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undergrounds2016-03-24 09:48 am
livesarejuststories) wrote in undergrounds2016-03-24 09:48 am
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A Spring Tradition [Lambeth raid]
The Unsuspecting
Early morning
At dawn, most people are still asleep, nestled soundly in their beds. Some might be stirring, but all is quiet. What is about to come? Has no warning. Except, if one's extremely perceptive, an influx of the feel of magic in the air.
Still, that could merely be the fault of the changing of the seasons, as the Seelie Court begins to grow in power.
The Surprise
Late morning
At precisely 11:11, something in the air shifts. The fae who had walked in -- that she cannot make a door still aggravates Lagertha extremely -- have changed their purpose. They are no longer merely idling around.
Instead, their magic is used to force open doors or windows.
The news will later report a rash of break ins, with jewellery and pieces of art going missing. Expensive, especially unique things (be they magical or not) are the prize. Cash? Matters little. Three children, left unattended for too long, also vanish.
The Aftermath
Early evening
Circle Daybreak made a fine show, Lagertha will give them that. She let those who opposed her see her as she is, not as she pretends to be. 'Lacy Brook' is still uncompromised.
And it is Lacy who sits at a coffee shop in Lambeth, listening to the news report. The angry police, the 'distraught' parents making a plea for the return of their children.
You shouldn't have been passed out drunk when your son was crying, she thinks as she listens to one single mother weep and wail. That boy? Is far better off under her care in the Other Realm. And she fully intends on keeping him.
"What is the world coming to?" she murmurs as the news story ends.
To her credit, she manages not to look or sound pleased with herself when she says it.
Early morning
At dawn, most people are still asleep, nestled soundly in their beds. Some might be stirring, but all is quiet. What is about to come? Has no warning. Except, if one's extremely perceptive, an influx of the feel of magic in the air.
Still, that could merely be the fault of the changing of the seasons, as the Seelie Court begins to grow in power.
The Surprise
Late morning
At precisely 11:11, something in the air shifts. The fae who had walked in -- that she cannot make a door still aggravates Lagertha extremely -- have changed their purpose. They are no longer merely idling around.
Instead, their magic is used to force open doors or windows.
The news will later report a rash of break ins, with jewellery and pieces of art going missing. Expensive, especially unique things (be they magical or not) are the prize. Cash? Matters little. Three children, left unattended for too long, also vanish.
The Aftermath
Early evening
Circle Daybreak made a fine show, Lagertha will give them that. She let those who opposed her see her as she is, not as she pretends to be. 'Lacy Brook' is still uncompromised.
And it is Lacy who sits at a coffee shop in Lambeth, listening to the news report. The angry police, the 'distraught' parents making a plea for the return of their children.
You shouldn't have been passed out drunk when your son was crying, she thinks as she listens to one single mother weep and wail. That boy? Is far better off under her care in the Other Realm. And she fully intends on keeping him.
"What is the world coming to?" she murmurs as the news story ends.
To her credit, she manages not to look or sound pleased with herself when she says it.