Beginning Notes: Drabble 2 of 3 24/08/14

Title: Motherly Advice

Author: Daashi

Fandom: Torchwood

Characters: Ianto Jones

Pairings: n/a

Rating: 13+

Genre: Drabble

Warnings: n/a

Ianto Jones quickly made his way to his flat. This whole thing with the Twlwyth Teg had left him jumpy and he had the constant feeling of malicious eyes upon him. As the key slipped into the lock he heard a sound which he could only as a susurrus.

As he closed the door, he leaned against it, feeling his heart race as he counted his breaths, wondering how could he protect himself from those beings. Suddenly the image of his mother burning newspaper to create smoke to drive away evil and drawing lines on salt across doorways and window sills to protect herself from those who wanted to kill her.

Right, an answer on how to protect himself, even if it was from a questionable source. Find some paper, matches or a lighter, table salt, probably the only thing edible in his apartment, and must remember to remove the batteries from his smoke alarm, mustn't worry the neighbours.

The next day as he cleaned the mess from Gwen apartment, he made a note to take a day off to visit his mother's grave and thank her for the advice.

~End

Word: Susurrus

su - sur - rus (noun) : a soft murmuring or rustling sound; whisper

End Notes: This called on knowledge from my hippie, new-age, neo-pagan teenage self. To get rid of evil spirits burn sage or eucalyptus leaves, some say that just the smoke will get rid of them and you replace the leaves with incense, others say that it is the burning oils in the sage or eucalyptus that drive away spirits and can't use anything else. A circle of salt is said to contain demons, if you or your family is being bothering by demons or malicious ghosts, draw a circle of salt around your house to keep the spirits out, again you generally smoke them out before laying down the salt or you'll trap them inside the circle. For those living in flats/apartments, just a line of salt across the doorways and windows should be enough to protect you, just when coming in or out of the flat just be careful that you don't disturb the salt.

The Beginning Notes of Drabble 100 has a little snippet of why Ianto would consider his mother a questionable source.