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apocalypsehowcomm2022-05-16 08:09 am
- !event,
- !finale,
- !npc,
- bucky barnes (mcu),
- cornelius hickey (the terror),
- cortana (halo),
- edalyn clawthorne (owl house),
- hunter (owl house),
- kate cordello (original),
- katrina (siren),
- manji (blade of the immortal),
- zz_addison montgomery (grey's anatomy),
- zz_ade bennett (the wess'har wars),
- zz_ainsley whitly (prodigal son),
- zz_andrew jaeger (original),
- zz_beauregard lionett (critical role),
- zz_bruno madrigal (encanto),
- zz_callisto (xena: warrior princess),
- zz_donna noble (doctor who),
- zz_garner cinderbrooke (original),
- zz_george milton (of mice and men),
- zz_jeff calhoun (original),
- zz_john carter (er),
- zz_jonathan sims (tma),
- zz_luka kovač (er),
- zz_malcolm bright (prodigal son),
- zz_misty quigley (yellowjackets),
- zz_neal caffrey (white collar),
- zz_nick valentine (fallout),
- zz_orpheus (hadestown),
- zz_rye kalibash (original),
- zz_tim drake (dc comics)
Event - Appalachia: Into the Pines
Footage plays on the television as a new story comes on, showing a series of sweeping vistas, intercut with clips of wolves that have clearly been filmed at some local wildlife sanctuary. "As far as anyone knows it, the last wolf to ever freely roam the Allegheny Mountains was slain in West Virginia in 1897. Daniel Stoffer Hamrick saw to the beast's passing, and the woods in our part of the world have gone quieter ever since. Appalachia does not forget its history, though. It buries it beneath coal and flyash, debts and white powder and pills. And the blood of people taken before their time, by the mines, by the mountain, by things we don't have names for, just hurt. But Appalachia does not forget.
"This is Cindy Parsons with Channel 5, Wolf News." Footage cuts to a newscaster standing outside a gated apartment complex with FYRE's logo emblazoned on it. "As we know, our beloved Wolf Pen is home to one of the biggest FYRE worker housing complexes in Wyoming County. It is a monument to the history of our town, and this week, we'll be on the lookout for visitors from all over the country, coming to see the grand re-opening of the historic Bluestone Mine as a museum."
Footage cuts to a nondescript businessman, identified by the news footage as Carl Watts, CEO of FYRE. He's smiling blandly as he stands at a podium and gestures to the entrance of the mining tunnel behind him. "The Wolf Pen community has been a partner to us for decades now, and we knew it was finally time to give something back to all y’all. We'll have our soft opening on Monday with a full Rumble Down Under party in the old mines scheduled for June 15th. We'll have a live bluegrass concert and anticipate a huge influx of tourists to the area to help out our neighbors itching for a few more pocketbooks to tend to." A wink.
The footage returns to Cindy. "FYRE has stated that this new museum will provide an educational tool and tourist attraction for those wanting to learn about West Virginia, Wolf Pen, and the hard-working men and women who have made this beautiful part of our nation their home. Time will tell. Time is always telling when it comes to the promises of people who have used our land and our bodies to line their pocketbooks. They fill our blood and our lungs with black tar and-"
Cindy cuts out and is replaced by in-studio anchors. "Thank you, Cindy!" a blonde woman says, smile just a little strained. "I think we're all looking forward to seeing the big opening by FYRE on Sunday and that rocking good party next month. It should be a gneiss one! Now to Tim with the weather. Tim?"
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He raises an eyebrow, immediately interested in hearing more and not trying to hide it.]
What do you mean? What else is there? I already know about her being completely high-and-mighty about everything. [It's his turn to snort.] She likes reminding me that I'm about half her age.
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[A part of her considers answering the rest, if only because he sounds genuinely curious. But it would be sharing Lilith's worst life choice with a kid she actively dislikes. And Eda isn't exactly close with Hunter so far.]
But nah... I don't think you're ready for our whole life story. Maybe some other time. [She'll think about it.]
I will give you something to take the wind out of her sails next time she's mean to you, though. At our first Covention, Lily was so excited about seeing the Emperor's Coven perform that she peed herself a little. [And that's apparently never going to stop being funny to Eda.]
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[He isn't expecting to though, not since Lilith is exiled and all.
He does frown at that, but it's hers and Lilith's personal life and if she isn't willing to give that information then he won't pry. He knows what it's like wanting to keep personal things private.
And hey! She's still giving him something hilarious. His eyes widen before he sputters, and lets out a brief laugh.]
Really?? She was that big of a fan??
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She really was. Trust me, I wish I was joking. I had to hear about the whole thing for weeks.
[In retrospect she's a little nostalgic about back when her sister talked to her about everything, but it was annoying at the time and it's still funny to complain about it now.]
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I'd never have guessed. She's so stuffy, but I guess it makes sense if she's going to be that enthusiastic about something it would be the Emperor's Coven.
[Because it's the greatest, you see.]
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She was always a little stuffy... perfect prissy li'l Lilith. [Eda grumbles that last part, but with a lot less malice than she would have used a year or two ago.]
But it got way worse after she joined. And after she gave herself that makeover. Trust me, she didn't used to be... [Eda just sort of gestures vaguely as she remembers the persona her sister was playing up for so long.] Cool.
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Really? She must have changed her appearance to fit in better with the Coven. What did she used to look like?
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[Eda gives a tired grimace and runs her fingers through her hair. It's not like she doesn't own the silver fox look, but she wouldn't have minded a few more years of ginger.]
But my hair was always amazing and hers was the frizziest thing I've ever seen. She looked like a sheep-spider in the mornings. And she stopped wearing her glasses when she joined, too. Guess being able to see is for nerds. [Okay, she probably just had another solution or a concealment stone, but that's not as funny.]
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She must think that. [Getting rid of your glasses when you need them is ridiculous, in his opinion.] Well, now I have plenty of ammo the next time she calls me 'Golden Brat.'
[Aaaand it's weird to be saying this to her of all people, but he really, really hates that nickname:] Thanks.
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Of course, she doubts he'll need it any time soon, even if they do get home. But hey, if it actually comes up she's pretty sure Lilith is a big girl who can handle a teenager picking on her back.]
Does anyone even get along there? [This might come off as fishing for info, but it isn't really meant to be. She's just thinking about how both Lilith and Raine have made working in the castle sound like it's kind of a shitshow even aside from all the evil.]
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He raises an eyebrow at Eda's question.]
The Coven Heads are all friends. What do you think?
[That seems like a ridiculous question to him. The answer is obviously no, but that's only because Hunter's idea of friendship involves lying and backstabbing.
He shakes his head.]
I should get back to the hotel. I need to write up a report of what happened.
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Where do you think I'm trying to get? [Eda grumbles, glancing around again. The trees continue to look much the same, and she glares at them as if that might help in any way. She's personally less worried about writing a report, and more worried about having a nap, but she'd like to be out of the cryptid-infested woods all the same.]