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[everyredcent]

WHO || Christos, Amy, Sebastian, The Doctor [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights assist the FBI in investigating some mysterious creatures
WHERE ||Tennessee
WHEN || April 2nd [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

While scams about genetically modified corn wouldn't normally fall under the purview of the Knights, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has called in assistance from Wynn because of reports of the two agents investigating the matter running into some sort of Shadowkind that attacked them at the silos containing the corn in question.

The Knights fly out to Tennessee to check out the situation, and Christos drives them directly towards the silos in question, which are three lonely, old looking structures set in the middle of a field far away from any other civilization.

Comments

[agentspooky]

Sorry to waste your time. [ mulder sounds more amused than actually guilty about it, and there's something in his voice that indicates he doesn't think this is the end of things whatsoever. agent fowley catches that implication, glancing over at him like muLDER WHAT IS UP YER SLEEVE but he just pulls out his pack of sunflower seeds and sticks one between his teeth. ]

[keptbiting]

Oh you're never a waste. [ gonna get it. she rifles through her pockets for a pen, luckily finding one. (luckily because the next step would be rifling through the doctor's pockets and that would look strange.) pen in hand, she marches over to mulder and holds out her hand like she's going to shake goodbye.

and maybe scribble her number on his hand. maybe. who knows. it is a mystery. ]

[believethelie]

[ diana catches that little brazen act, and while mulder might be smirking between her and amy as if this is adorably hilarious to him, and sneaking glances at the doctor behind her, as if still deliberating over why that man would be joking about being an alien, agent fowley stands aside, folding her arms and arching one eyebrow. she taps her foot, before saying with sudden coolness: ] If that's all, I think Agent Mulder and I have some more footwork to do today.

[keptbiting]

Pleasure meeting you, Agents. [ she'd give you both a driver's licence... with a promising smile, she turns from mulder and moves to loop her arm around the doctor's arm, reaching up to adjust his bow tie fondly and looking at the other two members of the team. ] Come on then boys.

[everyredcent]

[ without a word of farewell, christos heads for the car, getting in and turning it on like comE ON KIDS ]

[bowtimeandspace]

[ Turning his head to Amy, the Doctor grins. To the hotel. They have a hotel, right? ]

Oh yes. Maybe there'll be a mini bar. Very small bottles for very high prices. That and some artisan nuts.

[opprobrium]

[ Sebastian follows silently standing by the car. One last chance, he looks from where he stands, just in case. (Spot 18) If he saw nothing of intrest he would just silently slip into the car.]

[keptbiting]

Oh, mini bar! We can have coke with ice!

[ and hot dogs! and apple pie! and american things! and away they go! ]

[everyredcent]

[ back at the hotel, christos holes himself up in his own room. each of their private room adjoins to a central living room where they can rest and relax or whatnot ]

[keptbiting]

[ amy is going to stay in the common room, draped over the couch drinking her cold glass of mini bar coke with a straw and ice and picking at a packet of crisps while she flicks through the channels of the tv like a grown up. ]

[opprobrium]

[ Sebastian draped sideways over one of the chairs, looking at tourusim guides for the state.]

Do you think it's called 'Ruby Falls' because it's a river of blood?

[keptbiting]

[ craning her neck, she leans over to catch a glance of one of the photos on the guide. ] Is the water red?

[opprobrium]

It doesn't look like it, seems a dumb name if its not blood.

[bowtimeandspace]

[ The Doctor heads out of the room that he's been given, mini bottles of shampoo and conditioner in his hands. ]

Oi Pond, look at these! They're tiny!

[ Sometimes it's the little things. Literally. ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ it's at that point that

amy's phone rings ]

[keptbiting]

Oh they're darling, have you got-- [ oh her phone. ] Gimme a mo'

[ answering the phone. ] 'ello, alright?

[agentspooky]

Hi, uh, Amy? Amy Pond? This is Agent Mulder.

[keptbiting]

Oh. [ she unfolds from the couch, stepping away from the menfolk as her voice drops to something flirty and inviting. she can't even help it ok, it just happens like a reflex. ] Hello Agent. Didn't expect to hear from you so soon.

[agentspooky]

Yeah, well, you might not sound so excited once I tell you why.

Agent Fowley and I were attacked again. This time in our own hotel room.

[keptbiting]

[ um, amy is a trashcan, of course she's excited. sorry, mulder. she's concerned, but still... (unsure) she covers the speaker to look over her shoulder at sebastian and the doctor and tell them: ] It's Mulder, they were attacked again. Oi! It's the Feds! [ that last bit is hollered for chistos' benefit.

uncovering the speaker, she actually just puts the phone on speaker so they can hear the rest. ]

So what happened?

[agentspooky]

[ christos grumpily opens his door and leans on the door frame, folding his arms to listen to her half of the conversation. ]

Something was waiting in the room. We're still not certain how it got in there. I went downstairs for some ice while Agent Fowley took a shower. She was still in there when I came back and saw the thing - had to be over seven feet tall, on his hind legs like a man but sporting a head like a hyena, with reddish brown fur.

I trust you're familiar with the Shadow race called gnolls? He was clawing at Diana's door, trying to get in there, and as soon as I walked in, he turned and tried to jump me. I pulled my weapon, discharged a shot right into his chest and then--

I know how this is gonna sound. But he vanished.

[keptbiting]

[ she... may be familiar with gnolls??? (knowledge arcana: 13) probably enough to have heard the name before. she is not a smart hero, okay. shut ur whore mouths. ]

Yeah, it sounds... [ like he's batshit and hallucinating, tbh. some 1960's english schoolgirl mass hysteria type of cray. but she also doesn't sound like she disbelieves him, just that it sounds absolutely mad. ] Are you alright?

[bowtimeandspace]

Oh right yes, because 'shoot things' is the answer to everything, isn't it? You probably scared it! Is it really any wonder these things are terrified of humans?

[ Huff, basically. Huff. ]

[agentspooky]

Other than a few scratches, I'm fine. The thing is we've turned this room over and can't find so much as an incriminating hair to indicate he was here. Just a set of deep grooves in the bathroom door, and the beginnings of these nice scabs of mine.

Agent Fowley wanted to know if your Institute has heard of anything like this before. Personally, I have a few working theories, but they might require a bit of an ... open mind, so to speak.

[keptbiting]

[ that's so strange, that they leave scratches behind, but no other traces. hmm. ]

An alien crashed into my back garden when I was seven and said he'd take me to see the stars in his time machine and I followed him. Twice. No one's got more of an open mind than I do.

[ except when it come to doppelgängers, but she doesn't know that yet. ]