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

[andblockbuster]

[Topher's eyes widen to saucers.] Are you serious? And she lived?

[He presses his knuckles to his teeth and hisses.] I hate magic.

[pathology]

Yeah, but it was a whole thing and just ... ugh. You're preaching to the choir. Wouldn't it be great if the veil closed like, now? That's one way to solve the apocalypse. Just take away everyone's toys.

[andblockbuster]

Oh my god, we are so due for another Eldritch Tide. [He drags his hands down his face.] Normally, I think a deus ex machina is absolute crap in storytelling, but this is, somehow, my life. I am down for it in real life.

[pathology]

It's literally the perfect time for a deus ex machina. I, personally, am done with this shit.

[andblockbuster]

And it's only just started. I really, really wanna believe we can beat this, but I don't necessarily wanna be on the front lines during it.

[pathology]

Me, either. Although, technically, as medical-type people, we shouldn't be on the front lines at all ... maybe we can outlive this.

[andblockbuster]

[Topher lifts his hands away from his face.] Because we're the White Mages... Except we have actual medical degrees.

[pathology]

Ish. [some more than others, ok, Topher.]

But ... yeah. [moves the timeline of this thread up because what is time??? waves hands vaguely] Maybe we can get out of that military training bullshit.

[andblockbuster]

Wait. Don't army medics also have to basic training?

[He can already feel the arguments coming on.]

[pathology]

No....

[she says it in the most upward-lilting (unsure) voice before conceding]

... Yes. Fine. Whatever. But we like, already have field training. [GROAN] I just don't want to, okay?

[andblockbuster]

Me either. [matching groan] On the bright side... Apocalypse cardio is really important.

[pathology]

Yeah, we'll totally out-run the lava in the next real-life game of the floor is lava.