( CLOSED )

[gynvael]

Who: Geralt + Jaskier; Sam Wilson; Belle
When: July 25-31; Aug 5-13
Where: The castle // dungeons
What: The aftermath of the Horizon, and questions Geralt would rather not answer.
Warnings: Talk of death; possibly other similarly dark topics


(( closed starters below. if you'd like a starter following up on the Horizon or anything else in between the July event and August arrivals, hit me up at discontinued! ))

sam wilson | jaskier | belle | sam wilson (ii)

Comments

[dreamtofheroics]

Not officially, no. Though I've found my title changes based on who's telling the story. [ he won't understand what that means, but it's said in a way that suggests Belle has some degree of amusement for the question. she's not a princess, but it is a fairytale. it just also happens to be her life, too.

she considers his question for a moment before she nods her agreement. it doesn't seem fair to say she feels like she's being imprisoned when others are being kept in a dungeon, but it is an accurate understanding of their situation.] We're all prisoners here. I think it's important for us to remember that.

[ they might make it sound more pleasant by calling them honored guests and letting them stay upstairs, but that's not what they are. they were all dragged out of their worlds and forced to cooperate here.]

[gynvael]

[ A curious answer. Not quite one he was anticipating. He eyes her. ] And what is it when you're telling it?

[ He stretches both legs out in front of him. He's always been interested, in who feels the same. Which one of the guests are buying into it, that they're honoured for a reason, and which ones feel just as trapped. Jaskier has mentioned, how Thorne has seemed resistant to anyone leaving the city borders. That tells him all he needs to know. ]

I'd be careful. Now that they have what they want.

[ That link to the Singularity -- he's never been fond of when plans go well for the other side. ]

[dreamtofheroics]

I'm the same as everyone else. [ especially here, where she's not the woman who married the Dark One. how many times had she ended up in danger because she was in love with Rumplestiltskin? she spent thirty years in a cell just because someone cared for her.

she's spent a lot of time wondering why they chose her. but if they're hoping to draw Rumple here, they're too late. he wouldn't care to save her, and she made him powerless so he couldn't if he wanted to.]

I'm always careful, but I'm not convinced it's all they want.

[ though she won't deny it is going well for them. she reaches into a cloth bag she's fashioned at her side, holding out a generous piece of baguette for Geralt.]

All of us must have been chosen for specific reasons. Nothing like this ever happens by chance.