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[victormakesart]

It feels good to suit up. It feels better to get going on doing something constructive.

She straps her mask on over her face-- the one with the gas mask adjustment inside, because she doesn't really know what to expect, and it's better to be safe.

Her pack is on and fueled, and her leg braces aren't on, even though they make her feel better. She doesn't want to risk looking weak in front of potential assailants.

The kids are asleep, all except the baby and Jude. (One is reading a Particle Physics book under his blanket like Vic doesn't know it, and one is fussing like a howler monkey but Cole mutters a sleepy "I got it I got it" as Vic gives him a kiss on the cheek. I'll let you decide which is which.)

She PINs to Lorne's.

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[victormakesart]

After giving them a twenty-foot headstart, she goes ahead and follows Spike. Her knee has a twinge, she bites the inside of her cheek to keep from making a sound.

[slayers_desire]

She has an extra shadow... as April is sticking close to her friend right now. Besides, if Spike gets too far ahead of them, April will always be able to direct Victor down the right path.

Basically at the Demon home, it is a typical end-of-day routines for the family. Getting the kid ready for bed. Brushing her teeth and her hair. And not so typical stuff -- giving her medicine.

[victormakesart]

She watches from the window (like a creeper) and feels shady (like a creeper). She wants to check what the medicine bottle says, but she doesn't want to risk alerting them to her presence. So she thinks it loudly to April.

[slayers_desire]

It is the Demon equilivant of Delta-inhibitors, medication for a leukemia patient April responds, after using her shadow magic to go inside the house, and returning without being seen.

[victormakesart]

Poor baby. The rush of compassion is almost enough to make her forget the pain in her legs. Almost.

[slayers_desire]

She too has cancer... when it is such a rare disease for Demons

[victormakesart]

I hate this.

[slayers_desire]

We should find a different lead...

[victormakesart]

Back to the biker bar?

[slayers_desire]

Who are the two who raised your suspicions? Perhaps I could nudge them to leave... and we could follow them

[victormakesart]

She sends her an image. Then: We can see, then, who is making that sound. I don't think it's the girl.

[slayers_desire]

Since only you and Lorne hear the sound, that might be difficult. But let me see what I can do...

April projects her abilities, and after a few minutes, the two Demons decide to leave the house. And pursue their own actions.

[victormakesart]

If we can get them to separate, just briefly, maybe I could pinpoint which one it is. But they're both in it together, so I don't want them going too far from each other.

As it stands she follows, rubbing at her ear.

[slayers_desire]

You think one of them is responsible for the sound? April clarified. Victor is not hearing any hums right now.

[victormakesart]

Well... they're not doing it right now. But I assumed they were, since I heard it when they walked into the bar.

[slayers_desire]

But they were not there when you heard it near Lorne

[victormakesart]

That's true. Do you think it could be that we're hearing the sound of the disease itself?

[slayers_desire]

You heard it around two sick people... and you have your own physical ailments, so it is a possibility that is why you hear it too. April does her best to be polite in connecting the dots.

[victormakesart]

I never thought... the buzzing makes him feel worse, so I assumed it had to be external. Shoot. That's it. You got it, that's it.

[slayers_desire]

And since it is impossible for me to get sick (most of the time), that would link to why I can't hear it

[victormakesart]

That's brilliant. You're brilliant. Remind me to hug you when we're not stealthed.

[slayers_desire]

I guess we keep on following, and listening for now.

[victormakesart]

Good plan. She speeds her steps, though the twinge in her knee has shifted to her hips as well.

[slayers_desire]

The two Demons walk together, until they come to an abandoned library. They enter the building, through a torn-out hole in the wall -- obviously having been here before. They maneuver around fallen book shelves, and debris, until they come to an area that they had previously before rituals. The burned-down candles and blood on the floor is proof of that.

[victormakesart]

Blood... Victor used to be a hemophobe, but that's hard to be when you've bled as much as she has. She steps gingerly around, not wanting to make noise, and the care with which she's walking puts further strain on her joints.