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

[uncurse]

If I call you with a yen to summon a god, you'd better run the other way.

[reallywicked]

Because you definitely have proven you know how to handle this shit on your own. [She scoffs a bit.]

Just admit it- you need me to keep you in line. It's okay.

[uncurse]

[ it takes her a minute. she's not good at needing people. people leave. ]

Yeah. [ there's a finality to it. ] I guess I kinda do.

[reallywicked]

[The humor in Faye's expression fades a little because wow those are some intense feelings that just got thrown back at her.]

Whatever happens? Whenever shit gets real around here, because you know it's going to... I want to be where you are, alright? And I don't mean I'm putting in a request with tweedle old and tweedle wrinkly. I mean they can go fuck themselves if they don't put us on the same team.

[In an ideal world, she'll make sure Hook and Gold and Astrid are with her too, but with Lila gone, Emma is top priority for Faye.]

[uncurse]

"Tweedle Old and Tweedle Wrinkly"? [ she laughs dryly. ] Really playing to your audience there.

[reallywicked]

[She shrugs with a smirk.]

Tell me it doesn't fit them to a tee.

[uncurse]

They're still working out the kinks of leadership.

[reallywicked]

[She scrunches her nose.]

If so you say so. I'm not a fan, personally. But I'll play the good soldier if I'm asked.

[for now]

[uncurse]

I'm surprised you're not more keen on Hasmed's new position. He was Gold's mentor, and he's the head of the Dragon's Fire. [ which puts him squarely in the 'someone faye knows what to expect with" column, at the very least. ]

[reallywicked]

[She wrinkles her nose.]

He always seemed like more of a rules guy. [She actually knows very little about him. But he's old and grumpy and Rose colored her opinion of the takeover.] Not my style.

[uncurse]

Believe it or not, I noticed that about you.

[reallywicked]

Anyway, the point is I'm not planning on going rogue or anything, but I'm also not falling in line like a good little soldier. [She shrugs] I don't think asking to stick with people I care about is that big of a deal.

[uncurse]

It sounds like you're doing what you've always done.

[reallywicked]

[Her face falls a little- not much, just a touch. Staying at all is different than what she would have done a few years ago. She tries to cover the shift in expression with a shrug and a smirk.]

Maybe. But at least I do it with style.