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

[wynn]

[ he opens his mouth to ask something else, when abruptly his drakenet phone rings. he gives them a politely apologetic gesture when he withdraws it and sees who it is, although it also seems to give him pause. ] I'm afraid I'll need to take this.

Pardon me.

[bittersweeter]

[ ofc lila perks up at that. ]

Sure. [ she stares at faye like GO EAVESDROP. gr8 plan. ]

[reallywicked]

[Faye nods in agreement with Lila's statement, waiting for him to leave before she shifts closer to the door to try to hear and

lmao gets a nat 20 listen check. She's on high fucking alert right now so I guess that makes sense.]

[wynn]

[ wynn paces out into the hall to have the conversation, and he's all business as he responds. ] This is Wynnefalshond. [ a long beat before he says in a very quiet, controlled voice, that's somehow all the more unnerving: ] Has this been confirmed? [ beat ] How many casualties? [ a slightly longer beat ] Of course. I'll send a response immediately. You can expect me to accompany them myself.

Try to minimize the damage, until then.

[bittersweeter]

[ WAITS IMPATIENTLY FOR DEETS. ]

[reallywicked]

[She hangs back basically until she thinks he might be coming back towards their room. Turning to Lila she mouths 'casualties???' while her back is to the door before she slips back to Lila's bedside.]

[bittersweeter]

[ lila looks askance at the door before glancing back at faye to mouth "who?" ]

[wynn]

[ at that moment, however, wynn returns, the phone already slid away. ] I regret that I'll have to continue this conversation later with you both. Suffice to say that I am greatly relieved to see you both back here in one piece. [ there might be the slightest bit of warning in that, although his relief is also genuine. ] For now, it seems there's an incident that requires my attention. [ he looks to faye ] Please see to it that you both get the rest you require, in the meanwhile.

[reallywicked]

Yeah, of course. [She's pretty clearly surprised that the end of this conversation isn't 'pack your shit and leave.']

[bittersweeter]

[ for a brief moment lila quickly takes stock of her people before deciding, fuck it, and blurting out: ] Who're the casualties?

[ curiosity killed the cat. ]

[wynn]

[ his eyes move to faye like gurrrrrrrrrrrrl but w/e more important things to worry about rn. ] Civilians.

It seems a Shadow creature is on the loose in London again. But an urgent response is required, if you will excuse me.

[bittersweeter]

[ she is hurt, okay, her self control is negligible rn. ]

Of course.

[reallywicked]

[Faye looks a little sheepish, but just gives a shrug. Whoops?]

[wynn]

[ with that, he heads out, leaving them to ... finish talking before faye goes to cry in the hall and lila has her ten million visitors lmfao. THEY ALL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THIS NEXT HOUR OR SO so enjoy that. she's so popular. ]

[bittersweeter]

That was vague.

[reallywicked]

I'm pretty sure we aren't in his inner circle of trust right now.

[bittersweeter]

[ lila's lips purse, biting back a reply. ] Yeah. If it's big enough for him to deal with personally, we'll hear about it soon enough. You should get some rest.

[reallywicked]

[She doesn't look like she wants to leave, but part of her knows she needs time to process... everything.]

Yeah, I'll just be in my room, though. If you need anything, text me, alright?

[bittersweeter]

Yeah, sure. I'll be fine. Solace is right here.

[reallywicked]

[With one final, slightly guilty look, Faye just nods and heads out so that she can have a little breakdown- no biggie.]