Guardian's Zeal
6th of July 2006 A.D.
Step one of doing something your parents, or in this case just mom, would not approve of after school is always to do something they would approve of such as pick up Matthew's suit up from the dry cleaner after the Incident with the Hot Sauce. You could have
told him it is not a good idea to try to play pranks on Daniel with a four year old in the room while he was in his best suit, but what is done is done. Hank probably won't like spicy food for a long time.
Errand done you briefly consider bringing dinner, from what little you had seen of Harry's home it is the kind of place where a few portions of warm take out are the heights of fine eating, but in the end you decide against it. For one you are not entirely sure if you have enough money on you for good take out and for another he might be weird about it. Better to come empty handed then to be left awkwardly holding food.
The sun is starting to turn red in the rear-view mirror by the time you make it down the narrow quiet way to the old boarding house. It is the kind of place that would be described as quaint or picturesque by a real estate agent looking to make big bucks on some out-of-towners right before they rip up any semblance of history out of it, kind of impressive it hasn't been gentrified already really. You wonder if there is magic in that, if there are spells that can bind the fate of a particular building, or even neighborhood so they are not lost to the wear and tear of time.
"Not of any mortal city," Usum answers simply and you see in your mind's eye a dark city tangled with chords and wires like the sinews of some great beast, its heart the eerie whir of generators, its eyes a thousand windows staring and in that instant you know the proper name of it: the Wicked City. It has at least the charm of honesty to it.
There is no bell on the heavy steel door so like last time you knock.
Three things happen then almost at the same time: firstly a somewhat less unshaven and trenchcoat-less Harry Dresden opens the door with the rune carved stick in hand, secondly a car alarm goes off somewhere behind you, thirdly a deep heavy
bone shaking bark rings out from behind him once, twice thrice, sound chasing echo and echo chasing sound. You had never in your life been scared of dogs, even big dogs but for just a moment hovering on that threshold you are over come by a desire to run, not even get in the car just go.
"Mouse stop that!" you hear Harry call back as you force your muscles to work lowering your hand very deliberately to your side.
The hell I'm going to let anything scare me like that again.
Spent 1 Essence
Looking around Harry you see the great guard dog, or as he had put it his 'dogosaurus rex' looking dead at you only he is most certainly not being a friendly floof this time around what the barred teeth the arched back and... oh yeah the ghostly blue flame on his golden coat.
"Spirit blood runs in the hound and his is the warding of thresholds," Usum hisses in your mind.
"Those of Heaven's blood bear no love for those of Yomi Wan. I do not know if he is wise enough to have words with us in peace."
How do you address the angry temple dog?
[] With that courtesies Usum recalls (Charisma+Etiquette; may use Excelency)
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[] Let Harry handle it, it's his dog
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OOC: Mouse is in full battle mode because to him you look like an arch-devil in a day-trip out of hell. Also yes that was impervious Primacy Mantle because while you probably could have pushed though the fear effect on raw willpower Molly is very jumpy about fear effects so she reached for the Fear-Be-Gone charm. 
