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...

Comments

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ She does not need to be scruffed but if Loki wants to do a scruff he is welcome to do a scruff. Just ]

Be careful, Suri. We'll be thinking of you!

[ Even if you think we're very dumb

and we are ]

WRAP-UP

[loveandthunder]

[ In conclusion, you're all scruffed to the train station, where there's actually just this blonde man with a limo? He smiles and waves, and you can hear his voice echo around you— ]

Now, now. It's time to rest. You've got a big day ahead of you, after all.

[ —and Amaranth, Hiryuu, Horizon, Levi, and Duality will find themselves drowsy, falling asleep even if they wouldn't ordinarily fall asleep. They'll wake up in their beds, with no memory of what they've just experienced . . . for now. ]

Re: WRAP-UP

[worthathousand]