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

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. ]

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Yeah, I can see that. I wouldn't have been surprised if you walked into a wall.

[ because she's distracted, that is. not because the wall was talking shit. ]

How are you... feeling... about all this?

[ hasmed and solace announcing themselves dragon's claws out of the blue, bea and tia joined around the same time, she knows all about the dragon's claw before jack. it feels weird okay. ]

Harried. Let's stick to that.

That's fair. Not everyday you witness a coup.

[ actually bea has seen one, but like, she gets around. ]

Coup is a strong word. We did put it to a vote.

It's not the result I wanted, but--

[ she sighs, aggravated by all sides of the situation, clearly ] I hope to God we don't have to deal with this long.

[ a bloodless coup then.

bea looks at tia, frown scrunching her face. ] Can you sense him, at all? If I got you to LA.

[ bea's forte is not telepathy. ]

It's too dangerous. I tried reading Blade once before, before he had the power he does now. It nearly killed me. If I was scanning for Wynn around him...

He'd know, for one. It might destroy me, for another.

Aye, no no, I take it back. [ bea hurries to backpedal. no, nope, no thanks, no killing tia. ]

Suppose scrying's out of the question then as well, shit'd probably blow up.

Whatever that cloud is that's blocking the area is blocking attempts to see inside as well.

[ eloquently: ] What the fuck.

Solace says there are writings about this from the Shadow World. That sites where an evil god is raised or killed become desecrated. I think it's all a symptom of the disease.

An act of evil that huge, against an evil... [ bea shrugs ] It makes sense. I just always thought of desecration as, well, graffiti I suppose or the opposite of a cemetery. Less of a snow globe effect.

As far as I know, there's never been a Shadow god that physically manifested in full in this world. I don't think anyone's had experience with anything like this... just stories from the other world.

Stories that are millennia old probably. [ bea's lips purse. ] Super.

Looks like we don't have a blueprint to follow for this, at least.

I had come back in hopes of maybe something of a plan, but I suppose it hasn't been very long.

[ she's not impatient! she just gets bored staying in one place longer than three seconds.

still: ] If you lot need a hand getting anyone anywhere, Bea's taxi service is here for you.

How far can you go?

1400 miles. Takes four or five trips between here and Joburg, depending on where Ro wants to stop for lunch. Easier over land, if I've got guests, if I know where to stop.

We tested it once though, I can go 21 times before I pass out or throw up on her.

Is it trackable?

In that all magic is, yeah. There's ways to trace the last teleport in the minute, but if someone is with me that can block that or we go from some place that isn't particularly noteworthy or likely to be tracked or we set a remote viewing trap...

Our need for something like that is probably only to get worse soon.

Yay, I'll be useful. [ /sarcasm. she'd rather not be a necessity tbh. ]

If you want out, now's your chance.

Ro has this really... irritating goodness to her. She won't leave now and I won't leave without her.

[ she's in it for the long haul. ]

Maybe she's not the only one with some goodness motivating her.

Gross, Tia. [ bea affects a heavy eye roll, but a smile is tugging at her lips so it's clear she appreciates the sentiment. ]

You'll make me blush. Go on then, call me if you need a ride. [ she leans in to kiss both tia's cheeks, giving her shoulder a squeeze. ] Or anything at all.

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