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. ]

Comments

[impetere]

Faye wasn't in great shape, but she was okay too. She looked better than Lila, anyway.

[Gold also looked kinda singed himself, but again Cora doesn't really care and Belle hasn't asked so. He'll probably be healed by the time Belle gets to him anyway.]

[untethered]

[ she processes that for half a moment, before she shakes her head. ]

I need to see him. [ she sets down the book in a hurry, moving for the hall. ]

[impetere]

[Cora steps to the side so that Belle can get out the door and into the hallway before she follows.]

I think Solace was going to bring them back to the Dragon's Light wing, but I don't know if he was going to stay with them.

[Aka she has no idea where Gold is at the moment.]

[untethered]

I suppose we can check with Solace, then.

[impetere]

[She nods and will start heading in that direction. She'll take the lead if Belle wants her to, but she's also not leaving her side until Belle tells her to.

Just in case.]

[untethered]

[ she'll follow right beside her, pretty much, but doesn't protest her coming. ] How did he ... how did he look? [ she probably does not mean in terms of hotness, cora. she does not expect you to be with her on that one. ]

[impetere]

[Oh good because sorry Belle. She refuses to answer that question about her boyfriend's grandfather. Cora glances back to her and then gives a small shrug.]

He seemed ... rattled, I guess? But otherwise he was fine. Everyone looked pretty rough but they were alive.

[untethered]

I should have been there.

[impetere]

You aren't the only one thinking that.

[Cora should have been there too, to help. She pauses before reaching out and taking her hand with a small squeeze.]

But they're okay.

[untethered]

[ she squeezes back, but she shakes her head as they walk ] I don't know what to say to him.

[impetere]

[She considers for a moment, because she isn't sure what she would say in Belle's position either.]

Maybe you should let him talk first. You don't owe him anything - he's the one who needs to explain.

[untethered]

I suppose you're right. [ she squares her shoulders the best she can ] I can do this.

[impetere]

[She nods in agreement because Belle can do this. She has faith in her.]

I can stay, if you want. Once we find him?

[So she doesn't have to deal with him alone.]

[untethered]

[ she looks over, almost surprised, and it looks like she really, really wants to tell her no. to be able to handle this alone.

but she crit failed so that's not gonna happen ahahha. cries. ] You don't mind?

[impetere]

[There's another small smile and she shakes her head.]

No. Not at all.

[She probably won't say anything unless Gold says something that really pisses her off, but she can be a steady presence if Belle needs it.]

1/-idk

[untethered]

I appreciate it. [ as they're making their way up the stairs, she stops because she sees wynn coming down the stairs rather purposefully at the same time, dovan in step beside him, an ax hefted over his shoulder. ]

2/-

[ironsides]

They didn't say how big it was, did they? [ he sounds a little excited tbh. also it's adorable b/c he's super short and wynn is so tall. ]

3/-

[wynn]

Large enough to be concerned. [ that seems a good enough answer to wynn. ]

4/5

[untethered]

[ belle looks between the two of them with some concern. ] Is everything alright?

[ironsides]

Off to do a spot of dragon hunting, lass.

[impetere]

[Cora's eyes widen because a dragon? She's heard of them showing up on missions but not ... just showing up like that.

She also ... doesn't want to go anywhere near it. Fire. All that good stuff.]

Where is it?

1/2

[wynn]

Downtown London. Causing a bit of chaos at the moment.

[untethered]

Then we won't keep you. [ she does sound like she feels a little bad, but she also... can't help but ask. ] We were just looking for Sir Gold. [ apparently she thinks wynn knows everything that is happening in his castle 24/7 so CLEARLY HE KNOWS ALREADY ]

[impetere]

We were heading to the Dragon's Light wing - do you know if he went there with Lila and Faye?

[Cora is completely comfortable with assuming that Wynn knows all.]

[wynn]

I know that he didn't. He should be in the castle somewhere. I'll wish to speak with him when I return.