CHAPTER THREE ♔ what's done in the dark will be brought to the light

[wynn]

♬ god's gonna cut you down - johnny cash

WHO || The Knights
WHAT || The aftermath of Chapter 2
WHERE || London, England and variou
WHEN || Evening of June 7th --> onwards
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

In less than twenty-four hours, everything has turned on its head.

A Knight and her allies were kidnapped by Iscariot agents for execution in Rome, barely escaping with their lives.

A mission meant to free one Knight from the influence of a dark god succeeded - at the price of another's life.

A simple recon mission at a Keijen Blade concert nearly led to two Knights committing mind-controlled suicide in front of an eager crowd.

Several Knights went to see Draken Crombe, leader of the Church of the Lord's Humanity, speak in person, and learned just how sinister his religion's dogma is.

A call from Sir Hathaway alerted Wynn to the escape of the doppelganger from the Knight's dungeons, an escape perhaps aided by Elena Gilbert.

A demigod interrupted what might have been a simple smash and grab retrieval of an artifact.

And most horrific of all, in the middle of the night, hundreds of Shadowkind in New York City awoke, and walked in a mindless trance down to the Hudson River to drown themselves. Only the quick thinking and combined efforts of the Knights present and their allies prevented all of them from succeeding.

Beset on all sides, a dark time awaits for the Knighthood - who were already suffering from the capture of Dragon's Claw Sir Thomas Bancroft at the hands of their long time enemy Dimitris Sarandis of Andres Isle.

In times such as these, the light can be difficult to find. Hope itself seems somewhere just out of reach.

Comments

[ex_ric243]

[Alaric is hopeful that they might actually be able to find her. He's already texting this to Helen to keep her in the loop. If it turns out she and her group are moving toward a dead end at the hotel, he plans to redirect her based on the outcome of Alainn's spell.]

Where's that? [Her mirror. Do they have to wait for her to meditate or something?]

[unforgivably]

[ It's like waking up from a haze of memories he never knew he'd had. One second he had vague ideas of the girl that came between him and his brother (that he'd let go) and the next he'd heard her name on his phone. Everything clicks into place, including understanding of why Elena would do such a thing. Everybody is up in arms about nothing. Elena does this. She's steadfast. She makes decisions. She'll be fine.

But, she's also missing and she might not know who he is. Which is fun with a capitol F-U-N.

As it is, despite his attitude with Wynn he's talked through where Elena's room happens to be. So, immediately, he abandons whatever time he's been wasting for trying to find Elena like the rest of this crazy cast of characters. Only, he's late to the party. (Usually not the story of his life. He dislikes the veil more and more.) He rounds the corner and spots the entourage. Well, Will and Abigail.

Somehow he knows that must be Elena's door, but just in case, he checks the numbers as he walks towards them. with a bluff of 14, he looks pretty deliberate in his not noticing Elena's door, but what can you do. He's preoccupied.

And then he's at Elena's door. And there are more people inside. ] Looks like my invitation got lost in the mail. Any chance any of you have seen Elena?

[ex_ric243]

[Alaric was already prepared to step the fuck back out into the hallway with Alainn if need be, so he notices the new guy approach even before Damon speaks up. He watches him momentarily, pinged by something akin to deja vu, before getting the fuck over it real quick because there were more pressing matters than having seen this guy somewhere before.]

Who's asking?

[unforgivably]

[ Damon sees that deja vu and raises you a - a brief second of some kind of recognition and familiarity. But you can't feel like a complete stranger is a - well, he doesn't have friendly feelings. (But they're not the opposite either. Anyway, pressing matters!!

He wonders which tactic will be better, a friend to the Elena everyone knows or a knight sent by Wynn to help where he could. With a wisdom check of 21, hot damn, he, for once, knows he shouldn't just speak up about how he knows Elena from his world. ]

Ser Salvatore. [ He hates it (and kind of likes the sound of it) all at the same time. Can he be a ser without being knighted? Oh well, he'll be squired soon enough. ] Wynn called to arms, thought I'd do what I can to help. [ Straight up bluff 24, yo. ]

[ex_ric243]

[Really, bitch? Have a skeptical look because Alaric's sense motive of 26 tells him otherwise.]

