video;

[wolfishflame]

[It's dark. Whoever's broadcasting is outside in the middle of the night, and the camera slowly adjusts to the little amount of light filtering in from the stars and the barrier overhead.

When the broadcaster speaks, her voice is almost too hoarse to be recognizable, but it's Aly. She speaks quietly, but firmly.]

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
With what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire-- [And at that word, an angry gout of crimson flame flares up from her hands for a moment before disappearing.]
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate-- [The fire flares up again.]
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And will suffice.

[As she reaches to turn off the feed, something that looks a lot like blood can be seen smeared around her mouth.]

Comments

voice, private;

[afoolsgold]

[well that's--alarming. On many levels.]

Aly. What has happened?

voice, private;

[wolfishflame]

[Raspily:] I've made a huge mistake.

voice, private;

[afoolsgold]

[that bodes ill. The Fool gathers himself, preparing to leave wherever he is.]

Let us avoid another one. Tell me where you are, and I will come to you.

voice, private;

[wolfishflame]

[She hesitates, then gives out her location. It's atop a roof somewhere in the city.]

...will you and Devin be coming together?

voice, private;

[afoolsgold]

We can.

[he hopes. He hasn't asked yet, but he can't imagine Devin denying him in an emergency, and especially not one that involves Aly. They both have a soft spot for her, after all.]

voice, private;

[wolfishflame]

Okay.

[None of the cold fury is present in her demeanor anymore. Mostly she just sounds...tired. A girl lying in the ruins of her tower of mistakes, accepting her entombment.]