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Chapter 2.2 : Successors

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  In 1969 Perlina Ramos found herself Waywarden of Compass House because she knew these stories to be true.

  She approached her new post the same way she went through life— with a methodical, academic zeal. She not only wanted to understand these creatures, but felt called to help them too.

Young Perlina Ramos in the house! Having way too much fun with retro 70′s style, hat tip to @surely-sims for the super cool retro office decor and @pandorassims4cc for cleaning poses (few and far between tbh.)

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Chapter 2.3 - Successors

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  It was Tita P that coined the term the Stryx. She’d borrowed from the Greek word strix a blood-drinking bird of ill omen, which was also the root word of strigoi, the Russian word for vampires.

  Stryx spelled with a y (a nod to the River Styx) was a classification of creatures, that were drawn to humanity. Probably because we were their favorite prey. It was a broad category, encompassing the usual suspects like Vamps and Weres. Though ghosts and even the canonically beatific Fae also fell under its umbrella.

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Chapter 2.6 : Successors

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“She really called you long-distance to tell you how to do her laundry?” Cass shook her head at Eloisa’s audacity.

“She’s practically the Waywarden, it’s her right to micromanage.”

“Yeah well, she acts like you weren’t here first. And older.”

I winced at that, but the fact that Cass is Team Dia Montes, makes me feel marginally better. I had been Tita P’s successor once, but a mistake early in my apprenticeship ended  the possibility. Tita P had to come back from South America just to clean up that mess.

No, Eloisa Morales was the perfect successor.

Tita P theorized that Compass House and other Liminal houses had been built because this Earth realm (and yes, there are many Earth realms) lay on a particularly bountiful nexus of Thinnings. These frayed spots in the fabric of realities drew Stryx here like flies to a bloated corpse.

At 25, Eloisa had deciphered the timing of these Thinnings, which had made it much safer to open the Doors. There was no need for my Knowing, not when science and math took out the guesswork.

Not only that, she was polished and beautiful, with just enough magic in her moneyed bloodline to fit in seamlessly with Stryx. Her star was on the rise, and I was content to fade into the background, doing the small, needful things.

Like now.

*apologies Mercury RX has been kicking my ass.

** Also this poem.

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Chapter 1.3- The Wolf At the Door

  Tita P was Perlina Ramos, Waywarden of Compass House, Professor of Anthropology, and our boss. Tita means ‘auntie’ in Filipino, conveying both respect and affection towards an older woman, not necessarily a blood relative. As far as I was concerned, she was family.    “Eloisa doesn’t do anything unless it gets her accolades,” Cass snorted, referring to Tita P’s assistant and successor. “Why you leaving me, Dia? I’m stuck with that dumb cat and Ms. Perfect until I go to college.”    “It’s for the best,” I walked through a door that into the adjoining kitchen, not wanting to admit I hadn’t found a place yet.