glastonbury ♔ they came snapping at your heels

[behindcloseddoors]

See You Soon- Coldplay

WHO || Faye, Lila, Gold? [closed]
WHAT || Faye finally has a clue to Gold's location, and goes to confront him about his absence
WHERE || Glastonbury, England
WHEN || After this
HOW || Actionspam

[ Gold's been gone now for long enough to leave most people assuming that he isn't going to come back. Driven off by confirmation that he was, in fact, the Dark One from the Enchanted Forest by Gaston and Emma, the only indication that he's even alive came in a dream delivered to Belle, where he admitted that he was looking to understand more about this Dark One, perhaps seeking a way to refute the claims of the others. Plenty of people are worried, however, about what direction his search might take him. Others, however, are just plain pissed that he would abandon them without a word - and it's that anger that drove Faye to ally with GLADOS to discover that he was in Glastonbury, and with Lila's help enlist Zero to pinpoint his exact last known whereabouts, at a shitty motel. Together, the girls take a car and head out, hoping to find him once and for all.

There's only one car in the lot when they pull in, the VACANCY sign flashing forlornly above the office door. No lights are visible in any of the rooms, but a COKE machine provides some illumination, along with the lone pair of streetlamps that dully lighten the parking lot. ]

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[bittersweeter]

[ lila delicately unfolds herself from the driver's seat, carefully locking the doors before she slams her shut. this entire motel makes her skin crawl, remembering the half dozen shady motels she and cassel had stopped at while she was on the run. it's really the last thing she wants to be thinking about, but there it is, as bright and loud as the flickering sign and just as pathetic.

her hands push into the pockets of her trench coat as she surveys the motel, eyes slipping to faye. ] So this is fucking disgusting.

[ if she dies in this refuse pile... ]

[reallywicked]

After a mission that took me through a sewer and another that ruined my boots with swamp water? This is a five star resort. [But she doesn't look much happier, despite that contrary answer. Pushing her hair out of her face, she huffs out a breath.]

I guess we can ask the front desk. Do you think he'd be stupid enough to use his actual name?

[bittersweeter]

Probably. Men are, as a rule, idiots. Come on, let's go make friends with the bellhop. [ she strides forward, willing to take the first step to set faye at ease. which is, to be fair, the point to this game of where's waldo in the first place. it's not like lila cares about finding gold.

she cares about faye finding gold. ] Luckily Sylar and Zero know where we went so if we don't come back they can find our bodies in the alley with no trouble.

[fuckingneal]

[Neal has been slowly trying to come to terms with his magic. Slowly being the operative word. But seeing as ignoring it hasn't done anything to keep it from being very much a part of him, he returns to his studies, working as best he can to control the power within him so that he doesn't end up hurting Henry or Emma or anyone else.

He's been at it all day, which leaves him a little tired and a little frustrated- but mostly it leaves him feeling dirty. He still hates every minute of it, no matter how long he continues to work with Hasmed and the others.

Walking through the castle halls, he's used to seeing people coming and going as he heads to find something else to occupy the rest of his day. What he's not used to seeing is this particular face. His father's face. The shock of it stops him dead in his tracks, mutely staring for several long seconds before he manages to work out a single thought:]

It's... you.

[undealt]

[Gold looks a sight, given his suit is singed and and he still looks like someone who has Seen Some Shit, and that's before you take into account the fact that he's been living out of hotel rooms for the past year. He blinks at the man staring at him, and heaves a dreary sigh, a complete and utter lack of recognition in his tired eyes.]

And they'd have me believe there weren't any rumors at all. [he tries to wave him off as he begins to pass him.] Whatever you've heard, I'll be happy to correct it another day.

[fuckingneal]

[It shouldn't sting as much as it does. He shouldn't care. After all this time, after doing everything he could to keep as far from his father as possible, one would think that having him walk right by him without a second glance would be like fucking Christmas.

But they've done this. And Neal did his best to put a little faith in his father, only to be let down.

The least the bastard could do was remember it.]

You don't know who I am. [He says, his voice falling a little flat before a humorless laugh bubbles up.] Of course you don't. Why would you?

for belle }

[impetere]

[After getting the clerics from the Dragon's Light wing, Cora heads right for Belle. Even if Gold hadn't asked her to, she would have gone, because Belle at least deserves to be warned in advance rather than smacked in the face with it. She checks the library first, and if she's not there she'll head to her room and knock lightly on her door.]

Belle?

[untethered]

[ after a few moments, belle comes to open the door, a book held lightly in her other hand. ] Cora! Is everything alright?

[impetere]

Yeah.

[Sort of. And she's just going to jump right into it because why bother with small talk.]

I just wanted to let you know that Gold is back. Faye and Lila found him.

