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

[supertardiness]

[Nope, and he will not expect her too.]

I will not take six hours. I'll be right back.

[And in a flash, he's gone, heading down to the kitchen to ... teach himself how to make cheese fries. And see what ingredients they have in the kitchen. One way or another, he'll make this work.]

[withasouvenir]

[ while he's going, thea pulls herself off the floor, turns the television off and returns to her room. where she promptly dissolves into tears again, curling up in bed and crying until her body cuts her off. she doesn't pass out, but she's close enough. foggy enough that she doesn't tell barry she moved.

whatever, he'll figure it out. it's fine, his girlfriend is just laying in the dark, leaking tears. ]

[supertardiness]

[Yep, that's not a problem. While he does need to wait for things he can't control the speed of, like his phone and the time it takes for the oil to heat, he does manage to find all the ingredients he needs to whip up a plate of homemade cheese fries.

Once they're finished, maybe forty five minutes after he left he returns, plate in hand. He quietly places the plate on the side of the bed closest to her, before sitting on the edge himself.]

I made them myself, so I can't promise they'll be up to standard, but I think they're pretty good.

[withasouvenir]

It's french fries with cheese, as long as you didn't use American, we'll be fine. [ because that would be gross, but thea can tell it was shredded cheese and she rolls over completely so she can eat and lay down at the same time because that is how she is going to roll currently and for the foreseeable future. ]

[supertardiness]

I did not, so you're safe there.

[He reaches one hand up, brushing a finger against her temple gently as he lets her eat.]

Want me to stay?

[He knows how this kind of grief can go, and if she'd rather be alone, he'd understand.]

[withasouvenir]

I want... [ thea's head tilts into his hand automatically, chewing thoughtfully. ]

I want you to stay but I want to sleep.

[ already, after three bites of french fries that she'd made him make for her. they'll go to waste but thea just wants to lay down silently in the dark with barry and not think about anything. ]

[supertardiness]

[Barry knows grief a little better than most, so he doesn't judge her for it. He just kicks off his shoes and goes to climb into bed next to her, opening his arms and giving her room to crawl in.]

Not a problem.

[Sometimes, Barry is capable of standing still when it counts.]

[withasouvenir]

[ thea nods absently, curling up in barry's arms once the food is set aside. it doesn't take long for her to start crying again, but eventually she stops, if only because she falls asleep covered in tears with her face pressed to barry's shirt, soaking him with tears instead of soaking her pillow.

day one without her brother is finished, she survived. day two begins when she wakes up. for now, she's okay.

c'est fini. ]