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Caleb William Danvers (first_to_ascend) wrote in ipswich_rpg,
@ 2010-01-29 07:10:00

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2010 01, caleb danvers, chase collins

RP: Closing the Gate
Who: Caleb, Chase
Where: Putnam's field
When: Dark times, January 29, 2010
Rating/warning: Snark? Attitude? ~~Hot man on man action?~~
Summary: Chase and Caleb attempt to close the hell gate.
Status: Private, ongoing

Caleb was aware of all the missing people that had come up in the journals. There was no reason for him to think they'd gone anywhere but home, and he was firmly of the mind that that was exactly where they were. He was not going to panic about it. The anomaly was reversing himself, that was all.

At least, that had been all until he'd seen Ashley was missing. This was her home, so that flawed his theory. He just really, really hoped she'd decided to take off for Atlantic City or something, and wasn't actually wherever the rest of the missing people were - because that would make them not home, which would mean they were somewhere else.

He hoped Chase knew something about it that could allay his fears and tell him 'yeah, sure, Ashley took off for an early weekend for no reason' and that would be that.

Caleb wasn't seriously harboring much hope in that department.

With his hands shoved into his pockets, Caleb crunched his way across the field through the snow. He ran one hand down his face and through his hair before shoving his hand back into his pocket. He wasn't sure how long he'd give Chase before he called the other witch, but if something really was wrong with Ashley, he wasn't sure if this plan was going to work so well.

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everto
2010-01-29 07:26 pm UTC (link)

He was a mess, wasn't exactly used to worrying about someone other than himself this much. But Ashley being gone bothered him more than it probably bothered anyone else, because he'd ventured a guess as to where these missing people were and he fucking knew what they were going through. It was something he wouldn't wish on anyone, and it broke him to think she might be stuck there.

"Caleb," he called out, walking over to where the other witch was. "We need to focus on getting them back." In his mind everything else could wait.

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first_to_ascend
2010-01-29 07:49 pm UTC (link)

Caleb exhaled softly. "We don't know where they went, Chase," he pointed out. "We should worry more about sealing up the crack than dragging back the people that didn't belong in the first place."

He knew though that this wasn't about them; this was about Ashley.

"We can only deal with so much at a time. I'm worried, too. Maybe she was pulled along with someone back to their own world or something," he tried. "But we don't know where they are," he repeated.

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everto
2010-02-01 12:05 am UTC (link)

"If they're in Hell," Chase told him darkly, "they won't come back the same." He knew firsthand. He didn't give a damn about the others, but if Ashley was sent there...it was the one thing he didn't will on even his enemies.

"I can't stand here and focus on anything know they might be there," Chase insisted. He said 'they' but he meant 'her' and he knew that Caleb would get that.

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first_to_ascend
2010-02-01 12:09 am UTC (link)

Caleb ran one hand down his face. There was nothing aside from speculation to indicate that's where they were, and he was more interested in closing up the door than worrying where everyone had gone off to. Except for Ashley, because she shouldn't have been taken anywhere. She wasn't displaced.

"There's nothing to indicate that's where they are," Caleb pressed. "It doesn't make sense. No one could have sent them all there, and things are coming out, not going in." Well, he didn't know that no one had sent them there. Maybe some people had come down to try to fix this on their own and done something to it. They had no way to know.

"But if you can't focus then ..." Caleb wasn't sure how to finish that. Go away and I'll do it myself? He wasn't sure he could. So he shook his head and let the power bleed into his eyes, turning them black. "Just ... try," he insisted.

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everto
2010-02-01 12:16 am UTC (link)

Chase sighed, eyes blackening as he looked at Caleb. "Fine," he muttered, knowing that despite his worries this was a priority. Things would only get worse if they didn't fix this. If they could fix this. What if magic just made it worse? After all, they'd tried this recently.

"How do you want to go about this?" he asked, looking at Caleb as the magic coursed through his veins. It felt good to use again.

Especially since it wouldn't age him now.

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first_to_ascend
2010-02-01 12:29 am UTC (link)

Caleb looked around and sighed. How did he want to go about it? He really didn't know. "Leave the ... portal alone." Because nothing good had come of trying to close it last time. He gestured a little toward the field around the barn. "I guess just ... focus on closing everything up."

