The Woodland Mansion

"Then off to the fireplace we go!" Télos declared. Though he was holding Aquarius in his arms, a strand of darkness shot out from underneath his feet and grabbed onto Grim's wrist to bring him along. The reaper gave a startled cry at this, which was promptly followed by a startled cry on Télos's part and Aquarius nearly jumping out of his arms in surprise.

"I didn't know I could that," Télos slowly said, staring down at the strand of darkness and then up at the now pale Grim. "I was just thinking about how I wanted to grab onto your wrist again but didn't have the hands to do it."

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Hey, @Firerose, what were you planning on them finding by the fireplace? I have two possible ideas for what's going on in this house (I just need to pick which one I'm going with) and I want to figure out how I can work that into either idea.

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I@Saen was thinking three glowing skeletons with riddles carved into them.

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Yay!!

"That's wonderful," Marisol said, looking at the strand of darkness. She quickly refocused on ghost girl. "How 'bout you get us there before I barf my head off? Y'know, literally."

Firanna smiled and led the way back into the room. She went over to the fireplace, and pushing against the wall, moved it and the got down on the floor and pulled up a trapdoor. "Right here" she said.

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If everyone's alright with it, I think I'll end this wave in the next couple of posts! I just need the right moment too.

Télos, still holding Aquarius tightly in his arms, made his way over to the trapdoor. Grim followed a few footsteps behind him. He peered down into the darkness below the trapdoor. He could try getting down there, but did he really want to risk it when he had to worry about Aquarius breaking? "I think we should wait until we go back to normal before we check that out," Télos decided. Aquarius gave a nod from in his arms. "Going down that ladder is going to be hard when Aquarius is like this. If the last time was anything to off of, it won't take long, will it?"

"I don't think so," Grim agreed.

Firanna drew out a flashlight and shined it down.

"Why're we even goin' down that creepy hole?" Marisol said. "I want ta learn 'bout what's making this stuff happen, but I kinda don't want to die."

"You don't have to go down." Firanna said. "Just look." She herself was not looking. Suddenly a glow began to come out and soon the whole room was bathed in light.

((No. But they are glowing. We're going to have to go down))

((Great!))

As the glowing appeared, so did the warmth from before. Grim didn't think the two were connected, but there was always the possibility that one of them had to do with the other. The warmth came in a sudden wave (and with it, magic), washing over ever person in the room. By the time that the warmth came to a close, Grim found himself back in his own body. He was initially grateful for being returned to normal, but then he remembered that there were two newcomers in the group - and that Aquarius seemed especially easy to fright-

His train of thought was cut off by a sudden crashing noise. He spun around to see Télos sprawled across the floor underneath a boy who could only be Aquarius. Aquarius really did look young, and a bit unusual when he took in his appearance: he had long, turquoise hair going down to his back in a low ponytail, bright blue eyes and a hoodie on with a pair of jeans and sneakers. This later part wasn't all that abnormal, but the rest of his appearance was.

"I guess it really was a short time," Télos said, carefully getting himself out from underneath his brother.

Aquarius followed suit moments later, brushing himself off and looking around at the other people present in the room. He raised a hand up and touched his face, a small smile spreading across his lips. "I have skin again," he said, the smile immediately growing after he spoke. "And I can talk!"

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Before we have them check out downstairs, I want everyone to have a chance to write their characters returning back to normal.