EVENT: MELPOMENE ▒ HOME

[ataraxites]

CHARACTERS: Ensemble production!
LOCATION: Corridors in the belly of the Tranquility
WARNINGS: Creepiness, disturbing imagery, violence, etc.
SUMMARY: Characters discover slices of sanctuary deep in the maze.
NOTES: Open to all! Covers Stage Four of the plot & Escape.

You've been running and fighting for what feels like weeks now. Exhausted and desperate, you find another door, stumbling through into— You're home, finally, far away and safe from monsters or spaceships. You're not alone, someone here who's been waiting for you, and they're so happy to see you. Relief overcomes you; you just want to rest, and there's no reason to believe anything here isn't what it seems, is there?

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[wroughtsteel]

[ She glances back at Jaime with some startle at his words, trying to pull from the hold still on her all the while. ]

But... [ But he is my uncle, is what she thinks, yet the words never come. The grip of fingers tighten around her arm, enough that it hurts her, and it only adds to her doubts and questions, to her fear that had begun the moment she started stepping away from that white light.

Years of her life with Théoden, and not ever once, controlled by Saruman or not, never had he even so much as raised his voice at her, let alone hurt her in any way. He would never force her anywhere, drag her along to a place she did not wish to go. This could not be him. And yet...

She misses him so. She wants no more than for him to be real. With a pained cry, anger and sadness and ache all mingled into one gesture, she yanks her hand free and shoves the impostor away, watching him stumble backwards and nearly fall while she herself is frozen in place. ]

No... [ A shaky breath, and she glances at Jaime. ] Not Arda?