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Email Phyllis contact with Sarah, JDs office smashed in

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Sunny du Pree
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Email Phyllis contact with Sarah, JDs office smashed in

Sunny, I don't know if you're home today and this is so important I'm sending it to everyone on my list, too, just in case.

I am still shaken from last night and have been trying to pull my thoughts together to let you all know what has happened. We prepared ourselves for last night's s�ance just as we did the night before. We did take the extra precaution of leaving the floodlights on outside, which meant tacking up thick blankets in the studio to keep that light out. I also instructed the security team to not go banging on the door unless they heard screams or some kind of disruption within the house. The other difference was that instead of candles all around the room, we only had one in the center of our circle to help us focus.

The same kind of phenomena occurred, the tingling, the chill, the art emerging from the walls, then the horrific sound but it seemed to happen at a slower more digestible pace. As a figure began to form over the center of our circle, Iris called out in a loud summoning voice, "Sarah, Sarah." And she came! What was a blurry, indistinct shape focused into a gossamer shimmering image of Sarah in a plain dark dress. She looked pale and withdrawn into a kind of slumber but she opened her eyes and looked at each of us around the circle.

When her eyes looked into mine, I blushed with shame and she spoke of my crime, "Phyllis, you have much to answer for; you have all but erased me from this world." Tears sprang to my eyes unbidden and she continued, "But, I sense a change in your heart, an awakening, a transformation." She looked around at all of us and said, "And that is what your stay in this world is all about."A moment passed before Iris found her voice and started to say, "Sarah, we have much to ask you and--" But, Sarah cut her off, saying, "There isn't time, listen. The self-appointed guardians of knowledge on either side are blind to the true danger. They have become obsessed with secrecy and deception. They have forgotten the evil things that grow under cover of a darkness such as that."

She looked downcast and spoke again with sadness, "I never anticipated the stones I made to awaken being drawn to and found by an evil man." She looked up again and spoke more forcefully, "He has become the embodiment of the ancient force he represents and the day of his greatest strength likes just before us." She looked out towards the walls of the room and said, "They are coming and the barriers you have placed will not deter them. They are drawn to anyone who holds a means of knowledge and understanding � like the stones or the manuscript pages." She looked back at us, her tone taking on urgency, "Quickly. The relics I have made and left behind will show the way to what you must do. They must be found by either you or your recently made friends and helpers. The three totems of power will open the way and then, with the stones --" She never finished because at that moment there was a loud explosion of sound and a flash of light from outside the house, flashing even through the heavy blankets we had hung, and the power failed. Only the light from the single candle illuminated the desperate expression on Sarah's face. "Those outsiders, the young people, have taken the wand from where I had hidden it. They think they are playing a game but they know not what they have found. You must find them. They have left their mark behind. There is a note with the wand that will help guide you."

Then, a tremendous crashing noise occurred within the house! I couldn't help screaming with alarm and Iris jerked to attention. The image of Sarah vanished and James and Chris jumped to their feet and ran toward the door. More smashing, crashing noises careened through the house. James and Chris couldn't get the door open. I grabbed the phone on a side table and discovered it was dead. I looked up to see James and Chris pounding on the door, trying to force it open, and then I cried out again as they jumped back. The door was bulging inward! Some monstrous force was trying to push through the wood!

On pure reflex, I went for the manuscript page. Iris and I bumped heads
reaching for it at the same time. In the instant that we both held it,
everything stopped! The door, the noises, everything zoomed back to normal and we stood there gasping for breath. My heart was nearly palpitating out of my rib cage. Then we could hear the security team yelling to each other outside and the lights came back on. My knees gave out and I collapsed on the nearest sofa to concentrate on breathing deeply and slowly until I could think rationally again.

Well, when we went through the house, we discovered that the window in Douglas' office was smashed inwards. His desk was thrust out of the way and the door to the small closet was torn from its hinges. The floor in the closet is smashed to splinters. Looking out of the window, we could see the green puzzle box, shattered on the ground below. Poor Iris had a moment of pure panic and I had to laugh when she thought I had been that stupid. No, my dears, I put the box back in the hiding hole to deceive and confuse. The stone is quite safe where I tucked it away. When it is safely gone from here I will tell you all where I hid it.

The security team, of course, had no explanation for how anyone got past their perimeter. The power went off and they went on full alert but saw no one come toward the house. They heard my scream and broke down the front door just as the lights came back on. They milled around in highly agitated states and gushed profuse apologies for their abject failure to protect my home. They even got the owner of the company on the phone and he promised me additional personnel � free of charge! There must be close to a hundred men out there right now, standing shoulder to shoulder in a circle around the house with guns drawn and indignation in their eyes. Maybe I slept for a couple of hours last night but mainly I lay in bed and prayed.

I called the police this morning and they came out, inspected the damage, and filed a report for a "standard burglary." Ha! We are now, naturally, convinced that the stone and the manuscript page aren't safe here. Whether DEG's, Numbered Ones, or the Guides invaded my house doesn't matter. My armed troops won't be able to protect the items here. I have already written to a couple of you about accepting the responsibility for safekeeping the stone and the page. I only hesitate because I don't want to endanger any of you but there can't be any doubt about the necessity of that now.

James and Chris are especially upset by last night and are arguing with Iris right now, saying they should all leave and go back to their safe, normal lives. I can't argue with their reasons, I really can't. But, I don't want them to go. I'm not leaving my home. I'm standing firm even if I have to do it alone. But, I don't want them to leave me. Please write to Iris and convince her to stay. Spare me from having to break down and beg...

Love,
Phyllis

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Sunny Du Pree
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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 3:30 pm

MageSteff
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Re: Email Phyllis contact with Sarah, JDs office smashed in

Sunny du Pree wrote:

Sunny, I don't know if you're home today and this is so important I'm sending it to everyone on my list, too, just in case. .....
Love,
Phyllis

Uruslla, you remember that spec you told me about Friday night/Saturday Morning when we were up at 3 am talking? I think it is the correct one...

Sweetie, you need to get that Message you promised up soon OK?

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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 4:16 pm

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