scotland ♔ yet how the wind revives us here

[untethered]

♬ Presentiment - Manami Kiyota

WHO || Belle, Gold, Emma, Hook, Lila [closed]
WHAT || Several Knights take a secret journey to try to help Amara...
WHERE || Oakhurst, Scotland
WHEN || January 15th, 2014 [forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam

It's probably a very good thing that Gold sweet-talked them a car in the nearby tiny Scottish village of Oakhurst, because it is freezing cold out and snow blankets almost everything around. Walking the seven miles up the Old Road to the ruins would be a bitch and a half.

Instead, they comfortably drove past rocky downs, near stands of old-growth oak covered in snow, and past two farms that looked abandoned. No other travelers were visible on the lonely road, which finally curves, passing east of a narrow ravine. Belle signals for them to pull over here, where, at the road's closest approach to the cleft, several broken pillars jut from the earth where the ravine widens and opens into something akin to more of a deep, but narrow, cavern. Two of the pillars stand straight, but most of them lean against the sloped earth. Others are broken and several have apparently fallen into the darkness-shrouded depths. A few similar pillars are visible on the opposite side of the ravine.

Comments

[unhand]

[Hook made his fort save! He slashes at the tree that got his BEAUTIFUL FACE with his hook but apparently he's a little too greasy an eel to make the shot (atk 12). He steps back five feet, away from the tree, and shoots at it again, bullet thunking solidly into the wood (atk 23, dmg 7).]

[untethered]

[ tree blight 3 goes down! erky smashes into the remaining tree and knocks some of its branches off. it falls to the ground, defeated.

/init ]

[uncurse]

[ emma lowers her gun, looking around and breathing hard because wow that was startling and also WHY DID SHE WAKE UP FOR THAT SHIT. she shifts her gaze to hook bc YEAH EVERYONE PROBABLY THOUGHT SHE WAS PARANOID NOT WANTING TO SLEEP IN THE DUNGEON BUT LOOK IT SAVED THEIR ASSES. ]

Think that's the last of it?

[bittersweeter]

[ wow why did she even get up? this thought in mind, she sinks to the floor where she stands and tries not to cry/throw up (fort save 15), but she's shaking so hard her gun slips out of her hand (ref save crit fail) and clatters to the floor. ]

[unhand]

[Yeah in hindsight Hook probably could have handled this shit on his own, though tbf, it would have woken them all anyway. Fights are not quiet.]

Seems to be over for now. Should probably try and get more rest.

[He sees Lila sinking to the floor and frowns, walking over to her and crouching down. Gold's safe from being kicked. For now.]

Bad dreams? [He murmurs.]

[uncurse]

[ with a wisdom check of 14, emma catches on. her brow furrows and she draws closer to lila and hook. ] What's going on? [ something has context here that she doesn't understand especially since that tree didn't hit lila. ]

[bittersweeter]

I'm fine. [ bluff 25, which means she rolled a three. but she's the queen of deflection, so she looks at emma, not bothering to wipe the tears off her cheeks because that would mean admitting they were there in the first place. ] You should take the other potions. And go back to sleep. [ she holds out the potion she'd tucked into her pocket before sleeping in case emma tries to protest and her head twists to glance at gold. ] Is he alright?

[unhand]

[Hook gives her a sympathetic look, then gets up and walks over to Gold.] Dunno. [To check, Hook kicks him (atk 13, dmg 2). Sleep through that, bitch.]

[undealt]

[Gold, as he was apparently in the DEEPEST OF COMAS, snaps out of it with a cry of pain and FUCKING DRAWS HIS GUN, BECAUSE HE HAS ONE AND NOW YOU GET TO SEE IT. It was in his coat pocket the whole time.]

Give me one good reason not to pull the trigger, Captain, because I can't seem to think of one.

[Sorcerers are cranky when they wake up.]

[unhand]

[Idk maybe your NEGATIVE DEX SCORE? Seriously, Gold, you couldn't hit the broad side of the Jolly Roger, let alone her captain.

