post-impocalypse: a field trip

[farfromgrace]

Vengeance is a Hell that cannot forget the past. Places of violence sometimes waver and reveal their old scars, bullet holes reappearing in fixed tables. It hasn't even forgotten the fall-- white chalk outlines in some of the alleys show bodies bent and crumpled at fatal angles, bodies that if stared at long enough show the pale shadow of wings at their backs. Some of the damned have claimed these angel bodies, hoping for a patron in hell or a weapon against it should they ever stir-- or a favor from Asmodeus, if they bring a waking one to him.

Beyond that, the cramped jumble of a city has the look of a place that belongs in a film noir, the light that's cast from the sky here washes out colors, and at night the fog comes in across the dark water and envelopes the city. So, in opposition to that, the occupied buildings are garish and loud on the inside and with their neon advertisements on the outside, demanding attention and refusing to bow to an environment that seems to want them silenced.

Space suddenly shifts, in a jarring, nauseating way, and you're falling into a landscape that's definitely a city, but not your Tokyo-F.

And land, unceremoniously, in an alley, the portal closing behind you. Nothing special about it, covered in peeling advertisements, full of shadows, littered with broken bottles and crushed cans and other kinds of garbage.

No one seems to have noticed you yet...

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[dragonheartedgirl]

[ To Suri: ]

It's okay. They're just--bugs.

[ Which is to say--they haven't hurt her, yet, even though they're swarming even more heavily on her than before. Actually-- ]

If they're bothering me, then--that means they're not bothering Levi, or you. And I'm okay with that.

[ Honestly--how can this even compare to the things that have terrified her back home or even here? It... simply can't. As long as she keeps her head and takes it one step and even breath at a time. Even though she is shaking with his fear pouring through the bond, she keeps moving--carefully--recasting charm as many times as needed to make them keep moving back. ]

As long as I can get you out of here, it's okay. I'm sorry we got you into this mess. But I promise, I'll get you out.

[ It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.... ]