gone west

and if all we've got is what no one can break

As soon as he'd received Maeve's letter he'd let Ronin know what was happening. What the Star chose to do with that information had to be quickly decided. Mateo was sent to Tobi (did she normally cry when the toddler was dropped off?) and Ronin and Remi lay down in their bed. It was noon, but as the Star closed his eyes, he was instantly asleep. Remi followed soon after.

Pacing back and forth until he felt the tendrils of Maeve's mind, the pair had time to hatch a plan before Remi disappeared across the blurred lines of reality, where he woke up somewhere he had only been a handful of times. With his arms wrapped around the Madame, Remi's eyes blink awake slowly. He has no idea where he is—somewhere in Torchline, with Maeve pressed against him. It wasn't as though she hadn't seen him naked on more than one occasion, but even so, he bashfully shuffles back, nearly falling off of the couch she was sleeping on in the process.

"Hey." He whispers softly, uncovering himself before creating clothes to wear in the interim. They didn't need to last long, which was convenient as far as memory-clothing went.

i know i love you if that's all we can take

Coding base by Sky!

Maeve

It was the first sleep she's managed to get since writing him the letter. Maeve's not even sure it lasts all that long before she's stirring awake with Remi's voice in her ear. The Madame looks unwell. Even in the dim light of the office she's staying in currently it's clear that the recent events have taken a toll. Her brows draw together in confusion at the feeling of arms wrapped around her and it isn't until he speaks, accent coloring his words, that she realizes it's Remi.

Maeve carefully sits herself up, wincing as she inhales sharply at the spike of pain in her ribs. She rubs at her eyes, struggling to focus on him as she tries to shake the last dregs of restless asleep from her consciousness, "Remi.." Maeve exhales in relief, green eyes landing on him in the faint light of the dying fire that flickers weakly in the hearth. "I didn't get a chance to write.. it happened so quickly." She swallows thickly, flashing back to those last few moments before the building collapsed. How she'd been focused on getting everyone out and to safety. Her fingers clutch at her blanket, twisting into the soft material that shields her from the chill of the room.

Poor little girl
still waiting for her happy ending

and if all we've got is what no one can break

'Are you alright?' It doesn't take the flickering of her emotions for him to see the pain she's in, and not for the first time he wonders if Ludo will ever give him the ability to heal. (That's a hard no).

"You did write," He says softly, buttoning up his pants and shrugging into a sweater. 'Sorry I did not write back. I thought it best if I just...came." Remi adds with a small smile, kneeling beside the couch. With a frown he glances around the room that they're in. It looks like an office, though whose it is, he has no idea. The further he's ever been in Sunjata's house is just the main room, where last he committed an act that shattered apart his friendship with Nate. "Where are we?"

i know i love you if that's all we can take

Coding base by Sky!

Maeve

She's not going to cry again. She's not. Maeve draws in a shallow breath as to not press against her ribs too much, shaking her head, "Not really. I mean... I'm okay, but not." Physically she's still hurting, mentally she's drained, and emotionally she's a fucking mess. She's trying, though. "They patched me up at the clinic. A beam fell on me when the second floor collapsed as I was checking the rooms." Maeve lets herself rest against the arm of the couch, eyes closing for a moment against the dizzy spell that seems to come when she lifts her head now.

"I mean before it happened... I should have just let you take people that night." Her voice is tight and her eyes prick with tears and she's not going to fucking cry. She can't. She refuses. The guilt wells up anyway and she does what she can to ignore it. Maeve follows his eyes, realizing he might not have been to this part of Sunjata's house before, "We're at Jata's... Only four of us are here. Rest are between the Society and the clinic."

Poor little girl
still waiting for her happy ending