http://kestrelswolf.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2011-12-04 10:07 am
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The Gig, Sunday

Helplessness was not a feeling Firekeeper was accustomed to. Or very fond of (as if anyone really was). Unfortunately, a lack of reading skills meant there was really nothing she could contribute to any sort of research effort, so she was left at loose ends, frustrated and annoyed.

Hopefully distracting herself with the routine tasks at the stables would help a little. So, she and Blind Seer went to work as usual, perching on a hay bale as they chatted with the horses.
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momslilassassin: ([neg] I have a hood and am looking down)

[personal profile] momslilassassin 2011-12-04 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Ben realized that Firekeeper might not have been able to read any of the names on the board.

Since he couldn't bring himself to put up a picture of Tahiri, he had the duty to tell her about Tahiri's fate in person.

"Firekeeper?" he called as he stepped into the stables and shoved memories of the many times he'd met up with Aravis here firmly out of his mind.

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ben, hello," Firekeeper called out. "You come to ride?" she didn't think so, but the weather was nice enough by winter's standards.
momslilassassin: ([neg] brooding is a family thing)

[personal profile] momslilassassin 2011-12-04 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe in a little while," he said. "I haven't gone riding in...years, really."

When had that happened?

"I have some, um, bad news to share."

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bad news?" Firekeeper echoed, frowning. "Explain." Much like helplessness, dancing around topics wasn't something she did all that well.
momslilassassin: ([neg] cheer up emo kid)

[personal profile] momslilassassin 2011-12-04 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Tahiri called from home," he said, cutting straight to the facts, "right before she disappeared with her entire galaxy."

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Tahiri?" Firekeeper's voice, usually so confident, wobbled as she spoke her friend's name. The 'entire galaxy' part was not something Firekeeper could really understand, but that her friend was gone? That she got. A soul-crushing grief, of the same kind she'd felt at Questioner's death, at recovering the memories of what had happened to her human parents, swept over her.

She did the only thing she could; threw back her head and howled. A moment later, Blind Seer joined in.
momslilassassin: ([neg] crying)

[personal profile] momslilassassin 2011-12-04 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Ben had been prepared for an emotional response but not on that level. Tears pricked in his own eyes as he watched Firekeeper and Blind Seer grieve.

He'd felt like howling a bit himself when he'd heard the message.

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do not understand this," Firekeeper admitted finally, when her throat had grown hoarse from the howling.
momslilassassin: ([neu] looking up)

[personal profile] momslilassassin 2011-12-04 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Which part?" Ben asked quietly, sitting down on a nearby hay bale.

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"All?" Firekeeper shrugged. "What magic can take people away like this?"
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[personal profile] momslilassassin 2011-12-05 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
"I have no idea," Ben said. "All I can hope is that we can put them back too."
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[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2011-12-04 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe that dislike of helplessness was magenetic, or maybe Francine just wanted to check in on the friends she could cling to when so many were gone, or both, but either way, she took a walk out to the Gig on Sunday, baked goods (from J,GoB, not her own) and a nice rare cut from the pork store in hand.

The thought Why the heck does Fandom have a pork store was somewhere in her head, but not exactly taking up much space considering the circumstances.

"Hey," she said quietly as she rounded the corner into the stables. It wasn't like she needed to be loud for either of the wolves, and quiet suited her mood.

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Firekeeper's mood had plummeted following Ben's visit, but that didn't meant Francine was about to get out of being tacklehugged by a two-legged wolf. "Francine!" she greeted with a grin.
thatsamilkshake: (hug - with a blonde!)

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2011-12-04 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Like Francine would try? Aside from a bit of maneuvering to stop the food from getting squished.

"I'm so glad you're still here and safe," Francine said, because while she could beat around the bush with the best of them, that wasn't a topic she wanted to dance around.
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[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Firekeeper nodded. "It is good to see you well." She needed all the good news she could get at this point, and Francine's presence was definitely in that category. Blind Seer yipped loudly, nosing at Francine's hands... and not just because he could smell meat in one of those bags. Really.
thatsamilkshake: (sitting)

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2011-12-04 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. Uh-huh. Which would be why she let him have that bag, but not before a sound scratching of his forehead and behind his ears.

"Arthur and Merlin are here too." She felt the and Katchoo part was too obvious to say, since if she weren't, it would be a very different Francine standing there, assuming she would have made it out of her hotel room at all.

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Firekeeper relaxed, visibly relieved at that. She may have not been the best at keeping in touch (she liked to use her inability to read as an excuse for that, never mind that she had pictures attached to most of the contacts in her phone now), but that didn't mean she didn't worry in her own unique way. "Sit," she commanded Francine. "Tell me- how are you being?"
thatsamilkshake: (shadowed)

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2011-12-04 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not so good." Francine found herself a not-too-poky bale of hay to sit on. "We made it here, but ...Dinah's gone. And I think my family is too, by now."

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"There has been no word from my friends," Firekeeper admitted. "But then, there rarely is so. I do not know if this magic has reached them too."
thatsamilkshake: (dubious)

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2011-12-05 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
"I hate--" Francine sighed. "Well, all of this. But right now I hate not knowing what we can do to help."

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-05 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes!" Firekeeper growled. Literally. "All this not seeing, not knowing." All she wanted to do was stab something. Was that too much to ask?
thatsamilkshake: (looking down - sad)

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2011-12-05 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
"How do you fight something that's not there?" Francine asked. "Or even protect people from it?"

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-05 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
"I do not know if we can," Firekeeper admitted, frustrated. "So many people have been reading. But I cannot even help there."
thatsamilkshake: (reading)

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2011-12-05 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
It was an odd thing to say to try to cheer someone up, but... "We're not finding anything, anyway. Nothing useful."

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-05 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Firekeeper appreciated the effort, at least. Well, sort of. She would've appreciated more if answers of any kind had been found.

"And everyone come here, but how do we know this place is safe?" she wondered.
thatsamilkshake: (fretty)

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2011-12-05 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
"It's Fandom." Because, of course, Fandom had never been attacked, or had pieces of it ripped away...

So maybe the more honest answer was, "It's still here."
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[personal profile] walkswithcoyote 2011-12-04 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Mercy came by a little later, looking edgy and concerned. "I... heard howling," she said uncertainly. "I came to see if the two of you were alright."

She'd considered shifting and doing some serious howling of her own.

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not so," Firekeeper shared. "We find a friend of ours has... gone."
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[personal profile] walkswithcoyote 2011-12-05 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Mercy nodded. "I understand. And I'm sorry for your loss. I... feel rather like howling myself."

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2011-12-05 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
"There is little enough else to do," Firekeeper complained. "I do not like this." A bit of an understatement.
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[personal profile] walkswithcoyote 2011-12-05 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
"No kidding," Mercy said with feeling. "How do you fight nothing? I can't-"

She shook her head. "I hate feeling helpless."
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