overture: christine awakes

[heardtheangel]

[Locked to 952 Beulah.]

[At first, Christine is nearly certain she must have simply fainted at some point in the carriage and been brought to a hospital. Her constitution has not been very strong lately thanks to the toll Erik had placed on her by returning and Raoul compounded by forcing her to go along with Erik's plot, so it seems unfortunately

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[cantwhiteknight]

[ having spent the better part of a century as a Chiropteran and therefore never needing to rest, to become suddenly human has left Solomon a hard sleeper. Such a hard sleeper that a woman's startled awakening did nothing to rouse him, and it is only until Solomon feels someone grabbing onto his shoulder that he jerks awake, hands coming into fists defensively and his eyes flashing with something dangerous ]

[ it's only when he realizes that his attacker is a woman in a nightdress that he stills long enough to ask: ]

Who are you?

[heardtheangel]

I could ask you the same question- you're the one who brought me here!

[cantwhiteknight]

[ shifting to sit up in the bed ]

Please, take a moment to calm down and consider your surroundings.

[heardtheangel]

All I know is that I wasn't here when I fell asleep-