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

[succubestie]

So, practically forever then? [She looks down at the small girl who's doing a fantastic job.] Thank you for being so patient, gorgeous.

[Her head turns easily as Vi tilts her chin up, returning the kiss the way anyone like her would; warm and full and not at all shy or innocent.

Vi inadvertently (or deliberately on her part) becomes a bit of a snack, a very tasty aasimar snack, reviving her even further. She still carried a bit of fatigue from the birth.

Bo's eyes glow blue briefly when Vi pulls back, a smile on her lips as they fade back to brown.]

You too, Momma. These two will be quite a pair, I know it.

[graveflowers]

[ it was 100% deliberate, vi remembers giving birth. and, look, bo's kisses are like a shot of happy endorphins which is exactly the emotional boost she needs right now, especially since she knows they're leaving.

lucia won't get the chance to big sister caeden for who knows how long. ]

I have sort of a gift for you, a hand-me-down though. I'll go get it if you're good with Lu staying?

[succubestie]

[She looks both amused and resigned. She didn't expect gifts, but she knows Vi isn't gonna let her turn it down.

Hand-me-downs are super cute, though.]

I've got this handled, Momma. Go for it.

[graveflowers]

[ saddling a new mom with a toddler suddenly seems the worst thing to do, like the rudest, but lucia is being good and caeden seems chill so. vi nods and hurries out of the room. she's a quick little sprinter though so it doesn't take long for her to come back, hefting one side of lucia's crib while some generic castle worker carries the other. she lets him set it down inside the room before ushering him off.

it seems such a shame to let it collect dust. ]

It's-- Dovan made it for me, for her. She's grown out of it now, time for a big girl bed, but I couldn't bear to let it just sit there and I figured, when he's too big for the bassinet...

[ she shrugs, feeling frankly kind of dumb. there's loads of gender neutral clothes she could have offered as well because pink and orange clashes so lu never work anything incredible girly, looking better in soft, delicate blues anyway, but the bed was important to her. ]

One less thing, you know?

[succubestie]

[This is the least dumb thing of all time. She's a little floored, tbh.]

It's beautiful, Vi.

[If Bo were the kind of cry, she would be. Instead, she just looks almost blissful.]

Thank you.

[graveflowers]

It would be stupid to let it collect dust. [ because they're leaving, not because lucia actually outgrew it. she fits in it perfectly still. vi was going to have dovan turn it into a big girl bed when the time came but...

better for bo and andrew's baby to have it. ]

And you know it's good dwarven quality because Dovan made it.

[succubestie]

Well, anything Dovan makes is going to last forever.

[She smiles warmly.]

I'll take good care of it.

[She intends to give it back. Vi might need it again someday, after all.]

[graveflowers]

A crib made for extra special babies. [ a creamsicle and a succubaby. ]

Lu, do you think Momma can hold the baby now?

[ she really wants to hold a baby again lmao and after adorable consideration, lucia nods, and vi looks to bo for the go ahead to scoop up her son. ]

[succubestie]

They're sure one-of-a-kind.

[Bo just gives her a wide smile and an obvious gesture to go ahead. Vi can hold the little tiny one whenever she likes, tbh.]

[graveflowers]

[ vi scoops up the baby (which makes lucia scramble around in bo's lap to rest her head against bo's boobs because they're the perfect pillow) and immediately melts into goo. she literally never wanted a baby or liked babies and then she had one and now she's a slut for babies. ]

He's so light! Hello, little fella, we've been waiting for you for so long. Oh my Zeus, he's perfect, yes, I'm talking about you, you're perfect.

[ whoops, obsessed. ]

[succubestie]

[In response, Caeden yawns, stretching his little arms above his head.]

I think that means he knows.

[She wraps her arms around Lucia; she knows full well her boobs make good pillows. She's more than happy to use them for what they're best for.]

[graveflowers]

And so modest, too.

[ she's stuck on how tiny he is. he's so light compared to lucia's (rather diminutive) heft, she feels like she's holding a sweet smelling bag of feathers. her thumb brushes across his forehead, his hands, his heart, in an old roman birth blessing. ]

Perfect little bean.