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

[yeahihidmypants]

Obviously. [A beat.] And thank you, for talking to me. I know this can't be easy and you could have hung up on me or screamed at me for being insensitive.

If you ever want to talk - about anything - even if it isn't giving me a time and date for a coffee meet-up, I'm usually up at all hours, so the time change shouldn't bother me too much.

[withasouvenir]

Yeah. [ thea nods, sighing softly. ] It feels weird to say you're welcome.

[yeahihidmypants]

I wasn't expecting that -- I mean, it's not a normal conversation under any circumstances.

Just know that I'm here to answer questions if you need answers. I'm in Metropolis, most of the time, but I do still have an apartment in Star City. If you ever want to get out of London for a weekend and either of those... bustling cities sound interesting.

[withasouvenir]

[ wtf is metropolis... whatever, not important, but now she knows she can google oliver queen + metropolis and probably not fail. ]

I'm a little upset you didn't call Metropolis a metropolis.

[yeahihidmypants]

That -- was definitely a missed opportunity. I guess I never really think about it, since I live there.

[withasouvenir]

I expect you to take advantage of it next time.

[yeahihidmypants]

I'll set a reminder.

[Then for comedic purposes only:] Siri, next time I call Thea Queen remind me to make better use of puns.

[withasouvenir]

I'll hold you to that.

[ all puns all the time, thea needs some bad jokes in her life. ]

[yeahihidmypants]

Good. [He sits up a bit, glancing around.] I should let you get back to ... sleep - I assume?

[withasouvenir]

Yeah. [ not that she was sleeping much but, yeah. she should sleep. ] I'll call you soon, when I figure out a time for Paris.

[ but then it turns out he will call her first. ]

[yeahihidmypants]

Sounds good. I'll talk to you soon, Thea.

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