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plesioths · 4 days
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Kalani 👑
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catquenn · 18 days
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My Conbeke headcanons cause why not
Everyone can see it but them + she fell first, he fell harder trope
Abeke sleeps in Conor's t-shirts, even before they started dating
Conor acts all annoyed saying that soon, he won't have what to wear, but he actually thinks she looks really cute in those
After the Wyrm, the only times Conor wouldn't have nightmares was when Abeke slept next to him
Abeke doesn't like having her hair untied, but when she does, it's always because Conor once told her that she looked good with her hair down
Conor is the one to cook in their relationship. Abeke is terrible at it
Everyone thinks that Meilin or Rollan is the biggest Conbeke shipper, but in reallity it's Worthy
Every time Conor feels bad or insecure or smt else about what he did because of Wyrm Abeke kisses his forhead or arm, where Wyrm started the infection
Before the two started dating, on girl's nights with Meilin, Maya, Lishay and sometimes Kalani or Tasha, the rest of the girls tried to make Abeke to admit she liked Conor, and she always refused to do so, even though it was so obvious
they spent a lot of time in library, Abeke teaching Conor how to read, cause she's a bookworn herself
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weirdo-canniboy · 1 month
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If you're doing Oc fusions... 👀
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May I suggest Fester and Kalani, I wanna see how the ballet dancers pair 🩰
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OK I DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET SO INVESTED IN THIS ONE-
I imagine Kalester (Felani?) would be a foul mouthed diva that wants all the attention on them and can butter you up one minute and knock you to the floor on a dime.
tbh this is an interesting fusion considering how opposite they are lmao
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takenbytaj · 10 days
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cksimpodia · 9 months
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Time for some refreshments.
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pixeledwings · 1 year
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wip of a lookbook i’m working on for kalani !
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missingemiruu · 3 months
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Miren lo que encontré
Quizas piense en rediseñarlas a mi modo pero vere que parte se queda o hereda
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symliadoo · 3 months
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love my boyband boys...
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knuxtiger4 · 10 months
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I promise I’m not dead just been going on an art block and just being tired a lot. But I finally finished this!!!
Kalani and Bishop Khalarr who are the children of Rook and Morty. Which gotta mention I had a lot of fun designing them with being half elves but have some of Morty’s traits. As for this, was an idea since me and @gloriousfirepersona were chatting about his hiveminds, The World and The Sky work and what happens if you put the hivemind cores in a person. They basically “override” their personalities until they are truly just a vessel for the hiveminds to spread what they believe are their true ideals.
Maybe one day I’ll be able to use this idea!
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evie7common · 1 year
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So there may be some hope for us in the clone wars — unless INTJ ‘s are, idk, THE LITERAL PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
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plesioths · 11 months
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Golden Week 👑
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dark-night-star-light · 10 months
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Spirit Animals: Against the Tide (Reread pt. 5)
DISCLAIMER: WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR BOOKS ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND BOOKS ONE THROUGH FOUR IN SECOND SERIES.
Masterpost
Chapter 1
“ . . . it was enough to instantly and badly burn any foot, or boot, or paw . . . ” (2). How did the four get on top of Muttering Rock during the climax, then???
“Kings and empires had risen and fallen since his imprisonment, but still, he waited” (2). Foreshadowing Kovo saying that it’s better for kingdoms to fall than for the Wyrm to claim its host?
Kovo and Gerathon bickering like siblings is lowkey funny???
Chapter 2
“‘She’s just jumpy. We all are.’ ‘I wonder why’” (8). Abeke and Meilin’s relationship has regressed significantly . . . damn.
“Except that Abeke’s family usually made her feel uncomfortable and small and worthless, while being with Conor was easy and warm” (9). Abeke’s abusive family literally makes me so angry. Also “being with Conor was . . . warm” . . . she probably means that literally and figuratively, considering what happened in Arctica.
