is it weird to be excited?

... it’s probably weird to be excited.

all you need to do is say the word ‘mysterious death’ about kamila and she’s instantly interested - maybe it’s morbid, maybe it’s just enthusiasm about being able to use her powers for something that isn’t getting a great big bear made of rebar to punch a hole in a wall. so she... well she might have come without official authorisation, but the initiative don’t really need to know, right? all she wants is to ask around, after all, and if she finds out anything she’ll pass her info to the official investigators.

.... probably.

whatever happens, she is technically allowed to be here - her initiative ID presented to the administrator half an hour saw to that - and for now kamila is starting in the grounds. it means fewer patients to potentially disturb, and the hospital would probably appreciate a minimum of grafitti on their corridor walls.

she’s come with the usual kit in her satchel - pack of multicoloured chalk, the hidebound book with the more complex ritual circles pre-drawn, the little silver lancet for use if she gets really stuck - and to start with the little paved area in front of the fountain will do. it’s big enough for a decent circle.

rich people really love fountains for some reason, she thinks, pulling out her purple chalk.

she starts drawing the summoning circle on the slabs, murmuring her incantation in old kievan as she goes, torch clipped to the front of her coat to illuminate what she’s doing. she probably looks like a prime candidate for the dunwich hospital angel of death herself, right now, but she kind of doubts an occult force here.

well, other than her own. after all, she is kind of chanting outside at midnight on their property.