Caelum Sky Page 53

Huh, that's interesting!

ALRadeck

it actually chases them away... another reason that First nations put out food as a distraction...

Justin Cardinal Schubert

It's mostly done as a joke, as she can be generally terrifying as a big monster. Just something impersonal and imposing, haha.

ALRadeck

I've noticed the eyes are not visible a few times now. Can people not see her eyes or is there another reason for that?

Kori Kitsune

Lmao, I had a similar roommate who was convinced there was a ghost in the basement with me. She did the smudge stick, we said some quick prayers to try and keep it at peace. At least sage smells nice burned, lmao.

ALRadeck

Good ol' smudge stick too to help chill out angry ghosties.

ALRadeck

I believe salt is supposed to keep demons out! My roommate is kind of into that stuff and once she spread a line of salt in front of all the doors and windows when she was worried about a demon coming in. Yes it was weird but it was her salt so I didn't care

ChippedBeak

I remember something about scented Candles and peaces of Iron around windows and no welcome matt and virgin blood around doors etc... most of it is total bunk but there are people that have been possessed by the dead... especially children because the Innocent can see them... or so I'm told...

Justin Cardinal Schubert

As for the Salt, it's a purification thing and an old timey way to cleanse your house. Though i think you're supposed to burn it, instead of waste pounds of the stuff all over the ground.

ALRadeck

She's more by the TV, a bit further back from the door in the room. There's the door that leads to the basement/ front door area,- You can see it better on Page 16 in the bottom left panel. But yeah that bottom middle panel is just what it actually looks like, which is some suddenly gone candles and spooky moving salt and her bolting for the couch. But yeah looking at it now I can see how that'd be confusing.

ALRadeck

o_o

Ooo, I like this. Its an interesting take on the supernatural trope where salt will show footprints of ghosts. It is instead repelled by them, kinda like opposing poles of a magnet? It probably helps knowing that they are there. Or maybe it wont help cause it just makes her more afraid. lol. I do appreciate that you are showing more of the home life between Neri and the family. I always wanted to see more of what they did together or them getting used to each others presence and such. Although in these scenes I am having trouble figuring out where exactly the mom is in the room. Is she by the door? Is she not? Is the camera zoomed in with her in the scene, focusing on Neri disturbing the salt?

Voligne