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[not_the_philistine]

Artificial night fell on the City, and Goliath and Bronx both awoke with their usual roars. The gargoyles bursting out of their stone skin were a familiar sound at sunset, and their roars carried over the darkening City.

Goliath dropped from his turret and glided towards the wall that surrounded the castle, landing before the gate that would open it to the rest of the crew. Elisa must have still been asleep or otherwise occupying herself in the castle, because the gate was closed. Goliath considered the gates, and the high, newly repaired wall that kept most visitors out of the castle. His instincts to keep the castle fortified against entry during his sleep were still strong, but he considered them as objectively as possible while examining the gate.

In times of conflict, this castle COULD still be used as a fortress. But if he was to open it to the crew formally, perhaps it was time to leave them open, and trust to the crew that he sought to protect.

Or perhaps that was still a step that could wait until he had met more of the crew, and trusted them a little better.

[ooc: a few players have expressed an interest in having their characters sneak into the castle to explore while Goliath is asleep during the day. If you have a character who would snoop around an old castle uninvited, feel free to tag in!]

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[not_the_philistine]

"It was matched with the rise of the sun, so yes, our summer nights were shorter than our winter ones."

[myboggartismoon.livejournal.com]

"Then if it isn't the light, it is the principles behind it, the movement of the planet and so forth," he said with a pleased smile. "So I think we can conclude that the ship is duplicating those cycles close enough to affect you, whether intentionally or accidentally, but other planets do not."

[not_the_philistine]

"Something must," Goliath agreed. "Otherwise I would have no rest. Can you transfer that cycle to rely on something else?"

[myboggartismoon.livejournal.com]

"I'm hesitant to do that, since it would involve Transfiguring you to some extent, which is a tricky branch of magic to begin with. The process of developing the spell would probably cause you a great deal more harm than good." He frowned as memories of his friends' efforts at mastering the Animagus transformation, untrained, came to mind. "What I would like to experiment with first is a spell to ward off changes in the forces your body respond to."

[not_the_philistine]

Transfiguring? Yeah, no.

"I have no interest in being transformed in any way."

That happened once, and it was awkward. Best not to mess around with that if they can avoid it all.

"Did you find anything of use in the information I gave you regarding the Mayan Sun Amulets? I believe they operated on that principle."

[myboggartismoon.livejournal.com]

"In part that's where I came upon this idea. From everything I read, the amulet and its pendants were created by someone much more knowledgeable about all this than I am. Pity they didn't see fit to write down instructions," he said with a smile. "But if a charmed object can prevent the transformation, without a potion or a Transfiguration, then that at least shows there's some way to do it."

[not_the_philistine]

"I thank you again for your help, my friend. If you can accomplish this, I will be greatly in your debt."

So far, he doesn't think Lupin is the sort of person he minds being in debt to. Fulfilling a debt to Lupin is likely to involve just doing things for him that he would do anyway out of a sense of justice.

[myboggartismoon.livejournal.com]

Lupin waved away the offer, smiling. "I wouldn't know what to do with that debt even if I wanted it. We all need to look out for each other here, this is just part of that for me."