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.Christ.Now I wish they were.file:///F|/eMule/Incoming/Lackey,%20Mercedes%20-%.%20Tregarde%2003%20-%20Jinx%20High.%20(v1.1).html (381 of 434)3/16/2004 9:27:02 PMfile:///F|/eMule/Incoming/Lackey,%20Mercedes%20-%20Diana%20Tregarde%2003%20-%20Jinx%20High.%20(v1.1).htmlThe alarm went off in Di's ear.She groaned, but hauled herself out of the tangleof blankets she'd created.It was too damn early in the morning, and she'd gottenless than three hours of sleep-But Mark's plane was due within the next forty-five minutes, and she was going to have to be there to meet it.And she'd gottenby with less sleep before this.She turned on the light, and headed for the bathroom to put herself into somesemblance of order.There were certain things she could do to kick her metabolism up and stave offweariness; certain disciplines she could invoke that would enable her to replacesome lost sleep with food.They were temporary, and she'd pay for them later,but that would be after this whole mess was over with.I need to move on this, and move on it fast, she thought grimly, telling her bodywhat she would be requiring of it while she pulled on her clothing and brushedher teeth and hair.Before too much longer, Fay is going to know who I am andthat I'm the Enemy; she has to.I wasn't making any pretense at hiding, andbesides, I'm the only new game in town.She's going to want my innards on ahook for destroying her Servant last night.If I'm lucky, she'll be at low power forthe next few days and I can shut her down at a reasonable cost.Lady Bright, she's just a kid& She was just using her power like any other kidwould if you gave them that kind ofHell with that.I'm not a social worker, I'm a Guardian.I don't want to take herout, but if I can't reason with her, I'll have to.She's screwed up at least threekids that I know of, and who the hell knows what else she's been up to? And evenfile:///F|/eMule/Incoming/Lackey,%20Mercedes%20-%.%20Tregarde%2003%20-%20Jinx%20High.%20(v1.1).html (382 of 434)3/16/2004 9:27:02 PMfile:///F|/eMule/Incoming/Lackey,%20Mercedes%20-%20Diana%20Tregarde%2003%20-%20Jinx%20High.%20(v1.1).htmlif she really didn't think about what she was doing, or hasn't figured how wrongit is, she's putting too much strain on the local environment.Even without theOne Below to think of, she's playing merry hell with the weather systems everytime she does something major.Lady bless.These spoiled Jenks yuppie brats areall alike; don't think past their own noses and their own wants.Even Monica has a touch of bitch in her, and Deke's been trampling all over hisown friends.I hope this teaches them a lesson.I hope she's not as psychotic as some I've hadto take down.She was dressed, clean, and out the door with her keys in her hands within tenminutes of the alarm clock ringing.I'm going to have to do this absolutely right,because I may not get a second chance, she thought, as she pulled her car out ofthe driveway.I want this confrontation on my terms, with me on the high groundand with my allies around me, and while I'm at full strength.So I'd betterprioritize things before I pick Mark up, so I can give him a decent ops plan.There wasn't a great deal of traffic around on Saturday morning at seven a.m.She even accelerated onto the 169 on-ramp without the usual hassles of dealingwith the local drivers, who didn't seem to understand the meaning of the word"merge." She cranked down her window to get some fresh, cold air on her face.It was almost as good as a cup of black coffee.Number one priority has got to be to find the physical spot that this girl is usingfor her major ceremonies.I've never seen a sorcerer yet who put that where helived.She might be the exception, but I doubt it.file:///F|/eMule/Incoming/Lackey,%20Mercedes%20-%.%20Tregarde%2003%20-%20Jinx%20High.%20(v1.1).html (383 of 434)3/16/2004 9:27:02 PMfile:///F|/eMule/Incoming/Lackey,%20Mercedes%20-%20Diana%20Tregarde%2003%20-%20Jinx%20High.%20(v1.1).htmlHigh Magick was incredibly ritualized; most sorcerers had a small workroomwhere they could do simple spell casting and summoning, like Sex Magicks andsimple Blood Magicks, but for the really major rituals, a huge room and somevery specific trappings were required.In the old days of witchfinders, it wassimply too dangerous to keep that sort of setup where you lived.And in modemtimes, it was too damned inconvenient.If you lived in an apartment building,had parents, nosy neighbors, or human servants well, people tended to getreally curious about cries and screams, strange people coming and going at oddhours, really awful stenches and clouds of smoke& And Di didn't even want tothink about the havoc that could result if somebody stumbled over even aninnocent spell in progress.And with High Magick, that was increasingly likelythe more skilled you were at it.The more elaborate rituals of High Magicktended to require a series of spells that would be cast over a period of days, oreven weeks.It was much safer to have a little vacation cabin somewhere, or a second placeout in the country, out where there weren't a lot of people.And if you had thekind of money that Fay had, acquiring that sort of property was as simple ascalling up a real-estate agent.So she'll have her secret sanctum, and it will be someplace that she thinks issafe, but will be within about an hour's drive.She won't be willing to be fartheraway than that [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]