2) IT'S A HARD DOUBLE LIFE. It had been difficult enough returning to London after so many years away. Finding a place for herself in the court of the Unseelie had meant navigating the difficult balance of intrigue that happened in any court anywhere on earth but to find that she must learn to interact with humanity again on occasion was distasteful to her in many senses. It seemed that it was something that was necessary for managing to interact with the other species of this area as well, and that was something she would need to do eventually. It was likely the only way she would be able to find creatures outside her own court with which to ally herself and grow her power base.
Which was why she was now standing outside a theater looking at the titles of films and trying to understand what a Boogaloo was and why it was electric, and why both Max and his road were so angry, along with apparently seven other very angry people.
5 ish) Sliding Doors (Beltain or unclosed doorway) Someone has either slid into the Other Realm while the barrier was thin or stumbled upon a doorway left open by someone playing games. Instead of entering one of the many large, well groomed public parks of London or busy streets nearby, instead the traveller finds themselves in something more wild and significantly colder than the burgeoning summer in London. A woman had been speaking to someone, but in a burst of snow the other creature is gone and she turns to take the intruder in with a cool, somewhat curious look. The trees nearby have frost growing on their leaves as well as each stalk of grass in the near vicinity.
"And what would bringeth thee to Winter's lands? Surely t must be something dire." Nothing as silly as leaning against the wrong wall or pressing a hand against the mirror in the changing room at Harrods. Right? Because it would be really unfortunate to have been doing something that mundane only to stumble into a place where you could hear things skittering nearby and they actually sounded disturbingly large.
8) In the Fae Courts. If there was anything the fae liked it was a party. This evening was no different. The festivities were strung all along the Thames on both sides of the River as both Courts enjoyed the evening. Mostly they stuck to their own side but occasionally one would wander to speak with an acquaintance or pick a fight. The Unseelie tended to do the latter more but for the most part the evening was filled with music, twinkling lights and faerie drink. Dancing had broken out on the Unseelie side of the river and there were several nobles who seemed to have gone with a 1930's New York vibe and were currently twirling and swirling to something distinctly jazzy in nature as the stars started breaking out above. The colors started to grow dizzying and entrancing all at once as the dancers picked up speed. Mab moved off to one side, eyes scanning the crowds, keeping an eye on who was where and with whom each of them were speaking. She certainly didn't know enough of local politics to feel she could work her way through the crowd just yet. That would come with time but she planned to find someone who would fit here interests and engage them soon. An ally could soon turn to an enemy but you really couldn't get anywhere without either one, now could you?
8b) Ya'll ready for this? (throw something at me bro)
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It had been difficult enough returning to London after so many years away. Finding a place for herself in the court of the Unseelie had meant navigating the difficult balance of intrigue that happened in any court anywhere on earth but to find that she must learn to interact with humanity again on occasion was distasteful to her in many senses. It seemed that it was something that was necessary for managing to interact with the other species of this area as well, and that was something she would need to do eventually. It was likely the only way she would be able to find creatures outside her own court with which to ally herself and grow her power base.
Which was why she was now standing outside a theater looking at the titles of films and trying to understand what a Boogaloo was and why it was electric, and why both Max and his road were so angry, along with apparently seven other very angry people.
5 ish) Sliding Doors (Beltain or unclosed doorway)
Someone has either slid into the Other Realm while the barrier was thin or stumbled upon a doorway left open by someone playing games. Instead of entering one of the many large, well groomed public parks of London or busy streets nearby, instead the traveller finds themselves in something more wild and significantly colder than the burgeoning summer in London. A woman had been speaking to someone, but in a burst of snow the other creature is gone and she turns to take the intruder in with a cool, somewhat curious look. The trees nearby have frost growing on their leaves as well as each stalk of grass in the near vicinity.
"And what would bringeth thee to Winter's lands? Surely t must be something dire." Nothing as silly as leaning against the wrong wall or pressing a hand against the mirror in the changing room at Harrods. Right? Because it would be really unfortunate to have been doing something that mundane only to stumble into a place where you could hear things skittering nearby and they actually sounded disturbingly large.
8) In the Fae Courts.
If there was anything the fae liked it was a party. This evening was no different. The festivities were strung all along the Thames on both sides of the River as both Courts enjoyed the evening. Mostly they stuck to their own side but occasionally one would wander to speak with an acquaintance or pick a fight. The Unseelie tended to do the latter more but for the most part the evening was filled with music, twinkling lights and faerie drink. Dancing had broken out on the Unseelie side of the river and there were several nobles who seemed to have gone with a 1930's New York vibe and were currently twirling and swirling to something distinctly jazzy in nature as the stars started breaking out above. The colors started to grow dizzying and entrancing all at once as the dancers picked up speed. Mab moved off to one side, eyes scanning the crowds, keeping an eye on who was where and with whom each of them were speaking. She certainly didn't know enough of local politics to feel she could work her way through the crowd just yet. That would come with time but she planned to find someone who would fit here interests and engage them soon. An ally could soon turn to an enemy but you really couldn't get anywhere without either one, now could you?
8b) Ya'll ready for this? (throw something at me bro)