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.

Comments

[wynn]

[ there's a silence for a few beats on the other end. but wynn has taken many of these calls before, unfortunately, so he recovers. he asks with an urgent surge of concern: ] ... Are the rest of you safe, at the moment? [ for all he knows, vi was so broken up that she called in the middle of a firefight or something ok ]

[graveflowers]

Yeah. We won. [ what a hollow sounding victory. ] It's over.

[wynn]

And the... condition of Sir Reedhym's remains? [ is he rezzable ]

[graveflowers]

Ash and dust. [ her face crumples into tears again, but she managed the answer so a million points for her for fixating on this one thing she can still do. ]

[wynn]

[ silence again for a moment. ] Understood. I... can't express how much this news pains me as well. For now, the details can wait.

Remain with your team. We'll... make arrangements.

[graveflowers]

Okay. I'm sorry. [ she hangs up without saying goodbye, dropping the phone in her lap because holding it is a difficulty she doesn't want to bother with. she's quiet for a while before she realizes that she should... relay his half on the conversation. ] Wynn says he'll make arrangements for... [ for her dead oreo crumb husband. she licks her lips and quietly adds, ] Please don't tell anyone about... it.

[ that would be the baby. ]

[moonheart]

[ faith nods slightly. ] That's not really for us to share.

[graveflowers]

[ that done, the one thing she knew how to do completed to the best of her ability. vi curls up on her side and continues her crying, the only difference is that she's laying down now. she doesn't care that there's people here watching her grieve. like she said at jade's funeral: she's sad and upset and she's going to cry and everyone can just deal with it. what else can she even do? her lifeline is dead. there's nothing left. so she buries her face against the cushions and cries, fingers knotted together so she can fiddle with her wedding ring...

which reminds her, eyes opening. she can't see much through the tears though. (spot crit fail.) ] His ring... is it gone, too?

[silvermaid]

[ anastacia leans down next to myri, looking through the ash... and notices a glint amid it. she carefully plucks it out, and turns around to hold it out to vi on her palm silently. ]

[graveflowers]

Thank you. [ she very delicately plucks it out of anastacia's hand and curls her fingers around it. and then she just curls up again. odds on anything getting her to move besides wynn himself telling her to get her ass up are not good. enjoy. ]