[CENTER][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/210117/7423788cb403d4c94cda8db158b092fa.png[/img][/CENTER]
[indent][indent][indent][color=gray][sub][right][color=dc143c][b]Location:[/b][/color] Mystic Prophecy Chapterhouse - Thorinn, Aetheria[/right][/sub][/color]
[hr]
The concern was plain on his face. Luci being torn up was to be expected, but she'd fully isolated herself? That was dangerous. A mind alone with its grief was a terrible thing. She had nothing to anchor her. Nothing to stop her from sinking further underneath. Routine, human contact- these weren't just helpful in overcoming what Luci was going through, they were [i]necessary[/i]. Andrew wasn't a therapist. He didn't know the Latin name for the exact phenomena she was experiencing.

But he'd been there.

He knew what it took to drag yourself out of the dark.

[color=dc143c]"Shit."[/color] Graves let out a sigh from the depths of his breast. What was he supposed to do, here? He wasn't just a stranger- he was the target of her loathing. She'd never let him in. It had to be one of her friends, but...none of them were up to it. Leaves sounded damn near catatonic. Pris was trying to hold it all together but, really, she was only human. The support beams had been knocked out and the structure was groaning under the stress. Something was going to break-- and soon-- if the situation didn't change.

The conversation shifted away from Mystic Prophecy and toward Graves' and Rael's team. [i]'Team.'[/i] They could barely stand each other. Just going over the bar argument again made his hand tense up- it took a moment's concentration to keep his choler from rising again.

[color=dc143c]"Uh, could be better, I guess."[/color] He gave a humorless chuckle, propping his head up with an open palm. [color=dc143c]"Alja drunk herself to sleep yesterday n' got up n' started drinking again. Been alternatin' between yellin' at people n' passin' out, which is...great. Kalie's a mess. The archer, Alex? He's weirdly okay, even more talkative now than when we started. And Seele?"[/color]

He shook his head in disbelief. [color=dc143c]"She's either a god damn superhero or a psychopath. Nothin' slows her down."[/color]

The rest went unspoken of.

[/indent][/indent][/indent]