I spent a whole day at school, but I still have most of the day ahead of me." He checked his watch, Benjamin should be there soon. "How was your day so far?"
When was the last time he had a moment with Harriet alone? Had he had one? So much had happened the past few days he wasn't sure.

[SporkoBug]

Harriet tilted her head slightly as she listened to Mike speak, she nodded at the mention of being overwhelmed by information. "That's understandable." She said with a small smile, "Studying anything can be a bit hard to start with. I don't expect many to know a lot about either species; to be fair, I don't know too much about them either." She said with a gentle smile with a small sigh as she leaned back in her chair.

"Today has been good so far." She started, crossing her arms slightly, "Freya headed out to get a bit of a walk, her injuries are getting better. I had a call with my brothers, and then I stopped at a little occult shop on the way here." She glanced down to the bag under the tables, "Found it was actually ran by a Witch, which was fantastic."

The figure moved to step into the shadows, pulling Benjamin with them before they pulled him out of the shadows and into the compound. They shoved Benjamin forward with a bit of a grin from the shadows. "Miss Lily." They called out, their voice cold. "The meal has arrived."

[Loksfjoer]

Meal? Benjamin looked from the shadow to the woman in the lab goat, he smiled as if she had received a present.
"Thank you," Lily said to the figure. "Thank you so much. You are much more reliable than those agents are." She clapped her hands in delight. "Oh, this is wonderful." She gestured to two underlings. "Take him to his room."

The two guards took Benjamin and dragged him along, putting him in a holding cell. Benjamin tried to resist, but was no match for them. He stumbled into the cell when they pushed him and turned around when they closed the door. "Let me out!"

***

It was reassuring to know even Harriet didn't know much about angels and demons and Mike relaxed a little. It was good to hear Freya was improving.
"A witch?" he asked. "Where?" He was certain he hadn't met a witch before. "How do witches use magic?"
He thought back to what he had learned about them, but the topic hadn't come up yet, nor did he know if the Agency hunted witches or considered them allies.

[SporkoBug]

The shadowed figure smiled at Lily's words, she enjoyed being complimented like this; which is why she was more than happy to help Lily with whatever she needed to. She bowed her head and disappeared back into the shadows and appeared in the common room as she watched Steph and Gaia from the shadows quietly.
She was also tasked with watching the Succubus, making sure to see if Gaia was trying to keep her fed somehow. If she had to tell Lily to split them up so she could have the Succubus starve, she'd do it.

***

Harriet gave a small smile, she moved to hand a small business card of the occult store that she visited. "She's a sweetheart." She said with a small smile, "Witch Magic is usually depending on the witch I think." Harriet said with a small shrug.
"I always considered it much like how Texverians' got their magic, a deity blessed them with it and they've been able to use it ever since." She explained, "Of course, I wouldn't be too surprised if it wasn't always the case. But Magic seems to be genetic and inherited from one or both parents."