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You and Deus Lupus were lovers?! You played me for a fool! / We can't deal with this now! / Oh yes we can and will. / No, we can't. That was Jacob on the phone. There was an accident. We have only twelve hours to restore the balance, to reinstate the Council... / ... or your beau will be gone forever! |
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I can see you have some family matters to discuss over. I will just be on my way to dinner then. / You hold it old lady! You're going to help me save my friend! / I weep for your loss. If you do not unhand me, you shall weep for yourself. / If that's the way it's gotta be... let's go! |
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Nice try PUREBLOOD, but you're not the ONLY predator here. / Gwrroooarr! / I do hope we can portal out of here before someone gets eaten. / Zap! |
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It seems that I may have experienced just a tad too much joy this season. |
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I wrapped it myself. / I... see. |
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Ahem. / Happy Christmas, Yuletide, Chanaka, Ramadan, Kwanza, Winter Solstice, Ho ho ho, and have a merry Y2K! / Did I forget anyone? / What about the atheists? / Oh? / Have a nice day. |
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It is Yuletide, time for darkness to flee, it is Christmas, time for joy and glee. / Shrouded by the longest night, we greet the return of the sun, surrounded by love, family, we embrace the light of the Son. / Time for nature to sleep, and awake in the spring, time for holly and ivy, and the bell of peace to ring. / That was beautiful Grandma. You got it just right. / Glad Yule only comes once a year. Lord, I hate to stay up all night. |
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What is it old boy? Do you see ole Mr. Trout? / Bark! Bark! / Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! / Witches. Leave it to a group of witches to spoil a perfect day. / I am not a witch. / My goodness. Is that you Lil? The sun's out you know. / I know. I can stand a few hours of it. I was kidnapped if you are interested. / I'm not. / Hello. You must be the one all the chatter is about. / We've come for your help, Timon. / I know why you're here. / I do suppose we should get to shelter before Lil here becomes a french fry. / Oh, you are so all heart Timon! |
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? / They've found the wizard. With luck they will have the wolf in a few hours. / Good. If they are indeed successful in finding the wolf report back to me immediately. We must move carefully on this, very carefully. |
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My home. You are all welcome to stay for a while if you wish. Lil, there's sunscreen in the bath. / You will suffer too Timon. / We were once friends, Mel. No more. There are those who will seek revenge for your acts. They follow us even now. / You're right Lil. We are indeed being followed, but not by any saviors of yours. Someone else seems to be quite interested in us. |
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Sir, please. If we don't reinstate the Council a dear friend of mine will die. / Some idiot wizard performed a resurrection spell backwards. Now they have to do a good deed or bye-bye beau. / Odd. I sensed Mel here had reinstatement on her mind for quite some time. / A good deed to save her soul. |
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That is damn odd. The pureblood is the only one who can locate the wolf and thus reinstate the Council. / Given Mel's history Chelsea may have been hesitant to comply with any scheme unless she had a damn good reason. / Boyfriend gets shot, mix in a resurrection spell, sprinkle in a time constraint and boom, damn good reason provided. / And let us not forget the Damn Good Reason happened before I met with Chelsea. / Coincidence. / Maybe. |
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So, this is all just a tragic coincidence. Can we go home now? / NO. It is not a coincidence. It looks like one, but it is surely not. / It is a paradox. / Do you not get it? The pureblood was given a reason to reinstate the Council of Three before she even knew the Council ever existed. |
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We seem to have a paradox made to look like a concidence wrapped inside of a conumdrum. / A PARADOX? Are you loopy? / No I am not. / What beings do you know of could create such a paradox. / None from our realm of reality and I dare say few from the outside. / As usual, Lil, you are wrong. There is once being that exists in all forms of reality that has the capability to create a paradox. / Magick itself. / Magick isn't a being. / Wrong again. Do you ever talk to the magick? Hold a conversation with it? Or ask it how it is doing? / Or do you as most simply use it for your own needs? / Do you have to be so bloody deep? / Yes! / Now, shall we embark upon this adventure? Find out what the magick wants? Discover who is following us and why? / What do you say Lil? |
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Lil, take this key to the chambers of the Council and you only commit to reinstatement. You may abdicate later. / ABDICATE! Let another vampire take my place?! Bloody hell NO!! They're all leeches! / I'll excuse the pun... now take the key. / Did, uh, did I miss Christmas? |
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Boy I had a weird dream... / What? You died and were inhaled by a howling snot monster? / Not exactly, I... / You talked?! / You heard me?!! |
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Sebastian talked. Can he talk? He talked. / Yes he talks because he is magickal and now so are you. This is not uncommon for those "resurrected" by spell. You have been touched by the magick and now you are part of it. / Does this mean he will be able to understand the insults that I hurl at him? / Yes. / Ahhh, so much the better. |
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The last thing I remember was being on the beach and then I heard a shot. Then something about a pickle jar and now I'm here. / Since I was resurrected um... people aren't going to start praying to me are they? / Ah, no. / You should lie down and conserve your strength. You are still very weak. / Chelsea's okay and I'm back so everything is going to be okay, right?... right? |