“‘ . . . I saw what happened when Conor and Meilin chose their families over our quest - and when Rollan nearly did . . . ’” (9). Abeke is the only one that hasn’t attempted to choose her family over the quest somehow. Huh. 
“The falcon shrieked, which might have meant, ‘Oh, put your shirt back on’” (13). REJECTED.
“‘That’s not fair,’ said Rollan. ‘That’s barely hilarious at all’” (16). He does have a point.
Chapter 3
“‘They probably already know,’ Meilin said unhelpfully. ‘Since someone is passing them information, as you might remember’” (20). Meilin is so mean in this book. 
“‘I thought we were friends’” (20). That’s literally so manipulative of Meilin. She was being hostile first.
“‘ . . . you realize that was the second time you were conveniently captured so you could be used as leverage against us?’” (21). The first time was Glengavin, right? But she wasn’t even used as leverage then???
“ . . . every time he thought of Shane, he wanted to punch something . . . ” (21). The third time Conor has expressed interest in punching Shane, you guys. In case you’re keeping track.
“‘I knew that boll weevil in my soup last night looked suspicious’” (23). LOL.
“He had a strong, sinking feeling that this mission was going to end with loss and disaster” (25). The foreshadowing is done with a heavy hand in this book. Not sure if I’m a fan.
Rollan and Meilin arguing for a whole page be like: Actually, I’m right-
Chapter 4
“Nope. Don’t even think about it. I refuse to be eaten by sharks” (34). I talked about this briefly during my Hunted reread, but the tone of the story after the first book is vastly different from the first book’s tone. It gets lighter and more joke-y. This quote is another example. “Nope” is a word that is too informal to have ever made an appearance in the first book.
“ . . . oh, and PS, also had deadly sharks snapping and lunging only a few feet away” (35). This book is even more informal in tone than the past three. Again, it makes sense given the change in author, it’s just interesting.
“‘Hruumf,’ she observed at the sky” (37). This is so cute.
“The top of a rockback whale was clearly no place for her, and hey Jhi was trying her best to do as Meilin had asked” (38). Yeah. Yeah, I wonder why that is.
Chapter 5
“‘Foolish stupid crazy stupid lunatic brainless-’” (41). Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the extent of cursing in this book.
“Then she started pointing to the shark bites and barking orders at everyone swimming or paddling around the whales” (44). She’s ordering people she doesn’t even know? What an icon.
“With a whoop, he did a cartwheel in the sand and fell over” (44). This is too hilarious.
“Uraza turned up her nose, flicked her tail, and stalked off toward the jungle of dark green trees visible at the top of the beach” (45). She’s back to her arrogant self, lol. 
“Two islanders ran up as Kalani took off her dripping green seaweed cloak; one took it from her with careful ceremony, while the other handed her a new, dry green cloak” (47). Kalani has servants?
“‘Compassion and respect! So THERE’” (48). LMFAO.
Chapter 6
Does Abeke have trauma from island jungles?
I actually think that Ngaio and Tangaroa’s spirit animal might be the best in the whole series. Really. They literally play hide-and-seek together. That’s so cute. Also totally what I would do if I had a spirit animal.
“She almost missed the freezing wind and icy, insect-free snow of Arctica - but not really” (53). Didn’t Abeke grow up on a hot savannah? She really shouldn’t be preferring coldness to heat.
“‘Probably because he expected you to help them,’ Kalani said. ‘Instead of acting like an embarrassing mule-headed pig’s snout’” (55). This is such a teenage insult, it’s funny.
Ngaio and Tangaroa’s relationship is probably the best spirit animal bond ever.
“‘This lunatic is nearly as old as a whale king. Show a little respect for your elders’” (57). Didn’t she just call him “an embarrassing mule-headed pig’s snout” though? 
“Abeke could tell that Meilin was ready to stab something. Fun was not something any of them had time for, not with the future of Erdas at stake” (58). This would be so fun to draw.
“Definitely no falling into the crocodile-infested river” (61). Seems like something Rollan would say.
