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Jaelynn shrugged, supporting Seth with her arm around his waist, "I couldn't tell you Seth. I'll need to examine you more closely, but for now you should rest. You can still use telepathy right?" She led him inside, taking her time, careful not to jar him too much, unsure if he was sore or not.

[Bovice]

"I think so." Seth said feeling his back tighten up. "I think I took out the demon's puppet." Seth said not liking the silence.

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She nodded, "Well, at least you can still communicate..Ill try to figure it out. But first, where is the puppet? I want to see something." She took him up the stairs and set him down on the bed next to Serus, "I wasn't able to find anything wrong, but I'll look more closely after he rests. Right now, I need to check on something. By the way, the kids are fine if you're wondering."

[Bovice]

Seth nodded. "It's shattered in the downstairs hallway to the right." Seth said trying to ignore his back pain. Seth gingerly laid on the bed instantly feeling his back loosen up. "Thanks for helping me in here." Seth said looking at her and gave her a smile. "Thanks for watching over them Jae." He said wondering how Annemarie was doing.

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She nodded then hurried out to look over the doll.

Serus sighed, sitting up, "I'm going with her." She climbed out of the bed, holding onto the bedpost for just a brief moment for support. She shuffled down the hall, occasionally having to grab onto something for support. She eventually made it to Jaelynn, who was crouched near the doll, turning it over with a broken table leg. "Well?"

"It's very interesting indeed. I've never seen this type of spirit manipulation. It's a very strong bond, that can only be manipulated or broken by the demon herself. I don't want to touch it, as I'm not sure of what is still going on with this marionette."

She sighed, standing up and placing her hands on her hips as she looked back to Serus, "It appears she can attach a spirit to anything she feels. Dolls are very popular among spirit manipulators, since they can be used for many various things. Either way, it appears that the spirit that was last inhabiting this doll was the demon. Why she would ever allow a spirit into her body I'm unsure. She must be very strong to keep a spirit in line and obedient like that."

Serus nodded a bit, "Intriguing. Abraxas came to us just before she appeared, telling us her name was Azriel and that there were..two of her. He must've meant the marionette. Perhaps, if we can twist the spirit to our side, maybe we can figure out if she has a weakness? Do you think you can contact the spirit she originally attached to the BJD based on the traces left of it?"

Jaelynn shook her head, "Not likely. The aura isn't strong enough for me to be able to identify it unless I'm right next to it. Even so, I cannot see spirits, and I bet you that she can. It's most likely I won't be able to even tell if she was here unless she contacted me first. I really only do Projection, not Attachment and Manipulation like she can."

[Bovice]

Seth listened to Serus and Jaelynn. "What can Annemarie do? I haven't had a chance to sit down with her and ask her." Seth asked looking at the ceiling. "Sean I wish that this shit would be over and done with." Seth said not moving his glance.
"I know you do Seth, it will be done soon enough." Sean said looking at Seth. "Then you can go back to your kids and everything will be back to normal." Sean said with a sigh.

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"Damn..can you trace it's path at all? I know you can't see them, but I know you can sense them. Or is it too faint?"

"I can trace it up to the property limit, after that, they both disappear. And I'm not entirely sure what Annemarie can do other than Projection. I can only teach her what I know, of course. If she has any other Ethereal abilities, she has to discover it on her own and hopefully find someone else who can teach her." She sighed, running a hand through her pale blonde hair. "She mentioned Kitra...is it possible she's behind this?"

Serus shook her head, "No, I would know if she was. I think she only knows of Kitra, since she was on the previous Council as well. She still thinks her contract is valid, but maybe, if she does see Kitra and she can convince the demoness that the contract is void, perhaps she'd leave us alone. She doesn't seem like she really cares much about the contract to begin with. After some sleep, I will contact Kitra."

"I will do that while you sleep. We can't waste time Serus. One more ambush and I'm afraid you won't make it, hun." Jaelynn's expression was completely serious.

[Bovice]

Seth sighed when Jaelynn said that. "I wish I knew what to do." Seth said to everyone. "I feel so helpless." Seth thought to himself.
"Seth you are gonna rest that's all you can do." Sean said taking the older brother tone with him.
"Fine Sean." Seth said with a huff.
"No Seth you need to rest you haven't been at full power in over a week. You can't do anything in your condition, for christ's sake you can't even talk." Sean said a little agitated.
Seth didn't even want to respond to Sean. He scooted down on the bed so he could try and get some rest.

