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*The room is dark but for a faint red glow from the lines of blood dried into the canals carved into the floor...and after a moment his pendant starts to glow with a soft white light.*

Darnell: *studies the design, studies his necklace...slowly approaches, watching both closely for changes*

*They’ll both brighten, and a white-ish mist will start to pour from the pendant. And...something seems to be forming in the air above the shiomai. It’s dark and hard to make out.*

Darnell: *mutters under breath at the mist* Thaaaat can't be good. *will crouch just outside of the closest edge of the design and gently swing the pendant above the lines into the design without touching anything*

*There’s a hiss and a pop and he’ll see the red glow part around his pendant.*

Brogan: *voice ephemeral.* You are certainly a /pest/, detective.

Darnell: *eyes widen at the effect, can't help /flinching/ at the voice, looking around for the source...swallows to make sure his voice is steady* Funny, I'd say the same of you, demon.

Brogan: *he's the...darkness forming over the shiomai* *he chuckles* You're in my element now, Detective. I'll leave you screaming in sweet agony before I let you die.

Darnell: ...not if I destroy you first. *wishes his voice sounded stronger, but at least it's steady? He looks around and cautiously swings the pendant into the glow above the grooves again*

Brogan: You'll never manage. *it's a snarl*

*it pops and hisses again and... the "hole" in the red light seems large. The white mist from the pendant seems to be flowing into the circle when he does that too.*

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*He won't even know if they can hear him, and to make it even worse, he'll hear Brogan start to /laugh/. Darnell will be able to continue around the barrier. Once the outer ring of blood is gone the barrier will be gone. Brogan is still going after the spirit. She's fighting as well she can, but he's definitely stronger. From this angle, if Darnell looks, he'll see that the woman is his mother, fighting tooth and nail to protect her son. Before Darnell can go for the shiomai a bolt of lightening hits him in the chest. It'll steal his breath away, leaving him unable to breathe for a moment. The door is barely opening, the people outside struggling to get in. Only Mitham is small enough to slip through.*
Mitham: *he leaves forward and /kicks/ the shiomai out of the circle.*
Brogan: */curls/ up suddenly with a pained /howl/*