Can’t Abeke call foul play on Tangaroa for the river stunt?
“It reminded Abeke a little of Kunaya, the kitten she’d rescued on their trip to find Rumfuss” (63). Oh yeah, that reminds me, what happened to Kunaya? Did Finn take her? New headcanon: Donn-Kunaya parent-child relationship.
Chapter 7
“Briggan came back from sniffing the undergrowth, licked Conor’s hand, and sat down on his foot” (66). The image of this is too funny.
“Briggan was trying very hard to look dignified, but it would be very hard for anyone, even a Great Beast, to maintain his dignity while wearing a bouncing orange hat” (68). Grumpy Briggan.
Nightshade Island is cursed because of the First Devourer War catalyst event happening there, I’m pretty sure.
Bruh, Meilin is literally physically abusing Rollan? I hope this is a one-time thing-
“‘Jhi, for the love of Mulop, would you stop rolling around like a drunk chimpanzee?’” (72). Meilin is kind of psychologically abusive toward Jhi as well.
Chapter 8
“‘Meaning people who’d rather throw a meal away than give it to a starving orphan’” (74). That wasn’t Rollan’s code of honor, though? It was don’t steal from sick or poor people, and don’t steal if there’s a better way. I guess there’s a footnote there, then.
“‘If anyone knew where we were going - if anyone spoke of this island to us - if someone helped us get there even just by giving us a canoe . . . ” (75). Why can’t they just ask someone to give them a canoe and not tell them where they were going? They can lie.
“‘I’m not sure his head is going to fit in the canoe anymore’” (76). LMFAO.
Ah yes, Essix’s iconic blood-curdling shriek.
Meilin thinks being with Rollan is like being with a panda: parallels.
“If the word tapu hadn’t already existed, Meilin thought someone would have invented it just to describe this island” (82). That’s probably what happened, though???
“It was a little weird if she thought about it, and a little weird that she liked it, and a little weird to think about Rollan at all . . . ” (83). You don’t say.
“‘I can still control Jhi . . . ’” (85). Meilin feels so toxic in this book? Like more than normal??? It’s concerning.
“ . . . [Tarik and Rollan] looking almost like father and son . . . ” (87). Foreshadowing.
Chapter 9
“Conor, Abeke, and Kalani had spent most of the day lying in a shallow hole, covered with palm fronds . . . They were waiting for it to get dark” (90). Why didn’t they just wait for it to be dark before coming? Then they wouldn't've had to be in a cramped hole.
“Conor wasn’t sure what system she was using for the symbols” (93). I kind of want to know how Kalani is marking the walls so they don’t get lost, as well.
For some reason, I remember them meeting Timone on the island itself, not in the cave system??? Huh.
“‘You can’t take us anywhere near the tribe!’” (94). Is he trying to warn Kalani about the Bile’s effects?
I kind of want to know what Timone was doing wrong with his bond to make Waka resist him before he took the Bile.
“‘That no-good shark-faced backstabbing son of a jellyfish’” (97). Kalani has such descriptive chain insults.
Chapter 10
“If only the Bile didn’t exist in the first place” (102). Foreshadowing the end of the first series?
Kovo, a Great Beast, and one that thinks humans are stupid, gives the Devourer the Bile, a substance that enslaves animals to humans. Very logical of him.
“‘You mean - he would have come to me anyway?’” (103). So that means the first Devourer is literally not even old enough to be bonded. He’s not even eleven years old.
I’m not really a fan of the use-dreams-to-further-the-plot-or-explain-things trope, and this is no exception.
“‘Thank you, Jhi,’ Tarik said. ‘Yes,’ said Rollan. ‘Thank you very, very much.’ ‘Why would it be here, on the beach?’ Meilin demanded” (108). Meilin is the only one that didn’t thank her own spirit animal.
Chapter 11
Wow, they killed a whole-ass Komodo dragon.
