Missing (OTA)

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Liz stood in the middle of the lobby with a quiet, panicked look on her face. She turned around a second time, surveying the scene around her, but the second pass didn't help any. She ran a hand through her hair and then headed for one of the couches. She pulled back the cushions, digging her hand into the crevice of the gaudy plush decor and when her hand emerged empty, she felt her chest tighten.

Liz's journal was missing.

She thought she had brought it back to the room yesterday after studying in the cafe, but this morning when she went to review her notes from the day before, she had discovered that the familiar book she had so many things in was gone. She had checked the library, the restaurant, the cafe, even the kitchen itself. It had to be somewhere, right?

(ooc: Find her pretty much anywhere. Also! Feel free, if your character would so choose, to find the journal and read all or some of it because I am a cruel mistress.)

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Re: Regina & Liz

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"Oh, um, okay." How she was going to give her blood, she didn't know. She looked around a little, then back to to Regina. She looked at her hand, then took a small breath. She brought her index finger up to her mouth and bit it. She winced, but she managed to draw blood on the first try. She exhaled as her finger left her mouth.

"If I opened it for someone to read would they be able to?"

Re: Regina & Liz

[st_oriedqueen]

"I could have used a thorn, Liz." In her own orchard, asking a tree to sprout a thorn could be done in a blink of an eye. Instead, she plucked a leaf and held it out. "Smear it on here, please.

"And yes. The ward will prevent anyone from opening the journal. But if you open it, they'll be able to read."

Re: Regina & Liz

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Liz blushed a little, embarrassed, but took the leaf and smeared her blood on it before handing it back. This was the first time, other than when she was healed by Pike or that man by the pool, that Liz was really close to magic.

"Thank you... I know you don't have to do this."

Re: Regina & Liz

[st_oriedqueen]

"No, I don't. But I'd rather spend ten minutes warding your journal than watch you lose your mind the next time you misplace it."

Regina sat beneath the tree with her back against it. She tuned Liz and everything else out to make a rudimentary blood ward on the journal. It wouldn't keep Zelena out if she wanted in, but not even her sister would be interested in the contents of this journal.

Probably.

Re: Regina & Liz

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Liz watched, trying to be as quiet as possible as she stood there, eventually shifting weight from one foot to another. This was different than the healing sort of magic, that much was clear.

Re: Regina & Liz

[st_oriedqueen]

"You may as well sit down, Liz," Regina said without looking up. "There's nothing to see and it's going to take awhile."