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[Sora]

"That works for me" The witch contemplated their future steps. "So who stays on the ground and who gets up?"

She made certain to not use the word "Climb" to not insult Cicivexa's magical abilities. She wasn't certain if he would even care, but better to take it into account than to get hit by whatever things he had cast upon this sorry little thing that had brought her here in the first place.

[DragonRage]

"I do not climb," Alexandria states, "This structure's roof will not support my weight."  With that stated, she continues inside, towards the ritual location and the likely unfortunate fate of the Fire Marshal, but making sure to check the rest of the house for signs of life.  So as to disturb as little as possible, she dismisses her big shield for the moment.

[AzyWng]

Lyra

"I'll go up. Best-case scenario, we can scour this place from two different angles. Worst-case scenario... Well, at least it won't be all of us getting caught in whatever's up there."With that, Lyra began to scale the wall as best she could, aiming for a second-floor window she could open so she could get inside.

[StormLord]

Fire House

Heading into the building Alexandria and anyone directly behind her follow the trail of slime towards the garage.  Turning the corner into the spacious room is a gruesome sight.  There's a ritual circle drawn in chalk directly below the hole in the roof, with several stubs of candles burnt out around it.  A large burn mark can be seen in the middle of the circle and an unmarked book sits cast aside towards the middle of the room.  The slime and more dying worms are strewn in and around the circle.

"Jerry" the Fire Martial, based on his uniform, is slumped against the wall with his hands to either side.  He's sitting in a large pool of blood and soaked in the bizarre slime, his eyes are missing and there are several holes visible across his body.  Most disturbingly his skin appears to be simply "draped" over his skeleton with no flesh between them to speak of.

Anyone who chooses to climb up to the roof finds that the hole seems to have been burned from the outside in.

[Chevaleresse]

Arturia about-faces at the sight, turning pale as she does her best not to hurl at the horrific sight. "I don't think Jerry's okay, girls."

[Sora]

Sakura makes her way up to the roof, talking under her breath something along the lines of "wrong pact for this job" as she climbed on top. Looking at the hole to figure out anything worthwhile, so she can show her usefulness to the party. "Strange. Looks like something broke out and made it flying straight from the ground..."

[AzyWng]

Lyra

Lyra peers down the hole in the roof carefully, trying to see what else is inside and, if possible, if there's a way down. "We should probably try a second-story window if it isn't safe to drop down here.

What's with that circle, by the way?" She glances over to Cicivexa and Sakura. "Either of you familiar with that? I'm not..."

Just in case, Lyra tries to make note of the circle's pattern and the positioning of the candles, in case it might be useful later.

[Sora]

"That's not a summoning circle i'm aware of. Though it fits much of thr criteria...

[StormLord]

Fire House

Looking down from the window for somewhere to drop Lyra can see the attic space just beyond the hole that they could drop into.  The hole itself is about two feet wide, a bit of a squeeze with equipment but doable.  There is also a window on the second level that leads to a room it looks like connects to the main hallway.

[AzyWng]

Lyra

Checking to see if Cicivexa or Sakura are following, Lyra climbs through the window to the second level.

[DragonRage]

"Eeew," Alexandria takes a few steps back from the corpse, "It looks like something sucked out his insides like a giant spider.  Gross."

[Chevaleresse]

Martyr turns around and glances at the book. She takes a couple steps towards it before her stomach lurches and she visibly stifles a heave. After taking a moment to pull her collar up over her nose, she scurries over to the discarded tome, picks it up, and runs back around the corner to investigate her findings.

[Sora]

Sakura followed swiftly behind Lyra, the Umbrella tucked away under her arm as she tried her best to land gracefully on the second level floor. Looking around to see if she could spot anything that was arcane or occult in nature which she could identify.

[Unlurking Sentinel]

After examining the summoning circle himself to see if it was familiar (he didn't have much hope for this, though), he followed Lyra's aetherial presence up to the second floor, giving it a preliminary scan.

[StormLord]

Fire House - Garage

Snatching the tome Martyr is a little sickened as the fabric bindings squelch with water damage from the slime dried on the outside.  Fortunately being closed kept the pages from being damaged anywhere but the very edges.  As she leafs through it she immediately recognizes the name of a book she'd seen in the Mayor's office, "Magic Bananas: History of Farming Rituals in Central and South America", the pages fall open on a well-worn and dogeared section, passages talking about a number of old spirits called on only in times of great famine.  One of the pages has an artistic sketch of a large intricate circle set in mural in the floor of some begotten ruin.  The circle is similar to the one in the room, but different some way she doesn't recognize until she reads the notes in the margins.
"Summoning circle.  Use with candles and blood.  Reverse for banishing?  Need amulet, out of time."
The circle in the center of the room is an exact reversal of the one shown in the book.

At around this point there's a shuffling around the corner, then a loud clicking sound and flash, then Velma sticks her head around the corner camera in hand.
"Jinkies!  What on earth happened here?"
There's another click and a flash as she snaps another photograph of the scene before moving into the room to take a closer look and get more pictures.


Fire House - Second Floor

Dropping through the window into the room the roof crew finds themselves in a small living area with a bed, desk, and other accommodations.  On the desk is a mess of papers and another one of the monstrous dinosaurs of computers with a CRT monitor.  The door leads out onto the second floor walkway, with connection to the stairs, other room on this level, and to the walkway in the garage.

Cicivexa does notice a few scant resemblances to some of the summoning or banishing rituals he's seen before.  Definitely working off of completely different principals, but still mimicking some of the same effects.  It's odd really how much overlap there is in the magic of worlds so different.  An additional scan of the other rooms confirms the same as before, no signs of life aside from the party and no strange or suspicious shapes, you're alone here.