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[xp_daytripper]

To: [everyone in charge]
From: [the paranoid one]



Sorry to add to what's already a stressful weekend, but this is important. At least, it is to me - no-one else seems to give a toss. But I promised I'd wait until she was well enough to talk about it, and I consider posting to the journals well enough. If I'm jumping the gun, feel free to tell me to wait.

Someone needs to know exactly what happened to Illyana in that demon dimension. I'm not saying this because I'm a nosy cow or want ammunition for what you lot probably see as another teenage girl spat, like the thing with Lee. Hell, I don't even want to know. But someone has to, for the safety of this place and the people around her.

I know I sound paranoid - hell, sometimes I think I am. But I've already raised the reasons why I think this is important. Illyana has power over demons, and some kind of magic. That much was established the other week. No big deal, you'd think, seeing how I've got that much power meself. Well, not the demon part, but you get my meaning. Thing is, it's not just having the power that's important, it's where that power comes from. That place she was taken to - it's not just another dimension. It's a Demon dimension, and I don't know how to tell you any more than I already have, but demons aren't human villains in stupid costumes. They aren't criminals. They're beings of pure evil, and they don't raise little girls out of the kindness of their hearts. Whatever happened over there - if she has magic, and the handy demon-slaying sword, then she spent more than a few minutes in the company of that demon lord.

I'm not saying she's evil in herself. But there are spells, bad ones, that can change and twist a person's soul, and I think that's what's been done to her. I'm not even saying that she should be sent away, or locked up, or any of that shite. Just... don't be fooled by the outside? She's dangerous, same as any of us, and she needs watching. She needs help. I'm calling Strange once I'm done with this and asking him to talk to you, Professor, since he's been researching this and he has a better idea of what's what.

If anyone needs me, I'll be hiding studying in my little room off the library.

Amanda Sefton.

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[x-kylun.livejournal.com]

To: Sefton, Amanda
CC: All Staff
From: Kylun

If Illyana's power is truly demonic in origin, that is a cause for concern; I have more experience with corrupting ritual than I would wish. However, she does not seem to be a direct threat, and it is a tenet of my order that in the full turning of the circle, even demons may achieve enlightenment; our word for the destruction of demons descends from the root "to liberate" rather than "to kill," and speaks of destroying only that which chains them to evil, letting that which is in them capable of seeking upward do so. It is best to accomplish this using only the force already unleashed, turning it back upon itself, and perhaps that is what Illyana does. I leave that determination in more capable hands than my own.

For now, if more demons come seeking her: in my experience, anything which lives, and some things that do not, can be killed, and you are not the only defender this place has against such threats, I promise you.

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[xp_daytripper]

Well, at least I don't have to convince you demons even exist...

Thanks. Nice to know that someone's at least concerned. Better than being told "oh, but she's just our little Snowflake, she could never do anything wrong!". I hope you're right about the whole enlightenment thing - I've got somethign of a bias against demons, havign nearly been taken by one myself, and this whole business brings out the crazy paranoid bitch in me.

A.

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Certainly not; I have killed too many to have any doubts in that regard. You have . . . spoken before, in your journal, of your mentor, this Dr. Strange? I would be curious to know if he has heard of Zz'ria Rinpoche or the monastery in which I grew up.

When I was very young, I was nearly used as a sacrifice to free an ancient evil, so I think I understand something of your bias. It was many years before I became rational on the subject, even with the best of help.

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[xp_daytripper]

Strange drops by sometimes - next time he does, I'll mention it to you and maybe you can meet him. He concentrates on Asian mysticism, so it's possible he's come across this Rinpoche of yours.

...Oh. I didn't know that. Funny how things turn out - here I was thinking I was the only one. Thanks for telling me - it helps, lots.

A.

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I would like that, I think. Thank you.

You are not the only one, no; it was a common enough story at the monastery, and I rescued a few children myself when the time came. If . . . you would ever like to talk, I often find myself with free time in the evenings.

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[xp_daytripper]

I will. Drop by sometime. Not tonight - I'm giving into medical science and having Moira knock me out for the night.

Actually, you mentioned meditation drills at one point. Would you mind teaching me? I've got some I use, but it's getting harder to calm my mind down and I need that calm for the spell casting.

A.

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I would be very pleased to do so--although wherever he is now, I am sure Zz'ria is laughing at the prospect. I was, shall we say, a less than tranquil youth, and he often despaired of me.

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[xp_daytripper]

Hah. You really outght to talk to Strange - he sees having me as a student as some kind of karma. I get the impression he wasn't exactly a tranquil youth either, although I'm having trouble seeing him as a youth, let alone the less than tranquil part.