manhattan ♔ there is no knot so steadfast | it won't go broke in the middle of monsoons

[silvermaid]

♬ two years before the mast - astronautalis

WHO || Violet Reedhym, Luthir Reedhym, Myrilandel de Tanos, Finnick Odair, Anastacia O'Keefe, Faith O'Keefe, Nicholas Starkweather
WHAT || The Knights attempt to free Vi from the influence of the Nightmare God Malaak'a
WHERE || Manhattan, New York
WHEN || June 7th, 2014
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

Some choices are almost impossible to make. For a year, the Knights have watched Violet fading, the way she always does with the winter thanks to her connection to her mother Persephone. Except in this case, there was no getting better with the arrival of spring. If anything, she's only spiraled further into depression, and it's clear that if this continues, it will spell the end of her sooner than later.

Keijen Blade appeared to several of the Knights in their dreams, to caution them of Vi's impending fate, and to tell them that their plan to save her will end in blood. Of course, he had his own alternative to offer: that she take a deal from Malaak'a that would allow the god to see through her eyes into this world. Realizing that the plan offered by Sehanine to use Faith O'Keefe's dreamwalking ability to sever the connection might simply result in someone giving their life to save hers, Vi agreed to take the offer in one month. However, on the evening of their wedding, Luthir talked her into going through with the goddess' plan, promising not to go into her dream with them.

Their car pulls up in front of Des' horrible rundown apartment building, where they're meant to track down Nicholas Starkweather - a friend of Des', who is apparently also a unicorn. Look, he knows people.

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nick's apartment ♔ anastacia, myri, finnick

[silvermaid]

[ anastacia waves a hand in front of faith's face, and finds no response there, so she turns to look at the others ] It must have worked. [ she moves to the window, to gently push the curtains aside and look out ] So we just have to keep them safe and undisturbed until they're finished.

[witchwoman]

[Little miss paranoid over here will nod and go to check the locks on the door and all the windows. Not chancing anything happening to her girl. Also she lives in a state of fear of random bad shit going down.]

[65]

I think we can manage that. [still trying to be ever the optimist over here. which is hard, considering he's usually such a pragmatist. BUT HE CAN FORCE IT FOR VIOLET >:( he positions himself against the arm of nick's couch, looking at everyone standing there frozen in place and shit.]

[silvermaid]

I suppose now comes the difficult part. We wait. [ she goes to pick up the platter of tea and carries it to myri, offering her one. ]

[witchwoman]

[myri takes a cup and heads back to the couch to sit next to the arm Finnick is perched on. She glances to Vi as the group of them, then sweeps the room, then looks down at her lap. She's not comfortable with this waiting game.]

[65]

[no tea for finnick huh?? :| naw he doesn't care, he's not thirsty. as myri sits next to him, he touches her shoulder. it's meant to be a reassuring gesture, but how reassuring can he really be when he's feeling essentially useless?] I don't suppose there's a time-table, is there?

[silvermaid]

[ ANASTACIA IS COMING JFC FINNICK LADIES FIRST. but she brings the tea over to him too ]

Less time than you might think. Dreams move at their own pace. Hours can seem to pass in mere minutes in the waking world.

[witchwoman]

[With her tea still in her lap, Myri casts a worried look towards the four of them.]

And will we know if anything is going wrong?

[A question she wanted to ask before they went but sure didn't want to freak Vi out...]

[65]

Not waking up might be a clue. [he can't stop that little bit of dry deadpan commentary from flying out of his mouth. myri loves him, she can deal with it ok.]

[silvermaid]

[ anastacia shakes her head sadly ] We'll know more certainly than that. If something extreme does happen... they'll react bodily.

[witchwoman]

[Finnick you are lucky she loves you. Otherwise this tea would be in your lap. You are not helping :|

Instead, she looks over the group of them, then back to Anastacia.]

I'm sorry... That's your daughter in there with them. I'm sure you must be worried too. [Myri doesn't know Faith, doesn't know either of them, but the fact that they were so willing to help Vi? Major bonus points from her.]

[65]

Has she ever done anything like this before? Of this sort of magnitude?

[silvermaid]

Not like this, no. But the gods have trusted my family with many gifts, and tasked us with many challenges in our time - none of which were beyond us to accomplish. If what Wynn says is true - that the nightmare god has made her a prisoner of her own guilt and regrets, then there is no one more well suited to help her than my daughter.

[ she pauses as she sets down the tray, staring at it ]

Faith can't regret. She's incapable of it. Cursed, I suppose you could say, although it's not as simple as all that.

[witchwoman]

Curses are rarely simple, I've found. But what do you mean? How was she cursed?

[65]

[finnick waits for storytime with a tilted head and raised eyebrow. wut??]

[silvermaid]

[ ♬ world - five for fighting ]

It wasn't exactly a curse. It was a wish. [ she moves to sit down, smoothing out her dress as she casts a worried glance at faith ] This same unicorn once entrusted me with a mission, to help stop a very evil tiefling of a dark god who meant to turn all the humans in New York City into Shadowkind beings.

We stopped him with the help of a genie, and while we were at it, we... got carried away, with our remaining wishes.

[witchwoman]

Oh... [Myri looks at the girl as well.] She really can't feel regret? For anything? I... can't imagine that.

[silvermaid]

Her father and I wished that our children would never say a word that they would have to regret. He and I had both lived with so many of them...

Our first child, Dylan, was born mute. Faith... well, it took us a little longer to understand what was happening with her.

[65]

I guess saying "careful what you wish for" would be too on the nose. ... Your intentions were good, at least.

[witchwoman]

And it doesn't seem that the circumstance has made her any less willing to help people.

[Because no regret is pretty close to no remorse and that's how sociopaths are made.]

[silvermaid]

She's still a descendant of two good goddesses... And more importantly, an O'Keefe. She's just also very unique, and doesn't look at the world the same way you or I do. But she's capable of so much strength of belief.

[witchwoman]

[The corners of Myri's mouth turn up slightly in a smile. She thinks that Faith is lucky to have a mother so kind. Francesca's question at the wedding the night before comes to mind. And Myri imagines that if she ever were to be a mother, she would be lucky to be half as lovely a one as Anastacia.]

[silvermaid]

[ s-so kind, myrichan.

oh but hey what the fuck is going on over there. faith's body suddenly convulses, her head falling back, eyes turning completely black as a string of hideous whispers echoes out from her mouth.

that ain't right. ] What--

[65]

[ WHAT THE FUCK. he manages to stay cool as a cucumber outwardly (will save 22), but there's still a bit of alarm in his eyes as he jumps up and looks over to ana.] What should we do?

[witchwoman]

[Myri looks slightly less calm but thankfully didn't fly into a panic (will 18). She jolts to sit straighter, eyes wide before she stands as well. While Finnick consults with Ana, she takes a very cautious step towards Faith to try to catch just what that sound is or make out what is being said maybe?? (listen 31)]