venice/chicago ♔ i need a summer like a winter in my heart

[romanticidal]

♬ Winter In My Heart - VAST

WHO || Rafael Giovanni, Buffy, Myri, Dumage, Kat, Gar [closed]
WHAT || The Knights regroup and then go their separate ways
WHERE || Knight's hotel room in Venice > Flight to Chicago
WHEN || July 7th
HOW || Actionspam

And back to the hotel go the ladies, ready to say their goodbyes, with Myri & Buffy heading to Chicago to reunite Rafael with Jade, and Kat & Gar meeting the rest of the team back at the castle to try to convince Wynn to let them remain on their mission...

[ooc; see subthreads!]

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at the hotel!

[postergirl]

[ yeah, guess who's waiting when y'all get back ]

Well, well. Look who finally stumbled in.

[slay]

[ the look buffy gives her is withering because SHE WAS GETTING SHOT WHILE YOU WERE SITTING ON YOUR ASS. DO NOT GIVE THEM HELL FOR ACTUALLY DOING THEIR JOBS. ]

Long night.

[witchwoman]

[Mryi looks just as perturbed, which is strange because around Dumage she mostly seems jumpy.]

Perhaps we would have been back sooner if we were not short handed for the entirety of the trip. [She's not able to make eye contact though- but hey, baby steps.]

1/-

[postergirl]

Oooo, someone grew teeth did she?

2/-

[shootfirst]

Can it, Dumage. We've actually got a lead. So make with the packing.

3/3

[rationalizes]

Well, actually you'll be returning with Kat and I to the castle.

[slay]

And we'll be following the lead. [ buffy gives a tight smile. ] Something to be said for actually contributing on the mission we're all about to get fired from.

Flight to Chicago

[romanticidal]

[ The flight time is approx 11 hours. Feel free to make your own threads below, or sit and chat with Rafael! Who looks... pretty darn lost in thought as he stares out the window. ]

[slay]

[ buffy settles into the seat beside rafael, quiet at first, because she doesn't want to interrupt, but eventually she breaks the silence. ]

Can I ask you something?

[romanticidal]

[ if he's offended at being interrupted, he's really good at hiding it. he smiles slightly as he shifts in his seat to look over at her. ]

Si, of course.

[slay]

What did you think happened to Jade? I mean, when I first saw her photo, I thought maybe you'd just gotten separated coming through the Veil. But if you were born here ... [ she shakes her head, brow furrowing. ] I guess I just -- I want to understand. What your manager meant by "dead."

[romanticidal]

[ ♬ Remember When It Rained - Josh Groban

oh, there goes the smile. :(

his eyes dart back to the window and he seems a zillion miles away as he considers his response. finally, he looks back down at the seat in front of him. ]

Isabella did not believe she would ever return. Could ever return, from where she had gone. [ there's clear hesitancy to say much more ] In that way, she was as good as dead.

[slay]

Where she had gone. [ buffy says it slowly, shaking her head. ] I don't understand. Where'd she go?

[romanticidal]

[ he glances over at her, as if trying to decide something, and then just says: ] Out of this world.

[witchwoman]

[Myri has learned a great deal about planes since leaving the castle, but she still finds herself glued to a window for half the time. She's glad to be on a private plane again, as it means that Amaranth can join her in the seat beside her- which is precisely where the oversized cat-like creature is laying. He's currently curled up and snoring. Having wings means that you aren't as excited about flight, perhaps.]

[romanticidal]

[ at some point rafael looks over, watching amaranth for a bit, before piping up: ] He or she?

[witchwoman]

[That shakes Myri out of her staring session.]

Hmm? Oh, Amaranth is a he. [Saying it doesn't feel exactly right, but it's the easiest answer. Hearing his name, the familiar stirs and lifts his large head to look at Rafael, violet eyes blinking before he yawns and scratches behind his ear with a large talon-like paw.]

[romanticidal]

A beloved pet? Or perhaps something more?

[witchwoman]

[Well, he already knows that they're Shadowkind, so there's no harm in telling the truth, right?]

Amaranth is my familiar. I am a witchwoman.

[And even despite all she's seen since coming through to this place, it's hard not to say it while bracing herself for backlash of some sort.]

[romanticidal]

[ all he does is smile actually, as if pleased with the news ] Where'd you learn your craft?

[slay]

[ after she's stuck her foot in her mouth enough times with rafael, buffy moves to sit with myri, smiling when she notices how she still just stares out the window the whole time. ]

See anything good?

[witchwoman]

[Myri looks over her shoulder at Buffy and smiles.]

I know it is the same path we took to get here, but it always seems so... extraordinary. I think I could stay up here forever and never tire of it.

[She stretches her limbs, as if they're restless at the thought.]

I hope the others do not get in too much trouble while we are away.

[slay]

Ahh, they'll be all right. Big tough knights and all. Besides, I'm pretty sure Kat's gonna yell louder at Wynn than he does at the rest of them. [ she gets comfortable in the seat, turning her attention away from myri to glance past her out the window. ] Maybe someday you can retire, get a nice penthouse with a cloudy view. That'd be sort of like living up here.

[witchwoman]

[Myri doesn't really know what a penthouse is, but she gets the idea.]

Most nights when I dream? I dream of flying.

It feels so real- like a memory you can't quite pinpoint. And it makes me think-

[She stops and shakes her head] I must sound so silly.

[slay]

Makes you think maybe you did it before? [ buffy ventures. maybe it's not the same thing. but her dreams definitely feel like things she's done before, that aren't exactly her memories. but she has done them before, if she can trust mr. gray. demon fighter and all. ]