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

[bevoted]

[ it's okay he can hear her, there's an amused smirk in his voice ]

Hi, Hiryuu. It's good to hear you again.

/2

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ SENPAI NOTICED HER!!!! ]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ She leans closer to the phone so he can hear her better! Just in case. ]

It's good to hear from you, too. It seemed like you were having a hard time the other day....

[ With Leyli... well. they all were. ]

Are you eating well? Getting enough sleep? Don't let your husband make you take care of the babies all the time, okay? That's his job too!

[bevoted]

[ hahahaha... fondly, ]

Don't worry Hiryuu, I'm doing good. Ardashir is too. [ you know. despite what happened the other day. ]

And I'll let him know you said that. I'm sure it would make him smile.

/2

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Ah. He's back to normal then.... Or maybe that's an incorrect way to look with it; rather, maybe it's more along the lines of "Leyli" is asleep. No matter how you parse it--she's happy to hear he's back to his usual faculties. ]

[dragonheartedgirl]

I'm glad you're doing well. We miss you both. I wish we had the time we could come see you.

[ but they're really not even supposed to be here ]

[bevoted]

... we miss you too. I'd like that. [ but... they can't. ]

Ardashir's going to be sad that he missed talking to you. [ twice now. ]