Where's the fun? Why it's in Alex restraining himself from geekin' another Zazy...

Seriously, my thoughts on the scrying are based on a few similar spells I've seen in movies and/or TV shows. When the magician uses the spell I have in mind to try and locate someone, the crystal that's used as the "compass" typically explodes if the person is dead.

Now, that's not to say that there aren't other spells that would help point Alex in the right direction even if he used something from one of the dead Zazies but, the one he's learned already, unfortunately, does... Mayhaps he'll learn another at some point, eh?
Time? Yeah, I think you're probably right, Rer... Between 20 and 45 minutes would have passed since Rosie and Smoke went upstairs, I guess... The way I see it, we've got a couple of options, here... Alex and Penelope can run over to Pilsen now and have a gander about (with or without Rosie and Smoke) or arrangements can be made for Alex to stop by "tomorrow" (or some other appropriate time to the tale)... I'm open to discussion or just running with whatever gets posted next.
