manchester ♔ gonna fall if you lead us nowhere

[allaboutme]

♬ We Sink - CHVRCHES

WHO || Cordelia, Alisha, Bambi, Kate, Phineas [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights continue to investigate a series of strange, deadly deliveries from the mysterious 'PTC'
WHERE || The Spider's Web / The Lagoon Club restaurant and nightclub
WHEN || April 11th [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

Last April, a kindly book seller and purveyor of magical lore found himself the victim of an attack via mail when dangerous magical creatures were sent to his shop from the untraceable sender "PTC".  Since then, Wynn's been tracking the mail system, waiting for that name to pop up again, in case it might lead them to find out who was behind the first attack, and stop any other disasters from occurring.  Recently, something popped up on the radar, so the Knights have to find a way into the exclusive restaurant the Spider's Web in Manchester, or its attached nightclub The Lagoon Club.

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[allaboutme]

[ as they head that way, they can make spot checks, plz ]

[killmypatience]

[spot 16.]

[arrested]

[ spot 9 ]

[allaboutme]

[ it's hard to see anything down this hall, and they follow into what seems to be a deserted portion of the cave partially hidden by both the lack of light and wide columns of natural stone that cut it off from the direct view of the patrons near the lagoon. ahead is a shadow-filled area nestled between four massive columns of stone that loosely form a 40x40 square. they don't see any trace of the drow. ]

[killmypatience]

[Kate still does her best to keep to the shadows, trying to stay out of view and still get a look around at the same time. They don't see the drow - that doesn't mean he isn't still there somewhere (hide and move silently both 19).

She doesn't go for her gun yet, as much as her instincts may tell her to. That'd be harder to explain if they get caught.

She glances back over her shoulder at Alisha, before tipping her head towards the shadowed area up ahead in a "you good to check it out?" sort of gesture.]

[arrested]

[ If a look could say 'are you fucking kidding me?' then the look on Alisha's face would be saying just that. She nods down the corridor before adding in a whisper. ]

You're the one with the gun!

[killmypatience]

[She snorts softly at that before nodding, slowly making her way towards the patch of darkness. She should have brought a flashlight, but she doesn't draw her gun right away. She still wants to make sure she has a cover intact in case they can talk their way out of it first.

So onwards they go, Kate's eyes sharp for anything she can see (spot 21). Clearly her eyes are adjusting to the low lighting. Or something.]

[allaboutme]

[ stepping into the square, a listen check of 10+ is enough to notice something odd - as they move between the columns, they can no longer hear any of the sounds from the nightclub area, whatsoever.

she doesn't notice the drow until it's too late, thanks to his nat 20 hide check. he steps out behind one of the columns, levels a glock 17 at her and fires, but the shot strikes one of the columns next to kate, shattering pieces of rock off of it (atk 10, which doesn't hit her flat footed def either i think). another hand flashes out from a column on the opposite side, tossing a shuriken at alisha but it's an equally inept throw (atk 5).

the drow with the gun takes two more shots in rapid succession (atk 13/atk 16; dmg 7 & 10 if either hit kate's touch ac, before ducking back behind the column for partial cover. ]

[arrested]

Fucks sake!

[ She looks down at the shiny thing on the floor and moves to grab it, quickly picking it up and lobbing it back in the direction it came. Maybe not entirely thought out, but that's what you get (attack 10) ]

[allaboutme]

[ lmao that actually does hit him??? he's flat footed ok. it only does one damage but he has to roll vs poison too. he curses something in drow, before throwing another one at her, and... crit failing, fumbling and dropping the little spider-shaped shuriken, which clatters to the floor. ]

[killmypatience]

[The first shot misses, but the second shot catches Kate in the shoulder and she recoils at first, but she recovers quickly enough to draw her gun and fire off a shot in the direction of the drow with the gun (attack 17, damage 8).]

[allaboutme]

[ it's only the cover of the column that keeps kate's shot from striking the gunslinger. he spends his turn holstering the weapon, pulling out some other kind of weapon and loading it out of sight. ]

[arrested]

[ Alisha moves to a position looks quite possibly like 'hiding behind Kate'. It isn't though. Course not. ]

What the fuck is going on?

[allaboutme]

[ the flunky pulls another shuriken off his belt, this time going to hit kate with it (atk 16, 1 dmg if it hits plus a fort save vs poison) ]

[killmypatience]

[Kate hisses as the shuriken sinks into her arm, pulling it out but staying on her feet (fort save nat 20). She's going to shift her focus and shoot at the flunky since he doesn't have cover at the moment (attack 24, damage 10).]

[allaboutme]

[ the deadly shot bites into the drow's vital core, blowing him back off his feet, where he slumps, bleeding to the floor.

the drow gunman is partly visible, and when he sees the body drop, his hand flashes up to his ear, and he pauses as if listening to something. he curses under his breath, glances around the column to give them both a penetrating glance, and then steps into the shadows (hide 22) going who knows where ]

[killmypatience]

[Kate turns and manages to catch his escape (spot 26), but she glances back to Alisha first to make sure that she's okay. Kate's got a bullet wound but she needs to assess the situation.]

You good?

[arrested]

IT SHOT YOU! That shot you and you're asking me if I'm fine? What are you, the fucking Terminator or something?

[killmypatience]

[Kate holds up her hands almost as though to say "keep it down" because they're still supposed to be in stealth mode here. She puts her gun away for now and glances down to the bullet wound in question.]

It's not the first time I've been shot.

[Not that she actually ... remembers the first time but she's seen the scars and felt the side effects of healing from it. She wasn't that far out of her recovery period when she fell through the Veil - or at least that's what she's guessing. She's also been set on fire but she's trying to keep Alisha calm here, not freak her out more. It's not easy, considering she's, you know, bleeding, but it's at least something (diplomacy 11).]

I'll be fine. And I saw the way he went, but we need back up if we're going to follow him. I'm going to search the body to see if there's anything we can use. Text everyone else and see if you can get the rest of the team together and into the club.

[And with that she's going to go over and go through the pockets of the guy she shot to see if she can find a key card or security pass or anything else that may come in handy, but she's careful, just in case there's more of those poisoned weapons in there somewhere (search 22).]

[allaboutme]

[ the guy is still breathing, so there's that, just passed out from blood loss. there are four more of those spider-shaped poison shuriken on him, a cell phone, and a machete. he has no form of id whatsoever. ]

[arrested]

[ She pulls out her phone, hand still shaking. She's not 100% sold on not freaking out, but she'll try and keep together at least for now. Fumbling a bit, she texts the rest of the team. ]

In Club wiv K8. Shit goin down. Guns n ninja shit. Get down here quick.

[killmypatience]

[Kate grabs the shuriken and the machete, holding the latter up to Alisha considering she doesn't seem to have a weapon on her at the moment and seeing if she wants to take it. With the other hand, she'll grab his cell phone and see if she can get something useful off it (computer use 18).]

He's still alive. We should get him out of the way so that he doesn't draw attention.

[allaboutme]

[ it appears that he's been texted security screencaps of them all from upstairs, from a private number.

"Stop at all costs" is the only text with it. ]

[killmypatience]

[Crap. Crap crap crap. She's immediately turning back to Alisha and looks up with wide eyes.]

Warn them that we've been made.

[arrested]

What's going on? They know we're here? Why the fuck would they care?

[ her hands are shaking as she's trying to grab at her phone and send another group text. ]

Were bein fucking watched