[ The hoodie flies onto and through the spirit; for a brief moment, the dark cloth fits over its head, neat as a sheet ghost. Gravity drops. The wraith falls upon the sweater, picking and tearing with intangible claws. Fascinated,
Distracted. ]
Like that!
[ Affirmed. Cedric's shout strangles into yelp as flame passes far too near his face. Another shudder of that other place. The Rift stretches, calling to the anchor in Buck’s hand.
Lava collapses, sizzling into ash and some stranger ooze. Cedric heaves for breath, his own hand lifted in a mirror of Buck’s. The gauntlet surges sick-green. He urges: ]
Focus on the real.
[ Behind him, still poring over fabric, Maddie’s lost her face and form entire; a chaotic tangle of plasming energy. ]
sorry for delay! out of town last week
Distracted. ]
Like that!
[ Affirmed. Cedric's shout strangles into yelp as flame passes far too near his face. Another shudder of that other place. The Rift stretches, calling to the anchor in Buck’s hand.
Lava collapses, sizzling into ash and some stranger ooze. Cedric heaves for breath, his own hand lifted in a mirror of Buck’s. The gauntlet surges sick-green. He urges: ]
Focus on the real.
[ Behind him, still poring over fabric, Maddie’s lost her face and form entire; a chaotic tangle of plasming energy. ]