---. [location: everywhere] your time is tick-tick-ticking away

[lanterncast]

After the Doctor's announcement, the city has understandably been thrown into turmoil: with apparently a single hour to either somehow prevent the promised explosions or prepare to meet their various makers, the citizens of Taxon are responding however suits them best. There's always the hope the aliens will get in touch, but that's a hope that a

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[location - Castle Summers]

[beenthroughhell]

Tara is trying to find anyone who might have a better idea than her of what's going on, and fast. The series of... alarming transmissions have combined with a bad feeling in her stomach, like the sense of an oncoming storm.

She's pretty sure she can hold a shield around a small area; maybe a closet. But Tara's also not the type to start the spell before she finds anyone she can to shield with her. It's not perfect, but somehow she prefers it to the vampire spaceship idea on first blush.

[location - Castle Summers]

[freezecharm]

Piper is very desperately trying to keep herself together through all of this. The transmissions in the tablets aren't helping any, so shoves it in her jacket and tries to find her way out of the castle.

She turns a corner and spots an unfamiliar woman. Piper runs to her. "Hey, did you-- we have to go, now."

[location - Castle Summers]

[beenthroughhell]

"Have you seen any of the others? Buffy, Dawn, Sam?" There's a distant rumble - maybe something else exploding - that makes her turn her head for an instant, then she looks back to Piper. "I haven't heard from anyone via tablet."

[location - Castle Summers]

[freezecharm]

The sound makes her jump and latch onto the arm of the woman for a second, before Piper steps back and breaks contact. She shakes her head. "I haven't heard from anyone," she says. "But... but maybe they got out okay?"

She looks around her. Just where is the exit anyway? She should have familiarized herself with the castle instead of hiding herself in her room - but regrets are useless, now. "Come on. We should leave, too."

[location - Castle Summers]

[beenthroughhell]

"I'm going to make sure no one's here first. You should go, though; you can get me on the tablet if you run into any of the others. You know how to get out?"

[location - Castle Summers]

[freezecharm]

Piper stares at her for a second. "What? No! You can't! It's too dangerous for anyone to stay here."

She looks around her again. "I don't really know where the exit is. Maybe we should go and find it together."

[location - Castle Summers]

[beenthroughhell]

"I'll be okay. Promise." There's a second, smaller rumble. "I think we're running out of time. Here..."

Tara can see Piper has magical potential, but no idea whether she can control it, or even knows about it. But this situation firmly counts as an "emergency." Taking a breath, she concentrates and murmurs "Aradia, Goddess of the lost, the path is murky, the woods are dense, darkness pervades, I beseech thee, bring the light."

A small, firefly-like light appears in front of them, bobbing slightly. Tara looks... almost embarrassed, but says, "Follow this. It'll show you the way, at least out of the castle."

[location - Castle Summers]

[freezecharm]

She wants to blurt out, you're a witch, too? but yes, they are definitely running out of time. Piper glances at the bobbing light and then at the woman. She hates to do this, but she can also see that, short of freezing and dragging the woman with her, there is nothing Piper can do to change her mind.

"Be careful... and thank you," she says softly, before turning to follow the light towards safety.

[location - Castle Summers]

[beenthroughhell]

She smiles. "You're welcome. Be careful." She adds, as Piper goes, "If you find them, I'm Tara. Let me know."