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» WHO? vanessa ives, alex kamal, bobbie draper + kylo ren
» WHEN? a day in august
» WHERE? vanessa's room
» WHAT? vanessa attempts a séance
» WARNINGS? tbd

( they didn't know enough. it was a thought that she kept coming back to. they may have started being able to access more of the station, find records of the people that had previously been here but it wasn't much. it wasn't enough. what had happened to everyone? who was still controlling the disasters that were being inflicted on them?

but there was an option. a possibility. it's no secret that when they first arrived they were able to hear something. vanessa had believed it to be a spirit though with little seen or heard since she isn't certain. she hasn't given up trying to listen and, with conversations prompting more thought, she wonders if she could do more.

a séance. it's something she does little, finding the conflict between a desire for answers and her own control difficult. it's a feeling that vanessa dislikes but she feels almost hopeless, having difficulty finding any other solution. this, as unfavourable as it was, could guarantee something. and she wouldn't be alone -- alex had offered to help and that made her feel a little more secure about it all. if something happened--

she'd contacted alex first, discussing with him her idea, acknowledging her reluctance but also pressing her determination. they'd arranged a sort of plan, something that whilst opening it a little more, making it potentially riskier for all involved could also make it safer. she hoped. they'd invite someone each, someone trusted, and make the attempt. she had little to do until they arrived, not exactly any sort of preparation when vanessa had nothing, but she was the key -- the power.

once they arrived she felt she owed them a little something of an explanation and the opportunity to still back out )

I don't know what Alex has mentioned to you. ( it's directed to bobbie though she knows that she hadn't exactly told ren what he was going to be doing, vaguely asking if he could help her with something. she looked briefly to alex before beginning, a brief assessment of his expression, reassuring herself that they're all trusted here ) My name is Vanessa Ives. I'm-- a spiritualist. Specifically, I can see things -- spirits. That is what we're going to be doing here -- finding a spirit of someone that was previously here.

( she looks now between bobbie and ren, expression neutral, open. any questions? )

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( chat with each other, chat with vanessa, etc etc )

( it would have been a circle if there were more of them but they're sat on the floor, close enough to keep their energies and contact close. she'd explained a little of the process beforehand but not everything -- she didn't know how this would go, hopefully nothing like the last séance that she'd attended, but whilst vanessa had given them the opportunity to back out she didn't want to frighten them.

she needed their belief, an open mind, or at least the best attempt that they could muster. she took a breath, reaching her hands forward, close to the two that were beside her )

I need you to empty your minds. ( her voice is a little lower, gaze focused at her hands though really at a point past her hands, something not even quite in this room ) To suspend your disbelief.

( there's a pause, her mind reaching further, her focus intensifying )

I call to those who were here before, those who lived in this place. I ask you to speak with us now.

( seconds pass, quietly ticking by before her head sharply rises, a gasp emitted before she looks back at those before her. but it's not vanessa now, it's the spirit within that's come to speak )

( pre-séance )

( the séance )