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

[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. ]