— WAYFARING STRANGER

          blue eyes will play it innocent  ,   as if she only knows the definition of the card  ,   not the true effect of it in the wrong hands  .     “  the swords give me a  …  weird vibe  .   i know it’s just a painting or something  ,   but i don’t think i particularly like it  .  ”    that’s truth  ,   and there’s a semblance of truth as she lies  -  for every good lie  has  a bit of truth to it  .   will wrap her arms around herself  ,   though not cold  ,   to cover goosebumps  .   she  hates  revealing too much of the truth  .   shakes her head  ,   blonde locks frame her face  prettily  as her lips purse  .     “  something  with a thought process  ,   this kind of stuff  …  i don’t think could be random  .   but why ?  maybe someone pissed off someone powerful  .  ”  

Louis watches as the man sits down beside him and nods his head solemnly when he reveals he has no answers, either. Apparently, no one did, it was understandable, albeit disappointing. “Jumbled up thoughts… yes, me too,” he agrees quietly. “There was something almost supernatural about it. Sinister.” When he sees Caspian is still looking at the card, he places it back into his pocket, hoping it will be less of a distraction. He throws his cigarette to the ground and puts it out with his shoe. “Louis Garroux,” he replies, holding out his hand and shaking the other’s hand. “I’m new to the city, so for this to be my first real impression of it is… unfortunate.”

Louis is so lost in his own thoughts for a moment that he barely hears the man speak to him. He blinks twice, looking up and finally registering what he has been asked. “Yes… yes, I was,” he assures him, placing the card in his pocket and taking a shady drag of his cigarette. He looks at the man’s card, then back up at his face. “Please, sit. It would be nice to talk to someone about it, especially someone who was actually there. All the people I work with were full of questions I simply do not have answers to.”

As hard as she had tried, Cora couldn’t avoid the questions. But what startled her was how the man came up to her her so abruptly, getting his question right out of the gate. “I’m afraid I don’t know,” she said as she came to a stop, giving him a quick once over. God he was tall, and seemed harmless enough. And if he had information that she needed, she couldn’t very well pass it up.

“What does it mean?” she asked as she got out her pen and notepad. Some police work was still done the old-fashioned way. “When it comes up in a reading?”

"crisis,” cas replied. “deep wounds and loss. it’s a bad card. a horrible one. no one likes to see the ten of swords.”

brianna was practically vibrating as she sat across from the other, the coffee shop alive with the gentle hum of brewing machines and other patrons. no one was paying each other any real mind, though, as it always was in new york city, however, everyone too invested in their own worlds to bother with her and her absolutely mind-blowing news. “ you are not gonna believe what happened to me last night. ” she’d held it in all day, only doing so much as to write it down on her laptop, keeping that document saved to her desktop for just the right time. “ i saw something, ” she continued, pulling her bag to her lap. “ and i got it on video. ” there it was, that absolutely adorable grin, a rare one of triumph mixed with elation. “ it’s big. like, king candy is turbo kind of big. ” of course there was a reference thrown in, from a disney movie no less. “ you gotta see it. ” the raven-haired girl was pulling out her phone. “ but you can’t tell anyone, okay ? ” eyes flitted up to the other sitting opposite her, hands stalling. “ this is a big deal. ” a big deal to her, mostly, but if this went viral, got really big, who knows what it could do.

       handsome  ,   too handsome  ,   too  sweet  looking  ,   she thinks  .   something’s off  ,   and she can’t pin point it  .   puts on an easy smile  ,   bright blue eyes shine for a moment  .     “  i’m happy for you  ,   then  .   i was so  ANXIOUS  about my brother  ,   he was way too drunk  ,   and i couldn’t keep an eye on him at all !  ”    lets worry lines crease under her brows  ,   lips curl up with a similar expression  .     “  i had to  google  what the ten of swords meant !  ”    that was very much the truth  ,   though amelia assumed it couldn’t be anything good  .   she’ll let out a  pretty  laugh  ,   genuine smile on her lips for  once  .     “  you’re  funny  .  ”    a pause  ,   smile reaches her eyes as she looks at him  .     “  but obviously we have to hijack a  bath & bodyworks  first  ,   because i think they  ACTUALLY  have it in air freshener form  ,   and then  we can scatter it throughout the city  .

Squatting down in the charcoal and the ash, Cora inspected one the leftover tarot cards with a gloved hand. The ten of swords. She didn’t know its symbolism, she would have to consult with someone who did, but it obviously wasn’t good. Whomever was behind these attacks certainly had a flair for the dramatic. “Bag it,” she said to a uniformed officer, handing over the card. They would bag and tag all of them if it meant that maybe they could get a shred of evidence off of them. She was a homicide detective, not arson, but with two bodies found and her connection to the building and the founding families, Cora had been able to get onto the case. Her hope was that she would be able to bring something to the council meeting that would help them find whoever did this. 

Cora stood up, the slight burn on her arm aching as she did, and crossed over the yellow tape that marked off the crime scene, avoiding questions from reporters and curious onlookers as she did. 

“do you know what it means?” he asked, striding over to the detective’s side. he had spotted her through a crowd of onlookers and made the decision to talk to her immediately. it was clear that she was important; she way she carried herself was enough to give it away, but the orders she was barking at uniformed officers made it even more abundantly clear. he realized that his question was somewhat vague; ‘it’ could’ve been anything. the murders, the placement of the card, the catastrophe overall. no one at a scene like this could say ‘it’ and expect to be understood, so he quickly added, “the card, i mean. the ten of swords. do you know what it means when it comes up in a reading?”

Louis still can’t properly wrap his head around what happened at the gala. He knew New York was full of surprises, but this? A park bench seemed to be the most peaceful place for him to take his lunch break, considering all people could talk about at rehearsals was the tragedy that had occurred. He lifts up his cigarette to his mouth, taking a shaky inhale as he glances down at the playing card he had taken as hundreds fell from the sky the other night. 

              “  did everyone you care about get out safe ?  ”    baby blues are wide ,   blinks at the other innocently as she brings her  hot chocolate  spiked with a potion  ,    to her lips  .   amelia’s actually surprised by the turn of events  ,   the smell of  SOOT  lingering in her hair  ,   and smoke on her skin .      “  i don’t think there’s enough  japanese cherry blossom  perfume in the world to cover up this stench  .  ”    crinkles her nose with a sigh  .     “  it’s  really  hard running in heels  .  ”    will shiver  ,   though she’s not sure if it’s because of the chilly weather or the prospect of what could have caused this  .  

Indigo took a long drink of her wine. She wasn’t sure if she was still tipsy or if somewhere along the way she had crossed the threshold into drunk. Either way, she felt light and everything seemed like a good idea. Taking a few stumbling steps forward, she gave the person closest to her a large, sloppy smile. “Hi! Hello!” Was she being too loud, She was probably being too loud. “Do you have a minute to talk about ghosts? Or my patreon?” She paused for a moment, suddenly comtemplative. “What about ghosts AND my patreon?” 

hey it’s eliza bringing you another muse even though i told myself i would have self control and wait before i brought another one but i couldn’t resist making hozier a fae whoops. this time it’s caspian, fae bastard extraordinaire. tbh he’s my baby and i love him very much!! can’t wait to see what stupid shit he gets into asdjdhlsj. anyway! his info is below, like this post or hmu up to plot, etc. etc. thanks babes!