“They had to run, and hope against hope . . . ” (112). Hope against hope? Kind of a cool line.
Abeke! Riding! Uraza! It’s mentioned in Tales of the Great Beasts that Uraza was too proud to let just anybody ride her. 
Katoa seems so cool. Like if he were human, he’d be one of those chill, laid-back surfer-type people. 
Chapter 12
If Meilin has a grandfather, how come she never tries to see him? We don’t ever meet him either. Is he dead?
“They would be furious - for five minutes. Then they would roll up their sleeves and start cleaning it up” (118). Kind of reminds me of Meilin: angry during the war, but afterward she helps rebuild Zhong.
“‘She’s not,’ Meilin said. ‘I thought so at first, but . . . we are meant for each other” (119). Meilin was kind of abusive to Jhi for the majority of this book. There was a cute moment after Jhi found the shell, but before that, it was all verbal lashings.
Is this dream Jhi attempting to warn Meilin?
“‘Worse,’ murmured Jhi. ‘Oh, Meilin . . . I can’t tell you, but you need to know . . . ’” (121). So, she is trying to warn Meilin. Can Gerathon control the animals, too? I mean, she can control the humans that control their spirit animals, but can she control the animals directly? I’m pretty sure she can-
Chapter 13
“‘Has anyone ever told you that your trust issues are all over the place?’” (124). Yeah, get her, Rollan.
“Lenori was on the beach . . . ” (124). Where has Lenori been all this time?
“‘Kalani is a wise and strong queen’” (125). Isn’t she sixteen?
“She looked straight at Abeke. ‘That’s the person who killed my father’” (127). She is in for a surprise. Also, she was good with Abeke in the last book? In one of the previous books, she makes an effort to not let her distrust for Abeke show outward.
“Rollan found himself appreciating the fact that at least his spirit animal had a face” (129). LOL.
“‘I fear that something awful is about to happen’” (132). Heavy hand with the foreshadowing there.
Rollan’s carpet memory with his mom . . . awww.
“He wondered if he and his friends would survive long enough to see a day when they could just enjoy a place like this . . . ” (138). Really, this needs to happen. Canonically.
“‘Float there unhelpfully like a wet piece of silk if the answer is yes’” (140). HA. Also, she should’ve switched that to no.
“‘I’ll go first,’ he offered” (141). So Rollan was scared to get onto the Kingray, but he’s willing to be the first to go into a giant hole?
Chapter 14
“The wolf sniffed at the tentacle and sneezed . . . ” (143). This kind of reminds me of the line in Fire and Ice. Parallels? 
“‘Remember the tall ones from last time?’” (144). What is Mulop referring to? What humans? Conquerors from the First Devourer War?
“ . . . being the only underwater Great Beast” (145). But the Great Beasts had to migrate to the Evertree, which is in the middle of Nilo . . . how did Mulop . . . ?
Mulop’s question-answer talking is so funny.
“‘I thought the war was the Devourer’s idea, and Kovo and Gerathon were just helping him’” (148). Yeah, I thought that, too. I really don’t remember anything, do I?
“‘Kovo wanted to rule Erdas. Why?’” (148). I kind of wish easter eggs about why Kovo did what he did were planted while writing this series, instead of Kovo just pacing in his cage muttering about how he wants to crush the human race. Also, he’s a Great Beast. Doesn’t he already kind of rule, in a way?
“‘We also guard the secret of the bond between humans and spirit animals. That is the source of power’” (148). The Evertree???
“‘Very few still remain with their Great Beasts. Tellun’s. Cabaro’s. And mine’” (149). Didn’t Olvan say that the four fallen’s and Kovo and Gerathon’s talismans went missing after the First Devourer War? The Conquerors have Gerathon’s, obviously, but where are the others, then?
“‘It is a terrible thing,’ said Mulop. His deep green eyes bored into Meilin’s. ‘You will wish you had been kinder, little warrior’” (152). So Great Beasts can sense the Bile? Also, why didn’t Mulop, just, like, tell them that Meilin had taken the Bile?
