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... ]

[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.

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?

[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]

[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.]

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?