( semi-open) catch-all for event happenings;

[fakers]

Who: archer (fakers) & various others
What: fall-out from being falsely accused of terrorism
When: october 1 and shortly thereafter
Where: all around olympia
Warning(s): violence, most likely

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[fakers]

[ the hand holding his feels like a death grip, though that might not be too far from the truth. they aren't holding hands out of affection or anything like that... this truly is a matter of life or death. if the pretense falls apart, there's no telling what might happen here.

though even without that added layer of intensity, he'd likely find the gesture disquieting. ]

You're the one who insisted we purchase this vacation home from that suspicious merchant. [ timeshare scams are everywhere, even in olympia. ] And yet this is the first time we're even using it. [ he pauses, glancing at zero, then at the guards. for whatever reason, everyone seems to be expecting something more. ]

...dear.

[ whether the guards by that or not is questionable, though they at least relax a little bit. if only because they were pretty sure they felt killing intent in the air until just moments ago. ]

As you can see, we're rather anxious to get on the road. Mind letting us go already?

[offtune]

[ there are many reasons why the guard would let them go without so much of a passport; they may have been slacking for the sheer about of nobles who decided to leave the city. with simwe gone, it's only a matter of them before the rest of the civilians will have to leave too. zero is certain that they'd still insist on having either of them provide documentation, and while that would mean the unfortunate end to the guardkeep, it doesn't mean that zero wouldn'td do whatever is possible to spend as a little energy as possible.

she's still not in the best of shape, after all. it would have to be archer who handles the men, and zero isn't entirely sure if he's willing stain his hands with even more blood. he's a difficult man to read, with all his goddamn contradictions. ]

Don't rush him. I'm sure he's seen many others like us. [ zero can't even bring herself to call archer her husband at this point. doesn't suppose the man would care as much. ]

But our daughter did leave before us. She wanted to see her grandmother before she passes away... and it's only a matter of time before she leaves us.

[ zero slips away from archer. this time, there's a flirt in her tone if the guardkeep is looking for one. she instead takes the guard's hand, displaying a sort of feigned concern for the child she'll never see. ]

We would like to be there for her as soon as possible. Please let us through.

[fakers]

[ for at least a moment, archer's mask slips as he simply stares at zero incredulously. daughter? dying grandmother? surely, there were limits to how ridiculous this could get. no guard could possibly buy such a farfetched story... but more importantly, it's alarming just how seamlessly zero was able to slip into this deception.

thankfully, no one notices archer's slip, as the guards remain mostly focused on zero. and if anything they seem... sympathetic? ]

You have to be kidding...

[ he can't help but mutter under his breath, though from this distance it's not entirely impossible that a guard could overhear him. at this point, he really doesn't even care. if they got caught, at least they wouldn't need to keep up this charade any longer.

but... then he'd probably have to deal with zero's temper, if all her efforts were undone because of him. ]

I apologize. It's been... a very trying time for our family. [ that last word is a little too strained to seem entirely natural. ] But the longer we dally here, the higher the chance that...

[ he just lets his words trail off, unable to finish the sentence.

mostly because it's too dumb to say aloud, but at least from the guards' perspective he probably just seems overcome with emotion. they're just not right about which emotion that is. ]