[Game 18] The Waking World

[arsgoetia]

After successfully talking Zan into waking up—the world around you starts to dissolve and break apart. There's a lurch, like the sensation of abruptly falling into sleep, but backwards; and all around you, the glass begins to crack apart, splintering and sending ocean water splashing everywhere, gushing forward, a cascade of blue and black, alternating between starfish and actual stars, suspended in liquid sky.

. . . reality seems to bleed in overtop of it and, sluggishly, you find yourselves waking up all over a suburban basement in New Jersey. There is a lamp on near the bed, where someone is still asleep, though fitfully beginning to wake up.

More noticeably, there is a woman sitting up in bed with him, arms wrapped around her bare knees as she watches them with amusement, extremely beautiful and . . . extremely familiar.

"Wow." One hand drops to Zan's hair. "I don't even know where to start with you guys."

Comments

[innerdemon]

[VROOM I have no idea how to drive but Luka's actually just making the wheels go around and around

Taking off.]

[adropintheocean]

[ME TBH]

[psychopompous]

. . .

[rollwillpowercheck]

[but yes joining the benny hill-ing already in progress up the stairs and out into the street.]

[gavehimhead]

[+1]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[o/]

[star_and_stone]

*...lands beside him*

Thank you.

[arsgoetia]

The situation as it stands (and descended into chaos)—

Tristan is holding onto Tsuyukusa and Verity to stop them from attacking Una. Una herself is standing calmly in the middle of all the chaos, stopping anybody that tries to lunge at her with a flick of a hand or a look; Lucia is in the corner yelling at Asmodeus on the phone; Mika just booked it out the door with Zan in his arms, Sariel hot in pursuit.

. . . Sariel comes back very shortly after, walking straight up to Una and bowing down onto one knee and looking pointedly at the floor.

"They got away," he snaps, flushed.

[psychopompous]

[WELL I'M JUST WALKING CALMLY BACK UPSTAIRS]

[arsgoetia]

Una sighs, seeming to withdraw into herself a little, crossing her arms. "Ah. Well, we did what we could. Is there anything you can think that we might need from these people to trouble them any further, Sariel?"

[loveinvein]

[ Okay. OKAY. WE DID IT. C...checking Zan is okay as they drive. Wherever. ]

[psychopompous]

. . .

No, Great One. Nothing that I can think of.

[psychopompous]

[flares up immediately with anger, eyes burning white for a moment]

Do not speak of this to anyone.

[arsgoetia]

She flicks her gaze toward Tristan (in the midst of whatever trouble he's still found himself in) and draws herself up. "Well, if neither of us has the key, that's well. Our side does not want this to escalate. Your side, and your master, would do well to consider the same."

[arsgoetia]

Tristan smiles. "I'm sure the message has been noted."

[liarliarliar]

And yet this is still balls.

[star_and_stone]

Don't worry. My word that I won't.

...and I think I'd best be leaving, in case someone else asks that question.

[telepathetically]

[leans on]

[savethedatasaveyourworld]

[SPITS ON HIM.]

[psychopompous]

That's wise.

[delivoreance]

[to Elli]

P-put your iPod earbuds in. If he tries to say something I can do static so you won't have heard anything.

[arsgoetia]

Her gaze falls off Tristan almost immediately, and she sighs, her lips twisting in a sort of wry smile. "Oh well," she mutters. "Could have been worse."

And with that, and an inrush of air, she's gone.

[rollwillpowercheck]

[silently watching Sariel, his gave occasionally flickering to Una.]

[gavehimhead]

[frownnnning at Una until she vanishes, keeping an eye on everyone in the room]

[arsgoetia]

Tristan drops her on her head.

He lets her land on a pillow, though.