I11DT - Studious Sphinx

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:16 am

An expanding creep of books, notes and photographs has spread through Nailah's living room. The Sphinx is sitting right in the middle of it, poring over them and taking notes here and there. The pictures are mostly of tombs (though with Egyptian archaeological sites that's hardly surprising) but the texts, as far as ones in English go, all appear to be focused on burial rites, reconstructions of the Book of the Dead and here and there less philosophical and almost more 'factual' takes on the meta-physical nature of life, death and souls.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:37 am

"It's going to be difficult to walk here before long, you know." Samantha said as she wandered in, clad in feathers.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:42 am

"I'll move it to the lighthouse when it's finished." she says without looking up, almost cutting Sam off by accident. Apparently she's not paying enough attention to adjust entirely for her premonition.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:43 am

"...a little forward thinking right now, aren't we?" She murmured, taking a seat on the couch.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:47 am

"Sorry..." she says, looking up and putting down her notes and rubbing the bridge of her nose.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:48 am

"No worries, I didn't mean to interrupt anything."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:58 am

"It's gotten a little much, hasn't it?" she asks, looking around.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:00 pm

"Well it's obvious you've got a project underway, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:09 pm

"Maybe not quite that tangible yet. Suppose I'm just looking into things right now."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:11 pm

"What's sparked this?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:14 pm

"I'm wondering if I might be able to help Miss Rourke."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:17 pm

"I'm not certain how much of this would apply. She's not exactly dead in the classic sense."

"Besides, most of the work on ghosts focuses on getting them to move on."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:24 pm

"Not necessarily. And I did manage to send her a couple of things as 'offerings'. Stan might call her a mutant with severe phasing issues, but you know that's not all there's to it."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:26 pm

"Perhaps not."

"She's not one of mine, or she doesn't feel like she is. Mind you, I'd be rather disturbed if a girl her age managed to end up one of mine."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:37 pm

"She certainly has the attitude for it, at least. But I doubt she's meant to move on just yet anyway. There just has to be a way to draw her closer to this side of the veil again."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:12 pm

"She's certainly not made it easy for you, has she?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:14 pm

"No. Though I think she's not really as bitter as she wants everyone to think."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:34 pm

"Did you know she tried to cover for Miss Crusek?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:36 pm

"She did? Over what happened in the library?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:38 pm

"Aye. Wasn't sure exactly why, as Miss Crusek is rather sure Miss Rourke hates her."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:47 pm

"Who knows; they're teenagers. We're probably missing half the story anyway."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:48 pm

"They're at the age where we're never right, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:57 pm

"Pretty much..." she sighs.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:01 pm

"And we had to skip the years where they'd take what we said as gospel."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:15 pm

"I distinctly remember signing up as a college professor, not surrogate parents." she jokes. At least she tries to make it sound like one.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:16 pm

"Aye, but you know the sort of parents a lot of these children have."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:28 pm

"I do. Still, that doesn't mean I'm any good at it either."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:16 pm

"You'll have time to get better," she smiles faintly.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:19 pm

"You'd hope so..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:20 pm

"If anything, it's a bit reassuring."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:26 pm

"Sure, let's go with that." she chuckles.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:27 pm

"Haven't seen her in awhile. Do you think she made it back?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:33 pm

"Who knows... She didn't seem too keen on sticking around one way or the other..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:37 pm

"Can you blame her?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:42 pm

"No, I suppose not." she sighs.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:43 pm

"We're not those people yet, and it's no use worrying about when we will be."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:50 pm

"Of course not. Plenty of time..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:51 pm

"And she told us as much as she safely could, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:01 pm

"Probably, yes. I guess it just hasn't been a good week of trying to be a parental figure."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:04 pm

"You're doing what you can with Miss Rourke, love."

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