024: [ visual | location: Streets of Taxon ] End of the World as We Know It

[glowingseer]

Okay, so maybe ever since that incident she'd been a little afraid to go outside the hotel. Not that she'll admit this to anyone, but that was the sad, twisted truth - the mere sight of Extras still freak her out a bit. But a few weeks have already passed and she was fine now and, well, it'll take a lot more than that to take Cordelia Chase down

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[aregulargirl]

Cordelia?!

[ max is already on her feet and out the door, on her way to find her. ]

[ voice ] <33!

[glowingseer]

Oh god. Oh god, Max.

[ her voice sounds muffled, as she's currently covering her mouth with her hands. ]

[ voice ] <333!

[aregulargirl]

[ good, she's still conscious. and coherent. ]

What happened? Where are you?

[ voice ]

[glowingseer]

Vision. Hotel.

[ she really can't be wordier than that, even if she tried. ]

[ voice ]

[aregulargirl]

I'm on my way.

[ a pause, then the sound of more running. ]

Keep talking to me, all right? What'd you see?

[ voice ]

[glowingseer]

Sky's gone, and... a cave, I think. It's dark and... god, Max. Dead bodies everywhere.

[ voice ]

[aregulargirl]

[ max pauses in her tracks for a split second, stunned by cordelia's words. ]

Here? In Taxon?

[ she's running again, nearly at the hotel now. ]

Were any of them...

[ she doesn't want to finish that sentence. ]

[ voice ]

[glowingseer]

Familiar? I don't-- no. But... it felt as though-- I felt like everyone's just... dead. Familiar or not.

[ voice ] // [ location: hyperion hotel ]

[aregulargirl]

...Jesus.

I'm - I'm almost there, okay? I'll be right there.

---

And true to her word, Max is up the steps and inside the building within about five minutes. Spotting Cordelia, she runs to her side, placing a gentle hand on her friend's shoulder.

"Hey," she says softly. "I'm here."

[ location: hyperion hotel ]

[glowingseer]

Cordelia offers her a brief, tight-lipped smile, before going straight to business. "Any idea on how to stop an apocalypse from happening?"

[ location: hyperion hotel ]

[aregulargirl]

Max's eyes go a bit wide, startled by the question.

"No, unfortunately," she says after a few long moments. Funny thing is, back at home, she's supposed to be the answer to that question - the key to saving her world. At least according to that psychic Cordelia was glitched into a while back.

[ location: hyperion hotel ]

[glowingseer]

That's... really not the answer Cordelia wants to hear. She sighs and gets right back into pacing.

"God, how are we even supposed to stop it from happening if I can't even point out what 'it' really is?" She's clearly frustrated over her inability to make sense of her vision. "Waay to be vague about super important stuff, Powers That Suck. Thanks."