Chapter 15
“‘Essix would have warned me if we were being followed’” (158). Only if Essix knew.
“‘Plenty of boats to carry us straight to Stetriol and into the hands of the Devourer. Aren’t we lucky’” (159). LOL.
“She could see at once that the enemy had planned for this attack . . . ” (159). Okay, so step one: Gerathon looks through Meilin’s eyes. Step two: she . . . tells the Conquerors??? How??? Isn’t she in Stetriol? It’s not like she can send messages? Or does she control them instead of telling them???
“Zerif tucked the Iron Boar back into his shirt, still grinning smugly. Abeke wanted to smash something. Ideally his face” (163). I personally think we should allow Abeke this basic human right.
“A heartbeat later, Essix dropped from the sky and drove her talons and beak at the Conqueror’s face” (164). GO FOR THE TALISMAN, ESSIX! THE TALISMAN.
Chapter 16
Oh, here it is.
“Abeke was taller, but Meilin knew ways of holding people that made it almost impossible for her to break free” (168). Does that mean that Gerathon can only work within a person’s arsenal of skills? Can she force someone to fight if they don’t know how?
“It’s me. I’m the mole” (168). *dramatic music*
“Did my father do this to me?” (168). If he did (he probably did), then he quite literally got himself killed. He tricked Meilin in drinking the Bile → Gerathon can see through Meilin’s eyes → the Conquerors swarm the Lake of the Elephant → General Teng is killed.
Also, why? Why did he want Meilin to have a spirit animal so badly? It is mentioned that Meilin’s mother and all four of Meilin’s grandparents had spirit animals. Maybe he felt isolated and didn’t want his daughter going through the same thing?
Also, how did he even get Bile??? Where did it come from??? Why was he just willing to give it to his daughter? So many unanswered questions . . .  
This is referred to several times throughout the chapter as a “betrayal”. But it’s not??? It’s not even close??? Betray is defined as “to treacherously reveal information or secrets”. Meilin did none of the above. So this isn’t a betrayal.
The only person doing anything evil is Gerathon, who they already knew was bad. Obviously, that doesn’t make it any less devastating, but it’s not a betrayal. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
“Jhi was being controlled by Meilin exactly the way Meilin was being controlled by Gerathon right now” (170). Which allows room for some level of resistance, right? Also, it feels like they made Meilin ridiculously toxic in this book in particular to foreshadow this. She was less toxic before this and barely toxic at all in the first book.
“ . . . it would only take a moment for Rollan to switch talismans . . . ” (172). Can you not use more than one at a time?
“I’m the mole . . . I’m the reason the Conquerors are winning the war. I’m the reason they’ve always been able to find us; it’s my fault they have the talismans they stole from us. It’s my fault my father is dead” (174). Literally none of those things are her fault. They’re really all her father’s fault. And again, referring to her as the mole is inaccurate.
Chapter 17
Again, saying Meilin is the mole is inaccurate.
“‘Why didn’t the Greencloaks protect her?’” (177). Honestly, yeah.
“‘I’m glad you guys are safe, too,’ Conor said . . . ” (178). Yeah, about that . . . 
“Conor stared at him in disbelief, his green eyes wide and confused” (179). I think this is the first time we’re getting canon Conor eye color?
Okay question: couldn’t the Greencloaks have just stopped trying to collect talismans and instead focus on building their army for the war? Because so far, the Conquerors haven’t actually gotten the talismans themselves, just stolen them. They probably wouldn't have either, considering that the Great Beasts only gave theirs up because the four fallen were there. So if the talismans stay with the Great Beasts, neither side will get them and Kovo will never be freed?
