we're the smoke on a burnt horizon.

Barrett · 11-25-2011, 11:08 AM

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-Burble.- Sorry about the wait, this past week was crazy enough for how short it was. x_x

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Time was a tricky thing for Barry. Days dragged on into eternity, but the weeks and months vanished in the wink of an eye. Social business was his traditional yardstick; he would divide his mental timeline into chunks based on who he associated with at the time. Packs were obvious (be it Crimson Dreams, the Collective, Taijitu, or — way back in the day — Troika), but now that frame of reference was gone. Factor in the two entire months that were consumed by construction, and you were left with a really disconnected Barry. In the entire month of October, he'd gotten out twice: once to see his cousin, and then again to visit the kids. He wasn't even successful in the former instance; no offence to her (well — maybe a little), but Halo wasn't exactly the best company.

By the end of it — all the planning, the trial and error, the physical labour itself — he was simply too exhausted to do much or get very far. And once he'd recovered, the children were at the top of his list. Zeke came second. Make no mistake — he'd always hold the Dreamers in high esteem and cherish the kindness they extended to him during his stay. He'd fretted a good deal over the war, too. But it just wasn't at the very front of his mind, and after all that time, he was now struggling to recall the details. It didn't help he'd been more focused on what Silvano said about his former pack-mates than their opponents at the time, either.

Thus, while it came as a great relief that Gotham and their subleader were no longer held captive, he was perplexed by the rest of the information. There was a third hostage? And a third pack involved? He couldn't remember any of this. Of course, he considered that these events may have developed later — but it was alarming the whole thing had spiralled that far out of control. Finally, one more detail stuck out to him — the part about the AniWayans. Only now did he vaguely recall Silvano's mention of the tyrannical usurper. It wasn't their original Alpha who'd launched the attack... right.

Just as he was beginning to piece everything together, Ehno dropped another bombshell on him: Ghita's mate and children had left. Barry would've sworn he felt his heart turn to lead and fall to the pit of his stomach. He knew he hadn't gone out of his way to wrack up good karma points lately, but it couldn't be that bad, could it? Had — had word of their adulterous liaison gotten out? Was that why her mate had left? The wolf slowly shook his head, both to snap himself out of it and to provide some natural sort of response. Somehow, through force of sheer will alone, he managed to keep the look of mortification on his face to a minimum. Wow, that's a lot all at once, he remarked at last. He was somewhat surprised by the steadiness of his own voice.

The victory was mostly owed to his subconscious, which was beating his paranoia relentlessly and reminding him to take a chill pill. Their relationship must've already been goin' down the hole when we met, or else... he thought to himself, else it wouldn't 've happened. Ugh! he groaned, bemoaning both their respective woes simultaneously. At least everyone is alright. I'm glad things didn't drag on too long, even if two days woulda been more than enough. You think it's done for good? Yuh don't think it'll reignite sometime, right? Like Inferni's war with Dahlia de Mai. And I didn't hear about Cour des Miracles, he added with a pensive frown. What became of Ezra and his new family?

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