Red Meadow.

[johalt]

"For Fucks' Sakes!" John shouted as the poison was rejected. So she was indeed at least part were. Shit. At least the fever had stabilized at a livable level... For now.
He looked around: plenty of wolfsbane. His bite should also do the trick...

"So that's how it i's, huh? I either 'dope' her for the rest of her life or I 'activate' her and curse her to follow in my footsteps?!" he howled to the heavens above, his rage beginning to boil over. He was sick and tired of this. He didn't even know who he was yelling at; actually, he was pretty sure it was indeed nobody.

Suddenly a thought came to him. He put the pendant that was in his hand back around his neck. He then sat on the ground, and shut his eyes. Slowly, his breath began to still, and hissing became free and open. He began to search with all his senses. There! he found her. "To Me!" he called, in the recesses of his mind. The entity obliged, entering his sanctorum of thought.

The world melted away then. All that was left was a blank, white expanse... With John and June in the centre. "Greetings again. How may I be of assistance?" June asked.

"Are you aware of what i's happening?"

She shrugged. "In a way. Youre thoughts tell more than I had perceived."

John nodded. "You mentioned you helped me with my own mind; do you think you can help sort Jewl's?"

She shrugged again. "I am unsure; I would need more or less complete and total access, or at the very least total cooperation."

John nodded again. "I see. What about a bridge? Could you link us?"

"I, could try." she said, sounding unsure.

"Very well then: try to help her sort herself out; if that fails, try to open a channel so I can help her; if all else fails, we fall back to a new plan."

"Are you sure about this?" she asked him, sounding almost worried from the thoughts she was getting.

"No." John replied coldly. "but I'm certain that if we do nothing, she will perish. She has a right to choose for herself, I just hope she let's us give her that right."

The world suddenly came back into being. John's snapped wide open, his breathing coming back to him in large gasps. He scrambled to his feet, moving himself over to where Jewl was. He slipped off the pendant again, and placed it around Jewl's neck. "Change of plan Jewl." he stated. "We're going to try to fix the problem directly -- or more accurately, help you fix it yourself. But we need your full permission to do this. If you can here us Jewl, be brave: it's your life to live however you choose, so please, for our sake, please choose to live it!"

Meanwhile June would be trying to follow Jewl's consciousness, and Jewl would feel a strange sensation, like someone was knocking on the doors of her mind.

(I reject your reality and substitute my own. :p)