"Does it? I'm not so sure. And," she around at the empty and boarded up houses, "I don't think they're going to get help for their parents in this town."
“Don’t you think it’s convenient that we’re lured here to this town and then immediately encounter these children? And if this supposed monster is contained in the basement, why would we disturb it?”
At the mention of going to get their parents the children shake their heads, no! "What if the Monster has escaped?" The girl asks while her brother begins to wail.
“I’m fairly certain this is a trap,” Calder said, crossing his arms. “Sit down there,” he instructs the children, pointing to the ground. He pulls on his fencing glove fastidiously and draws his rapier.
"I hope this doesn't befoul my clothes," he said. "These are freshly tailored."
"A trap or not, it's a risk we must take." Morwenna remarks, despite the depth of her disquietude. Calder's suspicions only watered the seeds of doubt within her, but her holy oath, the one she had sworn before Lady Sune and the Knights of the Ruby Rose was planted with deeper roots still.
"One moment, if you will." The dhampir says to Victoria, determined to try and pry some information from the frightened siblings.
"What are your names, children? Do not fear - we will do everything we can to save your parents." She turns her gaze to the house, then lowers it to behold the children, her beautiful yet bloodless face attempting to appear reassuring instead of haunting. The paladin reaches out to pat the weeping boy, but thinks better of it. "Can you tell me about the monster? What does it sound like? When did it first appear?"
“What is going on here! First a false letter personally delivered to us and now illusions of children?!? Someone is playing tricks and I for one want to know who!”
"Maybe this Kolyan has the answers we seek," Ellie says as she looks around the town again, shivering. "I wonder if he resides in this lifeless town. If he's even still alive. It's too bad we can't ask for directions. Should we look around?"
I'm just glad the others saw the ghost children, and it wasn't just me this time. I know you feel the same. Or I suspect.
“I concur. We should find this Indirovich chap and ask him about the letter. Surely there is someone in town we can ask. Shall we split up and explore?”
"It sounds like you have it all contained, then," Calder says, still suspicious of the children.
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"Does it? I'm not so sure. And," she around at the empty and boarded up houses, "I don't think they're going to get help for their parents in this town."
“Don’t you think it’s convenient that we’re lured here to this town and then immediately encounter these children? And if this supposed monster is contained in the basement, why would we disturb it?”
Author of Kid Comet and the Sixth Grade Shadow and other Middle Grade Novels
to the kids: “I think it’s best you go get your parents so that we can talk to them.”
At the mention of going to get their parents the children shake their heads, no! "What if the Monster has escaped?" The girl asks while her brother begins to wail.
Turning to the rest of the group,
”These kids are clearly terrified. Do we want to go talk with the parents inside? They might know more about this monster they locked up.”
“I’m fairly certain this is a trap,” Calder said, crossing his arms. “Sit down there,” he instructs the children, pointing to the ground. He pulls on his fencing glove fastidiously and draws his rapier.
"I hope this doesn't befoul my clothes," he said. "These are freshly tailored."
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"Do you want me to taketh lead then?" asks Victoria.
“Proceed.”
Author of Kid Comet and the Sixth Grade Shadow and other Middle Grade Novels
"A trap or not, it's a risk we must take." Morwenna remarks, despite the depth of her disquietude. Calder's suspicions only watered the seeds of doubt within her, but her holy oath, the one she had sworn before Lady Sune and the Knights of the Ruby Rose was planted with deeper roots still.
"One moment, if you will." The dhampir says to Victoria, determined to try and pry some information from the frightened siblings.
"What are your names, children? Do not fear - we will do everything we can to save your parents." She turns her gaze to the house, then lowers it to behold the children, her beautiful yet bloodless face attempting to appear reassuring instead of haunting. The paladin reaches out to pat the weeping boy, but thinks better of it. "Can you tell me about the monster? What does it sound like? When did it first appear?"
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When Morwenna touches the boy, both children disappear!
“I KNEW it!” Calder says.
Author of Kid Comet and the Sixth Grade Shadow and other Middle Grade Novels
“What is going on here! First a false letter personally delivered to us and now illusions of children?!? Someone is playing tricks and I for one want to know who!”
"Maybe this Kolyan has the answers we seek," Ellie says as she looks around the town again, shivering. "I wonder if he resides in this lifeless town. If he's even still alive. It's too bad we can't ask for directions. Should we look around?"
I'm just glad the others saw the ghost children, and it wasn't just me this time. I know you feel the same. Or I suspect.
“I concur. We should find this Indirovich chap and ask him about the letter. Surely there is someone in town we can ask. Shall we split up and explore?”
Author of Kid Comet and the Sixth Grade Shadow and other Middle Grade Novels
I'm having surgery tomorrow morning, so it will be a couple of days before I post again.
Good luck! Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Good luck
Author of Kid Comet and the Sixth Grade Shadow and other Middle Grade Novels
(no rush! We'll be here when you're done recovering