Hook gives him an unimpressed look.]

Your turn on watch.

[Maybe next time you'll ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE BATTLE.]

[bittersweeter]

Can we not, right now? Seriously? Everyone go back to sleep. I will take this watch. [ since she sure as hell won't be sleeping again for a few days yay! ]

[uncurse]

[ emma's crit fail sense motive means she assumes EVERYTHING IS OKAY HERE and goes back to sleep yep. without a second look at lila. ]

[undealt]

[You don't have to tell Gold twice. He glares at Hook and then shoves his gun somewhere and tries to go back to sleep. Maybe he'll have less shitty dreams this time.]

[unhand]

[Hook considers kicking Gold again but tbh he was only bringing up the watch thing because Gold was a dick who slept through the battle. Instead he goes back over to Lila.]

You should try to sleep more. Sorry we woke you.

[bittersweeter]

[ she sighs and smiles weakly. ] I won't be able to sleep again. [ but she struggles to her feet and in doing so grabs on to hook to help herself up so she can go sit back against the wall, scooping her gun up in still shaking hands. ] I'll be fine, I've had worse.

[ truth. ]

[unhand]

[Hook watches her for a moment, then sits down next to her, giving her a bit of a smile.]

I'll sit up with you, then.

[At least until her hands stop shaking.]

[bittersweeter]

Okay. [ she doesn't fight him because she is a delicate, fragile little thing after blowback. her nightmares aren't dreams, usually, just twisted memories and even when they're not that bad... they're that bad. after a while her hands do stop shaking and she uses that as an opportunity to pull out her little baggie of pills and make herself a cocktail. ]

[untethered]

[ THE REST OF THE NIGHT PASSES PEACEFULLY THANK GOD.

Full HP to all! \o/ And spells and daily abilities returned. Erky is up early in the morning to pray to his god for an hour quietly. ]

[bittersweeter]

[ lila watches their pitycleric with mild interest, wondering how much conditioner it would take to tame his hair and steadily eating through a chocolate bar she is using like a spoon for the peanut butter. because no one else is awake to judge her horrible eating habits. ]

[uncurse]

[ emma's the next to awake, and she'll only minimally side-eye lila for her food choices. emma's not much better with one of those brand name meal bars that are half sugar and have chocolate and cranberries or whatever the fuck else in them to cover the taste of oats and asshole. ]

Morning. [ she runs her fingers through her hair to try and chill it out which is ... just not going to happen so she gives up and shoves it all as one big mass over her shoulder. fighting + sleeping on a backpack is not making for a good hair day. at least her curls are still hanging in there. ] Think we should let the others keep sleeping?

[bittersweeter]

I dunno. [ sorry emma, she is made on no1curr. but she elbows hook to wake him up regardless. ] We should have packed detangler.

[unhand]

[Hook yawns and stretches. He went to sleep shortly after Lila got her shit together, so he's pretty well rested. He sits up, giving Emma a smile that's still half asleep.] Morning, gorgeous. [He glances over at Lila and nods.] Lila.

[uncurse]

[ rly tho.

emma will stuff the two potions she never drank last night into her pockets, because she's feeling more human now - sleep, it seemed, was all it took. she gets to her feet while she packs her remaining food back inside of the backpack and zips it up, moving to where belle and rumple lie and nudging the dark one with her foot. ]

[untethered]

[ THEY AREN'T LYING RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER... probably...

but belle wakes up anyway, looking around as she blinks away the weariness ]

[undealt]

[MAYBE SHE SUBCONSCIOUSLY WENT TO SLEEP NEAR HIM TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T COMA OUT AGAIN. YOU DON'T KNOW... or i guess you do.

Anyway, Gold makes an agitated sound, because jesus christ, does everyone have to touch him to wake him up. He swats at Emma's leg.]

I'm awake. [Mostly. He sits up, anyway.] And the sooner we get out of this place, the better. [So let's wake up and go find some gd apples, gang.]