italy ♔ no prints to follow

[cigam]

♬ dreams in the hollow - jesca hoop

WHO || David, Charming, Emma, Gold, Hook, Francesca, Risa, Zatanna Zatara, Giovanni Zatara [closed]
WHAT || The flight to Italy; annd speaking to Zatanna's father
WHERE || On a plane; Florence, Italy
WHEN || April 20th
HOW || Actionspam

It's only a few hour plane ride from England to Italy, but the team has a little time to settle in and get to know each other and/or ask questions of Zee in preparation for meeting with her dad.

And of course, when they arrive, she takes the lead, bringing them through the streets of Florence, Italy at night and leading them around the door of a sold out theater advertisement for the Amazing Zatara.

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Plane Ride

[cigam]

[ please make all flight threads here! flight time is 2.5 hours. ]

[generaldavideus]

[So this is the first time that David has been on a plane in ... ever. His parents were big into road trips and then he was a kidnapped to an alternate dimension that was just figuring out that fire was a thing.

So he claimed a window seat pretty quickly, and is settled in the chair, trying not to fidget too much. But ADD + enclosed spaces = Fun Times with David. He's drumming his fingers arhythmically against his thigh, and not really interacting with anyone too much.

Feel free to interrupt that should you see fit.]

[uncurse]

[ emma drops into the seat beside him near the end of the flight. she's glancing across the aisle out the other window, then looks over at david beside her. ]

Sorry. I hope you don't mind, I just ... needed a break from David. [ beat. ] The other one.

[generaldavideus]

[He shakes his head, glad to have the distraction to be honest. It'll keep him from worrying about the water they're flying over.]

If it would be less confusing to go by last name, I respond to Levin.

[among other things.]

[uncurse]

It's fine, I ... probably would have had to get used to calling him Charming anyway. [ she waves it off in a way that says that's the switch she'll make. ] So, where are you from?

ota

[uncease]

[Charming isn't the most comfortable on the plane, but in the grand scheme of things, he's doing okay. He found a magazine or something because that's what he's flipping through. Does this plane have Skymall? It's either that or he's reading about the Kardashians... Neither option is very good.]

[uncurse]

[ emma sitting next to her father isn't quite habit yet, but it feels like a given all the same, and she does it unconsciously. she's got a book (bitch came prepared, belle gave her the hook-ups), and she looks sympathetically over at david's choice of reading material. ]

At least it's only about two hours.

[uncease]

[He looks at her and laughs, then sighs and closes the magazine.]

Maybe the next one will have an in flight movie.

[He peers over at the book in her lap.] What'd you bring?

[uncurse]

Peter Pan.

[ she turns the cover over. ]

It was a favorite of mine, when I was a kid. Got a ... New perspective on it, recently. Thought I'd give it another look.

[ the look on her face is obviously caught-out and whoops dad didn't need that and just entirely wow she wishes he didn't ask because it couldn't be more obvious rn. ]

[undealt]

[Gold, for reasons he cannot fathom- like he cannot fathom most things in his life- is not the greatest flier in the world. And it is probably not healthy for anyone to spend an entire two hour flight that tense. Like really tense- gripping the armrest of an aisle seat until his knuckles turn white tense.

It's a hard life.]

[uncurse]

[ emma's actually just passing on her way up to bother hook bc she's actually feeling bad that he looks so miserable but she ... doesn't feel that bad about gold looking that way tbh. sry not sry. she'll just drop in and mock. ]

Grip that thing much tighter and you'll rip it off.

[undealt]

[Wow. Rude. He does, however, release his grip a bit, just to be a contrary fuck.]

I've never been one for flying. [Yeah. Obviously. It would probably smack more of THANKS CAPTAIN OBVIOUS if he didn't sound so full of piss and vinegar about it, so it's more like "wow fuck my life and my fear of flying and fuck you too."]

[uncurse]

You ever remember being on a plane?

[ it's a casual prod at his fake memories. ]

[unhand]

[Yeah Hook does not comprehend these plane things. Boat sailing at hyperspeed? Fine. Dimensional travel? He's good. BUT WHY THE FUCK ISN'T IT FALLING DOWN HE DOES NOT COMPREHEND THIS SHIT.

Which means he's splitting his time between looking out the window and very determinedly not looking out the window because HOW IS THIS EVEN HAPPENING.

He needs to fix his boat. And never use a plane again.]

[uncurse]

Are you gonna need a paper bag?

[ when emma wanders up the aisle, she leans on the empty seat opposite hook's, hands resting on it behind her. there's a water bottle held in one of them. ]

[unhand]

[Hook raises an eyebrow at her, though he doesn't let go of the arm rests.]

What for?

[uncurse]

For when you throw up. [ she pulls the water bottle out from behind her and offers it out to him. ] Here.

[undealt]

[The only thing that improves being a nervous flier is seeing someone you hate also being a nervous flier. Small victories.]

First time on a plane, Captain? [He's calmer now that... things have stabilized.]

[unhand]

[Despite the fact that Hook's anxiety has not lessened, he still manages a sneer. Because he sure noticed that shared flight anxiety as well.]

Why, am I handling it too much like you?

[undealt]

[You. Suck.]

Well, I have the benefit of knowing precisely how badly this can go.

[And you're... fixated on HOW DO IT STAY UP. His fear is totally valid. Shut up.]

Daddy Daughter Time

[cigam]

[ the back door is bolted but zatanna flicks her wrist and says: ]

Kcolun. [ and just like that, the door springs open to the touch. she marches through the back stage area and the sounds of final applause are audible from further within the building.

anyone who wants to stay behind can guard the door: the rest can follow zee. ]

[uncease]

[There is no way in hell that Charming is hanging back on this one. He raises his eyebrows at her unlock spell, but doesn't ask questions. They've already established the magical aspect to this mission, after all. He keeps a hand on the hilt of a sword that he definitely has on him because... yep.]

So he's a magician who can... do real magic.

[uncurse]

What were you expecting?

[ the look she gives him is critical and wow since when is emma the believer and her parents from actual magic land not. oh yeah. amnesia. again.

fuck this family.

she heads in after zee with a little roll of her eyes, deciding not to opt for guard duty. ]

[cigam]

You might say it's the family business, now. But don't get the wrong idea: we're illusionists on-stage. There's an art to magic that we don't want to cheapen by leaning on our powers.

[undealt]

[Yeah, fuck you. Gold's not staying behind. This is like the eternal game of NOT IT.]

Deception will go a long way over sheer might. And it still gets the point across. [Says the guy who is like ooooh power. I like power.]