emma carstairs: the next great shadowhunter (shortsword) wrote in themandalay, @ 2017-08-19 22:05:00 |
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Entry tags: | emma carstairs, julian blackthorn |
WHO: Emma Carstairs & Julian Blackthorn
WHAT: Julian arrives in Vegas
WHEN: 19th August, Afternoon
WHERE: Stratosphere Hotel Needle & Mandalay Bay Hotel
RATING | STATUS: Medium | In Progress
WARNINGS: Spoilers (Lord of Shadows)
Emma had been there 23 hours too long. Most of those hours had been spent coming at the Forcefield in every way she could think of, including shovelling underneath it. Every step of the way, she’d had Cortana, the blade that cut through anything, the thousand year old Seven Riders included. It would cut the Forcefield, too. She just had to find the weak spot. Which would be why she was currently hanging by a rope from the Stratosphere's highest needle, climbing her way to the top by use of the Balance Rune and cutting in foot holds as she went along. Thankfully, Vegas had shops that sold climbing equipment; she would have done it without, but she would’ve been less at ease than she was now. To the Mundanes in the rooftop pool below, Emma wasn’t there, rendered invisible by Glamour Runes. She slashed Cortana to make another hand-hold, and in that time, that small motion, the universe became full again. Emma let out a breath she felt like she’d been holding since she’d been kidnapped. There was a slight warmth in her Parabatai Rune and it was spreading all through her body. There could be no other explanation but Julian. He had to be here. He had to. With her free hand, Emma dug into her jacket for her phone, skimming her fingers over to make the unlocking pattern and selecting ‘Jules’ from Favourites in mechanical habit. Please, please, please She thought, holding her cell up to her ear and appealing to the Angel that Christina believed in, to her own parents, the dial tone just audibly over the feel of her own heart in her chest. It picked up, and Emma’s heart lept up to her throat, “Julian?” |