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This room has five walls and thus five points. It will channel the magick through us and through the keys. Now everyone take their places. / Chelsea, take the wolf's key. Meditate on it. We will meditate on our own keys. Tell us what you see. / I see... pipes. Metal pipes... |
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I see pipes... wood, mirrors, white, something white. I hear bells, machines and I see... / This is obviously not working. / Shhhh. / I see a man... leaning, no, kneeling by a... um... toilet. / Oh God, the wolf is a drunkard. |
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Now your Regal Royal offers comfort and easy cleaning, but it comes with a low-use flush tank. / The Regal Royal High Lux provides the same comfort and easy maintenance, but with a high-use flush tank. It costs more, but you get what you pay for. / Do you have anything is a misty sea gray? / Uh, Sir? / Just a moment Ma'am. I'll be right with you... / Chelsea?! Is that you? It's been forever I... hold on just a second. / Harry? / In my 30,000 years of existence I never imagined that I would be subjected to waiting on a man to sell a toilet. / We all must bear our crosses. / Bite me. / Are we even certain he's the wolf? / We portaled here didn't we? / I have to question this also. This guy was a neighbour of mine when I was a little girl. There was no evidence he was a werewolf. There was no howling, no missing pets. / Perhaps he is not a wolf. Perhaps the blood did not pass to him. It has been known to happen. / And yet we are here. This Harry is most certainly the wolf. The question is... / Will he join us? |
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Chelsea it's good to see you. / Harry I can't believe it. You're a... / Harry Conroy, I would like you to meet some of my... friends. / Oh, so you are all on your way to a costume party? |
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Harry? When we were neighbours, well... is there anything you have not told me? / Like what Chelsea? I mean, what? / Uh, like the fact that you are a werewolf. / Uh... w-what would make you think t-that? |
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Wha... MASK! Yeah, this is a mask, 'cause our prices are so low they're scary! / I change when I'm nervous. Let's go. / He's obviously A wolf. / But is he THE wolf? Only one way to find out. / Are you the one who is descended from the first wolf of the Council? Tell me now or I WILL rip your lungs out! |
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They have the wolf. / Good. Follow them. / Sod off! Get. / Keep on them, but wait until they have unlocked the Council vault to attack. Keep them occupied, that is all we will need to succeed. / Some of you may not survive, but remember your sacrifice will not be in... vein. |
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Honey, I'm home a little early, ah I want you to meet some new friends. / Well. / Oh dear, you went and got GRUMPY again. / This is my wife, Barbara. Barbara this is Timon, the wizard, Chelsea and Mel, both witch-shapeshifters and of course, uh, Lillith. / Lillith? My it's good to meet you. You're named after Frazier's wife? / Grrrrr |
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Isn't this a small world? You and I were neighbors for five years and didn't even know the other was a were... a were. / Harry. We don't have much time. If you don't help reinstate the Council, Jubal will die. / Harry must make this decision on his own and not based on pleas from pretty young witches. / That is a big decision. I just don't know. |
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My great-grandfather was on the Council, but he died way before I was born. My dad and grandfather wouldn't talk about the Council. I asked, but I got nothing but static. / So I really don't know anything about the Council at all. / The Council of Three is a governing body that intervenes in times of critical dispute. We resolve conflicts that involve only our kith and kin... with NO exceptions. / What Timon is struggling to say in his long winded manner is that we STOP wars before they start. / Wow! That's... like I said, I... I didn't know. / I know how important this is, but I'm not a diplomat or a judge. I'm just a regular guy that sells toilets... and supplies. / The Council rose out of the ashes of what was known as the Portal Wars. These wars lasted 2000 years and revolved around petty disputes of earthbound territories. / Perhaps if there had been more, uh regular guys, then the wars would not have happened in the first place. Who knows. / What do you think Babs? / Mr. Timon is a wizard, so I guess that would make him very wise. / ... but I have to disagree with him. You're not a regular guy Harry. You're a GREAT guy. Be with them. / What do you say Harry? / The Mrs. has spoken. What can I say? I'm in. |
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We are in the Ardeche region of France within an AS YET undiscovered cave from the Upper Paleolithic period. / 10,000 years ago this was made the entrance to the Council chambers and vault. / Certain magickal artifacts are stored there. Odin's cauldron and the Ark of the Covenant are housed in the vault, just to name a couple. / The Holy Grail? / I think the Vatican is sitting on that little ray of sunshine. |
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We will place our keys into these locks. This will truly determine if Harry is indeed the descendant of the first wolf of the Council. And if he isn't? If the wrong wolf inserts the key it will cause this cave to collapse and bury us alive. Uhh, since there's no pressure. Zap! Oh... my... Welcome to the chambers of the Council of Three. |
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This place looks ODDLY familiar. / This place looks like Star Trek. / Scattered around this island are portals to different times, dimensions and universes. / Build by Gods or Beings, no one really knows. They have been here as long as anyone can remember. / And exactly where is here? |
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