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Days went by and things were going on without too much disturbance. It was like this after Blackfriars. The human world continued on as if nothing had happened. Shun had to basically go along with that, even if his mind continued to dwell on things as it always did. It was exhausting. Sleep troubles weren't helping with any of the above either.

Supplies were short at his apartment, and it was time to get groceries. A mundane task. A normal task. No magical mayhem there. At least there shouldn't be any. He should try to not take it for granted.

Wheeling his cart down the cereal aisle, he looked over the various brands, seeking out something that he liked. Honey bunches of oats. Good enough. Time to move on.

Shun grunted lowly with someone else bumped their cart into his. The voice that followed it was somewhat familiar. Turning to see who it was, he recognized the man before him. It seemed he always saw this guy around when s**t was going down.

"A bit of an understatement," he sighed, before offering his name, "Shun."

Judging the way the guy had shown up on the big screen at the theater incident, it seemed that Chris has been involved with all the magical nonsense for quite some time. Possibly as long as the Mercers.

"Small town, but some people I only really see when there is trouble afoot."

"Except on the outside any support group for us would appear like a gathering of lunatics," Shun stated dryly. Then again, who was to say they weren't all still crazy after everything that's happened?

"But for now... 'normalcy', at least until the next incident. Whenever that may be."

A sigh escaped him.

"That is a very hopeful thing to say, but I doubt it will be quiet for that long. There are several myths revolving how the boundary between this world and the spiritual one is thinner around the time of Halloween. Perhaps there is some stock to that."

As apt as it'd be, Shun was not looking forward to potential Other Ashdown Halloween shenanigans.

"But yes... we are all in over our heads, really."

Even knowing that something could happen around that time, he wasn't sure if they could truly be prepared. It was hard to say just what would happen exactly. But if nothing did end up happening, that was perfectly fine with him.

"All of this is just... highly unpredictable."

Shun's gaze darkened a bit at the mention that they had no other choice.

"Well the only other option is failure, which..."

It could mean that another cycle would begin anew and they'd have to go through all of this yet again. Or maybe they wouldn't even get another chance.

"Chaos has its place in the world. But... as with anything, there needs to be balance."

Other Ashdown seemed to be anything but that to him. Perhaps that was a part of why destroying the enemy was important. Maybe he was wrong.

"Regardless... we will need to try our damnest to succeed. I do not think it will be possible to do so if we lack conviction."

They were going to need a lot more than just that, but without that drive to get the means to pull this off, they were probably doomed. He just worried that he wouldn't be able to do any real contributions to any of this. His attempts thus far have been falling short. Far too short.

A portion of them... Yes, that sounded about right. Not all of them had it. Not yet. Maybe not ever, but some of them did. Hopefully that was enough.

After a moment of consideration, he slowly draw his phone out of his pocket and hesitantly offered it over.

"You seem like you know the Mercers pretty well, and honestly they could probably aid more than I, but if something comes up and they are not available, perhaps I can do something."

Shun took the phone and dialed out his number on it. Though, he just left it on the screen to let Chris add him however he pleased. This was mostly because he didn't want to embarrass himself trying to spell his own name correctly on the device.

He shifted in place, uncertain of how much they should trust him. He probably needed to be a little more reliable to warrant that.

"I suppose so."