====Discussing Voodoo====
**Date:** 1870.04.06.2000 two days after the kidnapping
**Next:** DiscussingMagic

<#court: "Why do you want to go, anyway?"#>

<#bill: "If Arkadeus is using magic, then we should learn magic. Like any war, you should know your enemy." (those are his words...body language might add: "plus magic is fricking interesting and cool")#>

<#kate: "If he wants to go...he should go."#>

<#ann: "Two wrongs don't make a right."#>

<#bill: Cole frowns, "Wrong?"#>

<#court: "This is not the kind of magic we should... fool around with, though. This is real... this is really dangerous!"#>

<#bill: "Well, I want to learn the good magic." He says it like it's obvious, not condescending....#>

<#court: "Me too! But voodoo is not good magic. It is NOT."#>

<#ann: "How do you know that there even is good magic?"#>

<#kate: "Really? Doesn't it matter how you use it not what it is?"#>

<#bill: Cole is silent and waits for someone to answer Ella.#>

<#court: "I don't think good magic can ever kill people."#>

<#kate: "Isn't that a bad person using magic to kill people?" She seems confused.#>

**Cal says, "Lots o things kill people."**

<#ann: "Well, if it's sacrificing people and burning animals or whatever, it doesn't matter what you do with it."#>

<#jonah: Ollie is getting fidgety. He looks uncomfortable.#>

<#bill: Cole starts looking out the window at the stars.....#>

<#court: "I do not know if it is sacrificing and burning. But you do not even have to be close! You do not even have too touch." She is speaking more quietly now. "My sister was killed by voodoo. It cannot be good. And anything with that kind of power, we should not use, or get anywhere near." She puts an arm around Ollie.#>

<#kate: Ella gets quiet up on her little stoop.#>

<#bill: When she says the mark about her sister, Cole turns his head sharply.#>

<#jonah: Ollie leans his head onto his sister's shoulder.#>

<#bill: Cole pulls his knees into his chest and looks sad, "I'm sorry about your sister.”#>

<#kate: "What happened?" She asks this real quiet like not prodding or needling - just hoping to air out something bad...#>

<#court: "It was Arkadeus. We walked onto his property; we weren't paying attention. We were just gathering moss. But we only saw him off far, and he... charmed a snake to bite her. She died just after."#>

<#bill: Cole is quiet and frowning. "Arkadeus again!"#>

<#kate: Ella grimaces a little then looks out to the city.#>

<#bill: After a heart beat, "What was her name?"#>

<#court: "Louise."#>

<#bill: "Did he hurt your mom and dad too?"#>

<#court: Jeanne sighs and looks at Ollie. "Not... directly..." She pauses. "No. But Louise dying, that..." She seems to be searching for a word.#>

<#ann: If she's close enough, Celeste will reach out a hand to touch Jeanne.#>

<#court: "That ruined my mom. She does not... behave normally after that. And she blamed me, because I was with Louise and Louise was her favorite. It became bad. She needed medicine, but when my father and I came here to get the medicine, he was killed. So... he did not seem to hurt them directly, but maybe it was all part of the same thing."#>

<#bill: "I'm sorry..." his voice cracks a little.#>

<#jonah: Ollie turns to Jeanne, "It was not your fault." "It was NOT her fault." he repeats to everyone.#>

<#ann: "It was not your fault," Celeste repeats, as earnestly as possible.#>

<#kate: Ella comes back from her city-gaze. "It wasn't your fault.”#>

<#court: This makes Jeanne looks like she is about to cry, but she shakes her head and looks determined to plow on. "So voodoo is dangerous. It is."#>

<#bill: "Why, Jeanne? Why would he want to hurt your family like that?"#>

<#court: Jeanne looks at Ollie again and shrugs. "Je ne sais.... I do not know why."#>

**Valarie says, "People die."**

<#bill: "Maybe we should found out. Maybe if we know why we can take his reason away...and then you'll be safe."#>

<#court: "But getting near him is not safe. None of us should."#>

<#kate: Ella looks back at the city.#>

<#bill: Cole looks at his feet.#>

<#jonah: Ollie says, "we are as safe as we're gonna be, here."#>

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