video to text; Unseelie locked (action if you are close by in Aghmor)

[digophelia]

[ It's been about a year and nothing really has happened. Somewhere, in Aghmor, it's bedtime for six kids and Alice is getting them settled in for the night. There's a slight sound of what sounds like something chewing on Alice's locket. After some examination, it's in the hands of a freckle-faced little girl with dark brown hair. She has a bit of a lisp when she talks. Her dirty little hands present Alice back with the locket.

First sight of Alice in a year and she looks healthier than she did before, she fusses over the little girl, swooping in to stop her- ]

Slania! Jewelry is certainly not good for your teeth! What is- oh.

[ Holy crap, they're working again. Slania doesn't seem to phased by Alice's scolding, asking through her lisp- ]

What's that?

[ She acts like a toy was taken away from her, she starts to clamour on Alice's apron. Alice is a busy woman, there's the sound of children chattering curiously behind her. Life has been weird. ]

Never you mind; where's your stuffed bear? It's time for you all to sleep.

[ She asks before closing the locket completely, desperately pretending as if it's nothing. About thirty minutes later or so, Alice has switched it to text, determined to brush that off. ]

Well, this is rather strange, I was convinced that they were broken. I apologize, it's one of Slania's quirks, an odd one at that she's acquired and I'm sure it's a way to calm herself. I suppose it's been awhile, hasn't it? I haven't seen or heard from some of you in quite some time; I understand any apprehension that this may bring, using this locket, I don't mind. But I miss my friends in my court and so much has happened.

Needless to say, welcome back, I suppose.

[ For obvious reasons, she keeps it brief. Alice has had close contact with a handful of people. She decides it's best to act discreetly, there's a lot of things she wants to mention, but she'll keep that for people close to her. There's nothing wrong with saying "hi", right? It's not like she's been doing what she's been doing for the past year or anything, no.

Alice hates to be deceptive in any form, but for now, she'll feign some sort of face. ]

SIXTH BLOOM ❀ | Compass Vidya waaay backdated to mid April 2,701

[showmeyourwreath]

( [Locked to: Alice Lidell, Alyosha the Brucolac, Flora, Grell Sutcliffe, Lord El-Melloi II(Waver Velvet), Harry Potter, John Grimm, Lancer(Diarmuid Ua Duibhne), Rin Tohsaka.] )

video. (seelie court only) | a vision.

[rube]

[ben is nervous, but not because he's about to share another vision, but because of what he knows is about to come. he's not entirely sure if it's all relative, but he'd been hoping it wouldn't happen so soon. the winter had been a harsh one. for a lot of people, this may be the first time they've seen, let alone spoken to, ben in a long time.

he finally speaks, his voice even but urgent. he seems to finally be ready to speak of his vision.]

It might be too late to change anythin', but I saw somethin' over the winter. It's hard to describe if you haven't seen it, but it's all important, even if it ain't gonna happen right away.

[he lets out a sigh, rubbing his temples,]

Black line in the horizon, only gettin' bigger. Far as I know, it's the Void-- that ain't news. It's comin'. There was-- there was a head, no body, and arrows hittin' the beach. There was some kinda noise there, too. Damn loud, if you ask me. Then the birds came, bigger than anythin' I've seen before, grabbin' at snakes as big as them.

[he pauses; he doesn't look thrilled at what he's about to say.]

The Shuck was eatin' the White Hart. [he licks his lips, gaze hardening,] Whatever's out there, we got to prepare ourselves.

[the feed ends.]

003 ☙ [VIDEO] | Seelie

[thequitecontrary]

[Waking up from being asleep for a year is much like coming out of a coma. It took Mary a few days to feel truly herself again, but now she's back and well and truly confused about what happened to her.

The last that she remembered, she had finally been able to smash the damn harp in her dreams and get some rest from the depression that constantly haunted her for weeks. One night she drifted off and the next thing she knew it was May... a year later. Obviously, much has happened and she wonders why she had to be the one to be put into a magical sleep and miss everything.

She experienced a dream, or what felt like a dream, during her sleep - that she was back at Downton and that she had interacted with her family members, even lived her life there for a year while her body was asleep here. The details of what happened are clear, though remembering it feels like watching everything happen through a veil over her face.

On the locket she appears rested, to say the least. She's bathed, washed her hair, and styled it so that she looks presentable. But there's confusion and a bit of fear in her eyes as she tries to get answers.]

Have I truly been asleep for a year? I fear this could be quite a long conversation, but what have I missed? And was I the only one afforded this privilege of missing out on a year of my life?

video; unseelie

[desperate_times]

Wakey-wakey eggs and bakey~.

[Have one smiling treasure hunter to greet you all. It's been quite a year! She's seen a lot of this world, but now it's back to business, it seems.]

Communications are back online! At least for us. I'll bet the seelie have theirs online now, too. How are we supposed to banter back and forth though? It's not as fun if we're not glaring at each other and shouting death threats.

Oh well, we can still glare in spirit, right?

[Let's see, what else is new?]

Have all the sleeping people woken up? You should know that while you were sleeping, we stripped you naked and made an Unseelie 2702 calendar. And if you weren't asleep, don't tell them that's a lie, you'll ruin the surprise.