(Broken Cycle) Touching Base

[Sonnie Wu]

"I am proud," the Beast grinned and nodded. "Once I get the endless taco bar installed, I may never leave it!" She was kidding about the taco bar. Probably.

Pocketing her phone once more, she looked between the three Fairest, "I'm no expert on the Gentry, but I know what it's like to be prey. There's a difference between hunters and predators. Predators hunt because they need to. They have to eat to survive and won't waste unnecessary energy chasing targets they can't catch easily.

"Hunters do it because they want to. It's fun for them. If the Huntsman follows that idea, then the more challenging the prey, the better it'll like it." She shrugged, "So the best bait is something that will lead it on an intense chase."

Her eyes focused on Titania, her expression continuing to be serious. "In Spring, we laugh and dance and party for a lot a reasons. Mostly it's how we cope with... everything. We feel alive and free again. We flip a big middle finger at the True Fae and say 'See? You didn't break my spirit! Screw you!'" Sonnie scratched the back of her neck in a rather simian fashion, and she seemed unaware of it. "But if the Huntsman corners you in an empty lot one night, Starlight... a song and dance number isn't going to save you. We gotta be careful and smart. We hide and run now so we can go back to laughing later."

"And if we have to fight?" Her face split into a feral grin, her monkey fangs shining in the firelight, "Then we'll fight with every drop of passion in our veins and do Spring proud!"

The King of Fear departed. The Courser watched him go, then immediately looked to her friend and monarch. Seeing the distress on Sera's face, Sonnie was instantly at her side, taking one of those translucent hands in her own and providing a reassuring squeeze and friendly smile.

[Titania]

Truth is the daughter of Time. The Bright One departs, she has preparations to make.

Titania departs the scene. Nice one, everyone

[Seraphina]

The Nix was grateful for the support from Sonnie, and squeezes her hand back.

A tear escapes and she quickly wipes it, “Sorry.” Looking a little embarrassed. “I can’t breakdown now, we need to figure this out.” She was Queen, and breaking down wasn’t going to help.

“Probably just overtired.” Yup, that it was it. Totally.

A deep, steadying breath, “Ok, so plan. There are only two places I think he’d go, Autumns Hollow or wherever that graffiti is. And I don’t think going alone is the best thing.” If he planned on using himself as bait, she would be right there beside him.

“So did you want to come with me? I won’t force you, this is a terrifying situation, and I understand the urge to hide from it. But I can’t. Not as Queen and not as,” and she trails off, looking to the door. Hoping to see Rhodes in it.

Should maybe look to start wrapping soon and moving the plot forward?

[Sonnie Wu]

For a moment, Sonnie wished she carried around a handkerchief, like some men did. Maybe even one with her monogrammed initials. Then she could offer it to lovely ladies in moments of emotional distress and be all cool and suave.

I'd have that thing covered in taco sauce and my own snot after one day.

She smiled kindly to Seraphina and nodded, "I think we're all exhausted after a day like this."

There was a tussle between her animal instincts and her loyalty to her friend. The wild monkey wanted to go climb a tree and hide. The Spring warrior wanted to go defend her Queen. In the end, the royal bodyguard won out. Fight over flight.

"I'll come with you. I can't hide from this either. What kind of Claviger would I be if I didn't go and watch your back?" She nodded firmly, swallowing her feral fears for the time being. "King Rhodes shouldn't be alone, either. Unless he's appointed Anatole to whatever Autumn has for my position, we should go with."

"So, shall we go? Oh, and let's bring weapons. I dunno if we can hurt one of the Others, but I can sure as heck clobber his hounds."

The Beast glanced at the door, "I just hope Ellie isn't going to go out and do something on her own."

I'm good to wrap if you are. Great scene everyone!

[Seraphina]

A grateful smile was offered to the Beast, “Thank you. But I wouldn’t have held it against you if you didn’t.” and she wasn’t lying. She understood wanting to hide from Them. It was an instinct they all shared.

“Where do we get weapons? I don’t have any, well, not physical ones anyways. And I tried to hurt him in the Dream, but he just brushed it off. So, I honestly don’t know. But I think we need to be smart about this, arm ourselves, but not charge into anything. And hope that Rhodes can learn something that will help us from the graffiti.” She didn’t want to talk about the Hounds.

Sighing, “I don’t know what’s going on with her. Normally, I’d go after her, but with Rhodes mentioning using himself to lure it away, I can’t let that happen. But if you want to go after her, I’m ok with that. I’ll be with Rhodes.” But splitting the party was never a good thing. "Maybe you can try calling her while we're on our way?" she grabs her Hedgespun jacket, ready to leave.

Good to close the scene. Saber Sloth not sure how to move this forward...lol!

[Saber Sloth]

And Scene!