nyc --> london ♔ and as the vision fades | i'll say i was blinded by your eyes

[postergirl]

♬ It Happens All the Time - Depeche Mode

WHO || Failboat, Des, Rafael, Isabella, Burt, and more~ [closed]
WHAT || The Knights finally say their goodbyes and head back to the castle
WHERE || NYC hotel; flight to London; London, England
WHEN || March 16th
HOW || Actionspam or prose

What was supposed to be a night to unwind wound up with a confrontation between Failboat and Keijen Blade that didn't exactly go the way the team was hoping for. However, in the process, they at least managed to get Isabella back and extract Dumage from her long term undercover assignment.

The remainder of the night is spent back at the hotel, recuperating, in order to catch the flight back to London the next morning. This also means saying goodbye to those who will be going back to Chicago: Isabella, Burt, and Rafael.

Comments

[nothingsodivine]

Yeah, well if I start singing "That's Amore" at anyone, put me down and hope I get over it after I wake up.

[slay]

All you're really doing is tempting me to start humming it until you pick it up.

[nothingsodivine]

Trust me, Blondie. You do not wanna hear me sing.

[slay]

Why, are you tone deaf? That does explain the poor taste in music.

[nothingsodivine]

I think cats in heat have better harmony than me. [He rolls his eyes.] And my taste in music is fine.

[slay]

If by fine you mean terrible. [ just sayin. she pulls a book out of her bag, settling into the seat. ] It's a long way home. Hope you brought sudoku.

[nothingsodivine]

Your home. I'm gearing up for another long trip away from mine.

[He was getting really used to his own bed too... That whole two days.]

[slay]

What's that saying? "Home isn't a place, it's people"?

[ though by that warrant, she supposes she's taking a long trip away from hers, too. ]

[nothingsodivine]

[He's quiet for a moment.]

You know this ain't forever, right, Blondie? You think leaving Rafael is hard- that pointy little SOB won't be nearly as much of a ghost as I'll be.

[It's a small movement forward. He's not pushing them away to avoid the inevitable, just pointing out that it is inevitable.]

[slay]

I know you keep saying that, but ... [ she looks up at him and shakes her head. ] I don't believe you.

[nothingsodivine]

[Des can only hold her gaze for a second before he turns away.] This don't end with me doing freelance for Wynn and doing these missions for years- for you and then for your kids, and then for their kids. I mean, that's what you're expecting, right?

[slay]

I don't think fat grandchildren are in my future, Des. [ she laughs at that, but it's a bitter thing that sounds like something breaking. ] But, I know you're gonna be there 'til I'm not.

[nothingsodivine]

[Des can't hide the overwhelming look of despair that crosses his face.]

And if you were me, you'd know why I wouldn't wanna stick around to see that happen.

[slay]

I don't have to be you to know that. But, I also know that it's better to stick around than to sit around in a hundred or two hundred years and realize you missed out on time that you could have been there and weren't.

[nothingsodivine]

It has to end sometime. [He stares at his open palm, studying it like he's expecting to be able to read it or count his age lines or something.] The Lazarus Talisman might be the key to ending it or it might just be another bad idea. And if it's the latter, then I have to keep looking.

[He closes his hand.] I don't want to live forever.

[slay]

If all you're doing with your life is searching for the next Talisman, no wonder you don't want to. Des, that's not living. That's surviving. You have to stop for a minute and look around, smell the flowers.

[nothingsodivine]

[quietly] It's been four thousand years, Buffy. And I'm so close. I know I am... And that means I have to carry this as far as it takes.

[He finally looks back at her, expression pleading.] You understand that, right? Curses get broken eventually. And it ain't as easy as the fairy tales'll make it seem.

[slay]

Guess we'll see which one of us lasts longer, in the end. [ she shrugs. what else is she supposed to say? the chances that both of them leave this mission alive are getting slimmer and slimmer - seeing keijen fight, the goddess, the spider-war prophecy. ]

[nothingsodivine]

It better be you.

[He leans back in his seat, reflexively clenching and unclenching his hand.] I don't think I could bear it, and Rafael would kill me.

[slay]

On the other hand, that might be what finally gets Spike to cooperate with him on something. [ because they both would, tbh. and buffy knows it. ]

[nothingsodivine]

Yeah, well... [He shrugs, staring at the ceiling.] I'd hold still for it.

[slay]

Don't be so dramatic. [ she rolls her eyes. ] Des, everybody dies. Even you will. And if I do, it's not gonna be some fault of yours.

[nothingsodivine]

No, it'll be because you were an idiot with a hero complex. [He smiles.] And some big destiny. If you're not careful, Jade's mom might stick you with a curse like mine.

[slay]

Yeah, I'm still calling wrong number on that one. I'm so not destiny-girl. Maybe she meant to find another Buffy.

[nothingsodivine]

Yeah, 'cause there's fifty girls named Buffy who can punch holes in monsters just lining up. It wouldn't be any fun for these people if you were agreeable to it.