chapter five ♔ it'll be a day like this one when the sky falls down

[eldritchweaver]

the blues - switchfoot

WHO || The Knights
WHAT || Failboat returns from the disaster in LA as the Knighthood goes on lockdown
WHERE || The castle, London
WHEN || Directly after this, Fall 2017
HOW || Actionspam

Hasmed's announcement does not brook any rebuttal: all Knights are recalled to the Castle, where they must remain until the Section Heads and Jack Chessing have spoken about the events in Los Angeles that have left the Knighthood without their usual leader.  

The entire Los Angeles area is now covered with a dark miasma that has interfered with any signals that might be sent out from phones, etc., leaving the whole world wondering what exactly is happening down there.  Final images showed horrendous monsters, a panic of citizens, looting and violence from humans and Shadowkind alike.  

Hasmed has warned of extra magical wards on the castle, and anyone arriving will immediately take notice of one very prominent one: above the entire roof of the excessively large building hovers a black and red sigil in the air, a pentagram in a circle surrounded by runes or words in an unknown language, stretching for miles.  

[ This is the social log for post-LA lockdown.  Failboat must complete the top log before being allowed to tag outside of it. ]

Comments

[littledhampir]

[His words cause an ache to swell in her chest, Rose doing her level best to keep her expression neutral (WS 29).]

Doesn't have to be forever. [But even she's not entirely convinced of those words, not after today.]

Doesn't really matter where we are. You, me, Sam? [And it wasn't so hard to include him.] Doing what we do...

[It had never been about the place for Rose. The Castle was like everywhere else she'd lived. Temporary. As much as the room was hers, it was never really hers. Home was about people. It was about Dean.]

I happen to have an in with a King if you really like the Castle lifestyle. [Trying to inject a little lightness into what was an otherwise heavy subject.]

[likedillinger]

Probably best I get out before I develop a taste for crumpets.

[littledhampir]

[Her thumb brushes across the stretch of skin between his thumb and forefinger, Rose trying for a smile, small though it is.]

And we both know that's a gateway drug to drinking tea.

[Her smile fades, though, the reality of the day still trying to push it's way to the front of her mind and her voice is quiet when she asks her next question, as if that might soften her words.]

Is this what it felt like... with Sam?

[likedillinger]

[ he glances up, eyebrows lifting a bit ] What do you mean?

[littledhampir]

[She hesitates, knowing full well this is a touchy subject but if she's learned anything from the last few years, it's that holding back helps nothing.]

I'm not talking about... this Sam.

[likedillinger]

[ oh


well.

shit. ]




You mean ... before.

[littledhampir]

[This would be one of those things that a couple really shouldn't have in common.

Searching for an answer with a gentle lift of her shoulders.]

Yeah. [...] I mean it's not the same I know, but...

[Elena and Des, they weren't her family but there was a time when she thought of both of them as about as close to family as she'd ever known. With Helen as well and Wynn gone...]

[likedillinger]

[ a beat before he says ] Feels familiar, yeah.

[littledhampir]

[Rose struggles for something to say but in the end just shakes her head. With a squeeze, she closes her eyes and lifts their entwined hands, brushing her lips across his knuckles and exhales a stream of hot air against his skin.

Letting the silence hang for a moment before she speaks again.]

I'm glad you're here.

[likedillinger]

[ he looks at her solemnly, before leaning over to press a kiss to the side of her head ] Back at you.