the sound of silence Who: Regan and Cels When: Evening Where: Rooftops, near U of M Hospital
It was a weird thing to accept as a 50-year-old woman that you'd never actually experienced dead silence before. Oh, sure, Cels thought she had, but she was wrong. There was always a thought somewhere far away or the buzz of electricity... not anymore. Ever since she'd tried to project her telepathy past the barrier and hear for someone inside the world had gone well and truly silent. She was functioning with this as best she could. She knew, for one thing, that her encounter with the barrier had gone a fuck of a lot better than either of her brother's. She also had a familiar that could kind of help her communicate.
'Kind of' was the key phrase. He couldn't tell her exactly what was being said, but their link was so strong that he almost didn't need the telepathy. He could put the ideas in her head, and she could logic them out. Nine times out of ten, when people spoke to her, she guessed right at what had been said. She'd also taken to carrying a notepad around, and her smartphone had this awesome little app where she could type and it would talk. All good things.
Going back to the barrier today? Had not been a good thing. It was all too crazy, and in her world of silence she was basically useless. At some point someone near her had started to have an anxiety attack, and when the Commodore couldn't calm her down, Cels had finally mentally said 'fuck it' and driven her to the hospital herself. She was just ready to go home when something caught her eye. A figure, hunched on a rooftop, looking very much like a gargoyle. That was not the kind of thing Cels could just ignore. So she headed to the building and found the stairs that lead her to the roof, all the while knowing the Commodore was not enjoying this little sidetrip. He spoke for her anyway.
"My companion wants to know if you're trying to look like a gargoyle on purpose." Cels nodded. Another angel, she had realized. They were apparently everywhere in Scarlet Oak. She wasn't sure if this was comforting or not.