That should be easy enough, right? A blanket closing force on the crack or gate or whatever was letting the beasts and demons out?

Glancing over to Chase, he shrugged. "You go that way, I'll go this way and we'll just ... close everything. Except the portal."

It wasn't much of a plan and he knew it, but really it was all he had just then.

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everto
2010-02-01 12:49 am UTC (link)

Chase looked at him for a moment, then laughed quietly. "Our magic--gay as it is--is stronger together," he pointed out. "We won't get anything done unless we combine it."

All he knew about magic he knew from personal experience, having not grown up around it like the others. He hadn't had any ancient books to teach him all about it and the source of it like they had, but he knew enough. Chase hoped he did anyway, otherwise he was going to sound like a complete idiot here and now.

He held his hands out, palms towards the ground, and focused as he tried to find every source of otherworldly presence. The field was full of it.

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first_to_ascend
2010-02-01 01:00 am UTC (link)

Caleb sighed, but he knew that was closer to the truth. He did refrain from quipping about holding hands. Instead, he focused like Chase was and began to run his power along the ground to find the cracks. Not that there were any physical cracks to be seen ... it was more weaknesses and holes in the fabric of reality separating Earth from Hell.

He seriously wished he was not having to deal with this bullshit - but he was, so he would. He and Chase were the strongest ones, and he'd age himself a few months for the good of the town.

Even if they'd never know and never thank him for it. What was a few months, anyway?

Sweeping his dark gaze back and forth, he pointed his power at every crack or weak spot he saw, closing them up or at least coating them over with power so things would stop leaking out.

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notif fail!

everto
2010-02-02 04:58 am UTC (link)

It was easier than he thought it might be, Chase able to focus and follow along those invisible cracks with his magic. Immortality helped, of course, Chase not having to worry about how much this was going to age him. It meant that he didn't hold back at all, that he poured as much magic into this as he could, and he made damn sure cracks were sealed before he moved on to another.

Combining his magic with Caleb's felt odd, but he wasn't above admitting there was a strength to it. It was something he knew he couldn't accomplish alone, mortal or not.

"I didn't mean for all of this to happen," Chase commented after a while. "When I broke out? I didn't know it would lead to this."

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first_to_ascend
2010-02-02 05:38 am UTC (link)

Caleb remained silent while they finished the field. "I know," he conceded quietly to Chase once he'd stopped pouring magic onto the field. Hopefully, this would be the end of the influx of demons and they could start focusing on finding Ashley. Caleb honestly wasn't terribly concerned about the others, but Ashley belonged here.

He wondered if they could completely rule out kidnapping; she had a couple of exes she'd had bad break-ups with that might have come back up this way. Still, the timing was ... coincidental. It made more sense that she'd somehow vanished with the others, which meant they didn't have a goddamn idea where to start looking.

He shuddered and rolled his shoulders before he shoved his hands into his pockets and tilted his head to regard Chase in the light of the full moon.

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everto
2010-02-04 06:11 am UTC (link)

"How do we know this is enough?" Chase asked, looking at him. What if their magic wasn't good enough and the cracks opened again? There really wasn't a way to keep an eye on it all the time. They could check from time to time, but it was something they had to use their magic to see.

He sighed, glancing at the ground as if expecting to see something there. "This is all my fault," Chase finally admitted, muttering it under his breath.

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first_to_ascend
2010-02-04 06:19 am UTC (link)

"We don't know," he admitted. "Not for sure." Caleb shook his head, gazing toward Chase curiously. This was certainly a different side of him. While he thought it might be a ploy, he didn't think so. Fool him once, and all that; he wasn't going to fall for Chase's bullshit again.

"It's not ..." He ran his fingers through his hair. "Not your fault. You didn't plan this, right?" Caleb studied Chase, but he didn't think the other witch had.

And even if he had, he didn't think Chase was responsible for Ashley going missing. Which, of course, was the next thing on the agenda. Finding her, and all the other missing people.

Caleb sighed again. Just when he thought things might be calming down ...

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