[open] I don't know how you made it in

[altusimperius]

WHO: Benedict and MAYBE YOU
WHAT: the gradually developing situation involving a certain Vint's return to Kirkwall
WHEN: mid-September onwards
WHERE: around the Gallows
NOTES: More prompts are likely to be added as things unfold! I'm going to take this step by step and address developments as they arise.

I. Return to the Gallows

His clothes don't fit, he's shaken and feels like he's about to vomit at just about any moment, but Benedict is here and, it would seem, this is more or less of his own volition. He can be spotted crossing the Gallows with some trepidation, taking his time, inspecting stalls and seeming to prolong the inevitable: which is to say, actually going and talking to anyone in whose hands his life is about to rest.

He's quick to avert his eyes should anyone meet them, but isn't about to take off running.

II. Upstairs (one thread only please)

Seated outside the Division Head office, Benedict is simply waiting for one of them to become available so he can... what, turn himself in? Have a conversation. Both Leander and Alexandrie made it abundantly clear that he's not doing any fleeing without dire consequences, so here he is, and here is the last place he has ever wanted to be.

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[altusimperius]

When Kitty advances a step, Benedict retreats, holding his hands up as though to steady her. "But I--" he stammers, "I didn't--"
No real effort is made to get a word in edgewise, as it's already quickly becoming a losing battle and he would risk riling her further.

The last thing he needs right now is a scene, not when he's so close to just getting it over with. He can't handle a verbal altercation, not when everything has gone so horribly wrong already. So he just flinches and turns to take his leave, anxiety rising in him like bile.
Had they been on each other's side, once? He'd thought so, but perhaps he was just being an idiot again. There's been a lot of that.

[rathercommon]

If he was expecting that this submission would quell her anger, though, he clearly doesn't know her. She stomps her foot, and clenches her fists, and bites at him -

"Don't just slink off!"

[altusimperius]

Slink off is exactly what he does, unable to bear the force of her anger in addition to the fear that already exists.

Coming back was a mistake, that much is clear. It's a mistake for more reasons than he could have imagined, but this one is hurting more than he expected it to.