callada: (wonder if the mentholated ones are good)
Donquixote Rosinante ([personal profile] callada) wrote in [community profile] networkinthenight2019-08-18 07:33 pm

Audio | @silent, @parker, @riku | open

[ It has been hours since the lighthouse crew returned to Beacon. You may have seen them around already - checking up on friends and strangers alike, making sure people are safe from the forest spirits and their violence. So it’s some time after that the audio file is posted to the network. ]

Riku: It’s done. The lighthouse is connected.

Peter: That’s the good news. [ a beat; frankly, peter’s tired and it’s reflected in the audible exhale of breath that follows the brief statement. ] Which means we can now communicate with the Lighthouse Keeper and she can communicate with us. I know— things didn’t exactly go as planned, at the lighthouse or — here, but Winters said there’d be a risk. [ the word’s enunciated carefully, with weight; it’s accompanied by the brief sound of movement. that they all knew there'd be the risk of death going into this doesn't change the gravity of what had happened, and though there's more to it than this, peter continues with: ]

—The spirits attacked once they figured out what we were trying to do. [ breath of a pause; amendment. ] Once they thought they figured out what we were trying to do—.

[ in person, peter's attention flickers between rosinante and riku. ]

Rosinante: They came for us immediately when they found us. We ran, but Winters was at the rear and they got him first. Five was first to try and help him, and they killed him too.

[ Said bluntly, matter-of-factly. There’s no desire to beat around the bush, though he does sound solemn as he continues. ]

I can’t speak for the others, but I’ll be here at the Invincible for now if anyone has questions, or needs somewhere to hide.

[ For now, all three are there around the tables by the bar, looking tired and covered in blood and dirt. Worse for wear, but alive. ]

((Feel free to either reply via network or come find them in person!))
webshoots: (Default)

1/something idk give me a moment

[personal profile] webshoots 2019-08-20 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, so tell me: what would success have looked like for you? The Keeper gets hooked up and no-one dies? That's it? That's great, [ s c r o l l s up. "subzero"? yeah, no, that's ridiculous. ] Vanilla Ice, but the universe generally isn't that fond of those odds.
Edited (FORMATTING GEEZ) 2019-08-20 06:57 (UTC)