Final thoughts and rating:
I like Kalani as a character and her insults are definitely top tier. Tangaroa and Ngaio are definitely my favorite bond thus far. I liked how Conor doubted Abeke in certain places then felt ashamed. It really made him feel more 3D and not like a perfect angel that trusts everyone, because in a situation like this, it’s a bit impossible. The author did a good job of conveying Nightshade Island, like I could picture it in my head, and I usually can’t do that very well. It wasn’t really the physical description itself that was so good, it was the way it made you feel that was done exceptionally. Sunlight Island’s cave system was really cool in my opinion, and I wish it could’ve been revisited at a later point in the series. I enjoyed Mulop’s personality a lot, it’s nice to see the Great Beasts show some character and really come to life. The plot twist was definitely pulled off perfectly, and was clearly foreshadowed with the sleepwalking and whatnot. I think Meilin’s devastation was written quite nicely. I enjoyed Abeke’s slow realization that her family was pretty abusive towards her. I also liked how Rollan’s mother and his feelings about it didn’t weigh the story down too much, only at critical points. A very good choice in terms of writing efficiently.  
Meilin choosing to help the whales redeems her a bit, but I still think the way they decided to make her ridiculously toxic right before the reveal was a bit unnecessary. Meilin was definitely more toxic than needed in this book. Personally, I think they should’ve taken it down a couple notches. Mulop not just telling the four that Meilin had taken Bile was a questionable choice. I think easter eggs and hints toward Kovo’s true motive, stopping the Wyrm, should’ve been planted in this book instead of making him out to be this human-hating villain that is bent on ruling Erdas. Just small things, like Kovo perhaps worrying about a “mysterious ancient force” or justifications involving how he will “save Erdas”. 
Rating: 8/10
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weirdo-canniboy · 1 year
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COLLECTION OF COMMUNITY OCS!!!!
I decided I didn’t want anyone left out so i did everyone :)
 Credits under the cut!
jacob @carnivorekitty, Maple @sinfulforrest, Obilo @sweets-and-terror, 
Kalani @emi-bunni, Dahlia @salandersan, Zoe @pinedemonsstuff, 
701 @slashesotron, Randy @feral-mouse, Colin @derekgoffard, 
Ash @imreszekeres, Marq @marqymoo, Gatherin @venusararara
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takenbytaj · 10 days
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pawjamas · 1 year
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i’m going to color this i prommy but i’m going to take a break from this piece to work on commissions !!!
i’m happy w/ this so far tho :3c
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kyrie-ravie · 11 months
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Kalani would have missed it, if she wasn’t already thinking about the Library. It had been months, but still, the Library door’s refusal to open for her was a constant nagging irritation. Graduation loomed nearer, her desire to continue through to higher education in Ancient Runes grew greater, and her understanding that she could advance further, further in her studies if it weren’t for that stupid door proved to be a most frustrating distraction.
She’d taken to studying directly in the school library, right near the books written only in Greek. Lani was on her fourth hour of translating a scroll, and was reaching up to stretch out her shoulders when she saw it.
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One second Freddy Ryland was there- the next, she wasn’t. Lani stood, peering around the stacks to see the last moments of a doorway melting away to the bottom shelf of the library’s Greek History collection.
Leaving her things behind, Lani walked towards the space where she’d seen the illusion, her hand reaching up to run over the spines of books and crates of scrolls. She removed her wand from her robe, and cast a few detection spells, each more elaborate and difficult than the last as she tried to solve this particular puzzle. 
Surely if she, the daughter of two esteemed scholars and Hogwarts’ best runic translator, couldn’t manage to gain access to the library- surely Freddy Ryland wasn’t able to skip on through? The simple girl who’d infamously cried during their first Flying lesson? Who missed entire weeks of class when she was ill? 
Still, there were few other explanations... Lani found a scrap of parchment in her pocket, and hurried back to her desk to scrawl out a note to her brother. As she wrote, her gaze kept darting between the space in the library stacks and the note, worried she’d miss something happening. Kyrie had researched library access more thoroughly. He’d know what to make of this- what to make of Freddy Ryland. He’d know what to do.
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