Into the Lion's Den
With Xanadu's permission, Constantine removes a small piece of chalk and etches a doorway onto an empty wall.
He takes a deep breath and encourages Zach to do the same, and then pushes onto the chalk door, which opens directly into Shadowcrest.
The first thing to hit Zach is the smell. It doesn't feel tainted, or corrupted. It feels like it's always smelled this way, but the smell is wrong. Deathly. The smell that comes when a Voudoon king has occupied a place so fully that it has become his--or at least, occupied its owner.
And speaking of, she should be the next thing Zach should see. She's not bound physically, mind you, but her posture has a certain bend to it, as if a hand has shaped it too often the past few months.
And of course, the last thing he should see is the very angry face of the Voudoon king as he sees the intruder's in his home--though Constantine provkes a special ire.
The first magic blast slams both of them against the wall, and the second is readied. If the two thought this would be easy, now might be time to reconsider.
He takes a deep breath and encourages Zach to do the same, and then pushes onto the chalk door, which opens directly into Shadowcrest.
The first thing to hit Zach is the smell. It doesn't feel tainted, or corrupted. It feels like it's always smelled this way, but the smell is wrong. Deathly. The smell that comes when a Voudoon king has occupied a place so fully that it has become his--or at least, occupied its owner.
And speaking of, she should be the next thing Zach should see. She's not bound physically, mind you, but her posture has a certain bend to it, as if a hand has shaped it too often the past few months.
And of course, the last thing he should see is the very angry face of the Voudoon king as he sees the intruder's in his home--though Constantine provkes a special ire.
The first magic blast slams both of them against the wall, and the second is readied. If the two thought this would be easy, now might be time to reconsider.