[Kenly]

Moving about the apartment, she tried to remember everything the ancient scroll said they'd need.

"At least five gallons of fresh human blood..."

She shook her head. She didn't like the idea of having to have so much fresh blood. It meant that at least six people would have to die because they just didn't have the time, or the ability, to have close to forty people volunteer a pint or two of blood.

"Soil from the place of your birth into darkness..."

She knew he had taken a vacation recently to his ancestral home for the sole purpose of collecting at least a pound of earth from the location. He had been working toward this end for months now.

"The Right Eye of Isis and the Left Eye of Anubis..."

She'd never heard of either talisman until they had found this scroll. The Isis stone was a clear, vibrant topaz and the Anubis stone was a deep shining amethyst. It had taken them months of relentless searching to find each pendant. The Eye of Isis they had to relieve a prestigious museum of, in fact.

"And... Something personal, other than your ashes."

This last one made sense to her, as his spirit would need something to cling to, to want to return to. She shuddered at the idea of what he might have chosen.