When I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time

[magicalarchaeologist]

WHO: Istredd and some people!
WHAT: Istredd is held with Kyle in the dungeons for a bit and questioned, and then let out.
WHERE: Imprisoned and then back out in Thorne
WHEN: July
WARNINGS: Nothing!





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[ she hasn't seen him since the coronation. 

river only went to accompany istredd; she would've much rather been in nott with cassian and yennefer, far away from these new royals and their blood-soaked crowns. but she was afraid of what the sidwells might do to him as someone with ties to the former sovereignty - and lo, her fears were founded, as they took istredd away barely a day after taking the throne, even though he stayed in the castle and attended their shameful ceremony unlike most of the other summoned.

he should've fled with yennefer and the others. river knew it right away and this is proof, undeniable proof that they were right. it's not safe here. not for anyone, but least of all for the people river cares about the most. 

at least they're letting people visit them. river is abjectly terrified as she's escorted to the dungeons, unconvinced they won't throw her into one of these cages too someday. istredd said they haven't been hurting them but she can't believe it until she sees them, and when she finally does, she can't help but run straight for him. ]

Istredd!

[ river almost reaches through the bars of the cell in her desperation, but one of the guards immediately scolds her so she flinches away instead, tucking her hands to her chest and looking around frantically. ]

Are you okay? Where's Kyle? Are they hurting you? Why can't I hear you?

[ maybe that's the worst of it all; even being right next to him, there's a silence in her mind, an absence of something she didn't realize she had gotten used to over the last six months or eight-hundred years. even when they were far apart, there was always a connection between them. now there's an empty space where istredd's voice used to be, and it leaves river feeling stricken.

can they really just take him away forever if they wanted to? ]

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ Istredd and Kyle knew that this was a distinct possibility. They were warned for a reason. He thought perhaps showing up to the coronation would have made a difference, but that was naive. His close connections to the three who left and Ambrose himself meant that he was a target of interest. He really didn't want to worry anyone but that is an impossible hope now.

In truth, his logical mind is keeping him sane, because it reminds him of all the reasons he is not in danger. But there is a part of Istredd that always hated and feared courts, and was recently made into a captive in his own world before coming here. Then there was the Pit, and while this place is no Pit, it's still restrictive. He doesn't love it.

He's worried the moment he sees River because he knows this is hard for her and he can't exactly take her into his arms or give her the comfort he'd really like to. His eyes dart toward the guards so he'll remind himself to be careful in what he says out loud. Luckily they have another form of communication. ]

Kyle is there, resting.

[ Istredd nods toward the other side of the cell where she'll see Kyle who is currently in the Horizon. The guards don't necessarily know what they are doing when they seem to 'take a nap' so they don't do it at the same time and be pragmatic about it. He assumes his friend is visiting with someone at the moment, their only source of freedom. ]

The wards here cut off any magical ability. I can't use any of it.

[ The wards are extremely powerful. There is no one that could be in there and not be hamstrung by it. Istredd may be a strong mage, but he cannot compare to what's in there. He knows; he experimented on them himself, long ago.

A moment later she will see his handwriting appear across her eyes, using the Summoned's network.]

We can talk this way so they can't hear us.