[bittersweeter]

[ turns out being electrocuted and set on fire and doused with acid is exhausting, so lila doesn't fight recuperating in the dragon's light wing. she does pass out for an hour or so, but can you really blame her? when she's not mindlessly watching tv on her phone and sipping potions through a straw or relentlessly texting, she's mostly just laying there, curled on her side and aimlessly petting hemi while her bestie's familiar purrs beside her, tail curled around her wrist. ]

[reallywicked]

[The hour that Lila was passed out after being healed up was possibly the longest hour of Faye's life. She had only left long enough to bring her familiar down to the wing, knowing that the cat would bring some comfort to Lila in the meantime. The rest of the time, she just...sits and replays the events over and over, beating herself up internally for involving Lila at all.

When she does stir awake, Faye shifts in her chair, sitting up straighter.]

Hey. [It feels lame, but she's not sure what else to say except.] It should have been me. I didn't want you to get hurt.

[bittersweeter]

[ she buries her face in hemi's fur a moment before answering. ]

Shut up. It's not your fault. [ such a comforting friend. ]

[doubletake]

I hate to say it, but you look like crap.

[As she sits down gracefully in the seat beside the bed, crossing one leg over the other.

For how blunt her words are, there's definitely concern in her eyes.]

[bittersweeter]

I looked worse. You missed when I was cutting the singed ends from my hair earlier. That was awesome. [ it's almost lucky she chopped it all off willingly after shadow bermuda, because she would have had to do it unwillingly today in order to save the rest of her halo of white gold hair. ]

[impetere]

[And after Cora checks in with Belle and all that jazz, she's going to make her way back to the Dragon's Light wing, settling in a chair next to Lila's bed and idly holding out a hand to one of the cats, come be her friend please (handle animal 22).]

Hey.

[She's just going to sit there like an over-worried guard dog, don't mind her.]

[bittersweeter]

[ hemi is like 's up, but doesn't stray far from her little nest next to lila. ]

You're like a nanny goat.

[pathology]

[guess who spends a lot of time in the light wing and found out lila was there like immediately? yep. this one. which is why she's here with starbucks. like always. if this were a show astrid would be bringing in that starbucks sponsorship money.]

I got you Starbucks.

[ that bedside manner tho. ]

[bittersweeter]

Oh Jesus Christ, thank you. [ AGGRESSIVE GRABBY HANDS. BEST BEDSIDE MANNER THO. inhales half her drink in one go. ]

[watchmaker]

[and then there's this guy, coming in all like]

Hello, Lila.

[yep. that's it.]

[bittersweeter]

Hey you. [ she pats the bed next to her like come on down! ]

[reallywicked]

[Faye can't sit around and worry about Lila for her entire recovery, despite how much part of her wants to. Eventually, she leaves the Light wing and has time to process everything that's happened.

That was her first mistake.

The last few months haven't been easy, and seeing Lila nearly killed because of her inability to just let go of Gold's disappearing act? It was kind of the last straw. Somewhere between leaving Lila's room and making it to her own bedroom, the weight of it presses against her and she just crumbles. Leaning heavily against a nearby wall, Faye can't stop tears from coming as silent sobs wrack her frame. She's doing her best to keep quiet, to stop herself from falling into this helpless feeling, but she's not doing such a great job of it.]

[impetere]

[Cora is in and out of the Dragon's Light wing as the days pass, only really taking time out to check on other people and spend time with her dog. Also, because she knows that if she continues to helicopter mom Lila, Lila will probably shoot her.

Faye isn't the only one who blames herself. Part of knows that she should have been there, to take the hits that Lila and Faye weren't built to, but actually voicing that out loud is pointless. She knows that Faye isn't exactly her biggest fan at the moment, given what she had said about Gold earlier, but the feeling isn't mutual.

Also, unfortunately for Faye, not much escapes werewolf hearing (listen 20 total). As she rounds the corner she sees her there, and she wants to reach out to her, but she doesn't know how, really. There's a lot they need to hash out between them. At the same time, Cora doesn't want to leave her alone.

Her face sobers for a moment, flickering with uncertainty of what to do, before she steps forward and tries to get the other girl's attention.]

Faye?

[reallywicked]

[Of all the people to find her, this might be the last person she wants to see right now. Straightening up, Faye turns away, as if that would stop Cora from noticing just how upset she is.]

What do you want? [She snaps, voice strained from the tears she's holding back.]

M25 | sylar & topher

[watchmaker]

[sylar was just going to get nando's to make lila feel better about being set on fire, when he ran into topher on his way to the garage. i guess topher wanted to go to london or something, so sylar was like sure w/e i'll be your uber driver this is fine.

or at least ... it was. until they get closer to london, where traffic is at a dead stop. cars are legit parked. sylar squints at a sign instead of looking ... towards the fuckin' skyline. he's so smart.] Does that say there are delays because of dragons?

[andblockbuster]

[Topher is reclining back in the seat because holy shit, traffic jams are so boring.]

Pretty sure dragons aren't native to London, dude. I don't know that much about them, but this just definitely doesn't seem like their kinda thing.

[he stares at the ceiling. also instead of the sky. this is clearly Team Wisdom.] Probably like... Metaphorical dragons.