Public Channel - Day 59

[pipers_son]

[He really didn't want this to happen, but...]

I think it's time we start keeping a list of those who's disappeared, been taken, or is otherwise indisposed.

I'll start.

Lauren has been buried in the ground, somewhere, and Steven Universe has been taken by the Rose Queen.

[He says all of this blankly, matter of factly, and there's only the sound of a shaky breath at the very end.]

Comments

[soft_focus]

Steven and Lauren are gone..?

[NO BUT THEY WERE BOTH PLANTY FRIENDS WHO LIKED ANIMALS-]

[flashover]

The Rose Queen got Steven?!

[things he remembers from Portland; that this is bad]

[dontpokethat]

[Shit. Shit this is bad - it's bad enough that people are getting taken by fae to begin with obviously, but the Rose Queen getting Steven...]

How long ago was this?

[prazerbutterfly]

I want to make it very clear that things would've gotten a lot smoother had Lauren not attacked the fae without any provocation to do so. I haven't been here nearly as long as most and I know that attacking a fae is a rather stupid idea.

[He sounds very sour, annoyed, and irritated. Low on cigarettes and without any comforts or vices, he's in a bad mood.]

If you attack a fae without any reason to do so, you sign your own death warrant. Joker is not to blame.

[anti_nonsense]

This can't be happening... Steven, too?

It's... it's all just like before, damn it!

[steadydollypegs]

Joker... Please take care of yerself, all this is makin' me worry y'aren' gonna think straight.

[spaghettimonster]

I'm leaving a trail of bones behind, so we know where to look for him... when she leaves.

[If she leaves.]

[haides]

Tis exciting, isn't it? (No, just for you, Hades.) Think of the stories they will have to tell. We mustn't hurry them on their journey.

[sunflowerfields]

It's not your fault.

...

I don't think she'll hurt them.

~IN PERSON~

[betheman]

[When Gongenzaka first began coming out of the door-way, he would have been slow, anxious, and glancing back. He then would have abruptly yelped, scrambled backward with the most awkward shimmy possible, and a few moments later come belting back as fast as he could squash himself (and a tightly vine-held Yuuya) back.

For all that he did something extra- and perhaps Joker had caught a glimpse before he went through, from when Gongenzaka's aura flared a visible and glowing blue beneath his leaves- the entire situation comes crushing down as his paws and hooves meet the ground. The first order of business- the radios. He tells Joker he will be contacting Security, and adds being unsure about the public channel.

'...Many have already rushed into danger due to this. ...Steven was...'

...He was among those who rushed out, after all.

But after his own announcement is over, and after Joker's is done, perhaps the latter notices the uncharacteristic 'slump' Gongenzaka takes from there. As if his arms, metal and otherwise, are filled with condensed lead, he sits more collapsed than anything else. They 'rest' at his front palms open, radio limply resting in the other while his head is bowed.

He doesn't move. Not except to quietly set the radio between his forepaws before letting his arms go weak and limp once again.]

In person

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya lingers at the back immediately after the escape, occupying himself with watching the exit and his injuries as Joker and Gongenzaka call on the radio. As such, he's not very attentive of the conversations happening on it. When his attention is brought back, it's to check on Gongenzaka. They linger back, talking between themselves and embracing before they catch up.

Yuya's much less stormy after that, but there's still a barely contained energy to his posture. He's trying to focus it productively, though, eyes alert on their surroundings as they try to navigate if not to the carnival, then at least to safety.]