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TherianPermalink Reply by ✓ Elle-Mae Vivienne Lovett on August 26, 2019 at 2:06

Elle-Mae had no idea where to start with her search. But hopefully the large book and family archives, would offer her some peace of mind for some answers. A part of her wondered, if she should have reached out to Lucius again. But, this was her family. This was her bloodline. The Celestial was mixed into the past; where her ancestor was concerned. Elle didn’t want to drag him into her search. He was probably stressed out, from their first meeting. He didn’t need more. But to say the least, the situation sparked both of their curiosity. Both were searching for more answers. 

Taking the load, Elle sat down at one of the computer desks. First off, she began to flip through the Therianthrope History book. Searching on particular genetic coding. If Genes could be missed in Therian families. If Serenity was human; either the gene skipped her over, or her family married into a Therianthrope family.

Tapping her fingers against the wooden desk. Elle sighed softly. Opening up her notebook, she jotted down a few notes. Apparently it was rare of Genetics were missed. Most of the time, Therian genes seemed to be stronger, than that of a human one. It seemed like the search through the Therian history was bit slim pickings. Not offering much insight about her family secrets. Just more interesting facts about the species, that she and her baby brother Justice belonged to; as well as the other two branches.

“Well this is gonna be a long day.” Elle muttered to herself. Pursing her lips deep in thought. Shoving the large book aside. The Therian switched on the computer; as she let it load, she began to look through the family archives...seeing a family tree. Of course, that family tree was few decades, if not centuries old. Searching through the names. There in one of the Branches was Serenity Lovett. Daughter of Mitchel and Sophia Lovett.  From the family tree line, it seemed like the family was linked in with a few other families, mainly from marriages. Tearing her eyes away from family line. Elle signed onto the computer; before opening up an Internet browser. Searching for Serenity Lovett online. Her eyes began to scan over the thousands of pages that loaded up under that name. Undoing her flask,she took a sip of her coffee.

TherianPermalink Reply by ✓ Elle-Mae Vivienne Lovett on January 2, 2020 at 18:30

As she began to scroll through the different links in regards to her ancestor. Elle had pursed her lips slightly. As she opened up one of the pages. She was greeted with an old photo. Of her Ancestor and the mysterious Male Lucius. They appeared to be standing outside of some old fancy mansion. It was a bit unnerving, having the photo of her look-alike staring back at her. Scrolling down. Elle noticed that the page had an address; of the Mansion. It was in England. It would come in handy. Elle had printed off the address quickly. Tucking the printed off a piece of paper, with the old photo and address into her note book. Maybe the answers she was looking for; would be at the old mansion. As looking through old records and online; seemed to be slim pickin.

Just as she was about to close the browser. One article header jumped out at her. ‘Animal attack? Attacker believed to be part of the Lovett family? Supernatural phenomena?’

Now that was something intriguing. Quickly scanning through the article. It appeared that the Lovett family was linked to a series of animal attacks. Or what at the time was believed to be animal attacks. From the way the article described the events; it seemed like the animal in question was a Lycanthrope. The same species as her. But if the article held any truth, if her ancestors were guilty or not; that was to be found out. Deciding to print off the article also. Elle hid it among the stuff she found out. Before logging out of the computer she was using. This would require a trip to England. To do some more digging there.

Making sure to have a photo-copy of the Lovett family tree line. Elle then put everything she had found; back into its spots.

She slowly made her way back home. Thinking about, all that she had seen and read that. It had certainly sparked her curiosity about the entire thing further. Determined to get to the bottom of this mystery. Especially, if it would help her find out more things about herself and her family. After she arrived back at her apartment. Elle quickly searched online for the cheapest last minute plane ticket to England.

TherianPermalink Reply by ✓ Elle-Mae Vivienne Lovett on January 10, 2020 at 23:27

It seemed like the young Therian was in luck. There were still numerous number of flights heading to England. Booking a ticket for a later flight. Elle would be in England, during the afternoon hours by the looks of it. As the flight was pretty long. After her ticket was secured. She quickly packed her bag. Not taking much with her. Besides her research and some clothes for a few days. The trip wouldn’t be a long one. Hopefully, she’d find more information quickly once in England.

Double checking; that Elle had all the essentials and documents for her trip. She left her apartment; locking up. Heading downstairs and towards her car. It wasn’t long before Elle was on the road. Driving towards the Airport. Honestly, she had no idea what would wait for her in England. But hopefully a few more answers, regarding her ancestor. Not knowing, her paths would cross paths with Lucius once more.

Arriving at the airport few hours before her flight. Elle found a parking space in one of the long waiting zones. After paying for a ticket; she slipped it behind the window. Locking her car. Once her car keys were back in her bag. Elle soon caught one of the free buses from each waiting zone, that took arrivals to the airport. It seemed, like she arrived at a busier time. The Afternoon. As the bus she was on, was packed with people. Luckily the bus ride was only 5 minutes; so she wasn’t cramped on there for long.

