cerys day
xxxwhen i burst into flames
xxxi'll leave you the dust, my love
xxxhope a bit of it will be enough
xxxto help remember the days
xxx
It was a cold, crisp, and clear night. The type of night that people could enjoy. Couples were walking the street, using the cold air as an excuse to steal each otherās body heat and warm clothes. Kids played tag, their air forming small clouds in the air as they laughed. Noise spilled on to the streets from balconies above as friends sat and drank a wine or a beer and put the world to right, staring at the stars. It was an entirely unremarkable evening for most, it seemed.
But not for all. Cerys could feel it in the air. Maybe it was just her own anxiety, her own apprehension about the evening. But it felt like something was going to happen- something big, something that would disrupt the peace everyone else seemed to be feeling. But they needed to do something. They couldnāt just sit idly by. They couldnāt just fade into the shadows and disappear like that.
She made her way across town to the location sheād received. Sheād been suspicious at first, but when sheād heard that a number of other heroes had gotten a similar message, with the same location, it began to seem more legit. She was still apprehensive, but at least she knew she wasnāt going alone.
The location was a large, apparently abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town. It did at least appear to be structurally sound, but was unlikely to have any ideal vantage points for her to shoot from. She could still shoot from ground level, but she always had an advantage with a little bit of height.
She wasnāt enough of a fool to just waltz in, though. So instead, she waited just out of sight, waiting for somebody she at least vaguely recognised to arrive, and pulling on her mask.
But not for all. Cerys could feel it in the air. Maybe it was just her own anxiety, her own apprehension about the evening. But it felt like something was going to happen- something big, something that would disrupt the peace everyone else seemed to be feeling. But they needed to do something. They couldnāt just sit idly by. They couldnāt just fade into the shadows and disappear like that.
She made her way across town to the location sheād received. Sheād been suspicious at first, but when sheād heard that a number of other heroes had gotten a similar message, with the same location, it began to seem more legit. She was still apprehensive, but at least she knew she wasnāt going alone.
The location was a large, apparently abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town. It did at least appear to be structurally sound, but was unlikely to have any ideal vantage points for her to shoot from. She could still shoot from ground level, but she always had an advantage with a little bit of height.
She wasnāt enough of a fool to just waltz in, though. So instead, she waited just out of sight, waiting for somebody she at least vaguely recognised to arrive, and pulling on her mask.
atticus hawkins
xxxstaring in the blackness
xxxat some distant star
xxxthe thrill of knowing how alone we are,
xxxunknown we are.
xxx
Atticus didnāt particularly want to go to this meeting or whatever it was. Heād planned on spending the evening watching some movies or maybe getting some work done on his showreel. Or hell, going out for a few drinks. But Lucy was dragging him along, and he apparently wasnāt getting much of a say so in the matter.
Even if he didnāt particularly want to be there, that didnāt mean he wasnāt going prepared. Heād retrieved his gun from the hidden panel in his wardrobe. Itās weight felt strange, alien, but he wasnāt optimistic that things would end peacefully, and he didnāt want to be dependent on his knife. And if he was leaving the house, he would be damned if he wasnāt leaving well dressed. So he wore his usual suit, the holster for his gun concealed beneath the jacket, his mask tucked into one pocket and a knife in the other.
Heād been getting the messages too, of course. Somebody knew that he could have chosen to save his uncle, but instead chose his chance of freedom. Somebody who lorded that over him and threatened him to stick to the shadows, the shadows he only occasionally stepped out from. He would have been perfectly happy to just lay low, to disappear and shed Icarus. But not everyone could do that. The few people he could call āfriendsā in the villain community couldnāt do that, and they shouldnāt have had to. So that was why he hadnāt put up too much of a fight when Lucy told him he had to come.
āAbandoned warehouse. Seriously, could they get any more cliche?ā He remarked quietly as they approached, pulling on his mask. āThey should have just put up a sign, āthis is definitely a trapā!ā He added, frowning beneath the mask and instinctively putting his hands into his pockets to wrap around the knife.
Even if he didnāt particularly want to be there, that didnāt mean he wasnāt going prepared. Heād retrieved his gun from the hidden panel in his wardrobe. Itās weight felt strange, alien, but he wasnāt optimistic that things would end peacefully, and he didnāt want to be dependent on his knife. And if he was leaving the house, he would be damned if he wasnāt leaving well dressed. So he wore his usual suit, the holster for his gun concealed beneath the jacket, his mask tucked into one pocket and a knife in the other.
Heād been getting the messages too, of course. Somebody knew that he could have chosen to save his uncle, but instead chose his chance of freedom. Somebody who lorded that over him and threatened him to stick to the shadows, the shadows he only occasionally stepped out from. He would have been perfectly happy to just lay low, to disappear and shed Icarus. But not everyone could do that. The few people he could call āfriendsā in the villain community couldnāt do that, and they shouldnāt have had to. So that was why he hadnāt put up too much of a fight when Lucy told him he had to come.
āAbandoned warehouse. Seriously, could they get any more cliche?ā He remarked quietly as they approached, pulling on his mask. āThey should have just put up a sign, āthis is definitely a trapā!ā He added, frowning beneath the mask and instinctively putting his hands into his pockets to wrap around the knife.