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[everyredcent]

[ meanwhile, back at the ranch...

the keijen blade concert was televised, for anyone curious to watch, although many of the failboaters had cautioned (including a sign taped to the TV by kat) to keep it on mute, lest they get brainwashed by blade's voice.

the cameras did not last through the entire thing, but what they did see was... disturbing. at one point, in the giant concert hall, a large glass pane lifted between blade and the audience, as he sang a taunting number, at the end of which, the ceiling split open pouring boiling hot lava onto the hundreds of concert attendees, who were boiled alive.   Some might know that they had friends away on that mission, friends who had said they were going to be in the crowd as back-up.  The last images broadcast before cuts to a live newcast trying to make sense of what was happening as the cameras melted seemed to confirm the deaths of anyone inside.  

The panicked reporters spoke of unusual sightings in the area, a horribly darkening sky above the concert hall.  Monsters appearing out of nowhere.  Chaos. 

Los Angeles is burning.  







Feel free to play out text or IC reactions to the broadcast here ]

Comments

[doubletake]

Just because you think something will happen a certain way doesn't necessarily make it inevitable.

[bittersweeter]

It's science.

[doubletake]

In a world with magic.

There's always a way to get what you want. It's a matter of how far you're willing to go for it.

Don't settle for something just because you think the alternative is impossible. All that will leave you with is regret. You seem like someone perfectly capable of figuring out how to fight their fate.

[bittersweeter]

Magic is causing it. I'm not like the magic users here, my gift comes with blowback. Using it causes it, not using it causes it. It's called curse work for a reason.

[doubletake]

Everything comes down to a curse these days, it seems.

I'm sorry.

[bittersweeter]

Don't be, I love what I can do. I wouldn't give it up for anything.

[ lbr neither lila nor sylar would give up their abilities for each other. meant to be. ]

I refuse to regret anything.

[doubletake]

It seems you already have everything figured out, then.

That's a bit of a rarity.

[bittersweeter]

I don't have time to be a pussy anymore

Figuratively and literally.

Like shit if someone dropped opportunity in my lap, fucking sure, but I can barely handle being beholden to Wynn and the Knights, I'm not going to give up the independence I have for power that comes with strings. Anything that can fix my blowback comes with strings.

[doubletake]

You'll be hard pressed to find anything in this world that doesn't come with strings. It's a matter of if they're strings you can live with or not.

[bittersweeter]

No strings have seemed reasonable yet.

[doubletake]

Well, if I manage to come across anything I think you might be interested in, I'll let you know.

[bittersweeter]

No offence, but I won't be holding my breath.

Thanks though.

[doubletake]

None taken. I find it unlikely myself.

I'll keep in touch, regardless.

[bittersweeter]

Swing by when you get back to London at least.

[doubletake]

I'll drop in for a spell.

[bittersweeter]

Maybe tone back sounding like my Babchi

Formal Russian grandma might be your thing now but eh.

[doubletake]

My bad.

[Better?]

[bittersweeter]

[ okay that made lila laugh ]

We'll work on the middle ground, pchelka

after hasmed's announcement

[bittersweeter]

Want to tell me why Hasmed is trying to ground grown adults?

[doubletake]

What exactly did he say?

[She didn't get that message.]

[bittersweeter]

Something about how there are knights we can't trust any more and every active knight has to return to the castle until they decide what to do or risk being excommunicated.

[doubletake]

I did tell you that I wasn't considered a knight anymore. I would guess that's about me.

Are you going to go?

[bittersweeter]

No.

I've had so many close calls on missions that if they don't trust me because I want to stay home in my house that I pay for, what was the point of proving myself in the first place?

[doubletake]

I can't guarantee that they won't see the fact that you're still talking to me suspicious, either.

[bittersweeter]

Eric trusts me. I don't care if anyone else does.

[ she... should text him, too. ]