Once she entered the building; time seemed to move bit quicker as she began to make her way through security and eventually towards her boarding gate; which opened up pretty quickly. Now, all she had to do was wait for a plane. It was waiting, that always seemed to take the longest. Never-mind the long plane journey that was ahead of her. But with her year of travelling; she was no stranger to long haul flights.

~~~ Few hours later ~

Elle had seen the plane arrive at the airport; as she had been looking out of the large airport windows by the gate. Once the arrivals at Evermore Airport were out of the plane. Things went back into the moving zone. Finding herself boarding the plane pretty quickly; once she had shown her boarding pass and passport. Elle was seated somewhere in the middle. She had always preferred it, than being right at the front; at least she had an exit door near her enough. That she didn’t have to be in a long cue.

TherianPermalink Reply by ✓ Elle-Mae Vivienne Lovett on January 16, 2020 at 14:33

Knowing the plane ride was going to be long. Elle tried to get her comfortable as possible. Eventually closing her eyes;dozing off for a few hours. Since it was going to be a long day...even a longer plane ride; she could use some sleep before she’d go exploring the mansion she was planning to visit. The young Therian usually slept quite well on planes; but about 3 hours into her nap; she could hear the sound of a young screaming child. The poor young soul was unsettled. Making it hard for anyone, including her to sleep. Waking herself up. She noticed there was service going around; so she ordered herself a coffee. To wake herself up.

Since she couldn’t get to sleep. Elle was watching whatever movie they had put on; to keep the passengers entertained on such a long flight. Finding that it made the flight pass by a lot faster than she first would have thought.

Soon enough, she heard that the plane was landing. Finally. She had arrived in England. Looking out of the window, she watched as the plane slowly touched ground with the airports ground. Getting off the plane was pretty quick; as she only had her on flight bag with her; no additional ones. As she got herself out of the airport; Elle flagged down the first taxi she saw; giving the driver the address of the old mansion.

“You sure, you want to go down there dear?”The driver questioned, knowing it had not been lived in.

“Yeah….I wanted to look at it. Research...and potentially buy, so wanted to get a good look..” Elle breathed out. Okay the second part was a bit of a white lie. But it seemed to stop the driver from asking more questions. But it was true; she did need to delve deep in with research at the manor. But he didn’t need to know why. That was her business.

It was a lengthy car ride. But when he pulled outside of the mansion. Elle glanced out of the car window. It looked majestic and beautiful; like it did on the old photos she saw online. Paying for her ride; Elle climbed out of the taxi, with her bag over her shoulder. Making her way towards the mansion. The Therian was looking for an entrance; it seemed like a few of the entrances were boarded over. This would take some thought. Getting out her torch from her purse; she switched it on...finding an access in the back. Squeezing her way inside...past a few broken wooden boards. Elle found herself somewhere in the back of the mansion.

TherianPermalink Reply by ✓ Elle-Mae Vivienne Lovett on February 3, 2020 at 20:52

Elle had no idea, in which room of the mansion she was. She didn’t have a map of the lay-out. So she wasn’t entirely too sure, what room she was looking for; when it came to answers. But searching every single room, in the old house seemed like a good start. Who knows what she might find where. As she slowly made her way through the hallway, she found herself near the cage room.It felt, like something strange was pulling her in that direction.

Pushing open a half broken door, she stepped into the room; from a different direction. As the room, seemed to have more than one entrance it seemed. Stopping, when she heard a voice. It sounded strangely familiar.  Shining her torch around the room. The beams shone through the bars of different cages. Until it settled on a familiar male figure. Lucius.

Elle looked surprised. What was he doing here? “You…” Elle breathed out, surprised. At first, it didn’t occur to her, that he too was searching for answers like she was. “Looks like, we run into each other again.” Not sure, if she should feel pleased, or annoyed about running into him again. But two heads were better than one, when it came to looking for clues, right?  Looking around the room, it sent chills down her spine. What an unusual room. Maybe it was connected to some of the things she read? Who knows.

“What are you doing here?” Elle questioned, with a raised eyebrow. Maybe it wasn’t her place to ask the question first; since he knew her ancestor and this house. But it slipped out nonetheless. 

TherianPermalink Reply by ✓ Elle-Mae Vivienne Lovett on February 17, 2020 at 17:26

Out of all the people, she could have run into. She ran into Lucius. It was unlikely that anyone else she knew in her life; would visit the home of her ancestor. But the male before, had a link to Serenity, so in a way it made sense. “Maybe a little too convenient.” she mused in agreement. She didn’t know if it was plain luck, or God having a laugh; about the fact that two planes left for England, near enough the same time. And that they flew on over here, to dig for more answers.

She shouldn’t have been surprised, that Lucius was here for the same reason. It looked like, they were both curious and needed to dig deeper, than what she had found on the web. “You mean the room full of cages?” Elle asked, as he warned her not to go into the room; he seemingly came from. “I think I’ve been there...it seems like it might have more than one entrance and exit.” It was like a maze, so she came out from it, a different end than he did. Elle’s stomach was still twisting and churning at the thought of what was going on in there. Experiments? Keeping people prisoners? Whilst she wasn’t scared so easily; it was unsettling to think of just what could have went on in there. “Yeah, looks like this place hasn’t been taken care of since the war.” It looked so dusty and unkept. If someone would ever want to buy this place; they’d need a lot of money, time and effort to clean and restore the place. But with the cage room, it’d turn few people away from buying it.

Elle nodded slightly. “This is my family bloodline. Of course, I am here for more answers.” She replied. “I found out a few things back in Evermore. But it only gave me more questions than answering them. So, I figured coming here...would give me more prospective and clearer answers, than searching through the web and old archives.” Whilst she would have prefered to do this alone. Maybe it was partially luck, that he was here. He knew this place better than she did. “Look, I am not to happy about this either. But maybe it’s best, we work on this together.” Elle told him. They’d both need to put aside their differences and stubbornness, if they wanted to find out anything. And she didn’t want to get lost. “Since you know this house more than me, maybe you should lead.” She suggested.