romania ♔ in the end of the night i can feel you breathe

[pickyourbattles]

♬ Night - Zola Jesus

WHO || Willow, Paige, Nathan, Henry, Aurelius, Dovan [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights travel to Romania to investigate a mysterious, magical fog
WHERE || Romania
WHEN || April 11th [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

February in Romania isn't very comfortable, so hopefully everyone bundled up for this little trip into the countryside.  The appearance of a mysterious bank of fog into which several locals have gone inexplicably missing upon entering, has caused Wynn to speculate that it might be connected to the mist that appears when the Veil brings people from other worlds.  Could this be the first instance of a door going the other way?  If so, here's hoping it's a round trip...

Comments

[olreliable]

[Willow is horrified by this turn of events. Swallowing hard, she nods in agreement with Aurelius and moves towards their exit, making sure not to get too far ahead of the group. The point of this is that they need to stick together.]

[autorevive]

[nathan isn't letting all these cinnamon rolls go off on their own, so he moves to join them. but not before flipping strahd off and yelling]

Wanker!

[yes. thank you, nathan.]

[somepagesturn]

[Paige is one of the last to go, because she's still trying to contain her anger, but the urge to protect ALL THE DECENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD outweighs her need to break Strahd's stupid face, so she follows Nathan out with a huffy noise.]

[wanttobeahero]

[ Call it blind idealism or something like that, but Henry just hadn't expected things to go like this. Heroes saving the world and stopping the bad guy and all. Which...not that they won't, ultimately--he has to believe they will--but this is a huge mess now and another threat. Not unlike his life once in Storybrooke, though. But he's quick to move, to follow his group out. ]

[ironsides]

[ and out they roam into the fog, dizzying and cold to the bone, until they've lost sight of each other in it, and for a moment think maybe strahd has tricked them yet again and sent them to some new torment.

but finally a voice breaks through and the fog starts clearing as they all begin to emerge out into the romanian countryside: ] HELLO?

[somepagesturn]

[Well, that's enough to get Paige to forget she's wet cat pissy.] Sir Dovan!

[she rushes at him as fast as her little legs can go.] Oh thank gods, you're all right.

[autorevive]

[nathan is also happy to see him :'(] DOVAN! We were worried about you, mate! And your hands!

[olreliable]

Dovan! [Willow adds to the chorus of relieved voices, but moves towards Aurelius more than towards their lost friend. She's worried about him too and knows that Paige can do more for Dovan if he's hurt, so she's going to try to be all moral supporty.]

We'll find her. Your sister.

[She's not about to forget about that part of this with all the death and destruction threats that got added on top.]

1/2

[ironsides]

Me hands? What's wrong with me hands, then? [ dovan looks down worriedly at him. he looks tired, and hungry, but all in one piece, at least. ]

[pickyourbattles]

I just hope I made the right decision. [ aurelius says quietly, glancing over at her. he's clearly pained to have left her in the hands of strahd. ]

[autorevive]

Don't worry about it. This Strahd wanker was trying to trick us into thinking he'd unhanded you.

[olreliable]

[Willow can't really say that they made the right call- only that they made the only one they could. She tries to offer him a smile, but it's weak.]

I'll do whatever I can to help. And we'll talk to Wynn about it. We'll need to explain... all of this anyway.

[somepagesturn]

This whole thing is a big mess. I don't even know what we're going to tell Wynn. [Paige runs a hand through her hair and sighs.] We'll figure it out on the ride back... I imagine we have quite a lot to tell you, anyway, Sir Dovan.

[ironsides]

So it seems. Who this Strahd is, for one.

[olreliable]

Bad guy with a capital B. Also apparently we crossed the Veil, which... would be way more exciting if it weren't for the impending doom he sent back with us.

[pickyourbattles]

He... might have unleashed some sort of mega vampire into this world.

[somepagesturn]

He's such a... a....

[THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO NOT BE AGAINST SWEARING, PAIGE.]

[autorevive]

He's a twat! A wanker! A giant cunt. Don't hold back now.

[ironsides]

I suppose we best waste no time in gettin' back then, and letting Wynn know.

[olreliable]

The sooner we can get home, the better. [Willow agrees. Quickest flight home, plzkthx.]

[wanttobeahero]

Once we're home, I'm sure we can fix this. [ Ever the optimist. He's just so glad Dovan is safe. All of them are safe. For now, anyway. ]

[somepagesturn]

[Paige stares at the holy symbol of Ravenkind she carried through the mist with her, running her thumb over it.] We have to.

[pickyourbattles]

[ solemnly, aurelius looks between them all and nods.

it's not the ending he was hoping for, but it might be the beginning of some new chapter for them to face down the line...

/mission is officially wrapped! you are all dispersed to go tag wild before the event... ]