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Serus tilted her head, "What do you mean by that Jaelynn? I feel fine."

She sighed, "Look, that isn't your body. You can only stress it so much before you destroy it. Each time you need to heal from such a condition, you weaken your spirit's connection to the body. You may think you feel fine, but take a close look at yourself."

Serus furrowed her brow, "Jael-" She sighed as Jaelynn completely ignored her and continued to speak. As she did, she did take a more thorough look at how she felt. "Come to think of it...I feel..weak..er. I mean, I shouldn't be feeling this..'much like jelly' so to say, by now. It doesn't take me long to recover. So..what does this mean?"

[Bovice]

Seth stopped listening to Serus and Jaelynn, he was pondering things. "What can I do I need to help Serus more I don't want her to die again." Seth thought to himself as he turned onto his side. He felt a surge go up his spine and it hurt. "Ow, wait I wonder if the lightning energy I sucked in is the reason I can't speak." Seth thought with wide eyes. "Jaelynn I sucked in some energy from some lightning earlier could that have done something to me?" Seth asked hoping she would say no.

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"I couldn't sense any damage, I would have Serus examine it later once you both are feeling better. Just don't worry about it right now. Just try to sleep. Now if only I could get her to do the same.." She sighed, moving to usher Serus back upstairs, "Come on, we all could use some sleep. I'll bring the kids by once you two have had a good nights' rest."

Serus pulled away from Jaelynn, "Jae, answer me."

"Serus, please, you need to rest. You've been through a lot in the last week." She grabbed onto Serus again, teleporting them upstairs and forcing her to at least sit on the bed, "I'm your daughter, not your babysitter, but lately, I'm feeling more like the latter. Now rest."

Serus narrowed her eyes, but reluctantly obeyed. She quickly rolled on her side so her back was to Jaelynn and curled up slightly, glaring at the sheets, not really acknowledging the fact that Seth was right in front of her and perhaps he might think she was glaring at him.

[Bovice]

Seth hurt a little bit when Serus sat down on the bed. "Now Serus don't get mad at me but she is right. It's just like Felix he's my friend and he's acting like my butler again." Seth said knowing she would be mad at him. He laid there trying to go to sleep but his brain wouldn't stop thinking. "Damn lightning energy." Seth thought to himself.

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"Shut up.." she sighed a bit, closing her eyes. "I know she means well, but I don't need to be wasting my time with sleep right now. I need to contact Kitra. I know she's capable, but I don't want her to feel like she has to do it because I'm unable to."

Jaelynn shook her head, "If she gets up before 5pm tomorrow, contact me Seth. I'll just chain her to the bed." She shook her her head again and disappeared.

[Bovice]

Seth sighed. "Serus we need our rest we haven't been at full power in over a week. It's taxing us I think that could be why I can't speak. Serus I love you and you are capable of many extraordinary things and this is one thing where you need to step aside and take a breather." Seth said slightly upset. "Ok Jae, you get some rest to." He said as he turned the light off. "Sean if you wanna go feel free to you know." Seth said.
"I know but I wanna stay." Sean said as he closed his eyes.

"Ahh Seth and Serus when you awake you will be fully healed." Abraxas said as he started to say an incantation.

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"But.." she trailed off, not in the mood to argue. After a few moments, she was already starting to fall asleep. She rolled over, her back to Seth now, I wonder why Jaelynn's so worried..I'm..fine.. She yawned a bit, then found herself drifting in to the deep stages of sleep

[Bovice]

With in moments Seth was asleep.
Abraxas finished the incantation. "Now you two sleep now but soon you will need to fight Azriel." He said taking a closer look at Serus. "Hmm after you kill Azriel I will help your spirit." Abraxas said as he went to his room.

***

Seth awoke to Felix snoring. "Haha Felix I forgot you snore." Seth said grabbing his throat. "Holy crap I just talked." Seth said as he swung his feet to the floor. He cracked his back and let out a content sigh. "Ah I feel great." Seth said as he stood up. He tried not to make to much noise cause he didn't wanna wake anyone up. Seth teleported to his house to get some clean clothes for him and Serus. While he was at home he got in the shower. He took a few minute shower and got dressed and teleported to Serus to find that no one was awake yet. Seth sighed and put Serus' clothes on the dresser and went to find some blood.