[mydesigns]

["We'll definitely see what we can find. Like Han here says, what if it's the right lead? We can't just ignore it. Besides, it's a lot more than we had before. Thank you, Will. Let me know if you come across anything else of importance, please."]

Sure. [then he hangs up and ... checks his phone for wynn's message and has his heartwarming chat i guess. you can continue now. :x ]

[theminotaur]

[ abigail stays near will, farewell personal space, all these people eep. wynn looks sad and angry, abigail can't figure out the emotion. smad maybe. any way, she's just gonna be quiet and side eye the new guy being side eyed by ric and... wait to leave. a++ she only pipes up to quietly defend elena's privacy. teenager solidarity idk. ]

[unforgivably]

[ the one time he thinks the smart way and you don't believe him. he used to be a great liar ] I'm a friend.

[ex_ric243]

Since when? [Point blank not giving any fucks here. He saw everyone Elena invited to her knighting ceremony and you sure as hell weren't there, Damon.]

[unforgivably]

Since the last half a year. [ He's so done and doesn't have to lie. ] Look, you've heard of the veil, right? I fell through. And until today, I was fine drinking and awaiting my squiring ceremony. Sure, I wondered if being a knight was right for me, but I had no choice. Because my brother isn't here. And I was plucked out of my life. Like that. Like a [ He snaps. ] snap. So, imagine my surprise when I hear Elena Gilbert's name and something clicks into place. I know her. I've known her. And now she's in trouble. Which, is nothing new - but here I am, here to help. And before you ask. Elena Gilbert. Mystic Falls. Anything beyond that - gets pretty fuzzy. Also, thanks to the veil. Now. Has anyone seen Elena. Or, where a [ a wisdom check of 19 means he remembers the name Wynn provided ] Ser O'Rourke is and if her scrying has garnered any results at all.

[brokenteacup]

She's right there. [ and though she didn't introduce herself, abigail is smarter than your average bear. she points to the only other female in their group huddle. ] And no one has seen Elena. That's the point.

[ she's just gonna go now though. she passed her being helpful to people that aren't will quota. and she was only helping alaric because feels. ]

[ex_ric243]

[Thank you, nameless girl, you have been v. helpful.

Alaric doesn't even bother to argue, because there was more important shit to do right now. Namely, the longer they put off scrying for Elena, the harder it was going to be to actually get to her. But his gaze narrows on Damon some because that is quite a claim to fame and a very convenient coincidence.]

[unforgivably]

[ Either way, Damon waits for O'Rourke to scry. Chop, chop. ]

[attollores]

[annnd alainn looks as though she is measuring the hallway's width and length with her fingers, one eye squinted like an artist taking measurements.]

Aye, that looks big enough. [she glances back, finally noticing the newest addition to their group.]

Alright, clear back a minute, this is kinda big. [once she is sure that everyone is safely behind her, she gestures wordlessly to the hall in front of them all. with a loud crash a large trunk the size of a storage unit lands in the middle of the gigantic hallway. the trunk measures 10ftx10ftx15ft, with a door on one end which alainn approaches quickly and opens, muttering under her breath to herself as she does.

after a moment of searching around she finally seems to find what she had been searching for, grabbing hold of a rather large object and starting to tug it out of the trunk, rather unsuccessfully [str 9]. with a frustrated sound she looks back at the three guys behind her.]

Little help here, boys?

[unforgivably]

[ damon stays out of the way, giving her room.

where did -- the trunk come from.

but. oh, okay he can help with strength. he moves to help her (str 25). vampire here! ]

[mydesigns]

[he finished talking to wynn and catching up to current events, but he was still lingering around. apparently since alainn recruited him to help with whatever's in that monster trunk. he peers back in from the doorway, and goes to help, too. (str 19) ]

[ex_ric243]

[Ric helps too jfc sorry for taking so long (strength 20 total).

This has been a tag.]