Planetes
3. jb. Charlotte's Web (2)

Fortune huh? Ryan sighed in annoyance, bodo time with luck. What matters now is fighting these spirits.

As Elliot said earlier, they have to prepare a block puzzle first. Which means they have to buy some toys first. Ryan looked left to find a toy store.

There should still be a toy store nearby, as they are in the middle of town. But there is one more problem. Where will they perform this ritual?

"We buy a toy first, and look for a place 1-2km away from here" Ryan said, after looking around.

He had wanted to be in an empty building near his teacher's office, but the spirits did not want to approach because of the barrier from his teacher.

The bentala himself was forced to sacrifice his luck when dealing with Charlotte. Indeed the little girl experienced tragic things in the past, but—

"We must not be tense at the beginning, he will not want to appear if there is tension." he warned before they set out to find a toy for the little girl's ghost.

After pulling Elliot's plan onto his bike, Ryan starts looking for a toy store as well. The sky is already a little dark, soon the curtain of twilight will be muzzled by the darkness of the night. They don't have much time because it's closing hours.

Not long after, Ryan stopped the bike. Leaving Elliot behind because he was going to buy some kids toys. It doesn't take long, because other than the block puzzle, it just takes origin.

Stay away from this place to find an empty building, huh? It's a bit troublesome indeed. But how else?

As Ryan searches for toys for the ritual, he prepares a flashlight just in case they lack lighting. Again he felt his soul essence disappear.

"Until when will you eat my soul essence?" I don't know who it was.

Because he was immortal, he would not die. However if his soul essence was constantly eaten, he would lose his humanity. If that happens, it is not impossible that the tragedy of hundreds of years ago repeated again. Come on, he doesn't want to increase the length of the list of curses at this time.13 curses alone are very burdensome for him.

"I'm all questioning an empty building around here. I think there could be an option."

Ryan, who had just returned to shopping, told me the information. They go there immediately, not to waste time.

Rungunya catches Ryan's voice and tells him to reach the location where

they will perform the ritual. Elliot smiled and said.

"Make sure the location will not be visited by people. The last time the ritual was performed, there were earthlings caught and—"

Elliot passed the exhalation. He did not want to remember the event he called the slaughter house.

"Come on," half hurried, he followed Ryan's footsteps.

After getting there, Ryan checked the roving again. To find their last fixture, a mirror and two chairs. And a room with no windows.

After a long search, finally the equipment and ritual room they have found.

In the old, no-man's building they visited, there was a scent that Elliot could recognize as the scent of a supernatural being. To be honest it would not disturb him, especially at this time he would not allow using his strength.

"That means .. if it says here, the chair in the middle of the room, the table and the mirror are in front of the chair, then with the toys."

If the room is dark, it is already dark from sunset. Ryan was already sitting in the chair, lighting them only flashlight cell phone. And Ryan put it near his feet and pointed to the mirror for them to clearly see.

Everything was ready, and he turned on the flashlight he took out of his pocket. Sitting side by side with the dark-haired girl who was still wearing her disguise as the man on the chair and her net was fixed straight towards the mirror.

Taking a breath, Ryan tried to calm down. Just read the sentence 'it' simultaneously so that the road ritual.

"We want to play Charlotte's Web." And waiting for the little boy.

'Don't look around, don't stare at Charlotte directly. Staying focused looking in the mirror.' repeatedly Elliot yelled at himself not to make mistakes that caused them danger.

Time pass. There was no sign of Charlotte arriving for up to 15 minutes.

"We want to play Charlotte's Web" Elliot repeated the sentence again and unexpectedly, the shadow of the little girl appeared.

Ryan kept waiting patiently, trying not to feel tense or anything. Take a slow breath, then exhale. The first 15 minutes did not happen anything, is it possible because he was still tense?

Trying to relax again, now Ryan secured his position. Eyes keep looking at the mirror.

"We want to play Charlotte's Web."

Again. He said the words along with Elliot.

Now silence struck them, but it did not take long. Ryan heard a voice behind him.

He looked at the mirror. The little girl 'Charbore' was looking at the toys she had prepared. Pretty long the girl looked at the toy. Until he stopped at the puzzle blocks.

'Now!'

Ryan finds out that this is the time, quickly pulls out of the chair and faces Charlotte. It is explained that it should not be faced directly with the creature, but Ryan uses this as an opportunity.

Before he stared at the creature, he had activated his Mystic Eyes. Ryan's eyes, which were yellow, turned bright purple.

On the one hand, the ghostly shrill of the little girl was deafening, if the one hearing this time was an ordinary human. Maybe that man could die on the spot.

But with Ryan, he has learned a lot from his teacher. Especially self-defense, suggestion. Ryan suggested that he would not be sucked into the supernatural powers of these creatures.

Charlotte, who felt that her efforts were useless. Directly stormed Ryan with a scary face. He hit Ryan until he fell backward. Charlotte was firmly strangling Ryan's neck, while Ryan tried to keep himself from getting too suffocated.

'Damn, it turns out he's quite strong.'

"COLLARS!!" Elliot moved from his seat, trying to help the girl. But Clarissa—or currently in her guise, Ryan, gestured for Elliot not to interfere.

Ryan tried again, using the power of his eyes again. Lucky, ranging from legs to seep into Charlotte's body, has been

turned into stone.

Ryan who was still lying down instantly kicked Charlotte who was almost completely turned into stone.

"Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz!"

Ryan activated the magic he had, Blue Fire. The blue flame on her finger formed a Celtic letter, then the spell burned Charlotte who wanted to attack again but could not move because it had become stone. Now in front of them just looked like a little girl burning blue flames.

Is it over? The ritual goes with it should, as it used to be run by fellow bentala in the past. But now the goal is different.

As soon as Charlotte picks up a toy that becomes a marker, Ryan immediately moves in and

makes the spirit shrill. The sound of his screams resembled that of a mandoragora. It is said that when one hears his cry, one will die a terrible death.

But Elliot is not human, therefore the screams of the creature are nothing to him. The net captures clearly how Ryan handled the creature.

As legend has it, the eyes of the medusa are shown to make anything it stares into stone. This is the first time that Neptune's embodiment has seen it directly.

The next scene is like a fantasy action film in which a witch uses her magical powers to destroy the spirit. All that remains now is a sad cry.

Charlotte's just history. Elliot sprinkled the holy water he carried and wiped out the remnants of the evil. After doing so, he removed the bandage on his left hand.

"Not bad," the ranum passed the exhalation. "But it takes time to really heal" he said as he tried to move his left hand.

It still hurts, but at least he will not experience a bone fracture suddenly again.

"Claris, do you want to rest yourself first or move on?" he asked with a worried look at Ryan. He called her by her real name. "You're using a lot of magic energy, right? That's okay?"