un: shadeshift

[sunforging]

WHO: Scintilla + open
WHERE: Libra + her forge in Undertown
WHEN: 12/23
WHAT: Merry Starlight it's a canon update
WARNINGS: 6.5 spoilers including Pandaemonium+MotR

[The clicking clacking of a shoebill beak was the first indication of something Off, the funny shaped dinosaur clearly having gotten a hold of someone's phone. Then what followed were some tired indistinct mumblings, the sound of a bird being shoved like a disagreeable cat and the half-awake fumbling of one trying to relearn how to function in the morning.]

...fuckin 'ells, where...

[The audio cut out, and after a minute or two came back to a video of Scintilla clearly having just woken up--no glasses, a fearsome bedhead, and a wildly befuddled look on her face.]

What, uh...s' it still Starlight or did I miss anythin'? No more demon attacks or nothin? 'Cause let me tell ya, I've been dealin' with some shite.

Comments

voice | un: kissmyash

[switchaxe]

Nah, you ain't missed anythin'. You okay?

[sunforging]

Aye, aye, nothin's wrong an' I ain't hurt. Past the nasty headache, but that ain't too weird.

[switchaxe]

You said you went through some shit?

[sunforging]

Think I mighta been home for... [doing math in head. failing.] ...a while.

[switchaxe]

...you okay over there?

[He's guessing the answer to that is no since. Look he's seen y'all.]

[sunforging]

Kinda? In th' sense of 'is there a crisis goin' on at this very minute', we're fine? 'Cause that's all over'n dealt with far as I can tell.

[switchaxe]

[Ash has so many concerns. Not that Kaisou's much better, let's be real.]

'kay, cuz you look like shit Cap'n.

video | Un: Thorn

[poisontippedcure]

[Rose, who had been having the worst year of her life, had been mercifully spared any trips home.]

[But she sees that look on Scintilla’s face. And she doesn’t like it.]

Please tell me you didn’t return home. Please tell me there’s not a load of nonsense waiting for us.

[sunforging]

There's so much bleedin' nonsense, love.

[poisontippedcure]

I was afraid of that.

[What does a girl have to do to get a break?]

I feel I shouldn’t, but I’d like you to tell me about it. I think it will be better if I know what to expect.

If you’d like, we can do it over drinks. I’ll buy.

[sunforging]

Don't mind goin' over it if'n that's what you want to hear. Still sortin' out a bit myself.

[lahabrea fucked]

Give me just a bit to put myself back in order and I'll be ready.

video -> action

[poisontippedcure]

Thank you.

[Please don’t tell her that. She doesn’t need to know that.]

[True to her word, Rose is ready for Scintilla at the bar. In fact, Scintilla already has a mug waiting for her.]

[sunforging]

[Having quickly cleaned herself up, brushed her hair, and changed into what passed for casual, Scintilla arrived not too long after Rose and sat down with a look less 'exhausted' and more 'deeply resigned'.]

So.

[Picking up her mug with a grateful nod.]

Where d'you want I should start?

un: kesitakame

[hoshikiri]

[Heavens, she looks like she's been under a weighted blanket for a while and hadn't a clue of what year it was. Now he wouldn't say that of course. He was here to help.]

Starlight has yet to pass. 'Tis two days before it. All is normal for the time being.

Are you alright?

[sunforging]

Aye, I'm fine, ain't nothin' broken or maimed or whatever. Feel like I lost a good chunk of time, or gained it, hells if I know how to measure that.

[hoshikiri]

[Why did this sound eerily similar to the time Waver went back to his home once... the fact that Scintilla is fine was a relief but.]

If I may ask... did you return to our realm somehow? [...] You needn't recount it all, but will you tell me what you saw?

[sunforging]

Aye, looks like I did. To th' second question, uh...a lot? What's the last you remember from back at home?

[hoshikiri]

The last I recall from my own experience is having returned from Ultima Thule for a few weeks. However, I am aware from what Rhel spoke of in the past that at some point there was an encounter with some of the Twelve. I am also aware that at some point we will meet Zero, though that knowledge is entirely second hand.

[sunforging]

...




Hells.

voice; un: blade

[unreachableside]

[... He's never seen her in such a state.]

... You look like you could use a cold shower and a stiff drink.

[sunforging]

N' then about seven or eight more stiff drinks to follow it, aye.

[unreachableside]

[Their relationship isn't one where he normally comforts her, but he feels like he should... try? This is so tangibly awkward...]

Are you... [uhhhhh] ... going to be okay?

[sunforging]

Aye, I'm fine. [COMPLETELY breezing past anything awkward, mostly because she simply did not notice.] Bit out of sorts, but all in one piece.

[unreachableside]

[Bless you, Scintilla.]

What happened? Did you go home or something?

[sunforging]

Seems it, an' for a good chunk a' time, too. Or at least for a whole bunch a' shite happenin'.